1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

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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.

America Zone

Draw

1st Round 11-13 June

Semifinals June-July

Final 19-21 August

Mexico City, Mexico

Mexico

1

Japan

4

San Francisco, CA, United States (grass)

Japan

5

Philippines

0

bye

Philippines

Montreal, Canada (grass)

Japan

5

Cuba

0

Cuba

bye

Havana, Cuba (clay)

Cuba

3

Canada

2

bye

Canada

Final

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

Europe Zone

Draw

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

Second Round 8-22 May

Quarterfinals 24 May-2 June

Semifinals

Final 24-26 July

Rome, Italy (clay)

Italy

3

Rome, Italy (clay)

Netherlands

2

Italy

2

Harrogate, England (clay)

Great Britain

3

Great Britain

5

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Poland

0

Great Britain

4

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Spain

1

Hungary

2

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Argentina

3

Argentina

1

Dublin, Ireland (grass)

Spain

3

Ireland

2

Cabourg, France (clay)

Spain

3

Great Britain

0

France

5

South Africa

w/o

Kensington, London, England (clay)

Austria

South Africa

1

Malmö, Sweden

Sweden

4

Sweden

3

Stockholm, Sweden (clay)

Switzerland

2

Sweden

0

Prague, Czechoslovakia

France

5

Czechoslovakia

4

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

India

1

Czechoslovakia

0

Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)

France

3

Denmark

0

France

5

Final

France 5	Garden Tennis Club, Cabourg, France 24 July - 26 July 1926 clay		Great Britain 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Henri Cochet Colin Gregory 7 5 4 6 7 9 7 5 6 0   2 René Lacoste Noel Turnbull 6 4 6 4 6 4       3 Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon Gordon Crole Rees / Charles Kingsley 6 2 6 0 6 3       4 Pierre Landry Colin Gregory 6 3 6 2 6 1       5 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 August - 28 August 1926 grass		France 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tsumio Tawara Henri Cochet 6 1 6 4 5 7 3 6 2 6   2 Takeichi Harada René Lacoste 6 4 4 6 6 3 9 7     3 Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet 0 6 0 6 2 6       4 Tsumio Tawara René Lacoste 1 6 3 6 2 6       5 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 September - 11 September 1926 grass		France 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bill Johnston René Lacoste 6 0 6 4 0 6 6 0     2 Bill Tilden Jean Borotra 6 2 6 3 6 3       3 Vincent Richards / Norris Williams Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet 6 4 6 4 6 2       4 Bill Johnston Jean Borotra 8 6 6 4 9 7       5 Bill Tilden René Lacoste 6 4 4 6 6 8 6 8