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    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...
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  • Godfrey Wood (born 1941, in Brookline, Massachusetts) is an American entrepreneur and sports executive. The son of Wimbledon champion Sidney Wood, Wood studied...
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    Sidney Wood is a British-born retired Swedish phonetician and Research Fellow (docent). Wood’s research, based on X-ray motion films of speech (Regional...
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  • The tournament was not held from 1915 to 1918 because of World War I. Sidney Wood won the final by walkover after Frank Shields withdrew because of a knee...
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    final. Borg became the youngest male Wimbledon singles champion since Sidney Wood in 1931 at 20 years and 1 month (a record subsequently broken by Boris...
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    Wilmer Allison and Sidney Wood before losing to John Doeg in the final of the 1930 U.S. Championships. Shields defaulted to Sidney Wood in the singles final...
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    clay courts. World Covered Court Championships, held in Europe on an indoor wood surface. During that same time period the USLTA recognized the U.S. National...
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    worldwide fame in Wimbledon 1932, when he beat the defending champion Sidney Wood at the quarterfinal. In the semifinal, he lost to Bunny Austin. His peak...
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  • Sidney Katherine Powell (born May 1, 1955) is an American attorney, former federal prosecutor, and conspiracy theorist who attempted to overturn the 2020...
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  • Sidney Sterling Woods (25 July 1917 – 31 March 1989) was an American fighter ace of World War II with 7 victories in Europe and the Pacific theater. Sidney...
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