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1958 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles

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Champion
  
Althea Gibson

Final score
  
3–6, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles
  
men

Runner-up
  
Darlene Hard

Singles
  
men

First-seeded Althea Gibson defeated Darlene Hard 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1958 U.S. National Championships.

Seeds

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

  1. Althea Gibson (Champion)
  2. Dorothy Knode (Quarterfinalist)
  3. Ann Haydon (Third round)
  4. Maria Bueno (Quarterfinalist)
  5. Janet Hopps (First round)
  6. Sally Moore (Quarterfinalist)
  7. Christine Truman (Quarterfinalist)
  8. Beverly Baker Fleitz (Semifinalist)

References

1958 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles Wikipedia