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1940 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles

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{{Infobox tennis tournament event|1940|U.S. National Championships|

| champ = {{flagicon|USA}} Donald McNeill{{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=459}}

| runner = {{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Riggs

| score = 4–6, 6–8, 6–3, 6–3, 7–5

| draw = 78

| seeds = 10

}}

Donald McNeill defeated Bobby Riggs 4–6, 6–8, 6–3, 6–3, 7–5 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1940 U.S. National Championships.{{cite book|last=Talbert|first=Bill|title=Tennis Observed – The USLTA Men's Singles Champions, 1881-1966|year=1967|oclc=172306|publisher=Barre Publishers|location=Barre|page=118}}

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Donald McNeill is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

{{colbegin}}

  1. {{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Riggs (finalist)
  2. {{flagicon|USA}} Donald McNeill (champion)
  3. {{flagicon|USA}} Francis Kovacs (quarterfinals)
  4. {{flagicon|USA}} Frank Parker (quarterfinals)
  5. {{flagicon|USA}} Joseph Hunt (semifinals)
  6. {{flagicon|USA}} Henry Prusoff (fourth round)
  7. {{flagicon|USA}} Bryan Grant (fourth round)
  8. {{flagicon|USA}} Elwood Cooke (quarterfinals)
  9. {{flagicon|USA}} Gardnar Mulloy (first round)
  10. {{flagicon|USA}} Welby Van Horn (second round)

{{colend}}

Draw

=Key=

=Final eight=

{{8TeamBracket-Tennis5

| team-width=150

| RD3-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Riggs

| RD3-seed1=1

| RD3-team2={{flagicon|USA}} Donald McNeill

| RD3-seed2=2

| RD3-score1-1=6

| RD3-score2-1=4

| RD3-score1-2=8

| RD3-score2-2=6

| RD3-score1-3=3

| RD3-score2-3=6

| RD3-score1-4=3

| RD3-score2-4=6

| RD3-score1-5=5

| RD3-score2-5=7

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Joseph Hunt

| RD2-seed1=5

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Riggs

| RD2-seed2=1

| RD2-score1-1=6

| RD2-score2-1=4

| RD2-score1-2=3

| RD2-score2-2=6

| RD2-score1-3=7

| RD2-score2-3=5

| RD2-score1-4=3

| RD2-score2-4=6

| RD2-score1-5=4

| RD2-score2-5=6

| RD2-team3={{flagicon|USA}} Jack Kramer

| RD2-seed3=

| RD2-team4={{flagicon|USA}} Donald McNeill

| RD2-seed4=2

| RD2-score3-1=1

| RD2-score4-1=6

| RD2-score3-2=7

| RD2-score4-2=5

| RD2-score3-3=4

| RD2-score4-3=6

| RD2-score3-4=3

| RD2-score4-4=6

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Joseph Hunt

| RD1-seed1=5

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|USA}} Francis Kovacs

| RD1-seed2=3

| RD1-score1-1=6

| RD1-score2-1=4

| RD1-score1-2=6

| RD1-score2-2=1

| RD1-score1-3=6

| RD1-score2-3=4

| RD1-team3={{flagicon|USA}} Ted Schroeder

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team4={{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Riggs

| RD1-seed4=1

| RD1-score3-1=1

| RD1-score4-1=6

| RD1-score3-2=7

| RD1-score4-2=5

| RD1-score3-3=3

| RD1-score4-3=6

| RD1-score3-4=4

| RD1-score4-4=6

| RD1-team5={{flagicon|USA}} Jack Kramer

| RD1-seed5=

| RD1-team6={{flagicon|USA}} Frank Parker

| RD1-seed6=4

| RD1-score5-1=1

| RD1-score6-1=6

| RD1-score5-2=6

| RD1-score6-2=1

| RD1-score5-3=3

| RD1-score6-3=6

| RD1-score5-4=6

| RD1-score6-4=3

| RD1-score5-5=6

| RD1-score6-5=1

| RD1-team7={{flagicon|USA}} Elwood Cooke

| RD1-seed7=8

| RD1-team8={{flagicon|USA}} Donald McNeill

| RD1-seed8=2

| RD1-score7-1=7

| RD1-score8-1=9

| RD1-score7-2=8

| RD1-score8-2=6

| RD1-score7-3=4

| RD1-score8-3=6

| RD1-score7-4=3

| RD1-score8-4=6

}}

=Earlier rounds=

==Section 1==

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis5-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Fourth round

