Women's singles | |
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1914 World Hard Court Championships | |
Champion | Suzanne Lenglen |
Runner-up | Germaine Golding |
Score | 6–2, 6–1 |
Draw | 19 |
The women's singles was one of five events of the 1914 World Hard Court Championships tennis tournament held in Paris, France from 29 May until 8 June 1914. The draw consisted of 19 players. Mieken Rieck was the defending champion, but did not participate. Suzanne Lenglen (who also won the women's double championship that year) won her first of four titles, defeating fellow French player Germaine Golding in straight sets in the final.
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Suzanne Lenglen | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||
Suzanne Amblard | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
Suzanne Lenglen | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
Germaine Golding | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
Marguerite Broquedis | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
Germaine Golding | 6 | 6 |
First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Suzanne Lenglen | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Phyllis Satterthwaite | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Suzanne Lenglen | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anne de Borman | w/o | Anne de Borman | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Hedwig von Satzger | Anne de Borman | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mlle Poujade | 6 | 8 | 6 | Mlle Poujade | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Caro Dahl | 3 | 10 | 4 | Suzanne Lenglen | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Suzanne Amblard | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Magda Aranyi | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
M. Tripp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Magda Aranyi | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Suzanne Amblard | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Suzanne Amblard | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Angelica Plantier | 0 | 1 |
First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marguerite Broquedis | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blanche Amblard | 6 | 6 | Blanche Amblard | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sigrid Fick | 3 | 3 | Marguerite Broquedis | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Elizabeth Ryan | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elizabeth Ryan | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marie Conquet | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marguerite Broquedis | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Germaine Golding | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
M. Fergus | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cecile Matthey | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
M. Fergus | 3 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Germaine Golding | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Germaine Golding | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
J. Tripp |
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