1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

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The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

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] The United States defeated Australia in the final, and went on to face Germany in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw[]

  Semifinals
30 April–2 May
Final
29–31 May
                 
  Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
    Australia 5  
    Mexico 0     Forest Hills, NY, United States (grass)
      Australia 0
  San Francisco, CA, United States (clay)     United States 5
    United States 5
    Japan 0  

Semifinals[]

Mexico vs. Australia[]


Mexico
0
Club Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[3]
30 April–2 May 1937
Clay

Australia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
Australia
Esteban Reyes
Adrian Quist
3
6
1
6
3
6
     
2 Mexico
Australia
Ricardo Tapia
Vivian McGrath
2
6
4
6
4
6
     
3 Mexico
Australia
Daniel Hernández / Alfonso Unda
Jack Crawford / Adrian Quist
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
4 Mexico
Australia
Esteban Reyes
John Bromwich
2
6
2
6
5
7
     
5 Mexico
Australia
Ricardo Tapia
Adrian Quist
2
6
4
6
6
4
3
6
   

United States vs. Japan[]


United States
5
Lakeside Country Club, San Francisco, CA, United States[4]
30 April–2 May 1937
Clay

Japan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Japan
Don Budge
Fumiteru Nakano
6
1
6
1
6
0
     
2 United States
Japan
Frank Parker
Jiro Yamagishi
6
3
2
6
8
6
6
1
   
3 United States
Japan
Don Budge / Gene Mako
Fumiteru Nakano / Jiro Yamagishi
6
0
6
1
6
4
     
4 United States
Japan
Frank Parker
Fumiteru Nakano
6
0
6
3
6
2
     
5 United States
Japan
Don Budge
Jiro Yamagishi
6
2
6
2
6
4
     

Final[]

United States vs. Australia[]


United States
5
West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States[2]
29–31 May 1937
Grass

Australia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Australia
Don Budge
Jack Crawford
6
1
6
3
6
2
     
2 United States
Australia
Bryan Grant
John Bromwich
6
2
7
5
6
1
     
3 United States
Australia
Don Budge / Gene Mako
Jack Crawford / Vivian McGrath
7
5
6
1
8
6
     
4 United States
Australia
Don Budge
John Bromwich
6
2
6
3
5
7
6
1
   
5 United States
Australia
Bryan Grant
Jack Crawford
6
0
6
2
7
5
     

References[]

  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 "United States v Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Mexico v Australia". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "United States v Japan". daviscup.com.

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