Tennis/Catalogs/Famous players

This is a supplement to the article about Tennis and to the articles about each player.

Under construction: this will be a list of famous players, in chronological order.

• Maurice McLoughlin
• Richard Williams
  • Legal name: R. Norris Williams; he was known variously as Richard, Dick, and R. Norris
  • Date of birth: January 29, 1891, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Date of death: June 2, 1968, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
  • Nationality: American
  • Handedness: Right
  • Amateur or professional: Amateur only
  • Most prominent strengths: Took ball on the rise using the Continental grip, going for winners on every shot; unbeatable when his game was "on"
  • Most prominent weaknesses: Extremely erratic, could lose to much inferior players
  • Trivia: Was a Titanic survivor, nearly had his legs amputated after being rescued from the near-freezing waters
  • World No. 1 player or Co-No. 1: Was the U.S.A. No. 1 in 1916, when there were no world rankings because of World War I
  • Davis Cup: 6 years; on 5 winning teams; 6-3 in singles, 4-0 in doubles
  • Grand Slam tournament victories: 6 victories in singles (2), doubles (3), and mixed doubles (1)
• Big Bill Tilden
  • Legal name: William Tatem Tilden, Jr., changed to William Tatem Tilden II in the 1910s
  • Date of birth: February 10, 1893, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Date of death: June 5, 1953, Los Angeles, California
  • Nationality: American
  • Handedness: Right
  • Amateur or professional: Amateur until December 31, 1930; beat Karel Koželuh before 14,000 in his professional debut at Madison Square Garden on February 18, 1931; thereafter toured for many years against other top professionals
  • Most prominent strengths: "Cannonball" serve; all-court game; speed and court coverage; intelligence and analytic ability to change strategy and tactics during matches
  • Most prominent weaknesses: Initially, his backhand; possibly his overhead smash
  • Trivia: Served two periods of incarceration near Los Angeles for morals charges involving underage males
  • World No. 1 player or Co-No. 1: 7 times, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1931
  • Davis Cup: 11 years; 25-5 in singles, 9-2 in doubles; on 7 consecutive winning teams, 1920 through 1926, still a record
  • Grand Slam tournament victories: 21 victories in singles (10), doubles (6), and mixed doubles (5)
• Little Bill Johnston
  • Legal name: William M. Johnston
  • Date of birth: November 2, 1894, San Francisco, California
  • Date of death: May 1, 1946, San Francisco, California
  • Nationality: American
  • Handedness: Right
  • Amateur or professional: Amateur only; retired from competition in 1927
  • Most prominent strengths: Topspin forehand drive hit shoulder-high with a Western grip; volleying from the service line
  • Most prominent weaknesses: Backhand, which he hit with the same face of the racquet as his forehand; occasional physical fraility
  • Trivia: Died of tuberculosis at age 51
  • World No. 1 player or Co-No. 1: 1 time, 1919
  • Davis Cup: 8 years; 14-3 in singles, 4-0 in doubles; on 7 consecutive winning teams, 1920 through 1926, still a record
  • Grand Slam tournament victories: 7 victories in singles (3), doubles (3), and mixed doubles (1)
• Karel Koželuh
• Ray Casey
• Ellsworth Vines
• Fred Perry
• Don Budge
• Bobby Riggs
• Frank Kovacs
• Pancho Segura
• Jack Kramer
• Frank Sedgman
• Pancho Gonzales
• Ken Rosewall
• Lew Hoad
• Rod Laver
• Arthur Ashe
• Jimmy Connors
• John McEnroe
• Pete Sampras
• Andre Agassi
• Roger Federer