TENNIS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XVIII, Issue 1857, 4 September 1923, Page 6

TENNIS.

William T. Tilden, who now, in the opinion of leading authorities, heads the list of the world’s greatest tennis, players of the present day, first attained - wide fame when he won the 11.5. A. national clay-court championship in 1918. In the same year lie Avon the American doubles championship, with Vincent Richards as his partner. In the following year he was runnerup in the covered court championship and the American singles championship, beating N. E. Brookes. With Richards he was again victorious in the doubles. Going to England as a member of the U.S.A. Davis Cup team in 1920, he won the All-Comers’ singles and championship at Wimbledon (the first American to break through the sacred portals). He represented America versus France- and England, and won all matches in the singles and doubles. Returning to New York, he Avon the American singles championship (dethroning Johnston after a fiveset match), and thus held both American and British titles in the same year. In December, 1920, he represented U.S.A. in the challenge round A r ersus Australasia at Auckland, winning all three matches. He also won the New Zealand championship. He went to Europe in 1921, and won the hard-court championship at St. Cloud and retained the singles title at Wimbledon. In America he won the singles and doubles championships. In this year he played against Japan in the Davis Cup challenge round. Last year he won the U.S. singles championship outright, defeating Shimidzu, Patterson, and Johnston on three successive days. He again won the doubles with Vincent Richardsi. Defending the Davis Cup, he beat, both Patterson and Anderson. He is 30 years of age.