1947 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles

July 2023 July 2023 1947 U.S. National Championships USA 1912 Louise Brough USA 1912 Margaret Osborne 8–6, 4–6, 6–1 Second-seeded Louise Brough defeated first-seeded Margaret Osborne 8–6, 4–6, 6–1 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1947 U.S. National Championships.Collins Bud The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York City] 978-0942257700 2nd 470The Lawn Tennis Almanack 1948 1948 Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd G.P. Hughes London 148–151 Seeds 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.Seventeen Nations In U.S. Singles Tennis Tourney https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JPcpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5WYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2696%2C5181943 Lewiston Evening Journal AP September 3, 1947 13Gayle Talbot National Singles Opens Today https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7FtIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3E4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5375%2C1816687 St. Petersburg Times AP September 5, 1947Tom Brown and Geoff Brown Meet in Forest Hills Duel https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yKEtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=r3EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3051%2C5348952 The Day Ap September 11, 1947 16 USA 1912 Margaret Osborne (finalist) USA 1912 Louise Brough (champion) USA 1912 Doris Hart (semifinals) USA 1912 Patricia Todd (quarterfinals) USA 1912 Shirley Fry (third round) USA 1912 Mary Arnold Prentiss (third round) USA 1912 Dorothy Head (quarterfinals) USA 1912 Barbara Krase (quarterfinals) AUS Nancye Bolton (semifinals) GBR Betty Hilton (third round) GBR Molly Blair (second round) ROU 1866 Magda Rurac (quarterfinals) AUS Nell Hopman (second round) GBR Joy Gannon (first round) GBR Jean Quertier (third round) CAN 1921 Elaine Fildes (first round) Draw Final eight 200 USA 1912 Margaret Osborne 1 USA 1912 Louise Brough 2 6 8 6 4 1 6 USA 1912 Margaret Osborne 1 USA 1912 Doris Hart 3 7 5 7 5 AUS Nancye Bolton (1) USA 1912 Louise Brough 2 6 2 4 6 5 7 USA 1912 Margaret Osborne 1 ROU 1866 Magda Rurac (4) 6 4 6 4 USA 1912 Barbara Krase 8 USA 1912 Doris Hart 3 6 8 2 6 USA 1912 Patricia Todd 4 AUS Nancye Bolton (1) 4 6 1 6 USA 1912 Dorothy Head 7 USA 1912 Louise Brough 2 8 6 2 6 0 6 References 1947 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 1948 Australian Championships – Women's singles 1947 Category:1947 in women's tennis Category:1947 in American women's sports Women's Singles