Second-seeded Louise Brough defeated first-seeded Margaret Osborne 8–6, 4–6, 6–1 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1947 U.S. National Championships.[1][2]
Women's singles | |
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1947 U.S. National Championships | |
Champion | Louise Brough[1] |
Runner-up | Margaret Osborne |
Score | 8–6, 4–6, 6–1 |
Seeds
editThe tournament used two lists of players for seeding the women's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players. Louise Brough is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.[3][4][5]
- Margaret Osborne (finalist)
- Louise Brough (champion)
- Doris Hart (semifinals)
- Patricia Todd (quarterfinals)
- Shirley Fry (third round)
- Mary Arnold Prentiss (third round)
- Dorothy Head (quarterfinals)
- Barbara Krase (quarterfinals)
- Nancye Bolton (semifinals)
- Betty Hilton (third round)
- Molly Blair (second round)
- Magda Rurac (quarterfinals)
- Nell Hopman (second round)
- Joy Gannon (first round)
- Jean Quertier (third round)
- Elaine Fildes (first round)
Draw
editFinal eight
editQuarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Margaret Osborne | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
(4) | Magda Rurac | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Margaret Osborne | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Doris Hart | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Barbara Krase | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Doris Hart | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Margaret Osborne | 6 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Louise Brough | 8 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Patricia Todd | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
(1) | Nancye Bolton | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
(1) | Nancye Bolton | 6 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Louise Brough | 2 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Dorothy Head | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Louise Brough | 6 | 6 | 6 |
References
edit- ^ a b Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York City]: New Chapter Press. p. 470. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ G.P. Hughes, ed. (1948). The Lawn Tennis Almanack 1948. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. pp. 148–151.
- ^ "Seventeen Nations In U.S. Singles Tennis Tourney". Lewiston Evening Journal. AP. September 3, 1947. p. 13.
- ^ Gayle Talbot (September 5, 1947). "National Singles Opens Today". St. Petersburg Times. AP.
- ^ "Tom Brown and Geoff Brown Meet in Forest Hills Duel". The Day. Ap. September 11, 1947. p. 16.