1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

Main article: 1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

7 teams entered the America Zone: 6 teams entered the North & Central America Zone, while 1 team entered 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. ^[1]

Australia defeated Cuba in the North & Central America Zone final, and then received a walkover in the Americas Inter-Zonal final after Brazil, the only team in the South America Zone, withdrew. ^{[2] [3]} Australia went on to face Yugoslavia in the Inter-Zonal Final.

North & Central America Zone

Draw

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

Quarterfinals

Mexico vs. Australia

Mexico 0	Club Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico [5] 30 June–2 July 1939 Clay		Australia 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Daniel Hernández John Bromwich 0 6 0 6 0 6       2 Eugenio Tapia Adrian Quist 1 6 4 6 2 6       3 Daniel Hernández  /  Eugenio Tapia John Bromwich  /  Adrian Quist 6 8 0 6 1 6       4 Daniel Hernández Adrian Quist 9 11 3 6 2 6       5 Eugenio Tapia John Bromwich 1 6 3 6 1 6

Cuba vs. Canada

Cuba 4	Hotel Nacional, Havana, Cuba [6] 21–23 July 1939 Clay		Canada 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ricardo Morales Bruce Hall 6 1 6 2 6 2       2 José Agüero Ellis Tarshis 5 7 7 5 3 6 4 6     3 Ricardo Morales  /  Lorenzo Nodarse Philip Pearson  /  William Pedlar 9 7 4 6 6 4 4 6 6 1   4 Ricardo Morales Ellis Tarshis 6 2 6 4 3 6 0 6 6 4   5 José Agüero Bruce Hall 4 6 6 4 6 0 6 4

Semifinals

Australia vs. Philippines

Australia 5	Long Beach Tennis Club, Long Beach, CA, United States [7] 14–16 July 1939 Grass		Philippines 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Adrian Quist Amado Sánchez 6 1 6 2 6 2       2 John Bromwich Felicisimo Ampon 8 6 9 7 6 3       3 John Bromwich  /  Adrian Quist Felicisimo Ampon  /  Amado Sánchez 7 5 6 4 6 2       4 John Bromwich Amado Sánchez 6 1 6 1 6 3       5 Adrian Quist Felicisimo Ampon 7 5 6 4 6 3

Final

Cuba vs. Australia

Cuba 0	Seabright Lawn Tennis Club, Rumson, NJ, United States [2] 10–12 August 1939 Grass		Australia 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 José Agüero John Bromwich 6 8 0 6 2 6       2 Ricardo Morales Adrian Quist 0 6 2 6 2 6       3 Ricardo Morales  /  Lorenzo Nodarse John Bromwich  /  Adrian Quist 1 6 0 6 3 6       4 Ricardo Morales John Bromwich 6 8 6 8 1 6       5 José Agüero Adrian Quist 1 6 0 6 0 6

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

Australia defeated Brazil by walkover. ^[3]

Notes

1. Japan withdrew from the competition after their top player, Jiro Yamagishi, joined the Imperial Japanese Navy. ^[4]

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. "Cuba v Australia". daviscup.com.
3. "Australia v Brazil". daviscup.com.
4. "The Bulletin - Google News Archive Search" . Retrieved 6 June 2016.
5. "Mexico v Australia". daviscup.com.
6. "Cuba v Canada". daviscup.com.
7. "Australia v Philippines". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website