Bill Tilden (Wikipedia).
This Sunday we end the week with one of the first stars of world tennis, who still holds records and whose name every good fan of racquet sports should know: Bill Tilden.
William Tatum Tilden Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 10, 1893. His father was a wealthy businessman and local politician. Tilden was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There are many servants in the big house. But rich people cry too. His mother, a pianist, was in poor health and died when he was 18. His father sent him to live with his aunt, and he would not leave her for the next thirty years.
His father died when he was 22, and a few years later his brother Herbert died of pneumonia.All of these losses apparently boosted young Bill Tilden’s tennis career, as he instead devoted himself to a I have been practicing since I was 6 years oldwhen he and his family summered in the Catskill Mountains of New York.
Tilden, who trained at the University of Pennsylvania, began winning trophies as early as the 1910s, but his breakthrough came in 1920. He won Wimbledon and his first U.S. Open title, first of six times in a row Seven times in total, a record that has not been broken since.
He also won again at Wimbledon in 1921, and during the 1920s he was considered the best player in the world and the number one player. It must be taken into account that it was not until 1930 that he became world number one. He turned pro. That year he won Wimbledon again and his second French Open title (he had won his first title in 1927).
Tilden and legendary French tennis player Susanne Lenglen (Wikipedia).
In addition to these major tournament wins we must addand seven consecutive Davis Cups. For Tilden’s involvement in America: takes place between 1920 and 1926.
As I told you, he turned pro at the age of 37 and continued to play for 15 years, especially in exhibitions, although he never stopped winning tournaments.He lives in California, and in addition to playing tennis, he acts in movies… and stars in A notorious scandal.
In the 1940s, he was arrested twice Arrested with underage scammerwhich closed many doors for him and he was banned from training at many clubs.
Tilden was already a millionaire, having made a lot of money from his tennis career, but he maintained a high standard of living (for example, he owned a suite at the Algonquin Hotel in New York), which left him broke. He died in his Los Angeles apartment on June 5, 1953. Victim of cardiac arrest. He is 60 years old.
Despite the scandal, he was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1959 and is considered One of the best players of all time.
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