1951 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1951 U.S. National Championships
Final
Champion	Maureen Connolly[1]
Runner-up	Shirley Fry
Score	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
← 1950 · U.S. National Championships · 1952 →

Fourth-seeded Maureen Connolly defeated Shirley Fry 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1951 U.S. National Championships.^[1]

Seeds

The tournament used two lists for seeding the women's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players.^[2] Maureen Connolly is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• r = Retired

Final eight

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	2	Shirley Fry	9	3	6
	(3)	Kay Tuckey	7	6	2
								2	Shirley Fry	2	6	6
								(1)	Jean Walker-Smith	6	2	1
		Magda Rurac	2	3
	(1)	Jean Walker-Smith	6	6
															2	Shirley Fry	3	6	4
															4	Maureen Connolly	6	1	6
	4	Maureen Connolly	6	6
	(2)	Jean Quertier	3	3
								4	Maureen Connolly	6	6
								1	Doris Hart	4	4
	1	Doris Hart	6	6
	5	Nancy Chaffee	2	4

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