1937 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles


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Don Budge defeated Gottfried von Cramm 6–1, 7–9, 6–1, 3–6, 6–1 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1937 U.S. National Championships.[2]

Men's singles
1937 U.S. National Championships
Final
ChampionUnited States Don Budge[1]
Runner-upGermany Gottfried von Cramm[1]
Score6–1, 7–9, 6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1936 · U.S. National Championships · 1938 →

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. Don Budge is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.[2]

U.S.
  1.   Don Budge (champion)
  2.   Bobby Riggs (semifinals)
  3.   Frank Parker (semifinals)
  4.   Bryan Grant (quarterfinals)
  5.   Joe Hunt (quarterfinals)
  6.   Hal Surface (fourth round)
  7.   John McDiarmid (third round)
  8.   John Van Ryn (quarterfinals)
Foreign
  1.   Gottfried von Cramm (finalist)
  2.   Henner Henkel (second round)
  3.   Jiro Yamagishi (fourth round)
  4.   Charles Hare (quarterfinals)
  5.   Yvon Petra (fourth round)
  6.   Fumiteru Nakano (fourth round)
  7.   Hideo Nishimura (second round)
  8.   Jacques Brugnon (second round)
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
1   Don Budge 6 6 6
9   Joseph Hunt 1 2 4
1   Don Budge 6 6 6
5   Frank Parker 2 1 3
5   Frank Parker 6 12 6
15   John Van Ryn 2 10 2
1   Don Budge 6 7 6 3 6
1   Gottfried von Cramm 1 9 1 6 1
3   Bobby Riggs 4 1 6 6 7
7   Charles Hare 6 6 3 0 5
3   Bobby Riggs 6 8 3 3 2
1   Gottfried von Cramm 0 6 6 6 6
7   Bryan Grant 7 6 6 3 3
1   Gottfried von Cramm 9 2 2 6 6
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1   Budge 6 6 6
  Winslow 3 3 3
1   Budge 6 6 6
  Abrams 0 1 1
  Anderson 2 6 1 0
  Abrams 6 3 6 6
1   Budge 6 6 6
9   Petra 0 3 1
  Mulloy
  Bickel w/o
  Mulloy 5 6 4 6 0
9   Petra 7 3 6 3 6
  Bowman 2 2 3
9   Petra 6 6 6
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
9   Hunt 7 6 6
  Morrison 5 3 2
9   Hunt 1 5 6 7 6
  Anderson 6 7 1 5 0
  Low 4 4 7
  Anderson 6 6 9
9   Hunt 3 6 6 6
5   Yamagishi 6 1 1 1
  Alloo 1 2 0
  Cameron 6 6 6
  Cameron 2 3 6
  Watt 6 2 6 6 5   Yamagishi 6 6 8
  Earle 2 6 3 1   Watt 2 1 3
5   Yamagishi 6 6 6 5   Yamagishi 6 6 6
  Carr 1 2 3
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
5   Parker 6 6 6
  Gillespie 2 1 0 5   Parker 3 6 6 6
  Bowden   Bowden 6 2 3 1
  Peterson w/o 5   Parker 6 8 6
  Hunt 6 6 6   Hunt 1 6 1
  Harman 2 1 4   Hunt 6 6 6
17   Jones 6 6 3 6 17   Jones 0 3 3
  Cuccioli 3 4 6 3 5   Parker 3 4 6 6 6
  Cooke 6 6 6   Wood 6 6 1 3 0
  Lauck 4 1 3   Cooke 6 6 7
  Kantrowitz 6 12 6   Kantrowitz 1 4 5
  Burt 3 10 3   Cooke 2 2 2
  Wood 6 6 6   Wood 6 6 6
