1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

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.[1][2]

America Zone

Draw

  Quarterfinals
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  

First round


Mexico
1		 Club Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
11–13 June 1926
clay
Japan
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
Japan		 Alfonso Unda
Takeichi Harada		 2
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2 Mexico
Japan		 Manuel Llano
Teizo Toba		 1
6 		7
5		 3
6 		4
6 		   
3 Mexico
Japan		 Claude Butlin / Manuel Llano
Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara		 0
6 		7
9 		4
6 		     
4 Mexico
Japan		 Claude Butlin
Teizo Toba		 6
2		 6
3		 6
1		      
5 Mexico
Japan		 Mariano Lozano-Alatorre
Tsumio Tawara		 1
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     

Semifinals


Japan
5		 San Francisco, California, United States
25–27 June 1926
grass
Philippines
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Philippines		 Tsumio Tawara
Guillermo Aragon		 8
6		 6
1		 8
6		      
2 Japan
Philippines		 Takeichi Harada
Francisco Aragon		 6
0		 6
4		 6
3		      
3 Japan
Philippines		 Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara
Francisco Aragon / Guillermo Aragon		 6
3		 1
6 		5
7 		6
2		 6
2		  
4 Japan
Philippines		 Takeichi Harada
Guillermo Aragon		 6
2		 6
3		 7
5		      
5 Japan
Philippines		 Tsumio Tawara
Francisco Aragon		 6
2		 8
6		 4
6 		1
6 		7
5		  

Cuba
3		 Havana, Cuba
16–18 July 1926
clay
Canada
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Cuba
Canada		 Rogelio Paris
Jack Wright		 2
6 		6
4		 2
6 		6
3		 6
4		  
2 Cuba
Canada		 Vicente Banet
Willard Crocker		 4
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
3 Cuba
Canada		 Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris
Willard Crocker / Jack Wright		 8
6		 3
6 		6
8 		8
6		 6
2		  
4 Cuba
Canada		 Vicente Banet
Jack Wright		 4
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
5 Cuba
Canada		 Rogelio Paris
Willard Crocker		 6
4		 6
2		 6
4		      

Final


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

Europe Zone

Draw

First Round
27 April-9 May
Rome, Italy (clay)
  Italy 5
  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  

First round


Italy
5		 Bucharest, Romania
27–29 April 1926
clay
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Romania		 Umberto De Morpurgo
Nicolae Mişu		 6
2		 6
1		 6
3		      
2 Italy
Romania		 Clemente Serventi
Alfred San Galli		 6
2		 6
2		 6
1		      
3 Italy
Romania		 Umberto De Morpurgo / Clemente Serventi
Nicolae Mişu / Alfred San Galli		 6
3		 6
3		 7
5		      
4 Italy
Romania		 Umberto De Morpurgo
Alfred San Galli		 6
1		 6
1		 6
2		      
5 Italy
Romania		 Clemente Serventi
Nicolae Mişu		 2
6 		6
3		 6
1		 0
1		    
retired

Netherlands
3		 Noordwijk, Netherlands
7–9 May 1926
clay
Belgium
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Netherlands
Belgium		 Christiaan van Lennep
Jean Washer		 6
4		 3
6 		6
8 		6
3		 2
6 		 
2 Netherlands
Belgium		 Hendrik Timmer
Andre Laloux		 6
1		 6
0		 6
1		      
3 Netherlands
Belgium		 Arthur Diemer-Kool / Christiaan van Lennep
Georges Francois / Jean Washer		 0
6 		8
10 		6
3		 6
2		 7
5		  
4 Netherlands
Belgium		 Christiaan van Lennep
Andre Laloux		 6
0		 6
0		 6
2		      
5 Netherlands
Belgium		 Hendrik Timmer
Jean Washer		 1
6 		3
6 		5
7 		     

