1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

Main article: 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

9 teams entered the America Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the Europe Zone. ^[1] Australia defeated Japan in the final, and went on to face France in the Inter-Zonal Final. ^[2]

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

First round

Cuba vs. Spain

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

Quarterfinals

Mexico vs. Spain

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

Semifinals

Canada vs. Australia

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

Japan vs. Spain

Japan 3	Baltimore Country Club, Baltimore, MD, United States [6] 13–15 August 1925 Grass		Spain 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Takeichi Harada Eduardo Flaquer 6 2 6 4 6 0       2 Zenzo Shimizu Manuel Alonso Areizaga 5 7 0 6 6 3 3 6     3 Takeichi Harada  /  Zenzo Shimizu José María Alonso Areizaga  /  Manuel Alonso Areizaga 6 2 6 3 2 6 8 10 6 3   4 Takeichi Harada Manuel Alonso Areizaga 2 6 6 4 6 3 6 4     5 Zenzo Shimizu Eduardo Flaquer 6 3 0 6 3 6 4 6

Final

Australia vs. Japan

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

References

1. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN   978-0942257700.
2. "Australia v Japan". daviscup.com.
3. "Cuba v Spain". daviscup.com.
4. "Mexico v Spain". daviscup.com.
5. "Canada v Australia". daviscup.com.
6. "Japan v Spain". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website