1929 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles
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Champion | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Final score | 6–4, 6–2 |
First-seeded Helen Wills defeated Phoebe Holcroft Watson 6–4, 6–2 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1929 U.S. National Championships. It was her sixth U.S. National singles title and her third in a row.[1][2][3]
Seeds[]
The tournament used a list of eight U.S. players and six foreign players for seeding the women's singles event. Helen Wills is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.[4]
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Draw[]
Final eight[]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
(3) | ![]() | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
(1) | ![]() | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
(2) | ![]() | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
(2) | ![]() | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
(2) | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 6 | 6 |
References[]
- ^ a b Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York City]: New Chapter Press. p. 469. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ "Helen Wills Wins National Tilt in Eighteen Minutes". The Lewiston Daily Sun. AP. August 20, 1929. p. Eleven – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Helen Wills Takes Sixth National Title". Chicago Tribune. AP. August 25, 1929. p. 1, Part 2.
- ^ "Helen Wills Likely to Play her Rival". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. AP. August 14, 1929. p. Six – via Google News Archive.
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- U.S. National Championships (tennis) by year – Women's singles
- 1929 in women's tennis
- 1929 in American women's sports
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