home on clay in Toronto, sweeping aside Cuba without conceding more than 4 games in any set. At the same venue, the Toronto CS & C Club on clay, they next faced the Americans. Canada managed to win just two sets. Fontana was soundly beat by MacKay, one, two, and five. Bédard played Whitney Reed closer but also went down in straight sets. He and Fontana then lost the doubles in straight sets as well. The U.S. went on to retake the Cup in the finals from holders Australia. The following year after an opening round bye, Canada faced Australia in Montreal in the group final. The Canadian Davis Cup Association selected a grass surface to host the tie, although Bédard was a clay specialist. The Australians fielded a team featuring three future icons: Roy Emerson, Rod Laver, and Neale Fraser. Canada won only two sets in two dead rubbers. Fontana lost the first singles match against Emerson. Next Bédard lost to Laver. Australia then won the tie by taking the doubles rubber, with Emerson and Fraser defeating Fontana and Bédard. In consolation, Bédard and François Godbout took the first sets off of Emerson and Laver in matches 4 and 5 respectively. Canada played just one tie in 1960, an opening round loss, once more to the United States by a score 0 matches to 5 score. On clay in Quebec City this time, Bédard started well, winning the first two sets against Tut Bartzen. Fontana took only 6 games off of Barry MacKay in the second match. The two Canucks made a stand in the first set of the doubles taking it to 12 games all before succumbing and losing the next two sets handily. Bédard won Canada's third set of the tie in the fourth match. In 1961, Canada once more lost in the first round of Cup competition – they would not win a Cup tie again in fact until 1966. The tie was held at Civil Employees Tennis Club, Quebec City on clay, and Bédard was certainly not at fault for the loss to Mexico as he won the opening rubber over Mario Llamas – as well as his second singles match, a dead rubber, over Rafael Osuna in four sets. François Godbout did not fare as well, losing both of his singles matches. The two Quebeckers played a very close doubles match but came up