Pancho GonzalesRicardo Alonso González , generally known as Richard "Pancho" Gonzales was an American tennis player. He was the world no. 1 professional tennis player for an unequalled eight years in the 1950s and early 1960s...
defeated
Ted SchroederFrederick Rudolph "Ted" Schroeder was an American tennis player who won the two most prestigious amateur tennis titles, Wimbledon and the U.S. National. He was the No. 1-ranked American player in 1942 and the No. 2 for 4 consecutive years, 1946 through 1949...
16-18 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-4 in the final to win the
Men's Singles title at the
1949 U.S. National ChampionshipsList of Champions of the 1949 U.S. National Championships :-Men's Singles: Pancho Gonzales defeated Ted Schroeder 16-18 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-4-Women's Singles: Margaret Osborne duPont defeated Doris Hart 6-3, 6-1...
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See also:
- 1949 U.S. National Championships - Women's Singles
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Pancho GonzalesRicardo Alonso González , generally known as Richard "Pancho" Gonzales was an American tennis player. He was the world no. 1 professional tennis player for an unequalled eight years in the 1950s and early 1960s...
is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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 Ted SchroederFrederick Rudolph "Ted" Schroeder was an American tennis player who won the two most prestigious amateur tennis titles, Wimbledon and the U.S. National. He was the No. 1-ranked American player in 1942 and the No. 2 for 4 consecutive years, 1946 through 1949...
(Finalist)
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 Eric SturgessEric William Sturgess was a South African male tennis player. Eric Sturgess attended Parktown Boys' High School in Johannesburg...
(Third round)
- Pancho Gonzales
Ricardo Alonso González , generally known as Richard "Pancho" Gonzales was an American tennis player. He was the world no. 1 professional tennis player for an unequalled eight years in the 1950s and early 1960s...
(Champion)
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 Jaroslav DrobnýJaroslav Drobný was an amateur tennis champion as well as being an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovakian national team...
(Quarterfinalist)
- Bill Talbert
William Franklin "Billy" Talbert was an American tennis player and administrator.He was ranked in the U.S. Top 10 13 times between 1941 & 1954. He won nine Grand Slam doubles titles, and also reached the men’s doubles finals of the U.S. National Championship nine times. mainly with favorite...
(Semifinalist)
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 Frank SedgmanFrank Arthur Sedgman, born 29 October 1927, in Mont Albert, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, was a tennis player who was arguably the world No.1 in 1952. In his 1979 autobiography Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, included Sedgman in his list of the 21...
(Quarterfinalist)
- Gardnar Mulloy
Gardnar Putnam Mulloy is a tennis player primarily known for playing in doubles matches with partner Billy Talbert. When he was the Tennis Coach of the University of Miami, he recruited Pancho Segura for the tennis team. Pancho won three straight NCAA Singles Titles in 1943, 1944, and 1945,...
(Quarterfinalist)
- John Bromwich
John Edward Bromwich was a male tennis player from Australia who, along with his countryman Vivian McGrath, was one of the first great players to use a two-handed forehand....
(Third round)
- Frank Parker
----Frank "Frankie" Andrew Parker was an American male tennis player. He was coached by Mercer Beasley....
(Semifinalist)
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 Giovanni Cucelli (Second round)
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- Arthur Larsen (Quarterfinalist)
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 Felicisimo AmponFelicisimo Ampon was a tennis player from the Philippines. He is considered to be the greatest Filipino tennis player in history, and at only five feet tall, was once considered the best tennis player in the world, pound for pound.He represented the country in several Davis Cup competitions for...
(Third round)
- Earl Cochell
Earl Cochell , is the only tennis player ever barred for life by the United States Tennis Association.Cochell was ranked as high as No. 6 in the U.S. rankings before the 1951 U.S. Nationals...
(Third round)
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 Robert Abdesselam (Third round)
- Herbie Flam (First round)
- Marcello Del Bello (Second round)
- Vic Seixas
Elias Victor Seixas, Jr. is an American former tennis player.Seixas was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of Portuguese Sephardi Jewish ancestry. After serving in World War II, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , where he was a member of Alpha Sigma of the Chi Psi...
(First round)
- George Worthington (First round)
- Samuel Match (Third round)
- Vladimír Černík (Second round)
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Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild Card
- LL = Lucky Loser
- r. = retired
Final Eight
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
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