1927 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles

He saved a record six championship points, 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.

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
Singles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls
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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. Meanwhile, George Greville became the oldest singles player in Wimbledon history, aged 59 when he was defeated in the first round.

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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	0r
		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