Henri Cochet Henri Jean Cochet (; 14 December 1901 – 1 April 1987) was a French tennis player. He was a world No. 1 ranked player, and a member of the famous " Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Born in ...

defeated the defending champion

Jean Borotra Jean Laurent Robert Borotra (, ; 13 August 1898 – 17 July 1994) was a French tennis champion. He was one of the " Four Musketeers" from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Borotra was imprisoned in Itter Castle ...

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. Cochet became the first player to win three consecutive Grand Slam matches from two sets down, a record that was not matched until

Tommy Robredo Tomás Robredo Garcés, known as Tommy Robredo (, ; born 1 May 1982), is a Spanish former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 5, which he reached in August 2006 as a result of winning the Hamburg Masters ea ...

did the same at the French Open in 2013.

Sidney Wood 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 ...

became the youngest competitor in the men's singles at Wimbledon at 15 years 231 days when he was defeated by

René Lacoste Jean René Lacoste was a French tennis player and businessman. He was nicknamed "the Crocodile" because of how he dealt with his opponents; he is also known worldwide as the creator of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929, and e ...

in the first round. George Greville has been the oldest singles player in Wimbledon history, was aged 59 when he lost in the first round of the tournament.

Seeds

''(semifinals)''

Bill Tilden William Tatem Tilden II (February 10, 1893 – June 5, 1953), nicknamed "Big Bill", was an American tennis player. Tilden was the world No. 1 amateur for six consecutive years, from 1920 to 1925, and was ranked as the world No. 1 professional b ...

''(semifinals)''

''(final)''

(champion)

Takeichi Harada was an amateur tennis player from Japan who competed in the 1920s and 1930s, including the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was ranked World No. 7 in 1926 by A. Wallis Myers of ''The Daily Telegraph''. Harada was also ranked World No. 10 by Myers an ...

''(first round)'' Louis Raymond ''(second round)''

Jacques Brugnon Jacques Marie Stanislas Jean Brugnon (11 May 1895 – 20 March 1978), nicknamed "Toto", was a French tennis player, one of the famous " Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was born in and died ...

''(quarterfinals)'' Jan Koželuh ''(quarterfinals)''

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:1927 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Singles Men's Singles Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's singles