Second-seeded Louise Brough defeated first-seeded Margaret Osborne 8–6, 4–6, 6–1 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1947 U.S. National Championships.

[1][2] The tournament used two lists of players for seeding the women's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players.

Louise Brough is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.

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