William ("Little Bill") Johnston (2 November 1894 - 1 May 1946) was an American tennis champion. November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Until "Big Bill" Tilden began to defeat him regularly in 1920, Johnston had been the best American player for a number of years. He remained competitive with Tilden for the next seven or eight years, but was never again able to beat him in an important match. Together they won seven consecutive Davis Cup trophies, a record that still stands as of the early 2000s. William Tatem Tilden II (February 10, 1893 _ June 5, 1953), often called Big Bill, was an American tennis player. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... The as of technique is a way to deal with statements that date quickly. ...

Johnston was a small, frail-appearing man who suffered ill health from his Navy service in World War I. He was renowned, however, for the power and deadliness of his forehand drive, which he hit shoulder-high with a Western grip, and which was universally considered the best forehand of all time until the advent of Pancho Segura and his two-handed forehand in the late 1940s. Johnston died in 1946 at the age of 51. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Pancho Segura, a top-quality tennis player for many years, was born Francisco Olegario Segura in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on June 20, 1921, but moved to the United States in the late 1930s and is considered to be an American tennis player. ...

Little Bill Johnston and Big Bill Tilden before a match, rights granted by the Chicago Historical Society

Johnston was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1958. Bill Johnston and Bill Tilden This picture is from the archives of the Chicago Historical Society, which says at its site that its pictures can be used in non-commercial ways as long as their source (the Society) is mentioned. ... Bill Johnston and Bill Tilden This picture is from the archives of the Chicago Historical Society, which says at its site that its pictures can be used in non-commercial ways as long as their source (the Society) is mentioned. ... The International Tennis Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit tennis museum in Newport, Rhode Island, USA that also has a Hall of Fame for prominent personalities and players from the tennis world. ... This article is about the Welsh city of Newport. ... State nickname: The Ocean State Other U.S. States Capital Providence Largest city Providence Governor Donald Carcieri Official languages None Area 4,005 km² (50th)  - Land 2,709 km²  - Water 1,296 km² (32. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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