1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

Details
Duration	8 May – 11 September
Edition	21st
Teams	24
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[]

Quarterfinals 11–13 June

Semifinals 25–27 June; 16–18 July

Final 19–21 August

Mexico City, Mexico

Mexico

1

Japan

4

San Francisco, CA, United States (grass)

Japan

5

Philippines

0

bye

Philippines

Montreal, Canada (grass)

Japan

5

Cuba

0

Cuba

bye

Havana, Cuba (clay)

Cuba

3

Canada

2

bye

Canada

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 Takeichi Harada 7 5 6 0 6 3       2 Vicente Banet 9 7 6 1 6 2       3 Takeichi Harada /   /  6 4 6 3 6 2       4 6 2 6 0 6 2       5 Vicente Banet 6 2 6 2 6 2

Europe Zone[]

Draw[]

	First Round 27 April-9 May
	Rome, Italy (clay)
		Italy	5
		Romania	0
	Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)
		Netherlands	3
		Belgium	2
	Sutton Coldfield, England (clay)
		South Africa	4
		Portugal	1

Second Round 8–22 May

Quarterfinals 24 May-2 June

Semifinals 9–16 July

Final 24–26 July

Dublin, Ireland (grass)

Ireland

2

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Spain

3

Spain

3

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Argentina

1

Argentina

3

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Hungary

2

Spain

1

Harrogate, England (clay)

Great Britain

4

Great Britain

5

Rome, Italy (clay)

Poland

0

Great Britain

3

Rome, Italy (clay)

Italy

2

Italy

3

Cabourg, France (clay)

Netherlands

2

Great Britain

0

France

5

South Africa

w/o

Kensington, England (clay)

Austria

South Africa

1

Malmö, Sweden

Sweden

4

Sweden

3

Stockholm, Sweden (clay)

Switzerland

2

Sweden

0

Prague, Czechoslovakia

France

5

Czechoslovakia

4

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

India

1

Czechoslovakia

0

Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)

France

3

Denmark

0

France

5

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 Henri Cochet Colin Gregory 7 5 4 6 7 9 7 5 6 0   2 René Lacoste Noel Turnbull 6 4 6 4 6 4       3 Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon Gordon Crole-Rees / Charles Kingsley 6 2 6 0 6 3       4 Pierre Henri Landry Colin Gregory 6 3 6 2 6 1       5 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 Henri Cochet 1 6 4 6 7 5 6 3 6 2   2 René Lacoste Takeichi Harada 4 6 6 4 3 6 7 9     3 Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet Takeichi Harada /  6 0 6 0 6 2       4 René Lacoste 6 1 6 3 6 2       5 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 Bill Johnston René Lacoste 6 0 6 4 0 6 6 0     2 Bill Tilden Jean Borotra 6 2 6 3 6 3       3 Vincent Richards / Richard Norris Williams Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet 6 4 6 4 6 2       4 Bill Johnston Jean Borotra 8 6 6 4 9 7       5 Bill Tilden René Lacoste 6 4 4 6 6 8 6 8

See also[]

• 1926 Wightman Cup

References[]

External links[]

• Davis Cup official website