1890 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles

Draw

References

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Challenge round

All Comers' finals

Transcription

Women's singles

1890 U.S. National Championships

Final

Champion

Ellen Roosevelt^[1]

Runner-up

Bertha Townsend^[1]

Score

6–2, 6–2

Details

Draw

8(+CR)

Seeds

–

Events

Singles	men	women
Doubles	men	women

← 1889 ·

U.S. National Championships

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Ellen Roosevelt won the singles tennis title by defeating reigning champion Bertha Townsend 6–2, 6–2 in the Challenge Round of the 1890 U.S. Women's National Singles Championship in front of a crowd of nearly 2,000 people. Roosevelt had won the right to challenge Townsend by defeating Lida Voorhees 6–3, 6–1 in the final of the All Comers' competition. The event was played on outdoor grass courts and held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia from June 10 through June 13, 1890.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

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Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals

Ellen Roosevelt	6	6

D.F. Butterfield	0	0
				Ellen Roosevelt	2	6	3

				Mabel Cahill	6	5	2r
Mabel Cahill	6	6

Rebecca H. Lycett	1	1
								Ellen Roosevelt	6	6

								Lida Voorhees	3	1
Lida Voorhees	6	3	6

F.K. Gregory	1	6	1
				Lida Voorhees	6	3	6

				Margarette Ballard	4	6	5
Margarette Ballard	6	6

S. Day	2	1

Challenge Round

Bertha Townsend

Ellen Roosevelt

^ ^a ^b ^c Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 494. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.
^ "Tennis Championship" (PDF). The New York Times. June 13, 1890.
^ "Ladies Who Play Tennis" (PDF). The New York Times. June 10, 1890.
^ "Miss Roosevelt wins the ladies' singles championships". The Philadelphia Inquirer. June 13, 1890. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com. Miss Townsend, who was smarting under her late defeat, was anxious to retrieve her lost laurels and played steadily for a few games, but she soon attempted some brilliant shots which, however, failed to materialize, while her opponent was the personification of steadiness.
^ Hall, Valentine G., ed. (1891). Wright & Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guide for 1891. Boston: Wright & Ditson. pp. 39–40 – via HathiTrust.

Preceded by 1890 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles	Grand Slam women's singles	Succeeded by 1891 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles