1924 Wightman Cup

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1924 Wightman Cup
Details
Edition2nd
Champion
Winning Nation Great Britain
1923
1925

The 1924 Wightman Cup was the 2nd edition of the Wightman Cup, the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. Great Britain defeated the visiting United States team, winning their first title.[1][2][3]

Result[edit]


Great Britain
6
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, United Kingdom
18–19 June 1924
Grass

United States
1
1 2 3
1 United Kingdom
United States
Phyllis Covell
Helen Wills
6
2
6
4
   
2 United Kingdom
United States
Kathleen McKane
Molla Mallory
6
3
6
3
   
3 United Kingdom
United States
Kathleen McKane
Helen Wills
6
2
6
2
   
4 United Kingdom
United States
Phyllis Covell
Molla Mallory
6
2
5
7
6
3
 
5 United Kingdom
United States
Geraldine Beamish
Eleanor Goss
6
1
8
10
6
3
 
6 United Kingdom
United States
Phyllis Covell / Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
Marion Jessup / Eleanor Goss
6
2
6
2
   
7 United Kingdom
United States
Kathleen McKane / Evelyn Colyer
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills
0
6
3
6
   

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis : An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.
  2. ^ USTA, United States Tennis Association (1979). Bill Shannon (ed.). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (Rev. and updated 1st ed.). New York: Harper & Row. p. 362. ISBN 0060144785.
  3. ^ Max Robertson, ed. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. p. 388. ISBN 0047960426.