Second-seeded Sarah Palfrey Cooke defeated first-seeded Pauline Betz 3–6, 8–6, 6–4 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1945 U.S. National Championships.[1]
| Women's singles | |
|---|---|
| 1945 U.S. National Championships | |
| Champion |  Sarah Palfrey Cooke[1] |
| Runner-up | Pauline Betz |
| Score | 3–6, 8–6, 6–4 |
| Draw | 32 |
| Seeds | 8 |
Seeds
editThe eight seeded U.S. players are listed below. Sarah Palfrey Cooke is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.[2][3]
Pauline Betz (finalist)- Sarah Palfrey Cooke (champion)
- Margaret Osborne (quarterfinals)
- Louise Brough (semifinals)
- Patricia Todd (quarterfinals)
- Mary Arnold (quarterfinals)
- Dorothy Bundy (quarterfinals)
- Doris Hart (semifinals)
One foreign player was seeded.
Mary Terán de Weiss (second round)
Draw
editFinal eight
edit| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sarah Palfrey Cooke
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Dorothy Bundy
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sarah Palfrey Cooke
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Louise Brough
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Louise Brough
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Patricia Todd
| 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sarah Palfrey Cooke
| 3 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Pauline Betz
| 6 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Pauline Betz
| 0 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Mary Arnold
| 6 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Pauline Betz
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Doris Hart
| 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Margaret Osborne
| 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Doris Hart
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York City]: New Chapter Press. p. 470. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ Official Tennis Guide 1946. [New York City]: A.S. Barnes and Company. 1946. pp. 37–39, 41.
- ^ "Parker, Betz Top Seeded". The Milwaukee Sentinel. AP. August 24, 1945. p. 5 (part 2).