Don Budge defeated Gene Mako in the final, 6–3, 6–8, 6–2, 6–1 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1938 U.S. National Championships. He became the first player in tennis history to complete the Grand Slam .[2]
Seeds edit 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]
Draw edit Key edit Finals edit Earlier rounds edit Section 1 edit Section 2 edit Section 3 edit Section 4 edit First round Second round Third round Fourth round 15 Grant 6 9 6 Everett 4 7 4 15 Grant 6 6 6 Mattmann Mattmann 2 2 2 Harman w/o 15 Grant 6 6 4 6 Henderson 6 6 5 9 Anderson 3 1 6 1 Bowden 3 4 7 7 Henderson 1 3 6 Anderson 6 6 4 6 Anderson 6 6 8 Rood 4 4 6 2 15 Grant 6 4 6 7 Bellis 3 4 6 6 7 3 Quist 1 6 1 5 Anderson 6 6 4 0 5 Bellis 6 11 2 Ballagh 6 7 6 Ballagh 8 13 6 Burt 2 5 2 Ballagh 6 2 4 4 Umstaedter 6 6 5 6 3 Quist 3 6 6 6 Johnson 4 4 7 2 Umstaedter 3 1 0 3 Quist 6 6 6 3 Quist 6 6 6 Broida 2 1 1
Section 5 edit Section 6 edit First round Second round Third round Fourth round 11 Kovacs 6 6 9 Filby 1 3 7 11 Kovacs 6 4 3 6 7 Kuramitsu 7 3 6 6 Kuramitsu 3 6 6 4 5 Hughes 5 6 2 2 11 Kovacs 0 2 6 Mako 6 6 6 Mako 6 6 8 Podesta 1 2 2 Mako 6 6 18 Foreman Foreman 2 1 16 Stephens w/o Mako 6 6 9 Weston 6 6 7 5 8 5 Punčec 2 4 7 Mangin 1 4 9 7 6 Weston 6 6 4 7 Lynch 6 6 6 Lynch 4 3 6 5 Freisenbruch 0 1 3 Weston 0 2 2 Kerdasha 6 6 6 5 Punčec 6 6 6 Lanas 0 2 1 Kerdasha 2 0 2 5 Punčec 6 4 6 6 5 Punčec 6 6 6 Du Rivage 1 6 1 4
Section 7 edit First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 Hunt 6 4 6 6 Abe 1 6 1 3 5 Hunt 6 8 6 Sabin 1 6 3 5 Hunt 6 6 6 Dunn 2 3 4 Steele Jr. 2 3 4 Dunn 6 6 6 5 Hunt 6 4 6 9 9 Petra 4 6 4 7 Murphy 3 6 6 5 4 Fishbach 6 4 4 7 6 Fishbach 2 4 3 9 Petra 6 6 6 Swanson 4 5 1 9 Petra 6 7 6
Section 8 edit References edit ^ a b Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York City]: New Chapter Press. p. 459. ISBN 978-0942257700 . ^ a b Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed – The USLTA Men's Singles Champions, 1881-1966 . Barre: Barre Publishers. p. 116. OCLC 172306. External links edit 1938 U.S. National Championships on ITFtennis.com 2016-03-31 at the Wayback Machine , the source for this draw