1917 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles

January 2025 January 2025 1917 U.S. National Championships NOR Molla Bjurstedt USA 1896 Marion Vanderhoef 4–6, 6–0, 6–2 46 – Reigning champion Molla Bjurstedt won the singles tennis title of the 1917 U.S. Women's National Singles Championship by defeating Marion Vanderhoef 4–6, 6–0, 6–2 in the final. Due to World War I the tournament was renamed National Patriotic Tournament in support of the war effort. No trophies were handed out to the winners and the entrance fees were dedicated to the American Red Cross.Tennis Body Agrees to Award no Titles https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/04/22/102336645.pdf The New York Times April 22, 1917 PDF Bjurstedt was entitled to sit out the tournament and play the winner of the All Comers' competition in a challenge round but instead elected to play through and therefore no challenge round was held. The event was played on outdoor grass courts and held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in St. Martin's, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia in the United States, from June 18 through June 23, 1917.Collins Bud Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2016 New Chapter Press New York 978-1-937559-38-0 497 3rd Draw All Comers' finals 210 NOR Molla Bjurstedt USA 1896 Marion Vanderhoef 4 6 6 0 6 2 NOR Molla Bjurstedt USA 1896 Flora Brown Harvey 4 6 6 0 6 0 USA 1896 Marion Vanderhoef USA 1896 Eleanora Sears 8 6 6 3 NOR Molla Bjurstedt USA 1896 Phyllis Walsh 6 4 6 1 USA 1896 Flora Brown Harvey USA 1896 Teresa Wood 1 6 6 4 7 5 USA 1896 Marion Vanderhoef USA 1896 Susanne White 3 6 6 2 6 2 USA 1896 Eleanora Sears USA 1896 Mrs. Dahl 6 2 6 4 References Category:1917 in women's tennis 1917 Category:June 1917 sports events in the United States Category:1917 in American women's sports Women's Singles Category:Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia Category:1910s in Philadelphia Category:1917 in sports in Pennsylvania Category:Women's sports in Pennsylvania