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Winning streak in single matches at Grand Slam events: 51 (1920–1926) Second best match winning % in Grand Slam events: 89.76% , with a record of 114–13 (1916–1930). Notice that Björn Borg has a winning percentage of 89.81% with a record of 141–16 (1974–1981) in a span time of about the half of Tilden.
He owns a number of all-time tennis achievements, including an amateur career match-winning record of 93.6%. [45] Tilden's career winning percentage at the US National Championships was 90.7%, which ranks him first ahead of Roger Federer, Fred Perry and Pete Sampras, and also a 42-match win streak from 1920 to 1926 is ahead of Roger Federer and ...
Defending champion Bill Tilden defeated Wallace Johnson in the final, 6–1, 6–3, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1921 U.S. National Championships. [2] It was Tilden's second U.S. Championships singles title and fourth major singles title overall. Tilden became the first male tennis player to win four consecutive major ...
The names of active players appear in boldface for their career totals and currently active streaks ... Bill Tilden 89.24 ... The Triple Crown refers to winning the ...
Today, the ultimate pursuit in tennis is to win the Grand Slam; winning all four Grand Slam tournaments in the same calendar year. [13] In 1982, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) broadened the definition of the Grand Slam as meaning any four straight major victories, including the ones spanning two calendar years that became known as the non-calendar year Grand Slam, though it later ...
During the 1920s, Tilden "was the most famous sportsman in the world", in reviewer Simon Briggs's words. [7] Hornblum credits Tilden with turning tennis from an elite lawn activity to a heavily watched popular sport. [6] In addition to being an athlete, Tilden wrote more than 24 books, including novels [8] and nonfiction books about tennis. [4]
Three-time defending champion Bill Tilden defeated Bill Johnston in the final, 6–4, 6–1, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1923 U.S. National Championships. [2] It was Tilden's fourth U.S. Championships singles title and sixth major singles title overall.
Bill Tilden defeated Bill Johnston in the final, 6–1, 1–6, 7–5, 5–7, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1920 U.S. National Championships. [2] It was Tilden's first U.S. Championships singles title, the first of an eventual record seven such titles, and his second major singles title overall.