| Women's singles | |||||||
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| 1917 U.S. National Championships | |||||||
| Final | |||||||
| Champion |  Molla Bjurstedt[1] | ||||||
| Runner-up |  Marion Vanderhoef[1] | ||||||
| Score | 4–6, 6–0, 6–2 | ||||||
| Details | |||||||
| Draw | 46 | ||||||
| Seeds | – | ||||||
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Reigning championMolla Bjurstedt won the singles tennis title of the 1917 U.S. Women's National Singles Championship by defeatingMarion Vanderhoef 4–6, 6–0, 6–2 in the final.
Due to World War I the tournament was renamedNational Patriotic Tournament in support of the war effort. No trophies were handed out to the winners and the entrance fees were dedicated to theAmerican Red Cross.[2] Bjurstedt was entitled to sit out the tournament and play the winner of the All Comers' competition in a challenge round but instead elected to play through and therefore no challenge round was held. The event was played on outdoorgrass courts and held at thePhiladelphia Cricket Club in St. Martin's,Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia in the United States, from June 18 through June 23, 1917.[1]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| Molla Bjurstedt | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Phyllis Walsh | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Molla Bjurstedt | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Flora Brown Harvey | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Flora Brown Harvey | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Teresa Wood | 6 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Molla Bjurstedt | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marion Vanderhoef | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marion Vanderhoef | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Susanne White | 6 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marion Vanderhoef | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eleanora Sears | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eleanora Sears | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mrs. Dahl | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||