Men's singles
1931 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Sidney Wood
Runner-up	Frank Shields
Score	walkover
Details
Draw	128 (10 Q)
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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Sidney Wood was declared winner of the title by default overFrank 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 againstJean 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.

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	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

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