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.
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| Duration | 8 May – 11 September 1926 |
| Edition | 21st |
| Teams | 24 |
| 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
editDraw
edit| 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
editJapan vs. Cuba
 Japan 5 |
Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[3] 19–21 August 1926 Grass |
 Cuba 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Europe Zone
editDraw
edit| 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
editFrance 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
editFrance 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
editUnited 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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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ a b "United States v France". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Japan v Cuba". daviscup.com.
- ^ "France v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
- ^ "France v Japan". daviscup.com.