The 1947 Wightman Cup was the 19th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the...
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The Wightman Cup was an annual team tennis competition for women contested from 1923 through 1989 (except during World War II) between teams from the United...
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collector Louise Wightman (Lucy) (born 1959), American bodybuilder and dancer Mark Wightman (born 1947), British chemist Ralph Wightman (1901–1971), British...
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The 1946 Wightman Cup was the 18th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the...
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The 1948 Wightman Cup was the 20th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the...
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Hotchkiss Wightman, CBE (née Hotchkiss; December 20, 1886 – December 5, 1974) was an American tennis player and founder of the Wightman Cup, an annual...
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Annabel Croft (section Fed Cup)
Virginia Slims of San Diego and represented Great Britain in the Fed Cup and the Wightman Cup. After retiring from tennis, she turned to television presenting...
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with Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman. Wills entered her first Wimbledon Championships a few days after the conclusion of the Wightman Cup. She came through the...
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defeating Gibson, the reigning Wimbledon champion, in the Wightman Cup and helped bring the cup back to Great Britain after 21 consecutive defeats by the...
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Nottingham Forest F.C. (category FA Cup winners)
and 1990 League Cups and were losing finalists in the 1991 FA Cup final and 1992 League Cup final, before relegation from the Premier League in 1993. Upon...
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Three-peat (section NASCAR Cup Series)
Ivan Lendl 2004–2008 Roger Federer (5-peat) 1909–1911 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1912–1914 Mary Browne 1915–1918 Molla Mallory 1920–1922 Molla Mallory 1923–1925...
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Maud Barger-Wallach 1909: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1910: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1911: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1912: Mary Browne 1913: Mary Browne 1914:...
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defeated in straight sets by Shirley Fry and Doris Hart. At the 1951 Wightman Cup, she won her doubles match as the U.S. defeated Great Britain 6–1. On...
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traditional home of Jenner Park, Barry, which holds 3,500 spectators. Steel Wightman Molyneux White Thomas Bates Woolridge Greenaway McNaught Sheldon Isherwood...
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States team in seven Federation Cups and nine Wightman Cups. For three years, she was the U.S. captain in the Federation Cup. King is an advocate of gender...
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Blair. Blair represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup from 1946 to 1948. In the 1948 Wightman Cup she earned plaudits for her performance in a surprise...
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West Side Tennis Club (category Wightman Cup)
and then again from 1924 to 1977. In addition, the finals of the Davis Cup were held at the club ten times, more than any other venue. The US Pro tournament...
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sources (references needed) Davis Cup (men) Billie Jean King Cup (women) Hopman Cup (men/women) Laver Cup (men) United Cup (men/women) Abierto Juvenil Mexicano...
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2017 when, together with Aliaksandra Sasnovich, they led the Belarus Fed Cup team to a runner-up finish despite both of them being ranked outside the...
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and quarterfinal victories came in three sets. In the Fed Cup (eventually Billie Jean King Cup) in 2019, she was a hitting partner for the British team...
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Maud Barger-Wallach 1909: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1910: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1911: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 1912: Mary Browne 1913: Mary Browne 1914:...
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Elizabeth Ryan 1923: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan 1924: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills 1925: Suzanne Lenglen / Elizabeth Ryan 1926: Mary Browne...
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(excluding 1977). Marie Wagner won more singles titles (6) and Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman won more doubles titles (10) at this tournament than any other woman. Lois...
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In September 2018, Gauff represented the United States at the Junior Fed Cup with Alexa Noel and Connie Ma. The team reached the final against Ukraine...
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and some coaching from, Bill Tilden. Like both her Wightman Cup coach Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman and her archrival Helen Wills Moody, she grew up in Berkeley...
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Winnie Shaw (category 1947 births)
Scotland, Joyce Williams. She represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup and the Federation Cup teams between 1966 and 1972. After her marriage in 1972 she...
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Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Wallace F. Johnson 1910: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Joseph R. Carpenter Jr. 1911: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Wallace F. Johnson...
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Wimbledon quarterfinalist • 1996 US Open quarterfinalist Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman United States 1886 1974 4 1909/1910/1911/1919 U.S. Championships champion...
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returned later that spring after receiving an invitation to play in the Wightman Cup. She retired for the final time in 1957, and was inducted into the International...
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Morgan was originally a tennis player who played for Britain in the Wightman Cup in 1946. She quickly turned to squash and in 1948 and 1949 was a losing...
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