1958 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles
# 1958 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles

Defending champion Althea Gibson defeated Darlene Hard in the final, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1958 U.S. National Championships.

## Seeds

The seeded players are listed below. Althea Gibson is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.

* Althea Gibson (champion)
* Dorothy Knode (quarterfinals)
* Ann Haydon (third round)
* Maria Bueno (quarterfinals)
* Janet Hopps (first round)
* Sally Moore (quarterfinals)
* Christine Truman (quarterfinals)
* Beverly Baker Fleitz (semifinals)

## Draw

### Key

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

### Final eight

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Althea Gibson | 11 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Christine Truman | 9 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Christine Truman | 9 | 1 | 1 | Althea Gibson | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | Beverly Baker Fleitz | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | Maria Bueno | 1 | 2 | 8 | Beverly Baker Fleitz | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| 8 | Beverly Baker Fleitz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Beverly Baker Fleitz | 6 | 6 | | | | | 1 | Althea Gibson | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Darlene Hard | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Dorothy Knode | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | Darlene Hard | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| | Jeanne Arth | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jeanne Arth | 6 | 6 | | Jeanne Arth | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | Darlene Hard | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Darlene Hard | 6 | 6 | 4 | Darlene Hard | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | Sally Moore | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
