Men's singles
1918 U.S. National Championships
Final
Champion	Robert Lindley Murray[1]
Runner-up	Bill Tilden[1]
Score	6–3, 6–1, 7–5
Details
Draw	87
Seeds	–
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Defending championRobert Lindley Murray defeatedBill Tilden in the final, 6–3, 6–1, 7–5 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1918 U.S. National Championships.

The event was held at theWest Side Tennis Club inForest Hills, Queens, from August 26 through September 3, 1918.^[2][1][3]

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Craig Biddle	2	3	5
		S. Howard Voshell	6	6	7
											S. Howard Voshell	4	3	6
											R. Lindley Murray	6	6	8
		Nathaniel Niles	5	4	6	5
		R. Lindley Murray	7	6	2	7
																				R. Lindley Murray	6	6	7
																				Bill Tilden	3	1	5
		Lyle Mahan	6	6	1	2
		Ichiya Kumagae	8	3	6	6
											Ichiya Kumagae	2	2	0
											Bill Tilden	6	6	6
		Bill Tilden	3	6	5	7	6
		Walter Merrill Hall	6	1	7	5	1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
										Biddle		6	6	6
										Ewing		2	4	4
																			Biddle		6	6	6
																			Cassils		0	2	1
										O'Boyle		1	3	4
										Cassils		6	6	6
																												Biddle		6	6	6
																												Morgenthaler		0	3	3
										Stockton		1	4	2
										Morgenthaler		6	6	6
																			Morgenthaler		6	6	6
																			Simmons		2	1	2
										Rosenbaum		w/	o
										Simmons

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
										Voshell		6	6	6
										Richey		0	1	3
																			Voshell		6	6	6
																			Bretz		3	0	1
										Bretz
										Fulton		w/	o
																												Voshell		5	4	6	6	7
																												Richards		7	6	0	2	5
										Richards
										Nathan		w/	o
																			Richards		6	6	6
																			Anderson		1	3	3
										Keresey		3	4	6	1
										Anderson		6	6	2	6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
										Gatcomb		2	6	6	13	6
										Emerson		6	2	0	15	2
																			Gatcomb		2	6	1	4
																			Binzen		6	2	6	6
										Binzen		6	6	6
										Fox		1	3	2
																												Binzen		5	0	2
	Niles		6	6	6																							Niles		7	6	6
	Hane		2	0	1					Niles		6	6	6
	Johnson		0	6	0	3				Gallon		1	4	2
	Gallon		6	3	6	6													Niles		7	6	2	7
	Chapin Jr.		6	6	6														Burdick		5	4	6	5
	Burghard		3	4	2					Chapin Jr.		3	1	1
	Bowman		2	4	4					Burdick		6	6	6
	Burdick		6	6	6

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	Wagner		0	2	2
	Alexander		6	6	6					Alexander		6	6	6
	Czintz		2	1	3					Chapin Sr.		2	2	1
	Chapin Sr.		6	6	6														Alexander		2	3	7	6	6
	Larned		1	1	4														Throckmorton		6	6	5	0	3
	Baggs		6	6	6					Baggs		4	2	6	5
	Throckmorton		6	6	11	7	13			Throckmorton		6	6	3	7
	Taylor		8	2	9	9	11																					Alexander		8	6	0	6	0
	Pell		6	6	6																							Murray		6	8	6	4	6
	Hughes		2	2	3					Pell		2	6	6	6
	Dana		6	6	6					Dana		6	3	2	3
	Iler		2	3	0														Pell		2	0	0
	Dudley		0	0	1														Murray		6	6	6
	Murray		6	6	6					Murray
	Anderson		6	4	4	5				Kelleher		w/	o
	Kelleher		0	6	6	7

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	Wabrausek		6	6	6
	Groesbeck		4	2	2					Wabrausek		0	2	1
	Parker		6	6	6					Parker		6	6	6
	Burroughs		4	0	0														Parker		6	6	6
	Vail		6	5	6	13	6												Pike		3	3	0
	Pope		2	7	1	15	2			Vail		9	0	4
	Pike		6	6	6					Pike		11	6	6
	Miller		1	0	3																							Parker		2	2	3
	Gravem		1	3	3																							Mahan		6	6	6
	Mahan		6	6	6					Mahan		6	7	7
	O'Boyle		6	3	3	6	6			O'Boyle		0	5	5
	Thomas		1	6	6	1	4												Mahan		8	8	6	8[4]
	Anderson		3	5	1														Kashio		6	6	8	6[4]
	Kashio		6	7	6					Kashio		6	7	6	7
	Dionne		6	6	6					Dionne		1	9	3	5
	Fall		0	2	0

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
	Drake		6	6	6
	Kynaston		2	3	4					Drake		0	0	2
	Wright									Wright		6	6	6
	James		w/	o															Wright		6	6	6
	Healy		0	1	0														Dunham		4	2	3
	Gilbert		6	6	6					Gilbert		5	2	3
										Dunham		7	6	6
																												Wright		6	6	1	2
																												Kumagae		8	3	6	6
										Kumagae		6	6	6
										Pate		0	4	0
																			Kumagae		6	6	6
																			Wightman		3	2	2
										Wightman		6	3	6	6
										Whelan		2	6	3	4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
										Bassford		6	9	5	6	3
										King		4	11	7	0	6
																			King		3	3	3
																			Doyle		6	6	6
										Horrell		1	2	2
										Doyle		6	6	6
																												Doyle		3	1	5
																												Tilden		6	6	7
										Nielsen		2	3	7
										Burrows		6	6	9
																			Burrows		1	3	3
																			Tilden		6	6	6
										Gibbons		w/	o
										Tilden

	First round									Second round									Third round									Fourth round
										Cumming		2	2	2
										Hayes		6	6	6
																			Hayes		6	6	6
																			Hendrickson		1	2	2
										Hendrickson		6	6	7
										Behr		2	3	5
																												Hayes		6	4	6	4	4
																												Merrill Hall		3	6	0	6	6
										Wright		6	6	6
										Kaltenbach		1	0	2
																			Wright		6	5	1	2
																			Merrill Hall		4	7	6	6
										Donaldson		0	1	3
										Merrill Hall		6	6	6

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