Men's singles
1919 U.S. National Championships
ChampionUnited States Bill Johnston[1]
Runner-upUnited States Bill Tilden[1]
Score6–4, 6–4, 6–3
Draw128
Seeds

Bill Johnston defeated Bill Tilden in the final, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 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 Final
                     
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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