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1941 U.S. National Championships (tennis)

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Edition
  
61st

Surface
  
Grass

Category
  
Grand Slam (ITF)

Venue
  
West Side Tennis Club

Date
  
30 August – 7 September

Location
  
Forest Hills, Queens New York, United States

The 1941 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 30 August until 7 September. It was the 61st staging of the U.S. National Championships and due to World War II it was the only Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

Contents

Men's Singles

Bobby Riggs defeated Frank Kovacs 5–7, 6–1, 6–3, 6–3

Women's Singles

Sarah Palfrey Cooke defeated Pauline Betz 7–5, 6–2

Men's doubles

Jack Kramer / Ted Schroeder defeated Wayne Sabin / Gardnar Mulloy 9–7, 6–4, 6–2

Women's doubles

Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Margaret Osborne defeated Dorothy Bundy / Pauline Betz 3–6, 6–1, 6–4

Mixed doubles

Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Jack Kramer defeated Pauline Betz / Bobby Riggs 4–6, 6–4, 6–4

References

1941 U.S. National Championships (tennis) Wikipedia