1938 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles

July 2023 July 2023 1938 U.S. National Championships USA Don BudgeCollins Bud The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York City] 978-0942257700 2nd 459 USA Gene Mako 6–3, 6–8, 6–2, 6–1 1938 U.S. National Championships (tennis) Don Budge defeated Gene Mako in the final, 6–3, 6–8, 6–2, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1938 U.S. National Championships. He became the first player in tennis history to complete the Grand Slam.Talbert Bill Bill Talbert Tennis Observed – The USLTA Men's Singles Champions, 1881-1966 1967 172306 Barre Publishers Barre 116 Seeds The tournament used two lists of eight players for seeding the men's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players. Don Budge is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. U.S. USA 1912 Don Budge (champion) USA 1912 Bobby Riggs (fourth round) USA 1912 Joseph Hunt (quarterfinals) USA 1912 Sidney Wood (semifinals) USA 1912 Elwood Cooke (third round) USA 1912 Frank Kovacs (third round) USA 1912 Frank Parker (fourth round) USA 1912 Bryan Grant (quarterfinals) Foreign AUS John Bromwich (semifinals) AUS Adrian Quist (fourth round) Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec (fourth round) FRA Bernard Destremau (first round) FRA Yvon Petra (fourth round) Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Kukuljević (fourth round) JPN 1870 Fumiteru Nakano (second round) GBR Charles Hare (fourth round) Draw Key Q = Qualifier WC = Wild card LL = Lucky loser r = Retired Finals 150 USA 1912 Don Budge 1 USA 1912 Gene Mako 6 3 6 8 6 2 6 1 USA 1912 Don Budge 1 USA 1912 Sidney Wood 7 6 3 6 3 6 3 USA 1912 Gene Mako AUS John Bromwich 1 6 3 7 5 6 4 USA 1912 Don Budge 1 AUS Harry Hopman 6 3 6 1 6 3 USA 1912 Sidney Wood 7 USA 1912 Bryan Grant 15 6 2 6 3 6 2 USA 1912 Gilbert Hunt USA 1912 Gene Mako 5 7 6 1 6 8 0 6 USA 1912 Joseph Hunt 5 AUS John Bromwich 1 1 6 11 9 3 6 4 6 Earlier rounds Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA 1912 Budge 1 GBR Hare 15 6 3 6 4 6 0 USA 1912 Budge 1 USA 1912 Kamrath 6 3 7 5 9 7 USA 1912 Farrell GBR Hare 15 3 6 2 6 1 6 USA 1912 Budge 1 USA 1912 Van Horn 6 0 6 0 6 1 USA 1912 Kamrath USA 1912 Kramer 6 1 6 0 6 1 GBR Finnigan USA 1912 Farrell 7 5 0 6 4 6 4 6 AUS Schwartz GBR Hare 15 4 6 5 7 12 10 7 5 8 10 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round AUS Hopman USA 1912 McNeill 6 4 6 3 7 5 USA 1912 Cooke 9 AUS Hopman 2 6 6 4 4 6 8 10 USA 1912 Toley USA McNeill 1 6 4 6 1 6 USA 1912 Cooke 9 GBR Godsell 6 2 7 5 6 0 AUS Hopman USA 1912 Buxby 6 3 7 5 6 4 USA 1912 McCauliff USA 1912 Toley 2 4 r USA 1912 Hartman USA 1912 McNeill 5 7 3 6 1 6 USA 1912 Hartman USA 1912 Lowman 7 5 4 6 6 2 6 3 USA 1912 McNeill FRA Destremau 7 6 2 4 6 6 1 6 3 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA 1912 Wood 7 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Kukuljević 11 8 6 6 4 6 3 USA 1912 Wood 7 USA 1912 Mulloy 6 4 6 1 4 6 6 8 6 2 USA 1912 Gillespie Kingdom of Yugoslavia Kukuljević 11 2 6 2 6 1 6 USA 1912 Wood 7 USA 1912 Hall 9 7 4 6 1 6 6 4 6 4 USA 1912 Mulloy USA 1912 Low 7 5 6 3 6 1 USA 1912 Gillespie USA 1912 Robertson 6 3 2 6 6 0 2 6 6 3 USA 1912 Surface Kingdom of Yugoslavia Kukuljević 11 1 6 3 6 1 6 USA 1912 Wood 7 USA 1912 McGehee 6 4 6 1 6 4 USA 1912 Hall USA 1912 Davenport 6 1 8 6 6 4 USA 1912 Mulloy USA 1912 Lewis 7 5 6 1 6 4 USA 1912 Low USA 1912 Lay 6 2 6 0 6 0 USA 1912 Gillespie USA 1912 Bushman 6 4 4 6 2 6 6 4 6 4 USA 1912 Robertson USA 1912 Lavine 6 4 4 6 7 5 6 3 USA 1912 Surface FRA Brugnon 