1889 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles

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All Comers' finals edit

Women's singles
Women's singles
1889 U.S. National Championships
Final
Champion	Bertha Townsend
Runner-up	Lida Voorhees
Score	7–5, 6–2
Details
Draw	8 + 1
Seeds	–
Events

Bertha Townsend defended her tennis singles title by defeating Lida Voorhees 7–5, 6–2 in the Challenge Round of the 1889 U.S. Women's National Singles Championship. Voorhuis had won the right to challenge Townsend by defeating Helen Day Harris 6–5, 2–6, 6–3 in the final of the All Comers' competition. The event was held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, Pennsylvania.^[1]

Quarterfinals			Semifinals				Finals

Lida Voorhees	6	6

Laura Knight	1	2
			Lida Voorhees	6	4	6

			Grace Roosevelt	1	6	5
Grace Roosevelt

Marion Wright
							Lida Voorhees	6	2	6

							Helen Day Harris	5	6	3
D.F. Butterfield	6	6

Anna C. Smith	3	1
			D.F. Butterfield	1	3

			Helen Day Harris	6	6
Rebecca H. Lycett	1	1

Helen Day Harris	6	6

Challenge Round

Bertha Townsend

Lida Voorhees

^ ^a ^b ^c Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 465. ISBN 978-0942257700.

Preceded by 1889 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles	Grand Slam women's singles	Succeeded by 1890 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

[collins-1] Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 465. ISBN 978-0942257700.

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