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Bill Tilden or Lester Stoefen; Budge–Vines 15–5 [68] Budge–Tilden — Budge–Stoefen — 1939 Oct–1940 Jan U.S. & Mexico tour Fred Perry; Bill Tilden; Lester Stoefen; Ben Gorchakoff; Bruce Barnes — incomplete results [69] [70] 1940: U.S. tour Fred Perry; Bill Tilden; Vincent Richards; Ben Gorchakoff; Perry–Tilden incomplete results ...
William Tatem Tilden II (February 10, 1893 – June 5, 1953), 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.
Lester Stoefen Bill Tilden: Martin Plaa Robert Ramillon: 8–6, 17–15, 8–6 1939: Don Budge Ellsworth Vines: Lester Stoefen Bill Tilden: 6–2, 7–9, 7–5, 8–6 ...
Bill Tilden playing a forehand shot This is a list of the main career statistics of American former tennis player Bill Tilden (1893–1953) whose amateur and professional career spanned three decades from the early 1910s to the mid 1940s.
Lester Rollo Stoefen (March 30, 1911 – February 8, 1970) was an American tennis player of the 1930s. Career. Stoefen, partnering with compatriot George Lott, won ...
In 1939, Odsal Stadium played host to the British Isles and Western Europe tour of the leading men's tennis players of the day: Donald Budge, Big Bill Tilden, H. Ellsworth Vines, and Lester Stoefen. A film capturing this event was created by local filmmaker, C. H. Wood which additionally features a rugby league cup semi final which took place ...
Vines beat Lester Stoefen in the World series (after a disastrous start to the tour, Stoefen withdrew from the tour). At the French Pro at Roland Garros, Vines beat Nusslein in the final. [50] Vines then won the tournament at Southport beating Tilden. Vines then won tournaments at Deauville and La Baule (also over Tilden).
Bill Tilden won five doubles titles (1918, 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1927) with three different partners. The following pairings won the U.S. Open tennis championship, or its predecessor United States National tennis championship, in Men's Doubles .