Tilden came to the court in Forest Hills dressed in his camel's hair coat, the big sash tied, and carried an armful of rackets. Johnston brought two rackets. Tilden, with the backhand drive that he ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania panel once again rejected a historical marker for Philadelphia tennis great Bill Tilden. Tilden became the first American to win Wimbledon in 1920 and also won seven ...

POSSIBLY you observed that our Big Bill Tilden took another sock on the jaw recently; this time at New Haven during the Connecticut State Championships from the hand of his friend and one-time doubles ...

If you're a tennis fan, then you're in virtual heaven. Especially on the men's side, there has never been an era replete with such rich talent and compelling personalities as we are witness to now.

SOME scattered impressions of this year’s French tennis championships: The best player, Cochet; the most popular player, Tilden; the most sportsmanlike, Ohta of Japan; the most courageous, Borotra; ...

PHILADELPHIA — In the 1920s and 1930s, Bill Tilden was to tennis what Babe Ruth was to baseball. Honoring him with a historical marker should be an ace — if not for questions about his conduct with ...

1925 — Bill Tilden wins his sixth straight U.S. Open tennis championship with a five-set victory over Bill Johnston. Tilden wins 4-6, 11-9, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. It’s the fourth consecutive year that Tilden ...