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Women's singles
1949 U.S. National Championships
Final
Champion	Margaret Osborne duPont
Runner-up	Doris Hart
Score	6–4, 6–1
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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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.

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.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• r = Retired

Final eight

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Louise Brough	6	2	6
	7	Beverly Baker	1	6	2
								1	Louise Brough	5	1
								3	Doris Hart	7	6
	3	Doris Hart	6	6
		Barbara Scofield	2	0
															3	Doris Hart	4	1
															2	Margaret Osborne duPont	6	6
	2	Margaret Osborne duPont	6	10
	6	Pat Canning Todd	3	8
								2	Margaret Osborne duPont	6	6
								(1)	Betty Hilton	2	3
	(1)	Betty Hilton	6	6
		Helen Perez	2	3

References

1. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). : New Chapter Press. p. 471. ISBN 978-0942257700.
2. "U.S. TENNIS". The Cairns Post. Qld. September 7, 1949. p. 2. Retrieved April 20, 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
3. G.P. Hughes, ed. (1950). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1950. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. pp. 181–185.
4. "Star-Studded Field Starts Net Play Today". St. Petersburg Times. AP. August 29, 1949. p. 8.

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