1963 Wightman Cup

The 1963 Wightman Cup was the 35th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the Cleveland Skating Club in Cleveland, Ohio in the United States.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Notable stories

Most games in a Wightman Cup set

In the second match Billie Jean Moffitt and Christine Truman consumed 36 games in deciding the second set, which Moffitt won 19–17 to conclude the match.

Second most games in a Wightman Cup set

In the third match Nancy Richey and Deidre Catt consumed 26 games in a first set eventually won 14–12 by Richey, who went on to win the match.

United States
6

Cleveland Skating Club, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
1963
Hard (Indoors)

Great Britain
1

		1	2	3
1	Darlene Hard Ann Haydon-Jones	1 6	6 0	6 8
2	Billie Jean Moffitt Christine Truman	6 4	19 17
3	Nancy Richey Deidre Catt	14 12	6 3
4	Darlene Hard Christine Truman	6 3	6 0
5	Billie Jean Moffitt Ann Haydon-Jones	6 4	4 6	6 3
6	Darlene Hard / Billie Jean Moffitt Ann Haydon-Jones / Christine Truman	4 6	7 5	6 2
7	Donna Floyd Fales / Nancy Richey Deidre Catt / Elizabeth Starkie	6 4	6 8	6 2

References

↑ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis : An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 532. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.
↑ USTA, United States Tennis Association (1979). Bill Shannon, ed. Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (Rev. and updated 1st ed.). New York: Harper & Row. pp. 369, 370. ISBN 0060144785.
↑ Max Robertson, ed. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. p. 391. ISBN 0047960426.

Wightman Cup

Teams	Great Britain United States

Editions	1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 ~~1940~~ ~~1941~~ ~~1942~~ ~~1943~~ ~~1944~~ ~~1945~~ 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

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