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1939 Wightman Cup
The 1939 Wightman Cup was the 17th edition of 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 New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ... in the United States. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wightman Cup,1939 1939 1939 in tennis 1939 in American tennis 1939 in British sport 1939 in women's tennis 1939 in sports in New York City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The 1938 Wightman Cup was the 16th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held on 10 and 11 June at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, United Kingdom. References {{1938 in tennis Wightman Cups by year Wightman Cup, 1938 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] |
Valerie Scott (tennis)
Valerie Eveline Scott (7 January 1918 – 1 April 2001) was an English tennis player. Scott won the 1935 Junior Wimbledon Championship and competed in the 1936, 1937, 1938 and 1939 Championships, advancing to the fourth round of the 1937 mixed competition and again in the 1939 singles competition. She was part of the British team that competed in the 1939 Wightman Cup. In 1942, Scott was arrested in Florida, along with Margaret Schuyler Sternbergh, and accused of threatening Frances Lynch, a wealthy woman. The pair had allegedly used threats to induce Lynch to hire Scott as her secretary. The case was dismissed later that year, following Lynch's death. In 1951, Scott established the River Tennis Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She managed the club and acted as the resident professional until her 1981 retirement. In 1986, in recognition of her contributions to the sport, she was granted a Distinguished Service Award by the United States Professional Tennis Association The Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 In British Sport
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to work with Germans. *** The Youth Protection Act was passed on April 30, 1938 and the Working Hours Regulations came into effect. *** The Jews name change decree has gone into effect. ** The rest of the world *** In Spain, it becomes a duty of all young women under 25 to complete compulsory work service for one year. *** First edition of the Vienna New Year's Concert. *** The company of technology and manufacturing scientific instruments Hewlett-Packard, was founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by William (Bill) Hewlett and David Packard. This garage is now considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. *** Sydney, in Australia, records temperature of 45 ˚C, the highest record for the city. *** Philipp Etter took over as Swiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 In American Tennis
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to work with Germans. *** The Youth Protection Act was passed on April 30, 1938 and the Working Hours Regulations came into effect. *** The Jews name change decree has gone into effect. ** The rest of the world *** In Spain, it becomes a duty of all young women under 25 to complete compulsory work service for one year. *** First edition of the Vienna New Year's Concert. *** The company of technology and manufacturing scientific instruments Hewlett-Packard, was founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by William (Bill) Hewlett and David Packard. This garage is now considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. *** Sydney, in Australia, records temperature of 45 ˚C, the highest record for the city. *** Philipp Etter took ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 In Tennis
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to work with Germans. *** The Youth Protection Act was passed on April 30, 1938 and the Working Hours Regulations came into effect. *** The Jews name change decree has gone into effect. ** The rest of the world *** In Spain, it becomes a duty of all young women under 25 to complete compulsory work service for one year. *** First edition of the Vienna New Year's Concert. *** The company of technology and manufacturing scientific instruments Hewlett-Packard, was founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by William (Bill) Hewlett and David Packard. This garage is now considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. *** Sydney, in Australia, records temperature of 45 ˚C, the highest record for the city. *** Philipp Etter took over as Swiss Fed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Freda James
Winifred Alice "Freda" James (married name Hammersley) (11 January 1911 – 27 December 1988) was a British female tennis player of the 1930s. She won the women's doubles in Grand Slam events three times : in 1933 at the US Women's National Championship (with Betty Nuthall), and twice at Wimbledon in 1935 and 1936 (with Kay Stammers). From 1931 to 1939, she was part of the British team in the 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 .... Grand Slam finals Doubles (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) References {{DEFAULTSORT:James, Freda 1911 births 1988 deaths English female tennis players Sportspeople from Nottingham United States National champions (tennis) Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era) Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles British femal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Brown (tennis)
