unthinkable today. The record books say Sidney Wood was the champion and Frank Shields ..... the trophy in the first place." Sidney Wood spent decades writing memoirs David ..... singles title. In his final years, Sidney Wood feared his three surviving sons
3-6, 6-1. 1936 - Fred Perry def. Don Budge, 2-6, 6-2, 8-6, 1-6, 10-8. 1935 - Wilmer Allison def. Sidney Wood , 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. 1934 - Fred Perry def. Wilmer Allison, 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 8-6. 1933 - Fred Perry
3-6, 6-1. 1936 - Fred Perry def. Don Budge, 2-6, 6-2, 8-6, 1-6, 10-8. 1935 - Wilmer Allison def. Sidney Wood , 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. 1934 - Fred Perry def. Wilmer Allison, 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 8-6. 1933 - Fred Perry
the Davis Cup for the sixth straight time by sweeping France in five straight matches. 1935 - Wilmer Allison beats Sidney Wood in three sets to win the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship. 1955 - Tony Trabert wins the U.S. Lawn Tennis
Don Budge 1936 - Fred Perry 1935 - Fred Perry 1934 - Fred Perry 1933 - Jack Crawford 1932 - Ellsworth Vines 1931 - Sidney Wood 1930 - Bill Tilden 1929 - Henri Cochet 1928 - Rene Lacoste 1927 - Henri Cochet 1926 - Jean Borotra 1925 - Rene Lacoste
Open fortnight with local ties, check out "The Wimbledon Final That Never Was" - a posthumously published memoir of Sidney Wood , former New Yorker and Southamptonite who won the 1931 Wimbledon title by default over Frank Shields, the grandfather
Don Budge 1936 ? Fred Perry 1935 ? Fred Perry 1934 ? Fred Perry 1933 ? Jack Crawford 1932 ? Ellsworth Vines 1931 ? Sidney Wood 1930 ? Bill Tilden 1929 ? Henri Cochet 1928 ? Rene Lacoste 1927 ? Henri Cochet 1926 ? Jean Borotra 1925 ? Rene Lacoste
4-6, 11-9, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. 1932 - Ellsworth Vines def. Bunny Austin, 6-2, 6-2, 6-0. 1931 - Sidney Wood def. Frank Shields, walkover. 1930 - Bill Tilden def. Wilmer Allison, 6-3, 9-7, 6-4. 1929 - Henri Cochet
All the extra money is going to the singles finalists. The losing singles finalists will received $706,300. * Sidney Wood , who in 1931 became the only uncontested winner of a Wimbledon final, died in Palm Beach, Fla., yesterday. He
Tennis Andy Murray of Britain won his second consecutive Qatar Open in defeating Andy Roddick , 6-4, 6-2, in Doha. Sidney Wood , 97, who in 1931 became the only uncontested winner of a Wimbledon final, died yesterday in Palm Beach, Fla. Wood's