1931 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles
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{{GrandSlamEvents|1931|U.S. National Championships|
| champ = {{flagicon|USA}} Helen Wills Moody
| runner = {{flagicon|GBR}} Eileen Bennett Whittingstall
| score = 6–4, 6–1
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First-seeded Helen Wills Moody defeated Eileen Bennett Whittingstall 6–4, 6–1 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1931 U.S. National Championships.{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Bud|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York City]|isbn=978-0942257700|edition=2nd|page=469}} Wills Moody won the tournament without losing a set.{{cite news|date=18 August 1931|title=California-England Duel Highlight of Women's National|newspaper=Brooklyn Times-Union|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/544668268/?match=1&terms=wills%20moody|accessdate=30 September 2024}}{{cite news|date=19 August 1931|title=Photo section|newspaper=The New York Daily News|url=https://nydailynews.newspapers.com/newspage/413980342/|accessdate=30 September 2024}}{{cite news|date=20 August 1931|title=Photo section|newspaper=The New York Daily News|url=https://nydailynews.newspapers.com/newspage/413994066/|accessdate=30 September 2024}}
Seeds
The tournament used two lists of eight players for seeding the women's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players. Helen Wills Moody is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.{{cite book|title=The Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide for 1932|date=1932|publisher=American Sports Publishing|location=New York|page=16|editor=Irving Wright|editor-link=Irving Wright}}{{cite news|title=Five California Players Seeded in Tennis Event|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tbk-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=nEwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6299%2C4981478|work=The Tuscaloosa News|agency=AP|date=August 14, 1931|page=9}}
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- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Helen Wills Moody (champion)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Helen Jacobs (quarterfinals)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Anna McCune Harper (quarterfinals)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Marion Zinderstein Jessup (third round)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Marjorie Morrill (second round)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn (second round)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dorothy Weisel (quarterfinals)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Josephine Cruickshank (third round)
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- {{flagicon|GBR}} Betty Nuthall (semifinals)
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Phyllis Mudford (semifinals)
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Dorothy Round (third round)
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (finalist)
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (quarterfinals)
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Joan Ridley (third round)
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Elsie Goldsack Pittman (third round)
- {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Baroness Maud Levi (first round)
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Draw
=Final eight=
{{8TeamBracket-Tennis3
| team-width=220
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Helen Wills Moody
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|GBR}} Eileen Bennett Whittingstall
| RD3-seed2=(4)
| RD3-score1-1=6
| RD3-score2-1=4
| RD3-score1-2=6
| RD3-score2-2=1
| RD3-score1-3=
| RD3-score2-3=
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Helen Wills Moody
| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|GBR}} Phyllis Mudford
| RD2-seed2=(2)
| RD2-score1-1=6
| RD2-score2-1=2
| RD2-score1-2=6
| RD2-score2-2=4
| RD2-score1-3=
| RD2-score2-3=
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|GBR}} Eileen Bennett Whittingstall
| RD2-seed3=(4)
| RD2-team4= {{flagicon|GBR}} Betty Nuthall
| RD2-seed4=(1)
| RD2-score3-1=6
| RD2-score4-1=2
| RD2-score3-2=3
| RD2-score4-2=6
| RD2-score3-3=6
| RD2-score4-3=4
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Helen Wills Moody
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dorothy Weisel
| RD1-seed2=7
| RD1-score1-1=6
| RD1-score2-1=1
| RD1-score1-2=6
| RD1-score2-2=2
| RD1-score1-3=
| RD1-score2-3=
| RD1-score1-4=
| RD1-score2-4=
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Anna McCune Harper
| RD1-seed3=3
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|GBR}} Phyllis Mudford
| RD1-seed4=(2)
| RD1-score3-1=6
| RD1-score4-1=4
| RD1-score3-2=3
| RD1-score4-2=6
| RD1-score3-3=2
| RD1-score4-3=6
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Helen Jacobs
| RD1-seed5=2
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|GBR}} Eileen Bennett Whittingstall
| RD1-seed6=(3)
| RD1-score5-1=6
| RD1-score6-1=3
| RD1-score5-2=3
| RD1-score6-2=6
| RD1-score5-3=6
| RD1-score6-3=8
| RD1-score5-4=
| RD1-score6-4=
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|GBR}} Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
| RD1-seed7=(5)
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|GBR}} Betty Nuthall
| RD1-seed8=(1)
| RD1-score7-1=2
| RD1-score8-1=6
| RD1-score7-2=1
| RD1-score8-2=6
| RD1-score7-3
| RD1-score8-3=
}}
References
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