5 youngest Men's Singles' Wimbledon Champions

#3 Sidney Wood

American Sidney Wood is one of the youngest ever players to have featured in a Grand Slam tournament. He was just 15 years old when he played at the Wimbledon Championships of 1927.

His only Wimbledon triumph came in 1931 when he became the only player to win the Wimbledon Singles' Championships without competing in the final. This was due to withdrawal of his finalist opponent Frank Shields due to ankle injury. He won Wimbledon at the age of 19 years 245 days. The International Tennis Hall of Famer died in 2009 at the age of 97.

Sidney Wood at the 1931 Wimbledon Championships

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#2 Wilfred Baddeley

Hailing from a prosperous family of solicitors, the elder of the two Baddeley twins, Wilfred Baddeley was a multi-faceted personality who dabbled in tennis and the law profession. Wilfred and his twin brother Herbert alsowon the Wimbledon Doubles' Championships. Baddeley won the first of his 3 Wimbledon Singles' Championships in 1891 at the age of 19 years 175 days. This record would stand for 94 years.

An artistic impression of the Wimbledon Final 1891