Ralph Tailby
Inducted In
1985
Ralph Tailby was born in Kitchener in 1916 and started playing tennis at age 12 when he joined the Waterloo Tennis Club. He won many club championships and was president from 1964-1968. The club made him a life member.
He was ranked number two in Canada in 1953. In 1961 he won his first Canadian Senior single’s crown. He won the Ontario double’s crown with his partner Bun Cooke four times in 1963, 1964, 1965, and 1967. Tailby played for Canada in the Gordon Trophy matches for senior amateurs (45 years and over). The matches alternated between the United States and Canada. During the period from 1961-1978 he won the event thirteen times.
In 1975 he was made a member of the International Club in recognition of his participation in international tennis tournaments. He was a chartered accountant and served overseas in the army pay corps from 1942-1945.