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- ...im with good second serves." A year earlier, another World No. 1 player, [[Ellsworth Vines]], the man that Kramer called the greatest player of all time at the height ...st "little man" to ever play the game.<ref>''Tennis: Myth and Method'', by Ellsworth Vines and Gene Vier, Viking Press, New York, pages 65–66</ref></blockquote>12 KB (1,936 words) - 15:21, 8 September 2020
- .../www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3118099.ece]</ref>. [[Ellsworth Vines]], the great American player of the 1930s, wrote of him: "He was the same h6 KB (1,004 words) - 15:24, 8 September 2020
- ...top 8, both amateur and pro, as being Tilden, Cochet, [[Bunny Austin]], [[Ellsworth Vines]], [[Fred Perry]], Karel Koželuh, Richards, and Shields, with Tilden, Kož | 1932 || '''[[Ellsworth Vines]]''' (USA) '''A.''' || [[Bill Tilden|Big Bill Tilden]] (USA) '''P.''' || In34 KB (5,182 words) - 04:05, 21 December 2009
- ...est player ever to have been either '''Budge''' (for consistent play) or [[Ellsworth Vines]] (at the height of his game). The next four best were, chronologically, [[ ...matches. In 1939 he beat the two reigning kings of professional tennis, [[Ellsworth Vines]] and [[Fred Perry]], 22 matches to 17 and 28 matches to 8. That year he al14 KB (2,381 words) - 15:19, 8 September 2020
- ...he best player ever to have been either Don Budge (for consistent play) or Ellsworth Vines (at the height of his game). The next four best were, chronologically, [[B ...ng.<ref>The ten, portrayed in chronological order, were [[Bill Tilden]], [[Ellsworth Vines]], [[Fred Perry]], [[Don Budge]], [[Bobby Riggs]], [[Jack Kramer]], '''Fran9 KB (1,484 words) - 15:23, 8 September 2020
- ...tennis boom of the 1930's and 40's. Beasley helped develop the explosive Ellsworth Vines and the machine-like Frank Parker while simultaneously serving as surrogate Mercer Beasley met Henry Ellsworth Vines, Jr., in 1925 when Vines was a boy of 14 and working at a Pasadena bakeshop22 KB (3,720 words) - 22:28, 12 March 2010
- ...e country club set, like [[Bill Tilden]], or even the middle class, like [[Ellsworth Vines]], but from "the low, low class. My mother took in washing. I worked as a5 KB (790 words) - 13:19, 8 September 2020
- ...the best ever to have been either [[Don Budge]] (for consistent play) or [[Ellsworth Vines]] (at the height of his game). The next four best were, chronologically, [6 KB (930 words) - 15:23, 8 September 2020
- ...'s numerous star pupils were two of the best tennis players of all time, [[Ellsworth Vines]] and [[Frank Parker]]. In both 1931 and 1932 three of his protégés were ...onal level, the most famous one being the youthful but almost unbeatable [[Ellsworth Vines]], who had won the National mens championship at Forest Hills two years in50 KB (8,094 words) - 15:31, 8 September 2020
- ...r-up || 1935 || [[Wembley Championship]] || Indoors || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ellsworth Vines]] || 1–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6 | 1) {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ellsworth Vines]] <br> 2) {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bill Tilden]]72 KB (7,828 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- ...was just a little bit past his peak. On a long tour, as up and down as [[Ellsworth Vines|Vines]] was, I'm not so sure that Riggs wouldn't have played Elly very clos20 KB (3,456 words) - 15:20, 8 September 2020
- ...ut to acquire a reputation for discovering and tutoring the incomparable [[Ellsworth Vines]], and who would soon go on to mentoring the nearly as good [[Frank Parker]9 KB (1,435 words) - 15:31, 8 September 2020
- ...the player that people primarily paid to see. Even with greats such as [[Ellsworth Vines]], [[Fred Perry]], and [[Don Budge]] as his opponents, all of them current ...the best ever to have been either [[Don Budge]] (for consistent play) or [[Ellsworth Vines]] (at the height of his game). The next four best were, chronologically, ''21 KB (3,467 words) - 19:14, 7 September 2020
- ...the player that people primarily paid to see. Even with greats such as [[Ellsworth Vines]], [[Fred Perry]], and [[Don Budge]] as his opponents, all of them current ...the best ever to have been either [[Don Budge]] (for consistent play) or [[Ellsworth Vines]] (at the height of his game). The next four best were, chronologically, ''22 KB (3,474 words) - 16:35, 16 September 2018
- ...the best ever to have been either [[Don Budge]] (for consistent play) or [[Ellsworth Vines]] (at the height of his game). The next four best were, chronologically, [[11 KB (1,844 words) - 15:40, 8 September 2020
- ...t player ever to have been either [[Don Budge]] (for consistent play) or [[Ellsworth Vines]] (at the height of his game). The next four best were, chronologically, [[10 KB (1,319 words) - 15:24, 8 September 2020
- ...428. He rated [[Bill Tilden]] as the greatest player before 1930, then [[Ellsworth Vines]] as the greatest player for one year, [[Don Budge]] for three years, [[Jac ...the best ever to have been either [[Don Budge]] (for consistent play) or [[Ellsworth Vines]] (at the height of his game). The next four best were, chronologically, [[46 KB (7,480 words) - 19:16, 7 September 2020
- * [[Ellsworth Vines]] - winner of 6 amateur Grand Slam titles, an indeterminate number of major ...ed the greatest player ever, his only serious rivals for the title being [[Ellsworth Vines]], [[Don Budge]], and [[Jack Kramer]]. In 1950 an [[Associated Press]] pol49 KB (8,041 words) - 03:42, 11 September 2019
- ...mallest of the great players, occasionally beating such heavy-hitters as [[Ellsworth Vines]] and [[Don Budge]]; was coached at one point by [[Mercer Beasley]]}} |Name=Ellsworth Vines47 KB (6,572 words) - 16:15, 22 August 2012
- ...ls played sometimes more often in tours than in tournaments: in 1937 Henry Ellsworth Vines, Jr. played 70 matches in two tours and 0 match in tournament. In his first ...the best ever to have been either [[Don Budge]] (for consistent play) or [[Ellsworth Vines]] (at the height of his game). The next four best were, chronologically, [67 KB (10,284 words) - 15:19, 14 May 2023