1920 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles

Men's Singles
1920 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Bill Tilden
Runner-up	Gerald Patterson
Final score	2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4

Bill Tilden (USA) defeated reigning champion Gerald Patterson (AUS) 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 in the Challenge Round final to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1920 Wimbledon Championships. Tilden was the first American male Wimbledon champion.

Challenge round

	Challenge Round
	Gerald Patterson		6	3	2	4
	Bill Tilden		2	6	6	6

All-Comers' draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• r. = retired

Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Finals
		Theodore Mavrogordato	6	4	9	7
		R. Norris Williams	3	6	7	5
											Theodore Mavrogordato	6	4	0	2
											Zenzo Shimizu	3	6	6	6
		Zenzo Shimizu	6	6	6
		Neville Willford	0	1	2
																				Zenzo Shimizu	4	4	11
																				Bill Tilden	6	6	13
		Randolph Lycett	5	6	4	5
		Bill Tilden	7	4	6	7
											Bill Tilden	6	8	6
											Chuck Garland	4	6	2
		Cecil Blackbeard	6	1	3	1
		Chuck Garland	4	6	6	6

Earlier Rounds

Section 1

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	GTC Watt	0	2	1
	Theodore Mavrogordato	6	6	6						TM Mavrogordato	6	6	6
	Maurice Day	4	2	3						FMB Fisher	4	2	3
	Frank Fisher	6	6	6															TM Mavrogordato	3	7	6	7
	Charles P. Dixon	9	6	8															PM Davson	6	5	3	5
	TA Fuller	7	2	6						CP Dixon	3	2	7	0
	Brame Hillyard	0	1	4						PM Davson	6	6	5	6
	Percival Davson	6	6	6																								TM Mavrogordato	6	7	8
	Alfred Hunter	6	7	3	6																							BIC Norton	1	5	6
	Ernest Parton	3	5	6	1					AC Hunter	4	2	5
	Walter Crawley	4	3	4						AW Macpherson	6	6	7
	AW Macpherson	6	6	6															AW Macpherson	6	4	2	2
	Brian Norton	6	7	6															BIC Norton	4	6	6	6
	JCF Simpson	2	5	2						BIC Norton	6	13	6
	IS White	4	4	1						RH Hotham	2	11	2
	RH Hotham	6	6	6

Section 2

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	Erik Tegner	6	6	6
	Monty Temple	4	2	0						E Tegner	7	6	3	4	5
	JA Frost	3	4	2						AB Gravem	5	2	6	6	7
	Axel Gravem	6	6	6															AB Gravem	5	0	1
	Dick Williams	6	6	6															RN Williams	7	6	6
	N Field	2	1	3						RN Williams	6	6	6
	George Boustead	w/o								GM Boustead	2	2	1
	JW O'Farrell																											RN Williams	6	6	6
	Gerald Sherwell	7	2	4																								J Brugnon	0	2	2
	Arthur Gore	9	6	6						AW Gore	2	4	6	6	3
	Toto Brugnon	6	6	6	6					J Brugnon	6	6	2	0	6
	JT Baines	8	4	4	0														J Brugnon	6	3	6	6
	BE Henty	3	4	3															WH Laurentz	4	6	3	2
	Louis Raymond	6	6	6						LB Raymond	4	3	6	3
	William Laurentz	6	6	6						WH Laurentz	6	6	4	6
	LF Davin	2	3	1

Section 3

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	Wing Lock Wei	3	6	8	2	6
	Vincent Burr	6	4	6	6	4				WL Wei	6	6	4	4	4
	CL Philcox	6	6	6						CL Philcox	3	4	6	6	6
	André Roche	2	2	4															CL Philcox	3	6	3	2
	Beverley Covell	1	3	7	2														AG Zerlendis	6	2	6	6
	Sune Malmström	6	6	5	6					S Malmström	3	1	4
	Leonard Lyle	4	3	3						AG Zerlendis	6	6	6
	Augustos Zerlendis	6	6	6																								AG Zerlendis	3	4	3
	Christiaan van Lennep																											Z Shimizu	6	6	6
	Scotter Owen	w/o								HS Owen	1	2	3
	Percy Portlock	1	2	5						AH Gobert	6	6	6
	Andre Gobert	6	6	7															AH Gobert	4	8	6	6	4
	Philip Glover																		Z Shimizu	6	10	4	2	6
	Gordon Lowe	w/o								FG Lowe	2	2	8	2
	Alan Belgrave	2	3	1						Z Shimizu	6	6	6	6
	Zenzo Shimizu	6	6	6

Section 4

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	Neville Deed	4	4	1
	Percy Pinckney	6	6	6						WP Pinckney	6	6	6
	Maurice Blythman	w/o								M Blythman	2	1	1
	Shirley Dillon																		WP Pinckney	0	7	5	3
	PM Dixon	6	4	3	2														HG Mayes	6	5	7	6
	Henry Mayes	3	6	6	6					HG Mayes	6	6	4	6
	JB Ward	7	0	6	3	2				R Walker	1	2	6	4
	Robert Walker	5	6	2	6	6																						HG Mayes	6	1	5
	HJ Gilbert	3	6	1	0																							N Willford	8	6	7
	Roderick McNair	6	1	6	6					RJ McNair	2	6	1	2
	Neville Willford	6	6	6						N Willford	6	1	6	6
	Bill Swinden	2	2	4															N Willford	6	1	6	6
	Fred Lindemann																		JG Hogan	2	6	1	2
	MRL White	w/o								MRL White	3r.
	JG Hogan	3	6	6	6					JG Hogan	3
	Geoffrey Youll	6	1	2	4

