Bill Tilden career statistics

Updated on Dec 09, 2023

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This is a list of the main career statistics of America former tennis player Bill Tilden (1893–1953) whose amateur and professional career spanned three decades from the early 1910s to the mid 1940s.

Performance timeline

Bill Tilden joined Professional tennis in 1931 and was unable to compete in the Grand Slams tournaments from that year onward.

Grand Slam tournaments

Singles : 10 titles, 5 runners-up

Doubles: 6 titles, 2 runners-up

Mixed doubles: 5 titles, 6 runners-up

Pro Slam

Singles : 4 titles, 4 runners-up

Amateur era

Singles (1918–1930) : 128+ titles

According to Bud Collins, as an amateur (1912–1930) Tilden won 138 of 192 tournaments, lost 28 finals and had a 907–62 match record, a 93.60% winning percentage. Only known titles are detailed here.

Professional era

Singles (1931–1940) : 15+ titles

Davis Cup

Tilden won 34 out of 41 Davis Cup matches; 25 of his 30 singles matches and 9 out of 11 doubles. He was a member of the victorious United States Davis Cup teams in 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1926.

Professional tours

Singles (1931–1941) : 14 tours

Records

Winning streak of Grand Slam events: 8 titles (1920–1926). Including 6 U.S. titles and 2 Wimbledon titles.

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. This highlights the astonishing longevity of Tilden.

Winning streak in single matches at U.S. Championships: 42 (1920–1926)

Most single titles at U.S. Championships: 7 (1920–1925, 1929)

Most single finals at U.S. Championships: 10 (1918–1925, 1927, 1929)

Won single + doubles + mixed doubles titles at same U.S. Championships event (1922, 1923)

Winning streak in single matches: 98 (1924–1925)

Best match winning % in one season: 98.73%, with a record of 78–1 (1925)

Most appearances in final of Davis Cup: 11 with a record of 21–7 in singles (1920–1930)