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1933 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1933 U.S. National Championships
Champion United States Helen Wills Moody
Runner-up United States Helen Jacobs
Final score 8–6, 3–6, 3–0 ret.
Details
Draw 64
Seeds 12
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1932 · U.S. National Championships · 1934 →

Second-seeded Helen Jacobs defeated first-seeded Helen Wills Moody 8–6, 3–6, 3–0 ret. in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1933 U.S. National Championships at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens. At 0–3 in the final set Wills Moody retired citing a back injury. The loss ended Wills Moody's 45-match winning streak at the U.S. Championships. The final was played on August 26, 1933 in front of a crowd of 8,000 spectators.

The tournament used two lists of six players for seeding the women's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players. Helen Jacobs is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.


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