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Duration | 8 May – 11 September 1926 |
Edition | 21st |
Teams | 24 |
Champion | |
Winning nation | ![]() |
← 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 | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
San Francisco, CA, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
Mexico City, Mexico | ![]() | 5 | |||||||||||
![]() | 1 | ![]() | 0 | Montreal, Canada (grass) | |||||||||
![]() | 4 | ![]() | 5 | ||||||||||
Havana, Cuba (clay) | ![]() | 0 | |||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
Final
Japan vs. Cuba
![]() Japan 5 |
Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[3] 19–21 August 1926 Grass |
![]() Cuba 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Europe Zone
Draw
First Round 27 April-9 May | Second Round 8–22 May | Quarterfinals 24 May-2 June | Semifinals 9–16 July | Final 24–26 July | |||||||||||||||||||
Dublin, Ireland (grass) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Barcelona, Spain (clay) | ![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Harrogate, England (clay) | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | Rome, Italy (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | Rome, Italy (clay) | ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ![]() | 2 | Cabourg, France (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | ![]() | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | ![]() | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | Kensington, England (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Malmö, Sweden | ![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Prague, Czechoslovakia | ![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | ![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Final
France vs. Great Britain
![]() France 5 |
Garden Tennis Club, Cabourg, France[4] 24–26 July 1926 Clay |
![]() Great Britain 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Challenge Round
United States vs. France
![]() United States 4 |
Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, PA, United States[2] 9–11 September 1926 Grass |
![]() France 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also
References
- ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ a b "United States v France". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Japan v Cuba". daviscup.com.
- ^ "France v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
- ^ "France v Japan". daviscup.com.