Section 5

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	Samuel Hardy	6	6	6
	T Moss	0	3	2						S Hardy	6	1	3	8	r.
	Stanley Doust	6	6	6						SN Doust	2	6	6	6
	Richard Turnbull	1	2	0															SN Doust	2	7	3	4
	Randolph Lycett	6	6	6															R Lycett	6	5	6	6
	Clark Hopkins	2	0	4						R Lycett	2	6	6	8
	George Thomas	2	6	6	6					GA Thomas	6	1	3	6
	Alfred Ingram	6	2	3	3																							R Lycett	6	6	4	6
	Alfred Beamish	6	6	6																								AE Beamish	2	0	6	0
	SF Thol	4	2	2						AE Beamish	6	6	6
	HS Milford	6	5	2	6	6				HS Milford	0	2	1
	Luis de Olivares	3	7	6	1	4													AE Beamish	6	6	3	6
	Paul de Borman	6	6	3	8														MJG Ritchie	4	4	6	3
	Alain Gerbault	1	4	6	6					P de Borman	4	1	2
	Major Ritchie	6	6	7						MJG Ritchie	6	6	6
	Hew Stoker	1	3	5

Section 6

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	L Robinson	1	1	5
	Frederick Inman	6	6	7						FC Inman	2	0	0
	Algernon Kingscote	w/o								ARF Kingscote	6	6	6
	E Coutts																		ARF Kingscote	8	6	6
	Arthur Lovibond	3	6	3															ARH Lowe	6	4	0
	Arthur Lowe	6	8	6						AH Lowe	6	6	6
	Morris Hall	w/o								EM Hall	1	2	2
	Frank Wallers																											ARF Kingscote	3	7	4	7	3
	Donald Kingdon	4	2	3																								WT Tilden	6	5	6	5	6
	Cecil Parke	6	6	6						JC Parke	7	2	6	8
	Bill Johnston	6	6	6						WM Johnston	5	6	2	6
	JM Flavelle	2	4	2															JC Parke	3	2	4
	Stanley Franklin	w/o																	WT Tilden	6	6	6
	Sirdar Dass									ES Franklin	1	1	0
	Bill Tilden	6	6	6						WT Tilden	6	6	6
	HR Fussell	3	2	1

The nationality of L Robinson is unknown.

Section 7

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	CW Murray	4	4	8
	Ambrose Dudley	6	6	10						ANW Dudley	3	6	6	4	3
	Cecil Blackbeard	6	6	6						CR Blackbeard	6	4	2	6	6
	Yasin Mohamed	0	1	0															CR Blackbeard	6	8	4	6
	B Wood-Hill	3	3	2															GH Dodd	2	6	6	3
	George Stoddart	6	6	6						G Stoddart	2	6	0
	George Dodd	6	6	6						GH Dodd	6	8	6
	EA Niles	2	3	1																								CR Blackbeard	6	6	6
	Carl-Erik von Braun	4	1	2																								FH Jarvis	2	1	4
	Nicholai Misu	6	6	6						N Misu	5	4	6	3
	Gerard Scheurleer	7	4	6	6	4				GJ Scheurleer	7	6	4	6
	Wallis Myers	9	6	2	4	3r.													GJ Scheurleer	3	4	0
	CS Grace	4	1	3															FH Jarvis	6	6	6
	Frank Jarvis	6	6	6						FH Jarvis	3	6	4	7	6
	Mark Hick	7	6	4	6	1				JM Bell	6	4	6	5	2
	JM Bell	5	8	6	4	6

Section 8

First Round									Second Round									Third Round									Fourth Round
	Ernest Lamb	w/o
	CS Galbraith									ETT Lamb	7	1	2	1
	John Masterman	3	6	6	3	6				JCF Masterman	5	6	6	6
	Ulysses Williams	6	4	3	6	3													JCF Masterman	4	2	1
	Charles Winslow	6	6	6															CS Garland	6	6	6
	EB Milner	2	2	2						CL Winslow	4	1	3
	Chuck Garland	7	6	6	6					CS Garland	6	6	6
	Noel Turnbull	5	8	3	3																							CS Garland	6	6	6
	Alexander Drew	12	8	6																								AS Drew	4	2	1
	RS Barnes	10	6	4						AS Drew	6	9	6	6
	AW Davson	0	1	3						MO Decugis	4	7	8	2
	Max Decugis	6	6	6															AS Drew	4	6	6	6
	AW Asthalter																		JM Hillyard	6	1	1	4
	Jack Hillyard	w/o								JM Hillyard	6	5	4	6	6
	PE Harrison	1	0	2						LA Godfree	4	7	6	2	3
	Leslie Godfree	6	6	6

The nationalities of CS Galbraith and PE Harrison are unknown.

External links

• [1] Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com