De Turenne was born in Montreal, Canada, in December 1899 and came to Seattle, United States, in 1908 with his family.

[1] In 1922 De Turenne won the Washington State championships beating Henry Van Dyke Johns in the final and the following week, he served and volleyed well in the final to beat A. S. Milne to win the B. C. Mainland Championships in Vancouver.

In the semi finals, De Turenne beat former champion Leroy Rennie in four sets "through taking the net and smashing for points...Time after time he (Rennie) caught Turenne at the net and drove past him.

He recovered balls that seemed good for points and in this manner negatived a lot of Rennie's efforts".

[4] The final, in which De Turenne beat Wallace Scott in three straight sets, took just fifty minutes.