1931 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

November 2023 April 2022 1931 Wimbledon Championships USA 1912 Sidney Wood USA 1912 Frank Shields walkover 128 (10 Q Qualifiers) 8 grand slam 1931 Wimbledon Championships 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.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th This made Wood the only player in the title's history to win without having to compete in the final.Kirkham Sarah Throwback Thursday: Sidney Wood wins without winning http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2014-08-28/20140828_throwback_thursday_sidney_wood_wins_without_winning.html Wimbledon 4 August 2017 28 August 2014 Bill Tilden was the defending champion, but did not compete. Seeds 1 5 FRA Jean Borotra (semifinals) 2 1 FRA Henri Cochet (first round) 3 6 USA 1912 Frank Shields (final) 4 3 FRA Christian Boussus (fourth round) 5 4 GBR Fred Perry (semifinals) 6 8 GBR Bunny Austin (quarterfinals) 7 2 USA 1912 Sidney Wood (champion) 8 7 JPN 1870 Jiro Sato (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 GBR Pat Hughes 6 4 3 1 7 USA 1912 Sidney Wood 4 6 6 6 USA 1912 John Van Ryn 4 6 5 5 GBR Fred Perry 6 8 7 1 FRA Jean Borotra 6 6 4 6 8 JPN 1870 Jiro Sato 2 3 6 4 3 USA 1912 Frank Shields 6 2 5 7 6 6 GBR Bunny Austin 3 6 7 5 1 7 USA 1912 Sidney Wood 4 6 6 6 5 GBR Fred Perry 6 2 4 2 1 FRA Jean Borotra 5 6 4 4 3 USA 1912 Frank Shields 7 3 6 6 7 USA 1912 Sidney Wood 3 USA 1912 Frank Shields w/o Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 2 FRA Henri Cochet 1 3 2 GBR Nigel Sharpe 6 6 6 IRL Henry Purcell 6 6 9 Q GBR Errol Whitehouse 2 1 7 Q GBR Eric Attewell 3 0 1 GBR Patrick Wheatley 6 6 6 FRA Pierre Goldschmidt 8 3 6 12 3 GBR Jimmy Nuthall 6 6 2 14 6 GBR Frank Wilde 6 6 2 6 GBR Colin Gregory 3 3 6 2 GBR Pat Hughes 6 6 6 GBR Philip Glover 1 4 3 TCH Ladislav Hecht 7 6 6 7 GBR Orson Wright 5 8 3 5 ARG Lucilo del Castillo 6 6 6 GBR Freddie Della Porta 3 4 3 GBR N Sharpe 6 6 6 IRL H Purcell 0 3 2 GBR P Wheatley 5 7 6 6 GBR J Nuthall 7 5 2 2 GBR C Gregory 6 6 2 3 2 GBR P Hughes 3 1 6 6 6 TCH L Hecht 5 4 7 6 2 ARG L del Castillo 7 6 5 2 6 GBR N Sharpe 6 7 6 GBR P Wheatley 1 5 4 GBR P Hughes 6 6 6 ARG L del Castillo 4 2 2 GBR N Sharpe 6 2 4 3 GBR P Hughes 4 6 6 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 USA 1912 Sidney Wood 6 6 6 IND British Ranbir Singh 3 4 3 GBR JH Frowen 6 6 4 5 GBR Tony Crossley 1 8 6 7 ESP 1931 Enrique Maier 9 6 5 4 6 SAF 1928 Norman Farquharson 7 3 7 6 4 GBR William Powell 6 6 6 DEN Bent Panker 3 4 3 GBR Victor Cazalet 3 7 1 4 Q GBR Colin Ritchie 6 5 6 6 SUI Edward Flury 6 4 1 6 2 NED Ody Koopman 0 6 6 2 6 IRL Noel Holmes 2 6 1 4 GBR Stan Harris 6 4 6 6 NZL Cam Malfroy URS 1924 Sergei Rodzianko w/o 7 USA 1912 