William Cowan (born 28 April 1959) is a Canadian former professional
tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
player.
Cowan, a
Toronto
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...
native, featured in the singles main draw at the
1981 US Open.
Between 1982 and 1984, Cowan competed in four
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ...
ties for Canada. He won his only singles rubber, over Venezuela's
Abraham Sojo, but was less successful in doubles, losing all four rubbers.
See also
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List of Canada Davis Cup team representatives
This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Canada Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Canada has taken part in the competition since 1913.
Davis Cup players
:''*Active players in bold, statistics as of November 25 ...
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1959 births
Living people
Canadian male tennis players
Tennis players from Toronto
20th-century Canadian sportsmen
21st-century Canadian sportsmen