1933 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles
| Women's singles | |
|---|---|
Helen Wills Moody | |
| Score | 8–6, 3–6, 3–0 ret. |
| Draw | 64 |
| Seeds | 12 |
Second-seeded
Helen Wills Moody 8–6, 3–6, 3–0 ret. in the final to win the 'Women's Singles tennis title at the 1933 U.S. National Championships at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens. At 0–3 in the final set Wills Moody retired citing a back injury.[1][2] The loss ended Wills Moody's 45-match winning streak at the U.S. Championships.[3] The final was played on August 26, 1933, in front of a crowd of 8,000 spectators.[2]
Seeds
The tournament used two lists of six players for seeding the women's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players. Helen Jacobs is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.
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Draw
Final eight
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Helen Wills Moody
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| (3) |  Mary Heeley
| 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Helen Wills Moody
| 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| (2) | Betty Nuthall
| 6 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Alice Marble
| 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| (2) | Betty Nuthall
| 6 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Helen Wills Moody
| 6 | 6 | 0r | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Helen Jacobs
| 8 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Helen Jacobs
| 11 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Josephine Cruickshank
| 9 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Helen Jacobs
| 6 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| (1) | Dorothy Round
| 4 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sarah Palfrey
| 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| (1) | Dorothy Round
| 6 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ a b Susan B. Adams (June 4, 1997). "Helen Jacobs, Tennis Champion in the 1930s, Dies at 88". The New York Times.
- USTA. p. 197.