1949 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles
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{{GrandSlamEvents|1949|U.S. National Championships|
| champ = {{flagicon|USA}} Margaret Osborne duPont
| runner = {{flagicon|USA}} Doris Hart
| score =6–4, 6–1
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Second-seeded Margaret Osborne duPont defeated Doris Hart 6–4, 6–1 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1949 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=471}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42638302 |title=U.S. TENNIS. |newspaper=The Cairns Post |location=Qld. |date=7 September 1949 |access-date=20 April 2015 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Seeds
The tournament used two lists of seven players for seeding the women's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players. Margaret Osborne duPont is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.{{cite book|title=Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1950|date=1950|publisher=Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd.|location=London|pages=181–185|editor=G.P. Hughes|editor-link=Pat Hughes (tennis)}}{{cite news|title=Star-Studded Field Starts Net Play Today|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uy9PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mU4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2110%2C3506739|work=St. Petersburg Times|agency=AP|date=August 29, 1949|page=8}}
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{{Ordered list
|{{flagicon|USA}} Louise Brough (semifinals)
|{{flagicon|USA}} Margaret Osborne duPont (champion)
|{{flagicon|USA}} Doris Hart (finalist)
|{{flagicon|USA}} Shirley Fry (third round)
|{{flagicon|USA}} Pat Canning Todd (quarterfinals)
|{{flagicon|USA}} Gussy Moran (third round)
|{{flagicon|USA}} Beverly Baker (quarterfinals)
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{{ordered list
|{{flagicon|GBR}} Betty Hilton (semifinals)
|{{flagicon|ROM|1948}} Magda Rurac (third round)
|{{flagicon|GBR}} Jean Quertier (third round)
|{{flagicon|GBR}} Jean Walker-Smith (third round)
|{{flagicon|GBR}} Kay Tuckey (third round)
|{{flagicon|GBR}} Molly Blair (third round)
|{{flagicon|CAN|1921}} Patricia Macken (first round)
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Draw
=Key=
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- r = Retired
=Final eight=
{{8TeamBracket-Tennis3
| team-width=200
| RD3-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Doris Hart
| RD3-seed1=3
| RD3-team2={{flagicon|USA}} Margaret Osborne duPont
| RD3-seed2=2
| RD3-score1-1=4
| RD3-score2-1=6
| RD3-score1-2=1
| RD3-score2-2=6
| RD3-score1-3=
| RD3-score2-3=
| RD2-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Louise Brough
| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team2={{flagicon|USA}} Doris Hart
| RD2-seed2=3
| RD2-score1-1=5
| RD2-score2-1=7
| RD2-score1-2=1
| RD2-score2-2=6
| RD2-score1-3=
| RD2-score2-3=
| RD2-team3={{flagicon|USA}} Margaret Osborne duPont
| RD2-seed3=2
| RD2-team4= {{flagicon|GBR}} Betty Hilton
| RD2-seed4=(1)
| RD2-score3-1=6
| RD2-score4-1=2
| RD2-score3-2=6
| RD2-score4-2=3
| RD2-score3-3=
| RD2-score4-3=
| RD1-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Louise Brough
| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team2={{flagicon|USA}} Beverly Baker
| RD1-seed2=7
| RD1-score1-1=6
| RD1-score2-1=1
| RD1-score1-2=2
| RD1-score2-2=6
| RD1-score1-3=6
| RD1-score2-3=2
| RD1-score1-4=
| RD1-score2-4=
| RD1-team3={{flagicon|USA}} Doris Hart
| RD1-seed3=3
| RD1-team4={{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Scofield
| 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}} Margaret Osborne duPont
| RD1-seed5=2
| RD1-team6={{flagicon|USA}} Pat Canning Todd
| RD1-seed6=6
| RD1-score5-1=6
| RD1-score6-1=3
| RD1-score5-2=10
| RD1-score6-2=8
| RD1-score5-3=
| RD1-score6-3=
| RD1-score5-4=
| RD1-score6-4=
| RD1-team7={{flagicon|GBR}} Betty Hilton
| RD1-seed7=(1)
| RD1-team8={{flagicon|USA}} Helen Perez
| RD1-seed8=
| RD1-score7-1=6
| RD1-score8-1=2
| RD1-score7-2=6
| RD1-score8-2=3
| RD1-score7-3
| RD1-score8-3=
}}
References
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