S Wood 6 6 6 GBR A Crossley 3 1 2 ESP 1931 E Maier 6 5 6 1 8 GBR W Powell 4 7 2 6 6 Q GBR C Ritchie 6 6 3 3 3 NED O Koopman 4 2 6 6 6 GBR S Harris 4 1 5 NZL C Malfroy 6 6 7 7 USA 1912 S Wood 8 6 6 ESP 1931 E Maier 6 3 2 NED O Koopman 5 3 4 NZL C Malfroy 7 6 6 7 USA 1912 S Wood 6 10 10 6 NZL C Malfroy 3 12 8 4 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 FRA Christian Boussus 7 6 8 SAF 1928 Louis Raymond 5 0 6 GBR Harry Lewis-Barclay 2 3 6 6 7 GBR Roy Poland 6 6 3 4 5 Q GBR Wilfred Freeman 7 4 4 7 ARG Andrés Sissener 5 6 6 9 IND British Athar-Ali Fyzee 0 0 4 JPN 1870 Minoru Kawachi 6 6 6 GBR Jack Lysaght 6 6 6 3 3 GBR David Williams 1 4 8 6 6 USA 1912 Watson Washburn 3 2 4 AUT Franz Matejka 6 6 6 FRA André Merlin 2 7 6 6 MON Vladimir Landau 6 5 3 2 USA 1912 John Van Ryn 6 6 6 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Schaeffer 0 2 1 4 FRA C Boussus 6 6 6 GBR H Lewis-Barclay 3 1 3 ARG A Sissener 2 0 1 JPN 1870 M Kawachi 6 6 6 GBR D Williams 1 8 2 AUT F-W Matejka 6 10 6 FRA A Merlin 2 4 1 USA 1912 J Van Ryn 6 6 6 4 FRA C Boussus 6 6 6 JPN 1870 M Kawachi 3 3 4 AUT F-W Matejka 3 6 1 4 USA 1912 J Van Ryn 6 3 6 6 4 FRA C Boussus 2 6 2 1 USA 1912 J Van Ryn 6 1 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 GBR Fred Perry 6 6 6 Q GBR James Cummins 1 3 3 JPN 1870 Iwao Aoki 6 6 6 FRA Emmanuel du Plaix 3 3 3 GBR Ted Avory 7 4 8 5 6 TCH Ferenc Maršálek 5 6 6 7 1 GBR George Godsell 1 5 3 FRA Antoine Gentien 6 7 6 French Indochina Nguyen Van Chim w/o GBR Charles Kingsley GBR Dickie Ritchie 6 8 6 IND British Hira-Lal Soni 2 6 4 IRL Charles Scroope 6 6 8 Q GBR Wilfred Smith 3 1 6 HUN 1920 Béla von Kehrling 8 1 2 2 GER Wiemar Gottfried von Cramm 6 6 6 6 5 GBR F Perry 7 6 6 JPN 1870 I Aoki 5 2 3 GBR E Avory 6 3 2 1 FRA A Gentien 1 6 6 6 GBR C Kingsley 4 4 6 6 6 GBR R Ritchie 6 6 3 4 4 IRL C Scroope 1 6 5 4 GER Wiemar G von Cramm 6 2 7 6 5 GBR F Perry 6 6 8 FRA A Gentien 2 3 6 GBR C Kingsley 5 4 2 GER Wiemar G von Cramm 7 6 6 5 GBR F Perry 7 6 6 GER Wiemar G von Cramm 5 2 4 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 FRA Jean Borotra 8 4 8 6 GBR Arthur Smith 6 6 6 1 Q USA 1912 Bernard Law 5 5 5 GBR Alan Brown 7 7 7 Q GBR Will Legg French Indochina Huynh Van Giao w/o JPN 1870 Ryuki Miki 6 6 6 IND British Syed Mohammad Hadi 3 4 2 GBR Noel Turnbull 6 2 6 3 3 AUT Hermann Artens 2 6 4 6 6 TCH Jiří Novotný 1 4 0 GBR Guy Cooper 6 6 6 GBR Oswald Jameson 6 6 6 GBR Billy Collins 3 4 2 POL 1928 Ignacy Tłoczyński 6 6 6 Q GBR Paul Partridge 2 1 1 1 FRA J Borotra 1 6 6 8 GBR A Brown 6 4 1 6 Q GBR W Legg 7 2 6 JPN 1870 T Miki 9 6 8 AUT H Artens 9 6 6 GBR G Cooper 7 2 3 GBR O Jameson 7 4 4 4 POL 1928 I Tłoczyński 5 6 6 6 1 FRA J Borotra 6 6 6 JPN 1870 T Miki 4 1 2 AUT H Artens 6 6 4 6 POL 