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1953 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles

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Champion
  
Maureen Connolly

Final score
  
6–2, 6–4

Doubles
  
men

Runner-up
  
Doris Hart

Singles
  
men

First-seeded Maureen Connolly defeated Doris Hart 6–2, 6–4 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1953 U.S. National Championships. It completed her 1953 Grand Slam.

Contents

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Maureen Connolly is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.

  1. Maureen Connolly (Champion)
  2. Doris Hart (Finalist)
  3. Shirley Fry (Semifinalist)
  4. Louise Brough (Semifinalist)
  5. Margaret Osborne duPont (Quarterfinalist)
  6. Althea Gibson (Quarterfinalist)
  7. Helen Perez (Quarterfinalist)
  8. Babara Lewis (Third round)

Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild Card
  • LL = Lucky Loser
  • r. = retired
  • References

    1953 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles Wikipedia