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1954 tennis event results From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Second-seeded Doris Hart defeated Louise Brough 6–8, 6–1, 8–6 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1954 U.S. National Championships and completed the career grand slam in singles.[1][2] She also completed the first 'Boxed Set' in tennis history. Maureen Connolly was the three-time defending champion, but was unable to defend her title after a horse riding accident.[3]
Women's singles | |
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1954 U.S. National Championships | |
Champion | Doris Hart[1] |
Runner-up | Louise Brough |
Score | 6–8, 6–1, 8–6 |
Seeds | 8 |
The eight seeded players are listed below. Doris Hart is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.[4][5]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Louise Brough | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Betty Pratt | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Louise Brough | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Darlene Hard | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Dennis Bradshaw | 3 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Darlene Hard | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Louise Brough | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Doris Hart | 6 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Doris Hart | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Lois Felix | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Doris Hart | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Shirley Fry | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Beverly Baker Fleitz | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Shirley Fry | w/o |
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