1965 Wightman Cup

1965 Wightman Cup
Details
Edition	37th
Champion
Winning Nation	United States
	← 1964 1966 →

Last updated November 22, 2022

The 1965 Wightman Cup was the 37th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held outdoors on clay at the 6,000-seat Harold T. Clark Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. This stadium had been purpose-built in 1964 to host the Challenge Round of the Davis Cup.^[1]^[2]^[3]

United States
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Harold T. Clark Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
1965
Clay (Outdoors)

Great Britain
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		1	2	3
1	Billie Jean Moffitt Ann Haydon Jones	2 6	4 6
2	Nancy Richey Elizabeth Starkie	6 1	6 0
3	Carole Caldwell Graebner Virginia Wade	3 6	10 8	6 4
4	Billie Jean Moffitt Elizabeth Starkie	6 3	6 2
5	Nancy Richey Ann Haydon Jones	4 6	7 9
6	Carole Caldwell Graebner / Nancy Richey Elizabeth Starkie / Nell Truman	6 1	6 0
7	Billie Jean Moffitt / Karen Hantze Susman Ann Haydon Jones / Virginia Wade	6 3	8 6

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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. p. 370. ISBN 0060144785.
↑ Max Robertson, ed. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. p. 391. ISBN 0047960426.

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[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. p. 370. ISBN 0060144785.

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

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