1919 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles

Men's Singles
1919 U.S. National Championships
Champion United States Bill Johnston [1]
Runner-up United States Bill Tilden [1]
Final score 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
Draw 128
Seeds

Bill Johnston defeated Bill Tilden 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1919 U.S. National Championships.[2] It was Johnston's second U.S. Championships singles title after 1915. The competition had an unseeded draw of 128 players.[1]

Draw

Key

Final eight

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                     
United States Robert Lindley Murray 7 1 2 4
United States Bill Johnston 4 6 6 6
United States Bill Johnston 2 6 '6 6
United States Wallace F. Johnson 6 1 3 3
United States Wallace F. Johnson 6 6 6
United States Walter Merrill Hall 4 0 2
United States Bill Johnston 6 6 6
United States Bill Tilden 4 4 3
United States Bill Tilden 1 6 7 6
Australia Norman Brookes 6 4 5 3
United States Bill Tilden 6 7 6
United States R. Norris Williams 1 5 3
United States R. Norris Williams 6 6 6
United States Maurice McLoughlin 0 3 2

References

  1. 1 2 3 Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. pp. 18–19,485. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.
  2. Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed – The USLTA Men's Singles Champions, 1881-1966,. Barre: Barre Publishers. p. 97. OCLC 172306.


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