South Africa
4		 Sutton Hard Courts Lawn Tennis Club, Sutton Coldfield, England
30 April–2 May 1926
clay
Portugal
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Africa
Portugal		 Patrick Spence
Antonio Casanovas		 6
1		 6
1		 6
4		      
2 South Africa
Portugal		 Julian Lezard
José de Verda		 3
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
3 South Africa
Portugal		 Julian Lezard / Patrick Spence
José de Verda / Fernando Vasconcelos		 6
1		 6
4		 6
2		      
4 South Africa
Portugal		 Patrick Spence
José de Verda		 6
1		 2
6 		6
2		 6
2		    
5 South Africa
Portugal		 Julian Lezard
Antonio Casanovas		 6
4		 6
1		 6
2		      

Second round


Italy
3		 Rome, Italy
16–18 May 1926
clay
Netherlands
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Netherlands		 Clemente Serventi
Hendrik Timmer		 4
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
2 Italy
Netherlands		 Umberto De Morpurgo
Christiaan van Lennep		 6
3		 6
3		 6
4		      
3 Italy
Netherlands		 Umberto De Morpurgo / Clemente Serventi
Cornelis Bryan / Hendrik Timmer		 6
3		 6
4		 6
3		      
4 Italy
Netherlands		 Umberto De Morpurgo
Hendrik Timmer		 6
4		 6
2		 6
3		      
5 Italy
Netherlands		 Clemente Serventi
Christiaan van Lennep		 3
6 		6
3		 1
6 		4
6 		   

Great Britain
5		 Royal Hall Grounds, Harrogate, England
8–11 May 1926
clay
Poland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Poland		 Noel Turnbull
Edward Kleinadel		 6
1		 7
5		 6
0		      
2 United Kingdom
Poland		 Patrick Wheatley
Stanisław Czetwertyński		 6
4		 6
3		 6
4		      
3 United Kingdom
Poland		 Gordon Crole-Rees / Charles Kingsley
Edward Kleinadel / Karol Steinert		 7
5		 6
4		 6
3		      
4 United Kingdom
Poland		 Noel Turnbull
Stanisław Czetwertyński		 6
0		 6
2		 7
5		      
5 United Kingdom
Poland		 Patrick Wheatley
Edward Kleinadel		 6
2		 6
4		 6
1		      

Hungary
2		 Barcelona, Spain
16–18 May 1926
clay
Argentina
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Hungary
Argentina		 Béla von Kehrling
Guillermo Robson		 6
3		 3
6 		6
3		 6
2		    
2 Hungary
Argentina		 Imre Takáts
Enrique Obarrio		 0
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     
3 Hungary
Argentina		 Kálmán Kirchmäyer / Béla von Kehrling
Enrique Obarrio / Guillermo Robson		 2
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
4 Hungary
Argentina		 Imre Takáts
Guillermo Robson		 4
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
5 Hungary
Argentina		 Béla von Kehrling
Enrique Obarrio		 6
3		 7
5		 6
4		      

Ireland
2		 Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland
20–22 May 1926
grass
Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Republic of Ireland
Spain		 Edward McGuire
Francisco Sindreu		 3
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
2 Republic of Ireland
Spain		 Louis Meldon
Antonio Juanico		 6
1		 6
4		 6
4		      
3 Republic of Ireland
Spain		 Ben Haughton / Louis Meldon
Antonio Juanico / Francisco Sindreu		 6
4		 8
6		 6
3		      
4 Republic of Ireland
Spain		 Louis Meldon
Francisco Sindreu		 1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
5 Republic of Ireland
Spain		 Edward McGuire
Antonio Juanico		 4
6 		5
7 		6
2		 4
6 		   

Sweden
3		 Malmö Athletic Outdoor Courts, Malmö, Sweden
11–13 May 1926
clay
Switzerland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Switzerland		 Marcus Wallenberg
Charles Aeschlimann		 6
4		 4
6 		6
2		 6
1		    
2 Sweden
Switzerland		 Sune Malmström
Jean Wuarin		 6
4		 6
1		 6
2		      
3 Sweden
Switzerland		 Sune Malmström / Marcus Wallenberg
Charles Aeschlimann / Jean Wuarin		 6
4		 2
6 		4
6 		6
4		 4
6 		 
4 Sweden
Switzerland		 Marcus Wallenberg
Jean Wuarin		 4
6 		6
1		 6
1		 6
1		    
5 Sweden
Switzerland		 Sune Malmström
Charles Aeschlimann		 6
1		 2
6 		2
6 		6
4		 3
6 		 