Nina Brown Hamilton (January 21, 1915 – April 22, 2018) was a British–American tennis player. Biography Brown was born in Uxbridge and grew up on the outskirts of London, attending Notting Hill and Ealing High School. Her often doubles partner Rita Jarvis was one of her classmates. In 1939, she was a mixed doubles finalist at the Wimbledon Championships (with Frank Wilde) and played doubles on the Wightman Cup team. World War II broke out while she was in the United States for the Wightman Cup and she became stranded in her host country. She ended up taking a hostess job at a winter resort in Arizona, where she met Yale Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wor ... graduate Ray Hamilton, who she married in 1941. Raising four children, Brown spent the remainder of her life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Nuthall
Betty May Nuthall Shoemaker (née Nuthall; 23 May 1911 – 8 November 1983) was an English tennis player. Known for her powerful forehand, according to Wallis Myers of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the ''Daily Mail'', Nuthall was ranked in the world's top 10 in 1927, 1929 through 1931, and 1933, reaching a career high of world no. 4 in 1929. In 1930, Nuthall won the women's singles title at the U.S. Championships. Early life Betty Nuthall was born on 23 May 1911 in Surbiton and grew up in Richmond. She was the eldest child of Stuart Nuthall, who worked on the London and South Western Railway and later became a hotel proprietor, and his wife Mary, both of them keen tennis players. Career Nuthall's father taught her tennis. She won the junior championships of Great Britain in 1924 (aged 13), 1925 and 1926. In 1927 at the age of 16, Nuthall tied Elisabeth Moore as the then-youngest women's singles finalist ever at the U.S. National Championships. Nuthall lost the final to Helen W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Arnold (tennis)
Mary Arnold Prentiss (née Arnold; October 26, 1916 – January 26, 1975)"Mary Prentiss, Former Tennis Champ, Dies" ''Los Angeles Times'', January 29, 1975 was an amateur American adult tennis player from September 1934 through May 1968. She also participated in United States National Seniors Championships through 1972. She was educated at the Los Angeles City College where she became a member of the Los Angeles Olympia L.T.C. She participated in the 1939 Wightman Cup, the women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. She won a doubles match partnering with Dorothy Bundy Cheney and helped the U.S. team to a 5–2 victory. She was coached by Eleanor Tennant from 1939 through 1941. Arnold was ranked in the U.S. Top 10 from 1939 through 1947. Her highest ranking was fifth in both 1942 and 1944. At the 1948 French Championships, she paired with future International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Shirley Fry to reach the wonen's doubles final. She also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Bundy
Dorothy "Dodo" May Sutton Bundy Cheney (September 1, 1916 – November 23, 2014) was an American tennis player from her youth into her 90s. In 1938, Bundy was the first American to win the women's singles title at the Australian National Championships, defeating Dorothy Stevenson in the final. Personal life Cheney was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Tennis Hall of Famer May Sutton Bundy (1886–1975) and U.S. men's doubles champion Tom Bundy (1881–1945). She was the grandmother of former Major League Baseball player Danny Putnam. Cheney died on November 23, 2014, in Escondido, California at the age of 98. Tennis career According to A. Wallis Myers and John Olliff of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the ''Daily Mail'', Bundy Cheney was ranked in the world top 10 in 1937 and 1946 (no rankings issued from 1940 through 1945), reaching a career high of sixth in 1946. The United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) included Bundy Cheney in its year-end, top-ten rankings of U.S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Palfrey
Sarah Hammond Palfrey Danzig (née Palfrey; September 18, 1912 – February 27, 1996) was an American tennis player whose adult amateur career spanned 19 years, from June 1926 until September 1945. She won two singles, nine women's doubles, and four mixed doubles titles at the U.S. National Championships. Career She was 32 years old, married to Elwood Cooke, and a mother in 1945 when she won her second singles title at the U.S. National Championships. Pauline Betz was her opponent in the final. Since she lost to Cooke in the 1941 final, Betz had won three consecutive titles and 19 consecutive matches at these championships. In 1945, Cooke lost the first set and squandered her 5–2 lead in the second set before recovering to win it 8–6. In the third set, Betz got close to winning yet another title when she served for a 5–3 lead. Cooke, however, broke her serve and then won the next two games to win the tournament. She became only the second mother to win this title, with Haz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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