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
Seeds	14

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

Final eight

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Finals
	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)	German Upmann	4	6	3

References