1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
Details
Duration8 May – 11 September 1926
Edition21st
Teams24
Champion
Winning nation United States
← 1925
1927 →

The 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 21st edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. 19 teams would enter the Europe Zone, while 5 would enter the America Zone.

France defeated Japan in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but would fall to the United States in a rematch of 1925's Challenge Round. The final was played at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 9–11 September.[1][2]

America Zone

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Further information: 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

Draw

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
San Francisco, CA, United States (grass)
Mexico City, Mexico Japan5
 Mexico1 Philippines0Montreal, Canada (grass)
 Japan4 Japan5
Havana, Cuba (clay) Cuba0
 Cuba3
 Canada2

Final

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Japan vs. Cuba


Japan
5 		Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[3]
19–21 August 1926
Grass
Cuba
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Cuba 		Takeichi Harada
Rogelio Paris 		7
5 		6
0 		6
3 		     
2 Japan
Cuba 		Tsumio Tawara
Vicente Banet 		9
7 		6
1 		6
2 		     
3 Japan
Cuba 		Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara
Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris 		6
4 		6
3 		6
2 		     
4 Japan
Cuba 		Tsumio Tawara
Rogelio Paris 		6
2 		6
0 		6
2 		     
5 Japan
Cuba 		Tezio Toba
Vicente Banet 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     

Europe Zone

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Further information: 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

Draw

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First Round
27 April-9 May		Second Round
8–22 May		Quarterfinals
24 May-2 June		Semifinals
9–16 July		Final
24–26 July
Dublin, Ireland (grass)
 Ireland2
 Spain3Barcelona, Spain (clay)
 Spain3
Barcelona, Spain (clay) Argentina1
 Argentina3
 Hungary2Barcelona, Spain (clay)
 Spain1
Harrogate, England (clay) Great Britain4
 Great Britain5
 Poland0Rome, Italy (clay)
 Great Britain3
 Italy5Rome, Italy (clay) Italy2
 Romania0 Italy3
 Netherlands3 Netherlands2Cabourg, France (clay)
 Belgium2 Great Britain0
 South Africa4 France5
 Portugal1 South Africaw/o
 AustriaKensington, England (clay)
 South Africa1
Malmö, Sweden Sweden4
 Sweden3
  Switzerland2Stockholm, Sweden (clay)
 Sweden0
Prague, Czechoslovakia France5
 Czechoslovakia4
 India1Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
 Czechoslovakia0
Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) France3
 Denmark0
 France5

Final

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France vs. Great Britain


France
5 		Garden Tennis Club, Cabourg, France[4]
24–26 July 1926
Clay
Great Britain
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
United Kingdom 		Henri Cochet
Colin Gregory 		7
5 		4
6 		7
9 		7
5 		6
0 		 
2 France
United Kingdom 		René Lacoste
Noel Turnbull 		6
4 		6
4 		6
4 		     
3 France
United Kingdom 		Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon
Gordon Crole-Rees / Charles Kingsley 		6
2 		6
0 		6
3 		     
4 France
United Kingdom 		Pierre Henri Landry
Colin Gregory 		6
3 		6
2 		6
1 		     
5 France
United Kingdom 		Jacques Brugnon
Noel Turnbull 		4
6 		1
6 		6
2 		6
4 		6
0 		 

Inter-Zonal Final

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France vs. Japan


France
3 		West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States[5]
26–28 August 1926
Grass
Japan
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
Japan 		Henri Cochet
Tsumio Tawara 		1
6 		4
6 		7
5 		6
3 		6
2 		 
2 France
Japan 		René Lacoste
Takeichi Harada 		4
6 		6
4 		3
6 		7
9 		   
3 France
Japan 		Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet
Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara 		6
0 		6
0 		6
2 		     
4 France
Japan 		René Lacoste
Tsumio Tawara 		6
1 		6
3 		6
2 		     
5 France
Japan 		Henri Cochet
Takeichi Harada 		1
6 		3
6 		6
0 		4
6 		   

Challenge Round

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United States vs. France


United States
4 		Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, PA, United States[2]
9–11 September 1926
Grass
France
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
France 		Bill Johnston
René Lacoste 		6
0 		6
4 		0
6 		6
0 		   
2 United States
France 		Bill Tilden
Jean Borotra 		6
2 		6
3 		6
3 		     
3 United States
France 		Vincent Richards / Richard Norris Williams
Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet 		6
4 		6
4 		6
2 		     
4 United States
France 		Bill Johnston
Jean Borotra 		8
6 		6
4 		9
7 		     
5 United States
France 		Bill Tilden
René Lacoste 		6
4 		4
6 		6
8 		6
8 		   

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "United States v France". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Japan v Cuba". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "France v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "France v Japan". daviscup.com.
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