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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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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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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