1942 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles
Women's Singles | |
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1942 U.S. National Championships | |
Champion | Pauline Betz[1] |
Runner-up | Louise Brough |
Final score | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
Second-seeded Pauline Betz defeated first-seeded Louise Brough 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1942 U.S. National Championships.[1][2]
Seeds
The eight seeded U.S. players are listed below. Sarah Palfrey Cooke is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.[3]
- Louise Brough (Finalist)
- Pauline Betz (Champion)
- Margaret Osborne (Semifinalist)
- Helen Bernhard (Semifinalist)
- Mary Arnold (Quarterfinalist)
- Patricia Canning Todd (Second round)
- Doris Hart (Quarterfinalist)
- Helen Rihbany (Quarterfinalist)
Draw
Final Eight
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Louise Brough | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
5 | Mary Arnold | 6 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Louise Brough | 5 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
4 | Helen Bernhard | 7 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
8 | Helen Rihbany | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Helen Bernhard | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Louise Brough | 6 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Pauline Betz | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
3 | Margaret Osborne | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Doris Hart | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Margaret Osborne | 4 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Pauline Betz | 6 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
Shirley Fry | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Pauline Betz | 6 | 6 |
References
- 1 2 Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York City]: New Chapter Press. p. 470. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ↑ "Pauline Betz New Champ". Berkeley Daily Gazette. September 7, 1942. p. Eight – via Google News Archive.
- ↑ "Ted Schroeder, Louise Brough Top Seeded in Tennis Tourney". Eugene Register-Guard. August 25, 1942. p. Eight – via Google News Archive.
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