Born in Toronto, Ontario, Power held the best singles Davis Cup record by winning percentage (6–2) of any Canadian player.
Power was the top-ranked player in Canada for 10 of 12 years,[citation needed] winning the Canadian Closed Championship for singles seven times.
[citation needed] He failed however to win a single top-tier (grand prix) professional tour match, going 0–11.
In August 2006 Power was inducted into the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame.
[2] Power was also a skilled hockey player, and was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in 1969,[3] before deciding to concentrate exclusively on his tennis career.