Doris Hart
Doris Hart (June 20, 1925 – May 29, 2015) was an American tennis player from who was active in the 1940s and first half of the 1950s. She was ranked world No. 1 in 1951. She was the fourth player, and second woman, to win a Career Grand Slam in ...
6–3, 3–6, 6–4 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1947 French Championships.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Patricia Todd is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
# Margaret Osborne ''(semifinals)''
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Doris Hart
Doris Hart (June 20, 1925 – May 29, 2015) was an American tennis player from who was active in the 1940s and first half of the 1950s. She was ranked world No. 1 in 1951. She was the fourth player, and second woman, to win a Career Grand Slam in ...
Nelly Landry
Nelly Adamson Landry (28 December 1916 – 22 February 2010) was a tennis player from Belgium (became French citizen after marriage). She was the 1948 women's singles champion at the French Championships beating Shirley Fry. She had been a finali ...
Sheila Piercey
Sheila Piercey (18 March 1919 – 14 August 2005) was a South African tennis player. She was also known under her married name Sheila Piercey-Summers.
Piercey was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. With her compatriot Eric Sturgess, she wo ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Magda Rurac
Magda Rurac (née Berescu;11 July 1918 – 9 May 1995)Zsuzsi Körmöczy ''(quarterfinals)''
# Helena Straubeova ''(third round)''
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Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
Jadwiga "Jed" Jędrzejowska (; 15 October 1912 – 28 February 1980) was a Polish tennis player who had her main achievements during the second half of the 1930s. Because her name was difficult to pronounce for many people who did not speak Polis ...
''(third round)''
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Alice Weiwers
Alice Weiwers was a tennis player from Luxembourg. Weiwers was the winner of Tournoi de France, the French Championship tournament held in Vichy France. Weiwers won the 1941 and 1942 singles, 1941 doubles, and 1941 mixed doubles titles.
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''(third round)''
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Anne-Marie Seghers
Anne-Marie Lucienne Seghers (15 September 1911 – 17 January 2012) was a French tennis player . She reached the singles final at the 1941 French Championships in which she was defeated by Alice Weiwers in straight sets. As the final was played ...
Annalisa Bossi
Annalisa Bossi born Anneliese Ullstein and then Annalisa Bellani after second marriage (3 November 1915 - 21 February 2015) was an Italian tennis player.
She won the singles title at the Italian Championships in 1950 after a straight-sets vict ...
* on the French Open website
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1947 in women's tennis
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...