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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. Result See also * 1924 Davis Cup References {{1924 in tennis Wightman Cups by year Wightman Cup Wightman Cup Wightman Cup Wightman Cup 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 States and Great Britain. History U.S. player Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman wanted to generate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Wightman Cup
The 1923 Wightman Cup, named after the founder Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, was the first edition of the Wightman Cup, the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens in New York City in New York in the United States. The competition was scheduled to start on Friday, 10 August but was postponed until Saturday in observance of a day of mourning for U.S. President Warren G. Harding. As there was no play on Sunday the event was concluded on Monday, 13 August. The inaugural competition was played as the opening match of the newly constructed tennis stadium at the West Side Tennis Club The West Side Tennis Club is a private tennis club located in Forest Hills, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. The club has 38 tennis courts in all four surfaces ( clay court, Har-Tru, grass court and hardcourt), a junior .... The United States team won the inaugural cup by winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine Beamish
Winifred Geraldine Ramsey Beamish (''née'' Ramsey; 23 June 1883 – 10 May 1972) was an English tennis player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. Biography Winifred Geraldine Ramsey was born on 23 June 1883 at Forest Gate, London. She married tennis player Alfred Beamish on 30 September 1911. She competed at The Championships, Wimbledon from 1910 throughout 1933 in each year the tournament was held, reaching the semifinals three times in 1919, 1922 and 1923. In 1919 she lost to Phyllis Satterthwaite, in 1922, she lost to Molla Mallory and the following year to Suzanne Lenglen. In 1920 she won the silver medal in the Olympics doubles competition with her partner Dorothy Holman. She also competed in the mixed doubles event with her husband Alfred, but they were eliminated in the second round. In the singles competition she had a walkover in the first round and was eliminated in the second round by her doubles partner Dorothy Holman. One of her greatest triumphs wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 In Women's Tennis
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1924 In Tennis
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Wightman Cups By Year
Wightman may refer to: *Andy Wightman, Scottish Green MSP and writer *Arthur Wightman (1922–2013), American theoretical physicist *Brian Wightman (born 1976), Australian politician *Bruce Wightman (1925–2009), actor who co-founded the Dracula Society in London in 1973 *Edith Wightman (1938–1983), British historian and archaeologist *Edward Wightman (1580–1612), English Baptist, last person to be burnt for heresy in England. *Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886–1974), American tennis player *Jake Wightman (born 1994), British athlete *John Wightman (1930–2017), American lawyer and politician * Joseph Wightman (general) (c.1665-1722), a British soldier of the eighteenth century * Julia Parker Wightman (1909-1994), American bibliophile and book collector *Louise Wightman (Lucy) (born 1959), American bodybuilder and dancer * Mark Wightman (born 1947), British chemist *Reginald Wightman (1899–1981), Canadian politician *Robert Wightman (born 1952), American actor * Thomas Wightm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The 1924 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 19th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. The tournament was, for the second straight year, divided into the America and Europe Zones. 17 teams competed in the Europe Zone, and 6 in America. China, Cuba, Hungary, Mexico, and New Zealand all competed for the first time, and South Africa and Austria returned to create the largest field to date. For the second straight year, Australia defeated France in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but once again fell to the United States in the challenge round. The final was played at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 11–13 September. America Zone Draw Final Australia vs. Japan Europe Zone Draw Final France vs. Czechoslovakia Inter-Zonal Final Australia vs. France Challenge Round United States vs. Australia See also * 1924 Wightman Cup References External linksDavis Cup official website {{1924 in tennis Davis Cups by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Hazel Virginia Hotchkiss Wightman, CBE (née Hotchkiss; December 20, 1886 – December 5, 1974) was an American tennis player and founder of the Wightman Cup, an annual team competition for British and American women. She dominated American women's tennis before World War I, and won 45 U.S. titles during her life. Personal life Wightman was born Hazel Virginia Hotchkiss in Healdsburg, California to William Joseph and Emma Lucretia (Grove) Hotchkiss. In February 1912, at the age of 25, she married George William Wightman of Boston. Her father-in-law, George Henry Wightman, was a leader in the steel industry, as an associate of Andrew Carnegie, and one of the country's foremost pioneers of amateur tennis. She became a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of California, Berkeley and served as the chapter's president. Wightman was the mother of five children. She died at her home in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts on December 5, 1974. In 1973, Queen Elizabeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Colyer
