Bill Tilden
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MrPernell27: i must respectfully disagree; Tilden was the greatest; and he will always be the greatest; when it comes to our beloved sport of tennis, his is THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES.
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No way could he serve 165 mph. That's just a myth. Your legs weren't even allowed to leave the ground back then.
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@JGmartinezJr thats incredible
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@pancrack14 it was 165 MPH or so, with WOODEN rackets...
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@Anaconda43VR Granted, what he did was reprehensible but it was off the court. Therefore, I don't feel it should affect what he did on the court. Apples and oranges. He deserves to be in.
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the best evahh!! ;)
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people need to get over thgis silly idea of bill tilden being the greatest player of all time. You cannot seriously think that given the same racquets/equipment that he would have any chance in hell against Federer, Sampras, Nadal, Mcenroe. Like boris becker said" if you wore pants while playing, it no longer counts"
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THANKS! Please post anything you can on Bill Tilden...very rare indeed.
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Back before Bill started raping teenage boys.
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Drakulie? HAHAHA.
I still don't think Tilden should be allowed to be in the Tennis HOF for his off-court 'antics'. Good tennis player but a sad story.
give any man in the top 1000 a wooden beam racket. then we'll see how physically tough they are ;)
lytwielder 3 years ago 12
wow, the true father of modern tennis. he laid the foundation for many of the tactics and psychological rules that players still use today. more juniors ought to read his books on matchplay.
spacecowboy95 3 years ago 5