Wightman Cup

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international tennis competition women's team tennis competition

The Wightman Cup was an annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain, held from 1923 to 1989.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Wightman Cup canonical	6
now-defunct Wightman Cup	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9962555 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Wightman Cup
Context triple: [United States Wightman Cup team, competition, Wightman Cup]

A. Fed Cup
The Fed Cup is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, organized by the International Tennis Federation and contested annually by national teams from around the world.
B. WTA Finals
The WTA Finals is the season-ending championship tournament on the women’s professional tennis tour, featuring the year’s top-ranked singles players and doubles teams competing for one of the sport’s most prestigious titles.
C. ATP Cup
The ATP Cup was an annual international men's team tennis tournament featuring country-based teams competing in a multi-city event on the professional ATP Tour.
D. Federation Cup
The Federation Cup is Nigeria’s premier national football knockout tournament, featuring clubs from across the country in an annual cup competition.
E. Federation Cup
The Federation Cup was one of India's premier knockout football tournaments, historically serving as a major national cup competition for clubs across the country.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Wightman Cup
Target entity description: The Wightman Cup was an annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain, held from 1923 to 1989.

A. Fed Cup
The Fed Cup is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, organized by the International Tennis Federation and contested annually by national teams from around the world.
B. WTA Finals
The WTA Finals is the season-ending championship tournament on the women’s professional tennis tour, featuring the year’s top-ranked singles players and doubles teams competing for one of the sport’s most prestigious titles.
C. ATP Cup
The ATP Cup was an annual international men's team tennis tournament featuring country-based teams competing in a multi-city event on the professional ATP Tour.
D. Federation Cup
The Federation Cup is Nigeria’s premier national football knockout tournament, featuring clubs from across the country in an annual cup competition.
E. Federation Cup
The Federation Cup was one of India's premier knockout football tournaments, historically serving as a major national cup competition for clubs across the country.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international tennis competition ⓘ women's team tennis competition ⓘ
category	United States–United Kingdom sports rivalries ⓘ linked to: United States vs Great Britain women's tennis rivalry defunct tennis tournaments ⓘ women's tennis competitions ⓘ
competitionFormat	team ⓘ
competitionLevel	elite ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ
country1	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
country2	Great Britain ⓘ
dissolved	1989 ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
firstEditionYear	1923 ⓘ
foundedBy	Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
gender	women's ⓘ
governingBody	Lawn Tennis Association ⓘ United States Lawn Tennis Association ⓘ
historicalSignificance	one of the earliest international women's tennis team competitions ⓘ
inception	1923 ⓘ
lastEditionYear	1989 ⓘ
locationPattern	alternating between United States and Great Britain ⓘ
matchType	doubles ⓘ singles ⓘ
namedAfter	Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman ⓘ
namedForRole	Hazel Wightman as promoter of women's tennis ⓘ
notablePlayer	Althea Gibson ⓘ Billie Jean King ⓘ Chris Evert ⓘ Dorothy Round ⓘ Helen Wills Moody ⓘ Martina Navratilova ⓘ Maureen Connolly ⓘ Virginia Wade ⓘ
participants	Great Britain women's national tennis team ⓘ linked to: Great Britain Wightman Cup team United States women's national tennis team ⓘ linked to: United States Fed Cup team
primaryRivalry	United States vs Great Britain in women's tennis ⓘ linked to: United States vs Great Britain women's tennis rivalry
similarTo	Davis Cup ⓘ Federation Cup ⓘ
sport	tennis ⓘ
status	defunct tennis tournament ⓘ
surface	grass court ⓘ
teamCompetition	yes ⓘ
teamEvent	women's international team event ⓘ
teamNumber	2 ⓘ
timeSpan	1923–1989 ⓘ
trophyType	silver cup ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Wightman Cup team → competition → Wightman Cup ⓘ

Great Britain Wightman Cup team → competition → Wightman Cup ⓘ

Great Britain Wightman Cup team → namedAfterCompetition → Wightman Cup ⓘ

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman → founded → Wightman Cup ⓘ

Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman → notableWork → Wightman Cup ⓘ

United States vs Great Britain women's tennis rivalry → primaryCompetition → Wightman Cup ⓘ

United States vs Great Britain women's tennis rivalry → competitionStatus → now-defunct Wightman Cup ⓘ

linked to: Wightman Cup

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