1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
1926 edition of the International Lawn Tennis Challenge
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Duration | 8 May – 11 September 1926 |
Edition | 21st |
Teams | 24 |
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
Draw
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
San Francisco, CA, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
Mexico City, Mexico | Japan | 5 | |||||||||||
Mexico | 1 | Philippines | 0 | Montreal, Canada (grass) | |||||||||
Japan | 4 | Japan | 5 | ||||||||||
Havana, Cuba (clay) | Cuba | 0 | |||||||||||
Cuba | 3 | ||||||||||||
Canada | 2 | ||||||||||||
Final
Japan vs. Cuba
Japan 5 | Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[3] 19–21 August 1926 Grass | Cuba 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Europe Zone
Draw
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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Ireland | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Spain | 3 | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Spain | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Argentina | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Argentina | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungary | 2 | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Spain | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Harrogate, England (clay) | Great Britain | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Great Britain | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Poland | 0 | Rome, Italy (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Great Britain | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italy | 5 | Rome, Italy (clay) | Italy | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Romania | 0 | Italy | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 3 | Netherlands | 2 | Cabourg, France (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||
Belgium | 2 | Great Britain | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
South Africa | 4 | France | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Portugal | 1 | South Africa | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||
Austria | Kensington, England (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
South Africa | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Malmö, Sweden | Sweden | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sweden | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 2 | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sweden | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Prague, Czechoslovakia | France | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
India | 1 | Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | France | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Denmark | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
France | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Final
France vs. Great Britain
France 5 | Garden Tennis Club, Cabourg, France[4] 24–26 July 1926 Clay | Great Britain 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inter-Zonal Final
France vs. Japan
France 3 | West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States[5] 26–28 August 1926 Grass | Japan 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Challenge Round
United States vs. France
United States 4 | Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, PA, United States[2] 9–11 September 1926 Grass | France 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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