The 1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 26th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup.
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Duration | 19 April – 26 July 1931 |
Edition | 26th |
Teams | 30 |
Champion | |
Winning nation | ![]() |
← 1930 1932 → |
Due to an increase in South American entries, the America Zone was split into the North & Central America Zone and the South America Zone, with the winner of each sub-zone playing to determine who moved to the Inter-Zonal round. 22 teams would enter the Europe Zone, while 8 would enter the America Zone. These included first-time entries from Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, although Brazil withdrew without playing a tie, and Paraguay would not play in the Davis Cup again until 1982.[1] This year also marked the first time that ties were played in South America.
The United States defeated Argentina in the America Inter-Zonal Final, but would then lose to Great Britain in the Inter-Zonal play-off. France defeated Great Britain in the Challenge Round, giving France their fifth straight title. The final was played at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France on 24–26 July.[2][3][4]
America Zone
editNorth & Central America Zone
editSemifinals 1–3 May | Final 21–23 May | |||||||
Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | ||||||||
United States | 5 | |||||||
Montreal, Canada (grass) | ||||||||
Mexico | 0 | |||||||
United States | 4 | |||||||
Canada | 1 | |||||||
bye | ||||||||
Canada | ||||||||
South America Zone
editQuarterfinals 26–28 March | Semifinals 2–4 April | Final 24–26 April | |||||||||||
Asunción, Paraguay (hard) | |||||||||||||
Paraguay | 0 | ||||||||||||
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | |||||||||||||
Argentina | 5 | ||||||||||||
Argentina | 5 | ||||||||||||
Uruguay | 0 | ||||||||||||
Uruguay | |||||||||||||
Santiago, Chile | |||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
Argentina | 3 | ||||||||||||
Chile | 0 | ||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
Brazil | |||||||||||||
Brazil | |||||||||||||
Chile | w/o | ||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
Chile | |||||||||||||
Americas Inter-Zonal Final
editUnited States vs. Argentina
United States 5 |
Chevy Chase Lawn Tennis Club, Chevy Chase, MD, United States[5] 28–30 May 1931 Clay |
Argentina 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Europe Zone
editDraw
editFirst Round 16 April–5 May | Second Round 8–17 May | Quarterfinals 20 May–6 June | Semifinals 12–18 June | Final 9–11 July | |||||||||||||||||||
Finland | Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
bye | Finland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Egypt | Egypt | 4 | Paris, France (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||
bye | Egypt | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yugoslavia | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | Japan | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
bye | Yugoslavia | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Japan | Japan | 5 | Eastbourne, England (grass) | ||||||||||||||||||||
bye | Japan | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Belgium | Brussels, Belgium (clay) | Great Britain | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
bye | Belgium | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Great Britain | 5 | Great Britain | 5 | Eastbourne, England (grass) | |||||||||||||||||||
Monaco | 0 | Great Britain | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Germany | 0 | Dublin, Ireland (grass) | South Africa | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
South Africa | 5 | South Africa | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 0 | Ireland | 1 | Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||
Ireland | 5 | Great Britain | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Greece | 3 | Athens, Greece | Czechoslovakia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Austria | 2 | Greece | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Spain | 2 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | 3 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Italy | 4 | Turin, Italy (clay) | Italy | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Hungary | 1 | Italy | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
bye | Netherlands | 0 | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||
Netherlands | Czechoslovakia | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
bye | Oslo, Norway (clay) | Denmark | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Norway | Norway | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
bye | Poland | 3 | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||
Poland | Poland | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
bye | Copenhagen, Denmark | Denmark | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Denmark | Denmark | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
bye | Romania | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Final
editCzechoslovakia vs. Great Britain
Czechoslovakia 1 |
Prague, Czechoslovakia[6] 9–11 July 1931 Clay |
Great Britain 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inter-Zonal Final
editGreat Britain vs. United States
Great Britain 3 |
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[7] 17–19 July 1931 Clay |
United States 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Challenge Round
editFrance vs. Great Britain
France 3 |
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[4] 24–26 July 1931 Clay |
Great Britain 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Paraguay – Team profile". daviscup.com.
- ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ Max Robertson (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 383. ISBN 0047960426.
- ^ a b "France v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
- ^ "United States v Argentina". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Czechoslovakia v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Great Britain v United States". daviscup.com.