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Revision as of 23:46, 6 March 2016

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

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Mexico City, Mexico
 Mexico1
San Francisco, CA, United States (grass)
 Japan4
 Japan5
 Philippines0
bye
Montreal, Canada (grass)
 Philippines
 Japan5
 Cuba0
 Cuba
Havana, Cuba (clay)
bye
 Cuba3
 Canada2
bye
 Canada

First round


Mexico
1 		Club Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
11–13 June 1926
clay
Japan
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
Japan 		Alfonso Unda
Takeichi Harada 		2
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2 Mexico
Japan 		Manuel Llano
Teizo Toba 		1
6 		7
5 		3
6 		4
6 		   
3 Mexico
Japan 		Claude Butlin / Manuel Llano
Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara 		0
6 		7
9 		4
6 		     
4 Mexico
Japan 		Claude Butlin
Teizo Toba 		6
2 		6
3 		6
1 		     
5 Mexico
Japan 		Mariano Lozano-Alatorre
Tsumio Tawara 		1
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     

Semifinals


Japan
5 		San Francisco, California, United States
25–27 June 1926
grass
Philippines
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Philippines 		Tsumio Tawara
Guillermo Aragon 		8
6 		6
1 		8
6 		     
2 Japan
Philippines 		Takeichi Harada
Francisco Aragon 		6
0 		6
4 		6
3 		     
3 Japan
Philippines 		Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara
Francisco Aragon / Guillermo Aragon 		6
3 		1
6 		5
7 		6
2 		6
2 		 
4 Japan
Philippines 		Takeichi Harada
Guillermo Aragon 		6
2 		6
3 		7
5 		     
5 Japan
Philippines 		Tsumio Tawara
Francisco Aragon 		6
2 		8
6 		4
6 		1
6 		7
5 		 

Cuba
3 		Havana, Cuba
16–18 July 1926
clay
Canada
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Cuba
Canada 		Rogelio Paris
Jack Wright 		2
6 		6
4 		2
6 		6
3 		6
4 		 
2 Cuba
Canada 		Vicente Banet
Willard Crocker 		4
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
3 Cuba
Canada 		Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris
Willard Crocker / Jack Wright 		8
6 		3
6 		6
8 		8
6 		6
2 		 
4 Cuba
Canada 		Vicente Banet
Jack Wright 		4
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
5 Cuba
Canada 		Rogelio Paris
Willard Crocker 		6
4 		6
2 		6
4 		     

Final


Cuba
0 		Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada
19–21 August 1926
grass
Japan
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Cuba
Japan 		Rogelio Paris
Takeichi Harada 		5
7 		0
6 		3
6 		     
2 Cuba
Japan 		Vicente Banet
Tsumio Tawara 		7
9 		1
6 		2
6 		     
3 Cuba
Japan 		Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris
Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara 		4
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
4 Cuba
Japan 		Rogelio Paris
Tsumio Tawara 		2
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
5 Cuba
Japan 		Vicente Banet
Tezio Toba 		2
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     

Europe Zone

Draw

First Round
27 April-9 May
Rome, Italy (clay)
  Italy 5
  Romania 0
Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)
  Netherlands 3
  Belgium 2
Sutton Coldfield, England (clay)
  South Africa 4
  Portugal 1

First round


Italy
5 		Bucharest, Romania
27–29 April 1926
clay
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Romania 		Umberto De Morpurgo
Nicolae Mişu 		6
2 		6
1 		6
3 		     
2 Italy
Romania 		Clemente Serventi
Alfred San Galli 		6
2 		6
2 		6
1 		     
3 Italy
Romania 		Umberto De Morpurgo / Clemente Serventi
Nicolae Mişu / Alfred San Galli 		6
3 		6
3 		7
5 		     
4 Italy
Romania 		Umberto De Morpurgo
Alfred San Galli 		6
1 		6
1 		6
2 		     
5 Italy
Romania 		Clemente Serventi
Nicolae Mişu 		2
6 		6
3 		6
1 		0
1 		   
retired

