• 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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    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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    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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  • Britain, named the Wightman Cup. Nell Hopman, wife of the legendary Australian Davis Cup Captain Harry Hopman, later took up Mrs Wightman's original idea....
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    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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    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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  • The 1989 Wightman Cup was the 61st and final edition of the annual women's international tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain...
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  • her opponent became the youngest ever Wightman Cup player, and the first player for four years to win a Wightman Cup match 6–0, 6–0. Wood played 28 singles...
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    Royal Albert Hall (category Wightman Cup)
    The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the edge of high street Kensington, London, England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272. Since the hall's opening...
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  • The 1988 Wightman Cup (also known as the 1988 British Car Auctions Wightman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 60th edition of the annual women's team...
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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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  • The 1925 Wightman Cup was the third edition of the Wightman Cup, the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain...
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  • The 1957 Wightman Cup was the 29th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held in Edgeworth...
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  • The 1953 Wightman Cup was the 25th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held from...
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  • The 1951 Wightman Cup was the 23rd 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 1959 Wightman Cup was the 31st edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held in Edgeworth...
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  • The 1934 Wightman Cup was the 12th 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 1949 Wightman Cup was the 21st 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 1978 Wightman Cup was the 50th 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 1954 Wightman Cup was the 26th edition of the annual competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the All England Lawn Tennis...
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  • The 1938 Wightman Cup was the 16th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held on 10...
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  • The 1979 Wightman Cup was the 51st edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held in West...
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  • Wightmans Grove, Ohio, United States Wightman axioms in quantum field theory, named after Arthur Wightman Wightman Cup, a former tennis competition between...
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  • The United States Wightman Cup team was the more successful team in the Wightman Cup tennis competition. The team won 51 titles out of 61 participations...
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  • The 1950 Wightman Cup was the 22nd 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 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 1984 Nabisco Wightman Cup was the 56th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held...
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    her in the semifinals. In 1983, she was the runner-up at the Family Circle Cup, losing the final to Navratilova in three sets. She also reached the quarterfinals...
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  • The 1969 Wightman Cup was the 41st edition of the yearly women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the...
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  • The 1926 Wightman Cup was the fourth edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at...
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