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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, CBE (de soltera Hotchkiss; 20 de diciembre de 1886 – 5 de diciembre de 1974) fue una tenista estadounidense y fundadora de la Copa Wightman, una competencia anual por equipos para mujeres británicas y estadounidenses.
Wightman played on the American Wightman Cup team for five years, helping her team win the Cup four times. She was the captain of the American Wightman Cup team thirteen times from its inception in 1923 until 1948. Wightman was the top ranked U.S. player in 1919.
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 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 American women’s teams. The winner of 45 U.S. titles, Hazel.
Hazel Virginia Hotchkiss Wightman, CBE (de soltera Hotchkiss; 20 de diciembre de 1886 – 5 de diciembre de 1974) fue una tenista estadounidense y fundadora de la Copa Wightman, una competencia anual por equipos para mujeres británicas y estadounidenses.
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886 - 1974) was among the most influential figures in tennis, as well as the most beloved. “Mrs. Wightie’ is celebrated for her lifelong work promoting women’s tennis, embodied in the the ladies International Tennis Challenge – better known as the Wightman Cup.
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, she still ...
