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Women's singles
1954 French Championships
Final
Champion	Maureen Connolly
Runner-up	Ginette Bucaille
Score	6–4, 6–1
Details
Draw	54
Seeds	16
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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First-seeded Maureen Connolly defeated Ginette Bucaille 6–4, 6–1 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1954 French Championships.

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Maureen Connolly is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

1. Maureen Connolly (champion)
2. Nelly Adamson (semifinals)
3. Helen Fletcher (first round)
4. Silvana Lazzarino (semifinals)
5. Anne-Marie Seghers (quarterfinals)
6. Baba Mercedes Lewis (third round)
7. Yola Ramírez (third round)
8. Toto Zehden (third round)
9. n/a
10. Dorothy Levine (quarterfinals)
11. Ginette Bucaille (finalist)
12. Jacqueline Kermina (third round)
13. A. Baxter (first round)
14. Pilar Barril (second round)
15. Shirley Bloomer (third round)
16. Nicla Migliori (second round)

Draw

Key

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

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Maureen Connolly	6	6
		Angela Buxton	1	0
								1	Maureen Connolly	6	6
								4	Silvana Lazzarino	0	1
	4	Silvana Lazzarino	6	6
	5	Anne-Marie Seghers	3	3
															1	Maureen Connolly	6	6
															11	Ginette Bucaille	4	1
	11	Ginette Bucaille	6	6
		Josette Amouretti	1	1
								11	Ginette Bucaille	6	6
								2	Nelly Adamson	2	4
	10	Dorothy Levine	1	2
	2	Nelly Adamson	6	6

Earlier rounds

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	Connolly	6	6
									Salvet	0	2
															1	Connolly	6	6
																Galtier	2	3
								16	Migliori	4	3
									Galtier	6	6
																						1	Connolly	6	6
																							Buxton	1	0
								8	Zehden	8	7	7
		Varin	4	7					Varin	6	9	5
		Hopman	6	5											8	Zehden	3	4
	14	Barril	6	6												Buxton	6	6
		Bernard	3	4				14	Barril	2	2
		Mercelis	1	2					Buxton	6	6
		Buxton	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	4	Lazzarino
		De La Giroday						4	Lazzarino	7	6	6
		Coessens	6	7					Coessens	9	0	0
		Bras	1	5											4	Lazzarino	6	6
	13	Baxter														Schmitt	1	4
		Schmitt							Schmitt	8	7
		Morris	1	1					Patorni	6	5
		Patorni	6	6																		4	Lazzarino	6	6
	5	Seghers	6	6																		5	Seghers	3	3
		Labesse	1	0				5	Seghers	6	6
		Mottram							Alvensleben	2	0
		Alvensleben													5	Seghers	6	6
		Geranton	2	1											12	Kermina	1	3
		Kimbrell	6	6					Kimbrell	6	3	1
		De La Courtie	0	3				12	Kermina	2	6	6
	12	Kermina	6	6

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
		Sargeant	7	4
		Coste	9	6					Coste	0	0
		Isaac	3	2				11	Bucaille	6	6
	11	Bucaille	6	6											11	Bucaille	7	6
		Walter	0	2											6	Lewis	5	2
		Kaufmann	6	6					Kaufmann	3	6	4
		Monnot	2	3				6	Lewis	6	4	6
	6	Lewis	6	6																		11	Bucaille	6	6
		Amouretti	3	6	6																		Amouretti	1	1
		Bradley	6	4	2				Amouretti	6	6
		Buding	6	6					Buding	2	4
		Vollmer	2	4												Amouretti	10	6	6
		Bourbonnais	6	6												Bourbonnais	12	1	4
		Folger	0	0					Bourbonnais	6	6
		Crowet							Crowet	0	0
	3	Fletcher

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
		Dubois	4	9
		Lemal	6	11					Lemal	6	0	3
		De Chambure	6	0	3			10	Levine	3	6	6
	10	Levine	3	6	6										10	Levine	1	6	6
		Bonstrom	2	3											7	Ramírez	6	4	2
		Dubois	6	6					Dubois	1	1
								7	Ramírez	6	6
																						10	Levine	6	6
																						2	Adamson	1	2
									Abbas	1	4
								15	Bloomer	6	6
															15	Bloomer	6	3	3
															2	Adamson	4	6	6
									Robson	3	0
								2	Adamson	6	6

References

1. Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). : New Chapter Press. p. 394. ISBN 978-0942257700.

External links

• "Official 1954 Women's Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-29. (69.1 KiB) on the French Open website

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• French Championships (tennis) by year – Women's singles
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