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Bowden

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Hunt

| RD4-seed02=5

| RD4-score01-1=1

| RD4-score02-1=6

| RD4-score01-2=8

| RD4-score02-2=6

| RD4-score01-3=1

| RD4-score02-3=6

| RD4-score01-4=6

| RD4-score02-4=8

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|IRL}} Lyttleton-Rogers

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Bowden

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-score01-1=6

| RD3-score02-1=4

| RD3-score01-2=6

| RD3-score02-2=4

| RD3-score01-3=3

| RD3-score02-3=6

| RD3-score01-4=4

| RD3-score02-4=6

| RD3-score01-5=4

| RD3-score02-5=6

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Buxby

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|USA}} Hunt

| RD3-seed04=5

| RD3-score03-1=5

| RD3-score04-1=7

| RD3-score03-2=6

| RD3-score04-2=3

| RD3-score03-3=4

| RD3-score04-3=6

| RD3-score03-4=1

| RD3-score04-4=6

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Carver

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|IRL}} Lyttleton-Rogers

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score01-1=6

| RD2-score02-1=3

| RD2-score01-2=6

| RD2-score02-2=8

| RD2-score01-3=4

| RD2-score02-3=6

| RD2-score01-4=6

| RD2-score02-4=8

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Bellis

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|USA}} Bowden

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-score03-1=1

| RD2-score04-1=6

| RD2-score03-2=4

| RD2-score04-2=6

| RD2-score03-3=6

| RD2-score04-3=2

| RD2-score03-4=6

| RD2-score04-4=1

| RD2-score03-5=6

| RD2-score04-5=8

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|ECU}} Aguirre

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Buxby

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score05-1=0

| RD2-score06-1=6

| RD2-score05-2=1

| RD2-score06-2=6

| RD2-score05-3=2

| RD2-score06-3=6

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|USA}} Ganzenmuller

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|USA}} Hunt

| RD2-seed08=5

| RD2-score07-1=1

| RD2-score08-1=6

| RD2-score07-2=1

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD2-score07-3=6

| RD2-score08-3=8

}}

==Section 2==

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis5-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Fourth round

