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...hth-ranked male player in the country. Six months younger than the great [[Don Budge]], he consistently ranked higher than Budge until the latter turned 20.

...autobiography Kramer considered the best player ever to have been either [[Don Budge]] (for consistent play) or [[Ellsworth Vines]] (at the height of his game). ...d world no. 1 among the amateurs for that year. Only Grand Slam winners [[Don Budge]] and [[Rod Laver]], and in 2010 [[Rafael Nadal]], have ever achieved the s

...amer, "was a great champion. He beat [[Pancho Segura|Segura]]. He beat [[Don Budge|Budge]] when Don was just a little bit past his peak. On a long tour, as u ...d wiry, he lacked the power of his larger competitors such as Kramer and [[Don Budge]] but made up for it with brains, ball control, and speed. A master court s

...ites that three other experts, '''L'Auto''' (a French sports magazine), '''Don Budge''', and '''Bill Tilden''', all ranked Vines ahead of Perry for the year. ...Perry]]''' (GBR) '''P.''', '''[[Ellsworth Vines]]''' (USA) '''P.''', '''[[Don Budge]]''' (USA) '''A.''' || all 3 ranked equally || Vines beat Perry in the Nor

...riting in 1979, Kramer considered the best player ever to have been either Don Budge (for consistent play) or Ellsworth Vines (at the height of his game). The ...ogical order, were [[Bill Tilden]], [[Ellsworth Vines]], [[Fred Perry]], [[Don Budge]], [[Bobby Riggs]], [[Jack Kramer]], '''Frank Sedgman''', [[Pancho Gonzales

...lison's career was subsequently overshadowed by the arrival of the great [[Don Budge]], but he was both a fine singles player and, along with his frequent partn

...8 years old, he toured the United States playing head-to-head matches with Don Budge, who at that time was incontestably the best player in the world. One tenn ...see. Even with greats such as [[Ellsworth Vines]], [[Fred Perry]], and [[Don Budge]] as his opponents, all of them current or recent World No. 1 players, it w

...8 years old, he toured the United States playing head-to-head matches with Don Budge, who at that time was incontestably the best player in the world. One tenn ...see. Even with greats such as [[Ellsworth Vines]], [[Fred Perry]], and [[Don Budge]] as his opponents, all of them current or recent World No. 1 players, it w

...ref>Writing in 1979, Kramer considered the best ever to have been either [[Don Budge]] (for consistent play) or [[Ellsworth Vines]] (at the height of his game).

...fore 1930, then [[Ellsworth Vines]] as the greatest player for one year, [[Don Budge]] for three years, [[Jack Kramer]] for five years, [[Rod Laver]] for 10 yea ...zales toured Australia and New Zealand with Dinny Pails, Frank Parker, and Don Budge. In December of 1950 Pails won the short tour in New Zealand but in January

|Trivia=Came within 1 set of winning the Grand Slam in 1933, 5 years before [[Don Budge]] did it; with his wife, Marjorie Cox, won 3 straight Australian mixed doub |Davis info=Lost in 5 sets to [[Don Budge]] in what has been called the greatest Davis Cup match of all time, the 5th

...ref>Writing in 1979, Kramer considered the best ever to have been either [[Don Budge]] (for consistent play) or [[Ellsworth Vines]] (at the height of his game).

.... The player long considered to have had the best backhand of all time, [[Don Budge]], had a very powerful one-handed stroke in the 1930s and '40s that imparte * [[Don Budge]] - winner of 14 amateur Grand Slam titles; was the first to win 4 Grand Sl

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...has been called by many competent observers such as [[Jack Kramer]] and [[Don Budge]] the greatest player of all time when his somewhat erratic game was at its ...urpassed by [[Jimmy Connors]] in 1988. Six months younger than the great [[Don Budge]], he consistently ranked higher than Budge until the latter turned 20.

...had a renowned sliced backhand that, along with the topspin backhand of [[Don Budge]], is frequently called one of the two best of all time. Rosewall was the [ ...ref>Writing in 1979, Kramer considered the best ever to have been either [[Don Budge]] (for consistent play) or [[Ellsworth Vines]] (at the height of his game).