1918 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles

July 2023 July 2023 1918 U.S. National Championships USA Robert Lindley Murray USA Bill Tilden 6–3, 6–1, 7–5 87 – 1918 U.S. National Championships (tennis) Defending champion Robert Lindley Murray defeated Bill Tilden in the final, 6–3, 6–1, 7–5 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1918 U.S. National Championships. The event was held at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens, from August 26 through September 3, 1918.Talbert Bill Bill Talbert Tennis Observed – The USLTA Men's Singles Champions, 1881-1966 1967 172306 Barre Publishers Barre 96Collins Bud Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2016 New Chapter Press New York 978-1-937559-38-0 16–17,485 3rdMurray, Tilden and Kunagae win in tennis title fray https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/08/31/97023087.pdf The New York Times August 31, 1918 Final eight 160 USA R. Lindley Murray USA Bill Tilden 6 3 6 1 7 5 USA S. Howard Voshell USA R. Lindley Murray 4 6 3 6 6 8 JPN Ichiya Kumagae USA Bill Tilden 2 6 2 6 0 6 USA Craig Biddle USA S. Howard Voshell 2 6 3 6 5 7 USA Nathaniel Niles USA R. Lindley Murray 5 7 4 6 6 2 5 7 USA Lyle Mahan JPN Ichiya Kumagae 6 8 6 3 1 6 2 6 USA Bill Tilden USA Walter Merrill Hall 3 6 6 1 5 7 7 5 6 1 Earlier rounds Section 1 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA Biddle 6 6 6 USA Ewing 2 4 4 USA O'Boyle 1 3 4 USA Cassils 6 6 6 USA Stockton 1 4 2 USA Morgenthaler 6 6 6 USA Rosenbaum w/ o USA Simmons USA Biddle 6 6 6 USA Cassils 0 2 1 USA Morgenthaler 6 6 6 USA Simmons 2 1 2 USA Biddle 6 6 6 USA Morgenthaler 0 3 3 Section 2 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA Voshell 6 6 6 USA Richey 0 1 3 USA Bretz USA Fulton w/ o USA Richards USA Nathan w/ o USA Keresey 3 4 6 1 USA Anderson 6 6 2 6 USA Voshell 6 6 6 USA Bretz 3 0 1 USA Richards 6 6 6 USA Anderson 1 3 3 USA Voshell 5 4 6 6 7 USA Richards 7 6 0 2 5 Section 3 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA Niles 6 6 6 USA Hane 2 0 1 USA Johnson 0 6 0 3 USA Gallon 6 3 6 6 USA Chapin Jr. 6 6 6 USA Burghard 3 4 2 USA Bowman 2 4 4 USA Burdick 6 6 6 USA Gatcomb 2 6 6 13 6 USA Emerson 6 2 0 15 2 USA Binzen 6 6 6 USA Fox 1 3 2 USA Niles 6 6 6 USA Gallon 1 4 2 USA Chapin Jr. 3 1 1 USA Burdick 6 6 6 USA Gatcomb 2 6 1 4 USA Binzen 6 2 6 6 USA Niles 7 6 2 7 USA Burdick 5 4 6 5 USA Binzen 5 0 2 USA Niles 7 6 6 Section 4 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA Wagner 0 2 2 USA Alexander 6 6 6 USA Czintz 2 1 3 USA Chapin Sr. 6 6 6 USA Larned 1 1 4 USA Baggs 6 6 6 USA Throckmorton 6 6 11 7 13 USA Taylor 8 2 9 9 11 USA Pell 6 6 6 USA Hughes 2 2 3 USA Dana 6 6 6 USA Iler 2 3 0 USA Dudley 0 0 1 USA Murray 6 6 6 USA Anderson 6 4 4 5 USA Kelleher 0 6 6 7 USA Alexander 6 6 6 USA Chapin Sr. 2 2 1 USA Baggs 4 2 6 5 USA Throckmorton 6 6 3 7 USA Pell 2 6 6 6 USA Dana 6 3 2 3 USA Murray USA Kelleher w/ o USA Alexander 2 3 7 6 6 USA Throckmorton 6 6 5 0 3 USA Pell 2 0 0 USA Murray 6 6 6 USA Alexander 8 6 0 6 0 USA Murray 6 8 6 4 6 Section 5 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA Wabrausek 6 6 6 USA Groesbeck 4 2 2 USA Parker 6 6 6 USA Burroughs 4 0 0 USA Vail 6 5 6 13 6 USA Pope 2 7 1 15 2 USA Pike 6 6 6 USA Miller 1 0 3 USA Gravem 1 3 3 USA Mahan 6 6 6 USA O'Boyle 6 3 3 6 6 USA Thomas 1 6 6 1 4 USA Anderson 3 5 1 JPN Kashio 6 7 6 USA Dionne 6 6 6 USA Fall 0 2 0 USA Wabrausek 0 2 1 USA Parker 6 6 6 USA Vail 9 0 4 USA Pike 11 6 6 USA Mahan 6 7 7 USA O'Boyle 0 5 5 JPN Kashio 6 7 6 7 USA Dionne 1 9 3 5 USA Parker 6 6 6 USA Pike 3 3 0 USA Mahan 8 8 6 830 August 1918 Murray's brilliant tennis victory makes him favorite for the crown The Brooklyn Eagle https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/55629852/ 12 October 2024 JPN Kashio 6 6 8 6 USA Parker 2 2 3 USA Mahan 6 6 6 Section 6 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA Drake 6 6 6 USA Kynaston 2 3 4 USA Wright USA James w/ o USA Healy 0 1 0 USA Gilbert 6 6 6 USA Drake 0 0 2 USA Wright 6 6 6 USA Gilbert 5 2 3 USA Dunham 7 6 6 JPN Kumagae 6 6 6 USA Pate 0 4 0 USA Wightman 6 3 6 6 USA Whelan 2 6 3 4 USA Wright 6 6 6 USA Dunham 4 2 3 JPN Kumagae 6 6 6 USA Wightman 3 2 2 USA Wright 6 6 1 2 JPN Kumagae 8 3 6 6 Section 7 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA Bassford 6 9 5 6 3 USA King 4 11 7 0 6 USA Horrell 1 2 2 USA Doyle 6 6 6 USA Nielsen 2 3 7 USA Burrows 6 6 9 USA Gibbons w/ o USA Tilden USA King 3 3 3 USA Doyle 6 6 6 USA Burrows 1 3 3 USA Tilden 6 6 6 USA Doyle 3 1 5 USA Tilden 6 6 7 Section 8 y 5 1 y First round Second round Third round Fourth round USA Cumming 2 2 2 USA Hayes 6 6 6 USA Hendrickson 6 6 7 USA Behr 2 3 5 USA Wright 6 6 6 USA Kaltenbach 1 0 2 USA Donaldson 0 1 3 USA Merrill Hall 6 6 6 USA Hayes 6 6 6 USA Hendrickson 1 2 2 USA Wright 6 5 1 2 USA Merrill Hall 4 7 6 6 USA Hayes 6 4 6 4 4 USA Merrill Hall 3 6 0 6 6 References Men's singles 1918