1963 Wightman Cup

1963 Wightman Cup

Details
Edition	35th
Champion
Winning nation	United States
← 1962 1964 →

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 Clay (Outdoors)		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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Max Robertson, ed. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. p. 391. ISBN 0047960426.