Jack Kramer defeated
Frank Parker 4–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–0, 6–3 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the
1947 U.S. National Championships.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Jack Kramer is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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Jack Kramer ''(champion)''
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John Bromwich
John Edward Bromwich (14 November 1918 – 21 October 1999) was an Australian tennis player who, along with fellow countryman Vivian McGrath, was one of the first great players to use a two-handed backhand. He was a natural left-hander, though ...
''(semifinals)''
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Frank Parker ''(finalist)''
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Jaroslav Drobný
Jaroslav Drobný (; 12 October 1921 – 13 September 2001) was a World No. 1 amateur tennis and ice hockey champion. He left Czechoslovakia in 1949 and travelled as an Egyptian citizen before becoming a citizen of the United Kingdom in 1959, w ...
''(semifinals)''
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Tom Brown ''(quarterfinals)''
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Dinny Pails
Dennis "Dinny" Pails (4 March 1921 – 22 November 1986) was an Australian tennis champion.
Pails was born in England, but moved to Australia in 1922 at age 1. Pails won the men's singles championship at the Australian Championships in 1947. ...
''(fourth round)''
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Gardnar Mulloy
Gardnar Putnam "Gar" Mulloy (November 22, 1913 – November 14, 2016) was a U.S. No. 1 tennis player primarily known for playing in doubles matches with partner Billy Talbert. He was born in Washington, D.C. and turned 100 in November 2013. Du ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Colin Long ''(fourth round)''
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Bill Talbert
William Franklin Talbert (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 1999) was an American tennis player and administrator.
Tennis career
He was ranked in the U.S. top 10 13 times between 1941 and 1954, and was ranked World No. 3 in 1949 by John Olliff ...
''(first round)''
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Torsten Johansson ''(fourth round)''
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Pancho Segura
Francisco Olegario Segura (June 20, 1921 – November 18, 2017), better known as Pancho "Segoo" Segura, was a leading tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, both as an amateur and as a professional. He was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, but m ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Geoffrey Brown ''(fourth round)''
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Robert Falkenburg
Robert Falkenburg (January 29, 1926 – January 6, 2022) was an American amateur tennis player and entrepreneur. He is best known for winning the Men's Singles at the 1948 Wimbledon Championships and for introducing soft ice cream and American ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Bill Sidwell
Oswald William Thomas Sidwell (16 April 1920 – 19 August 2021) was an Australian tennis player.
Sidwell reached five Grand Slam doubles finals, winning once, at the 1949 U.S. National Championships with compatriot John Bromwich. He also pl ...
''(third round)''
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Eddie Moylan ''(fourth round)''
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Vladimír Černík
Vladimír Černík (9 July 1917 – 2 April 2002) was a Czechoslovakian tennis player. He was a mainstay of his country's Davis Cup team in the years immediately following World War II, helping them reach the Inter-Zonal final in successive year ...
''(third round)''
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Vic Seixas
Elias Victor Seixas Jr. (; pronounced SAY-shus; born August 30, 1923) ''(fourth round)''
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Enrique Morea
Enrique Jorge Morea (11 April 1924 – 15 March 2017) was an Argentine tennis player.
Morea reached the singles semifinals of the French Championships in 1953, beating Mervyn Rose and Gardnar Mulloy and then losing to Ken Rosewall. At the F ...
''(third round)''
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Earl Cochell ''(first round)''
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Bernard Destremau
Bernard Destremau (; 11 February 1917 – 6 June 2002) was a French tennis player, tank officer, diplomat and politician.
Biography
Born in Paris into a military family, the third son of a WW I cavalry general, his success in accommodating comp ...
''(third round)''
Draw
Key
* Q =
Qualifier
In linguistics, a modifier is an optional element in phrase structure or clause structure which ''modifies'' the meaning of another element in the structure. For instance, the adjective "red" acts as a modifier in the noun phrase "red ball", provi ...
* WC =
Wild card
* LL =
Lucky loser
A lucky loser is a sports competitor (player or team) who loses a match in a knockout tournament or loses in qualifying, but who then enters the main draw, usually when another competitor withdraws during the tournament because of illness, injury ...
* r =
Retired
Retirement is the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours or workload.
Many people choose to retire when they are elderly or incapable of doing their j ...
Finals
Earlier rounds
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
References
External links
1947 U.S. National Championships on ITFtennis.com the source for this draw
{{DEFAULTSORT:U.S. National Championships - Men's singles,1947
Men's Singles
1947