1942 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles
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{{GrandSlamEvents|1942|U.S. National Championships|
| champ = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Pauline Betz
| runner = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Louise Brough
| score = 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
}}
Second-seeded Pauline Betz defeated first-seeded Louise Brough 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1942 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=470}}{{cite news|title=Pauline Betz New Champ|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5DMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5eMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1265%2C4504904|work=Berkeley Daily Gazette|date=September 7, 1942|page=Eight|via=Google News Archive}}
Seeds
The eight seeded U.S. players are listed below. Sarah Palfrey Cooke is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.{{cite news|title=Ted Schroeder, Louise Brough Top Seeded in Tennis Tourney|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k7FWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=degDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5147%2C8077793|work=Eugene Register-Guard|date=August 25, 1942|page=Eight|via=Google News Archive}}
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- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Louise Brough (finalist)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Pauline Betz (champion)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Margaret Osborne (semifinals)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Helen Bernhard (semifinals)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Mary Arnold (quarterfinals)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Patricia Canning Todd (second round)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Doris Hart (quarterfinals)
- {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Helen Rihbany (quarterfinals)
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Draw
=Final eight=
{{8TeamBracket-Tennis3
| team-width=200
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Louise Brough
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Pauline Betz
| RD3-seed2=2
| RD3-score1-1=6
| RD3-score2-1=4
| RD3-score1-2=4
| RD3-score2-2=6
| RD3-score1-3=1
| RD3-score2-3=6
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Louise Brough
| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Helen Bernhard
| RD2-seed2=4
| RD2-score1-1=5
| RD2-score2-1=7
| RD2-score1-2=6
| RD2-score2-2=4
| RD2-score1-3=6
| RD2-score2-3=2
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Margaret Osborne
| RD2-seed3=3
| RD2-team4= {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Pauline Betz
| RD2-seed4=2
| RD2-score3-1=4
| RD2-score4-1=6
| RD2-score3-2=6
| RD2-score4-2=4
| RD2-score3-3=5
| RD2-score4-3=7
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Louise Brough
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Mary Arnold
| RD1-seed2=5
| RD1-score1-1=3
| RD1-score2-1=6
| RD1-score1-2=6
| RD1-score2-2=4
| RD1-score1-3=6
| RD1-score2-3=3
| RD1-score1-4=
| RD1-score2-4=
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Helen Rihbany
| RD1-seed3=8
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Helen Bernhard
| RD1-seed4=4
| RD1-score3-1=0
| RD1-score4-1=6
| RD1-score3-2=4
| RD1-score4-2=6
| RD1-score3-3=
| RD1-score4-3=
| RD1-team5={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Margaret Osborne
| RD1-seed5=3
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Doris Hart
| RD1-seed6=7
| RD1-score5-1=7
| RD1-score6-1=5
| RD1-score5-2=6
| RD1-score6-2=0
| RD1-score5-3=
| RD1-score6-3=
| RD1-score5-4=
| RD1-score6-4=
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Shirley Fry
| RD1-seed7=
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|USA|1912}} Pauline Betz
| RD1-seed8=2
| RD1-score7-1=2
| RD1-score8-1=6
| RD1-score7-2=0
| 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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