1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
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| Duration | 5 May – 5 September 1939 |
| Edition | 34th |
| Teams | 25 |
| Champion | |
| Winning nation |  Australia |
← 1938 1946 → | |
The 1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 34th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. 20 teams entered the Europe Zone, while 7 entered the America Zone.
Australia defeated Cuba in the North & Central America Zone final, and then received a walkover in the America Inter-Zonal final after Brazil, the only team in the South America Zone, withdrew. In the Europe Zone final Yugoslavia defeated Germany. In the Inter-Zonal play-off Australia defeated Yugoslavia, and then defeated the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Merion Cricket Club in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States on 2–5 September.[1][2][3]
America Zone
[edit]North & Central America Zone
[edit]| Quarterfinals 30 June–23 July | Semifinals 14–16 July | Final 10–12 August | |||||||||||
 Philippines | |||||||||||||
| Long Beach, CA, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| Philippines | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | |||||||||||||
| Australia | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Australia | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Rumson, NJ, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
 Mexico | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Australia | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Havana, Cuba (clay) | |||||||||||||
 Cuba | 0 | ||||||||||||
 Canada | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Cuba | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Cuba | w/o | ||||||||||||
 Japan[a] | |||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
 Japan | |||||||||||||
Final
[edit]Cuba vs. Australia
 Cuba 0 |
Seabright Lawn Tennis Club, Rumson, NJ, United States[5] 10–12 August 1939 Grass |
 Australia 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Americas Inter-Zonal Final
[edit]Australia defeated Brazil by walkover.[6]
Europe Zone
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Draw
[edit]| First Round 5–7 May | Second Round 11–21 May | Quarterfinals 25–29 May | Semifinals 2–5 June | Final 28–30 July | |||||||||||||||||||
 Great Britain | Brighton, England (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Great Britain | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | Wimbledon, 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 (clay) |  Germany | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Sweden | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Denmark | Denmark | 1 | Berlin, Germany (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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[b] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Final
[edit]Yugoslavia vs. Germany
 Yugoslavia 3 |
A.T.K. Stadium, Zagreb, Yugoslavia[7] 28–30 July 1939 |
 Germany 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inter-Zonal Final
[edit]Australia vs. Yugoslavia
Australia 4 |
Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States[8] 24–26 August 1939 Grass |
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Challenge Round
[edit]United States vs. Australia
 United States 2 |
Merion Cricket Club, Haverford, PA, United States[3] 2–5 September 1939 Grass |
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Japan withdrew from the competition after their top player, Jiro Yamagishi, joined the Imperial Japanese Navy.[4]
- ^ The tie between Norway and Czechoslovakia was abandoned due to the German invasion and partition of Czechoslovakia in March 1939.
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 "United States v Australia". daviscup.com.
- ^ "The Bulletin - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "Cuba v Australia". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Australia v Brazil". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Yugoslavia v Germany". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Australia v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
