R. Norris Williams
| Full name | Richard Norris Williams II | ||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | January 29, 1891 Geneva, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | June 2, 1968 (aged 77) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1957 (member page) | ||||||||||||||
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| Career record | 205–75 | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (1916 USLTA) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | SF (1924) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | W (1914, 1916) | ||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | QF (1924) | ||||||||||||||
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| Wimbledon | W (1920) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | W (1925, 1926) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF (1924) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | W (1912) | ||||||||||||||
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Richard Norris Williams II (January 29, 1891 – June 2, 1968), generally known as R. Norris Williams, was an American tennis player and passenger aboard RMS Titanic. He survived the sinking of the Titanic. He won the U.S. National Tennis Championships in men's singles in 1914 and 1916. He was ranked the U.S. No. 1 player for 1916 by the USLTA, and world No. 2 for 1914.