Who Woke Up Women's Tennis?

The world of women's sports lost one of its most important fighters when Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman died on December 5 at the age of 87. This queen of tennis began her personal struggle for acceptance and recognition as a teenager at the turn of the century. She would accompany her brothers to the courts and force them to let her play. Soon she was going alone in the early morning hours practicing before the courts were closed to women at 8 a.m. At 18 she won the California state title, and gained national attention.

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the first of 45 national tenclaim in her lifetime. That was also the year he won women's singles, doubles and mi: d-doubles championships for the first time, cu.ning back again in 1910 and 1911 to accomplish the same feat. Her appearance on the national scene astonished the gallery of tennis fans, for they were not prepared to see a woman smash the ball so aggressively and also plant accurate shots. Women had always played à very mannered, stylish game not at all the same game as men. Hazel woke them up, and she pushed the development of women's tennis into the modern era.

After an 8-year absence during which she gave birth to five children, she came back and recaptured the national women's tennis championship in 1919. She conceived of the Wightman Cup, a trophy for women, and offered to donate it to the U.S. Lawn & Tennis Association in 1920. The idea was turned down for its impropriety it seems the association was concerned about young girls traveling around the world to compete when they actually belonged If you care that U.S. sponsored war rages on in Indochina, it is time to act. The Peace Agreement signed two years ago provided the way to peace. But all of its provisions must be honorably implemented and very soon. Delay means mounting tolls of dead, injured, and homeless--already more than one million people since peace was officially proclaimed.

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Hazel did not give up, however, instead she began coaching a promising 15-year old, Helen Newington Wills. In 1922, Helen won the national girls title and went on to the world title at the age of 17. When. Ms. Wightman again offered the trophy, she was not turned down. THE WIZARD OF ID

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There was no lack of talent vying for national and international recognition by this time, and it could not be ignored. She captained the first team, played in the doubles competition, and then dropped out in favor of allowing the new players a chance.

Much of her time was given to teaching clinics for children, conducting tennis camps, and producing exhibitions of the game at women's colleges. In 1957, Ms. Wightman was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame. This modern, forward-looking woman was once asked if an athletic career interfered with her

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