Wightman, Virginia | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Coordinates: 36°47′25″N78°18′10″W / 36.79028°N 78.30278°W Coordinates: 36°47′25″N78°18′10″W / 36.79028°N 78.30278°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Mecklenburg |
Elevation | 427 ft (130 m) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC−5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
Area code(s) | 434 |
GNIS feature ID | 1477879 [1] |
Wightman is an unincorporated community in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, United States. [1]
Mecklenburg County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 50,727. Its county seat is Boydton.
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" due to its status as the first English colonial possession established in mainland North America and "Mother of Presidents" because eight U.S. presidents were born there, more than any other state. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are shaped by the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Chesapeake Bay, which provide habitat for much of its flora and fauna. The capital of the Commonwealth is Richmond; Virginia Beach is the most populous city, and Fairfax County is the most populous political subdivision. The Commonwealth's estimated population as of 2018 is over 8.5 million.
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Fed Cup is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The competition was known as the Federation Cup until 1995. The Fed Cup is the world's largest annual women's international team sports competition in terms of the number of nations that compete. The current Fed Cup Chairperson is Katrina Adams.
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, CBE was an American tennis player and founder of the Wightman Cup, an annual team competition for British and American women. She dominated American women's tennis before World War I, and won 45 U.S. titles during her life.
The Wightman Cup was an annual team tennis competition for women contested from 1923 through 1989 between teams from the United States and Great Britain.
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Wightman may refer to:
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The United States Wightman Cup team was the more successful team in the Wightman Cup tennis competition. The team won 51 titles out of 61 participations.
The 1923 Wightman Cup, named after the founder Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, was the first edition of the Wightman Cup, the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens in New York City in New York in the United States.
The 1985 Wightman Cup was the 57th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia in the United States.
The 1987 Wightman Cup was the 59th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia in the United States.
The 1988 Wightman Cup was the 60th and final edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London in England in the United Kingdom.
The 1989 Wightman Cup was the 61st and final edition of the annual women's tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia in the United States and played on indoor hard courts. The Wightman Cup was discontinued after this edition.
The 1983 Wightman Cup was the 55th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia in the United States. It was held from November 1 through November 6, 1983.
The 1980 Wightman Cup was the 52nd edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London in England in the United Kingdom. The cup was memorable for the last minute replacement of world no.1 Tracy Austin with Andrea Jaeger who had to fly from Japan to London at very short notice and arrived only hours before her first match, which she won. The BBC chose Chris Evert's victory over Virginia Wade as one of its "100 Greatest Sporting Moments" in recognition of Evert's final set recovery from being 1-5, 0-40 down on Wade's serve. Wade's victory would have squared the match at 3-3, whereas in fact, Evert's recovery secured the cup 4-2 with only the final doubles left to play.
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.
Camp Wightman is a former American Civil War training camp that existed from 1861 to 1864 on Long Island in Boston Harbor.
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Wightman is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Iowa, in the United States. It has a population of less than 500 individuals.