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The 1914 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 13th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. The bulk of the competition returned to the United States for the first time since 1903. The United States fell to Australasia in the final, which was played at the West Side Tennis Club in New York City, New York on 13–15 August.

Contents

1 Draw
2 Quarterfinals
- 2.1 Belgium vs. Great Britain
- 2.2 Australasia vs. Canada
3 Semifinals
- 3.1 France vs. Great Britain
- 3.2 Australasia vs. Germany
4 Final
- 4.1 Great Britain vs. Australasia
5 Challenge round
6 References

Draw

Quarterfinals
July

Semifinals
July/August

Final
6–8 August

France

bye

France

Great Britain

Belgium

Great Britain

Great Britain

2^[1]

Australasia

Canada

Australasia

Germany

bye

Germany

Quarterfinals

Belgium vs. Great Britain

Belgium
0

Pleasure Gardens, Folkestone, United Kingdom^[2]
7–9 July 1914^[2]^[3]
grass

Great Britain
5

		1	2	3
1	Georges Watson James Parke	2 6	2 6	3 6	^[2]
2	Paul de Borman Theodore Mavrogordato	1 6	3 6	6 8	^[2]
3	William du Vivier / Georges Watson Theodore Mavrogordato / Herbert Barrett	1 6	2 6	2 6	^[4]
4	Paul de Borman James Parke	4 6	3 6	0 6	^[3]
5	Georges Watson Theodore Mavrogordato	1 6	0 6	3 6	^[3]

Australasia vs. Canada

Australasia
5

Onwentsia Club, Lake Forest, Illinois, United States^[5]
23–25 July 1914^[5]^[6]
grass

Canada
0

		1	2	3
1	Norman Brookes Bernard Schwengers	6 2	6 3	6 2	^[5]
2	Tony Wilding Robert Powell	6 1	6 2	6 2	^[5]
3	Norman Brookes / Tony Wilding Robert Powell / Bernard Schwengers	6 4	6 3	6 4	^[5]
4	Norman Brookes Robert Powell	6 0	6 1	6 3	^[6]
5	Tony Wilding Bernard Schwengers	7 5	6 3	6 1	^[6]

Semifinals

France vs. Great Britain

France
1

Worple Road, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom^[7]
11–14 July 1914^[7]^[8]
grass

Great Britain
4

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Maurice Germot Theodore Mavrogordato	6 4	5 7	7 9	2 6		^[7]
2	Max Decugis James Parke	2 6	6 4	6 3	3 6	3 6	^[7]
3	Max Decugis / Maurice Germot Theodore Mavrogordato / Herbert Barrett	6 3	5 7	7 5	6 4		^[9]
4	Maurice Germot James Parke	5 7	1 6	3 6			^[8]
5	Max Decugis Theodore Mavrogordato	1 6	5 7	5 7			^[8]

Australasia vs. Germany

Australasia
5

Allegheny County Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States^[10]
30 July-1 August 1914^[10]^[11]
grass

Germany
0

		1	2	3	4
1	Norman Brookes Otto Froitzheim	10 8	6 1	6 2		^[10]
2	Tony Wilding Oscar Kreuzer	6 2	6 2	6 4		^[10]
3	Norman Brookes / Tony Wilding Otto Froitzheim / Oscar Kreuzer	6 1	6 1	6 2		^[12]
4	Norman Brookes Oscar Kreuzer	6 4	6 2	6 8	6 2	^[11]
5	Tony Wilding Otto Froitzheim	6 3	6 4	6 2		^[11]

Final

Great Britain vs. Australasia

Great Britain
2^[1]

Longwood Cricket Club, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States^[13]
6–8 August 1914^[1]^[13]
grass

Australasia
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	James Parke Norman Brookes	2 6	6 4	3 6	6 1	5 7	^[13]
2	Arthur Lowe Tony Wilding	3 6	1 6	14 16			^[13]
3	Theodore Mavrogordato / James Parke Norman Brookes / Tony Wilding	1 6	0 6	4 6			^[14]
4	Arthur Lowe Norman Brookes						w/o ^[1]
5	James Parke Tony Wilding						w/o ^[1]

Challenge round

United States
2

West Side Tennis Club, New York, New York, United States^[15]
13–15 August 1914^[15]^[16]

