:1947 Davis Cup

{{Davis Cup season

| name = 1947 Davis Cup

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| duration = 2 May – 1 September 1947

| edition = 36th

| teams = 22

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| winning nation= {{davis|USA|1912}}

| previous = 1946

| next = 1948

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The 1947 Davis Cup was the 36th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 20 teams entered the Europe Zone, and 2 teams entered the America Zone. Luxembourg competed for the first time.

Australia defeated Canada in the America Zone final, and Czechoslovakia defeated Yugoslavia in the Europe Zone final. Australia defeated Czechoslovakia in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but was defeated by defending champions the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York, United States on 30 August-1 September.{{cite book|author=Bud Collins|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0942257700|pages=495–496, 499|edition=2nd}}{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Tennis|year=1974|publisher=Allen & Unwin|location=London|isbn=0047960426|author=Max Robertson|page=384}}

America Zone

=Final=

Canada vs. Australia

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Canada |team1-var=1921

|team2=Australia

|venue=Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1947-AME-M-CAN-AUS-01|title=Canada v Australia|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=8–10 August 1947

|surface=Grass

|score1=0

|score2=5

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Henri Rochon |1 |4 |2 | | |T2P1=Dinny Pails |6 |6 |6 | | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Brendan Macken |4 |4 |1 | | |T2P1=Geoff Brown |6 |6 |6 | | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Edgar Lanthier |T1P2=Gordon MacNeil |2 |1 |0 | | |T2P1=John Bromwich |T2P2=Colin Long |6 |6 |6 | | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Brendan Macken |4 |2 |2 | | |T2P1=Dinny Pails |6 |6 |6 | | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Henri Rochon |3 |7 |2 | | |T2P1=Geoff Brown |6 |9 |6 | | }}

|}}

Europe Zone

=Draw=

{{32TeamBracket-Info|compact=y

| RD1-date=2–4 May

| RD2-date=15–18 May

| RD3-date=30 May–1 June

| RD4-date=13–16 June

| RD5-date=13–15 July

| RD1-name=First Round

| RD2-name=Second Round

| seed-width=25

| team-width=150

| RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01={{davis|POL|1928}} | RD1-score01=

| RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=bye | RD1-score02=

| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03={{davis|GBR}} | RD1-score03=

| RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=bye | RD1-score04=

| RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05={{davis|NED}} | RD1-score05=

| RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=bye | RD1-score06=

| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07={{davis|RSA|1928}} | RD1-score07=

| RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=bye | RD1-score08=

| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09={{davis|IRL}} | RD1-score09=

| RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=bye | RD1-score10=

| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11={{davis|YUG}} | RD1-score11=

| RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=bye | RD1-score12=

| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13={{davis|BEL}} | RD1-score13=5

| RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14={{davis|LUX}} | RD1-score14=0

| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15={{davis|ESP|1945}} | RD1-score15=2

| RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16={{davis|EGY|1922}} | RD1-score16=3

| RD1-seed17= | RD1-team17={{davis|GRE|old}} | RD1-score17=1

| RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18={{davis|SUI}} | RD1-score18=4

| RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19={{davis|SWE}} | RD1-score19=2

| RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20={{davis|TCH}} | RD1-score20=3

| RD1-seed21= | RD1-team21=bye | RD1-score21=

| RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22={{davis|NOR}} | RD1-score22=

| RD1-seed23= | RD1-team23=bye | RD1-score23=

| RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24={{davis|NZL}} | RD1-score24=

| RD1-seed25= | RD1-team25=bye | RD1-score25=

| RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26={{davis|FRA|1830}} | RD1-score26=

| RD1-seed27= | RD1-team27=bye | RD1-score27=

| RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28={{davis|IND|British}} | RD1-score28=

| RD1-seed29= | RD1-team29=bye | RD1-score29=

| RD1-seed30= | RD1-team30={{davis|MON}} | RD1-score30=

| RD1-seed31= | RD1-team31=bye | RD1-score31=

| RD1-seed32= | RD1-team32={{davis|DEN}} | RD1-score32=

| RD2T1-loc=Warsaw, Poland (clay)

| RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01={{davis|POL|1928}} | RD2-score01=2

| RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02={{davis|GBR}} | RD2-score02=3

| RD2T2-loc=Amsterdam, Netherlands (clay)

| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03={{davis|NED}} | RD2-score03=1

| RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04={{davis|RSA|1928}} | RD2-score04=4

| RD2T3-loc=Dublin, Ireland (grass)

| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05={{davis|IRL}} | RD2-score05=2

| RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06={{davis|YUG}} | RD2-score06=3

| RD2T4-loc=Brussels, Belgium

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07={{davis|BEL}} | RD2-score07=4

| RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08={{davis|EGY|1922}} | RD2-score08=1

| RD2T5-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia

| RD2-seed09= | RD2-team09={{davis|SUI}} | RD2-score09=1

| RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10={{davis|TCH}} | RD2-score10=4

