1892 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
	1892 U.S. National Championships
Champion	Mabel Cahill [1]
Runner-up	Elisabeth Moore [1]
Final score	5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Draw	8 + CR
Seeds	–

Mabel Cahill won the singles tennis title by defeating challenger Elisabeth Moore, a 17-year old player from the Hohokus Valley Tennis Club, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 in the Challenge Round of the 1892 U.S. Women's National Singles Championship.[2] Moore had won the right to challenge Cahill by defeating Helen Day Harris 5–7, 6–1, 6–1 in the final of the All Comers' competition. The event was played on outdoor grass courts and held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia from June 21 through June 25, 1892.[1]

Draw

Challenge round

Challenge Round


Mabel Cahill	5	6	6	4	6

Elisabeth Moore	7	3	4	6	2

All Comers' finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Finals


	Elisabeth Moore	6	6

	Elisabeth Slevin	0	0
						Elisabeth Moore	w	o

						Annabella Wistar
	Harriet Butler	4	6	8

	Annabella Wistar	6	2	6
										Elisabeth Moore	5	6	6

										Helen Day Harris	7	1	1
	Augusta Schultz	6	6

	Josephine White	1	1
						Augusta Schultz	2	6

						Helen Day Harris	6	8
	Helen Day Harris	6	4	6

	Hattie Beaumont	2	6	2

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References

Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 494. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.
"Summer society salad". The Philadelphia Inquirer. June 18, 1893. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com. ...Miss Cahill had by no means an easy time retaining the championship, as a "dark horse" in the person of Miss Bessie Moore, a young girl of only 17, of the Hohokus Valley Club, gave her a long and hard battle.

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[collins-1] Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 494. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.

[2] "Summer society salad". The Philadelphia Inquirer. June 18, 1893. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com. ...Miss Cahill had by no means an easy time retaining the championship, as a "dark horse" in the person of Miss Bessie Moore, a young girl of only 17, of the Hohokus Valley Club, gave her a long and hard battle.