1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 20th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. Sixteen teams would enter the Europe Zone, while 9 would enter the America Zone.

France defeated Australia in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but would fall to the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 11–13 September.[1][2]

America Zone

Draw

First Round
4–6 July
Havana, Cuba (clay)
  Spain 5
  Cuba 0
  Quarterfinals
16–19 July		 Semifinals
13–15 August		 Final
20–22 August
                           
 
    Canada w/o  
    New Zealand     Montreal, Canada (grass)
      Canada 0  
    Australia 5  
    Hawaii
    Australia w/o     Boston, MA, United States (grass)
      Australia 4
  Mazatlán, Mexico (clay)       Japan 1
    Mexico 0  
    Spain 5     Baltimore, MD, United States (grass)
      Spain 2
    Japan 3  
    China
    Japan w/o  

First round


Spain
5		 Vedado Tennis Club, Havana, Cuba
4–6 July 1925
clay
Cuba
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Cuba		 Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga
Vicente Banet		 6
4		 6
1		 6
1		      
2 Spain
Cuba		 Eduardo Flaquer
Rogelio Paris		 6
3		 6
3		 6
2		      
3 Spain
Cuba		 José María Alonso-Areyzaga / Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga
Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris		 8
6		 6
4		 8
6		      
4 Spain
Cuba		 Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga
Rogelio Paris		 6
1		 6
0		 6
3		      
5 Spain
Cuba		 Eduardo Flaquer
Vicente Banet		 6
1		 6
0		 6
0		      

Quarterfinals


Mexico
0		 Club Tenis Reforma, Mexico
16–19 July 1925
clay
Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
Spain		 Ignacio de la Borbolla
Eduardo Flaquer		 2
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2 Mexico
Spain		 Claude Butlin
Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga		 2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
3 Mexico
Spain		 Claude Butlin / Ignacio de la Borbolla
José María Alonso-Areyzaga / Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga		 4
6 		2
6 		5
7 		     
4 Mexico
Spain		 Claude Butlin
Eduardo Flaquer		 12
10		 4
6 		1
6 		5
7 		   
5 Mexico
Spain		 Ignacio de la Borbolla
Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga		 4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     

Semifinals


Canada
0		 Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada
13–15 August 1925
grass
Australia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Canada
Australia		 Willard Crocker
James Anderson		 1
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
2 Canada
Australia		 Jack Wright
Gerald Patterson		 7
5		 6
3		 3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		 
3 Canada
Australia		 Willard Crocker / Jack Wright
John Hawkes / Gerald Patterson		 0
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4 Canada
Australia		 Jack Wright
James Anderson		 2
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
5 Canada
Australia		 Willard Crocker
Gerald Patterson		 4
6 		9
11 		4
6 		     

Spain
2		 Baltimore Country Club, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
13–15 August 1925
grass
Japan
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Japan		 Eduardo Flaquer
Takeichi Harada		 2
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     
2 Spain
Japan		 Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga
Zenzo Shimizu		 7
5		 6
0		 3
6 		6
3		    
3 Spain
Japan		 José María Alonso-Areyzaga / Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga
Takeichi Harada / Zenzo Shimizu		 2
6 		3
6 		6
2		 10
8		 3
6 		 
4 Spain
Japan		 Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga
Takeichi Harada		 6
2		 4
6 		3
6 		4
6 		   
5 Spain
Japan		 Eduardo Flaquer
Zenzo Shimizu		 3
6 		6
0		 6
3		 6
4		    

Final


Japan
1		 Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States
20–22 August 1925
grass
Australia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Australia		 Zenzo Shimizu
Gerald Patterson		 1
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
2 Japan
Australia		 Takeichi Harada
James Anderson		 4
6 		6
3		 3
6 		1
6 		   
3 Japan
Australia		 Takeichi Harada / Zenzo Shimizu
John Hawkes / Gerald Patterson		 1
6 		2
6 		7
9 		     
4 Japan
Australia		 Takeichi Harada
Gerald Patterson		 6
2		 3
6 		6
1		 7
5		    
5 Japan
Australia		 Masanosuke Fukuda
John Hawkes		 1
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     

Europe Zone

Draw

  First round
8–18 May		 Quarterfinals
12–14 June		 Semifinals
10–14 July		 Final
18–20 July
                                     
