William Tatem Tilden II (February 10, 1893 – June 5, 1953), nicknamed "Big Bill", was an American tennis player. Tilden was the world No. 1 amateur for...
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Bill Tilden. He won the US Championships in 1915 and 1919 as well as the World Hard Court Championships (clay) and Wimbledon in 1923. Until "Big Bill"...
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"Inductee:Bill Tilden". www.tennisfame.com. International Tennis Hall of Fame. Retrieved 13 July 2016. Cornwell, Rupert (7 June 2016). "The story of Bill Tilden...
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American Colossus: Big Bill Tilden and the Creation of Modern Tennis is a 2018 hardcover biography of American tennis athlete Bill Tilden written by Allen M...
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Richard Sears (1881–1887), William Larned (1901–1902, 1907–1911) and Bill Tilden (1920–1925, 1929) hold the record for most titles in the men's singles...
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for Perfection. New York: Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN 0-450-05586-8. Scanlon, Bill; Long, Cathy; Long, Sonny (2004). Bad News for McEnroe: Blood, Sweat, and...
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champion Wallace F. Johnson in the final and again in 1914 defeating Bill Tilden in the final. He won the Newport Casino Championships in 1915 defeating...
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Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023. Dwyre, Bill (20 March 2011). "Novak Djokovic finds a secret to tennis success and a dent...
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Philadelphia and Lacoste won both his singles matches against Bill Johnston and Bill Tilden. He played Tilden in two Grand Slam tournament finals that year and won...
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order to play in and dominate a series of smaller tournaments organized by Bill Riordan, his manager. However, Connors played in other tournaments and won...
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world. List of World Pro winners: This was a team tournament created by Bill Tilden and modeled on the Davis Cup format. In 1935, early rounds in France...
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(at the height of his game). The next four best were, chronologically, Bill Tilden, Fred Perry, Bobby Riggs, and Pancho Gonzales. After these six came the...
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personalities, Federer ranked No. 2 just behind Nelson Mandela but ahead of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey and Bono. In July 2016, Federer ranked No...
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November 2021 – via National Library of Australia. Tilden, William T. (7 January 1937). "Bill Tilden Says: Perry Unquestionably Leading Amateur Tennis...
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from the original on December 9, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2010. Dwyre, Bill (December 7, 2010). "One of tennis' ultimate winners, Pete Sampras, suffers...
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6–4. On May 27, 1921, Bill Tilden and Suzanne Lenglen played a match at Saint Cloud, France. It was only a single set, but Tilden prevailed 6–0. When later...
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(1/3) Bill Johnston (2/3) 1920♦ Pat O'Hara Wood (1/2) André Gobert Bill Tilden (1/10) Bill Tilden (2/10) 1921♦ Rhys Gemmell (1/1) Jean Samazeuilh Bill Tilden...
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1941 In 1941, Budge played another major tour beating the 48-year-old Bill Tilden, the outcome being 47–6 plus one tie. Budge (who had only recently left...
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play against such great players as Ellsworth Vines, Bobby Riggs, and Bill Tilden. Kramer was the National Boys' Champion in 1936, and the winner of the...
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December 2023. Smith, Bill (28 March 2012). "Away from tennis court, Rafael Nadal seeks a golf course". The Miami Herald. Dwyre, Bill (15 March 2015). "When...
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Astrodome on prime-time television on Thursday, September 20, in a match billed as The Battle of the Sexes. The oddsmakers and writers favored Riggs; he...
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reached the quarterfinal stage. Their opponents were Americans Bill Tilden, Vincent Richards, Bill Johnston and Norris Williams. At the so-called "Black Thursday"...
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