1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

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The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

Due to an increase in South American entries, the America Zone was split into the North & Central America Zone and the South America Zone. The winner of each sub-zone would play against each other to determine who moved to the Inter-Zonal Final to compete against the winner of the Europe Zone. 8 teams entered the America Zone: 3 teams competed in the North & Central America Zone, while 5 teams competed in the South America Zone. ^[1]

The United States defeated Canada in the North & Central America Zone final, and Argentina defeated Chile in the South America Zone final. ^{[2] [3]} In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, the United States defeated Argentina and went on to face Great Britain in the Inter-Zonal Final. ^[4]

North & Central America Zone

Draw

	Semifinals 1–3 May					Final 21–23 May
	Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
	United States		5
						Montreal, Canada (grass)
	Mexico		0
						United States		4
						Canada		1
	bye
	Canada

Semifinals

Mexico vs. United States

Mexico 0	Club Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico [5] 1–3 May 1931 Clay		United States 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Alfonso Unda Wilmer Allison 3 6 1 6 3 6       2 Ricardo Tapia Frank Shields 4 6 4 6 2 6       3 Manuel Llano  /  Ricardo Tapia Frank Shields  /  Sidney Wood 3 6 3 6 4 6       4 Jorge Acosta Frank Shields 3 6 0 6 3 6       5 Ricardo Tapia Wilmer Allison 4 6 3 6 2 6

Final

Canada vs. United States

Canada 1	Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada [2] 21–23 May 1931 Grass		United States 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jack Wright Frank Shields 6 8 2 6 2 6       2 Marcel Rainville Sidney Wood 4 6 6 4 6 3 2 6 6 4   3 Marcel Rainville  /  Jack Wright Frank Shields  /  Sidney Wood 6 8 4 6 2 6       4 Jack Wright Sidney Wood 6 8 3 6 4 6       5 Marcel Rainville Frank Shields 1 6 4 6 1 6

South America Zone

Draw

Quarterfinals 26–28 March

Semifinals 2–4 April

Final 24–26 April

Asunción, Paraguay (hard)

Paraguay

0

Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)

Argentina

5

Argentina

5

Uruguay

0

Uruguay

Santiago, Chile

bye

Argentina

3

Chile

0

bye

Brazil

Brazil

Chile [6]

w/o

bye

Chile

Quarterfinals

Paraguay vs. Argentina

Paraguay 0	Asunción, Paraguay [7] 26–28 March 1931 Hard		Argentina 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Agustin Cusmanich Lucilo del Castillo 3 6 0 6 2 6       2 Ángel Portaluppi Adriano Zappa 1 6 1 6 1 6       3 Agustin Cusmanich  /  Licio Sosa Guillermo Robson  /  Andrés Sissener 0 6 3 6 0 6       4 H.R. Walters Lucilo del Castillo 0 6 0 6 1 6       5 Ivo Ubaldi Adriano Zappa 2 6 0 6 1 6

Semifinals

Argentina vs. Uruguay

Argentina 5	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina [8] 2–4 April 1931 Clay		Uruguay 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lucilo del Castillo Juan Carlos da Silva 6 1 6 2 6 0       2 Ronaldo Boyd Eduardo Stanham 6 2 6 1 6 3       3 Guillermo Robson  /  Adriano Zappa Juan Carlos da Silva  /  Eduardo Stanham 6 1 6 2 6 1       4 Lucilo del Castillo Carlos Gainza 6 0 6 0 6 1       5 Ronaldo Boyd Ernesto Hernandez Erro 6 0 6 0 6 1

Final

Chile vs. Argentina

Chile 0	Santiago, Chile [3] 24–26 April 1931		Argentina 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Egon Schonherr Adriano Zappa 6 2 2 6 0 6 0 6     2 Lionel Page Guillermo Robson 2 6 2 6 4 6       3 Roberto Conrads  /  Herbert Muller Lucilo del Castillo  /  Adriano Zappa 1 6 0 6 0 6       4 Lionel Page Adriano Zappa           not played 5 Egon Schonherr Guillermo Robson           not played

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

United States vs. Argentina

United States 5	Chevy Chase Lawn Tennis Club, Chevy Chase, MD, United States [4] 28–30 May 1931 Clay		Argentina 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Frank Shields Guillermo Robson 3 6 6 2 6 2 6 2     2 Sidney Wood Ronaldo Boyd 6 4 6 1 6 2       3 Frank Shields  /  Sidney Wood Lucilo del Castillo  /  Adriano Zappa 6 4 8 6 2 6 6 2     4 Frank Shields Ronaldo Boyd 6 2 6 2 6 2       5 Cliff Sutter Guillermo Robson 3 6 6 4 6 3 6 3

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. "Canada v United States". daviscup.com.
3. "Chile v Argentina". daviscup.com.
4. "United States v Argentina". daviscup.com.
5. "Mexico v United States". daviscup.com.
6. "Chile v Brazil". daviscup.com.
7. "Paraguay v Argentina". daviscup.com.
8. "Argentina v Uruguay". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website