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Mattmann

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Kovacs

| RD4-seed02=3

| RD4-score01-1=4

| RD4-score02-1=6

| RD4-score01-2=2

| RD4-score02-2=6

| RD4-score01-3=4

| RD4-score02-3=6

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Mattmann

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Crowther

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-score01-1=6

| RD3-score02-1=3

| RD3-score01-2=6

| RD3-score02-2=4

| RD3-score01-3=7

| RD3-score02-3=9

| RD3-score01-4=3

| RD3-score02-4=6

| RD3-score01-5=6

| RD3-score02-5=3

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Seixas

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|USA}} Kovacs

| RD3-seed04=3

| RD3-score03-1=7

| RD3-score04-1=5

| RD3-score03-2=9

| RD3-score04-2=7

| RD3-score03-3=4

| RD3-score04-3=6

| RD3-score03-4=4

| RD3-score04-4=6

| RD3-score03-5=1

| RD3-score04-5=6

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Mattmann

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|CAN|1921}} McDiarmid

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score01-1=6

| RD2-score02-1=3

| RD2-score01-2=6

| RD2-score02-2=1

| RD2-score01-3=9

| RD2-score02-3=7

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Paul

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|USA}} Crowther

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-score03-1=6

| RD2-score04-1=3

| RD2-score03-2=6

| RD2-score04-2=4

| RD2-score03-3=1

| RD2-score04-3=6

| RD2-score03-4=2

| RD2-score04-4=6

| RD2-score03-5=6

| RD2-score04-5=8

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|USA}} Vogt

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Seixas

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score05-1=1

| RD2-score06-1=6

| RD2-score05-2=6

| RD2-score06-2=1

| RD2-score05-3=4

| RD2-score06-3=6

| RD2-score05-4=1

| RD2-score06-4=6

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|USA}} Anderson

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|USA}} Kovacs

| RD2-seed08=3

| RD2-score07-1=1

| RD2-score08-1=6

| RD2-score07-2=6

| RD2-score08-2=3

| RD2-score07-3=1

| RD2-score08-3=6

| RD2-score07-4=8

| RD2-score08-4=10

}}

==Section 3==

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis5-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Fourth round

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Schroeder

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Grant

| RD4-seed02=7

| RD4-score01-1=6

| RD4-score02-1=4

| RD4-score01-2=6

| RD4-score02-2=3

| RD4-score01-3=5

| RD4-score02-3=7

| RD4-score01-4=8

| RD4-score02-4=6

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Schroeder

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Anderson

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-score01-1=2

| RD3-score02-1=6

| RD3-score01-2=6

| RD3-score02-2=3

| RD3-score01-3=6

| RD3-score02-3=4

| RD3-score01-4=6

| RD3-score02-4=4

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Hartman

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|USA}} Grant

| RD3-seed04=7

| RD3-score03-1=1

| RD3-score04-1=6

| RD3-score03-2=6

| RD3-score04-2=4

| RD3-score03-3=1

| RD3-score04-3=6

| RD3-score03-4=3

| RD3-score04-4=6

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Schroeder

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Wall

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score01-1=6

| RD2-score02-1=3

| RD2-score01-2=6

| RD2-score02-2=0

| RD2-score01-3=7

| RD2-score02-3=5

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Anderson

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|USA}} Underwood

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-score03-1=6

| RD2-score04-1=2

| RD2-score03-2=6

| RD2-score04-2=3

| RD2-score03-3=3

| RD2-score04-3=6

| RD2-score03-4=5

| RD2-score04-4=7

| RD2-score03-5=6

| RD2-score04-5=0

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|USA}} Harman

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Hartman

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score05-1=1

| RD2-score06-1=6

| RD2-score05-2=6

| RD2-score06-2=1

| RD2-score05-3=5

| RD2-score06-3=7

| RD2-score05-4=3

| RD2-score06-4=6

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|USA}} Anderson

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|USA}} Grant

| RD2-seed08=7

| RD2-score07-1=3

| RD2-score08-1=6

| RD2-score07-2=3

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD2-score07-3=9

| RD2-score08-3=11

}}

==Section 4==

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis5-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Fourth round

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Surface

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Riggs

| RD4-seed02=1

| RD4-score01-1=0

| RD4-score02-1=6

| RD4-score01-2=3

| RD4-score02-2=6

| RD4-score01-3=1

| RD4-score02-3=6

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Davenport

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Surface

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-score01-1=5

| RD3-score02-1=7

| RD3-score01-2=5

| RD3-score02-2=7

| RD3-score01-3=6

| RD3-score02-3=3

| RD3-score01-4=6

| RD3-score02-4=8

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Talbert

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|USA}} Riggs

| RD3-seed04=1

| RD3-score03-1=3

| RD3-score04-1=6

| RD3-score03-2=4

| RD3-score04-2=6

| RD3-score03-3=3

| RD3-score04-3=6

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Prochaska

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Davenport

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score01-1=1

| RD2-score02-1=6

| RD2-score01-2=1

| RD2-score02-2=6

| RD2-score01-3=3

| RD2-score02-3=6

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Guernsey

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|USA}} Surface

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-score03-1=6

| RD2-score04-1=3

| RD2-score03-2=3

| RD2-score04-2=6

| RD2-score03-3=3

| RD2-score04-3=6

| RD2-score03-4=9

| RD2-score04-4=11

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|USA}} Steele Jr.

