1926 French Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1926 French Championships
Champion	Suzanne Lenglen
Runner-up	Mary Kendall Browne
Score	6–1, 6–0
Draw	32
Seeds	8

Suzanne Lenglen defeated Mary Kendall Browne 6–1, 6–0 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1926 French Championships. Lenglen dropped four games in her five matches.

Seeds

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

1. Suzanne Lenglen (champion)
2. Helen Wills (second round)
3. Mary Kendall Browne (final)
4. Elizabeth Ryan (quarterfinals)
5. Joan Fry (semifinals)
6. Kathleen McKane Godfree (quarterfinals)
7. Diddie Vlasto (first round)
8. Yvonne Bourgeois (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• r = Retired

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Suzanne Lenglen	6	6
		Simonne Mathieu	0	0
								1	Suzanne Lenglen	6	6
								5	Joan Fry	2	1
	4	Elizabeth Ryan	5	6	9
	5	Joan Fry	7	3	11
															1	Suzanne Lenglen	6	6
															3	Mary K. Browne	1	0
	3	Mary K. Browne	7	6
	6	Kathleen McKane Godfree	5	0
								3	Mary K. Browne	8	6
									Kea Bouman	6	2
		Hélène Contostavlos	2	9	6
		Kea Bouman	6	7	8

Earlier rounds

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	Lenglen	6	6
		Péteri	0	0				1	Lenglen	6	6
		Shepherd-Barron	6	6					Shepherd-Barron	0	0
		Conquet	4	3											1	Lenglen	6	6
		Jessup	6	6												Mathieu	0	0
		Lebesnerais	3	2					Jessup	6	7	0
		Mathieu	6	0	6				Mathieu	2	9	6
	8	Bourgeois	2	6	1																	1	Lenglen	6	6
	4	Ryan	5	6	6																	5	Fry	2	1
		Danet	7	2	3			4	Ryan	6	6
		Vaussard	6	6					Vaussard	4	2
		Charnelet	3	1											4	Ryan	5	6	9
	5	Fry	6	6											5	Fry	7	3	11
		Bourgeois	4	1				5	Fry	13	6
		Descleres	6	6					Descleres	11	1
		Le Conte	2	4

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	3	Browne	6	6
		Des Landes De Danoet	3	1				3	Browne	6	4	6
		Devé	6	6					Devé	4	6	3
		Munford	3	4											3	Browne	7	6
		Grasset	6	6											6	Godfree	5	0
		Wyns-Speranza	1	2					Grasset	4	4
		De Borman	1	2				6	Godfree	6	6
	6	Godfree	6	6																		3	Browne	8	6
		Lecaron	4	2																			Bouman	6	2
		Contostavlos	6	6					Contostavlos	6	6
		Sherbatskoy	6	6				7	Vlasto	2	2
	7	Vlasto	3	0												Contostavlos	2	9	6
		Bouman	6	6												Bouman	6	7	8
		Colyer	2	1					Bouman	w/o
		Golding	3	5				2	Wills
	2	Wills	6	7

External links

• [1] Source for the draw at Fédération Française de Tennis website, fft.fr