Netherlands
3 		Noordwijk, Netherlands
7–9 May 1926
clay
Belgium
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Netherlands
Belgium 		Christiaan van Lennep
Jean Washer 		6
4 		3
6 		6
8 		6
3 		2
6 		 
2 Netherlands
Belgium 		Hendrik Timmer
Andre Laloux 		6
1 		6
0 		6
1 		     
3 Netherlands
Belgium 		Arthur Diemer-Kool / Christiaan van Lennep
Georges Francois / Jean Washer 		0
6 		8
10 		6
3 		6
2 		7
5 		 
4 Netherlands
Belgium 		Christiaan van Lennep
Andre Laloux 		6
0 		6
0 		6
2 		     
5 Netherlands
Belgium 		Hendrik Timmer
Jean Washer 		1
6 		3
6 		5
7 		     

South Africa
4 		Sutton Hard Courts Lawn Tennis Club, Sutton Coldfield, England
30 April–2 May 1926
clay
Portugal
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Africa
Portugal 		Patrick Spence
Antonio Casanovas 		6
1 		6
1 		6
4 		     
2 South Africa
Portugal 		Julian Lezard
José de Verda 		3
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
3 South Africa
Portugal 		Julian Lezard / Patrick Spence
José de Verda / Fernando Vasconcelos 		6
1 		6
4 		6
2 		     
4 South Africa
Portugal 		Patrick Spence
José de Verda 		6
1 		2
6 		6
2 		6
2 		   
5 South Africa
Portugal 		Julian Lezard
Antonio Casanovas 		6
4 		6
1 		6
2 		     

Second round


Italy
3 		Rome, Italy
16–18 May 1926
clay
Netherlands
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Netherlands 		Clemente Serventi
Hendrik Timmer 		4
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
2 Italy
Netherlands 		Umberto De Morpurgo
Christiaan van Lennep 		6
3 		6
3 		6
4 		     
3 Italy
Netherlands 		Umberto De Morpurgo / Clemente Serventi
Cornelis Bryan / Hendrik Timmer 		6
3 		6
4 		6
3 		     
4 Italy
Netherlands 		Umberto De Morpurgo
Hendrik Timmer 		6
4 		6
2 		6
3 		     
5 Italy
Netherlands 		Clemente Serventi
Christiaan van Lennep 		3
6 		6
3 		1
6 		4
6 		   

Great Britain
5 		Royal Hall Grounds, Harrogate, England
8–11 May 1926
clay
Poland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Poland 		Noel Turnbull
Edward Kleinadel 		6
1 		7
5 		6
0 		     
2 United Kingdom
Poland 		Patrick Wheatley
Stanisław Czetwertyński 		6
4 		6
3 		6
4 		     
3 United Kingdom
Poland 		Gordon Crole-Rees / Charles Kingsley
Edward Kleinadel / Karol Steinert 		7
5 		6
4 		6
3 		     
4 United Kingdom
Poland 		Noel Turnbull
Stanisław Czetwertyński 		6
0 		6
2 		7
5 		     
5 United Kingdom
Poland 		Patrick Wheatley
Edward Kleinadel 		6
2 		6
4 		6
1 		     

Hungary
2 		Barcelona, Spain
16–18 May 1926
clay
Argentina
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Hungary
Argentina 		Béla von Kehrling
Guillermo Robson 		6
3 		3
6 		6
3 		6
2 		   
2 Hungary
Argentina 		Imre Takáts
Enrique Obarrio 		0
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     
3 Hungary
Argentina 		Kálmán Kirchmäyer / Béla von Kehrling
Enrique Obarrio / Guillermo Robson 		2
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
4 Hungary
Argentina 		Imre Takáts
Guillermo Robson 		4
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
5 Hungary
Argentina 		Béla von Kehrling
Enrique Obarrio 		6
3 		7
5 		6
4 		     

Ireland
2 		Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland
20–22 May 1926
grass
Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Republic of Ireland
Spain 		Edward McGuire
Francisco Sindreu 		3
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
2 Republic of Ireland
Spain 		Louis Meldon
Antonio Juanico 		6
1 		6
4 		6
4 		     
3 Republic of Ireland
Spain 		Ben Haughton / Louis Meldon
Antonio Juanico / Francisco Sindreu 		6
4 		8
6 		6
3 		     
4 Republic of Ireland
Spain 		Louis Meldon
Francisco Sindreu 		1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
5 Republic of Ireland
Spain 		Edward McGuire
Antonio Juanico 		4
6 		5
7 		6
2 		4
6 		   