Czechoslovakia
4		 Prague, Czechoslovakia
14–16 May 1926
India
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
India		 Pavel Macenauer
Athar-Ali Fyzee		 4
6 		6
4		 7
9 		0
6 		   
2 Czechoslovakia
India		 Jan Koželuh
Hassan-Ali Fyzee		 6
1		 6
3		 6
1		      
3 Czechoslovakia
India		 Jan Koželuh / Ladislav Zemla
Sandford Bobb / Hassan-Ali Fyzee		 6
2		 6
3		 6
1		      
4 Czechoslovakia
India		 Pavel Macenauer
Hassan-Ali Fyzee		 6
2		 7
5		 5
7 		6
0		    
5 Czechoslovakia
India		 Jan Koželuh
Athar-Ali Fyzee		 6
3		 6
2		 7
5		      

Denmark
0		 Copenhagen, Denmark
14–16 May 1926
clay
France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
France		 Axel Petersen
René Lacoste		 4
6 		5
7 		1
6 		     
2 Denmark
France		 Einer Ulrich
Henri Cochet		 2
6 		3
6 		6
2		 0
6 		   
3 Denmark
France		 Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich
Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet		 6
4		 3
6 		6
4		 5
7 		0
6 		 
4 Denmark
France		 Einer Ulrich
Jacques Brugnon		 1
6 		2
6 		8
6		 6
3		 1
6 		 
5 Denmark
France		 Axel Petersen
Henri Cochet		 6
3		 2
6 		6
3		 5
7 		4
6 		 

Quarterfinals


Italy
2		 Rome, Italy
27–29 May 1926
clay
Great Britain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
United Kingdom		 Clemente Serventi
Patrick Wheatley		 7
5		 4
6 		1
6 		3
6 		   
2 Italy
United Kingdom		 Umberto De Morpurgo
Noel Turnbull		 4
6 		6
2		 4
6 		6
4		 6
2		  
3 Italy
United Kingdom		 Umberto De Morpurgo / Clemente Serventi
Gordon Crole-Rees / Charles Kingsley		 6
3		 8
6		 4
6 		3
6 		3
6 		 
4 Italy
United Kingdom		 Umberto De Morpurgo
Patrick Wheatley		 6
2		 6
3		 3
2		      
retired
5 Italy
United Kingdom		 Clemente Serventi
Noel Turnbull		 6
3		 1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		   

Argentina
1		 Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Spain
29–31 May 1926
clay
Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Argentina
Spain		 Enrique Obarrio
Eduardo Flaquer		 6
4		 7
5		 0
6 		0
6 		2
6 		 
2 Argentina
Spain		 Guillermo Robson
Francisco Sindreu		 4
6 		7
5		 5
7 		6
4		 6
2		  
3 Argentina
Spain		 Enrique Obarrio / Guillermo Robson
Eduardo Flaquer / Raimundo Morales-Marqués		 4
6 		7
9 		3
6 		     
4 Argentina
Spain		 Enrique Obarrio
Francisco Sindreu		 7
5		 1
6 		5
7 		6
4		 3
6 		 
5 Argentina
Spain		 Guillermo Robson
Eduardo Flaquer		           not
played

South Africa
1		 Melbury Lawn Tennis Club, Kensington, London, England
31 May–2 June 1926
clay
Sweden
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Africa
Sweden		 Patrick Spence
Ingvar Garell		 6
4		 6
4		 8
6		      
2 South Africa
Sweden		 Gerald Sherwell
Sune Malmström		 6
8 		3
6 		4
6 		     
3 South Africa
Sweden		 Julian Lezard / Patrick Spence
Ingvar Garell / Sune Malmström		 2
6 		6
8 		6
8 		     
4 South Africa
Sweden		 Patrick Spence
Sune Malmström		 6
8 		3
6 		1
6 		     
5 South Africa
Sweden		 Gerald Sherwell
Ingvar Garell		 4
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     