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Talbert

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score05-1=4

| RD2-score06-1=6

| RD2-score05-2=4

| RD2-score06-2=6

| RD2-score05-3=3

| RD2-score06-3=6

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|USA}} Sutter

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|USA}} Riggs

| RD2-seed08=1

| RD2-score07-1=2

| RD2-score08-1=6

| RD2-score07-2=2

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD2-score07-3=6

| RD2-score08-3=8

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Podesta

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|USA}} Davenport

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-score03-1=6

| RD1-score04-1=3

| RD1-score03-2=6

| RD1-score04-2=8

| RD1-score03-3=9

| RD1-score04-3=11

| RD1-score03-4=4

| RD1-score04-4=6

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|USA}} Shields

| RD1-seed05=

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Guernsey

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-score05-1=8

| RD1-score06-1=6

| RD1-score05-2=8

| RD1-score06-2=10

| RD1-score05-3=7

| RD1-score06-3=9

| RD1-score05-4=0

| RD1-score06-4=6

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|USA}} Mulloy

| RD1-seed07=9

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|USA}} Surface

| RD1-seed08=

| RD1-score07-1=5

| RD1-score08-1=7

| RD1-score07-2=1

| RD1-score08-2=6

| RD1-score07-3=3

| RD1-score08-3=6

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|USA}} Hawley

| RD1-seed09=

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|USA}} Steele Jr.

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-score09-1=6

| RD1-score10-1=3

| RD1-score09-2=3

| RD1-score10-2=6

| RD1-score09-3=1

| RD1-score10-3=6

| RD1-score09-4=0

| RD1-score10-4=6

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|USA}} Smith

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|USA}} Talbert

| RD1-seed12=

| RD1-score11-1=2

| RD1-score12-1=6

| RD1-score11-2=1

| RD1-score12-2=6

| RD1-score11-3=2

| RD1-score12-3=6

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|USA}} Mahoney

| RD1-seed13=

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|USA}} Sutter

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-score13-1=6

| RD1-score14-1=1

| RD1-score13-2=9

| RD1-score14-2=7

| RD1-score13-3=1

| RD1-score14-3=6

| RD1-score13-4=1

| RD1-score14-4=6

| RD1-score13-5=0

| RD1-score14-5=6

| RD1-team15={{flagicon|USA}} Lubin

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team16={{flagicon|USA}} Riggs

| RD1-seed16=1

| RD1-score15-1=w/o

}}

==Section 5==

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis5-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Fourth round

