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'{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Use American English|date=July 2023}} {{GrandSlamEvents|1939|U.S. National Championships| | champ = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Alice Marble]]<ref name=collins/> | runner = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Helen Jacobs]] | score = 6–0, 8–10, 6–4 | draw = 64 | seeds = 8 }} First-seeded [[Alice Marble]] defeated second-seeded [[Helen Jacobs]] 6–0, 8–10, 6–4 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the [[1939 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1939 U.S. National Championships]]. The tournament was played on outdoor [[grass court]]s and held from September 7, through September 17, 1939 at the [[West Side Tennis Club]] in [[Forest Hills, Queens]], New York.<ref name=collins>{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Bud|authorlink=Bud Collins|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2016|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=New York|isbn=978-1-937559-38-0|page=498|edition=3rd}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68324513 |title=Rigs defeats Van Horn |newspaper=[[The Advocate (Tasmania)|The Advocate]] |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=19 September 1939 |page=3 |via=[[National Library of Australia]]}}</ref> The draw consisted of 64 players of which eight were seeded. ==Seeds== The eight seeded U.S. players are listed below. [[Alice Marble]] is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated. {{colbegin}} # {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Alice Marble]] ''('''champion''')'' # {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Helen Jacobs]] ''(finalist)'' # {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Sarah Palfrey|Sarah Fabyan]] ''(quarterfinals)'' # {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Dorothy Bundy]] ''(quarterfinals)'' # {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Gracyn Wheeler]] ''(first round)'' # {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Helen Bernhard]] ''(third round)'' # {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Dorothy Workman]] ''(third round)'' # {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Virginia Wolfenden]] ''(semifinals)'' {{colend}} ==Draw== ===Final eight=== {{8TeamBracket-Tennis3 | team-width=200 | RD3-team1={{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Helen Jacobs]] | RD3-seed1=2 | RD3-team2={{flagicon|USA|1912}} '''[[Alice Marble]]''' | RD3-seed2=1 | RD3-score1-1=0 | RD3-score2-1='''6''' | RD3-score1-2='''10''' | RD3-score2-2=8 | RD3-score1-3=4 | RD3-score2-3='''6''' | RD2-team1={{flagicon|USA|1912}} '''[[Helen Jacobs]]''' | RD2-seed1=2 | RD2-team2={{flagicon|GBR}} [[Kay Stammers]] | RD2-seed2= | RD2-score1-1='''7''' | RD2-score2-1=5 | RD2-score1-2='''6''' | RD2-score2-2=0 | RD2-score1-3= | RD2-score2-3= | RD2-team3={{flagicon|USA|1912}} '''[[Alice Marble]]''' | RD2-seed3=1 | RD2-team4= {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Virginia Wolfenden]] | RD2-seed4=8 | RD2-score3-1='''6''' | RD2-score4-1=0 | RD2-score3-2='''6''' | RD2-score4-2=1 | RD2-score3-3= | RD2-score4-3= | RD1-team1={{flagicon|USA|1912}} '''[[Helen Jacobs]]''' | RD1-seed1=2 | RD1-team2={{flagicon|GBR}} [[Valerie Scott (tennis)|Valerie Scott]] | RD1-seed2= | RD1-score1-1=2 | RD1-score2-1='''6''' | RD1-score1-2='''6''' | RD1-score2-2=2 | RD1-score1-3='''6''' | RD1-score2-3=3 | RD1-score1-4= | RD1-score2-4= | RD1-team3={{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Sarah Palfrey|Sarah Fabyan]] | RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team4={{flagicon|GBR}} '''[[Kay Stammers]]''' | RD1-seed4= | RD1-score3-1='''6''' | RD1-score4-1=1 | RD1-score3-2=3 | RD1-score4-2='''6''' | RD1-score3-3=3 | RD1-score4-3='''6''' | RD1-team5={{flagicon|USA|1912}} '''[[Alice Marble]]''' | RD1-seed5=1 | RD1-team6={{flagicon|GBR}} [[Mary Hardwick]] | RD1-seed6= | RD1-score5-1='''6''' | RD1-score6-1=3 | RD1-score5-2=6 | RD1-score6-2='''8''' | RD1-score5-3='''6''' | RD1-score6-3=2 | RD1-score5-4= | RD1-score6-4= | RD1-team7={{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Dorothy Bundy]] | RD1-seed7=4 | RD1-team8={{flagicon|USA|1912}} '''[[Virginia Wolfenden]]''' | RD1-seed8=8 | RD1-score7-1='''6''' | RD1-score8-1=2 | RD1-score7-2=1 | RD1-score8-2='''6''' | RD1-score7-3=2 | RD1-score8-3='''6''' }} ==References== {{reflist}} {{start box}} {{Succession box | before={{nowrap|[[1939 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles]]}}| title=[[List of Grand Slam women's singles champions|Grand Slam women's singles]] | years= | after={{nowrap|[[1940 Australian Championships – Women's singles]]}}}} {{end box}} {{US Open women's singles drawsheets}} {{US Open women's singles champions}} {{DEFAULTSORT:U.S. National Championships - Women's Singles,1939}} [[Category:U.S. National Championships (tennis) by year – Women's singles|1939]] [[Category:1939 in women's tennis]] [[Category:1939 in American women's sports]] [[Category:1939 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|Women's Singles]] [[Category:Women's sports in New York (state)]] [[Category:Women in New York City]] [[Category:1939 in New York City]] [[Category:Forest Hills, Queens]]'