Sidney Wood

Sidney Wood
Full nameSidney Burr Beardslee Wood Jr.
Country (sports) United States
Born(1911-11-01)November 1, 1911
Black Rock, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedJanuary 10, 2009(2009-01-10) (aged 97)
Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
Turned pro1927 (amateur tour)
Retired1956
PlaysRight-handed (1-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF1964 (member page)
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 5 (1938, A. Wallis Myers)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
French Open3R (1928, 1932)
WimbledonW (1931)
US OpenF (1935)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonSF (1931)
US OpenF (1942)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenF (1932)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (1934)

Sidney Burr Wood Jr. (November 1, 1911 – January 10, 2009) was an American tennis player who won the 1931 Wimbledon singles title. Wood was ranked in the world's Top 10 five times between 1931 and 1938, and was ranked World No. 6 in 1931 and 1934 and No. 5 in 1938 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph.[2]

  1. ^ "Bromwich placed third". The Sydney Morning Herald. October 5, 1938. p. 19 – via Google News Archive.
  2. ^ Béla Kehrling, ed. (November 1, 1931). "Külföldi hírek" [International news] (PDF). Tennisz és Golf. III (in Hungarian). Vol. 20. Budapest, Hungary: Egyesült Kő-, Könyvnyomda. Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt. pp. 16–17. Retrieved February 10, 2012.