1957 Wightman Cup

1957 Wightman Cup
Details
Edition29th
Champion
Winning nation United States
1956
1958

The 1957 Wightman Cup was the 29th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held in Edgeworth, Pennsylvania in the United States.[1][2][3]


United States
6
Edgeworth, Pennsylvania, United States
1957
Grass

Great Britain
1
1 2 3
1 United States
United Kingdom
Althea Gibson
Shirley Bloomer
6
4
4
6
6
2
 
2 United States
United Kingdom
Dorothy Head Knode
Christine Truman
6
2
11
9
   
3 United States
United Kingdom
Darlene Hard
Ann Haydon
3
6
6
3
4
6
 
4 United States
United Kingdom
Dorothy Head Knode
Shirley Bloomer
5
7
6
1
6
2
 
5 United States
United Kingdom
Althea Gibson
Christine Truman
6
4
6
2
   
6 United States
United Kingdom
Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard
Sheila Armstrong / Shirley Bloomer
6
3
6
4
   
7 United States
United Kingdom
Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont
Ann Haydon / Anne Shilcock
6
4
6
1
   

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. 531. 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. pp. 368, 369. ISBN 0060144785.
  3. ^ Max Robertson, ed. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. p. 390. ISBN 0047960426.