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1955 Wightman Cup

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Edition	27th
Champion
Winning nation	United States
← 1954 1956 →

The 1955 Wightman Cup was the 27th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York in the United States.

United States 6	Westchester Country Club, Rye, New York, United States 1955 Grass		Great Britain 1
1 2 3 1 Doris Hart Angela Mortimer 4 6 6 1 5 7   2 Louise Brough Shirley Bloomer 6 2 6 4     3 Louise Brough Angela Mortimer 6 0 6 2     4 Doris Hart Shirley Bloomer 7 5 6 3     5 Dorothy Head Knode Angela Buxton 6 3 6 3     6 Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont Shirley Bloomer / Patricia Ward 6 3 6 3     7 Doris Hart / Shirley Fry Angela Buxton / Angela Mortimer 3 6 6 2 7 5

References

1. Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis : An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). : New Chapter Press. p. 531. 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. p. 368. ISBN 0060144785.
3. Max Robertson, ed. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. p. 390. ISBN 0047960426.

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