Don Budge
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1936 | U.S. Championships |  Fred Perry |
2–6, 6–2, 8–6, 1–6, 10–8 |
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References
- ^ Craig, Jim: Scotland's Sporting Curiosities, Birlinn, Edinburgh, 2005
- ^ Tennis Is My Racket, by Bobby Riggs, New York, 1949, pages 166–167.
- ^ Tennis Is My Racket, by Bobby Riggs, New York, 1949, pages 166–167.
- ^ Baltzell, E. Digby: Sporting Gentlemen: Men's Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar
- ^ Grimsley, Will: Tennis: Its History, People and Events
- ^ Metzler, Paul: Tennis Styles and Stylists
- ^ In his 1979 autobiography Kramer considered the 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, Bill Tilden, Fred Perry, Bobby Riggs, and Pancho Gonzales. After these six came the "second echelon" of Rod Laver, Lew Hoad, Ken Rosewall, Gottfried von Cramm, Ted Schroeder, Jack Crawford, Pancho Segura, Frank Sedgman, Tony Trabert, John Newcombe, Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith, Björn Borg, and Jimmy Connors. He felt unable to rank Henri Cochet and René Lacoste accurately but felt they were among the very best.
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Sources
- Sporting Gentlemen: Men's Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar, (1994), E. Digby Baltzell
- Tennis: Its History, People and Events, (1971), Will Grimsley
- Tennis Styles and Stylists, (1969), Paul Metzler
- The Game, My 40 Years in Tennis (1979), Jack Kramer with Frank Deford (ISBN 0-399-12336-9)
- Tennis Is My Racket, (1949), Bobby Riggs
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| Preceded by Jesse Owens |
Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year 1937, 1938 |
Succeeded by Nile Kinnick |
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| 1933: Jack Crawford (3) | 1934: Fred Perry (3) | 1938: Don Budge (4) | 1955: Tony Trabert (3) | 1956: Lew Hoad (3) | 1958: Ashley Cooper (3) | 1962, 1969: Rod Laver (4) | 1964: Roy Emerson (3) | 1974: Jimmy Connors (3) | 1988: Mats Wilander (3) | 2004, 2006, 2007: Roger Federer (3) | ||
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