WIGHTMAN CUP

The 'Wightman Cup' was a team tennis competition for women contested from 1923 and 1989 between teams from the United States and Great Britain. Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman wanted to generate international interest in women's tennis the way Davis Cup did for men's. In 1923, she donated a sterling vase to the United States Lawn Tennis Association as a prize for a team competition. The USLTA decided to invite Great Britain to challenge for the prize. The matches were played in even years in Britain and in odd years in the US. The competition was continued through to the 1989 tournament. The USTA and the Lawn Tennis Association jointly announced on February 20, 1990 that the tournament would be indefinitely suspended, citing low interest following years of American domination."No Contest: Wightman Cup Is Canceled", ''Washington Post'', February 21, 1990

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Results

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Results

'Total wins:' 51 - 10 http://www.tennislovers.com/Content/guiness_noframes.htm

Year	Location	Winner	Score
1923	Forest Hills, New York		7-0
1924[1]	Wimbledon, England		6-1
1925[2]	Forest Hills, New York		4-3
1926[3]	Wimbledon, England		4-3
1927[4]	Forest Hills, New York		5-2
1928[5]	Wimbledon, England		4-3
1929[6]	Forest Hills, New York		4-3
1930[7]	Wimbledon, England		4-3
1931[8]	Forest Hills, New York		5-2
1932[9]	Wimbledon, England		4-3
1933[10]	Forest Hills, New York		4-3
1934[11]	Wimbledon, England		5-2
1935[12]	Forest Hills, New York		4-2
1936[13]	Wimbledon, England		4-3
1937[14]	Forest Hills, New York		6-1
1938[15]	Wimbledon, England		5-2
1939[16]	Forest Hills, New York		5-2
1940[17] 1945[18]	not held (WWII)
1946[19]	Wimbledon, England		7-0
1947[20]	Forest Hills, New York		7-0
1948Time magazine August 19, 1957. "U.S. women tennis players...again won the Wightman Cup which they have held since 1931."	United Kingdom
1949[21]	Haverford, Pennsylvania		7-0
1950[22]	United Kingdom
1951[23]	Brookline, Massachusetts		6-1
1952	United Kingdom
1953[24]	Rye, New York		7-0
1954	United Kingdom
1955	United States
1956	United Kingdom
1957[25]	United States		6-1
1958[26]	Wimbledon, England		4-3
1959[27]	United States		6-1
1960[28]	United Kingdom		4-3
1961[29]	Chicago, Illinois		6-1
1962Hartford Courant, August 15, 1967. "...earned the United States its seventh consecutive Wightman Cup..."	United Kingdom
1963	United States
1964[30]	Wimbledon, England		5-2
1965[31]	Cleveland, Ohio		5-2
1966[32]	Wimbledon, England		5-2
1967[33]	Cleveland, Ohio
1968Washington Post, August 27, 1973. "...led the United States to its fifth straight Wightman Cup championship..."	United Kingdom
1969	United States
1970	United Kingdom
1971[34]	United States		4-3
1972	United Kingdom
1973[35]	Brookline, Massachusetts
1974Washington Post, November 14, 1976. "...to bring the Wightman Cup back to the United States for the first time since 1973."	United Kingdom
1975	United States
1976[36]	United Kingdom		''4-2''
1978International Herald Tribune, April 25, 1995. "...discontinued in 1990 after the Americans won their 11th straight."
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989	Williamsburg, Virginia

References

1. Time magazine, June 30, 1924.
2. Time magazine, August 24, 1925.
3. New York Times, June 19, 1926.
4. Time magazine, August 22, 1927.
5. Time magazine, June 25, 1928.
6. Time magazine, August 19, 1929.
7. Time magazine, June 23, 1930.
8. Time magazine, August 17, 1931.
9. Time magazine, June 20, 1932.
10. Time magazine, August 13, 1933.
11. Time magazine, June 25, 1934.
12. Time magazine, August 26, 1935.
13. Time magazine, June 22, 1926.
14. Time magazine, August 30, 1937.
15. Time magazine, June 20, 1938.
16. Time magazine, September 4, 1939.
17. Time magazine, June 24, 1940
18. Time magazine, September 2, 1946 "For the first time since 1938, the top five U.S. women players...headed for England to play Britain's top women in Wightman Cup competition."
19. Time magazine, June 24, 1946.
20. Time magazine, August 25, 1947.
21. Time magazine, September 19, 1949.
22. Time magazine, September 17, 1951. "...on the Wightman Cup team which beat Britain."
23. Time magazine, September 3, 1951.
24. Time magazine, August 10, 1953.
25. Time magazine, August 19, 1957.
26. Time magazine, June 23, 1958.
27. Washington Post, August 17, 1959.
28. Time magazine, June 20, 1960.
29. Time magazine, September 1, 1961.
30. New York Times, June 15, 1964.
31. New York Times, August 10, 1965.
32. New York Times, June 12, 1966.
33. Hartford Courant, August 15, 1967.
34. Johnette Howard (2005). 'The Rivals'. Yellow Jersey Press. ISBN 0-22407-505-5
35. Washington Post, August 27, 1973.
36. Washington Post, November 14, 1976.

See also

★ Fed Cup