1931 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1931 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionUnited States Sidney Wood
Runner-upUnited States Frank Shields
Scorewalkover
Details
Draw128 (10 Q )
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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1931 tennis event results

Sidney Wood was declared winner of the title by default over Frank Shields in capturing the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1931 Wimbledon Championships. Shields withdrew due to a knee injury sustained during his semi-final match against Jean Borotra.[1] This made Wood the only player in the title's history to win without having to compete in the final.[2] Bill Tilden was the defending champion, but did not compete.

Seeds

01.   France Jean Borotra (semifinals)
02.   France Henri Cochet (first round)
03.   United States Frank Shields (final)
04.   France Christian Boussus (fourth round)
05.   United Kingdom Fred Perry (semifinals)
06.   United Kingdom Bunny Austin (quarterfinals)
07.   United States Sidney Wood (champion)
08.   Japan Jiro Sato (quarterfinals)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
United Kingdom Pat Hughes 6 4 3 1
7 United States Sidney Wood 4 6 6 6
7 United States Sidney Wood 4 6 6 6
5 United Kingdom Fred Perry 6 2 4 2
United States John Van Ryn 4 6 5
5 United Kingdom Fred Perry 6 8 7
7 United States Sidney Wood
3 United States Frank Shields w/o
1 France Jean Borotra 6 6 4 6
8 Japan Jiro Sato 2 3 6 4
1 France Jean Borotra 5 6 4 4
3 United States Frank Shields 7 3 6 6
3 United States Frank Shields 6 2 5 7 6
6 United Kingdom Bunny Austin 3 6 7 5 1

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
2 France Henri Cochet 1 3 2
United Kingdom Nigel Sharpe 6 6 6 United Kingdom N Sharpe 6 6 6
Republic of Ireland Henry Purcell 6 6 9 Republic of Ireland H Purcell 0 3 2
Q United Kingdom Errol Whitehouse 2 1 7 United Kingdom N Sharpe 6 7 6
Q United Kingdom Eric Attewell 3 0 1 United Kingdom P Wheatley 1 5 4
United Kingdom Patrick Wheatley 6 6 6 United Kingdom P Wheatley 5 7 6 6
France Pierre Goldschmidt 8 3 6 12 3 United Kingdom J Nuthall 7 5 2 2
United Kingdom Jimmy Nuthall 6 6 2 14 6 United Kingdom N Sharpe 6 2 4 3
United Kingdom Frank Wilde 6 6 2 6 United Kingdom P Hughes 4 6 6 6
United Kingdom Colin Gregory 3 3 6 2 United Kingdom C Gregory 6 6 2 3 2
United Kingdom Pat Hughes 6 6 6 United Kingdom P Hughes 3 1 6 6 6
United Kingdom Philip Glover 1 4 3 United Kingdom P Hughes 6 6 6
Czechoslovakia Ladislav Hecht 7 6 6 7 Argentina L del Castillo 4 2 2
United Kingdom Orson Wright 5 8 3 5 Czechoslovakia L Hecht 5 4 7 6 2
Argentina Lucilo del Castillo 6 6 6 Argentina L del Castillo 7 6 5 2 6
United Kingdom Freddie Della Porta 3 4 3

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
7 United States Sidney Wood 6 6 6
India Ranbir Singh 3 4 3 7 United States S Wood 6 6 6
United Kingdom JH Frowen 6 6 4 5 United Kingdom A Crossley 3 1 2
United Kingdom Tony Crossley 1 8 6 7 7 United States S Wood 8 6 6
Spain Enrique Maier 9 6 5 4 6 Spain E Maier 6 3 2
South Africa Norman Farquharson 7 3 7 6 4 Spain E Maier 6 5 6 1 8
United Kingdom William Powell 6 6 6 United Kingdom W Powell 4 7 2 6 6
Denmark Bent Panker 3 4 3 7 United States S Wood 6 10 10 6
United Kingdom Victor Cazalet 3 7 1 4 New Zealand C Malfroy 3 12 8 4
Q United Kingdom Colin Ritchie 6 5 6 6 Q United Kingdom C Ritchie 6 6 3 3 3
Switzerland Edward Flury 6 4 1 6 2 Netherlands O Koopman 4 2 6 6 6
Netherlands Ody Koopman 0 6 6 2 6 Netherlands O Koopman 5 3 4
Republic of Ireland Noel Holmes 2 6 1 4 New Zealand C Malfroy 7 6 6
United Kingdom Stan Harris 6 4 6 6 United Kingdom S Harris 4 1 5
New Zealand Cam Malfroy New Zealand C Malfroy 6 6 7
Soviet Union Sergei Rodzianko w/o