  Kynaston 1 2 2   Wood 4 6 6 6
13   Nishimura 6 9 6 13   Nishimura 6 2 2 0
  Kelleher 4 7 3
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
15   Van Ryn 5 8 8 6
  Dunn 7 6 6 4 15   Van Ryn 6 9 10 6 6
  Heldman 7 12 3 6   Heldman 8 7 12 3 2
  Hendrix 5 10 6 3 15   Van Ryn 6 8 6
  Hartman 6 6 6   Coghlan 4 6 1
  Lavine 2 3 1   Hartman 6 3 8 6 4
  Coghlan   Coghlan 3 6 6 8 6
  Dorson w/o 15   Van Ryn 6 6 6
  Harris 6 6 1 2 6   Harris 3 1 1
  Mangin 0 1 6 6 0   Harris 6 2 7 5 6
  Lurie   Lurie 2 6 5 7 4
  Potts w/o   Harris 6 7 12 6
  Buxby 4 7 6 6   Buxby 8 5 10 1
  Podesta 6 5 3 1   Buxby 5 6 6 6
3   Henkel 6 7 6 3   Henkel 7 1 4 4
  Bobbitt 1 5 0
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
3   Riggs 7 6 9
  McGehee 5 1 7 3   Riggs 2 6 6 7
  Mako 6 6 6   Mako 6 3 4 5
  Lucia 3 1 4 3   Riggs 6 6 6
  Davenport 1 6 8 6   Robertson 4 4 4
  Marcum 6 1 6 4   Davenport 1 6 17 5
  Robertson   Robertson 6 3 19 7
  Sutter w/o 3   Riggs 3 7 6 8
  Swanson 5 4 6 6 6 11   Nakano 6 5 3 6
  Washburn 7 6 3 1 3   Swanson 7 7 4 6
  Lubin 8 10 6   Lubin 5 5 6 4
  Tilden 6 8 4   Swanson 8 6 1 6 3
  Welsh 1 9 6 6 11   Nakano 10 4 6 3 6
  Fishbach 6 7 0 1   Welsh 1 6 1 4
11   Nakano 7 6 6 11   Nakano 6 4 6 6
  Gilpin 5 2 1
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
13   McDiarmid 6 3 6 6
  Wetherell 1 6 1 0 13   McDiarmid 6 6 6
  Mitchell   Mitchell 4 3 4
  Fischer w/o 13   McDiarmid 3 6 3 6 5r
  Coggeshall 6 6 6   Cuninggim 6 3 6 4 1
  Curtiss 2 1 2   Coggeshall 3 1 5
  Cuninggim 4 6 6 6   Cuninggim 6 6 7
18   Wilson 6 3 4 3   Cuninggim 6 6 3 4 2
  Culley 6 6 6 7   Hare 4 4 6 6 6
  Lynch 4 3 4   Culley 6 6 6
  Adelsberg   Adelsberg 0 1 4
  McCauliff w/o   Culley 6 6 4 1 0
  Mattmann 6 6 8 7   Hare 4 2 6 6 6
  Rider 4 4 6   Mattmann 3 1 2
7   Hare 6 6 6 7   Hare 6 6 6
  Mercur 3 2 4
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
7   Grant 6 9 6
  Deloford 4 7 3 7   Grant 6 6 6
  Hall 2 6 6 6   Hall 2 2 1
  Hawley 6 3 4 2 7   Grant 6 6 6
  Steele Jr. 4 2 2
  Steele Jr.
  Burgess w/o
7   Grant 6 4 5 6 6
  Sabin 2 6 7 1 1
  Guernsey 5 2 6 5
  Sabin 7 6 1 7
  Sabin 6 6 1 6
  Toley 3 3 6 4
  Toley 8 6 6
15   Brugnon 6 4 1
First round Second round Third round Fourth round
11   Surface
  Moreno w/o
11   Surface 6 3 6
  Kamrath 3 6 3
  Mahoney 4 3 3
  Kamrath 6 6 6
11   Surface 6 5 6 5
1   von Cramm 8 7 3 7
  McNeill 6 6 6
  Umstaedter 0 3 2
  McNeill 2 3 6 4
1   von Cramm 6 6 2 6
  Jarvis 1 4 2
1   von Cramm 6 6 6
  1. ^ a b Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York City]: New Chapter Press. p. 459. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed – The USLTA Men's Singles Champions, 1881-1966. Barre: Barre Publishers. p. 115. OCLC 172306.