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Bill Tilden

William Tatem Tilden II was a pioneering American tennis player known as 'Big Bill' who dominated the sport in the 1920s.

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Bill Tilden is best known for Dominant American tennis player, world No. 1 amateur from 1920 to 1925, first American man to win Wimbledon, and winner of 14 Major singles titles. On Dead or Alive, Bill Tilden is listed in the Tennis Legends category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Bill Tilden is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Dominant American tennis player, world No. 1 amateur from 1920 to 1925, first American man to win Wimbledon, and winner of 14 Major singles titles.
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About Bill Tilden

He 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. Tilden won 14 Major singles titles, including 10 Grand Slam events, one World Hard Court Championships and three professional majors. He was the first American man to win Wimbledon, first claiming the title in 1920. He also won a joint-record seven U.S. Championships titles (shared with Richard Sears and Bill Larned). Tilden dominated the world of international tennis in the first half of the 1920s, and during his 20-year amateur period from 1911 to 1930, won 138 of 192 tournaments he contested. He owns a number of all-time tennis achievements, including the career match-winning record and the career winning percentage at the U.S. National Championships, Tilden became the first player to reach ten finals at the same Grand Slam event. Tilden, who was frequently at odds with the rigid United States Lawn Tennis Association about his amateur status and income derived from newspaper articles, won his last Grand Slam event in 1930 at Wimbledon at the age of 37. He turned professional at the end of that year and toured with other professionals for the next 15 years.

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