| RD2T6-loc=Oslo, Norway (clay)

| RD2-seed11= | RD2-team11={{davis|NOR}} | RD2-score11=2

| RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12={{davis|NZL}} | RD2-score12=3

| RD2T7-loc=Paris, France (clay)

| RD2-seed13= | RD2-team13={{davis|FRA|1830}} | RD2-score13=5

| RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14={{davis|IND|British}} | RD2-score14=0

| RD2T8-loc=

| RD2-seed15= | RD2-team15={{davis|MON}} | RD2-score15={{w/o}}

| RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16={{davis|DEN}} | RD2-score16=

| RD3T1-loc=Scarborough, England (grass)

| RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01={{davis|GBR}} | RD3-score01=1

| RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02={{davis|RSA|1928}} | RD3-score02=4

| RD3T2-loc=Brussels, Belgium

| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03={{davis|YUG}} | RD3-score03=4

| RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04={{davis|BEL}} | RD3-score04=1

| RD3T3-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia

| RD3-seed05= | RD3-team05={{davis|TCH}} | RD3-score05=5

| RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06={{davis|NZL}} | RD3-score06=0

| RD3T4-loc=Paris, France (clay)

| RD3-seed07= | RD3-team07={{davis|FRA|1830}} | RD3-score07=5

| RD3-seed08= | RD3-team08={{davis|MON}} | RD3-score08=0

| RD4T1-loc=Zagreb, Yugoslavia

| RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01={{davis|RSA|1928}} | RD4-score01=2

| RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02={{davis|YUG}} | RD4-score02=3

| RD4T2-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia

| RD4-seed03= | RD4-team03={{davis|TCH}} | RD4-score03=4

| RD4-seed04= | RD4-team04={{davis|FRA|1830}} | RD4-score04=0

| RD5T1-loc=Zagreb, Yugoslavia

| RD5-seed01= | RD5-team01={{davis|YUG}} | RD5-score01=0

| RD5-seed02= | RD5-team02={{davis|TCH}} | RD5-score02=4

}}

=Final=

Yugoslavia vs. Czechoslovakia

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Yugoslavia

|team2=Czechoslovakia

|venue=Zagreb, Yugoslavia{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1947-EUR-M-YUG-TCH-01|title=Yugoslavia v Czechoslovakia|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=13–15 July 1947

|surface=

|score1=0

|score2=4

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Dragutin Mitić |6 |0 |6 |1 |2 |T2P1=Vladimír Černík |3 |6 |2 |6 |6 }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Josip Palada |3 |6 |6 |3 | |T2P1=Jaroslav Drobný |6 |8 |2 |6 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Dragutin Mitić |T1P2=Josip Palada |3 |1 |3 | | |T2P1=Vladimír Černík |T2P2=Jaroslav Drobný |6 |6 |6 | | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Dragutin Mitić |6 |3 |4 |6 |1 |T2P1=Jaroslav Drobný |1 |6 |6 |4 |6 }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Josip Palada | | | | | |T2P1=Ján Smolinský | | | | | |np=}}

}}

Inter-Zonal Final

Australia vs. Czechoslovakia

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Australia

|team2=Czechoslovakia

|venue=Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1947-INZ-M-AUS-TCH-01|title=Australia v Czechoslovakia|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=14–16 August 1947

|surface=Grass

|score1=4

|score2=1

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=John Bromwich |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Vladimír Černík |1 |1 |1 | | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Dinny Pails |3 |4 |6 |4 | |T2P1=Jaroslav Drobný |6 |6 |4 |6 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=John Bromwich |T1P2=Colin Long |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Vladimír Černík |T2P2=Jaroslav Drobný |2 |2 |2 | | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=John Bromwich |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=Jaroslav Drobný |2 |5 |4 | | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Dinny Pails |6 |4 |3 |6 |6 |T2P1=Vladimír Černík |3 |6 |6 |2 |3 }}

|}}

Challenge Round

United States vs. Australia

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=United States |team1-var=1912

|team2=Australia

|venue=West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1947-WG-CHR-USA-AUS-01|title=United States v Australia|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=30 August–1 September 1947

|surface=Grass

|score1=4

|score2=1

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Jack Kramer |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Dinny Pails |2 |1 |2 | | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ted Schroeder |6 |5 |6 |6 | |T2P1=John Bromwich |4 |7 |3 |4 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Jack Kramer |T1P2=Ted Schroeder |4 |6 |2 |4 | |T2P1=John Bromwich |T2P2=Colin Long |6 |2 |6 |6 | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ted Schroeder |6 |8 |4 |9 |10 |T2P1=Dinny Pails |3 |6 |6 |11 |8 }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Jack Kramer |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=John Bromwich |3 |2 |2 | | }}

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References

External links

[http://www.daviscup.com Davis Cup official website]

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