1920 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1920 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Bill Tilden
Runner-up	Gerald Patterson
Score	2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Draw	128
Seeds	–

Main article: 1920 Wimbledon Championships

Bill Tilden defeated Zenzo Shimizu 6–4, 6–4, 13–11 in the All Comers' Final, and then defeated the reigning champion Gerald Patterson 2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1920 Wimbledon Championships.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Challenge round

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

All-Comers' Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
	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

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	GTC Watt		0	2	1
	Theodore Mavrogordato		6	6	6					T Mavrogordato		6	6	6
	Maurice Day		4	2	3					F Fisher		4	2	3
	Frank Fisher		6	6	6														T Mavrogordato		3	7	6	7
	Charles Dixon		9	6	8														P Davson		6	5	3	5
	TA Fuller		7	2	6					C Dixon		3	2	7	0
	Brame Hillyard		0	1	4					P Davson		6	6	5	6
	Percival Davson		6	6	6																							T Mavrogordato		6	7	8
	Alfred Hunter		6	7	3	6																						B Norton		1	5	6
	Ernest Parton		3	5	6	1				A Hunter		4	2	5
	Walter Crawley		4	3	4					A Macpherson		6	6	7
	Arthur Macpherson		6	6	6														A Macpherson		6	4	2	2
	Brian Norton		6	7	6														B Norton		4	6	6	6
	JCF Simpson		2	5	2					B 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					A Gravem		5	2	6	6	7
	Axel Gravem		6	6	6														A Gravem		5	0	1
	R. Norris Williams		6	6	6														RN Williams		7	6	6
	N Field		2	1	3					RN Williams		6	6	6
	George Boustead									G Boustead		2	2	1
	JW O'Farrell		w/o																									RN Williams		6	6	6
	Gerald Sherwell		7	2	4																							J Brugnon		0	2	2
	Arthur Gore		9	6	6					A Gore		2	4	6	6	3
	Jacques 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														W Laurentz		4	6	3	2
	Louis Raymond		6	6	6					L Raymond		4	3	6	3
	William Laurentz		6	6	6					W Laurentz		6	6	4	6
	LF Davin		2	3	1

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	Wei Wing Lock		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													A Zerlendis		6	2	6	6
	Sune Malmström		6	6	5	6				S Malmström		3	1	4
	Leonard Lyle		4	3	3					A Zerlendis		6	6	6
	Augustos Zerlendis		6	6	6																							A Zerlendis		3	4	3
	Christiaan van Lennep		w/o																									Z Shimizu		6	6	6
	Scotter Owen									S Owen		1	2	3
	Percy Portlock		1	2	5					A Gobert		6	6	6
	André Gobert		6	6	7														A Gobert		4	8	6	6	4
	Philip Glover		w/o																Z Shimizu		6	10	4	2	6
	Gordon Lowe									G Lowe		2	2	8	2
	Arthur 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					P Pinckney		6	6	6
	Maurice Blythman									M Blythman		2	1	1
	Shirley Dillon		w/o																P Pinckney		0	7	5	3
	PM Dixon		6	4	3	2													H Mayes		6	5	7	6
	Henry Mayes		3	6	6	6				H 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																					H Mayes		6	1	5
	HJ Gilbert		3	6	1	0																						N Willford		8	6	7
	Roderick McNair		6	1	6	6				R McNair		6	4	4	4
	Neville Willford		6	6	6					N Willford		0	6	6	6
	Bill Swinden		2	2	4														N Willford		6	1	6	6
	Fred Lindemann		w/o																JG Hogan		2	6	1	2
	MRL White									MRL White		3r
	JG Hogan		3	6	6	6				JG Hogan		3
	Geoffrey Youll		6	1	2	4

Bottom half

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	0r
	Stanley Doust		6	6	6					S Doust		2	6	6	6	0
	Richard Turnbull		1	2	0														S 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				G Thomas		6	1	3	6
	Alfred Ingram		6	2	3	3																						R Lycett		6	6	4	6
	Alfred Beamish		6	6	6																							A Beamish		2	0	6	0
	SF Thol		4	2	2					A Beamish		6	6	6
	Humphrey Milford		6	5	2	6	6			H Milford		0	2	1
	Luis de Olivares		3	7	6	1	4												A Beamish		6	6	3	6
	Paul de Borman		6	6	3	8													M Ritchie		4	4	6	3
	Alain Gerbault		1	4	6	6				P de Borman		4	1	2
	Major Ritchie		6	6	7					M Ritchie		6	6	6
	Hew Stoker		1	3	5

Section 6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	L Robinson		1	1	5
	Fred Inman		6	6	7					F Inman		2	0	0
	Algernon Kingscote									A Kingscote		6	6	6
	E Coutts		w/o																A Kingscote		8	6	6
	Arthur Lovibond		3	6	3														A Lowe		6	4	0
	Arthur Lowe		6	8	6					A Lowe		6	6	6
	E Morris Hall									E Morris Hall		1	2	2
	Frank Wallers		w/o																									A Kingscote		3	7	4	7	3
	Donald Kingdon		4	2	3																							W Tilden		6	5	6	5	6
	James Cecil Parke		6	6	6					JC Parke		7	2	6	8
	Bill Johnston		6	6	6					W Johnston		5	6	2	6
	John Flavelle		2	4	2														JC Parke		3	2	4
	Stanley Franklin																		W Tilden		6	6	6
	Sirdar Dass		w/o							S Franklin		1	1	0
	Bill Tilden		6	6	6					W Tilden		6	6	6
	HR Fussell		3	2	1

Section 7

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	CW Murray		4	4	8
	Ambrose Dudley		6	6	10					A Dudley		3	6	6	4	3
	Cecil Blackbeard		6	6	6					C Blackbeard		6	4	2	6	6
	Yasin Mohamed		0	1	0														C Blackbeard		6	8	4	6
	B Wood-Hill		3	3	2														G Dodd		2	6	6	3
	George Stoddart		6	6	6					G Stoddart		2	6	0
	George Dodd		6	6	6					G Dodd		6	8	6
	EA Niles		2	3	1																							C Blackbeard		6	6	6
	Carl-Erik von Braun		4	1	2																							F Jarvis		2	1	4
	Nicolae Mișu		6	6	6					N Mișu		5	4	6	3
	Gerard Scheurleer		7	4	6	6	4			G Scheurleer		7	6	4	6
	A. Wallis Myers		9	6	2	4	3r												G Scheurleer		3	4	0
	CS Grace		4	1	3														F Jarvis		6	6	6
	Frank Jarvis		6	6	6					F 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
	CS Galbraith		w/o							E Lamb		7	1	2	1
	John Cecil Masterman		3	6	6	3	6			JC Masterman		5	6	6	6
	Ulysses Williams		6	4	3	6	3												JC Masterman		4	2	1
	Charles Winslow		6	6	6														C Garland		6	6	6
	EB Milner		2	2	2					C Winslow		4	1	3
	Chuck Garland		7	6	6	6				C Garland		6	6	6
	Noel Turnbull		5	8	3	3																						C Garland		6	6	6
	Alex Drew		12	8	6																							A Drew		4	2	1
	RS Barnes		10	6	4					A Drew		6	9	6	6
	AW Davson		0	1	3					M Decugis		4	7	8	2
	Max Decugis		6	6	6														A Drew		4	6	6	6
	AW Asthalter		w/o																J Hillyard		6	1	1	4
	Jack Hillyard									J Hillyard		6	5	4	6	6
	PE Harrison		1	0	2					L Godfree		4	7	6	2	3
	Leslie Godfree		6	6	6

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com