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

Draw

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

Final

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

Draw

Final

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

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

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

References

  1. ↑ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. 1 2 "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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