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| Duration | 7 July – 15 August 1914 |
| Edition | 13th |
| Teams | 7 |
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| Winning nation |  Australasia |
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The 1914 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 13th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup . The bulk of the competition returned to the United States for the first time since 1903. The United States fell to Australasia in the final, which was played at the West Side Tennis Club in New York on 13–15 August. [1]
| Quarterfinals 7–25 July | Semifinals 11 July–1 August | Final 6–8 August | |||||||||||
 Germany | |||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
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| Germany | 0 | ||||||||||||
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| Australasia | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Australasia | 5 | ||||||||||||
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 Canada | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Australasia | 3 | ||||||||||||
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 Great Britain | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Wimbledon, England (grass) | |||||||||||||
 Belgium | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 4 | ||||||||||||
 France | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Australasia vs. Canada
 Australasia 5 | Onwentsia Club, Lake Forest, IL, United States [2] [3] 23–25 July 1914 [2] [4] Grass |  Canada 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Great Britain vs. Belgium
 Great Britain 5 | Pleasure Gardens, Folkestone, England [5] [6] 7–9 July 1914 [5] [7] Grass |  Belgium 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Australasia vs. Germany
Australasia 5 | Allegheny County Club, Pittsburgh, PA, United States [9] [10] 30 July–1 August 1914 [9] [11] Grass |  Germany 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Great Britain vs. France
Great Britain 4 | Worple Road, Wimbledon, London, England [13] [14] 11–14 July 1914 [13] [15] Grass |  France 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Great Britain vs. Australasia
Australasia 3 | Longwood Cricket Club, New York, NY, United States [17] [18] 6–8 August 1914 [19] [17] Grass |  United States 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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United States vs. Australasia
 United States 2 | West Side Tennis Club, New York, NY, United States [21] [22] 13–15 August 1914 [21] [23] Grass | Australasia 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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