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  Hazel (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hazel (Corylus) is a genus of nut-bearing trees and shrubs, including Common Hazel.
Hazel Dormouse, a species of rodent that feeds on the nuts of hazels
Hazel, a color similar to that of hazel trees, a bluish-green tinged with brown
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hazel_(disambiguation)   (195 words)

  
 AmericanHeritage.com / QUEEN MOTHER OF TENNIS
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, who had won more national tennis titles than any other player in the history of the sport, died at her home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Hazel Hotchkiss was born in 1886 in Healdsburg, California.
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman with the Earl of Cromer—”
www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1975/5/1975_5_16.shtml   (7929 words)

  
 Tennis timeline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
According to one sportscaster, she is the "first woman with the courage to show up at Wimbledon in a dress that could be almost considered short".
Hazel Hotchkiss wins the U.S. singles and doubles tennis tournaments.
Hotchkiss wins her third straight American singles and doubles titles.
idcs0200.lib.iup.edu /~cat/Pages/tentl.html   (1111 words)

  
 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Hazel Virginia Hotchkiss entered the United States tennis championships in 1909 and won every event in which she entered—women's singles, women's doubles, and the mixed doubles.
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman - Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman Born: Dec. 20, 1886 Tennis won 16 U.S. national titles; 4-time U.S. Infoplease: Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Biographies, Dictionary, Thesaurus.
December 20 Birthdays: Branch Rickey - December 20 birthdays: Branch Rickey, Sidney Hook, Thomas Graham, Harvey Samuel Firestone, Susanne K. Langer, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0880262.html   (270 words)

  
 U.C. Berkeley Physical Education Program Historical Page - Individual Sports
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman paired with Helen Wills and won the women’s doubles gold medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics.
Berkeley's physical education department has taught thousands of students to play tennis since the first courses were offered in the early 1900's.
1924: Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (UC 1909) and Helen Wills Moody (UC 1927) win gold medal Tennis doubles at the 1924 Paris Olympics.
pe.berkeley.edu /history/indiv.html   (354 words)

  
 HOOD, Dorothy Wightman
She kept extensive files on varied areas of interest and was a wonderful resource to find answers to the most difficult questions.
Dorothy's mother, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, was a world renowned American tennis champion, winning national titles including Wimbledon and Olympic Gold Medals in addition to which she was the donor of the Wightman Cup between the United States and Great Britain.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman Tennis Scholarship Fund, through the University of California Berkley, Athletic Dept.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/15/MNHOODDORO14.DTL   (293 words)

  
 Find in a Library: [Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, full-length portrait, facing left, playing tennis]
Find in a Library: [Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, full-length portrait, facing left, playing tennis]
[Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, full-length portrait, facing left, playing tennis]
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worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/ece04e3680864109a19afeb4da09e526.html   (58 words)

  
 TIME.com: Wightman Cup -- Aug. 22, 1927 -- Page 1
Molla Mallory, with more difficulty, did the same thing.
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman won a doubles match for the U. S.; Eleanor Goss and Charlotte Hosmer Chapin lost one.
Helen Jacobs lost the only U. singles match to Betty Nuthall sixteen-year-old-English girl who defeated Mrs.
www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,730985,00.html   (271 words)

  
 SportsKnowHow.com - History of Tennis - Page 2 of 3
Today, more than 100 countries vie for the Davis Cup.
In 1923, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman began a similar competition for women awarding the (can you guess?) Wightman Cup to the champions.
In addition to the team competition, tennis has four major tournaments each year, called Grand Slam events.
www.sportsknowhow.com /tennis/history/tennis-history-2.shtml   (532 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Four decades later, Fed Cup not a smash hit yet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Posted 4/24/2003 11:24 PM Four decades later, Fed Cup not a smash hit yet
Forty years after Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman — sometimes called the "Queen Mother of American tennis" — realized her idea of staging a women's team competition similar to the men's Davis Cup, her vision is struggling to find its place on the sport's landscape.
Venus and Serena Williams' popularity has helped sell out the Fed Cup match.
www.usatoday.com /sports/tennis/fed/2003-04-24-fed-cup_x.htm   (562 words)

  
 The US Open 2005 - Grand Slam Tennis - Official Site by IBM - History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Laura Knight, 61 60, 1887; Hazel Hotchkiss d.
Janet Hopps - Bob Mark, 75 1315 62, 1959
14 - Hazel Hotchkiss - Wallace Johnson d.
2005.usopen.org /en_US/about/history/rec_match.html   (470 words)

  
 1910 in History
June 26 24th U.S. Womens Tennis: H Hotchkiss Wightman beats L Hammond (64 62)
June 26 Hazel Hotchkiss wins U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship
July 1 Chicago's Comiskey Park opens - St. Louis Browns beat White Sox 2-0
www.brainyhistory.com /years/1910.html   (1793 words)

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