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1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

Main article: 1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

Due to an increase in South American entries, the America Zone was split into the North & Central America Zone and the South America Zone. The winner of each sub-zone would play against each other to determine who moved to the Inter-Zonal Final to compete against the winner of the Europe Zone. 8 teams entered the America Zone: 3 teams competed in the North & Central America Zone, while 5 teams competed in the South America Zone.[1]

The United States defeated Canada in the North & Central America Zone final, and Argentina defeated Chile in the South America Zone final.[2][3] In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, the United States defeated Argentina and went on to face Great Britain in the Inter-Zonal Final.[4]

North & Central America Zone

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Draw

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Semifinals
1–3 May		Final
21–23 May
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
  United States5
Montreal, Canada (grass)
  Mexico0
  United States4
  Canada1
bye
  Canada

Semifinals

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Mexico vs. United States

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Mexico
0 		Club Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[5]
1–3 May 1931
Clay 		 
United States
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Alfonso Unda
Wilmer Allison 		3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
2  
  		Ricardo Tapia
Frank Shields 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3  
  		Manuel Llano / Ricardo Tapia
Frank Shields / Sidney Wood 		3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4  
  		Jorge Acosta
Frank Shields 		3
6 		0
6 		3
6 		     
5  
  		Ricardo Tapia
Wilmer Allison 		4
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     

Final

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Canada vs. United States

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Canada
1 		Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[2]
21–23 May 1931
Grass 		 
United States
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jack Wright
Frank Shields 		6
8 		2
6 		2
6 		     
2  
  		Marcel Rainville
Sidney Wood 		4
6 		6
4 		6
3 		2
6 		6
4 		 
3  
  		Marcel Rainville / Jack Wright
Frank Shields / Sidney Wood 		6
8 		4
6 		2
6 		     
4  
  		Jack Wright
Sidney Wood 		6
8 		3
6 		4
6 		     
5  
  		Marcel Rainville
Frank Shields 		1
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     

South America Zone

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Draw

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Quarterfinals
26–28 March		Semifinals
2–4 April		Final
24–26 April
Asunción, Paraguay (hard)
  Paraguay0
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
  Argentina5
  Argentina5
  Uruguay0
  Uruguay
Santiago, Chile
bye
  Argentina3
  Chile0
bye
  Brazil
  Brazil
  Chile [6]w/o
bye
  Chile

Quarterfinals

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Paraguay vs. Argentina

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Paraguay
0 		Asunción, Paraguay[7]
26–28 March 1931
Hard 		 
Argentina
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Agustin Cusmanich
Lucilo del Castillo 		3
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
2  
  		Ángel Portaluppi
Adriano Zappa 		1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
3  
  		Agustin Cusmanich / Licio Sosa
Guillermo Robson / Andrés Sissener 		0
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
4  
  		H.R. Walters
Lucilo del Castillo 		0
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     
5  
  		Ivo Ubaldi
Adriano Zappa 		2
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     

Semifinals

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Argentina vs. Uruguay

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Argentina
5 		Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[8]
2–4 April 1931
Clay 		 
Uruguay
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Lucilo del Castillo
Juan Carlos da Silva 		6
1 		6
2 		6
0 		     
2  
  		Ronaldo Boyd
Eduardo Stanham 		6
2 		6
1 		6
3 		     
3  
  		Guillermo Robson / Adriano Zappa
Juan Carlos da Silva / Eduardo Stanham 		6
1 		6
2 		6
1 		     
4  
  		Lucilo del Castillo
Carlos Gainza 		6
0 		6
0 		6
1 		     
5  
  		Ronaldo Boyd
Ernesto Hernandez Erro 		6
0 		6
0 		6
1 		     

Final

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Chile vs. Argentina

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Chile
0 		Santiago, Chile[3]
24–26 April 1931
  
Argentina
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Egon Schonherr
Adriano Zappa 		6
2 		2
6 		0
6 		0
6 		   
2  
  		Lionel Page
Guillermo Robson 		2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3  
  		Roberto Conrads / Herbert Muller
Lucilo del Castillo / Adriano Zappa 		1
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     
4  
  		Lionel Page
Adriano Zappa 		          not
played
5  
  		Egon Schonherr
Guillermo Robson 		          not
played

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

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United States vs. Argentina

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United States
5 		Chevy Chase Lawn Tennis Club, Chevy Chase, MD, United States[4]
28–30 May 1931
Clay 		 
Argentina
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Frank Shields
Guillermo Robson 		3
6 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		   
2  
  		Sidney Wood
Ronaldo Boyd 		6
4 		6
1 		6
2 		     
3  
  		Frank Shields / Sidney Wood
Lucilo del Castillo / Adriano Zappa 		6
4 		8
6 		2
6 		6
2 		   
4  
  		Frank Shields
Ronaldo Boyd 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     
5  
  		Cliff Sutter
Guillermo Robson 		3
6 		6
4 		6
3 		6
3 		   

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 "Canada v United States". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Chile v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "United States v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Mexico v United States". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Chile v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Paraguay v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Argentina v Uruguay". daviscup.com.
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