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1929 Wightman Cup

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1929 Wightman Cup
Details
Edition7th
Champion
Winning nation United States
1928
1930

The 1929 Wightman Cup was the seventh edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held on August 8 and 9, 1929 at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens in New York City, NY in the United States. The U.S. team regained the cup.[1][2][3]


United States
4
West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, New York City, United States
8–9 August 1929
Grass

Great Britain
3
1 2 3
1 United States
United Kingdom
Helen Wills
Phoebe Holcroft Watson
6
1
6
4
   
2 United States
United Kingdom
Helen Jacobs
Betty Nuthall
6
4
6
2
   
3 United States
United Kingdom
Helen Jacobs
Phoebe Holcroft Watson
3
6
2
6
   
4 United States
United Kingdom
Edith Cross
Peggy Michell
6
3
3
6
6
3
 
5 United States
United Kingdom
Helen Wills
Betty Nuthall
8
6
8
6
   
6 United States
United Kingdom
Helen Wills / Edith Cross
Phoebe Holcroft Watson / Peggy Michell
4
6
1
6
   
7 United States
United Kingdom
Helen Jacobs / Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Phyllis Howkins Covell / Dorothy Shepherd Barron
2
6
1
6
   

See also

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References

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  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. 364. ISBN 0060144785.
  3. ^ Max Robertson, ed. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. p. 388. ISBN 0047960426.