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
  France 4  
Paris, France (clay)
  Hungary 1  
    France 5  
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
    Italy 0  
  Portugal 1
Eastbourne, England (grass)
  Italy 4  
    France 4  
London, England (clay)
    Great Britain 0  
  Romania 1  
Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
  Denmark 4  
    Denmark 0
Warsaw, Poland (clay)
    Great Britain 3  
  Poland 0
Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)
  Great Britain 5  
    France 4
Vienna, Austria
    Netherlands 0
  Austria 4  
Vienna, Austria
  Ireland 1  
    Austria 0
Brussels, Belgium
    India 4  
  Belgium 2
Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)
  India 3  
    India 1
Bern, Switzerland
    Netherlands 4  
  Sweden 3  
Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)
   Switzerland 2  
    Sweden 0
Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)
    Netherlands 5  
  Netherlands 3
  Czechoslovakia 2  

First round


Hungary
1		 Budapest, Hungary
8–10 May 1925
clay
France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Hungary
France		 Imre Takáts
Jean Borotra		 2
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
2 Hungary
France		 Béla von Kehrling
René Lacoste		 3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3 Hungary
France		 Aurél Kelemen / Béla von Kehrling
Jean Borotra / René Lacoste		 4
6 		2
6 		10
8		 3
6 		   
4 Hungary
France		 Béla von Kehrling
Jean Borotra		 6
8 		6
1		 6
4		 6
2		    
5 Hungary
France		 Imre Takáts
Paul Féret		 1
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     

Portugal
1		 Lisbon, Portugal
8–10 May 1925
clay
Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Portugal
Italy		 José de Verda
Clemente Serventi		 7
5		 1
6 		8
6		 4
6 		  retired
 
2 Portugal
Italy		 Antonio Casanovas
Umberto De Morpurgo		 0
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
3 Portugal
Italy		 Antonio Casanovas / Fernando Vasconcelos
Umberto De Morpurgo / Placido Gaslini		 3
6 		1
6 		6
3		 7
9 		   
4 Portugal
Italy		 Antonio Casanovas
Clemente Serventi		 6
4		 4
6 		6
2		 4
6 		8
6		  
5 Portugal
Italy		 José de Verda
Umberto De Morpurgo		 2
6 		1
6 		8
6		 2
6 		   

Romania
1		 Roehampton Lawn Tennis Club, London, England
12–14 May 1925
clay
Denmark
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
Denmark		 Nicolae Mişu
Erik Worm		 6
3		 6
3		 5
7 		6
3		    
2 Romania
Denmark		 Gheorghe Lupu
Einer Ulrich		 1
6 		2
6 		6
8 		     
3 Romania
Denmark		 Gheorghe Lupu / Nicolae Mişu
Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich		 5
7 		0
6 		1
6 		     
4 Romania
Denmark		 Gheorghe Lupu
Erik Worm		 2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
5 Romania
Denmark		 Nicolae Mişu
Einer Ulrich		 5
7 		1
6 		2
6 		     

Poland
0		 Warsaw Lawn Tennis Club, Warsaw, Poland
15–17 May 1925
clay
Great Britain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Poland
United Kingdom		 Wladyslaw Szwede
Gordon Lowe		 0
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
2 Poland
United Kingdom		 Alfons Foerster
Patrick Wheatley		 1
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
3 Poland
United Kingdom		 Władysław Kuchar / Karol Steinert
Leslie Godfree / Charles Kingsley		 4
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
4 Poland
United Kingdom		 Alfons Foerster
Gordon Lowe		 0
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     
5 Poland
United Kingdom		 Wladyslaw Szwede
Patrick Wheatley		 2
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     

Austria
4		 Vienna, Austria
15–19 May 1925
Ireland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
Republic of Ireland		 Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten
Charles Scroope		 0
6 		2
6 		6
3		 6
2		 6
3		  
2 Austria
Republic of Ireland		 Paul Brick
Louis Meldon		 6
4		 6
2		 6
4		      
3 Austria
Republic of Ireland		 Paul Brick / Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten
Charles Scroope / Simon Scroope		 1
6 		4
6 		6
0		 5
7 		   
4 Austria
Republic of Ireland		 Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten
Louis Meldon		 8
10 		4
6 		7
5		 8
6		 6
1		  
5 Austria
Republic of Ireland		 Paul Brick
Charles Scroope		 5
7 		1
6 		7
5		      
retired