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
4 France Christian Boussus 7 6 8
South Africa Louis Raymond 5 0 6 4 France C Boussus 6 6 6
United Kingdom Harry Lewis-Barclay 2 3 6 6 7 United Kingdom H Lewis-Barclay 3 1 3
United Kingdom Roy Poland 6 6 3 4 5 4 France C Boussus 6 6 6
Q United Kingdom Wilfred Freeman 7 4 4 7 Japan M Kawachi 3 3 4
Argentina Andrés Sissener 5 6 6 9 Argentina A Sissener 2 0 1
India Athar-Ali Fyzee 0 0 4 Japan M Kawachi 6 6 6
Japan Minoru Kawachi 6 6 6 4 France C Boussus 2 6 2 1
United Kingdom Jack Lysaght 6 6 6 3 3 United States J Van Ryn 6 1 6 6
United Kingdom David Williams 1 4 8 6 6 United Kingdom D Williams 1 8 2
United States Watson Washburn 3 2 4 Austria F-W Matejka 6 10 6
Austria Franz Matejka 6 6 6 Austria F-W Matejka 3 6 1 4
France André Merlin 2 7 6 6 United States J Van Ryn 6 3 6 6
Monaco Vladimir Landau 6 5 3 2 France A Merlin 2 4 1
United States John Van Ryn 6 6 6 United States J Van Ryn 6 6 6
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Schaeffer 0 2 1

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
5 United Kingdom Fred Perry 6 6 6
Q United Kingdom James Cummins 1 3 3 5 United Kingdom F Perry 7 6 6
Japan Iwao Aoki 6 6 6 Japan I Aoki 5 2 3
France Emmanuel du Plaix 3 3 3 5 United Kingdom F Perry 6 6 8
United Kingdom Ted Avory 7 4 8 5 6 France A Gentien 2 3 6
Czechoslovakia Ferenc Maršálek 5 6 6 7 1 United Kingdom E Avory 6 3 2 1
United Kingdom George Godsell 1 5 3 France A Gentien 1 6 6 6
France Antoine Gentien 6 7 6 5 United Kingdom F Perry 7 6 6
French Indochina Chim Van Nguyen w/o Germany G von Cramm 5 2 4
United Kingdom Charles Kingsley United Kingdom C Kingsley 4 4 6 6 6
United Kingdom Dickie Ritchie 6 8 6 United Kingdom R Ritchie 6 6 3 4 4
India Hira-Lal Soni 2 6 4 United Kingdom C Kingsley 5 4 2
Republic of Ireland Charles Scroope 6 6 8 Germany G von Cramm 7 6 6
Q United Kingdom Wilfred Smith 3 1 6 Republic of Ireland C Scroope 1 6 5 4
Hungary Béla von Kehrling 8 1 2 2 Germany G von Cramm 6 2 7 6
Germany Gottfried von Cramm 6 6 6 6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1 France Jean Borotra 8 4 8 6
United Kingdom Arthur Smith 6 6 6 1 1 France J Borotra 1 6 6 8
Q United States Bernard Law 5 5 5 United Kingdom A Brown 6 4 1 6
United Kingdom Alan Brown 7 7 7 1 France J Borotra 6 6 6
Q United Kingdom Will Legg Japan T Miki 4 1 2
French Indochina Giao Van Huynh w/o Q United Kingdom W Legg 7 2 6
Japan Ryuki Miki 6 6 6 Japan T Miki 9 6 8
India Syed Mohammad Hadi 3 4 2 1 France J Borotra 6 6 6
United Kingdom Noel Turnbull 6 2 6 3 3 Austria H Artens 4 2 3
Austria Hermann Artens 2 6 4 6 6 Austria H Artens 9 6 6
Czechoslovakia Jiří Novotný 1 4 0 United Kingdom G Cooper 7 2 3
United Kingdom Guy Cooper 6 6 6 Austria H Artens 6 6 4 6
United Kingdom Oswald Jameson 6 6 6 Poland I Tłoczyński 3 2 6 4
United Kingdom Billy Collins 3 4 2 United Kingdom O Jameson 7 4 4 4
Poland Ignacy Tłoczyński 6 6 6 Poland I Tłoczyński 5 6 6 6
Q United Kingdom Paul Partridge 2 1 1

