The 1957 Wightman Cup was the 29th edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held in Edgeworth, Pennsylvania in the United States.[1][2][3]
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Althea Gibson Shirley Bloomer
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Dorothy Head Knode Christine Truman
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Darlene Hard Ann Haydon
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Dorothy Head Knode Shirley Bloomer
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Althea Gibson Christine Truman
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Althea Gibson / Darlene Hard Sheila Armstrong / Shirley Bloomer
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Louise Brough / Margaret Osborne duPont Ann Haydon / Anne Shilcock
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^Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis : An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 531. 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. pp. 368, 369. ISBN 0060144785.
^Max Robertson, ed. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. p. 390. ISBN 0047960426.
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