Toronto-Buffalo Royals
March 1, 2014
The Toronto-Buffalo Royals were one 16 original franchises in World Team Tennis (1974-1978) in the summer of 1974. The Royals’ star attraction was player-coach Tom Okker of the Netherlands, the 1968 U.S. Open finalist and a Top Ten-ranked singles player throughout the late Sixties and early Seventies. Other members of the Royals’ six-person co-ed roster included Mike Estep, Jan O’Neill, Wendy Overton and Laura Rossouw. The Royals, who split their home matches between Buffalo Memorial Auditorium and Toronto’s CNE Coliseum, disbanded after the 1974 season.
