1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

{{Short description|1926 edition of the International Lawn Tennis Challenge}}

{{Davis Cup season

| name = 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

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| duration = 8 May – 11 September 1926

| edition = 21st

| teams = 24

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

| previous = 1925

| next = 1927

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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.{{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=495–506|edition=2nd}}

America Zone

{{further|1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone}}

=Draw=

{{5TeamBracket-info|RD1-byes=y

| RD1-date=11–13 June

| RD2-date=25–27 June; 16–18 July

| RD3-date=19–21 August

| RD1-text1=Mexico City, Mexico

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|MEX|1916}} | RD1-score1=1

| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2={{davis|JPN|1870}} | RD1-score2=4

| RD2-text1={{nowrap|San Francisco, CA, United States (grass)}}

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|JPN|1870}} | RD2-score1=5

| RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|PHI|1919}} | RD2-score2=0

| RD2-text2=Havana, Cuba (clay)

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3={{davis|CUB}} | RD2-score3=3

| RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4={{davis|CAN|1921}} | RD2-score4=2

| RD3-text1=Montreal, Canada (grass)

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1={{davis|JPN|1870}} | RD3-score1=5

| RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2={{davis|CUB}} | RD3-score2=0

}}

=Final=

Japan vs. Cuba

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Japan |team1-var=1870

|team2=Cuba

|venue=Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1926-AME-M-JPN-CUB-01|title=Japan v Cuba|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=19–21 August 1926

|surface=Grass

|score1=5

|score2=0

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Takeichi Harada |7 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Rogelio Paris |5 |0 |3 | | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Tsumio Tawara |9 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Vicente Banet |7 |1 |2 | | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Takeichi Harada |T1P2=Tsumio Tawara |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Raúl Chacón |T2P2=Rogelio Paris |4 |3 |2 | | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Tsumio Tawara |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Rogelio Paris |2 |0 |2 | | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Teizo Toba |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Vicente Banet |2 |2 |2 | | }}

|}}

Europe Zone

=Draw=

{{32TeamBracket-Info|compact=y

| RD1-byes = y

| RD1-date=27 April-9 May

| RD1-name=First Round

| RD2-date=8–22 May

| RD3-date=24 May-2 June

| RD4-date=9–16 July

| RD5-date=24–26 July

| RD2-name=Second Round

| RD1-text7=Rome, Italy (clay)

| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13={{davis|ITA|1861}} | RD1-score13=5

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

| RD1-text8=Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)

| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15={{davis|NED}} | RD1-score15=3

| RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16={{davis|BEL}} | RD1-score16=2

| RD1-text9=Sutton Coldfield, England (clay)

| RD1-seed17= | RD1-team17={{davis|RSA|1912}} | RD1-score17=4

| RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18={{davis|POR}} | RD1-score18=1

| RD2-text1=Dublin, Ireland (grass)

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|IRL}} | RD2-score1=2

| RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|ESP|1785}} | RD2-score2=3

| RD2-text2=Barcelona, Spain (clay)

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3={{davis|ARG}} | RD2-score3=3

| RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4={{davis|HUN|1920}} | RD2-score4=2

| RD2-text3=Harrogate, England (clay)

| RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5={{davis|GBR}} | RD2-score5=5

| RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6={{davis|POL|1919}} | RD2-score6=0

| RD2-text4=Rome, Italy (clay)

| RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7={{davis|ITA|1861}} | RD2-score7=3

| RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8={{davis|NED}} | RD2-score8=2

| RD2-text5=

| RD2-seed9= | RD2-team9={{davis|RSA|1912}} | RD2-score9=w/o

| RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10={{davis|AUT}} | RD2-score10=

| RD2-text6=Malmö, Sweden

| RD2-seed11= | RD2-team11={{davis|SWE}} | RD2-score11=3

| RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12={{davis|SUI}} | RD2-score12=2

| RD2-text7=Prague, Czechoslovakia

| RD2-seed13= | RD2-team13={{davis|TCH}} | RD2-score13=4

| RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14={{davis|IND|British}} | RD2-score14=1

| RD2-text8=Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)

| RD2-seed15= | RD2-team15={{davis|DEN}} | RD2-score15=0

| RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16={{davis|FRA|1830}} | RD2-score16=5

| RD3-text1=Barcelona, Spain (clay)

