Third-seeded
Nelly Landry
Nelly Adamson Landry (28 December 1916 – 22 February 2010) was a tennis player from Belgium who became a French citizen after marriage. She was the 1948 women's singles champion at the French Open, French Championships where she was seeded thir ...
defeated
Shirley Fry
Shirley June Fry Irvin (née Fry; June 30, 1927 – July 13, 2021) was an American tennis player. During her career, which lasted from the early 1940s until the mid-1950s, she won the singles title at all four Grand Slam events, as well as 13 dou ...
6–2, 0–6, 6–0 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the
1948 French Championships.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Nelly Landry
Nelly Adamson Landry (28 December 1916 – 22 February 2010) was a tennis player from Belgium who became a French citizen after marriage. She was the 1948 women's singles champion at the French Open, French Championships where she was seeded thir ...
is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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Doris Hart
Doris Hart (June 20, 1925 – May 29, 2015) was an American tennis player 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 sing ...
''(semifinals)''
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Patricia Todd
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''(semifinals)''
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Nelly Landry
Nelly Adamson Landry (28 December 1916 – 22 February 2010) was a tennis player from Belgium who became a French citizen after marriage. She was the 1948 women's singles champion at the French Open, French Championships where she was seeded thir ...
''(champion)''
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Shirley Fry
Shirley June Fry Irvin (née Fry; June 30, 1927 – July 13, 2021) was an American tennis player. During her career, which lasted from the early 1940s until the mid-1950s, she won the singles title at all four Grand Slam events, as well as 13 dou ...
''(finalist)''
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Zsuzsi Körmöczy ''(second round)''
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Mary Prentiss ''(quarterfinals)''
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Annalisa Bossi
Annalisa Bossi (born Anneliese Ullstein; 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 victo ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Helen Rihbany ''(quarterfinals)''
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Colette Boegner ''(third round)''
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Márta Peterdy ''(third round)''
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Miriamme De Borman ''(third round)''
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Jacqueline Patorni ''(third round)''
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Alice Weiwers ''(second round)''
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Bea Carris ''(third round)''
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Arlette Halff ''(third round)''
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Jaqueline Boutin ''(third round)''
Draw
Key
* Q =
Qualifier
* WC =
Wild card
* LL =
Lucky loser
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* r =
Retired
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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
References
External links
* on the French Open website
{{DEFAULTSORT:French Championships - Women's Singles,1948
1948 in women's tennis
1948
Events January
* January 1
** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...
1948 in French women's sport
1948 in French tennis