Wightman Cup

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 US matches were played at Forest Hills from the first year, 1923, until 1947, and the British matches were played at Wimbledon from the first year, 1924, until 1972.cite web| title = The LTA 1945 to 1988| work = History| publisher = LTA| url = http://www.lta.org.uk/AboutUs/History/19451988/ | accessdate =2008-04-23 ] In 1978, it was moved indoors to the Royal Albert Hall,Citation| title = Wightman Cup official programmes 1978 and 1980| year = 1978 and 1980| date =1978-11-02 and 1980-10-30.] and it was sponsored for the first time and was called the Carnation Wightman Cup. 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]

Results

Total wins: USA 51 - 10 GBR [http://www.tennislovers.com/Content/guiness_noframes.htm Guiness Tennis Book of World Records ] ]

References

ee also

* Fed Cup


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