Sweden
3 		Malmö Athletic Outdoor Courts, Malmö, Sweden
11–13 May 1926
clay
Switzerland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Switzerland 		Marcus Wallenberg
Charles Aeschlimann 		6
4 		4
6 		6
2 		6
1 		   
2 Sweden
Switzerland 		Sune Malmström
Jean Wuarin 		6
4 		6
1 		6
2 		     
3 Sweden
Switzerland 		Sune Malmström / Marcus Wallenberg
Charles Aeschlimann / Jean Wuarin 		6
4 		2
6 		4
6 		6
4 		4
6 		 
4 Sweden
Switzerland 		Marcus Wallenberg
Jean Wuarin 		4
6 		6
1 		6
1 		6
1 		   
5 Sweden
Switzerland 		Sune Malmström
Charles Aeschlimann 		6
1 		2
6 		2
6 		6
4 		3
6 		 

Czechoslovakia
4 		Prague, Czechoslovakia
14–16 May 1926
India
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
India 		Pavel Macenauer
Athar-Ali Fyzee 		4
6 		6
4 		7
9 		0
6 		   
2 Czechoslovakia
India 		Jan Koželuh
Hassan-Ali Fyzee 		6
1 		6
3 		6
1 		     
3 Czechoslovakia
India 		Jan Koželuh / Ladislav Zemla
Sandford Bobb / Hassan-Ali Fyzee 		6
2 		6
3 		6
1 		     
4 Czechoslovakia
India 		Pavel Macenauer
Hassan-Ali Fyzee 		6
2 		7
5 		5
7 		6
0 		   
5 Czechoslovakia
India 		Jan Koželuh
Athar-Ali Fyzee 		6
3 		6
2 		7
5 		     

Denmark
0 		Copenhagen, Denmark
14–16 May 1926
clay
France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
France 		Axel Petersen
René Lacoste 		4
6 		5
7 		1
6 		     
2 Denmark
France 		Einer Ulrich
Henri Cochet 		2
6 		3
6 		6
2 		0
6 		   
3 Denmark
France 		Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich
Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet 		6
4 		3
6 		6
4 		5
7 		0
6 		 
4 Denmark
France 		Einer Ulrich
Jacques Brugnon 		1
6 		2
6 		8
6 		6
3 		1
6 		 
5 Denmark
France 		Axel Petersen
Henri Cochet 		6
3 		2
6 		6
3 		5
7 		4
6 		 

Quarterfinals


Italy
2 		Rome, Italy
27–29 May 1926
clay
Great Britain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
United Kingdom 		Clemente Serventi
Patrick Wheatley 		7
5 		4
6 		1
6 		3
6 		   
2 Italy
United Kingdom 		Umberto De Morpurgo
Noel Turnbull 		4
6 		6
2 		4
6 		6
4 		6
2 		 
3 Italy
United Kingdom 		Umberto De Morpurgo / Clemente Serventi
Gordon Crole-Rees / Charles Kingsley 		6
3 		8
6 		4
6 		3
6 		3
6 		 
4 Italy
United Kingdom 		Umberto De Morpurgo
Patrick Wheatley 		6
2 		6
3 		3
2 		     
retired
5 Italy
United Kingdom 		Clemente Serventi
Noel Turnbull 		6
3 		1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		   

Argentina
1 		Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Spain
29–31 May 1926
clay
Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Argentina
Spain 		Enrique Obarrio
Eduardo Flaquer 		6
4 		7
5 		0
6 		0
6 		2
6 		 
2 Argentina
Spain 		Guillermo Robson
Francisco Sindreu 		4
6 		7
5 		5
7 		6
4 		6
2 		 
3 Argentina
Spain 		Enrique Obarrio / Guillermo Robson
Eduardo Flaquer / Raimundo Morales-Marqués 		4
6 		7
9 		3
6 		     
4 Argentina
Spain 		Enrique Obarrio
Francisco Sindreu 		7
5 		1
6 		5
7 		6
4 		3
6 		 
5 Argentina
Spain 		Guillermo Robson
Eduardo Flaquer 		          not
played

South Africa
1 		Melbury Lawn Tennis Club, Kensington, London, England
31 May–2 June 1926
clay
Sweden
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Africa
Sweden 		Patrick Spence
Ingvar Garell 		6
4 		6
4 		8
6 		     
2 South Africa
Sweden 		Gerald Sherwell
Sune Malmström 		6
8 		3
6 		4
6 		     
3 South Africa
Sweden 		Julian Lezard / Patrick Spence
Ingvar Garell / Sune Malmström 		2
6 		6
8 		6
8 		     
4 South Africa
Sweden 		Patrick Spence
Sune Malmström 		6
8 		3
6 		1
6 		     
5 South Africa
Sweden 		Gerald Sherwell
Ingvar Garell 		4
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     

