1929 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles

January 2025 1929 U.S. National Championships USA 1912 Helen Wills GBR Phoebe Holcroft Watson 6–4, 6–2 First-seeded Helen Wills defeated Phoebe Holcroft Watson 6–4, 6–2 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1929 U.S. National Championships. It was her sixth U.S. National singles title and her third in a row.Collins Bud The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York City] 978-0942257700 2nd 469Helen Wills Wins National Tilt in Eighteen Minutes https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YR4gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n2YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3050%2C3788003 The Lewiston Daily Sun AP August 20, 1929 Eleven Google News ArchiveHelen Wills Takes Sixth National Title http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1929/08/25/page/29/article/helen-wills-takes-sixth-national-title Chicago Tribune AP August 25, 1929 1, Part 2 Wills won the tournament without losing a set.19 August 1931 The Peerless Mrs. Helen Wills-Moody Brooklyn Daily Times https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/558063043/?match=1&terms=wills%20moody 30 September 2024 Seeds The tournament used a list of eight U.S. players and six foreign players for seeding the women's singles event. Helen Wills is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.Helen Wills Likely to Play her Rival https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qeIhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K2QEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3261%2C2821031 Sarasota Herald-Tribune AP August 14, 1929 Six Google News Archive USA 1912 Helen Wills (champion) USA 1912 Helen Jacobs (semifinals) USA 1912 Edith Cross (quarterfinals) USA 1912 Molla Mallory (semifinals) USA 1912 May Sutton Bundy (second round) USA 1912 Mary Greef (quarterfinals) USA 1912 Anna McCune Harper (third round) USA 1912 Marjorie Gladman (third round) GBR Betty Nuthall (quarterfinals) GBR Phoebe Holcroft Watson (finalist) GBR Peggy Saunders Michell (quarterfinals) GBR Phyllis Covell (third round) GBR Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (quarterfinals) CAN Olive Wade (first round) Draw Final eight 220 USA 1912 Helen Wills 1 GBR Phoebe Holcroft Watson (2) 6 4 6 2 USA 1912 Helen Wills 1 USA 1912 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 4 6 0 6 0 GBR Phoebe Holcroft Watson (2) USA 1912 Helen Jacobs 2 6 1 3 6 6 1 USA 1912 Helen Wills 1 GBR Peggy Saunders Michell (3) 6 0 6 1 USA 1912 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory 4 GBR Betty Nuthall (1) 6 3 6 3 USA 1912 Edith Cross 3 GBR Phoebe Holcroft Watson (2) 6 2 1 6 3 6 USA 1912 Mary Greef 6 USA 1912 Helen Jacobs 2 2 6 2 6 References 1929 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 1930 Australian Championships – Women's singles 1929 Category:1929 in women's tennis Category:1929 in American women's sports Women's Singles