1931 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1931 U.S. National Championships
Final
ChampionUnited States Ellsworth Vines[1]
Runner-upUnited States George Lott[1]
Score7–9, 6–3, 9–7, 7–5
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1930 · U.S. National Championships · 1932 →
1931 tennis event results

First-seeded Ellsworth Vines defeated fourth-seeded George Lott 7–9, 6–3, 9–7, 7–5 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1931 U.S. National Championships.[2]

Seeds

The tournament used two lists of eight players for seeding the men's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players. Fred Perry is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

  1. United States Ellsworth Vines (champion)
  2. United States Frank Shields (quarterfinals)
  3. United States Sidney Wood (third round)
  4. United States George Lott (finalist)
  5. United States John Doeg (semifinals)
  6. United States Clifford Sutter (fourth round)
  7. United States John Van Ryn (quarterfinals)
  8. United States Wilmer Allison (second round)
  1. United Kingdom Fred Perry (semifinals)
  2. France Christian Boussus (fourth round)
  3. United Kingdom George P. Hughes (third round)
  4. France Jacques Brugnon (second round)
  5. Canada Jack Wright (first round)
  6. Canada Marcel Rainville (first round)
  7. France Marcel Bernard (second round)
  8. France Andre Merlin (third round)

Draw

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
1 United States Ellsworth Vines 6 6 8
United States Berkeley Bell 1 4 6
1 United States Ellsworth Vines 4 3 6 6 6
(1) United Kingdom Fred Perry 6 6 4 4 3
United States Frank Bowden 2 3 4
(1) United Kingdom Fred Perry 6 6 6
1 United States Ellsworth Vines 7 6 9 7
4 United States George Lott 9 3 7 5
2 United States Frank Shields 2 9 6 6
5 United States John Doeg 6 11 4 8
5 United States John Doeg 5 3 0
4 United States George Lott 7 6 6
4 United States George Lott 5 1 6 7 6
7 United States John Van Ryn 7 6 0 5 1

References

  1. ^ a b Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York City]: New Chapter Press. p. 458. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed – The USLTA Men's Singles Champions, 1881-1966. Barre: Barre Publishers. p. 109. OCLC 172306.
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