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- Bill Tilden used his
- powerful serve to
- dominate international
- tennis from 1920 until
- 1925. During that time, he
- was 66-0 in major singles matches, and
- won the U.S. National Championships (now
- called the U.S. Open) six times. In 1920,
- Bill became the first U.S. player to win
- Wimbledon. He won Wimbledon twice more,
- in 1921 and 1930.
-
- Bill, who was 6' 2" tall, was known as Big
- Bill. Although he and his partner won the
- 1913 and 1914 U.S. mixed doubles cham-
- pionship, Bill didnΓÇÖt achieve great success in
- singles until he brought his wild serve-
- and-volley game under control. When
- he won the singles championship at