Louis-Borfiga

Louis Borfiga, who is credited with helping create Tennis Canada’s National Tennis Centre in Montreal, will be inducted into the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame, the federation announced on Tuesday. 

Borfiga, who worked for 15 years at Tennis Canada from 2006 to 2021 as vice president of high performance, will be honoured at the National Bank Open in Montreal this summer during a special ceremony on Centre Court on Aug 7.

“When Louis [Borfiga] arrived from the French Federation, he brought a winning culture to Canadian tennis and helped establish a world-class system and structure with our partners, notably through the creation in 2007 of the National Tennis Centre in Montreal,” said Guillaume Marx, vice president of high performance, Tennis Canada.

The last 20 years have seen Canadian players rise through the world tennis rankings, including Quebec players Félix Auger-Aliassime (No. 17), Leylah Fernandez (29), Gabriel Diallo (166), and Alexis Galarneau (169).

“It is a great honour for me to have been selected as a new member of the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame,” Borfiga said in a statement released by Tennis Canada. “By relying on strong values such as ambition, humility and team spirit, we were able to collectively build a new program and performance culture that propelled the country to heights once perceived as impossible to reach.

“I am privileged to have witnessed this success, and my fondest wish is that the foundations we have laid will endure and continue to take Canadian tennis even higher.”

Borfiga, who is originally from Monaco, played tennis professionally prior to making an impact with Tennis Canada, reaching his highest ranking of world No. 308 in 1975.