1964 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles

January 2025 March 2026 1964 U.S. National Championships BRA Maria BuenoCollins Bud Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press New York City 978-0942257700 2nd 472 USA Carole Graebner 6–1, 6–0 8 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles U.S. National Championships – Women's singles First-seeded Maria Bueno defeated Carole Graebner 6–1, 6–0 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1964 U.S. National Championships. Bueno won the tournament without losing a set.October 1964 Results https://archive.org/details/sim_tennis-illustrated_1964-10_12_5/page/81/ World Tennis New York 12 5 81 30 September 2024 Graebner refused to default even though she had second degree burns from a severe sunburn.November 2008 obituary, Carole Caldwell Graebner https://www.samohialumni.org/uploads/2/3/0/6/23068520/issue_093_fall_winter_2012-1.pdf Viking News 2 July 2025 It took Bueno only 25 minutes to win the final, though her own recollection was 19 minutes.Sep 14, 1964, page 27 - Courier-Post at Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/image/180924909/?match=1&terms=Bueno%20Graebner 2 July 2025 Courier-Post September 14, 1964 enUS Open presta homenagens a Maria Esther Bueno pelos 50 anos do Tri sportv.com https://sportv.globo.com/site/programas/sportv-news/noticia/2014/09/us-open-presta-homenagens-maria-esther-bueno-pelos-50-anos-do-tri.html https://web.archive.org/web/20250405015140/https://sportv.globo.com/site/programas/sportv-news/noticia/2014/09/us-open-presta-homenagens-maria-esther-bueno-pelos-50-anos-do-tri.html 2025-04-05 2026-09-01Bueno Keeps Crown by Ousting Mrs. Graebner in 25 Minutes https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/14/archives/silver-trophies-make-hard-day-on-courts-worthwhile-emerson-and-miss.html New York Times New York Times 2 July 2025Another long chorus of 'Waltzing Matilda' https://vault.si.com/vault/1964/09/21/another-long-chorus-of-waltzing-matilda https://web.archive.org/web/20201022192339/https://vault.si.com/vault/1964/09/21/another-long-chorus-of-waltzing-matilda dead October 22, 2020 Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated 2 July 2025 Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Maria Bueno is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated. BRA Maria Bueno (champion) AUS Margaret Smith (fourth round) USA Billie Jean Moffitt (quarterfinals) AUS Lesley Turner (second round) USA Nancy Richey (semifinals) GBR Ann Jones (quarterfinals) AUS Robyn Ebbern (quarterfinals) ARG Norma Baylon (fourth round) Draw Key Q = Qualifier WC = Wild card LL = Lucky loser r = Retired Final eight 200 USA Carole Graebner BRA Maria Bueno 1 1 6 0 6 USA Carole Graebner USA Nancy Richey 5 2 6 9 7 6 4 USA Carol Hanks BRA Maria Bueno 1 4 6 2 6 USA Karen Hantze Susman USA Carole Graebner 6 4 6 8 3 6 USA Billie Jean Moffitt 3 USA Nancy Richey 5 4 6 4 6 GBR Ann Jones 6 USA Carol Hanks 5 7 6 2 6 8 AUS Robyn Ebbern 7 BRA Maria Bueno 1 4 6 1 6 RD1-score7-3 References 1964 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 1965 Australian Championships – Women's singles 1964 Category:1964 in women's tennis Category:1964 in American women's sports Women's Singles