Kurt Berndt
Kurt Berndt

1921 Pacific Northwest Lawn Tennis Association, a section of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association, replaces the North Pacific International Lawn Tennis Association Oregon members are the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club and the Irvington club.

1921 Phil Neer wins National Intercollegiate Singles title, playing for Stanford. He is the first winner from the West Coast.

1923 Henry S. Gray becomes President of the Pacific Northwest Lawn Tennis Association, serving 1923-1929

1926 Tennis exhibition, Suzanne Lenglen vs Mary K. Browne at Portland Armory.

1927 Portland Lawn Tennis Assocation established.

1929 University of Oregon team: Lockwood, Harrison, Almquist, Henry Neer
1929 University of Oregon team: Lockwood, Harrison, Almquist, Henry Neer

1929 Kurt Berndt, a San Francisco native, becomes the first tennis professional at the Irvington Club.

1929 The Racquet Club established with two courts.

Wes Hartman in his tennis shop in the 1950's
Wes Hartman in his tennis shop in the 1950’s

1929 The University of Oregon Tennis Men’s team ties University of Texas for the mythical U.S. Collegiate Team Championship. Henry Neer is a member of the University of Oregon team.

1930 Rogers MacVeagh becomes President of the Pacific Northwest Lawn Tennis Association, serving 1930-1932

1933 Wes Hartman opened the Leader Tennis Shop across from Benson High School. Wes took care of the tennis needs of Portlanders for over 50 years.

Elwood Cooke and Bob Riggs in 1939
Elwood Cooke and Bob Riggs in 1939

1937 Irvington Club sells north end of the property, formerly a public park.

1939 Elwood Cooke is runnerup in Wimbledon Men’s Singles and winner of doubles with Robert Riggs.

1939 Wayne Sabin wins National Indoor Men’s Singles title.

Prominent Men Prominent Women Prominent Visitors
Kurt Berndt Sally Cannon Dorothy Bundy
Dr. J.B. Bilderback Irene Campbell Ray Casey
Gardner Brown Esther Clark Edith Cross
Al Carr Mrs. Wilson Clarke Josephine Cruikshank
Leonard Clark Stella Fording Elmer Griffin
Elwood Cooke Ann Fredrickson Mayme MacDonald
Walter Davis Mrs. Ray Frohman Henry Prusoff
Walter Goss Marian Green Gracyn Wheeler
Henry Gray Helen Hald
Claude Hockley Ora Hatton
Robert Johnson Betty Joyce
Darrell Kelly Barbara Koehler
Sam Lee Mrs. J.H. Mackie
Ed Levy Mrs. R. MacVeah
Don Lewis Kay Mayers
Bob Lloyd Dorothy Murphy
Dick Lusch Muriel Nicholas
J.H. Mackie Mrs. W.J. Northrup
Rogers MacVeagh Mrs. J.H. Norton
Ken May Betty Parker
Don Munro Ruth Ronald
Emery Neale Hazel Schenck
Henry Neer Leila Sheets
Phil Neer Helen Sovenski
A.D. Norris Marge Stepp
Don Ragen Leila Starr
Vic Ramis Mrs H. Wentworth
Jack Rhine Mrs. L.V. Werschkul
John Romanski
Wayne Sabin
Ferd Smith
Irving Webster
Catlin Wolford