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| 1962 U.S. National Championships | |||||||
| Final | |||||||
| Champion |  Margaret Smith | ||||||
| Runner-up |  Darlene Hard | ||||||
| Score | 9–7, 6–4 | ||||||
| Details | |||||||
| Draw | 96 | ||||||
| Seeds | 8 | ||||||
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First-seededMargaret Smith defeated fifth-seededDarlene Hard 9–7, 6–4 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the1962 U.S. National Championships. The tournament was played on outdoorgrass courts and held from August 29 through September 10, 1962 at theWest Side Tennis Club inForest Hills, Queens, New York.[1]
The draw consisted of 96 players of which eight were seeded.
The seeded players are listed below.Margaret Smith is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.[2]
Margaret Smith(champion)Karen Hantze Susman(third round)
Maria Bueno(semifinals)
Věra Suková(quarterfinals)Darlene Hard(finalist)
Renée Schuurman(third round)Lesley Turner(fourth round)Sandra Reynolds Price(quarterfinals)| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Margaret Smith | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sandra Reynolds Price | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Margaret Smith | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Maria Bueno | 8 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Maria Bueno | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Donna Floyd | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Margaret Smith | 9 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Darlene Hard | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Victoria Palmer | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gwyneth Thomas | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Victoria Palmer | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Darlene Hard | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Věra Suková | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Darlene Hard | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Grand Slam women's singles | Succeeded by |