Sidney Wood

Sidney Burr Beardsley Wood ( born 1 November 1911 in Black Rock, Connecticut, † January 10, 2009 in Palm Beach, Florida) was an American tennis player.

Career

The blonde handed and nephew of Watson Washburn was in 1927 with 15 years as a time the youngest player ever in the starting field of Wimbledon and played his first game against René Lacoste. Four years later he was the item at Wimbledon to decide for himself when he won a fight against the injured Frank Shields. It should be his only title at a Grand Slam tournament.

In 1935 he still reached the final of the U.S. Open, but lost to Wilmer Allison. In 1964, the induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.