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1={{davis|ESP|1785}} | RD3-score1=3

| RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2={{davis|ARG}} | RD3-score2=1

| RD3-text2=Rome, Italy (clay)

| RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3={{davis|GBR}} | RD3-score3=3

| RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4={{davis|ITA|1861}} | RD3-score4=2

| RD3-text3=Kensington, England (clay)

| RD3-seed5= | RD3-team5={{davis|RSA|1912}} | RD3-score5=1

| RD3-seed6= | RD3-team6={{davis|SWE}} | RD3-score6=4

| RD3-text4=Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

| RD3-seed7= | RD3-team7={{davis|TCH}} | RD3-score7=0

| RD3-seed8= | RD3-team8={{davis|FRA|1830}} | RD3-score8=3

| RD4-text1=Barcelona, Spain (clay)

| RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1={{davis|ESP|1785}} | RD4-score1=1

| RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2={{davis|GBR}} | RD4-score2=4

| RD4-text2=Stockholm, Sweden (clay)

| RD4-seed3= | RD4-team3={{davis|SWE}} | RD4-score3=0

| RD4-seed4= | RD4-team4={{davis|FRA|1830}} | RD4-score4=5

| RD5-text1=Cabourg, France (clay)

| RD5-seed1= | RD5-team1={{davis|GBR}} | RD5-score1=0

| RD5-seed2= | RD5-team2={{davis|FRA|1830}} | RD5-score2=5

}}

=Final=

France vs. Great Britain

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=France |team1-var=1830

|team2=Great Britain

|venue=Garden Tennis Club, Cabourg, France{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1926-EUR-M-FRA-GBR-01|title=France v Great Britain|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=24–26 July 1926

|surface=Clay

|score1=5

|score2=0

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Henri Cochet |7 |4 |7 |7 |6 |T2P1=Colin Gregory |5 |6 |9 |5 |0 }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=René Lacoste |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Noel Turnbull |4 |4 |4 | | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Jean Borotra |T1P2=Jacques Brugnon |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Gordon Crole-Rees |T2P2=Charles Kingsley |2 |0 |3 | | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Pierre Henri Landry |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Colin Gregory |3 |2 |1 | | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Jacques Brugnon |4 |1 |6 |6 |6 |T2P1=Noel Turnbull |6 |6 |2 |4 |0 }}

}}

Inter-Zonal Final

France vs. Japan

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|team1=France |team1-var=1830

|team2=Japan |team2-var=1870

|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-1926-INZ-M-FRA-JPN-01|title=France v Japan|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=26–28 August 1926

|surface=Grass

|score1=3

|score2=2

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Henri Cochet |1 |4 |7 |6 |6 |T2P1=Tsumio Tawara |6 |6 |5 |3 |2 }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=René Lacoste |4 |6 |3 |7 | |T2P1=Takeichi Harada |6 |4 |6 |9 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Jacques Brugnon |T1P2=Henri Cochet |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Takeichi Harada |T2P2=Tsumio Tawara |0 |0 |2 | | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=René Lacoste |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Tsumio Tawara |1 |3 |2 | | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Henri Cochet |1 |3 |6 |4 | |T2P1=Takeichi Harada |6 |6 |0 |6 | }}

|}}

Challenge Round

United States vs. France

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=United States |team1-var=1912

|team2=France |team2-var=1830

|venue=Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, PA, United States{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1926-WG-CHR-USA-FRA-01|title=United States v France|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=9–11 September 1926

|surface=Grass

|score1=4

|score2=1

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Bill Johnston |6 |6 |0 |6 | |T2P1=René Lacoste |0 |4 |6 |0 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Bill Tilden |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Jean Borotra |2 |3 |3 | | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Vincent Richards |T1P2=Richard Norris Williams |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Jacques Brugnon |T2P2=Henri Cochet |4 |4 |2 | | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Bill Johnston |8 |6 |9 | | |T2P1=Jean Borotra |6 |4 |7 | | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Bill Tilden |6 |4 |6 |6 | |T2P1=René Lacoste |4 |6 |8 |8 | }}

}}

References

External links

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

Category:Davis Cups by year

International Lawn Tennis Challenge

1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

America Zone

=Draw=

=Final=

Europe Zone

=Draw=

=Final=

Inter-Zonal Final

Challenge Round

See also

References

External links