1903 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles

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{{Infobox tennis tournament event|1903|U.S. National Championships|

| champ = {{flagicon|USA|1896}} Elisabeth Moore

| runner = {{flagicon|USA|1896}} Marion Jones

| score = 7–5, 8–6

| draw = 11

| seeds = –

}}

Elisabeth Moore won the singles tennis title of the 1903 U.S. Women's National Singles Championship by defeating reigning champion Marion Jones 7–5, 8–6 in the challenge round. Moore had won the right to challenge Jones by defeating Carrie Neely 6–2, 6–4 in the final of the All Comers' competition. The event was played on outdoor grass courts and held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Wissahickon Heights, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, from June 24 through June 27, 1903.{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Bud|authorlink=Bud Collins|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2016|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=New York|isbn=978-1-937559-38-0|page=495|edition=3rd}}{{cite book|title=Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annual for 1904|date=1904|publisher=American Sports Publishing Company|location=New York|page=119}}{{cite news|title=Tennis championship|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5etTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GTkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2153%2C2229555|work=The Philadelphia Record|date=June 27, 1903|page=8|via=Google News Archive}}{{cite news|title=Miss Moore champion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5utTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GTkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5255%2C2478640|work=The Philadelphia Record|date=June 28, 1903|page=17|via=Google News Archive}}

Draw

=Challenge round=

{{2TeamBracket|sets=3

| RD1 = Challenge Round

| team-width=175

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|USA|1896}} Marion Jones

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-score1-1=5

| RD1-score1-2=6

| RD1-score1-3=

| RD1-score1-4=

| RD1-score1-5=

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|USA|1896}} Elisabeth Moore

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-score2-1=7

| RD1-score2-2=8

| RD1-score2-3=

| RD1-score2-4=

| RD1-score2-5=

}}

=All Comers' finals=

{{8TeamBracket|sets=3

| team-width=175

| RD3-team1={{flagicon|USA|1896}} Elisabeth Moore

| RD3-seed1=

| RD3-team2={{flagicon|USA|1896}} Carrie Neely

| RD3-seed2=

| RD3-score1-1=6

| RD3-score2-1=2

| RD3-score1-2=6

| RD3-score2-2=4

| RD3-score1-3=

| RD3-score2-3=

| RD3-score1-4=

| RD3-score2-4=

| RD3-score1-5=

| RD3-score2-5=

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|USA|1896}} Marjorie Oberteuffer

| RD2-seed1=

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|USA|1896}} Elisabeth Moore

| RD2-seed2=

| RD2-score1-1=0

| RD2-score2-1=6

| RD2-score1-2=0

| RD2-score2-2=6

| RD2-score1-3=

| RD2-score2-3=

| RD2-team3={{flagicon|USA|1896}} Carrie Neely

| RD2-seed3=

| RD2-team4={{flagicon|USA|1896}} Helen Chapman

| RD2-seed4=

| RD2-score3-1=6

| RD2-score4-1=0

| RD2-score3-2=6

| RD2-score4-2=1

| RD2-score3-3=

| RD2-score4-3=

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|USA|1896}} Marjorie Oberteuffer

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|USA|1896}} Gertrude Fetterman

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-score1-1=6

| RD1-score2-1=2

| RD1-score1-2=6

| RD1-score2-2=3

| RD1-score1-3=

| RD1-score2-3=

| RD1-team3={{flagicon|USA|1896}} Elisabeth Moore

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team4={{flagicon|USA|1896}} Miriam Hall

| RD1-seed4=

| RD1-score3-1=6

| RD1-score4-1=2

| RD1-score3-2=6

| RD1-score4-2=0

| RD1-score3-3=

| RD1-score4-3=

| RD1-team5={{flagicon|USA|1896}} Carrie Neely

| RD1-seed5=

| RD1-team6={{flagicon|USA|1896}} Clara Chase

| RD1-seed6=

| RD1-score5-1=6

| RD1-score6-1=0

| RD1-score5-2=6

| RD1-score6-2=1

| RD1-score5-3=

| RD1-score6-3=

| RD1-team7={{flagicon|USA|1896}} Helen Chapman

| RD1-seed7=

| RD1-team8={{flagicon|USA|1896}} Corrine Mock

| RD1-seed8=

| RD1-score7-1=6

| RD1-score8-1=1

| RD1-score7-2=8

| RD1-score8-2=6

| RD1-score7-3=

| RD1-score8-3=

}}

References

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