1927 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1927 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Henri Cochet
Runner-up	Jean Borotra
Score	4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
Details
Draw	128 (10 Q )
Seeds	8
Events

Henri Cochet defeated the defending champion Jean Borotra in the final, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1927 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] He saved a record six championship points,^[2] and became the first player to win three consecutive Grand Slam matches from two sets down, an achievement that went ummatched until Tommy Robredo did so at the 2013 French Open.^[3]

Sidney Wood became the youngest competitor in the men's singles at Wimbledon at 15 years 231 days; he was defeated by René Lacoste in the first round.^[4] Meanwhile, George Greville became the oldest singles player in Wimbledon history, aged 59 when he was defeated in the first round.

Seeds

1.

René Lacoste (semifinals)

2.

Bill Tilden (semifinals)

3.

Jean Borotra (final)

4.

Henri Cochet (champion)

5.

Takeichi Harada (first round)

6.

Louis Raymond (second round)

7.

Jacques Brugnon (quarterfinals)

8.

Jan Koželuh (quarterfinals)

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

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

2	Bill Tilden	6	6	3	7

7	Jacques Brugnon	3	1	6	5
							2	Bill Tilden	6	6	5	4	3

							4	Henri Cochet	2	4	7	6	6
4	Henri Cochet	3	3	6	6	6

	Frank Hunter	6	6	2	2	3
														4	Henri Cochet	4	4	6	6	7

														3	Jean Borotra	6	6	3	4	5
1	René Lacoste	6	6	6

8	Jan Koželuh	4	3	4
							1	René Lacoste	4	3	6	6	2

							3	Jean Borotra	6	6	1	1	6
3	Jean Borotra	6	3	6	6

	Hendrik Timmer	1	6	3	0

Top half

Section 1

First round							Second round							Third round						Fourth round

2	Bill Tilden	6	6	6
Q	GA Pratt	2	1	0			2	W Tilden	6	6	6
	Roy Poland	1	6	6	6			R Poland	3	0	1
	RC Wackett	6	3	4	3									2	W Tilden	6	6	6
	Roger Worthington	6	6	7											P Hughes	3	4	0
Q	Eliot Crawshay-Williams	1	3	5				R Worthington	2	6	2
	Nicolae Mișu	3	6	0	6	5		P Hughes	6	8	6
	Pat Hughes	6	2	6	3	7														2	W Tilden	6	7	6
	George Cholmondeley	6	6	6	6	8															C Boussus	1	5	2
	Edward Dearman	8	8	3	1	6		G Cholmondeley	12	1	3
	Theodore Mavrogordato	2	7	6	5			E McGuire	14	6	6
	Edward McGuire	6	9	1	7										E McGuire	2	7	0	1
	Hector Fisher	6	4	6	11										C Boussus	6	5	6	6
	Claude de Ricou	3	6	1	9			H Fisher	6	9	3	4	2
	Christian Boussus	9	7	6				C Boussus	2	7	6	6	6
	Jack Hillyard	7	5	4

Section 2

First round						Second round							Third round						Fourth round

7	Jacques Brugnon	8	6	6
	Francis Fisher	6	4	4		7	J Brugnon	7	6	6
	Tony Buzzard	4	3	6	4		H Hunter	5	1	3
	Henry Hunter	6	6	4	6								7	J Brugnon	6	6	4	6
	Eric Peters	6	6	6										O Froitzheim	1	2	6	3
	George Stoddart	2	2	2			E Peters	0	3	10
	Otto Froitzheim	11	6	3	6		O Froitzheim	6	6	12
	Ian Collins	9	3	6	3														7	J Brugnon	4	6	6	6
	AE Browne	6	9	6																C Kingsley	6	3	2	2
Q	EC Penny	2	7	2			AE Browne	6	10	3	4	6
	Noel Holmes						N Holmes	4	8	6	6	2
	Pat Spence	w/o												AE Browne	3	6	5	2
	Krishna Prasada	7	6	6										C Kingsley	6	4	7	6
	Arthur Yencken	5	4	1			K Prasada	1	1	2
	Charles Kingsley	6	6	6			C Kingsley	6	6	6
	Will Legg	2	0	2

