The 1946 Wightman Cup was the 18th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London in England in the United Kingdom.[1][2][3]
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All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England, United Kingdom 1946 Grass
United States 7
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Jean Bostock Pauline Betz
2 6
4 6
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Jean Bostock Margaret Osborne
1 6
4 6
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Kay Stammers Menzies Margaret Osborne
3 6
2 6
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Joan Curry Louise Brough
6 8
3 6
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Kay Stammers Menzies Pauline Betz
4 6
4 6
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Jean Bostock / Mary Halford Margaret Osborne / Louise Brough
2 6
1 6
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Betty Passingham / Molly Lincoln Pauline Betz / Doris Hart
1 6
3 6
^Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis : An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 530. 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. 366. ISBN 0060144785.
^Max Robertson, ed. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. p. 389. ISBN 0047960426.
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