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Women's singles
1892 U.S. National Championships
Final
ChampionUnited Kingdom Mabel Cahill
Runner-upUnited States Elisabeth Moore
Score5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Details
Draw8 + CR
Seeds
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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1892 tennis event results Main article: 1892 U.S. National Championships (tennis)

Mabel Cahill won the singles tennis title by defeating challenger Elisabeth Moore, a 16-year old player from the Hohokus Valley Tennis Club, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 in the Challenge Round of the 1892 U.S. Women's National Singles Championship. Moore had won the right to challenge Cahill by defeating Helen Day Harris 5–7, 6–1, 6–1 in the final of the All Comers' competition. The event was played on outdoor grass courts and held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia from June 21 through June 25, 1892.

Draw

Challenge round

Challenge Round
       
United Kingdom Mabel Cahill 5 6 6 4 6
United States Elisabeth Moore 7 3 4 6 2

All Comers' finals

Preliminary Round First round Semi-finals Final
United States Elisabeth Moore 6 6
United States Elisabeth Slevin 0 0
United States Elisabeth Moore w/o
United States Harriet Butler 6 6 United States Annabella Wistar
United States Amy Williams 2 1 United States Harriet Butler 4 6 8
United States Annabella Wistar 6 5 6 United States Annabella Wistar 6 2 6
United States Ethel Bankson 2 7 2 United States Elisabeth Moore 5 6 6
United States Helen Day Harris 7 1 1
United States Augusta Schultz 6 6
United States Josephine White 1 1
United States Augusta Schultz 2 6
United States Augusta Schultz 6 3 6 United States Helen Day Harris 6 8
United States Elsie Donaldson 1 6 3 United States Helen Day Harris 6 4 6
United States Hattie Beaumont 2 6 2

References

  1. ^ Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 494. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.
  2. "Summer society salad". The Philadelphia Inquirer. June 18, 1893. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com. ...Miss Cahill had by no means an easy time retaining the championship, as a "dark horse" in the person of Miss Bessie Moore, a young girl of only 17, of the Hohokus Valley Club, gave her a long and hard battle.
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