1953 Wightman Cup

The 1953 Wightman Cup was the 25th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held from August 1 through August 3, 1953 at the Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York in the United States and played on outdoor grass courts. Colonel Duncan Macaulay was captain of the British team while Margaret Osborne duPont captained the U.S. team. The U.S. team won the competition 7–0.^[1][2][3]

United States 7	Westchester Country Club, Rye, New York, United States 1–3 August 1953 Grass		Great Britain 0
1 2 3 1 Maureen Connolly Angela Mortimer 6 1 6 1     2 Doris Hart Helen Fletcher 6 4 7 5     3 Shirley Fry Jean Quertier Rinkel 6 2 6 4     4 Maureen Connolly Helen Fletcher 6 1 6 1     5 Doris Hart Angela Mortimer 6 1 6 1     6 Maureen Connolly / Louise Brough Angela Mortimer / Anne Shilcock 6 2 6 3     7 Doris Hart / Shirley Fry Jean Quertier Rinkel / Helen Fletcher 6 2 6 1

References

1. "Miss Connolly Paces U. S. to Lead Of 3-0 Over England in Cup Tennis". The New York Times. August 2, 1953. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
2. "U. S. Sweeps Wightman Cup Series". The New York Times. August 4, 1953. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
3. United States Tennis Association (USTA) (1979). Bill Shannon, ed. Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (Rev. and updated 1st ed.). New York: Harper & Row. pp. 362, 368. ISBN 0060144785.

Sources

• The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (pp. 528, 530), Bud Collins, New Chapter Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.