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Tilden, Bill (1893–1953)| US tennis player. An attacking player, equipped with an array of strokes and a powerful serve, he is considered one of the greatest players of all time. He dominated men's tennis in the early 1920s, winning three Wimbledon men's singles titles and seven US titles. In 1920 he became the first US player to win the Wimbledon men's singles title. The same year he won the first of six consecutive men's singles titles at the US Championships. In the Davis Cup, during this period, he won 12 Challenge round singles matches in a row. |
Wimbledon men's singles: 1920, 1921, 1930; doubles: 1927 |
US Championships men's singles: 1920–25, 1929; doubles: 1918, 1921–23, 1927 |
| He successfully defended his Wimbledon title 1921 but then did not compete there again until 1926. In 1930, at the age of 37 he won a third title. In December 1930 he turned professional, following a dispute with the US authorities concerning his amateur status, and played on well into his fifties. |
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