Czechoslovakia
0 		Prague, Czechoslovakia
24–25 May 1926
clay
France
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
France 		Jan Koželuh
René Lacoste 		5
7 		7
5 		3
6 		8
6 		3
6 		 
2 Czechoslovakia
France 		Pavel Macenauer
Henri Cochet 		3
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
3 Czechoslovakia
France 		Jan Koželuh / Ladislav Zemla
Jacques Brugnon / René Lacoste 		2
6 		6
3 		8
6 		2
6 		5
7 		 
4 Czechoslovakia
France 		Jan Koželuh
Henri Cochet 		          not
played
5 Czechoslovakia
France 		Pavel Macenauer
René Lacoste 		          not
played

Semifinals


Great Britain
4 		Societat Sportiva Pompeya, Barcelona, Spain
9–11 July 1926
clay
Spain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Spain 		Colin Gregory
Eduardo Flaquer 		6
3 		6
0 		6
2 		     
2 United Kingdom
Spain 		Charles Kingsley
Francisco Sindreu 		7
5 		2
6 		7
5 		3
6 		6
3 		 
3 United Kingdom
Spain 		Gordon Crole-Rees / Charles Kingsley
Eduardo Flaquer / Raimundo Morales-Marqués 		11
9 		6
4 		6
2 		     
4 United Kingdom
Spain 		Colin Gregory
Francisco Sindreu 		2
6 		6
4 		6
2 		6
3 		   
5 United Kingdom
Spain 		Keats Lester
Raimundo Morales-Marqués 		3
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     

Sweden
0 		East Malm Athletic/Soccer Fields, Stockholm, Sweden
14–16 July 1926
clay
France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
France 		Marcus Wallenberg
Henri Cochet 		3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
2 Sweden
France 		Sune Malmström
Jean Borotra 		6
3 		6
2 		6
8 		3
6 		3
6 		 
3 Sweden
France 		Sune Malmström / Marcus Wallenberg
Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon 		4
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
4 Sweden
France 		Sune Malmström
Henri Cochet 		4
6 		7
5 		4
6 		6
4 		3
6 		 
5 Sweden
France 		Marcus Wallenberg
Jean Borotra 		8
6 		4
6 		2
6 		1
6 		   

Final


France
5 		Garden Tennis Club, Cabourg, France
24–26 July 1926
clay
Great Britain
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
United Kingdom 		Henri Cochet
Colin Gregory 		7
5 		4
6 		7
9 		7
5 		6
0 		 
2 France
United Kingdom 		René Lacoste
Noel Turnbull 		6
4 		6
4 		6
4 		     
3 France
United Kingdom 		Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon
Gordon Crole Rees / Charles Kingsley 		6
2 		6
0 		6
3 		     
4 France
United Kingdom 		Pierre Landry
Colin Gregory 		6
3 		6
2 		6
1 		     
5 France
United Kingdom 		Jacques Brugnon
Noel Turnbull 		4
6 		1
6 		6
2 		6
4 		6
0 		 

Inter-Zonal Zone


Japan
2 		West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States
26–28 August 1926
grass
France
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
France 		Tsumio Tawara
Henri Cochet 		6
1 		6
4 		5
7 		3
6 		2
6 		 
2 Japan
France 		Takeichi Harada
René Lacoste 		6
4 		4
6 		6
3 		9
7 		   
3 Japan
France 		Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara
Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet 		0
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
4 Japan
France 		Tsumio Tawara
René Lacoste 		1
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
5 Japan
France 		Takeichi Harada
Henri Cochet 		6
1 		6
3 		0
6 		6
4 		   

Challenge Round


United States
4 		Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
9–11 September 1926
grass
France
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
France 		Bill Johnston
René Lacoste 		6
0 		6
4 		0
6 		6
0 		   
2 United States
France 		Bill Tilden
Jean Borotra 		6
2 		6
3 		6
3 		     
3 United States
France 		Vincent Richards / Norris Williams
Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet 		6
4 		6
4 		6
2 		     
4 United States
France 		Bill Johnston
Jean Borotra 		8
6 		6
4 		9
7 		     
5 United States
France 		Bill Tilden
René Lacoste 		6
4 		4
6 		6
8 		6
8 		   

References

  1. ^ "Davis Cup – 1926 Results". ITF. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
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