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Men's singles

1916 U.S. National Championships

Final

Champion

R. Norris Williams^[1]

Runner-up

William Johnston^[1]

Score

4–6, 6–4, 0–6, 6–2, 6–4

Details

Draw

128

Seeds

N.A.

Events

Singles	men	women
Doubles	men	women

← 1915 ·

U.S. National Championships

· 1917 →

Richard Norris Williams defeated the defending champion William Johnston in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 0–6, 6–2, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1916 U.S. National Championships.^[2]

The event was played on outdoor grass courts and held at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York from Monday, August 28 through Tuesday, September 5, 1916.^[3]

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Draw

Final eight

Quarterfinals							Semifinals					Final

	Wallace F. Johnson	4	2	2

	Clarence Griffin	6	6	6
								Clarence Griffin	3	3	3

								R. Norris Williams	6	6	6
	Douglas Watters	6	1	1

	R. Norris Williams	3	6	6
													R. Norris Williams	4	6	0	6	6

													William Johnston	6	4	6	2	4
	Watson Washburn	2	2	5

	William Johnston	6	6	7
								William Johnston	6	6	6

								Robert Lindley Murray	2	3	1
	George Church	6	6	2	4	4

	R. Lindley Murray	3	4	6	6	6

Earlier rounds

Section 1

First round							Second round					Third round							Fourth round

	J.P. Adoue Jr.	6	1	1

	S. Howard Voshell	8	6	6
								S. Howard Voshell	6	6	6

								P. Vandeventer	3	2	3
	Philip Vandeventer	4	2	6	6	6

	C. Stanley Rogers	8	6	3	4	4
													S. Howard Voshell	8	6	2	7	3

													W.F. Johnson	6	3	6	9	6
	Wallace F. Johnson	w	o

	Harry Seymour
								W.F. Johnson	6	6	7

								W. Rosenbaum	1	2	5
	J.T. Allen	4	3	7

	W. Rosenbaum	6	6	9
																				W.F. Johnson	6	6	6

																				W. Merrill Hall	2	1	2
	C.G. Plimpton	3	6	6	7

	Otto Salm	6	1	4	5
								C.G. Plimpton	2	4	2

								A.H. Man Jr.	6	6	6
	A.H. Man Jr.	4	6	4	12	6

	H. Van Dyke Johns	6	2	6	10	2
													A.H. Man Jr.	3	2	3

													W. Merrill Hall	6	6	6
	T.B. Plimpton

	Walter Merrill Hall	w	o
								W. Merrill Hall	5	4	4

								J.W. Anderson	7	6	6
	J.W. Anderson	w	o

	Charles S. Garland

Section 2

First round						Second round							Third round					Fourth round

	Charled M. Bull Jr.	4	6	0	3

	William Rand	6	3	6	6
							W. Rand	6	6	6

							W. Roberts	1	1	1
	Walter Roberts	w	o

	Arthur E. Copeland
														W. Rand	3	0	4

														C. Griffin	6	6	6
	W.P. Burden

	Reginald A. Cook	w	o
							R.A. Cook	4	2	1

							C. Griffin	6	6	6
	Fred C. Baggs	6	0	2

	Clarence Griffin	8	6	9
																			C. Griffin	6	6	3	12

																			E.H. Whitney	3	2	6	10
	Arthur S. Cragin	6	6	6

	Richard S. Maynard	4	0	0
							A.S. Cragin	6	2	3	6	4

							R.L. Baggs	2	6	6	4	6
	Ralph L. Baggs	6	6	6

	B.W. Stair	3	2	2
														R.L. Baggs	4	2	4

														E.H. Whitney	6	6	6
	L. Gwynne French	6	6	6

	George V. Peak Jr.	4	3	4
							L.G. French	3	4	4

							E.H. Whitney	6	6	6
	Ward Dawson	2	3	1

	Edward H. Whitney	6	6	6

Section 3

First round							Second round						Third round						Fourth round

	Harold D. Harvey	w	o

	George McKearin
								H.D. Harvey	3	5	3

								E.R. McCormick	6	7	6
	John C. Neely Jr

	E.R. McCormick	w	o
														E.R. McCormick	7	2	6	6

														H.S. Parker	5	6	1	4
	Irvin Riker	8	6	6	2	6

	Benjamin M. Phillips	10	3	1	6	2
								I. Riker	2	3	1

								H.S. Parker	6	6	6
	Henry S. Parker	6	6	6

	Paul W. Gibbons	4	1	0
																				E.R. McCormick	2	3	4

																				D.S. Watters	6	6	6
	Douglas S. Watters	w	o

	R.A. Holden Jr.
								D.S. Watters	6	6	6

								E.H. Binzen	1	2	4
	Elliott H. Binzen	1	7	4	6	6

	George King	6	5	6	4	2
														D.S. Watters	6	2	1

														G.A.L. Dionne	3	6	1	r
	C.L. Johnston Jr.	3	6	4	3

	G.A.L. Dionne	6	4	6	6
								G.A.L. Dionne	6	6	2	6

								C.G. Burrows	4	1	6	4
	Lloyd Hartel	1	0	2

	C.G. Burrows	6	6	6

References

^ ^a ^b Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York City]: New Chapter Press. p. 457. ISBN 978-0942257700.
^ "Norris Williams Victor Over Johnston in Tennis". Evening Tribune. September 6, 1916.
^ Bill Talbert (1967). Tennis Observed. Barre: Barre Publishers. p. 95. OCLC 172306.