1941 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles
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{{GrandSlamEvents|1941|U.S. National Championships|
| champ = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sarah Cooke
| runner = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Pauline Betz
| score = 7–5, 6–2
| draw = 62
| seeds = 8
}}
Second-seeded Sarah Cooke defeated first-seeded Pauline Betz 7–5, 6–2 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1941 U.S. National Championships. The tournament was played on outdoor grass courts and held from August 30, through September 7, 1941 at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens, New York.{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Bud|authorlink=Bud Collins|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=New York City|isbn=978-0942257700|edition=2nd|page=470}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52464000 |title=Riggs regains U.S. title |newspaper=The Examiner |volume=C |issue=155 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=9 September 1941 |page=6 (late news edition) |via=National Library of Australia}} The draw consisted of 62 players of which eight were seeded.
Seeds
The eight seeded U.S. players are listed below. Pauline Betz is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.{{cite news|title=Pick Riggs to win National tennis title|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/126531830/|work=The De Kalb Daily Chronicle|agency=UP|date=August 30, 1941|page=7|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription }}
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- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Pauline Betz (finalist)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sarah Cooke (champion)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dorothy Bundy (quarterfinals)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Helen Bernhard (quarterfinals)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Helen Jacobs (semifinals)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Margaret Osborne (semifinals)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Mary Arnold (third round)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Virginia Kovacs (first round)
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Draw
=Final eight=
{{8TeamBracket-Tennis3
| team-width=200
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sarah Cooke
| RD3-seed1=2
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Pauline Betz
| RD3-seed2=1
| RD3-score1-1=7
| RD3-score2-1=5
| RD3-score1-2=6
| RD3-score2-2=2
| RD3-score1-3=
| RD3-score2-3=
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sarah Cooke
| RD2-seed1=2
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Helen Jacobs
| RD2-seed2=5
| RD2-score1-1=6
| RD2-score2-1=3
| RD2-score1-2=2
| RD2-score2-2=6
| RD2-score1-3=6
| RD2-score2-3=1
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Pauline Betz
| RD2-seed3=1
| RD2-team4= {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Margaret Osborne
| RD2-seed4=6
| RD2-score3-1=6
| RD2-score4-1=4
| RD2-score3-2=6
| RD2-score4-2=3
| RD2-score3-3=
| RD2-score4-3=
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sarah Cooke
| RD1-seed1=2
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Hope Knowles
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-score1-1=6
| RD1-score2-1=4
| RD1-score1-2=7
| RD1-score2-2=5
| RD1-score1-3=
| RD1-score2-3=
| RD1-score1-4=
| RD1-score2-4=
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dorothy Bundy
| RD1-seed3=3
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Helen Jacobs
| RD1-seed4=5
| RD1-score3-1=3
| RD1-score4-1=6
| RD1-score3-2=9
| RD1-score4-2=11
| RD1-score3-3=
| RD1-score4-3=
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Pauline Betz
| RD1-seed5=1
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Barbara Krase
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-score5-1=6
| RD1-score6-1=1
| RD1-score5-2=6
| RD1-score6-2=1
| RD1-score5-3=
| RD1-score6-3=
| RD1-score5-4=
| RD1-score6-4=
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Helen Bernhard
| RD1-seed7=4
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Margaret Osborne
| RD1-seed8=6
| RD1-score7-1=3
| RD1-score8-1=6
| RD1-score7-2=1
| RD1-score8-2=6
| RD1-score7-3=
| RD1-score8-3=
}}
References
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{{US Open women's singles drawsheets}}
{{US Open women's singles champions}}
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