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1918 U.S. National Championships (tennis)

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Edition
  
38th

Surface
  
Grass

Category
  
Grand Slam (ITF)

Venue
  
West Side Tennis Club

Date
  
26 August – 3 September (M) 17 June – 22 June (W)

Location
  
Forest Hills, Queens New York, United States

The 1918 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills in New York, United States. The tournament ran from 26 August until 3 September. It was the 38th staging of the U.S. National Championships and due to World War I the only Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

Contents

Men's Singles

Robert Lindley Murray defeated Bill Tilden 6–3, 6–1, 7–5

Women's Singles

Molla Bjurstedt defeated Eleanor Goss 6–4, 6–3

Men's doubles

Bill Tilden / Vincent Richards defeated Fred Alexander / Beals Wright 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4

Women's doubles

Marion Zinderstein / Eleonora Sears defeated Molla Bjurstedt / Mrs. Rogge 7–5, 8–6

Mixed doubles

Hazel Wightman / Irving Wright defeated Molla Bjurstedt / Fred Alexander 6–2, 6–4

References

1918 U.S. National Championships (tennis) Wikipedia