Belgium
2		 Brussels, Belgium
16–18 May 1925
India
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belgium
India		 Jean Washer
Sydney Jacob		 4
6 		6
4		 3
6 		7
5		 4
6 		 
2 Belgium
India		 Georges Watson
Eric Andrea		 0
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
3 Belgium
India		 Jean Washer / Georges Watson
Syed Mohammad Hadi / Jagat-Mohan Lal		 4
6 		2
6 		6
4		 7
5		 6
3		  
4 Belgium
India		 Georges Watson
Sydney Jacob		 3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
5 Belgium
India		 Jean Washer
Eric Andrea		 7
5		 6
1		 6
1		      

Sweden
3		 Bern, Switzerland
16–18 May 1925
clay
Switzerland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Switzerland		 Sune Malmström
Charles Aeschlimann		 6
3		 6
3		 7
9 		6
3		    
2 Sweden
Switzerland		 Marcus Wallenberg
Charles Martin		 6
1		 6
3		 6
3		      
3 Sweden
Switzerland		 Sune Malmström / Marcus Wallenberg
Charles Aeschlimann / Charles Martin		 6
3		 5
7 		5
7 		5
7 		   
4 Sweden
Switzerland		 Sune Malmström
Charles Martin		 6
1		 6
2		 6
1		      
5 Sweden
Switzerland		 Marcus Wallenberg
Charles Aeschlimann		 3
6 		3
6 		7
5		 4
6 		   

Netherlands
3		 Noordwijk, Netherlands
15–18 May 1925
clay
Czechoslovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Netherlands
Czechoslovakia		 Arthur Diemer-Kool
Pavel Macenauer		 6
3		 3
6 		2
6 		1
6 		   
2 Netherlands
Czechoslovakia		 Hendrik Timmer
Jan Koželuh		 6
3		 6
4		 6
2		      
3 Netherlands
Czechoslovakia		 Arthur Diemer-Kool / Christiaan van Lennep
Jan Koželuh / Ladislav Zemla		 6
3		 6
1		 8
6		      
4 Netherlands
Czechoslovakia		 Arthur Diemer-Kool
Jan Koželuh		 6
3		 3
6 		6
3		 1
6 		1
6 		 
5 Netherlands
Czechoslovakia		 Hendrik Timmer
Pavel Macenauer		 6
1		 6
2		 6
2		      

Quarterfinals


France
5		 Racing Club de France, Paris, France
12–14 June 1925
clay
Italy
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
Italy		 René Lacoste
Umberto De Morpurgo		 6
0		 6
2		 2
6 		6
0		    
2 France
Italy		 Jean Borotra
Cesare Colombo		 6
4		 6
1		 6
1		      
3 France
Italy		 Jacques Brugnon / René Lacoste
Cesare Colombo / Umberto De Morpurgo		 6
1		 6
1		 6
1		      
4 France
Italy		 Jean Borotra
Umberto De Morpurgo		 6
1		 2
6 		12
10		 6
1		    
5 France
Italy		 Paul Féret
Cesare Colombo		 8
6		 3
6 		1
6 		6
2		 6
3		  

Denmark
0		 Copenhagen, Denmark
27–29 May 1925
clay
Great Britain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
United Kingdom		 Axel Petersen
Patrick Wheatley		 6
4		 4
6 		6
1		 2
6 		2
6 		 
2 Denmark
United Kingdom		 Einer Ulrich
Brian Gilbert		 1
6 		11
9		 6
3		 4
6 		2
6 		 
3 Denmark
United Kingdom		 Einer Ulrich / Erik Worm
Leslie Godfree / Charles Kingsley		 5
7 		5
7 		2
6 		     
4 Denmark
United Kingdom		 Einer Ulrich
Patrick Wheatley		           not
played
5 Denmark
United Kingdom		 Axel Petersen
Brian Gilbert		           not
played

Austria
0		 Vienna, Austria
12–14 June 1925
India
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
India		 Paul Brick
Sydney Jacob		 6
8 		1
6 		1
6 		     
2 Austria
India		 Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten
Eric Andrea		 4
6 		2
6 		6
8 		     
3 Austria
India		 Otto Relly / Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten
Hassan-Ali Fyzee / Jagat-Mohan Lal		 0
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
4 Austria
India		 Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten
Sydney Jacob		 4
6 		4
6 		5
7 		     
5 Austria
India		 Paul Brick
Eric Andrea		           not
played

