Bill Tilden Autographs

William Tatem Tilden II (February 10, 1893 – June 5, 1953), nicknamed "Big Bill", was an American tennis player. He was the world No. 1 amateur for six consecutive years, from 1920 to 1925, and was ranked as the world No. 1 professional by Ray Bowers in 1931 and 1932 and Ellsworth Vines in 1933. Tilden won 14 Major singles titles, including 10 Grand Slam events, one World Hard Court Championships and three professional majors. He was the first American man to win Wimbledon, first claiming the title in 1920. He also won a joint-record seven U.S. Championships titles (shared with Richard Sears and Bill Larned).
Tilden dominated the world of international tennis in the first half of the 1920s, and during his 20-year amateur period from 1911 to 1930, won 138 of 192 tournaments he contested. He owns a number of all-time tennis achievements, including the career match-winning record and the career winning percentage at the U.S. Championships. At the 1929 U.S. National Championships, Tilden became the first player to reach ten finals at the same Grand Slam event. Tilden, who was frequently at odds with the rigid United States Lawn Tennis Association about his amateur status and income derived from newspaper articles, won his last Grand Slam event in 1930 at Wimbledon at the age of 37. He turned professional at the end of that year and toured with other professionals for the next 15 years.
William Tatem Tilden Jr. was born on February 10, 1893, in Germantown, Philadelphia into a wealthy family bereaved by the death of three older siblings. His father was William Tatem Tilden, a wool merchant and local politician; and his mother, Selina Hey, was a pianist. His semi-invalid mother, who suffered from Bright's disease, died when he was 18; and, even though his father was still alive and maintained a large house staffed with servants, Bill was sent a few houses away to live with a maiden aunt. The loss at 22 of his father and an older brother Herbert marked him deeply. After several months of deep depression and, with encouragement from his aunt, tennis, which he had taken up at age six or seven at the family summer house in the Catskill Mountains of Upstate New York, became his primary means of recovery. According to his biographer, Frank Deford, because of his early family losses, Tilden spent all of his adult life attempting to create a father-son relationship with a long succession of ball boys and youthful tennis protégés, of whom Vinnie Richards was the most noted. In spite of his worldwide travels, Tilden lived at his aunt's house until 1941, when he was 48 years old.
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Traded items with a signature of Bill Tilden

The most expensive item with a signature of Bill Tilden (RARE TENNIS AUTOGRAPH~ BILL TILDEN personal presentation THE PINCH QUITTER 1924) was sold in May 2022 for $875.00 while the cheapest item (1945 Autographs Game #10A Big Bill Tilden Budge Signature PSA 5 EX) found a new owner for $11.10 in April 2024. The month with the most items sold (3) was February 2011 with an average selling price of $149.99 for an autographed item of Bill Tilden. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2025 with $562.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $11.10 was April 2024. In average, an autographed item from Bill Tilden is worth $164.90.

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1945 Autographs Game #10A Big Bill Tilden Budge Signature PSA 5 EX	$11.10
	Bill Tilden (+) TENNIS autograph, signed album page m.	$254.02
	BILL TILDEN (D-1953, age 60) very rare handwritten signed 2 page letter - tennis	$177.00
	BILL TILDEN (DIED-1953) AUTOGRAPH SIGNED IN-PERSON ALBUM PAGE	$175.00
	BILL TILDEN - LETTER - SIGNED/1949 - TENNIS - GONZALES - KRAMER - WIMBLEDON	$250.00
	Bill Tilden Autograph Letter Signed - Los Angeles Tennis Club Stationery	$562.00
	Bill Tilden Signed Cut Autographed PSA/DNA AUTO Tennis RARE Deceased 1953	$129.50
	Bill Tilden Signed Letter - American Tennis Champion	$154.80
	Bill Tilden Tennis Player Hand Signed In Ink Photograph With COA	$153.59
	Bill Tilden Tennis Star Signed Hand Written Letter JSA Authenticated	$449.99
	BILL TILDEN. One of the greatest tennis players of all time. Signature	$40.00
	LETTER SIGNED - Big Bill Tilden - RARE -- Tennis HoF COA authentic autograph	$175.00
	LETTER SIGNED - Big Bill Tilden - RARE -- Tennis HoF COA authentic autograph	$175.00
	PSA DNA BIG BILL TILDEN SIGNED 1945 AUTOGRAPHS TENNIS CARD ERROR	$76.00
	Tennis Champion BIG BILL TILDEN - Album Page Signed	$59.90