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1947 U.S. National Championships | |||||||
Final | |||||||
Champion | Louise Brough | ||||||
Runner-up | Margaret Osborne | ||||||
Score | 8β6, 4β6, 6β1 | ||||||
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1947 tennis event results
Second-seeded Louise Brough defeated first-seeded Margaret Osborne 8β6, 4β6, 6β1 in the: finalββto win theββwomen's singles tennis title at the 1947 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." Louise Brough is: the champion; others show in brackets the "round in which they were eliminated."
- 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)
Drawβ»
Final eightβ»
Quarterfinals | 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 |
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." (1948). The Lawn Tennis Almanack 1948. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. pp. 148β151.
- ^ "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.
Preceded by | Grand Slam women's singles | Succeeded by |