1949 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1949 U.S. National Championships
Final
Champion	Margaret Osborne duPont[1]
Runner-up	Doris Hart
Score	6–4, 6–1
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
← 1948 · U.S. National Championships · 1950 →

Second-seeded Margaret Osborne duPont defeated Doris Hart 6–4, 6–1 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1949 U.S. National Championships.^[1][2]

Seeds

The tournament used two lists of seven players for seeding the women's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players. Margaret Osborne duPont is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.^[3][4]

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• r = Retired

Final eight

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Louise Brough	6	2	6
	7	Beverly Baker	1	6	2
								1	Louise Brough	5	1
								3	Doris Hart	7	6
	3	Doris Hart	6	6
		Barbara Scofield	2	0
															3	Doris Hart	4	1
															2	Margaret Osborne duPont	6	6
	2	Margaret Osborne duPont	6	10
	6	Pat Canning Todd	3	8
								2	Margaret Osborne duPont	6	6
								(1)	Betty Hilton	2	3
	(1)	Betty Hilton	6	6
		Helen Perez	2	3

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