Davis Cup 1948

The Davis Cup in 1948 was the 37th edition of the competition for men's national tennis teams organized by the ITF . The competition was held in two continental zones, the European and American zones . The winners of the two zones played a playoff for the finals.

In the continental playoff, Australia prevailed against Czechoslovakia , but were clearly defeated by defending champions USA 0: 5 in the final from September 4th to 6th . It was the US's 16th title to date and the third in a row.

Attendees

Including the defending champion, 30 countries took part in the competition. The following teams played for a final ticket against the defending champion.

European zone

Pakistan took part in the competition for the first time. Furthermore, Turkey played their first encounter after they had already reported in 1946 , but then did not start.

Egypt  Argentina  Belgium  Brazil  Denmark  France  Great Britain

British India  Ireland  Italy  Yugoslavia  Luxembourg  Netherlands  Norway

Austria  Pakistan  Poland  Portugal  Romania  Sweden  Switzerland

Spain  Czechoslovakia  Turkey  Hungary

America Zone

Australia

Canada

Cuba

Mexico

The tournament

In the following illustrations, the host of each game is in italics and the winner is printed in bold . Games without a marked host took place on neutral ground.

European zone

1st round April 22nd – 5th May

2nd round 6-17 May

Quarter-finals 10-13 June

Semi-finals 9-11 July

Final 27-29 July

Netherlands

bye

Netherlands

5

Portugal

0

bye

Portugal

Netherlands

1

Great Britain

4th

Norway

bye

Norway

1

Great Britain

4th

Great Britain

3

India

2

Great Britain

1

Sweden

4th

Hungary

5

Austria

0

Hungary

4th

France

1

Romania

2

France

3

Hungary

2

Sweden

3

Spain

0

Sweden

4th

Sweden

5

Switzerland

0

Switzerland

3

Pakistan

2

Sweden

1

Czechoslovakia

4th

Ireland

5

Luxembourg

0

Ireland

2

Denmark

3

Denmark

3

Egypt

2

Denmark

0

Italy

5

Turkey

0

Yugoslavia

5

Yugoslavia

2

Italy

3

Italy

Where

Poland

Italy

2

Czechoslovakia

3

Czechoslovakia

bye

Czechoslovakia

4th

Brazil

1

bye

Brazil

Czechoslovakia

3

Belgium

2

Belgium

bye

Belgium

3

Argentina

2

bye

Argentina

America Zone

	Semi-finals 8-25 July					Finals 6-8 August
		Australia	5
		Cuba	0
							Australia	4th
							Mexico	1
		Canada	1
		Mexico	4th

Playoff

In the playoff between the two winners of the continental zones, Australia triumphed over Czechoslovakia.

3 2 Venue: Boston ( USA ) Date: August 29-22 , 1948 Playing surface: turf
player	player	Result
Adrian Quist	Vladimír Černík	6: 2, 13:11, 6: 0
Bill Sidwell	Jaroslav Drobný	6: 3, 6: 2, 9:11, 14:12
Geoffrey Brown Colin Long	Vladimír Černík Jaroslav Drobný	8:10, 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 4
Adrian Quist	Jaroslav Drobný	8: 6, 6: 3, 16:18, 3: 6, 5: 7
Bill Sidwell	Vladimír Černík	7: 5, 6: 4, 6: 2

final

In the final between defending champions USA and Australia, the USA could clearly prevail with 5-0. It was the sixth US finals in a row, and the fifth game against Australia in a row. The USA won the USA's 16th title to date.

United States	final	Australia
Team Gardnar Mulloy Frank Parker Ted Schroeder Bill Talbert Captain Alrick Man	Date: 4 to 6 September 1948 Location: Forest Hills ( New York City , USA ) Surface: Grass Frank Parker 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 4 Bill Sidwell Ted Schroeder 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 0, 6: 0 Adrian Quist Gardnar Mulloy Bill Talbert 8: 6, 9: 7, 2: 6, 7: 5 Colin Long Bill Sidwell Ted Schroeder 6: 2, 6: 1, 6: 1 Bill Sidwell Frank Parker 6: 2, 6: 2, 6: 3 Adrian Quist Result: 5: 0	Team Colin Long Adrian Quist Bill Sidwell   Captain Adrian Quist

Web links

• Official website of the Davis Cup

credentials

1. ↑ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1948 - Australia v Czechoslovakia ( English ) Retrieved July 17, 2012.
2. ↑ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1948 - USA v Australia ( English ) Retrieved July 17, 2012.