Second-seeded
Margaret Smith defeated
Lesley Turner 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the
1962 French Championships.
Seeds
The seeded players are listed below.
Margaret Smith is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.
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Ann Haydon ''(semifinals)''
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Margaret Smith ''(champion)''
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Christine Truman
Christine Clara Truman Janes (born 16 January 1941) is a former tennis player from the United Kingdom who was active from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. She won a singles Grand Slam title at the French Championships in 1959 and was a finalist ...
''(fourth round)''
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Zsuzsi Körmöczy ''(fourth round)''
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Sandra Price ''(quarterfinals)''
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Renée Schuurman ''(semifinals)''
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Edda Buding ''(quarterfinals)''
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Jan Lehane ''(quarterfinals)''
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Liz Starkie ''(fourth round)''
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Deidre Catt ''(third round)''
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Justina Bricka
Justina Bricka (born February 14, 1943) is an American former tennis player from St. Louis, Missouri.
In 1961 she was called up for the United States Wightman Cup team and had a win over Angela Mortimer.
Bricka's best year of doubles came while ...
''(fourth round)''
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Maria-Teresa Riedl ''(third round)''
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Lesley Turner ''(finalist)''
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Lea Pericoli
Lea Pericoli (22 March 1935 – 4 October 2024) was an Italian tennis player and later television presenter and journalist from Milan. She reached the last sixteen of the French Open twice and the Wimbledon Championships three times, and is als ...
''(third round)''
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Pilar Barril
Pilar Barril (10 October 1931 – 30 September 2011) was a Spanish tennis player who was active during the 1950s and early 1960s. She and María Josefa de Riba were the first Spanish women to play international tennis tournaments after World War ...
''(second round)''
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Jill Blackman
Jill Alison Emmerson (born 24 July 1942) is an Australian former tennis player from Sydney. She competed under her maiden name Jill Blackman until the late 1960s.
Emmerson was a singles quarterfinalist at the 1963 French Championships and 1964 ...
''(fourth round)''
Draw
Key
* Q =
Qualifier
* WC =
Wild card
Wild card most commonly refers to:
* Wild card (cards), a playing card that substitutes for any other card in card games
* Wild card (sports), a tournament or playoff place awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal pla ...
* 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. This can occur when another competitor withdraws during the tournament because of illness ...
* 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
* on the French Open website
{{DEFAULTSORT:French Championships - Women's Singles, 1962
1962
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War.
Events January
* January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
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