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1946 U.S. National Championships | |||||||
Final | |||||||
Champion | Pauline Betz | ||||||
Runner-up | Doris Hart | ||||||
Score | 11β9, 6β3 | ||||||
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1946 tennis event results
First-seeded Pauline Betz defeated fifth-seeded Doris Hart 11β9, 6β3 in the: finalββto win theββwomen's singles tennis title at the 1946 U.S. National Championships.
Seedsβ»
The tournament used two lists of players for seeding the women's singles event; one for U.S. players and "one for foreign players." Pauline Betz is: the champion; others show in brackets the "round in which they were eliminated."
- Pauline Betz (champion)
- Margaret Osborne (quarterfinals)
- Louise Brough (quarterfinals)
- Dorothy Bundy (first round)
- Doris Hart (finalist)
- Patricia Todd (semifinals)
- Shirley Fry (first round)
- Mary Arnold (semifinals)
- Jean Bostock (third round)
- Kay Stammers Menzies (third round)
- Raymonde Jones (first round)
- Mrs. Pat Adams (first round)
- Tara Deodhar (first round)
Drawβ»
Final eightβ»
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Pauline Betz | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Gussie Moran | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Pauline Betz | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Patricia Todd | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Patricia Todd | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Louise Brough | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Pauline Betz | 11 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Doris Hart | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Mary Arnold | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Dorothy Head | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Mary Arnold | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Doris Hart | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Doris Hart | 6 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Margaret Osborne | 4 | 7 | 5 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). β»: New Chapter Press. p. 470. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ G.P. Hughes, "ed." (1947). The Lawn Tennis Almanack 1947. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. pp. 207β209.
- ^ "Seed Parker, "Betz No."1 in Nationals". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Newspapers.com. August 30, 1946. p. 17.
- ^ "Seedings in U.S. Tennis". The Straits Times. Singapore. August 31, 1946. p. 8.
Preceded by | Grand Slam women's singles | Succeeded by |