1931 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

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.

Men's singles
1931 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Sidney Wood
Runner-up	Frank Shields
Score	walkover
Draw	128 (10 Q )
Seeds	8

Main article: 1931 Wimbledon Championships

Seeds

01.   Jean Borotra (semifinals)

02.   Henri Cochet (first round)

03.   Frank Shields (final)

04.   Christian Boussus (fourth round)

05.   Fred Perry (semifinals)

06.   Bunny Austin (quarterfinals)

07.   Sidney Wood (champion)

08.   Jiro Sato (quarterfinals)

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

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

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

Top half

Section 1

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

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	7	Sidney Wood	6	6	6
		Ranbir Singh	3	4	3					7	S Wood	6	6	6
		JH Frowen	6	6	4	5					A Crossley	3	1	2
		Tony Crossley	1	8	6	7													7	S Wood	8	6	6
		Enrique Maier	9	6	5	4	6													E Maier	6	3	2
		Norman Farquharson	7	3	7	6	4				E Maier	6	5	6	1	8
		William Powell	6	6	6						W Powell	4	7	2	6	6
		Bent Panker	3	4	3																							7	S Wood	6	10	10	6
		Victor Cazalet	3	7	1	4																							C Malfroy	3	12	8	4
	Q	Colin Ritchie	6	5	6	6				Q	C Ritchie	6	6	3	3	3
		Edward Flury	6	4	1	6	2				O Koopman	4	2	6	6	6
		Ody Koopman	0	6	6	2	6													O Koopman	5	3	4
		Noel Holmes	2	6	1	4														C Malfroy	7	6	6
		Stan Harris	6	4	6	6					S Harris	4	1	5
		Cam Malfroy									C Malfroy	6	6	7
		Sergei Rodzianko	w/o

Section 3

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

Section 4

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

Bottom half

Section 5

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

Section 6

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

Section 7

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

Section 8

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