1932 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles
# 1932 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles

First-seeded Helen Jacobs defeated Carolin Babcock 6–2, 6–2 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1932 U.S. National Championships.

## Seeds

The tournament used two lists of players for seeding the women's singles event; one list of eight U.S. players and a list for three foreign players. Helen Jacobs is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.

* Helen Jacobs (champion)
* Anna McCune Harper (quarterfinals)
* Marjorie Morrill (quarterfinals)
* Josephine Cruickshank (third round)
* Sarah Palfrey (first round)
* Carolin Babcock (finalist)
* Virginia Hilleary (third round)
* Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn (quarterfinals)
* Elsie Goldsack Pittman (semifinals)
* Joan Ridley (semifinals)
* Marjorie Leeming (third round)

## Draw

### Final eight

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Helen Jacobs | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Helen Jacobs | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | (1) | Elsie Goldsack Pittman | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| (1) | Elsie Goldsack Pittman | 6 | 6 | | (1) | Elsie Goldsack Pittman | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Mary Greef | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mary Greef | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | Helen Jacobs | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | (4) | Carolin Babcock | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Carolin Babcock | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | (4) | Carolin Babcock | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Anna McCune Harper | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Anna McCune Harper | 3 | 5 | | 6 | Carolin Babcock | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | (2) | Joan Ridley | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| (2) | Joan Ridley | 3 | 8 | 6 | (2) | Joan Ridley | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| 2 | Marjorie Morrill | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
