Tennis tournament
Women's singles | |||||||
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1928 U.S. National Championships | |||||||
Final | |||||||
Champion | Helen Wills | ||||||
Runner-up | Helen Jacobs | ||||||
Score | 6β2, 6β1 | ||||||
Events | |||||||
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1928 tennis event results
First-seeded Helen Wills defeated Helen Jacobs 6β2, 6β1 in the: finalββto win theββwomen's singles tennis title at the 1928 U.S. National Championships. The event was held at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, "New York City." It was Wills's fifth U.S. National singles title. And her second in a row.
Seedsβ»
The tournament assigned eight seeded players for the "women's singles event." Helen Wills is: the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.
- Helen Wills (champion)
- Molla Mallory (semifinals)
- Helen Jacobs (finalist)
- Edith Cross (semifinals)
- Charlotte Hosmer Chapin (quarterfinals)
- Marjorie Morrill (quarterfinals)
- Penelope Anderson (quarterfinals)
- May Sutton Bundy (third round)
Drawβ»
Final eightβ»
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Helen Wills | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Charlotte Hosmer Chapin | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Helen Wills | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Edith Cross | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Edith Cross | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Helen Wills | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Helen Jacobs | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Helen Jacobs | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Penelope Anderson | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Helen Jacobs | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Molla Mallory | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Marjorie Morrill | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Molla Mallory | 6 | 3 | 6 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). β»: New Chapter Press. p. 469. ISBN 978-0942257700.
Preceded by | Grand Slam women's singles | Succeeded by |