1909 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

{{Short description|1909 edition of the International Lawn Tennis Challenge}}

{{Davis Cup season

| name = 1909 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

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| duration = 11 September – 30 November 1909

| edition = 9th

| teams = 3

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| winning nation= {{davis|Australasia}}

| previous = 1908

| next = 1911

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The 1909 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the ninth edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. For the second straight year, only the British Isles and the United States would challenge Australasia for the Cup. After defeating the British in Philadelphia, the US traveled to Sydney, but was defeated again by the Australasian team.{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/world-group.aspx#/1909|title=1909 International Lawn Tennis Challenge|publisher=daviscup.com}} The final was played at the Double Bay Grounds on 27–30 November.

Final

United States vs. British Isles

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|team1=United States |team1-var=1908

|team2=Great Britain |team2-name=British Isles

|venue=Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, PA, United States{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1909-WG-M-USA-BRI-01|title=United States v British Isles|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=11–14 September 1909

|surface=Grass

|score1=5

|score2=0

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=William Larned |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Charles Dixon |3 |2 |0 | | }}{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1909/09/12/106121670.pdf|title=American Tennis Men Beat Britons; Larned and Clothier Take Singles Matches from Dixon and Parke. Preliminary for Davis Cup Winners' Victory of Every Set Was a Surprise to the Three Thousand Spectators at Philadelphia.|format=PDF|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 11, 1909|access-date=February 24, 2011}}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=William Clothier |6 |6 |8 | | |T2P1=James Cecil Parke |4 |3 |6 | | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Harold Hackett |T1P2=Raymond Little |3 |6 |6 |4 |8 |T2P1=Walter Crawley |T2P2=James Cecil Parke |6 |4 |4 |6 |6 }}{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TH19090914.2.27|title=Lawn Tennis|newspaper=Taranaki Herald|date=September 14, 1909|access-date=February 24, 2011}}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=William Larned |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=James Cecil Parke |3 |2 |3 | | }}{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1909/09/15/101896802.pdf|title=Davis Cup Tennis Sweep for America; British Contestants Outclassed Again by Larned and Clothier. Could Not Win a Match. Larned Steady and Accurate Against. Parke, While Clothier Excelled Dixon in Every Style of Play.|format=PDF|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 11, 1909|access-date=February 24, 2011}}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=William Clothier |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Charles Dixon |3 |1 |4 | | }}

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Challenge Round

File:1909 Davis Cup.jpg, Australia on 27–30 November 1909]]

Australasia vs. United States

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|team2=United States |team2-var=1908

|venue=Double Bay Grounds, Sydney, Australia{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1909-WG-CHR-USA-ANZ-01|title=Australasia v United States|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=27–30 November 1909

|surface=Grass

|score1=5

|score2=0

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Norman Brookes |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Maurice McLoughlin |2 |2 |4 | | }}{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19091129.2.17|title=Lawn Tennis. Davis Cup Competitions.|newspaper=Dublin Evening Mail|date=November 29, 1909|access-date=February 24, 2011}}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Anthony Wilding |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=Melville Long |2 |5 |1 | | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Norman Brookes |T1P2=Anthony Wilding |12 |9 |6 | | |T2P1=Melville Long |T2P2=Maurice McLoughlin |10 |7 |3 | | }}{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AG19091130.2.7|title=Lawn Tennis. The Davis Cup Won by Australasia.|newspaper=Ashburton Guardian|date=November 30, 1909|access-date=February 24, 2011}}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Norman Brookes |6 |7 |8 | | |T2P1=Melville Long |4 |5 |6 | | }}{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TC19091201.2.33|title=Lawn Tennis. Davis Cup Matches. Concluding Games.|newspaper=Colonist|date=December 1, 1909|access-date=February 24, 2011}}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Anthony Wilding |3 |8 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Maurice McLoughlin |6 |6 |2 |3 | }}

}}

References

External links

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

Category:Davis Cups by year

International Lawn Tennis Challenge