1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
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1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The 1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 34th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. 20 teams would enter the Europe Zone, while 7 would enter the Americas Zone.
Australia defeated Cuba in the North/Central America Zone, and then received a walkover from Brazil (the only team in the South America Zone) in the Americas Inter-Zonal playoff. Australia went on to defeat Yugoslavia in the Inter-Zonal play-off, and then defeated the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Merion Cricket Club in Haverford, PA, United States on 2-5 September.
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Americas Zone
North/Central America draw
| 1st Round June-July |
Semifinals 14-16 July |
Final 10-12 August |
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 Philippines |
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| bye | Long Beach, CA, United States (grass) | ||||||||||||||
| Philippines |
0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) |  Australia |
5 | |||||||||||||
| Australia |
5 | ||||||||||||||
 Mexico |
0 | Rumson, NJ, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
| Australia |
5 | ||||||||||||||
| Havana, Cuba (clay) |  Cuba |
0 | |||||||||||||
 Canada |
1 | ||||||||||||||
| Cuba |
4 | ||||||||||||||
| Cuba |
w/o | ||||||||||||||
 Japan |
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| bye | |||||||||||||||
| Japan |
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Final
 Australia 5 |
Seabright Lawn Tennis & Cricket Club, Rumson, NJ, United States 10 August - 12 August 1939 grass |
 Cuba 0 |
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Americas Inter-Zonal round
Australia defeated Brazil by walkover.
Europe Zone
Draw
| 1st round 5-7 May |
2nd round 11-21 May |
Quarterfinals 25-28 May |
Semifinals 2-5 June |
Final 28-30 July |
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 Great Britain |
Brighton, England (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Great Britain |
3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 New Zealand |
New Zealand |
2 | Wimbledon, London, England (grass) | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Great Britain |
3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 France |
Paris, France (clay) | France |
2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | France |
4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 China |
China |
1 | Berlin, Germany (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Great Britain |
0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Sweden |
Stockholm, Sweden |  Germany |
5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Sweden |
4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Denmark |
Denmark |
1 | Berlin, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Sweden |
1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany |
5 | Warsaw, Poland | Germany |
4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Switzerland |
0 | Germany |
3 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Poland |
4 | Poland |
2 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||
 Netherlands |
1 | Germany |
2 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Romania |
2 | Budapest, Hungary |  Yugoslavia |
3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Hungary |
3 | Hungary |
1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia |
5 | Yugoslavia |
4 | Milan, Italy (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ireland |
0 | Yugoslavia |
3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Naples, Italy (clay) |  Italy |
2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Italy |
Italy |
3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |  Monaco |
0 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Monaco |
Yugoslavia |
3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Brussels, Belgium |  Belgium |
2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium |
Belgium |
3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |  India |
2 | Brussels, Belgium (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||
| India |
Belgium |
5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |  Norway |
0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Norway |
Norway |
w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |  Czechoslovakia |
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| Czechoslovakia |
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Final
 Yugoslavia 3 |
A.T.K. Stadium, Zagreb, Yugoslavia 28 July - 30 July 1939 |
 Germany 2 |
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Inter-Zonal Zone
Yugoslavia 1 |
Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States 24 August - 26 August 1939 grass |
Australia 4 |
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Challenge Round
 United States 2 |
Merion Cricket Club, Haverford, PA, United States 2 September - 5 September 1939 grass |
Australia 3 |
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