Bill Tilden
Chandler Bair
Sports American History
Bill Tilden
My player was Bill Tilden he was a hall of fame pro Golfer. William Tatem Tilden II his nickname was "Big Bill,” Bill Tilden was an American tennis player he is often considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
Tilden was the World No. 1 player for seven years, he won 15 Majors: ten Grand Slams, the 1921 World Hard Court Championships and four Pro Slams. He dominated the world of international tennis in the first half of the 1920s, and during his 18-year amateur period of 1912–30, he won 138 of 192 tournaments, and had a match record of 907–62, a winning percentage of 93.6 percent.
Here are some of his career championships: French Open F (1927, 1930)
Wimbledon W (1920, 1921,1930,) US Open W (1920-1925, 1929) US Pro W (1931, 1935) Wembley Pro F (1935, 1937, 1938) French Pro W (1933-1934)
Tilden was born into a wealthy Philadelphia family bereaved by the death of three older siblings. He lost his semi-invalid mother when he was 18 and, even though his father was still alive and maintained a large house staffed with servants, was sent a few houses away to live with a maiden aunt. Tilden attended University of Pennsylvania and graduated from Peirce College. In the United States' sports-mad decade of the Roaring Twenties, Tilden was one of the six dominant figures of the "Golden Age of Sport", along with Babe Ruth, Howie Morenz, Red Grange, Bobby Jones, and Jack Dempsey.
Sports American History
Bill Tilden
My player was Bill Tilden he was a hall of fame pro Golfer. William Tatem Tilden II his nickname was "Big Bill,” Bill Tilden was an American tennis player he is often considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
Tilden was the World No. 1 player for seven years, he won 15 Majors: ten Grand Slams, the 1921 World Hard Court Championships and four Pro Slams. He dominated the world of international tennis in the first half of the 1920s, and during his 18-year amateur period of 1912–30, he won 138 of 192 tournaments, and had a match record of 907–62, a winning percentage of 93.6 percent.
Here are some of his career championships: French Open F (1927, 1930)
Wimbledon W (1920, 1921,1930,) US Open W (1920-1925, 1929) US Pro W (1931, 1935) Wembley Pro F (1935, 1937, 1938) French Pro W (1933-1934)
Tilden was born into a wealthy Philadelphia family bereaved by the death of three older siblings. He lost his semi-invalid mother when he was 18 and, even though his father was still alive and maintained a large house staffed with servants, was sent a few houses away to live with a maiden aunt. Tilden attended University of Pennsylvania and graduated from Peirce College. In the United States' sports-mad decade of the Roaring Twenties, Tilden was one of the six dominant figures of the "Golden Age of Sport", along with Babe Ruth, Howie Morenz, Red Grange, Bobby Jones, and Jack Dempsey.