Evelyn Lucy Colyer (later Munro, 16 August 1902 – 4 November 1930) was a female tennis player from Great Britain. With Joan Austin, sister of Bunny Austin, Colyer played doubles in the 1923 Wimbledon final against Suzanne Lenglen and Elizabeth Ryan. Colyer and Austin were known in the British press as "The Babes." At the 1924 Paris Olympics, she teamed with Dorothy Shepherd-Barron to win a bronze medal in the women's doubles event. From 1920 until 1929, she competed in all editions of the Wimbledon Championships. Her best singles result was reaching the fourth round in 1927 in which she was defeated by Kitty Godfree. In 1925, she teamed with P.B.D Spence and won the mixed doubles title at the Queen's Club Covered Courts Championships. She was part of the winning British Wightman Cup team in 1924 and 1925 as well as the team that lost in 1926. On 13 February 1930 she married Hamish Munro, a tea planter from Assam, British India The provinces of India, earlier presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Zinderstein
Marion Hall Zinderstein (May 6, 1896 – August 14, 1980) also known by her married name Marion Jessup, was a tennis player from the United States. At the 1924 Paris Olympics, she won a silver medal in the mixed doubles event partnering Vincent Richards. Career Marion Zinderstein twice reached the singles finals of the U.S. National Championships. In 1919, she defeated reigning champion Molla Bjurstedt from Norway in the semifinals in straight sets and then lost to compatriot Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman in the final, 1–6, 2–6. A year later, 1920, Bjurstedt avenged the previous year's semifinal defeat and Zinderstein suffered a heavy loss in the final, 3–6, 1–6. In 1924, she became national singles indoor champion when she defeated the Lillian Scharman, 6–2, 6–3, in the indoor tournament at Brookline, Massachusetts. In 1976, Jessup was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame The Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame is a membership-based organiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (née Cunliffe; 24 November 1897 – 20 February 1953) was a tennis player from Great Britain who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. Tennis career At the 1924 Summer Olympics she teamed with Evelyn Colyer to win a bronze medal in the women's doubles event. In the singles event, she reached the quarterfinals, losing to Julie Vlasto. Between 1920 and 1939, she participated in 15 editions of the Wimbledon Championships. In the singles event, her best result was reaching the quarterfinals in 1921 (losing to Mabel Clayton) and 1924 (losing to Phyllis Satterthwaite. She reached the final of the Wimbledon doubles event in 1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ... with Phyllis Covell, Phyllis Howkins Covell, losing in straight sets to compatri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleanor Goss
Eleanor Goss (November 18, 1895 – November 6, 1982) was an American tennis player of the inter-war period. She first drew attention in tennis by winning titles as a student at Wellesley College. She won the US Women's National Championship in women's doubles four times, including three consecutive titles between 1918 and 1920 with Marion Zinderstein Marion Hall Zinderstein (May 6, 1896 – August 14, 1980) also known by her married name Marion Jessup, was a tennis player from the United States. At the 1924 Paris Olympics, she won a silver medal in the mixed doubles event partnering Vincen .... In 1918, she also reached the women's singles final, where she was beaten by Molla Bjurstedt, and competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Grand Slam finals Singles (1 runner-up) Doubles (4 titles, 2 runners-up) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goss, Eleanor 1895 births 1982 deaths American female tennis players Tennis players at the 1924 Summer Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molla Mallory
Anna Margrethe "Molla" Bjurstedt Mallory (née Bjurstedt; 6 March 1884 – 22 November 1959) was a Norwegian tennis player, naturalized American. She won a record eight singles titles at the U.S. National Championships. She was the first woman to represent Norway at the Olympics. Tennis career Although she had won a bronze medal in singles for Norway at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, and was the many-time champion of her homeland, Mallory was relatively unknown when she arrived in New York City to begin work as a masseuse in 1915. She entered the U.S. Indoor Championships that year unheralded and beat Marie Wagner 6–4, 6–4, which was the first of her five singles titles at that tournament. She also won the singles title in Cincinnati in 1915. Mallory had less in the way of stroke equipment than most tennis champions, but she was a fierce competitor, running with great endurance. Robert Kelleher, a former president of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
