attempted rally by his opponent in the men's Singles. His fast, all-court-game stumped Godbout..." Bédard won the Oakville Invitational at Oakville, Ontario. 1961 Bédard reached the semifinal of the Canadian Open where he led Whitney Reed two sets to one, but lost in a marathon five sets. Reed won the final over Mike Sangster. Bédard also won the Ontario Championships in August against John Swann. Bédard won the Oakville Invitational at Oakville, Ontario. 1962 Bédard won the Oakville Invitational at Oakville, Ontario defeating Paul Cranis in the final in three straight sets. He also won the Verdun Invitational at Woodland Park Tennis Club beating Val Harit in the final. 1963 Bédard again reached the semifinal of the Canadian Open where he lost to Whitney Reed in four sets, Reed again winning the tournament. 1964 Bédard won the Oakville Invitational in June over George Sokol, winner of the Eastern Clay Court and the Middle States Clay Court, in the final in three straight sets. Bédard lost in the final of the Quebec Open in August to Ronald Holmberg. "The fair-haired Texan steadily outplayed Bédard over the clay courts of the Civil Employees' Tennis Club". 1965 In June, Bédard beat Francois Godbout in the final of the Oakville Invitational tournament. In August, Bédard won the Quebec Open Championships on clay at the Montreal Monklands Tennis Club in dramatic fashion, the same clay court venue where he had won the 1957 Canadian Open. Bédard defeated Billy Lenoir in the semifinal in five sets after Lenoir, the Cincinnati Masters Clay Court champion that year, had a two sets to love lead over Bédard, when many in the crowd then left the stadium. Bédard stated that at that point "I realized what I was doing wrong with my serve and my forehand, and all of a sudden it came back." He then faced defending champion Ronald Holmberg, an outstanding clay player, in the final. Bédard lost the first two games of the match to Holmberg, but then won the next eight games. Late in the second set, Bedard sprained his ankle and then trailed 5 to 2 in the third set. However, he rallied and won the last three games to win the set at 8 to 6, and the match. Bédard stated, "I don't think that [Holmberg] was prepared for the game I was ready to give him." The following day at the Quebec