1929 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles

Bill Tilden defeated Frank Hunter 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1929 U.S. National Championships.[2] It was Tilden's seventh and final U.S. Championship title and his ninth Grand Slam title overall.

Men's Singles
1929 U.S. National Championships
Champion	Bill Tilden [1]
Runner-up	Frank Hunter [1]
Final score	3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Seeds	14

Seeds

The tournament used two lists of players for seeding the men's singles event; one list of eight U.S. players and one list of six foreign players. Bill Tilden is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

Bill Tilden (Champion) George Lott (Third round) Francis Hunter (Finalist) John Doeg (Semifinalist) John Van Ryn (Quarterfinalist) Berkeley Bell (Third round) Fritz Mercur (Semifinalist) Gregory Mangin (Second round)

Bunny Austin (Quarterfinalist) Norman Farquharson (Second round) John Olliff (Third round) Tamio Abe (Fourth round) E.R. Avory (Third round) Germán Upmann (Second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior Exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Final eight

	Quarter-finals									Semi-finals									Final
	Bill Tilden		7	2	9	6
	John Van Ryn		5	6	7	2
										Bill Tilden		4	6	2	6	6
										John Doeg		6	2	6	4	3
	John Doeg		6	6	6
	Bunny Austin		4	4	3
																			Bill Tilden		3	6	4	6	6
																			Frank Hunter		6	3	6	2	4
	Wilmer Allison		6	8	4
	Fritz Mercur		8	10	6
										Fritz Mercur		4	8	4	3
										Frank Hunter		6	6	6	6
	Frank Hunter		6	6	6
	R. Norris Williams		0	3	4

Section 1

	First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
										1	Bill Tilden	6	6	6
											Donald Strachan	2	1	0
																			1	Bill Tilden	2	6	14	6
																				F. Shields	6	1	12	4
											Kenneth B. Appel	3	3	2
											Francis Shields	6	6	6
																												1	Bill Tilden	6	7	8
																													H. Culley	3	5	6
											Louis B. Dailey Jr.	1	4	6	0
											Henry M. Culley	6	6	3	6
																				H.M. Culley	6	7	6	6
																				J. Mooney	1	5	8	2
											Jack Mooney	6	8	6
										(6)	Germán Upmann	4	6	3

References

1. Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York City]: New Chapter Press. p. 458. ISBN 978-0942257700.
2. Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed – The USLTA Men's Singles Champions, 1881-1966. Barre: Barre Publishers. p. 107. OCLC 172306.