Tilden dominated the world of international tennis in the first half of the 1920s, and during his 18-year amateur period of 1912–29, won 138 of 192 tournaments.
Tilden dominou o mundo do tenis internacional na primeira metade da década de 1920, e durante os seus dezaoito anos como afeccionado (1912–29) gañou 138 de 192 torneos.