[2] In 1954 Willey won the Ontario Championships in singles at the Boulevard Club[3] in Toronto defeating Lawrence Barclay in the final.

He was runner-up at the same event in 1956 to Bob Bédard and in 1957 to Don Fontana, in the latter tournament playing with a sore elbow.

In March 1959, he won the Pacific Northwest Indoor in Vancouver defeating Lawrence Barclay in the final.

Willey won the Western Canada Grass Court Championships at the Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club in August 1959, defeating U.S. player Dale Rohland in a close five set final.

He played for the Canada Davis Cup team from 1953 to 1958 and had a singles win against American Barry MacKay in 1956.