1949 French Championships – Women's Singles

First-seeded Margaret duPont defeated Nelly Adamson 7–5, 6–2 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1949 French Championships.[1]

Women's Singles
1949 French Championships
Champion	Margaret duPont
Runner-up	Nelly Adamson
Final score	7–5, 6–2
Seeds	16

Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Margaret duPont is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

Margaret duPont (Champion)
Louise Brough (Third round)
Nelly Adamson (Finalist)
Sheila Summers (Semifinalist)
Betty Hilton (First round)
Helen Rihbany (Quarterfinalist)
Annalisa Bossi (Semifinalist)
Jean Quertier (Quarterfinalist)
Nel Hermsen (Third round)
Monique Hamelin (Third round)
Helena Straubeova (First round)
Virginia Lee Boyer (First round)
Jacqueline Patorni (Third round)
Joy Gannon (Third round)
Joan P. Curry (Quarterfinalist)
Nicla Migliori (Third round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild Card
LL = Lucky Loser
r. = retired

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals


	1	Margaret duPont	6	6

	8	Jean Quertier	4	2
								1	Margaret duPont	6	6

								4	Sheila Summers	3	3
	4	Sheila Summers	6	6

		Anne-Marie Seghers	3	1
															1	Margaret duPont	7	6

															3	Nelly Adamson	5	2
	6	Helen Rihbany	9	3	3

	3	Nelly Adamson	7	6	6
								3	Nelly Adamson	6	6

								7	Annalisa Bossi	3	0
	7	Annalisa Bossi	6	4	6

	15	Joan P. Curry	3	6	3

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals


								1	duPont	6	6
									Boegner	0	3
															1	duPont	6	6
															16	Migliori	2	2
									Harline-Arni
								16	Migliori
																						1	duPont	6	6
																						8	Quertier	4	2
								8	Quertier	8	7
									Watermeyer	6	5
															8	Quertier	3	6	6
		Kornfeld	8	5	5										9	Hermsen	6	1	2
	9	Hermsen	6	7	7			9	Hermsen	6	6
		Bernard	8	8	6				Bernard	3	2
		Butler	10	6	3

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

	4	Summers	6	6
		Hibbert	3	0				4	Summers	6	6
		Brunnarius	6	6					Brunnarius	2	3
		Scholten-Klein	3	2											4	Summers	6	6
	13	Patorni	6	6											13	Patorni	4	2
		Rigollet	4	3				13	Patorni	6	6
		Hollier-Larousse	6	6					Hollier-Larousse	4	4
		San Donnino	2	4																		4	Summers	6	6
	5	Hilton	6	1	0																		Seghers	3	1
		Seghers	4	6	6				Seghers	6	6
		Delagrave	2	2					Dowdeswell	3	2
		Dowdeswell	6	6												Seghers	6	6
	12	Boyer	2	7	0											Marcellin	4	4
		Marcellin	6	5	6				Marcellin	9	6
		De Borman	6	6					De Borman	7	2
		Bourbonnais	1	2

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

		Jamain	4	6	9
	11	Straubeova	6	4	7				Jamain	3	9
		De Cazalet	8	4	6				De Cazalet	6	11
		Sutz	6	6	2											De Cazalet	7	2	7
		Manfredi	6	7											6	Rihbany	5	6	9
		Barbier	0	5					Manfredi	0	8	7
		Galtier	2	1				6	Rihbany	6	6	9
	6	Rihbany	6	6																		6	Rihbany	7	6	6
		Jucker	4	16	5																	3	Adamson	9	3	3
		Halff	6	14	7				Halff	4	8	3
	14	Gannon	6	6				14	Gannon	6	6	6
		Boutin	3	4											14	Gannon	3	3
		Foy	6	6											3	Adamson	6	6
		Inglebert	4	3					Foy	2	0
		McGuire	2	2				3	Adamson	6	6
	3	Adamson	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

		Savoye	7	6
		Greiss	5	2					Savoye	1	7	2
		Walter						10	Hamelin	6	5	6
	10	Hamelin													10	Hamelin	4	1
															7	Bossi	6	6
									Ravoux	1	3
								7	Bossi	6	6
																						7	Bossi	6	4	6
																						15	Curry	3	6	3
									Pannetier	3	3
								15	Curry	6	6
															15	Curry	4	9	6
															2	Brough	6	7	2
									Amouretti	2	0
								2	Brough	6	6

References

Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 394. ISBN 978-0942257700.

External links

"Official 1949 Women's Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-04-29. (69.2 KiB) on the French Open website

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