Australasia
3

		1	2	3	4
1	Norris Williams Tony Wilding	5 7	2 6	3 6		^[15]
2	Maurice McLoughlin Norman Brookes	17 15	6 3	6 3		^[15]
3	Thomas Bundy / Maurice McLoughlin Norman Brookes / Tony Wilding	3 6	6 8	7 9		^[17]
4	Norris Williams Norman Brookes	1 6	2 6	10 8	3 6	^[16]
5	Maurice McLoughlin Tony Wilding	6 2	6 3	2 6	6 2	^[16]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Australia Men Default Matches" (PDF). The Herald Journal. 1914-08-08. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2G0sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=38kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4080,1915709. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Britons Win at Tennis.; Belgians Lose Two Singles Matches in Davis Cup Preliminaries." (PDF). New York Times. 1914-07-08. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FB091EF8345D13738DDDA10894DF405B848DF1D3. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Davis Cup Doubles.". Poverty Bay Herald. 1914-07-10. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=PBH19140710.2.36. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
^ "British Tennis Sweep.; Davis Cup Team Beats Belgians in Doubles -- Plays France Next." (PDF). New York Times. 1914-07-09. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F20C12FA3F5E13738DDDA00894DF405B848DF1D3. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Tennis Victories for Australasia; Wilding Defeats Powell and Brookes Wins from Schwengers in Davis Cup Tie." (PDF). New York Times. 1914-07-25. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F50D17F7345D13738DDDAD0A94DF405B848DF1D3. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Australia's Clean Sweep.; Canada Defeated in Every Match in Davis Cup Tie." (PDF). New York Times. 1914-07-26. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40C13F7345D13738DDDAF0A94DF405B848DF1D3. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "English Defeat French.; Had Difficulty in Winning Preliminary Cup Singles." (PDF). New York Times. 1914-07-11. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40617F9345D13738DDDAB0994DF405B848DF1D3. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c "British Win Again at Nets.; French Lose Chance to Come to America to Play for Davis Cup." (PDF). New York Times. 1914-07-14. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F00E11FB385A12738DDDAC0994DF405B848DF1D3. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
^ "French Win Doubles.; English Tennis Team Loses FourSet Davis Cup Preliminary." (PDF). New York Times. 1914-07-13. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F70D14FF3F5412738DDDAD0994DF405B848DF1D3. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Australia Tennis Victory in Singles; Brookes and Wilding Defeat German Team in Davis Cup Preliminary Semi-Finals." (PDF). New York Times. 1914-07-30. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F00D1EFB3F5A15738DDDA80B94DF405B848DF1D3. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Clean Sweep for Australian Pair; Brookes and Wilding Again Defeat Germans in Davis Cup Tennis." (PDF). New York Times. 1914-08-01. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F20912F8385916738DDDAB0894D0405B848DF1D3. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
^ "Germans Put Out of Davis Cup Tennis; Australasians Will Be Opponents of Britons in Last Preliminary Match." (PDF). New York Times. 1914-07-31. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F50915FB3F5E13738DDDA80894D0405B848DF1D3. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Australasia Leads for Tennis Trophy; Brookes Defeats Parke and Wilding Wins from Lowe in Davis Cup Final Round. Hard Fight at Longwood Britisher Within One Point of Taking Match from World's Champion ;- Players Exhausted." (PDF). New York Times. 1914-08-07. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F20914F93A5B13738DDDAE0894D0405B848DF1D3. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
^ "Britons no Match for Australasians; Wilding and Brookes Defeat Parke and Mavrogordato in Doubles Contest. Will Now Play America Antipodeans Play Brilliant Tennis on Longwood Courts, Outclassing Their Opponents." (PDF). New York Times. 1914-08-07. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F70617FE38541B728DDDA10894D0405B848DF1D3. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Defenders Break Even In Cup Match." (PDF). The Day. 1914-08-14. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5vwgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bHUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4954,4379611. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c E.G.B. Fitzhamon (1914-08-16). "Davis Cup Goes to Australasia; Brookes's Victory Over Williams Gives Challengers Famous Tennis Trophy. McLoughlin Beats Wilding Probably the Most Significant Match in American Champion's Career. Crowd Cheers Californian Great World's Championship Series Under Auspices of West Side Tennis Club Ends Gloriously." (PDF). The Day. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FB0A10F9385916738DDDAF0994D0405B848DF1D3. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
^ "Davis Cup. Seems About To Go On A Long Journey. Brookes And Wilding defeat Bundy and McLoughlin in doubles, 6–3, 8–6, 9–7." (PDF). The Day. 1914-08-15. http://news.google.co.uk/newspapers?id=3pdRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IwoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6970,810426. Retrieved 2011-03-02.

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