the Wightman Cup
/ðə ˌwaɪtmən ˈkʌp/
/ðə ˈwaɪtmən kʌp/
- a women's tennis competition between British and US players which took place every year from 1923 to 1989. It was then stopped because the British players were not good enough to compete with the US players, who almost always won easily.
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the Wightman Cup