I've heard the same - 92 straight wins, I believe.
Thanks for your thoughts. I am curious, if there is so little concrete information about Perry and Budge, where the estimate of Tilden's 145 titles on Wikipedia comes from.
Budge: 27 amateur titles, 15 pro titles
Perry:34 amateur titles, 19 pro titles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis,_male_players_statistics
I have the same tournament wins totals for Perry and Budge (but only 18 pro titles for Perry). From the Hall of Fame web site Tilden won 138 of 192 amateur tournaments he played, lost 28 finals and had a 907-62 match record. Also he won at least 14 pro tournaments so his total is close to 152. I can only account for 118 of the 138 amateur and 14 pro tournaments.
As for Budge's winning streak I have also read that his winning streak was 92. This streak is from tournament and Davis Cup play, but he did lose some exhibitions and friendly's.
Here is his 1937 and 1938 singles record with some missing matches.
1937
January 4-10
Miami Biltimore
SF d. Harris 26 62 62 61
F lost Grant 62 75 60
DF Budge/ Hendrix d. Grant/ Sabin 63 62
January 11-17
Dixie Championships
1R d. Busbee 62 62
2R d. Rose 62 60
QF d. Cooke
SF d. Harris 63 62
F lost Grant 46 63 63 26 62
DSF Parker/ Senior d. Budge/ Hendrix 97 64
14 tournaments and 92 match streak in tournament and Davis Cup play
1. February 1-7
Miami Surf Club Invitation
2R d. Marcum
SF d. Hendrix 61 62 61
F d. Grant 63 26 64 64
DSF Harris/ McCauliff d. Budge/ Harris 26 64 1210
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February 9
Exhibition match Nassau Bahamas
d. Hendrix
February 14
Exhibition match Atlanta
d. Grant 57 63 64
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April 30-May 2
Davis Cup vs Japan
d. Nakano 61 61 60
d. Yamagishi 62 62 64
May 29-31
Davis Cup vs Australia
d. Crawford 61 63 62
d. Bromwich 62 63 57 61
2 June 14
Queens Club
1R ?
2R d. Van Den Eynde 60 63
3R d. Williams (14 minutes and lost 1 game)
Qf ?
SF d. Nakano 62 60
F d. Austin 61 62
DF Budge/ Mako d. Boussus/ Petra 61 79 61
3 Wimbledon
1R d. Farquharson 63 62 61
2R d. Hughes 62 62 62
3R d. Boussus 61 64 62
4R d. Hecht 64 62 62
QF d. McGrath 63 61 64
SF d. Parker 63 61 64
F d. von Cramm 63 64 62
July 17-20
Davis Cup vs Germany
d. Henkel 62 61 63
d. von Cramm 68 57 64 62 86
July 24-27
Davis Cup vs England
d. Hare 1513 61 62
d. Austin 86 36 64 63
August 7-14
Eastern Grass Court Rye
DF Budge/ Mako d. Shields/ Parker 26 86 62 36 63
August 16-21
4 Newport
2R d. Bowman 86 86
3R d. Guernsey 4 sets
QF d. McDiarmid 108 75 36 63
SF d. Grant 86 60 60
F d. Riggs 64 68 61 62
DF Budge/ Mako d. Hughes/ Hare 36 46 62 64 62
5 US Champs
1R bye
2R d. Winslow 63 63 63
3R d. Abrams 60 61 61
4R d. Petra 60 63 61
QF d. Hunt 61 62 64
SF d. Parker 62 61 63
F d. von Cramm 61 79 61 36 61
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Sept 13 Exhibition Detroit
d. Mako 108 63
Sept 14 Chicago Exhibition
von Cramm/ Henkel d. Budge/ Mako 97 26 75 75
lost Henkel 64 108
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Sept 17
6 Pacific Southwest
1R d. Wellman
2R
3R
Qf d. Yamagishi 86 63
SF d. Mako 86 60 60
F d. von Cramm 26 75 64 75
October 3
7 Pacific Coast Championships
QF d. Yamagishi
SF d. Kovacs 64 57 75 62
F d. Riggs 46 63 62 64
DF Budge/ Sabin d. von Cramm/ Henkel 63 64 63
December 1
8 Victorian Championships
QF d. Crawford 75 64 36 86
SF d. McGrath 86 63 86
F d. Bromwich 86 63 97
DF Crawford/ McGrath d. Budge/ Mako 16 63 64 75
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Dec 16-18
USA vs Australia Sydney
d. Quist 46 75 61 60
lost Bromwich 62 63 810 64
December 27 Sydney Exhibition
lost Von Cramm 61 63 (apologises for match and says will play against Crawford)
December 29 Sydney Exhibition
d. Crawford 75 61 61
1938
January 8th Melbourne
Tri-angular
lost von Cramm 64 810 1210
d. Bromwich 64 86
Adelaide January 15th
lost Bromwich 68 61 63
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9
1938 Australian Champs
1R d. Hancock 62 63 64
2R d. Whillians 61 60 61
QF d. Schwartz 64 63 108
SF d. Quist 57 64 61 62
F d. Bromwich 64 62 61
10
French Championships
1R bye
2R d. Gentien 61 62 64
3R d. Mohammed 61 61 57 60
4R d. Kukuljevic 62 86 26 16 61
QF d. Destremau 64 63 64
SF d. Pallada 62 63 63
F d. Menzel 63 62 64
11
Wimbledon
1R d. Gandar Dower 62 63 63
2R d. Billington 75 61 61
3R d. Rogers 60 75 61
4R d. Shayes 63 64 61
QF d. Cejnar 63 60 75
SF d. Puncec 62 61 64
F d. Austin 61 60 63
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July 5th
United States vs Hungary
Budapest
d. Szigeti 46 64 64
lost Asboth 61 86 30 retired
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July 10th
12
Prague Czechoslovakia Champs
SF d. Drobny 64 64 46 68 62
F d. Hecht 61 64 64
DF Budge/ Mako d. Hecht/ Drobny 63 75 97
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July 13th
USA vs Yugoslavia Exhibitions
Budge d. Puncec 62 62
Budge lost to Kukuljevic 1513 75
Budge lost to Puncec
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13.
August 15
Newport Casino
1R ?
2R ?
3R d. Henderson 64 63
QF d. Allison 79 86 64 97
SF d. Parker 63 61 63
F d. Wood 63 63 62
DF Budge/ Mako d. Allison/ Ryn 75 75 62
September 3-5
Davis Cup vs Australia
d. Bromwich 62 63 46 75
d. Quist 86 61 62
14
US Champs ended Sept 24 because of rain
1R bye
2R d. van Horn 60 60 61
3R d. Kamrath 63 75 97
4R d. Hare 63 64 60
QF d. Hopman 63 61 63
SF d. Wood 63 63 63
F d. Mako 63 68 62 61
September 28
Pacific Southwest
1R d. Carruthers 64 63
QF d. Lubin 63 16 63
SF lost Quist 75 62 57 62
Streak ended with Quist loss
October 6
Pacific Coast Championships
2R d. Pedlar 62 61
3R d. Shayes 64 60
QF lost Hopman 62 57 61 (October 9)