1951 French Championships – Women's singles explained

See main article: 1951 French Championships (tennis). Third-seeded Shirley Fry[1] [2] defeated Doris Hart 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1951 French Championships.[3] [4]

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Shirley Fry is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

  1. Doris Hart (finalist)
  2. Margaret Osborne duPont (semifinals)
  3. Shirley Fry (champion)
  4. Jean Walker-Smith (semifinals)
  5. Beverley Baker (quarterfinals)
  6. Thelma Coyne Long (quarterfinals)
  7. Nelly Adamson (quarterfinals)
  8. Joy Gannon Mottram (third round)

Main draw

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

Notes and References

  1. Web site: usta.com . . Grand Slam Tournaments – French Open . PDF . 2010-11-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110520121622/http://www.usta.com/presentations/USTAYearBook/25.pdf . 2011-05-20 .
  2. Web site: Shirley Fry-Irvin. International Tennis Hall of Fame. 2010-11-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20100813141213/http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/shirley-fry-irvin. 2010-08-13. dead.
  3. Web site: Roland Garros 1951 (Grand slam) - Women's singles. FrenchOpen.fr. PDF. 2010-11-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20100525091718/http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/femmes1951_en.pdf. 2010-05-25. dead.
  4. Book: Collins, Bud. The Bud Collins History of Tennis. 2010. New Chapter Press. [New York]. 978-0942257700. 2nd. 394.

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