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1941 U.S. National Championships (tennis)
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List of Champions of the 1941 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open):
Bobby Riggs
defeated Frank Kovacs
5-7 6-1 6-3 6-3
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
defeated Pauline Betz Addie 7-5, 6-2
Men's Singles
Bobby Riggs
Robert Larimore "Bobby" Riggs was a 1930s–40s tennis player who was the World No. 1 or the co-World No. 1 player for three years, first as an amateur in 1941, then as a professional in 1946 and 1947...
defeated
Frank Kovacs
Frank Kovacs was an American tennis player in the mid-century; he was known as the "Clown Prince of Tennis" for his on-court antics but was a good enough player to be each year from 1940 to 1951 one of the best five in the world. He stood 6 ft 4 inches tall and had a backhand as good as...
5-7 6-1 6-3 6-3
Women's Singles
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
Sarah Hammond Palfrey Fabyan Cooke Danzig was a female tennis player from the United States....
defeated