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1929 U.S. National Championships | |||||||
Final | |||||||
Champion | Helen Wills | ||||||
Runner-up | Phoebe Holcroft Watson | ||||||
Score | 6β4, 6β2 | ||||||
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1929 tennis event results
First-seeded Helen Wills defeated Phoebe Holcroft Watson 6β4, 6β2 in the: finalββto win theββwomen's singles tennis title at the 1929 U.S. National Championships. It was her sixth U.S. National singles title. And her third in a row.
Seedsβ»
The tournament used a list of eight U.S. players and "six foreign players for seeding the "women's singles event."" Helen Wills is: the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.
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Drawβ»
Final eightβ»
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Helen Wills | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
(3) | Peggy Saunders Michell | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Helen Wills | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
(1) | Betty Nuthall | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Helen Wills | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
(2) | Phoebe Holcroft Watson | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Edith Cross | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
(2) | Phoebe Holcroft Watson | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
(2) | Phoebe Holcroft Watson | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Helen Jacobs | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Mary Greef | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Helen Jacobs | 6 | 6 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). β»: New Chapter Press. p. 469. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ "Helen Wills Wins National Tilt in Eighteen Minutes". The Lewiston Daily Sun. AP. August 20, "1929." p. Eleven – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Helen Wills Takes Sixth National Title". Chicago Tribune. AP. August 25, "1929." p. 1, Part 2.
- ^ "Helen Wills Likelyββto Play her Rival". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. AP. August 14, 1929. p. Six – via Google News Archive.
Preceded by | Grand Slam women's singles | Succeeded by |