1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
{{Short description|1939 edition of the International Lawn Tennis Challenge}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Davis Cup season
| name = 1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
| image = Australians John Bromwich and Adrian Quist with the Davis Cup, Pratten Park, Ashfield, Sydney, November 1939.jpg
| image_caption = John Bromwich and Adrian Quist with the Davis Cup trophy in Sydney, November 1939
| image_alt =
| image_size = 250
| duration = 5 May – 5 September 1939
| edition = 34th
| teams = 25
| categories =
| winning nation= {{davis|AUS}}
| previous = 1938
| next = 1946
}}
The 1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 34th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. 20 teams entered the Europe Zone, while 7 entered the America Zone.
Australia defeated Cuba in the North & Central America Zone final, and then received a walkover in the America Inter-Zonal final after Brazil, the only team in the South America Zone, withdrew. In the Europe Zone final Yugoslavia defeated Germany. In the Inter-Zonal play-off Australia defeated Yugoslavia, and then defeated the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Merion Cricket Club in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States on 2–5 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
{{further|1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone}}
=North & Central America Zone=
{{8TeamBracket-info
| RD1-date=30 June–23 July
| RD2-date=14–16 July
| RD3-date=10–12 August
| RD1T1-loc=
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|PHI|1936}} | RD1-score1=
| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=
| RD1T2-loc=Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{davis|AUS}} | RD1-score3=5
| RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4={{davis|MEX|1934}} | RD1-score4=0
| RD1T3-loc=Havana, Cuba (clay)
| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5={{davis|CAN|1921}} | RD1-score5=1
| RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6={{davis|CUB}} | RD1-score6=4
| RD1T4-loc=
| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=bye | RD1-score7=
| RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8={{davis|JPN|1870}} | RD1-score8=
| RD2T1-loc= Long Beach, CA, United States (grass)
| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|PHI|1936}} | RD2-score1=0
| RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|AUS}} | RD2-score2=5
| RD2T2-loc=
| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3={{davis|CUB}} | RD2-score3=w/o
| RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4={{davis|JPN}}{{efn|name=japan|Japan withdrew from the competition after their top player, Jiro Yamagishi, joined the Imperial Japanese Navy.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F-EsAAAAIBAJ&pg=1467,1929958&dq=davis%20cup%201939%20japan&hl=en|title=The Bulletin - Google News Archive Search|access-date=6 June 2016}}}} | RD2-score4=
| RD3T1-loc=Rumson, NJ, United States (grass)
| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1={{davis|AUS}} | RD3-score1=5
| RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2={{davis|CUB}} | RD3-score2=0
}}
==Final==
Cuba vs. Australia
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Cuba
|team2=Australia
|venue=Seabright Lawn Tennis Club, Rumson, NJ, United States{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-NAM-M-CUB-AUS-01|title=Cuba v Australia|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=10–12 August 1939
|surface=Grass
|score1=0
|score2=5
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=José Agüero |6 |0 |2 | | |T2P1=John Bromwich |8 |6 |6 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ricardo Morales |0 |2 |2 | | |T2P1=Adrian Quist |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ricardo Morales |T1P2=Lorenzo Nodarse |1 |0 |3 | | |T2P1=John Bromwich |T2P2=Adrian Quist |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ricardo Morales |6 |6 |1 | | |T2P1=John Bromwich |8 |8 |6 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=José Agüero |1 |0 |0 | | |T2P1=Adrian Quist |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|}}
=Americas Inter-Zonal Final=
Europe Zone
{{further|1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone}}
File:Henkel Von Metaxa Hebda Baworowski 1939.jpg, Georg von Metaxa, Józef Hebda, Adam Baworowski]]
=Draw=
{{32TeamBracket-Info|compact=y
| RD1-date=5–7 May
| RD2-date=11–21 May
| RD3-date=25–29 May
| RD4-date=2–5 June
| RD5-date=28–30 July
| RD1-name=First Round
| RD2-name=Second Round
| seed-width=25
| team-width=150
| RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01={{davis|GBR}} | RD1-score01=
| RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=bye | RD1-score02=
| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03={{davis|NZL}} | RD1-score03=
| RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=bye | RD1-score04=
| RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05={{davis|FRA|1830}} | RD1-score05=
| RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=bye | RD1-score06=
| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07={{davis|ROC}} | RD1-score07=
| RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=bye | RD1-score08=
| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09={{davis|SWE}} | RD1-score09=
| RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=bye | RD1-score10=
| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11={{davis|DEN}} | RD1-score11=
| RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=bye | RD1-score12=
| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13={{davis|GER|1935}} | RD1-score13=5
| RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14={{davis|SUI}} | RD1-score14=0
| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15={{davis|POL|1928}} | RD1-score15=4
| RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16={{davis|NED}} | RD1-score16=1
| RD1-seed17= | RD1-team17={{davis|ROU}} | RD1-score17=2
| RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18={{davis|HUN|1920}} | RD1-score18=3
| RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19={{davis|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} | RD1-score19=5
| RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20={{davis|IRL}} | RD1-score20=0
| RD1-seed21= | RD1-team21=bye | RD1-score21=
| RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22={{davis|ITA|1861}} | RD1-score22=
| RD1-seed23= | RD1-team23=bye | RD1-score23=
| RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24={{davis|MON}} | RD1-score24=
| RD1-seed25= | RD1-team25=bye | RD1-score25=
| RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26={{davis|BEL}} | 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|NOR}} | RD1-score30=
| RD1-seed31= | RD1-team31=bye | RD1-score31=
| RD1-seed32= | RD1-team32={{davis|TCH}} | RD1-score32=
| RD2T1-loc=Brighton, England (clay)
| RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01={{davis|GBR}} | RD2-score01=3
| RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02={{davis|NZL}} | RD2-score02=2
| RD2T2-loc=Paris, France (clay)
| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03={{davis|FRA|1830}} | RD2-score03=4
| RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04={{davis|ROC}} | RD2-score04=1
| RD2T3-loc=Stockholm, Sweden (clay)
| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05={{davis|SWE}} | RD2-score05=4
| RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06={{davis|DEN}} | RD2-score06=1
| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07={{davis|GER|1935}} | RD2-score07=3
| RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08={{davis|POL|1928}} | RD2-score08=2
| RD2-seed09= | RD2-team09={{davis|HUN|1920}} | RD2-score09=1
| RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10={{davis|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} | RD2-score10=4
| RD2T6-loc=Naples, Italy (clay)
| RD2-seed11= | RD2-team11={{davis|ITA|1861}} | RD2-score11=3
| RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12={{davis|MON}} | RD2-score12=0
| RD2-seed13= | RD2-team13={{davis|BEL}} | RD2-score13=3
| RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14={{davis|IND|British}} | RD2-score14=2
| RD2T8-loc=
| RD2-seed15= | RD2-team15={{davis|NOR}} | RD2-score15=w/o
| RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16={{davis|TCH}}{{efn|name=czech|The tie between Norway and Czechoslovakia was abandoned due to the German invasion and partition of Czechoslovakia in March 1939.}} | RD2-score16=
| RD3T1-loc=Wimbledon, England (grass)
| RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01={{davis|GBR}} | RD3-score01=3
| RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02={{davis|FRA|1830}} | RD3-score02=2
| RD3T2-loc=Berlin, Germany (clay)
| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03={{davis|SWE}} | RD3-score03=1
| RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04={{davis|GER|1935}} | RD3-score04=4
| RD3T3-loc=Milan, Italy (clay)
| RD3-seed05= | RD3-team05={{davis|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} | RD3-score05=3
| RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06={{davis|ITA|1861}} | RD3-score06=2
| RD3T4-loc=Brussels, Belgium (clay)
| RD3-seed07= | RD3-team07={{davis|BEL}} | RD3-score07=5
| RD3-seed08= | RD3-team08={{davis|NOR}} | RD3-score08=0
| RD4T1-loc=Berlin, Germany (clay)
| RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01={{davis|GBR}} | RD4-score01=0
| RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02={{davis|GER|1935}} | RD4-score02=5
| RD4T2-loc=Zagreb, Yugoslavia
| RD4-seed03= | RD4-team03={{davis|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} | RD4-score03=3
| RD4-seed04= | RD4-team04={{davis|BEL}} | RD4-score04=2
| RD5T1-loc=Zagreb, Yugoslavia
| RD5-seed01= | RD5-team01={{davis|GER|1935}} | RD5-score01=2
| RD5-seed02= | RD5-team02={{davis|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} | RD5-score02=3
}}
=Final=
Yugoslavia vs. Germany
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Kingdom of Yugoslavia
|team2=Germany |team2-var=1935
|venue=A.T.K. Stadium, Zagreb, Yugoslavia{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-YUG-GER-01|title=Yugoslavia v Germany|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=28–30 July 1939
|surface=
|score1=3
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Franjo Punčec |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Rolf Göpfert |3 |1 |0 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Dragutin Mitić |0 |1 |6 |4 | |T2P1=Henner Henkel |6 |6 |4 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Franjo Kukuljević |T1P2=Franjo Punčec |7 |6 |4 |6 |1 |T2P1=Henner Henkel |T2P2=Roderich Menzel |9 |4 |6 |3 |4 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Dragutin Mitić |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Rolf Göpfert |1 |2 |3 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Franjo Punčec |10 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Henner Henkel |8 |3 |0 | | }}
}}
Inter-Zonal Final
Australia vs. Yugoslavia
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Australia
|team2=Kingdom of Yugoslavia
|venue=Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-INZ-M-AUS-YUG-01|title=Australia v Yugoslavia|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=24–26 August 1939
|surface=Grass
|score1=4
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Adrian Quist |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Dragutin Mitić |0 |4 |3 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=John Bromwich |2 |6 |6 |2 | |T2P1=Franjo Punčec |6 |8 |0 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=John Bromwich |T1P2=Adrian Quist |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Franjo Kukuljević |T2P2=Franjo Punčec |2 |3 |3 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=John Bromwich |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Dragutin Mitić |1 |3 |2 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Adrian Quist |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Franjo Kukuljević |2 |3 |4 | | }}
|}}
Challenge Round
United States vs. Australia
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=United States |team1-var=1912
|team2=Australia
|venue=Merion Cricket Club, Haverford, PA, United States{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-WG-CHR-USA-AUS-01|title=United States v Australia|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=2–5 September 1939
|surface=Grass
|score1=2
|score2=3
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Bobby Riggs |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=John Bromwich |4 |0 |5 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Frank Parker |6 |2 |6 |1 |7 |T2P1=Adrian Quist |3 |6 |4 |6 |5 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Joe Hunt |T1P2=Jack Kramer |7 |2 |5 |2 | |T2P1=John Bromwich |T2P2=Adrian Quist |5 |6 |7 |6 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Bobby Riggs |1 |4 |6 |6 |4 |T2P1=Adrian Quist |6 |6 |3 |3 |6 }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Frank Parker |0 |3 |1 | | |T2P1=John Bromwich |6 |6 |6 | | }}
}}
See also
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://www.daviscup.com Davis Cup official website]
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