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| 1946 U.S. National Championships | |||||||
| Final | |||||||
| Champion | |||||||
| Runner-up | |||||||
| Score | 11–9, 6–3 | ||||||
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First-seededPauline Betz defeated fifth-seededDoris Hart 11–9, 6–3 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the1946 U.S. National Championships.[1][2]
The tournament used two lists of players for seeding the women's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players.Pauline Betz is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.[3][4]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 11 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 9 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Grand Slam women's singles | Succeeded by |