1931 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1931 U.S. National Championships
Champion	Helen Wills Moody
Runner-up	Eileen Bennett Whittingstall^[1]
Final score	6–4, 6–1

First-seeded Helen Wills Moody defeated Eileen Bennett Whittingstall 6–4, 6–1 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1931 U.S. National Championships.^[1]

Seeds

The tournament used two lists of eight players for seeding the women's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players. Helen Wills Moody is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.^[2]^[3]

Helen Wills Moody (Champion)
Helen Jacobs (Quarterfinalist)
Anna McCune Harper (Quarterfinalist)
Marion Zinderstein Jessup (Third round)
Marjorie Morrill (Second round)
Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn (Second round)
Dorothy Weisel (Quarterfinalist)
Josephine Cruickshank (Third round)

Betty Nuthall (Semifinalist)
Phyllis Mudford (Semifinalist)
Dorothy Round (Third round)
Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (Finalist)
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (Quarterfinalist)
Joan Ridley (Third round)
Elsie Goldsack Pittman (Third round)
Baroness Maud Levi (First round)

Draw

Final eight

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals

1	Helen Wills Moody	6	6
7	Dorothy Weisel	1	2
					1	Helen Wills Moody	6	6

					(2)	Phyllis Mudford	2	4
3	Anna McCune Harper	6	3	2

(2)	Phyllis Mudford	4	6	6
										1	Helen Wills Moody	6	6
										(4)	Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	4	1
2	Helen Jacobs	6	3	6
(3)	Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	3	6	8
					(4)	Eileen Bennett Whittingstall	6	3	6

					(1)	Betty Nuthall	2	6	4
(5)	Dorothy Shepherd-Barron	2	1

(1)	Betty Nuthall	6	6

References

1 2 Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York City]: New Chapter Press. p. 469. ISBN 978-0942257700.
↑ Irving Wright, ed. (1932). The Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide for 1932. New York: American Sports Publishing. p. 16.
↑ "Five California Players Seeded in Tennis Event". The Tuscaloosa News. AP. August 14, 1931. p. 9.

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