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Hazel Virginia Hotchkiss Wightman, CBE (née Hotchkiss; December 20, 1886 – December 5, 1974) was an American tennis player and founder of the Wightman Cup, an annual team competition for British and American women. She dominated American women's tennis before World War I and won 45 U.S. titles during her life.
Hazel Virginia Hotchkiss Wightman (* 20. Dezember 1886 in Healdsburg, Kalifornien; † 5. Dezember 1974 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) war eine US-amerikanische Tennisspielerin . Biographie. Sie gewann 1909 die amerikanischen Meisterschaften sowohl im Einzel, im Doppel und im Mixed. Diesen Erfolg wiederholte sie die nächsten beiden Jahre.
16. Apr. 2024 · Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (born Dec. 20, 1886, Healdsburg, Calif., U.S.—died Dec. 5, 1974, Newton, near Boston, Mass.) was an American tennis player who dominated women’s competition before World War I. Known as the “queen mother of American tennis,” she was instrumental in organizing the Wightman Cup match between British and ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Few in women’s tennis history had a more distinguished and productive career than Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman. Her contributions, both on and off the court, border on the remarkable: She won 16 titles at the U.S. National Championships, four of them in singles (1909–1911, 1919) with nine of those triumphs occurring from 1909–1911, when she swept the singles, women's doubles, and mixed ...
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Wightman, Hazel Hotchkiss (1886–1974)American tennis champion who revolutionized the way the women's game was played and won more national titles than any other player in the history of the game . Name variations: Hazel Hotchkiss; Mrs. George W. Wightman; Mrs. Wightie.
By Sumner Rodman. Historic Chestnut Hill - Sunday, April 2, 1995. Hazel Hotchkiss, a young Californian tennis player, came East in the early 1900's. She met and married a local gentleman named George Wightman and raised in this house a family of three children: George Jr., William and Virginia.
Biography. A top player in all age groups, renowned coach and administrator, and donor of the Wightman Cup, Hazel Wightman was one of the legendary figures of lawn tennis. In 1912, Hazel Hotchkiss married George Wightman, who later became the president of the USLTA, and although she gave birth to three children during the following seven years ...
