1923 Wightman Cup

Annual women's team tennis competition January 2025 1923 Wightman Cup 11 – 13 August 1923 1st USA 1912 1924 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.Women Selected for Tennis Team https://www.nytimes.com/1923/08/04/archives/women-selected-for-tennis-team-mrs-mallory-miss-goss-miss-wills-and.html The New York Times Aug 4, 1923Lady Tennis Starts in International Contest https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qwZTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0jcNAAAAIBAJ&dq=wightman%20tennis%20wills%20mollary&pg=4621%2C1430912 The Morning Leader August 11, 1923 Google News Archive 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.USTA United States Tennis Association Official Encyclopedia of Tennis 1979 Harper & Row New York 0060144785 Rev. and updated 1st Bill Shannon 362 registration https://archive.org/details/officialencyclop0000unit/page/362 The United States team won the inaugural cup by winning all seven matches.The Encyclopedia of Tennis 1974 George Allen & Unwin Ltd London 0047960426 Max Robertson 344, 388American Tennis Starts Win Wightman Trophy https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3eJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=21QDAAAAIBAJ&dq=wightman%20tennis%20wills%20mollary&pg=5781%2C3382729 The Evening Independent August 15, 1923 Google News ArchiveCollins Bud The Bud Collins History of Tennis : An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0-942257-70-0 2nd 529 Result United States 1912 Great Britain West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States 11 and 13 August 1923 Grass 7 0 Helen Wills 6 7 Kathleen McKane 2 5 Molla Mallory 6 8 Mabel Clayton 1 6 Eleanor Goss 6 7 Geraldine Beamish 2 5 Helen Wills 6 6 Mabel Clayton 2 1 Molla Mallory 6 6 Kathleen McKane 2 3 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman Eleanor Goss 10 5 6 Kathleen McKane Phyllis Covell 8 7 4 Molla Mallory Helen Wills 6 6 Geraldine Beamish Mabel Clayton 2 2 See also 1923 Davis Cup References 1923 Category:1923 in women's tennis Category:1923 in American tennis Category:1923 in British sport Category:1923 in English tennis