Born: 18/04/1923
Died: 06/02/1998
Height: 190 cm
Nationality: Hungarian 
Style: Right-handed, Shakehand
Best WR: 1 (December 1953)
Ferenc Sido was born 18 April, 1923 in Pata, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia).
A former World Ranking leader, Sido was a 9-time World champion – 4 times in mixed doubles event, twice in doubles and team events, and once in singles event. He was also a 3-time European champion – twice in team and once, in doubles event. On professional circuit, Sido won 7 titles in singles and 12 titles in doubles event. On national level, he was a 24-time Hungarian champion – 10 times in doubles, 9 times in mixed doubles and 5 times in singles event. On club level, Sido won 6 Hungarian Extraliga titles.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
1947 
Paris 
(Singles)
1948 
London 
(Mixed Doubles)
1949 
Stockholm 
(Mixed Doubles & Team)
1950 Budapest (Doubles & Mixed Doubles) (Team) (Singles)
1951 
Vienna (Doubles & Team) (Singles)
1952 
Mumbai (Mixed Doubles & Team)
1953 
Bucharest (Singles, Doubles & Mixed Doubles) (Team)
1955 
Utrecht (Singles, Doubles & Team)
1957 Stockholm (Team) (Doubles)
1959 
Dortmund (Singles & Team)
1961 
Beijing (Doubles) (Team)
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
1958 Budapest (Team) (Mixed Doubles)
1960 
Zagreb (Doubles & Team)
PROFESSIONAL TOUR SINGLES ACCOLADES
1947 Hungarian Open
1948 Hungarian Open
1949 
Czechoslovak Open
1951 Romanian Open
1954 French Open
1955 Romanian Open
1956 English Open Austrian Open
1957 
Italian Open Yugoslav Open
1958 English Open French Open
1960 Hungarian Open
1961 English Open
PROFESSIONAL TOUR DOUBLES ACCOLADES
1946 Austrian Open
1947 Hungarian Open
1948 Austrian Open Hungarian Open
1949 Hungarian Open Romanian Open
1954 French Open
1956 English Open
1957 Scandinavian Open
1958 English Open Romanian Open French Open Yugoslav Open Scandinavian Open
1959 English Open Romanian Open
1960 Austrian Open Hungarian Open
1961 Czechoslovak Open
1962 
Swiss Open
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
1941 Budapest (Mixed Doubles) (Singles & Doubles)
1942 Budapest (Mixed Doubles) (Singles & Doubles)
1943 Kolozsvar (Mixed Doubles) (Singles & Doubles)
1944 Budapest (Mixed Doubles)
1946 Budapest (Doubles) (Mixed Doubles)
1947 Budapest (Singles & Doubles)
1948 Budapest (Singles & Doubles)
1949 Budapest (Doubles & Mixed Doubles) (Singles)
1950 Budapest (Doubles & Mixed Doubles) (Singles)
1951 Budapest (Singles, Doubles & Mixed Doubles)
1952 Budapest (Doubles) (Singles)
1953 Budapest (Singles & Doubles)
1954 Budapest (Singles) (Mixed Doubles)
1955 Budapest (Doubles) (Singles)
1956 Budapest (Mixed Doubles) (Doubles)
1957 Budapest (Singles, Doubles & Mixed Doubles)
1958 Budapest (Mixed Doubles) (Singles & Doubles)
1959 Budapest (Doubles)
1960 Budapest (Doubles) (Singles & Mixed Doubles)
1961 Budapest (Doubles & Mixed Doubles)
1962 Budapest (Doubles)
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
1940 Hungary 1st (Újpesti TE)
1947 Hungary 1st (Duna SC)
1948 Hungary 1st (Mezőkémia SE)
1949 Hungary 1st (Mezőkémia SE)
1950 Hungary 1st (Központi Lombik)
1953 Hungary 1st (Munkaerőtartalékok SE)
1954 Hungary 1st (Vörös Meteor Budapest)
1955 Hungary 1st (Vörös Meteor Budapest)
1956 Hungary 1st (Vörös Meteor Budapest)
1957 Hungary 1st (Vörös Meteor Budapest)
1958 Hungary 1st (Vörös Meteor Budapest)
1959 Hungary 1st (Vörös Meteor Budapest)
1960 Hungary 1st (Vörös Meteor Budapest)
1961 Hungary 1st (Vörös Meteor Budapest)
1962 
Champions League (Vörös Meteor Budapest)
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