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Kramer

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Prusoff

| RD4-seed02=6

| RD4-score01-1=6

| RD4-score02-1=3

| RD4-score01-2=8

| RD4-score02-2=6

| RD4-score01-3=5

| RD4-score02-3=7

| RD4-score01-4=6

| RD4-score02-4=3

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Wood

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Kramer

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-score01-1=3

| RD3-score02-1=6

| RD3-score01-2=3

| RD3-score02-2=6

| RD3-score01-3=3

| RD3-score02-3=6

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Amark

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|USA}} Prusoff

| RD3-seed04=6

| RD3-score03-1=6

| RD3-score04-1=3

| RD3-score03-2=6

| RD3-score04-2=4

| RD3-score03-3=1

| RD3-score04-3=6

| RD3-score03-4=0

| RD3-score04-4=6

| RD3-score03-5=1

| RD3-score04-5=6

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Wood

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Low

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score01-1=6

| RD2-score02-1=2

| RD2-score01-2=1

| RD2-score02-2=6

| RD2-score01-3=8

| RD2-score02-3=6

| RD2-score01-4=6

| RD2-score02-4=3

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Kramer

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|USA}} Alloo

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-score03-1=6

| RD2-score04-1=0

| RD2-score03-2=6

| RD2-score04-2=2

| RD2-score03-3=6

| RD2-score04-3=4

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|USA}} Amark

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Doeg

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score05-1=4

| RD2-score06-1=6

| RD2-score05-2=6

| RD2-score06-2=1

| RD2-score05-3=3

| RD2-score06-3=6

| RD2-score05-4=6

| RD2-score06-4=3

| RD2-score05-5=6

| RD2-score06-5=3

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|USA}} Hall

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|USA}} Prusoff

| RD2-seed08=6

| RD2-score07-1=6

| RD2-score08-1=1

| RD2-score07-2=3

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD2-score07-3=6

| RD2-score08-3=0

| RD2-score07-4=7

| RD2-score08-4=9

| RD2-score07-5=4

| RD2-score08-5=6

| RD1-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Decker

| RD1-seed01=

| RD1-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Wood

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-score01-1=1

| RD1-score02-1=6

| RD1-score01-2=1

| RD1-score02-2=6

| RD1-score01-3=2

| RD1-score02-3=6

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Price

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|USA}} Low

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-score03-1=7

| RD1-score04-1=5

| RD1-score03-2=1

| RD1-score04-2=6

| RD1-score03-3=0

| RD1-score04-3=6

| RD1-score03-4=1

| RD1-score04-4=6

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|USA}} Hunt

| RD1-seed05=

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Kramer

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-score05-1=6

| RD1-score06-1=1

| RD1-score05-2=6

| RD1-score06-2=8

| RD1-score05-3=4

| RD1-score06-3=6

| RD1-score05-4=6

| RD1-score06-4=8

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|USA}} McGehee

| RD1-seed07=

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|USA}} Alloo

| RD1-seed08=

| RD1-score07-1=1

| RD1-score08-1=6

| RD1-score07-2=8

| RD1-score08-2=6

| RD1-score07-3=1

| RD1-score08-3=6

| RD1-score07-4=3

| RD1-score08-4=6

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|JPN}} Yamagishi

| RD1-seed09=

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|USA}} Amark

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-score09-1=1

| RD1-score10-1=6

| RD1-score09-2=3

| RD1-score10-2=6

| RD1-score09-3=1

| RD1-score10-3=6

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|USA}} Johnson

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|USA}} Doeg

| RD1-seed12=

| RD1-score11-1=2

| RD1-score12-1=6

| RD1-score11-2=6

| RD1-score12-2=2

| RD1-score11-3=1

| RD1-score12-3=6

| RD1-score11-4=3

| RD1-score12-4=6

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|USA}} Froehling

| RD1-seed13=

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|USA}} Hall

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-score13-1=6

| RD1-score14-1=1

| RD1-score13-2=6

| RD1-score14-2=1

| RD1-score13-3=2

| RD1-score14-3=6

| RD1-score13-4=3

| RD1-score14-4=6

| RD1-score13-5=3

| RD1-score14-5=6

}}

==Section 6==

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis5-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Fourth round

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Gillespie

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Parker

| RD4-seed02=4

| RD4-score01-1=2

| RD4-score02-1=6

| RD4-score01-2=3

| RD4-score02-2=6

| RD4-score01-3=8

| RD4-score02-3=10

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Gillespie

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Bobbitt

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-score01-1=4

| RD3-score02-1=6

| RD3-score01-2=6

| RD3-score02-2=1

| RD3-score01-3=3

| RD3-score02-3=6

| RD3-score01-4=6

| RD3-score02-4=3

| RD3-score01-5=6

| RD3-score02-5=3

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Kelly

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|USA}} Parker

| RD3-seed04=4

| RD3-score03-1=3

| RD3-score04-1=6

| RD3-score03-2=1

| RD3-score04-2=6

| RD3-score03-3=3

| RD3-score04-3=6

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|TCH}} Hecht

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Gillespie

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score01-1=2

| RD2-score02-1=6

| RD2-score01-2=6

| RD2-score02-2=3

| RD2-score01-3=1

| RD2-score02-3=6

| RD2-score01-4=6

| RD2-score02-4=3

| RD2-score01-5=8

| RD2-score02-5=10

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Bickel

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|USA}} Bobbitt

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-score03-1=3

| RD2-score04-1=6

| RD2-score03-2=4

| RD2-score04-2=6

| RD2-score03-3=2

| RD2-score04-3=6

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|USA}} Kelly

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Arenberg

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score06-1=w/o

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|ECU}} Segura{{efn|name=talbert|In his book Tennis Observed (1967) Bill Talbert lists the player's name as P. Maguire.}}

