{{Short description|American tennis player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Bill Tym | image = | fullname = William A. Tym | country_represented = {{USA}} | birth_date =3 April 1940 | birth_place = | death_date = 15 January 2026 | death_place = | height = | turnedpro = 1959 (amateur) | retired = 1977 | plays = | careerprizemoney = | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = | FrenchOpenresult = 2R (1966) | Wimbledonresult = Q1 (1969) | USOpenresult = 2R (1966) | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = }} '''William A. Tym''' is an American former tennis player.
==Tennis career== Tym, raised in Montville, New Jersey, attended Boonton High School and played collegiate tennis for the University of Florida. In 1963 he was SEC champion at No. 1 singles and earned All-American honors, reaching the quarter-finals of the NCAA singles championships. During the 1960s he featured in the six editions of the US Open and played in doubles main draws at Wimbledon. From 1987 to 1996 he served as the men's head coach of Vanderbilt University. He was the personal coach of tennis player Bryan Shelton.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Power |first1=Ted |title=Discipline tough Tym's first lesson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/112261091 |work=The Tennessean |date=July 29, 1986}}</ref>
==Personal life== Tym is married to former collegiate tennis coach Alice Luthy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Markus |first1=Robert |title=Amateurism A Thorny Issue For Tennis-Loving Tyms |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/272587908 |work=Fort Lauderdale News |date=December 24, 1967}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{ATP|t091}} * {{ITF profile|william-tym/800174147/usa}}
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