Sweden
0		 Noordwijksche Sportverening, Noordwijk, Netherlands
12–14 June 1925
clay
Netherlands
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Netherlands		 Carl-Erik von Braun
Hendrik Timmer		 5
7 		1
6 		0
6 		     
2 Sweden
Netherlands		 Marcus Wallenberg
Arthur Diemer-Kool		 2
6 		6
4		 3
6 		0
6 		   
3 Sweden
Netherlands		 Carl-Erik von Braun / Marcus Wallenberg
Arthur Diemer-Kool / Christiaan van Lennep		 6
3		 1
6 		4
6 		7
9 		   
4 Sweden
Netherlands		 Marcus Wallenberg
Hendrik Timmer		 1
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
5 Sweden
Netherlands		 Carl-Erik von Braun
Arthur Diemer-Kool		 6
8 		1
6 		2
6 		     

Semifinals


France
4		 Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, England
11–14 July 1925
grass
Great Britain
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
United Kingdom		 René Lacoste
Noel Turnbull		 3
6 		6
1		 7
5		 6
2		    
2 France
United Kingdom		 Jean Borotra
Gordon Crole-Rees		 6
4		 10
8		 4
6 		6
0		    
3 France
United Kingdom		 Jacques Brugnon / René Lacoste
Leslie Godfree / Patrick Wheatley		 6
4		 6
4		 6
3		      
4 France
United Kingdom		 René Lacoste
Gordon Crole-Rees		 6
2		 6
4		 6
2		      
5 France
United Kingdom		 Jean Borotra
Noel Turnbull		           not
played

India
1		 Noordwijk, Netherlands
10–12 July 1925
clay
Netherlands
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Netherlands		 Jagat-Mohan Lal
Arthur Diemer-Kool		 6
3		 3
6 		4
6 		1
6 		   
2 India
Netherlands		 Hassan-Ali Fyzee
Christiaan van Lennep		 6
1		 6
4		 9
11 		3
6 		6
4		  
3 India
Netherlands		 Hassan-Ali Fyzee / Syed Mohammad Hadi
Arthur Diemer-Kool / Christiaan van Lennep		 4
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
4 India
Netherlands		 Hassan-Ali Fyzee
Arthur Diemer-Kool		 5
7 		1
6 		4
6 		     
5 India
Netherlands		 Jagat-Mohan Lal
Christiaan van Lennep		 2
6 		4
6 		5
7 		     

Final


Netherlands
0		 Noordwijk Club, Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)
18–20 July 1925
clay
France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Netherlands
France		 Hendrik Timmer
René Lacoste		 7
5		 5
7 		2
6 		2
6 		   
2 Netherlands
France		 Arthur Diemer Kool
Jean Borotra		 2
6 		4
6 		8
10 		     
3 Netherlands
France		 Arthur Diemer Kool / Christiaan van Lennep
Jacques Brugnon / René Lacoste		 2
6 		3
6 		8
6		 4
6 		   
4 Netherlands
France		 Arthur Diemer Kool
René Lacoste		 4
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
5 Netherlands
France		 Hendrik Timmer
Jean Borotra		           not
played

Inter-Zonal Zone


Australia
1		 West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States
4–5 September 1925
grass
France
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Australia
France		 Gerald Patterson
René Lacoste		 6
3		 6
4		 6
2		      
2 Australia
France		 James Anderson
Jean Borotra		 4
6 		3
6 		6
8 		     
3 Australia
France		 John Hawkes / Gerald Patterson
Jean Borotra / René Lacoste		 4
6 		6
3		 4
6 		6
1		 8
10 		 
4 Australia
France		 Gerald Patterson
Jean Borotra		 6
4		 4
6 		1
6 		3
6 		   
5 Australia
France		 James Anderson
René Lacoste		           not
played

Challenge Round


United States
5		 Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
11–13 September 1925
grass
France
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
France		 Bill Tilden
Jean Borotra		 4
6 		6
0		 2
6 		9
7		 6
4		  
2 United States
France		 Bill Johnston
René Lacoste		 6
1		 6
1		 6
8 		6
3		    
3 United States
France		 Vincent Richards / Norris Williams
Jean Borotra / René Lacoste		 6
4		 6
4		 6
3		      
4 United States
France		 Bill Tilden
René Lacoste		 3
6 		10
12 		8
6		 7
5		 6
2		  
5 United States
France		 Bill Johnston
Jean Borotra		 6
1		 6
4		 6
0		      

References

  1. ↑ "Davis Cup – 1925 Results". ITF. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.

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