1924 Wightman Cup

{{short description|International women's tennis competition}}

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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.{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Bud|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis : An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0-942257-70-0|edition=2nd|page=529}}{{cite book|last=USTA|first=United States Tennis Association|title=Official Encyclopedia of Tennis|year=1979|publisher=Harper & Row|location=New York|isbn=0060144785|edition=Rev. and updated 1st|editor=Bill Shannon|page=[https://archive.org/details/officialencyclop0000unit/page/362 362]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/officialencyclop0000unit/page/362}}{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Tennis|year=1974|publisher=George Allen & Unwin Ltd|location=London|isbn=0047960426|editor=Max Robertson|page=388}}

Result

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|team1=Great Britain

|team2=United States |flag2-alt=1912

|venue=All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, United Kingdom

|date=18–19 June 1924

|surface=Grass

|score1=6

|score2=1

|R1={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Phyllis Covell |6|6| |T2P1=Helen Wills |2|4| }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Kathleen McKane |6|6| |T2P1=Molla Mallory |3|3| }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Kathleen McKane |6|6| |T2P1=Helen Wills |2|2| }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Phyllis Covell |6|5|6|T2P1=Molla Mallory |2|7|3}}

|R5={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Geraldine Beamish |6|8|6|T2P1=Eleanor Goss |1|10|3}}

|R6={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Phyllis Covell |T1P2=Dorothy Shepherd-Barron |6|6| |T2P1=Marion Jessup |T2P2=Eleanor Goss|2|2| }}

|R7={{ TennisMatch3 |T1P1=Kathleen McKane |T1P2=Evelyn Colyer |0|3| |T2P1=Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman |T2P2=Helen Wills |6|6| }}

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See also

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