Section 3

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

4	Henri Cochet	6	6	6
	Fassett Burnett	4	3	4			4	H Cochet	6	0	6	6
	Noel Turnbull	6	7	6				N Turnbull	2	6	2	3
Q	Cyril Banks	2	5	1										4	H Cochet	7	9	6
	Llewellyn Owen														H Kleinschroth	5	7	0
	Cornelis Bryan	w/o						L Owen	4	6	1	3
	Harold Price	3	3	4				H Kleinschroth	6	2	6	6
	Heinrich Kleinschroth	6	6	6															4	H Cochet	8	6	6
	RD England	2	7	7	6															B von Kehrling	6	3	2
	Jack Miley	6	5	5	3			RD England	4	1	8	6	6
	Norman Latchford							N Latchford	6	6	6	4	3
	Ernst Gottlieb	w/o													RD England	1	1	2
Q	Hew Stoker	8	3	9	6	1									B von Kehrling	6	6	6
	William Powell	6	6	11	2	6		W Powell	6	0	8	4
	Béla von Kehrling	6	6	3	7			B von Kehrling	4	6	10	6
	John Pennycuick	1	3	6	5

Section 4

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

6	Louis Raymond	6	7	8
	Claude Roupell	4	5	6			6	L Raymond	6	3	6	5	2
	DM Evans	1	5	6	3			G Crole-Rees	2	6	4	7	6
	Gordon Crole-Rees	6	7	2	6										G Crole-Rees	3	3	1
	JE Pogson-Smith	6	9	1	6	6									C Gregory	6	6	6
	Leighton Crawford	2	11	6	3	8		FRL Crawford	3	1	3
	Colin Gregory	10	6	6				C Gregory	6	6	6
	Maurice Summerson	8	0	3																C Gregory	6	5	2	6	3
	Arthur Lowe	6	6	6																F Hunter	4	7	6	4	6
	Randolph Lycett	2	4	4				A Lowe	6	6	6
	Ted Avory	3	6	6	0			B Hillyard	4	4	0
	Brame Hillyard	6	8	3	6										A Lowe	2	6	3
	Yoshiro Ohta	1	4	3											F Hunter	6	8	6
	Frank Hunter	6	6	6				F Hunter	6	6	6
	Henry Standring	8	3	0				A Kingscote	3	3	4
	Algernon Kingscote	10	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

1	René Lacoste	6	6	6
	Sidney Wood	1	3	1			1	R Lacoste	2	6	6	6
	Brian Helmore	1	3	1				S Jacob	6	0	3	4
	Sydney Jacob	6	6	6									1	R Lacoste	6	6	6
	Harvey Mackintosh	6	6	5	7									H Mackintosh	0	2	2
	George Greville	4	3	7	5			H Mackintosh	6	4	6	6
	CJ Brierley	w/o						R Danet	4	6	3	4
	Roger Danet																			1	R Lacoste	6	6	6
Q	Oswald Jameson	2	0	4																	J Condon	0	3	3
	Jack Condon	6	6	6				J Condon	2	6	1	0
	Antoine Gentien	7	6	6	5	6		A Gentien	6	4	6	6
	Douglas Powell	9	2	1	7	2								J Condon	9	4	6	4	6
	Athar-Ali Fyzee	w/o												H Mayes	7	6	2	6	0
Q	Chester Walsh						Q	C Walsh	2	6	1	0
	Henry Mayes	6	6	6				H Mayes	6	4	6	6
	Arthur Berger	1	3	2

