title: 1923 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles
text: # 1923 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles
  
  First-seeded seventeen year-old Helen Wills defeated Molla Mallory6–2, 6–1 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1923 U.S. National Championships. The event was held at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, New York City. It was Wills' first U.S. National singles title.
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Final eight
  
  | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Molla Mallory | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | Helen Hooker | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | |
  | Helen Hooker | 3 | 1 | | Molla Mallory | 6 | 6 | | | |
  | | | | | Mabel Clayton | 4 | 2 | | | |
  | Leslie Bancroft | 3 | 1 | | Mabel Clayton | 4 | 2 | | | |
  | Mabel Clayton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | Mabel Clayton | 6 | 6 | | | | | Molla Mallory | 2 | 1 |
  | | | | | | | | Helen Wills | 6 | 6 |
  | Helen Wills | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | Helen Wills | 6 | 6 |
  | Kitty McKane | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | |
  | Kitty McKane | 6 | 2 | 5 | Helen Wills | 6 | 6 | | | |
  | | | | | Eleanor Goss | 4 | 0 | | | |
  | Eleanor Goss | 6 | 2 | 8 | Eleanor Goss | 4 | 0 | | | |
  | Phyllis Covell | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  