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|USA}} Parker

| RD2-seed08=4

| RD2-score07-1=3

| RD2-score08-1=6

| RD2-score07-2=1

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD2-score07-3=5

| RD2-score08-3=7

}}

==Section 7==

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis5-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Fourth round

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Olewine

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Cooke

| RD4-seed02=8

| RD4-score01-1=3

| RD4-score02-1=6

| RD4-score01-2=1

| RD4-score02-2=6

| RD4-score01-3=4

| RD4-score02-3=6

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Bartlett

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Olewine

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-score01-1=5

| RD3-score02-1=7

| RD3-score01-2=3

| RD3-score02-2=6

| RD3-score01-3=6

| RD3-score02-3=8

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Kantrowitz

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|USA}} Cooke

| RD3-seed04=8

| RD3-score03-1=3

| RD3-score04-1=6

| RD3-score03-2=1

| RD3-score04-2=6

| RD3-score03-3=3

| RD3-score04-3=6

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Bartlett

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Evert

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score01-1=1

| RD2-score02-1=6

| RD2-score01-2=6

| RD2-score02-2=4

| RD2-score01-3=6

| RD2-score02-3=3

| RD2-score01-4=6

| RD2-score02-4=3

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Greenberg

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|USA}} Olewine

| RD2-seed04=

| RD2-score03-1=3

| RD2-score04-1=6

| RD2-score03-2=7

| RD2-score04-2=9

| RD2-score03-3=6

| RD2-score04-3=0

| RD2-score03-4=0

| RD2-score04-4=6

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|USA}} Kantrowitz

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Martin

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score05-1=1

| RD2-score06-1=6

| RD2-score05-2=6

| RD2-score06-2=1

| RD2-score05-3=6

| RD2-score06-3=1

| RD2-score05-4=6

| RD2-score06-4=3

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–1949)}} Choy

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|USA}} Cooke

| RD2-seed08=8

| RD2-score07-1=1

| RD2-score08-1=6

| RD2-score07-2=3

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD2-score07-3=3

| RD2-score08-3=6

}}

==Section 8==

{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis5-Byes

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Third round

| RD4=Fourth round

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|USA}} Everett

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|USA}} McNeill

| RD4-seed02=2

| RD4-score01-1=3

| RD4-score02-1=6

| RD4-score01-2=3

| RD4-score02-2=6

| RD4-score01-3=1

| RD4-score02-3=6

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|USA}} O'Neill

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Everett

| RD3-seed02=

| RD3-score01-1=1

| RD3-score02-1=6

| RD3-score01-2=3

| RD3-score02-2=6

| RD3-score01-3=3

| RD3-score02-3=6

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Toley

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|USA}} McNeill

| RD3-seed04=2

| RD3-score03-1=3

| RD3-score04-1=6

| RD3-score03-2=3

| RD3-score04-2=6

| RD3-score03-3=1

| RD3-score04-3=6

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|USA}} O'Neill

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|USA}} Pryor

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-score02-1=w/o

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|USA}} Everett

| RD2-seed03=

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|USA}} Van Horn

| RD2-seed04=10

| RD2-score03-1=3

| RD2-score04-1=6

| RD2-score03-2=5

| RD2-score04-2=7

| RD2-score03-3=6

| RD2-score04-3=1

| RD2-score03-4=6

| RD2-score04-4=0

| RD2-score03-5=15

| RD2-score04-5=13

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|USA}} Thackara

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|USA}} Toley

| RD2-seed06=

| RD2-score05-1=6

| RD2-score06-1=1

| RD2-score05-2=2

| RD2-score06-2=6

| RD2-score05-3=5

| RD2-score06-3=7

| RD2-score05-4=6

| RD2-score06-4=8

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|USA}} Fishbach

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|USA}} McNeill

| RD2-seed08=2

| RD2-score07-1=1

| RD2-score08-1=6

| RD2-score07-2=1

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD2-score07-3=1

| RD2-score08-3=6

}}

Notes

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010004524 1940 U.S. National Championships on ITFtennis.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331142621/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010004524 |date=2016-03-31 }}, the source for this draw

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Men's Singles

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