6 1 6 1 6 2 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Kukuljević 11 USA 1912 Prochaska 7 5 6 1 6 0 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA 1912 Grant 15 AUS Quist 3 6 1 4 6 6 1 7 5 USA 1912 Grant 15 USA 1912 Anderson 6 3 6 1 4 6 6 1 USA 1912 Ballagh AUS Quist 3 6 3 2 6 4 6 4 6 USA 1912 Grant 15 USA 1912 Mattmann 6 2 6 2 6 2 USA 1912 Henderson USA 1912 Anderson 1 6 3 6 6 8 USA 1912 Bellis USA 1912 Ballagh 6 8 11 13 2 6 USA 1912 Umstaedter AUS Quist 3 3 6 1 6 0 6 USA 1912 Grant 15 USA 1912 Everett 6 4 9 7 6 4 USA 1912 Mattmann USA 1912 Harman w/o USA 1912 Henderson USA 1912 Bowden 6 3 6 4 5 7 9 7 USA 1912 Anderson USA 1912 Rood 6 4 6 4 4 6 6 2 USA 1912 Bellis USA 1912 Anderson 3 6 4 6 6 4 6 0 7 5 USA 1912 Ballagh USA 1912 Burt 6 2 7 5 6 2 USA 1912 Umstaedter USA 1912 Johnson 6 4 6 4 5 7 6 2 AUS Quist 3 USA 1912 Broida 6 2 6 1 6 1 Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA 1912 Riggs 3 USA 1912 Hunt 2 6 6 0 7 9 6 0 4 6 USA 1912 Riggs 3 GBR Shayes 6 3 6 3 4 6 1 6 6 4 USA 1912 Jarvis USA 1912 Hunt 3 6 2 6 2 6 USA 1912 Riggs 3 USA 1912 Guernsey 5 7 6 2 6 3 6 4 GBR Shayes USA 1912 Bobbitt 6 3 4 6 6 4 6 4 USA 1912 Jarvis USA 1912 Talbert 4 6 3 6 6 4 6 2 6 2 USA 1912 Hunt JPN 1870 Nakano 13 6 8 1 6 6 3 6 3 6 3 USA 1912 Riggs 3 USA 1912 Lauck 5 7 6 3 6 4 6 4 USA 1912 Guernsey USA 1912 Lubin 6 2 6 1 6 3 GBR Shayes BEL Mouvet 6 4 6 1 6 2 USA 1912 Bobbitt USA 1912 De Gray 6 2 6 4 6 4 USA 1912 Jarvis USA 1912 Abrams 6 1 4 6 6 3 6 1 USA 1912 Talbert CAN 1921 Baldwin 6 1 6 3 6 3 USA 1912 Hunt USA 1912 Murphy 6 4 4 6 6 4 5 7 6 4 JPN 1870 Nakano 13 USA 1912 Wetherell 3 6 6 3 3 6 6 2 6 2 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA 1912 Mako Kingdom of Yugoslavia Punčec 5 6 2 6 4 9 7 USA 1912 Kovacs 11 USA 1912 Mako 0 6 2 6 6 8 AUS Weston Kingdom of Yugoslavia Punčec 5 0 6 2 6 2 6 USA 1912 Kovacs 11 JPN 1870 Kuramitsu 6 3 4 6 3 6 6 4 7 5 USA 1912 Mako USA 1912 Foreman 6 2 6 1 18 16 AUS Weston USA 1912 Lynch 6 4 6 3 4 6 7 5 USA 1912 Kerdasha Kingdom of Yugoslavia Punčec 5 2 6 0 6 2 6 USA 1912 Kovacs 11 GBR Filby 6 1 6 3 9 7 JPN 1870 Kuramitsu USA 1912 Hughes 7 5 3 6 6 2 6 2 USA 1912 Mako USA 1912 Podesta 6 1 6 2 6 2 USA 1912 Foreman USA 1912 Stephens w/o AUS Weston USA 1912 Mangin 6 1 6 4 7 9 5 7 8 6 USA 1912 Lynch BAH 1923 Freisenbruch 6 0 6 1 6 3 USA 1912 Kerdasha USA 1912 Lanas 6 0 6 2 6 1 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Punčec 5 CAN 1921 Du Rivage 6 1 4 6 6 1 6 4 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA 1912 Hunt 5 FRA Petra 9 6 4 4 6 6 4 9 7 USA 1912 Hunt 5 USA 1912 Dunn 6 2 6 3 6 4 USA 1912 Fishbach FRA Petra 9 2 6 4 6 3 6 USA 1912 Hunt 5 USA 1912 Sabin 6 1 8 6 6 3 USA 1912 Steele Jr. USA 1912 Dunn 2 6 3 6 4 6 USA 1912 Murphy USA 1912 Fishbach 3 6 6 4 6 4 5 7 4 6 USA 1912 Swanson FRA Petra 9 4 6 5 7 1 6 USA 1912 Hunt 5 JPN 1870 Abe 6 1 4 6 6 1 6 3 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA 1912 Parker 13 AUS Bromwich 1 2 6 3 6 2 6 USA 1912 Parker 13 USA 1912 Rood 6 2 6 4 7 5 USA 1912 Shields AUS Bromwich 1 6 1 12 10 8 10 2 6 2 6 USA 1912 Parker 13 USA 1912 Lurie 6 2 6 1 6 3 USA 1912 Hawley USA 1912 Rood 4 6 2 6 8 10 USA 1912 Shields USA 1912 Sutter 6 3 6 3 8 6 USA 1912 Ganzenmuller AUS Bromwich 1 1 6 0 6 1 6 References External links 1938 U.S. National Championships on ITFtennis.com https://web.archive.org/web/20160331142616/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010004522 2016-03-31 , the source for this draw 1938 Wimbledon Championships Grand SlamsMen's Singles 1939 Australian Championships Men's Singles 1938 1938