The great William Tatem Tilden II, nicknamed “Big Bill”, was an American tennis player. Tilden was the world No. 1 amateur for six consecutive years, from 1920 to 1925, and was ranked as the world No. 1 professional by Ray Bowers in 1931 and 1932 and Ellsworth Vines in 1933.
Born into wealth and privilege, Tilden had shown promise with a racket at an early age during summers spent at the family home in the Catskill Mountains, New York.
Having lost both his parents and older brother Herbert by the time he was 22 years of age, however, tennis became Tilden’s primary means of coping. Using unorthodox backcourt play and possessing a cannonball serve, Tilden’s influence on American tennis is hard to overstate.
In 1920, he became the first American to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title, and he won every major tournament he entered for six years, including six straight U.S. Open titles. Tilden also led his country to seven Davis Cup victories, often sharing sporting headlines with baseball great Babe Ruth, golfer Bobby Jones, and boxer Jack Dempsey.
Bill Tilden family/parents/siblings
His father was William Tatem Tilden, a wool merchant, and local politician; and his mother, Selina Hey, was a pianist. His Nephew Herbert Marmaduke Tilden was an American tennis player and elder brother of tennis champion Bill Tilden.
Bill Tilden’s Wife and Children
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