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

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
Details
Seeds	14
Events
Singles men women Doubles
← 1928 · U.S. National Championships · 1930 →

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.

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.

Draw[]

Key[]

Final eight[]

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									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

Earlier rounds[]

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

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