1936 U.S. National Championships (tennis)

1936 U.S. National Championships
Date 3 September – 12 September
Edition 56th
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface Grass / Outdoor
Location Forest Hills, Queens
New York, USA
Venue West Side Tennis Club
Champions
Men's Singles
United Kingdom Fred Perry
Women's Singles
United States Alice Marble
Men's Doubles
United States Don Budge / United States Gene Mako
Women's Doubles
United States Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn / United States Carolin Babcock
Mixed Doubles
United States Alice Marble / United States Gene Mako

The 1936 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills in New York, USA. The tournament ran from 3 September until 12 September. It was the 56th staging of the U.S. National Championships and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of the year.[1]

Fred Perry's victory would remain as the last Grand Slam tournament won by a British man until Andy Murray won the US Open in 2012, 76 years apart.[2]

Champions

Men's Singles

United Kingdom Fred Perry defeated United States Don Budge 2–6, 6–2, 8–6, 1–6, 10–8

Women's Singles

United States Alice Marble defeated United States Helen Jacobs 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Men's doubles

United States Don Budge / United States Gene Mako defeated United States Wilmer Allison / United States John Van Ryn 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 [3]

Women's doubles

United States Carolin Babcock / United States Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn defeated United States Helen Hull Jacobs / United States Sarah Palfrey Cooke 9–7, 2–6, 6–4 [4]

Mixed doubles

United States Alice Marble / United States Gene Mako defeated United States Sarah Palfrey Cooke / United States Don Budge 6–3, 6–2 [5]

References

  1. Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 55–57. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. "Andy Murray wins US Open: 'It's great to have finally done it'". The Guardian. 11 September 2012.
  3. Collins, p. 477
  4. Collins, p. 479
  5. Collins, p. 482

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Preceded by
1936 Wimbledon Championships
Grand Slams Succeeded by
1937 Australian Championships
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