1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

Main article: 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

Japanese players Tawara and Harada c. 1920

5 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] Japan defeated Cuba in the final, and went on to face France in the Inter-Zonal Final. ^[2]

Draw

Quarterfinals 11–13 June

Semifinals 25–27 June; 16–18 July

Final 19–21 August

Mexico City, Mexico

Mexico

1

San Francisco, CA, United States (grass)

Japan

4

Japan

5

Philippines

0

bye

Montreal, Canada (grass)

Philippines

Japan

5

Cuba

0

Cuba

Havana, Cuba (clay)

bye

Cuba

3

Canada

2

bye

Canada

Quarterfinals

Mexico vs. Japan

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

Semifinals

Japan vs. Philippines

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

Cuba vs. Canada

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

Final

Japan vs. Cuba

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

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. "Japan v Cuba". daviscup.com.
3. "Mexico v Japan". daviscup.com.
4. "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.
5. "Cuba v Canada". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website