1916 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles

January 2025 January 2025 1916 U.S. National Championships NOR Molla Bjurstedt USA 1896 Louise Hammond Raymond 6–0, 6–1 72 – In tennis, reigning champion Molla Bjurstedt won the singles tennis title of the 1916 U.S. Women's National Singles Championship by defeating Louise Hammond Raymond 6–0, 6–1 in the challenge round. Hammond Raymond had won the right to challenge Bjurstedt by defeating Eleanora Sears 6–3, 6–4 in the final of the All Comers' competition. The event was played on outdoor grass courts and held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Wissahickon Heights, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia in the United States, from June 5 through June 12, 1916.Collins Bud Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2016 New Chapter Press New York 978-1-937559-38-0 497 3rd Draw Challenge round 3 Challenge Round 210 NOR Molla Bjurstedt 6 6 USA 1896 Louise Hammond Raymond 0 1 All Comers' finals 3 210 USA 1896 Louise Hammond Raymond USA 1896 Eleanora Sears 6 3 6 4 USA 1896 Evelyn Sears USA 1896 Louise Hammond Raymond 2 6 1 6 USA 1896 Eleanora Sears USA 1896 Susanne White 6 2 6 3 USA 1896 Evelyn Sears USA 1896 Alice Patterson 6 3 6 2 USA 1896 Louise Hammond Raymond USA 1896 Maud Barger-Wallach 6 1 6 3 USA 1896 Eleanora Sears USA 1896 Phyllis Walsh 6 3 6 3 USA 1896 Susanne White USA 1896 Mrs. Hall 4 6 8 6 7 5 References Category:1916 in women's tennis 1916 Category:1916 in American women's sports Women's Singles Category:Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia Category:1910s in Philadelphia Category:1916 in sports in Pennsylvania Category:Women's sports in Pennsylvania Category:June 1916 sports events in the United States