Czechoslovakia
0		 Prague, Czechoslovakia
24–25 May 1926
clay
France
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
France		 Jan Koželuh
René Lacoste		 5
7 		7
5		 3
6 		8
6		 3
6 		 
2 Czechoslovakia
France		 Pavel Macenauer
Henri Cochet		 3
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
3 Czechoslovakia
France		 Jan Koželuh / Ladislav Zemla
Jacques Brugnon / René Lacoste		 2
6 		6
3		 8
6		 2
6 		5
7 		 
4 Czechoslovakia
France		 Jan Koželuh
Henri Cochet		           not
played
5 Czechoslovakia
France		 Pavel Macenauer
René Lacoste		           not
played

Semifinals


Great Britain
4		 Societat Sportiva Pompeya, Barcelona, Spain
9–11 July 1926
clay
Spain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Spain		 Colin Gregory
Eduardo Flaquer		 6
3		 6
0		 6
2		      
2 United Kingdom
Spain		 Charles Kingsley
Francisco Sindreu		 7
5		 2
6 		7
5		 3
6 		6
3		  
3 United Kingdom
Spain		 Gordon Crole-Rees / Charles Kingsley
Eduardo Flaquer / Raimundo Morales-Marqués		 11
9		 6
4		 6
2		      
4 United Kingdom
Spain		 Colin Gregory
Francisco Sindreu		 2
6 		6
4		 6
2		 6
3		    
5 United Kingdom
Spain		 Keats Lester
Raimundo Morales-Marqués		 3
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     

Sweden
0		 East Malm Athletic/Soccer Fields, Stockholm, Sweden
14–16 July 1926
clay
France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
France		 Marcus Wallenberg
Henri Cochet		 3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
2 Sweden
France		 Sune Malmström
Jean Borotra		 6
3		 6
2		 6
8 		3
6 		3
6 		 
3 Sweden
France		 Sune Malmström / Marcus Wallenberg
Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon		 4
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
4 Sweden
France		 Sune Malmström
Henri Cochet		 4
6 		7
5		 4
6 		6
4		 3
6 		 
5 Sweden
France		 Marcus Wallenberg
Jean Borotra		 8
6		 4
6 		2
6 		1
6 		   

Final


France
5		 Garden Tennis Club, Cabourg, France
24–26 July 1926
clay
Great Britain
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
United Kingdom		 Henri Cochet
Colin Gregory		 7
5		 4
6 		7
9 		7
5		 6
0		  
2 France
United Kingdom		 René Lacoste
Noel Turnbull		 6
4		 6
4		 6
4		      
3 France
United Kingdom		 Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon
Gordon Crole Rees / Charles Kingsley		 6
2		 6
0		 6
3		      
4 France
United Kingdom		 Pierre Landry
Colin Gregory		 6
3		 6
2		 6
1		      
5 France
United Kingdom		 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
26–28 August 1926
grass
France
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
France		 Tsumio Tawara
Henri Cochet		 6
1		 6
4		 5
7 		3
6 		2
6 		 
2 Japan
France		 Takeichi Harada
René Lacoste		 6
4		 4
6 		6
3		 9
7		    
3 Japan
France		 Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara
Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet		 0
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
4 Japan
France		 Tsumio Tawara
René Lacoste		 1
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
5 Japan
France		 Takeichi Harada
Henri Cochet		 6
1		 6
3		 0
6 		6
4		    

Challenge Round


United States
4		 Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
9–11 September 1926
grass
France
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
France		 Bill Johnston
René Lacoste		 6
0		 6
4		 0
6 		6
0		    
2 United States
France		 Bill Tilden
Jean Borotra		 6
2		 6
3		 6
3		      
3 United States
France		 Vincent Richards / Norris Williams
Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet		 6
4		 6
4		 6
2		      
4 United States
France		 Bill Johnston
Jean Borotra		 8
6		 6
4		 9
7		      
5 United States
France		 Bill Tilden
René Lacoste		 6
4		 4
6 		6
8 		6
8 		   

References

  1. ↑ "Davis Cup – 1926 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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