William Tatem Tilden II was a tennis player from the United States. Tilden was the world No. 1 amateur for six years in a row, from 1920 to 1925, and was voted No. 1 professional by Ray Bowers in 1931 and 1932, and Ellsworth Vines in 1933.
He won 14 Major singles championships in his career, including 10 Grand Slams, one World Hard Court Championship, and three professional majors. He was the first American to win Wimbledon, doing so in 1920. He also won a U.S. Championships record seven times (shared with Richard Sears and Bill Larned).
Bill Tilden siblings: Who are his three older siblings?
His three old siblings are undocumented
Tilden dominated the world of international tennis in the first half of the 1920s, winning 138 of 192 events during his 20-year amateur career from 1911 to 1930.
What happened to Bill Tilden siblings?
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Their brother holds several all-time tennis records, including the lifetime match-winning record and the career winning % in the US Open. Tilden became the first player in Grand Slam history to reach 10 finals in the 1929 US National Championships.
Tilden, who repeatedly clashed with the US Lawn Tennis Association about his amateur status and money from newspaper articles, won his final Major championship at Wimbledon at the age of 37 in 1930. He became a professional at the end of that year and traveled with other pros for the rest of the year.
