1923 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

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The 1923 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 18th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. For the first time, the competition would be split into two zones: the America Zone and the Europe Zone. This change was necessitated by having more than 16 teams compete for the cup (thus not fitting into one easily workable draw). The past several years had also seen a rise in the number of defaults, as teams from around the globe tried to work out the logistics of playing such an international tournament. Regional zones would help alleviate these problems.

The Europe Zone consisted of 13 teams (although Romania would default their first-round tie). The America Zone was made up of 4 teams, with only one of these teams, Canada, actually located in the Americas. (The United States, as defending champions, were automatically qualified for the final, Challenge Round). Oddly, Argentina would compete in the Europe Zone. The winners of the Zones met in an Inter-Zonal playoff, with the winner challenging the United States for the championship.

Australia would defeat France in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but would once again fall to the United States in the challenge round. The final was played at the West Side Tennis Club in New York City, United States on 31 August-3 September.

America Zone

Draw

	1st Round 26–28 July					Final 9–12 August
	Orange, NJ, United States (grass)
		Australia	4
		Hawaii	1			Chicago, IL, United States (grass)
							Australia	4
Montreal, Canada (grass)						Japan	1
		Canada	0
		Japan	5

Final

Japan 1	South Side Tennis Club, Chicago, Illinois, United States 9–12 August 1923 grass		Australia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Zenzo Shimizu James Anderson 0 6 3 6 3 6       2 Masanosuke Fukada John Hawkes 3 6 4 6 3 6       3 Seiichiro Kashio / Zenzo Shimizu James Anderson / John Hawkes 1 6 2 6 2 6       4 Zenzo Shimizu John Hawkes 6 4 3 6 2 6 6 1 6 4   5 Masanosuke Fukada James Anderson 1 6 6 3 2 6 1 6

Europe Zone

Draw

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Netherlands

Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)

bye

Netherlands

5

Italy

0

Italy

Eastbourne, England (grass)

bye

Netherlands

0

Brussels, Belgium (clay)

Spain

5

Great Britain

3

Manchester, England (grass)

Belgium

2

Great Britain

2

Spain

3

Spain

w/o

Deauville, France (clay)

Romania

Spain

2

Bordeaux, France (clay)

France

3

France

4

Dublin, Ireland (grass)

Denmark

1

France

4

Dublin, Ireland (grass)

Ireland

1

Ireland

3

Lyon, France (clay)

India

2

France

3

Territet, Switzerland

Switzerland

2

Switzerland

3

Geneva, Switzerland

Czechoslovakia

2

Switzerland

4

Argentina

1

bye

Argentina

Final

France 3	Sporting Club, Deauville, France 28 July - 1 August 1923 clay		Spain 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 René Lacoste Manuel de Gomar 6 3 6 4 5 7 6 4     2 Jean-Francois Blanchy Eduardo Flaquer 6 1 6 2 3 6 6 1     3 Jacques Brugnon / René Lacoste Eduardo Flaquer / Manuel de Gomar 4 6 6 8 13 11 6 1 4 6   4 René Lacoste Eduardo Flaquer 6 1 6 3 6 2       5 Jean-Francois Blanchy Manuel de Gomar 3 6 6 2 2 6 2 6

Inter-Zonal Zone

France 1	Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States 10–14 August 1923 grass		Australia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 André Gobert Gerald Patterson 6 4 6 3 3 6 4 6 3 6   2 Henri Cochet Pat O'Hara-Wood 6 4 3 6 6 0 7 9 6 3   3 Henri Cochet / André Gobert Pat O'Hara-Wood / Gerald Patterson 0 6 8 6 6 4 3 6 8 10   4 Henri Cochet Gerald Patterson 2 6 6 2 4 6 2 6     5 André Gobert Pat O'Hara-Wood 6 2 2 6 1 6 4 6

Challenge Round

United States 4	West Side Tennis Club, New York, NY, United States 31 August - 3 September 1923 grass		Australia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bill Tilden John Hawkes 6 4 6 2 6 1       2 Bill Johnston James Anderson 6 4 2 6 6 2 5 7 2 6   3 Bill Tilden / Norris Williams James Anderson / John Hawkes 17 15 11 13 2 6 6 3 6 2   4 Bill Tilden James Anderson 6 2 6 3 1 6 7 5     5 Bill Johnston John Hawkes 6 0 6 2 6 1

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