The 1926 Wightman Cup was the fourth edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London in England.[1][2][3][4]

1926 Wightman Cup
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Edition4th
Champion
Winning nation United States
1925
1927

Great Britain
3
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England, United Kingdom
June 1926
Grass

United States
4
1 2 3
1 United Kingdom
United States
Joan Fry
Elizabeth Ryan
1
6
3
6
   
2 United Kingdom
United States
Kathleen McKane Godfree
Mary Browne
6
4
6
2
   
3 United Kingdom
United States
Joan Fry
Mary Browne
3
6
6
0
6
4
 
4 United Kingdom
United States
Kathleen McKane Godfree
Elizabeth Ryan
6
1
5
7
6
4
 
5 United Kingdom
United States
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
Marion Jessup
1
6
7
5
4
6
 
6 United Kingdom
United States
Dorothea Chambers / Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
Marion Jessup / Eleanor Goss
4
6
2
6
   
7 United Kingdom
United States
Kathleen McKane Godfree / Evelyn Colyer
Mary Browne / Elizabeth Ryan
6
2
2
6
4
6
 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "LAWN TENNIS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 21 June 1926. p. 11.
  2. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis : An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.
  3. ^ USTA, United States Tennis Association (1979). Bill Shannon (ed.). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (Rev. and updated 1st ed.). New York: Harper & Row. p. 363. ISBN 0060144785.
  4. ^ Max Robertson, ed. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. p. 388. ISBN 0047960426.