1917 U.S. National Championships (tennis)

1917 U.S. National Championships
DateAugust 20 – 25 (M)
June 18 – 23 (W)
Edition37th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceGrass
LocationForest Hills, Queens
New York City, U.S. (M)
Chestnut Hill, PA, U.S. (W)
VenueWest Side Tennis Club (M)
Philadelphia Cricket Club (W)
Champions
Men's singles
United States Robert Lindley Murray[1]
Women's singles
Norway Molla Bjurstedt[2]
Men's doubles
United States Fred Alexander / United States Harold Throckmorton[3]
Women's doubles
Norway Molla Bjurstedt / United States Eleonora Sears[4]
Mixed doubles
Norway Molla Bjurstedt / United States Irving Wright[5]
Chuck Garland at the 1917 U.S. National Championships

The 1917 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open), officially renamed that year to National Patriotic Tournament, was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills in New York City, United States. The tournament ran from August 20 until August 25. It was the 37th staging of the U.S. National Championships and due to World War I the only Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

  1. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 457. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ Collins, p. 468
  3. ^ Collins, p. 477
  4. ^ Collins, p. 479
  5. ^ Collins, p. 481

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