Details
TILDEN 1933. A Mercury tennis racket manufactured by Edw. J. Rose, New York, belonging to William T. Tilden, ca. 1933, with open-throat construction, box trebling, red and white trim and wooden octagonal handle with leather butt (strings pulled away at top of frame), in a flower-shaped press. With Tilden's Me - The Handicap (London, 1929).
William ('Bill') Tilden (1893-1953) was an American tennis player and one of the greatest players of his time. Renowned for the ferocity of his serve, he was Wimbledon singles champion three times (1920, 1921, 1930), and doubles champion in 1927; he was also six times American singles champion, and four times doubles champion in the 1920s. In 1931 he turned professional, and went on circuit for 20 years - on of the first players to do so. (2)
William ('Bill') Tilden (1893-1953) was an American tennis player and one of the greatest players of his time. Renowned for the ferocity of his serve, he was Wimbledon singles champion three times (1920, 1921, 1930), and doubles champion in 1927; he was also six times American singles champion, and four times doubles champion in the 1920s. In 1931 he turned professional, and went on circuit for 20 years - on of the first players to do so. (2)
Provenance
The racket was given by Tilden to the German player, Hans Msslein, after playing a match together, who later donated it to the present collector.