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1948 Wightman Cup
The 1948 Wightman Cup was the 20th edition of 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 London in England in the United Kingdom. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wightman Cup,1948 1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ... 1948 in tennis 1948 in American tennis 1948 in British sport 1948 in women's tennis 1948 sports events in London 1948 in English tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Wightman Cup
The 1947 Wightman Cup was the 19th 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 in the United States. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wightman Cup,19347 1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ... 1947 in tennis 1947 in American tennis 1947 in British sport 1947 in women's tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy Gannon
Joy Mottram (née Gannon; born 21 March 1928) is a retired female tennis player from England who was active in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Career Her best singles performances at a Grand Slam tournament came in 1952 when she reached the quarterfinals of the French Championships where she was defeated by third-seeded Dorothy Head in three sets. Mottram competed in seven Wimbledon Championships between 1946 and 1952 and reached the third round of the singles event on four occasions. In the doubles event, she reached the semifinals in 1949 with compatriot Betty Hilton and 1950, with Thelma Coyne Long. She won the singles title at the Scottish Grass Court Championships in July 1948, defeating Czolowska in the final in two sets. In 1953 and 1954, Mottram reached two consecutive finals at the German Championships in Hamburg. In 1953, she lost to Dorothy Knode, but the following year, she won the title against Inge Pohmann. In 1951 and 1952, she was a member of the British team t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 In Women's Tennis
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the ''Union of Burma'', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President, and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (''Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the ''Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Reports, Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published in the United States. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified flying object. * January 12 – Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violence during the Partition of India. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
