In tennis, reigning champion Molla Bjurstedt won the singles tennis title of the 1916 U.S. Women's National Singles Championship by defeating Louise Hammond Raymond 6–0, 6–1 in the challenge round. Hammond Raymond had won the right to challenge Bjurstedt by defeating Eleanora Sears 6–3, 6–4 in the final of the All Comers' competition. The event was played on outdoor grass courts and held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Wissahickon Heights, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia in the United States, from June 5 through June 12, 1916.[1]
Women's singles | |
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1916 U.S. National Championships | |
Champion | Molla Bjurstedt[1] |
Runner-up | Louise Hammond Raymond[1] |
Score | 6–0, 6–1 |
Draw | 72 |
Seeds | – |
Draw edit
Challenge round edit
Challenge Round | ||||||
Molla Bjurstedt | 6 | 6 | ||||
Louise Hammond Raymond | 0 | 1 |
All Comers' finals edit
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
Evelyn Sears | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Alice Patterson | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Evelyn Sears | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Louise Hammond Raymond | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Louise Hammond Raymond | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Maud Barger-Wallach | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Louise Hammond Raymond | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Eleanora Sears | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Eleanora Sears | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Phyllis Walsh | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Eleanora Sears | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Susanne White | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Susanne White | 4 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Mrs. Hall | 6 | 6 | 5 |
References edit
- ^ a b c Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 497. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.