Section 6

First round						Second round							Third round							Fourth round

8	Jan Koželuh	5	6	6	6
	Royden Dash	7	4	1	2	8	J Koželuh	6	6	6
	Harvey Hillier						H Hillier	1	4	4
	Loutfalla Wahid	w/o											8	J Koželuh	6	6	6
	St John Mahony	7	6	9										StJ Mahony	2	4	4
	Lionel Alderson	5	4	7			StJ Mahony	10	7	6
	Henning Müller	3	4	6	3		C Campbell	8	5	1
	Craig Campbell	6	6	4	6															8	J Koželuh	6	3
	Donald Greig	6	6	7																	D Greig	4	0^r
	Douglas Hodges	4	1	5			D Greig	6	1	4	6	6
	Nigel Sharpe	6	6	6			N Sharpe	4	6	6	3	4
	Cecil Tindell-Green	2	1	1										D Greig	3	3	6	6	6
	Oscar Kreuzer	6	6	6										K Lester	6	6	4	4	4
	Neville Deed	2	2	3			O Kreuzer	1	0	3
	Leslie Godfree	4	4	7	3		K Lester	6	6	6
	Keats Lester	6	6	5	6

Section 7

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

3	Jean Borotra	7	7	9
	Arthur Belgrave	5	5	7			3	J Borotra	7	3	6	6
	EL Sarkies	2	1	3				W Radcliffe	5	6	4	4
	William Radcliffe	6	6	6										3	J Borotra	6	2	1	6	6
	Billy Collins														E Higgs	1	6	6	2	2
	Brian Gilbert	w/o						W Collins	3	0	6	4
	Teddy Higgs	2	3	6	7	8		E Higgs	6	6	4	6
	Hermann Artens	6	6	2	5	6															3	J Borotra	6	8	6	6
	Norman Farquharson	5	0	6	6	6																C Campbell	8	6	0	1
	Clinton McIlquham	7	6	3	3	4		N Farquharson	10	4	5	6	6
	Hassan Ali Fyzee	w/o						A Dudley	8	6	7	4	3
	Ambrose Dudley														N Farquharson	1	4	1
	David Williams	9	6	6											C Campbell	6	6	6
Q	PRR Hurditch	7	4	4				D Williams	1	1	0
	Cecil Campbell	6	6	6				C Campbell	6	6	6
	WB Stott	1	1	0

Section 8

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

5	Takeichi Harada	6	4	1	6	2
	Pierre Henri Landry	4	6	6	1	6		PH Landry	6	2	6	6
	Norman Dicks	6	8	4	6			N Dicks	1	6	1	2
	F Crosbie	3	6	6	1									PH Landry	5	4	6	6
	Hendrik Timmer	6	8	8										H Timmer	7	6	3	8
	Watson Washburn	1	6	6				H Timmer	6	6	6
Q	JDF Fisher	1	3	0				W Crawley	4	4	2
	Walter Crawley	6	6	6																	H Timmer	6	6	6
	RDN Pryce-Jones	2	6	4																	CL Philcox	3	2	0
	Frank Jarvis	6	8	6				F Jarvis	3	3	3
	CL Philcox	2	6	6	6			CL Philcox	6	6	6
	WHM Aitken	6	3	3	4									CL Philcox	7	5	6	6	6
	Monty Temple	3	4	4									Q	H Lee	9	7	1	2	4
Q	Harry Lee	6	6	6			Q	H Lee	3	6	7	6
	Gerald Sherwell	1	6	1	3			C Eames	6	4	5	2
	Cyril Eames	6	4	6	6

References

^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.
^ Harris, Daniel; Steinberg, Jacob (24 June 2016). "The Joy of Six: Wimbledon upsets". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
^ "Tommy Robredo comes from two sets down to reach last eight". BBC. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2021. Frenchman Henri Cochet only other man at Wimbledon 86 years ago
^ "Wimbledon Records & Statistics". Event Guide - History. AELTC. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2009.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

Preceded by 1927 French Championships	Grand Slams Men's Singles	Succeeded by 1927 U.S. Championships

[Barrett-1] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

[2] Harris, Daniel; Steinberg, Jacob (24 June 2016). "The Joy of Six: Wimbledon upsets". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

[3] "Tommy Robredo comes from two sets down to reach last eight". BBC. 2 June 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2021. Frenchman Henri Cochet only other man at Wimbledon 86 years ago

[4] "Wimbledon Records & Statistics". Event Guide - History. AELTC. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2009.

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