1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

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The 1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 26th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. Due to an increase in South American entries, the Americas Zone was split into the North/Central American Zone and the South American Zone. The winner of each sub-zone would play to determine who moved to the Inter-Zonal round. 22 teams would enter the Europe Zone, while 7 would enter the Americas Zone.

The United States defeated Argentina in the American Zone, but would then lose to Great Britain in the Inter-Zonal play-off. France defeated Great Britain in the Challenge Round, giving France their fifth straight title. The final was played at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France on 24-26 July.

Zones and rounds in the 1931 Davis cup:

  Regional finals elimination

  Quarterfinal round elimination

  Second round elimination

  First round elimination

  Americas Inter-Zonal elimination

  Semifinal elimination

  Inter-Zonal Zone elimination

  1931 champion

  1931 runner-up

America Zone

North/Central America draw

	1st Round 1-3 May					Final 21-23 May
	Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
		United States	5
		Mexico	0			Montreal, Canada (grass)
							United States	4
						Canada	1
		bye
		Canada

South America draw

1st Round 26-28 March

Semifinals 2-4 April

Final 24-26 April

Asunción, Paraguay

Paraguay

0

Argentina

5

Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)

Argentina

5

Uruguay

0

Uruguay

bye

Santiago, Chile

Argentina

3

Chile

0

bye

Brazil

Brazil

Chile

w/o

bye

Chile

Americas Inter-Zonal round

United States 5	Chevy Chase Lawn Tennis Club, Chevy Chase, MD, United States 28 May - 30 May 1931 clay		Argentina 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Frank Shields Guillermo Robson 3 6 6 2 6 2 6 2     2 Sidney Wood Ronald Boyd 6 4 6 1 6 2       3 Wilmer Allison / Sidney Wood Lucilo del Castillo / Adriano Zappa 6 4 8 6 2 6 4 2     4 Frank Shields Ronald Boyd 6 2 6 2 6 2       5 Clifford Sutter Guillermo Robson 3 6 6 4 6 3 6 3

Europe Zone

Draw

1st round 16 April-5 May

2nd round 8-17 May

Quarterfinals 20 May-6 June

Semifinals 12-18 June

Final 9-11 July

Finland

Helsinki, Finland

bye

Finland

1

Egypt

Egypt

4

Paris, France (clay)

bye

Egypt

0

Yugoslavia

Zagreb, Yugoslavia

Japan

5

bye

Yugoslavia

0

Japan

Japan

5

Eastbourne, England (grass)

bye

Japan

0

Belgium

Brussels, Belgium (clay)

Great Britain

5

bye

Belgium

0

Great Britain

5

Great Britain

5

Eastbourne, England (grass)

Monaco

0

Great Britain

5

Germany

0

Dublin, Ireland (grass)

South Africa

0

South Africa

5

South Africa

4

Switzerland

0

Ireland

1

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

Ireland

5

Great Britain

4

Greece

3

Athens, Greece

Czechoslovakia

1

Austria

2

Greece

1

Spain

2

Czechoslovakia

4

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

3

Czechoslovakia

3

Italy

4

Turin, Italy (clay)

Italy

0

Hungary

1

Italy

3

Netherlands

Netherlands

0

Copenhagen, Denmark

bye

Czechoslovakia

5

Norway

Oslo, Norway (clay)

Denmark

0

bye

Norway

0

Poland

Poland

3

Copenhagen, Denmark

bye

Poland

2

Denmark

Copenhagen, Denmark

Denmark

3

bye

Denmark

5

Romania

Romania

0

bye

Final

Czechoslovakia 1	Prague, Czechoslovakia 9 July - 11 July 1931 clay		Great Britain 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Roderich Menzel Bunny Austin 6 3 2 6 8 6 3 6 3 6   2 Ladislav Hecht Fred Perry 1 6 6 8 3 6       3 Ferenc Marsalek / Roderich Menzel Patrick Hughes / Fred Perry 4 6 6 4 4 6 2 6     4 Ladislav Hecht Bunny Austin 6 2 7 5 6 4       5 Roderich Menzel Fred Perry 7 5 6 3 7 5

Inter-Zonal Zone

United States 2	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France 17 July - 19 July 1931 clay		Great Britain 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sidney Wood Bunny Austin 6 2 0 6 6 8 5 7     2 Frank Shields Fred Perry 10 8 6 4 6 2       3 George Lott / John Van Ryn Patrick Hughes / Fred Perry 6 1 6 3 4 6 6 3     4 Sidney Wood Fred Perry 3 6 10 8 3 6 3 6     5 Frank Shields Bunny Austin 6 8 3 6 5 7

Challenge Round

France 3	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France 24 July - 26 July 1931 clay		Great Britain 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Henri Cochet Bunny Austin 3 6 11 9 6 2 6 4     2 Jean Borotra Fred Perry 6 4 8 10 0 6 6 4 4 6   3 Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet Patrick Hughes / Charles Kingsley 6 1 5 7 6 3 8 6     4 Jean Borotra Bunny Austin 5 7 3 6 6 3 5 7     5 Henri Cochet Fred Perry 6 4 1 6 9 7 6 3