title: Great Britain Wightman Cup team
text: # Great Britain Wightman Cup team
  
  The Great Britain Wightman Cup team was the less successful team in the Wightman Cup tennis competition. The team won 10 titles out of 61 participations.
  
  ## History
  
  Great Britain won their first Wightman Cup in 1924. They won 10 out of 61 titles, only retaining the cup on two occasions; from 1924 to 1925 and from 1974 to 1975. Great Britain won its last Wightman Cup in 1978. In 1989, after eleven straight defeats, the Wightman Cup was wound up.
  
  ### Members of the inaugural team
  
  * Geraldine Beamish
  * Mabel Clayton
  * Phyllis Covell
  * Kathleen McKane
  
  ### Members of the last team
  
  * Jo Durie
  * Sara Gomer
  * Anne Hobbs
  * Clare Wood
  