Men's singles |
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1940 U.S. National Championships |
Final |
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Champion | Donald McNeill[1] |
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Runner-up | Bobby Riggs[1] |
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Score | 4–6, 6–8, 6–3, 6–3, 7–5 |
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Details |
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Draw | 78 |
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Seeds | 10 |
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Events |
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Singles | men | women | Doubles | men | women | |
← 1939 · | U.S. National Championships | · 1941 → |
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1940 tennis event results
Donald McNeill defeated Bobby Riggs 4–6, 6–8, 6–3, 6–3, 7–5 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1940 U.S. National Championships.[2]
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Donald McNeill is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
Bobby Riggs (finalist)
Donald McNeill (champion)
Francis Kovacs (quarterfinals)
Frank Parker (quarterfinals)
Joseph Hunt (semifinals)
Henry Prusoff (fourth round)
Bryan Grant (fourth round)
Elwood Cooke (quarterfinals)
Gardnar Mulloy (first round)
Welby Van Horn (second round)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- r = Retired
Final eight
| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Final | |
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| 5 | Joseph Hunt | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
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| 3 | Francis Kovacs | 4 | 1 | 4 | | | |
| | 5 | Joseph Hunt | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
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| | | 1 | Bobby Riggs | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |
| | Ted Schroeder | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | | |
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| 1 | Bobby Riggs | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | | |
| | 1 | Bobby Riggs | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |
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| | | 2 | Donald McNeill | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | |
| | Jack Kramer | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | | |
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| 4 | Frank Parker | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
| | | Jack Kramer | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | | |
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| | | 2 | Donald McNeill | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | | |
| 8 | Elwood Cooke | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | | |
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| 2 | Donald McNeill | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | |
Earlier rounds
Section 1
| First round | | | Second round | | | Third round | | | Fourth round | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Carver | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | Lyttleton-Rogers | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | | |
| | | | | | | | Lyttleton-Rogers | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| | | | | | | Bowden | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| | | | | Bellis | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | Bowden | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| | | | | | Bowden | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Hunt | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | | |
| | | | | Aguirre | 0 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | Buxby | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | | Buxby | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Hunt | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | | |
| | | | | Ganzenmuller | 1 | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Hunt | 6 | 6 | 8 | | | |
Section 2
| First round | | | Second round | | | Third round | | | Fourth round | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Mattmann | 6 | 6 | 9 | | | | | |
| | | | | McDiarmid | 3 | 1 | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | | Mattmann | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | |
| | | | | | | Crowther | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | |
| | | | | Paul | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | Crowther | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | |
| | | | | | Mattmann | 4 | 2 | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Kovacs | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | Vogt | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | Seixas | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | | |
| | | | | | | | Seixas | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| | | | | | 3 | Kovacs | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| | | | | Anderson | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Kovacs | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 | | |
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
| First round | | | Second round | | | Third round | | | Fourth round | |
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| | Decker | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | Wood | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Wood | 6 | 1 | 8 | 6 | | |
| | Price | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | Low | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | | |
| | Low | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | Wood | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | |
| | Hunt | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | Kramer | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | Kramer | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | | | | | Kramer | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | McGehee | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | | | | | Alloo | 0 | 2 | 4 | | | |
| | Alloo | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Kramer | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | | |
| | Yamagishi | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | 6 | Prusoff | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | | |
| | Amark | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Amark | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Johnson | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | Doeg | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| | Doeg | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | Amark | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| | Froehling | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | | | | | 6 | Prusoff | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| | Hall | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | Hall | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | | |
| | | | 6 | Prusoff | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 6 | |
Section 6
| First round | | | Second round | | | Third round | | | Fourth round | |
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| | | | | Hecht | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 8 | | | |
| | | | | Gillespie | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | |
| | | | | | | | Gillespie | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |
| | | | | | | Bobbitt | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| | | | | Bickel | 3 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | Bobbitt | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | Gillespie | 2 | 3 | 8 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Parker | 6 | 6 | 10 | | | |
| | | | | Kelly | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Arenberg | w/o | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Kelly | 3 | 1 | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Parker | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | Segura[a] | 3 | 1 | 5 | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Parker | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | |
Section 7
| First round | | | Second round | | | Third round | | | Fourth round | |
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| | | | | Bartlett | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | Evert | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | | |
| | | | | | | | Bartlett | 5 | 3 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | Olewine | 7 | 6 | 8 | | | |
| | | | | Greenberg | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | Olewine | 6 | 9 | 0 | 6 | | |
| | | | | | Olewine | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 8 | Cooke | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | Kantrowitz | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | Martin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | |
| | | | | | | | Kantrowitz | 3 | 1 | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Cooke | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | Choy | 1 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Cooke | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | |
Section 8
| First round | | | Second round | | | Third round | | | Fourth round | |
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| | | | | O'Neill | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Pryor | w/o | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | O'Neill | 1 | 3 | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | Everett | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | Everett | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Van Horn | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
| | | | | | Everett | 3 | 3 | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | McNeill | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | Thackara | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | Toley | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | | |
| | | | | | | | Toley | 3 | 3 | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | McNeill | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | Fishbach | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | 2 | McNeill | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | |
Notes
- ^ In his book Tennis Observed (1967) Bill Talbert lists the player's name as P. Maguire.
References
- ^ a b Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York City]: New Chapter Press. p. 459. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed – The USLTA Men's Singles Champions, 1881-1966. Barre: Barre Publishers. p. 118. OCLC 172306.
External links
- 1940 U.S. National Championships on ITFtennis.com Archived 2016-03-31 at the Wayback Machine, the source for this draw