1928 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles
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Women's singles | |
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1928 U.S. National Championships | |
Champion | United States Helen Wills |
Runner-up | United States Helen Jacobs[1] |
Score | 6–2, 6–1 |
First-seeded Helen Wills defeated Helen Jacobs 6–2, 6–1 in the final to win the women'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.[1] Wills won the tournament without losing a set.[2]
Seeds
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.
- United States Helen Wills (champion)
- United States Molla Mallory (semifinals)
- United States Helen Jacobs (finalist)
- United States Edith Cross (semifinals)
- United States Charlotte Hosmer Chapin (quarterfinals)
- United States Marjorie Morrill (quarterfinals)
- United States Penelope Anderson (quarterfinals)
- United States May Sutton Bundy (third round)
Draw
Final eight
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | United States Helen Wills | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | United States Charlotte Hosmer Chapin | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | United States Helen Wills | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | United States Edith Cross | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
United States Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | United States Edith Cross | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | United States Helen Wills | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | United States Helen Jacobs | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | United States Helen Jacobs | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | United States Penelope Anderson | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | United States Helen Jacobs | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | United States Molla Mallory | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | United States Marjorie Morrill | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | United States Molla Mallory | 6 | 3 | 6 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York City]: New Chapter Press. p. 469. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ↑ "The Peerless Mrs. Helen Wills-Moody". Brooklyn Daily Times. 19 August 1931. Retrieved 30 September 2024.