1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

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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.

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

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  
 
Takeichi Harada
Rogelio Paris
7
5
6
0
6
3
     
2  
 
Tsumio Tawara
Vicente Banet
9
7
6
1
6
2
     
3  
 
Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara
Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris
6
4
6
3
6
2
     
4  
 
Tsumio Tawara
Rogelio Paris
6
2
6
0
6
2
     
5  
 
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  
 
Henri Cochet
Colin Gregory
7
5
4
6
7
9
7
5
6
0
 
2  
 
René Lacoste
Noel Turnbull
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
3  
 
Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon
Gordon Crole-Rees / Charles Kingsley
6
2
6
0
6
3
     
4  
 
Pierre Henri Landry
Colin Gregory
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
5  
 
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  
 
Henri Cochet
Tsumio Tawara
1
6
4
6
7
5
6
3
6
2
 
2  
 
René Lacoste
Takeichi Harada
4
6
6
4
3
6
7
9
   
3  
 
Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet
Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara
6
0
6
0
6
2
     
4  
 
René Lacoste
Tsumio Tawara
6
1
6
3
6
2
     
5  
 
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  
 
Bill Johnston
René Lacoste
6
0
6
4
0
6
6
0
   
2  
 
Bill Tilden
Jean Borotra
6
2
6
3
6
3
     
3  
 
Vincent Richards / Richard Norris Williams
Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet
6
4
6
4
6
2
     
4  
 
Bill Johnston
Jean Borotra
8
6
6
4
9
7
     
5  
 
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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