1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

4 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] The United States defeated Australia in the final, and went on to face Germany in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw edit

Semifinals
30 April–2 May
Final
29–31 May
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
  Australia5
Forest Hills, NY, United States (grass)
  Mexico0
  Australia0
San Francisco, CA, United States (clay)
  United States5
  United States5
  Japan0

Semifinals edit

Mexico vs. Australia edit

 
Mexico
0
Club Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[3]
30 April–2 May 1937
Clay
 
Australia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Esteban Reyes
Adrian Quist
3
6
1
6
3
6
     
2  
 
Ricardo Tapia
Vivian McGrath
2
6
4
6
4
6
     
3  
 
Daniel Hernández / Alfonso Unda
Jack Crawford / Adrian Quist
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
4  
 
Esteban Reyes
John Bromwich
2
6
2
6
5
7
     
5  
 
Ricardo Tapia
Adrian Quist
2
6
4
6
6
4
3
6
   

United States vs. Japan edit

 
United States
5
Lakeside Country Club, San Francisco, CA, United States[4]
30 April–2 May 1937
Clay
 
Japan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Don Budge
Fumiteru Nakano
6
1
6
1
6
0
     
2  
 
Frank Parker
Jiro Yamagishi
6
3
2
6
8
6
6
1
   
3  
 
Don Budge / Gene Mako
Fumiteru Nakano / Jiro Yamagishi
6
0
6
1
6
4
     
4  
 
Frank Parker
Fumiteru Nakano
6
0
6
3
6
2
     
5  
 
Don Budge
Jiro Yamagishi
6
2
6
2
6
4
     

Final edit

United States vs. Australia edit

 
United States
5
West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States[2]
29–31 May 1937
Grass
 
Australia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Don Budge
Jack Crawford
6
1
6
3
6
2
     
2  
 
Bryan Grant
John Bromwich
6
2
7
5
6
1
     
3  
 
Don Budge / Gene Mako
Jack Crawford / Vivian McGrath
7
5
6
1
8
6
     
4  
 
Don Budge
John Bromwich
6
2
6
3
5
7
6
1
   
5  
 
Bryan Grant
Jack Crawford
6
0
6
2
7
5
     

References edit

  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "United States v Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Mexico v Australia". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "United States v Japan". daviscup.com.

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