Section 6

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
8 Japan Jiro Sato 6 6 6
South Africa Vernon Kirby 3 2 4 8 Japan J Sato 4 7 6 6
Republic of Ireland George Lyttleton-Rogers 0 8 6 6 Republic of Ireland G Lyttleton-Rogers 6 5 3 2
United States Gregory Mangin 6 6 3 3 8 Japan J Sato 6 6 6
United Kingdom Norman Latchford 1 0 2 India AM Mohan 3 2 3
India Atri Madan Mohan 6 6 6 India AM Mohan 6 6 6
United Kingdom Kenneth Gandar-Dower 7 6 5 1 Argentina R Boyd 1 2 1
Argentina Ronaldo Boyd 9 2 7 6 8 Japan J Sato 8 6 6
United Kingdom Arthur Vinall 6 11 6 United Kingdom H Lee 6 4 3
United Kingdom Geoffrey de Ste. Croix 3 9 4 United Kingdom A Vinall 5 3 3
Q United Kingdom Max Callendar 2 6 2 6 1 United Kingdom H Lee 7 6 6
United Kingdom Harry Lee 6 3 6 4 6 United Kingdom H Lee 7 7 7
United States George Lott 3 6 6 6 United States G Lott 5 5 5
France Benny Berthet 6 3 0 2 United States G Lott 6 11 6
United Kingdom Henry Burrows 3 2 2 France PH Landry 4 9 2
France Pierre Henri Landry 6 6 6

Section 7

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
3 United States Frank Shields 6 6 6
South Africa Pat Spence 1 1 2 3 United States F Shields 2 6 6 6
United Kingdom Jimmy Reddall 4 3 4 United Kingdom H David 6 0 3 4
United Kingdom Herman David 6 6 6 3 United States F Shields 6 6 6
Egypt Jacques Grandguillot 4 5 6 6 7 Germany E Nourney 1 1 2
Netherlands Josef Knottenbelt 6 7 3 4 9 Netherlands J Knottenbelt 8 6 0 9
Germany Eberhard Nourney 6 6 6 Germany E Nourney 10 2 6 11
Denmark Helge Plougmann 2 1 4 3 United States F Shields 6 6 6
Argentina Adriano Zappa 2 2 7 6 1 United Kingdom J Olliff 2 0 2
United Kingdom Brian Gilbert 6 6 5 3 6 United Kingdom B Gilbert 1 6 3 2
United Kingdom John Pennycuick 6 6 3 1 France J Lesueur 6 4 6 6
France Jean Lesueur 8 3 6 6 France J Lesueur 2 4 5
United Kingdom GR Ashton 6 6 0 0 United Kingdom J Olliff 6 6 7
United Kingdom John Olliff 8 1 6 6 United Kingdom J Olliff 7 8 6 6
United Kingdom Raymond Tuckey United Kingdom R Tuckey 5 10 2 4
United Kingdom Donald Greig w/o

Section 8

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
6 United Kingdom Bunny Austin 6 6 6
Czechoslovakia Josef Maleček 3 1 4 6 United Kingdom H Austin 6 6 6
Japan Hyotaro Sato Japan H Sato 1 3 0
Romania Nicolas Magaloff w/o 6 United Kingdom H Austin 6 6 6
United Kingdom Keats Lester 9 4 6 5 3 France J Brugnon 3 4 0
France Jacques Brugnon 7 6 4 7 6 France J Brugnon 6 8 6
United Kingdom Eric Peters United Kingdom E Peters 3 6 2
France Raymond Rodel w/o 6 United Kingdom H Austin 6 6 6
United Kingdom Bob Tinkler 7 6 8 United Kingdom I Collins 3 3 4
India Janmeja Charanjiva 5 4 6 United Kingdom R Tinkler 10 1 6 6
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Kukuljević 6 0 3 6 7 Kingdom of Yugoslavia F Kukuljević 8 6 4 4
United Kingdom Edward Buzzard 4 6 6 3 5 United Kingdom R Tinkler 6 1 3
Republic of Ireland Edward McGuire 6 2 6 0 United Kingdom I Collins 8 6 6
United Kingdom Teddy Higgs 4 6 3 0r Republic of Ireland E McGuire 5 7 6 2 3
Germany Heinrich Kleinschroth 3 2 0r United Kingdom I Collins 7 5 3 6 6
United Kingdom Ian Collins 6 6 0

References

  1. ^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
  2. ^ Kirkham, Sarah (28 August 2014). "Throwback Thursday: Sidney Wood wins without winning". Wimbledon. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

External links

  • Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
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