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4 unusual facts about Wightman Cup


1930 Wightman Cup

The 1930 Wightman Cup was the 8th edition of the annual competition between the United States and Great Britain.

1931 Wightman Cup

The 1931 Wightman Cup was the ninth edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain.

1953 Wightman Cup

The 1953 Wightman Cup was the 25th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain.

Phyllis Covell

In 1924 she was part of the British Wightman Cup team who defeated the United States 6–1 at Wimbledon.


Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

So, Julian Myrick of the United States Lawn Tennis Association decided that a U.S.-Britain competition would be in order for the Wightman Cup.

Sara Gomer

She played in four editions of the Wightman Cup, playing five singles and four doubles matches, which were all losses, from 1986 to 1989.


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Ted Tinling

Although he only ever designed dresses for Chris Evert's Federation & Wightman Cup appearances, he designed her wedding dress when she married John Lloyd in 1979.