Full name | Hazel Virginia Hotchkiss Wightman | |||||||||||
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ITF name | Hazel Wightman | |||||||||||
Country (sports) | United States | |||||||||||
Born | Healdsburg, California, U.S. | December 20, 1886|||||||||||
Died | December 5, 1974 Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 87)|||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed | |||||||||||
Int. Tennis HoF | 1957 (member page) | |||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 0–0 | |||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 3R (1924) | |||||||||||
US Open | W (1909, 1910, 1911, 1919) | |||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||
Career record | 0–0 | |||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | W (1924) | |||||||||||
US Open | W (1909, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1924, 1928) | |||||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | ||||||||||||
US Open | W (1909, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1918, 1920) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[1]