TENNIS PLAYER

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

1886 - 1974

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Hazel Virginia Hotchkiss Wightman, CBE (née Hotchkiss; December 20, 1886 – December 5, 1974) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman is the 177th most popular tennis player (up from 187th in 2019), the 6,176th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,481st in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman ranks 177 out of 1,569. Before her are Althea Gibson, Vic Seixas, Margaret Osborne duPont, Kim Clijsters, Ted Schroeder, and Nelly Landry. After her are Jack Kramer, Helen Jacobs, Simonne Mathieu, Mima Jaušovec, Beals Wright, and Rafael Osuna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman ranks 205. Before her are Alfonso López Pumarejo, Bogoljub Jevtić, Leo G. Carroll, Alexander Wetmore, Willis H. O'Brien, and Eddie Owen. After her are Friedebert Tuglas, Ed Wynn, Jenő Károly, Hiratsuka Raichō, Arvid Holmberg, and Roberto María Ortiz. Among people deceased in 1974, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman ranks 154. Before her are Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Berdi Kerbabayev, Peter Revson, Franz Wagner, Wally Kinnear, and Jack Benny. After her are Gunnar Olsson, Dušan Marković, Fernand de Montigny, Wolfgang Windgassen, Glenn Morris, and Gheorghe Albu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman ranks 6,177 out of 20,380. Before her are Haddon Sundblom (1899), Marty Walsh (1967), Alan Cooper (1952), L. L. Langstroth (1810), Jenette Goldstein (1960), and Cassandra Peterson (1951). After her are Joe Exotic (1963), Jack Kramer (1921), Helen Jacobs (1908), Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), Louis Clarke (1901), and James Redfield (1950).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman ranks 38. Before her are Jim Courier (1970), Francis Hunter (1894), Althea Gibson (1927), Vic Seixas (1923), Margaret Osborne duPont (1918), and Ted Schroeder (1921). After her are Jack Kramer (1921), Helen Jacobs (1908), Beals Wright (1879), James Blake (1979), Fred Alexander (1880), and Louise Brough (1923).

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