1948 Davis Cup America Zone

The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1948 Davis Cup.

4 teams entered the America Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the Europe Zone.[1] Australia defeated Mexico in the final, and went on to face Czechoslovakia in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

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Semifinals
8–25 July
Final
6–8 August
Havana, Cuba
  Australia5
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
  Cuba0
  Australia4
Montreal, Canada (grass)
  Mexico1
  Canada1
  Mexico4

Semifinals

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Cuba vs. Australia

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Cuba
0
Havana, Cuba[3]
23–25 July 1948
 
Australia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Joffre Etcheverry
Adrian Quist
1
6
0
6
0
6
     
2  
 
José Agüero
Bill Sidwell
3
6
1
6
4
6
     
3  
 
José Agüero / Ricardo Morales
Colin Long / Bill Sidwell
5
7
2
6
3
6
     
4  
 
José Agüero
Adrian Quist
3
6
4
6
3
6
     
5  
 
Antonio Daly
Bill Sidwell
1
6
1
6
3
6
     

Canada vs. Mexico

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Canada
1
Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[4]
8–10 July 1948
Grass
 
Mexico
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Henri Rochon
Francisco Guerrero Arcocha
6
2
7
5
6
4
     
2  
 
Brendan Macken
Armando Vega
4
6
1
6
3
6
     
3  
 
Brendan Macken / James Macken
Gustavo Palafox / Armando Vega
2
6
3
6
4
6
     
4  
 
Henri Rochon
Armando Vega
2
6
1
6
3
6
     
5  
 
Walter Stohlberg
Francisco Guerrero Arcocha
10
12
1
6
2
6
     

Final

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Mexico vs. Australia

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Mexico
1
Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[2]
6–8 August 1948
Clay
 
Australia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Armando Vega
Bill Sidwell
6
2
6
8
6
3
4
6
5
7
 
2  
 
Gustavo Palafox
Adrian Quist
4
6
1
6
4
6
     
3  
 
Gustavo Palafox / Armando Vega
Geoff Brown / Colin Long
0
6
2
6
2
6
     
4  
 
Armando Vega
Adrian Quist
9
7
6
4
6
2
     
5  
 
Francisco Guerrero Arcocha
Bill Sidwell
1
6
4
6
2
6
     

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 "Mexico v Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Cuba v Australia". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Canada v Mexico". daviscup.com.
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