TILDEN'S RECORD

Evening Star, Issue 23378, 22 September 1939, Page 5

TILDEN'S RECORD

WORLD'S FAMOUS TENNIS . PLAYER STILL PLAYING AT FORTY-TW* W. T. Tilden’s record in tennis couhT be made to occupy pages and pages (save an exchange); From ,1918 ,to 1930, when hie turned professional,; ha defeatedl every recognised player of the day. During the last nine years ha has won professional ..titles in different parts. Tilden was born 42 years ago. __ When, he. was 21 he won the American doubles championship with 1 Vincent Richards. ■ In 1920 he became the first American to win the Wimbledon, singles title. Tilden was then a regular member ofi the American Davis Cup team, and) against France and England-he won alt his matches, singles and! doubles. He returned to America to win the single# title there. . " ' In 1921 he retained both ms singles titles and also, won the American' doubles. The following, year saw him' win both the national singles and, doubles championships in America. .. In 1 1923 he won all three national title* of America. : ■ , By 1925 he had won the American singles title for six years in succession. The following year saw him. heat Borotra in the Davis - Cup challenge round, but .he lost his American title, mainly owing to a strained knee. The year 1927 saw him , in’the finals of both the " French and. American singles championships; in the semi-final at Wimbledon and doubles champion of both ' England and Americar—thus equalling Doherty’s, record,. _ _ . As captain of the American Dans Cup team in 1928 he defeated, Xiaopste.He contested the semi-finals ;• of the singles and doubles at Wimbledon. In 1929 he. again defeated Borotra and again won the American singles • title (for the seventh: time)^/ During the next year he won the ; Wimbledon, singles title and was champion of Holland, Austria,. Italy, and other counTilden was American professional champion in 1931, and since then ho has defeated Cochet, Vines, and all the leading professionals. . . Tilden is famous for his cannon-ball service, his hard-hitting play,; and, his genial personality. - Ho has written, many books on tennis and also a novel, ‘ Glory’s Net.i -