The 1929 Wightman Cup was the seventh edition of the annual women's team tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held on August 8 and 9, 1929 at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens in New York City, NY in the United States. The U.S. team regained the cup.[1][2][3]

1929 Wightman Cup
Details
Edition7th
Champion
Winning Nation United States
1928
1930

United States
4
West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, New York City, United States
8–9 August 1929
Grass

Great Britain
3
1 2 3
1 United States
United Kingdom
Helen Wills
Phoebe Holcroft Watson
6
1
6
4
   
2 United States
United Kingdom
Helen Jacobs
Betty Nuthall
6
4
6
2
   
3 United States
United Kingdom
Helen Jacobs
Phoebe Holcroft Watson
3
6
2
6
   
4 United States
United Kingdom
Edith Cross
Peggy Michell
6
3
3
6
6
3
 
5 United States
United Kingdom
Helen Wills
Betty Nuthall
8
6
8
6
   
6 United States
United Kingdom
Helen Wills / Edith Cross
Phoebe Holcroft Watson / Peggy Michell
4
6
1
6
   
7 United States
United Kingdom
Helen Jacobs / Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Phyllis Howkins Covell / Dorothy Shepherd Barron
2
6
1
6
   

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  1. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis : An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.
  2. ^ USTA, United States Tennis Association (1979). Bill Shannon (ed.). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (Rev. and updated 1st ed.). New York: Harper & Row. p. 364. ISBN 0060144785.
  3. ^ Max Robertson, ed. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. p. 388. ISBN 0047960426.