1924 Wightman Cup

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]

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

Result

Great Britain
6		 All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, United Kingdom
1924
Grass
United States
1
1 2 3
1
Phyllis Covell
Helen Wills		 6
2		 6
4		    
2
Kathleen McKane
Molla Mallory		 6
3		 6
3		    
3
Kathleen McKane
Helen Wills		 6
2		 6
2		    
4
Phyllis Covell
Molla Mallory		 6
2		 5
7		 6
3		  
5
Geraldine Beamish
Eleanor Goss		 6
1		 8
10		 6
3		  
6
Phyllis Covell / Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
Marion Jessup / Eleanor Goss		 6
2		 6
2		    
7
Kathleen McKane / Evelyn Colyer
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman / Helen Wills		 0
6		 3
6		    

References
  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.
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