1928 I Tłoczyński 3 2 6 4 1 FRA J Borotra 4 2 3 AUT H Artens 6 6 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 JPN 1870 Jiro Sato 6 6 6 SAF 1928 Vernon Kirby 3 2 4 IRL George Lyttleton-Rogers 0 8 6 6 USA 1912 Gregory Mangin 6 6 3 3 GBR Norman Latchford 1 0 2 IND British Atri Madan Mohan 6 6 6 GBR Kenneth Gandar-Dower 7 6 5 1 ARG Ronaldo Boyd 9 2 7 6 GBR Arthur Vinall 6 11 6 GBR Geoffrey de Ste. Croix 3 9 4 Q GBR Max Callendar 2 6 2 6 1 GBR Harry Lee 6 3 6 4 6 USA 1912 George Lott 3 6 6 6 FRA Benny Berthet 6 3 0 2 GBR Henry Burrows 3 2 2 FRA Pierre Henri Landry 6 6 6 8 JPN 1870 J Sato 4 7 6 6 IRL G Lyttleton-Rogers 6 5 3 2 IND British AM Mohan 6 6 6 ARG R Boyd 1 2 1 GBR A Vinall 5 3 3 GBR H Lee 7 6 6 USA 1912 G Lott 6 11 6 FRA PH Landry 4 9 2 8 JPN 1870 J Sato 6 6 6 IND British AM Mohan 3 2 3 GBR H Lee 7 7 7 USA 1912 G Lott 5 5 5 8 JPN 1870 J Sato 8 6 6 GBR H Lee 6 4 3 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 USA 1912 Frank Shields 6 6 6 SAF 1928 Pat Spence 1 1 2 GBR Jimmy Reddall 4 3 4 GBR Herman David 6 6 6 EGY 1922 Jacques Grandguillot 4 5 6 6 7 NED Josef Knottenbelt 6 7 3 4 9 GER Wiemar Eberhard Nourney 6 6 6 DEN Helge Plougmann 2 1 4 ARG Adriano Zappa 2 2 7 6 1 GBR Brian Gilbert 6 6 5 3 6 GBR John Pennycuick 6 6 3 1 FRA Jean Lesueur 8 3 6 6 GBR GR Ashton 6 6 0 0 GBR John Olliff 8 1 6 6 GBR Raymond Tuckey GBR Donald Greig w/o 3 USA 1912 F Shields 2 6 6 6 GBR H David 6 0 3 4 NED J Knottenbelt 8 6 0 9 GER Wiemar E Nourney 10 2 6 11 GBR B Gilbert 1 6 3 2 FRA J Lesueur 6 4 6 6 GBR J Olliff 7 8 6 6 GBR R Tuckey 5 10 2 4 3 USA 1912 F Shields 6 6 6 GER Wiemar E Nourney 1 1 2 FRA J Lesueur 2 4 5 GBR J Olliff 6 6 7 3 USA 1912 F Shields 6 6 6 GBR J Olliff 2 0 2 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 GBR Bunny Austin 6 6 6 TCH Josef Maleček 3 1 4 JPN 1870 Hyotaro Sato ROM Nicolas Magaloff w/o GBR Keats Lester 9 4 6 5 3 FRA Jacques Brugnon 7 6 4 7 6 GBR Eric Peters FRA Raymond Rodel w/o GBR Bob Tinkler 7 6 8 IND British Janmeja Charanjiva 5 4 6 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Kukuljević 6 0 3 6 7 GBR Edward Buzzard 4 6 6 3 5 IRL Edward McGuire 6 2 6 0 GBR Teddy Higgs 4 6 3 0r GER Wiemar Heinrich Kleinschroth 3 2 0r GBR Ian Collins 6 6 0 6 GBR H Austin 6 6 6 JPN 1870 H Sato 1 3 0 FRA J Brugnon 6 8 6 GBR E Peters 3 6 2 GBR R Tinkler 10 1 6 6 Kingdom of Yugoslavia F Kukuljević 8 6 4 4 IRL E McGuire 5 7 6 2 3 GBR I Collins 7 5 3 6 6 6 GBR H Austin 6 6 6 FRA J Brugnon 3 4 0 GBR R Tinkler 6 1 3 GBR I Collins 8 6 6 6 GBR H Austin 6 6 6 GBR I Collins 3 3 4 References External links 1931 MS 1931 French Championships Grand SlamsMen's Singles 1931 U.S. Championships Men's Singles Men's Singles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's singles