Two-time defending champion
Maureen Connolly defeated
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 ...
in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1953 U.S. National Championships. With the win, she became the first woman in history to complete the
Grand Slam.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Maureen Connolly is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.
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Maureen Connolly ''(champion)''
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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 ...
''(finalist)''
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Shirley Fry ''(semifinals)''
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Louise Brough ''(semifinals)''
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Margaret Osborne duPont ''(quarterfinals)''
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Althea Gibson ''(quarterfinals)''
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Helen Perez ''(quarterfinals)''
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Babara Lewis ''(third round)''
Draw
Key
* Q =
Qualifier
* WC =
Wild card
* LL =
Lucky loser
* r =
Retired
Final eight
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:U.S. National Championships - Women's Singles,1953
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...
1953 in women's tennis
1953 in American women's sports
Women's Singles