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2 Draw  



2.1  Key  





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3 References  














1955 U.S. National Championships  Women's singles






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Women's singles
1955 U.S. National Championships
Final
ChampionUnited States Doris Hart[1]
Runner-upUnited Kingdom Pat Ward[1]
Score6–4, 6–2
Details
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1954 · U.S. National Championships · 1956 →

First-seeded Doris Hart defeated unseeded Patricia Ward 6–4, 6–2 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1955 U.S. National Championships.[2]

Seeds

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The seeded players are listed below. Doris Hart is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.

  1. United States Doris Hart (champion)
  2. United States Louise Brough (third round)
  3. United States Beverly Baker Fleitz (semifinals)
  4. United States Dorothy Knode (semifinals)
  5. United States Barbara Davidson (quarterfinals)
  6. United States Shirley Fry (third round)
  7. United States Dorothy Bundy Cheney (first round)
  8. United States Barbara Breit (semifinals)

Draw

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Key

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Final eight

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1United States Doris Hart 6 6
United States Nancy Chaffee 44
1United States Doris Hart 6 6
4United States Dorothy Knode 11
6United States Shirley Fry 76
4United States Dorothy Knode 9 8
1United States Doris Hart 6 6
United Kingdom Patricia Ward 42
3United States Beverly Baker Fleitz 66 0
8United States Barbara Breit 8 46
8United States Barbara Breit 12
United Kingdom Patricia Ward 6 6
United Kingdom Patricia Ward 9 6
United States Belmar Gunderson 70

References

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  1. ^ a b Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York City]: New Chapter Press. p. 471. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  • ^ G.P. Hughes, ed. (1956). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1956. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. pp. 184–189.
  • Preceded by

    1955 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

    Grand Slam women's singles Succeeded by

    1956 Australian Championships – Women's singles


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