1932 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
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| Duration | 28 April – 31 July 1932 |
| Edition | 27th |
| Teams | 29 |
| Champion | |
| Winning nation |  France |
← 1931 1933 → | |
The 1932 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 27th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. 22 teams would enter the Europe Zone; while 8 would enter the Americas Zone, 5 in North America and 3 in South America.
The United States defeated Brazil in the America Inter-Zonal Final, after Brazil received two walkovers in the South America Zone, and then defeated Germany in the Inter-Zonal play-off. France defeated the US in the Challenge Round, giving them their sixth straight title. The final was played 29–31 July at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.[1][2][3]
America Zone
[edit]North & Central America Zone
[edit]| Quarterfinals 28–30 April | Semifinals 13–15 May | Final 27–30 May | |||||||||||
| Chevy Chase, Maryland (clay) | |||||||||||||
 United States | 5 | ||||||||||||
| New Orleans, Louisiana (clay) | |||||||||||||
 Canada | 0 | ||||||||||||
| United States | 5 | ||||||||||||
 Mexico | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Mexico | |||||||||||||
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (clay) | |||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| United States | 5 | ||||||||||||
 Australia | 0 | ||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| Havana, Cuba | |||||||||||||
| Australia | |||||||||||||
| Australia | 5 | ||||||||||||
 Cuba | 0 | ||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| Cuba | |||||||||||||
South America Zone
[edit]
Americas Inter-Zonal Final
[edit]United States vs. Brazil
 United States 5 |
West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, New York[4] 9–11 June 1932 Clay |
 Brazil 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Europe Zone
[edit]Draw
[edit]| First Round 3–12 May | Second Round 11–23 May | Quarterfinals 10–14 June | Semifinals 8–10 July | Final 15–17 July | |||||||||||||||||||
 Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Denmark | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 1 | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Denmark | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Greece | Athens, Greece |  Japan | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Greece | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Japan | Japan | 5 | Milan, Italy (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Japan | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Spain | Rome, Italy (clay) |  Italy | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Spain | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 3 | Italy | 4 | Montreux, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||
 Egypt | 2 | Italy | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Norway | 0 | Lucerne, Switzerland |  Switzerland | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Monaco | 5 | Monaco | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Belgium | 0 | Switzerland | 3 | Milan, Italy (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 5 | Italy | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Czechoslovakia | 2 | Vienna, Austria |  Germany | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Austria | 3 | Austria | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 5 | Germany | 3 | Berlin, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
 India | 0 | Germany | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Hungary | 5 | Dublin, Ireland (grass) |  Ireland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Finland | 0 | Hungary | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Ireland | 4 | Berlin, Germany (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | Germany | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Torquay, England (clay) |  Great Britain | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | Great Britain | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |  Romania | 0 | Warsaw, Poland (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Romania | Great Britain | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Warsaw, Poland |  Poland | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Poland | Poland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |  Netherlands | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Final
[edit]Italy vs. Germany
 Italy 0 |
Milan, Italy[5] 15–17 July 1932 Clay |
 Germany 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inter-Zonal Final
[edit]United States vs. Germany
United States 3 |
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[6] 22–24 July 1932 Clay |
Germany 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Challenge Round
[edit]France vs. United States
 France 3 |
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[3] 29–31 July 1932 Clay |
United States 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ Max Robertson (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 384. ISBN 0047960426.
- ^ a b "France v United States". daviscup.com.
- ^ "United States v Brazil". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Italy v Germany". daviscup.com.
- ^ "United States v Germany". daviscup.com.
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