1938 U.S. National Championships (tennis)

1938 U.S. National Championships
Date	August 22–27[a] September 8–24[b]
Edition	58th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Grass
Location	Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts[a] Forest Hills, Queens, New York City[b] United States
Venue	Longwood Cricket Club[a] West Side Tennis Club[b]
Champions
Men's singles
Don Budge
Women's singles
Alice Marble
Men's doubles
Don Budge / Gene Mako
Women's doubles
Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble
Mixed doubles
Alice Marble / Don Budge

The 1938 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 City, United States. The tournament was scheduled to be held from Thursday September 8 until Saturday September 17 but was prolonged until Saturday September 24 due to poor weather caused by the 1938 New England hurricane. It was the 58th staging of the U.S. National Championships and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of the year.

American Don Budge won the men's singles title and became the first tennis player to win the Grand Slam i.e. winning all four Major tennis tournaments (Australian Championships, French Championships, Wimbledon Championships, and U.S. National Championships) in a single calendar year. Budge also won the doubles and mixed doubles title.^[1]

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 1938 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles

Don Budge defeated Gene Mako 6–3, 6–8, 6–2, 6–1

Women's singles

Main article: 1938 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles

Alice Marble defeated Nancye Wynne Bolton 6–0, 6–3

Men's doubles

Don Budge / Gene Mako defeated Adrian Quist / John Bromwich 6–3, 6–2, 6–1 ^[2]

Women's doubles

Sarah Palfrey Cooke / Alice Marble defeated Simonne Mathieu / Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6–8, 6–4, 6–3 ^[3]

Mixed doubles

Alice Marble / Don Budge defeated Thelma Coyne Long / John Bromwich 6–1, 6–2 ^[4]

Notes

1. Men's, women's and mixed doubles
2. Men's and women's singles

References

1. Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 61–63. ISBN 978-0942257700.
2. Collins, p. 477
3. Collins, p. 479
4. Collins, p. 482

External links

• Official US Open website

Preceded by 1938 Wimbledon Championships

Grand Slams

Succeeded by 1939 Australian Championships