International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1931

The International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1931 was the 26th edition of the competition for men's national tennis teams organized by the ITF . The competition was in two continental zones of Europe - and the America Zone discharged, the Americas zone to North America Group and South America group were divided. The winners of the two zones played a playoff for the finals. Here sat the UK against the USA with 3: 2 by which so after eleven years in series the first time since 1920 not fed into the final. Great Britain failed in the final from July 24th to 26th to defending champions France . France won the fifth title in a row.

Attendees

Including the defending champion, 31 countries took part in the competition. The following teams played for a final ticket against the defending champion.

European zone

A total of 22 teams competed in the European zone.

Egypt  Belgium  Denmark  German Empire  Finland  Greece

Great Britain  Irish Free State  Italy  Japan  Yugoslavia  Monaco

Netherlands  Norway  Austria  Poland  Romania  Switzerland

Spain  South African Union  Czechoslovakia  Hungary

America Zone

The America Zone consisted of three participants in the North and five participants in the South America group. For Brazil , Uruguay and Paraguay it was the first participation.

North American group

Canada

Mexico

United States

South America group

Argentina  Brazil

Chile  Paraguay

Uruguay

The tournament

European zone

1st round April 16th – 5th May

2nd round 8-17 May

Quarterfinals May 20th – May 6th June

Semi-finals 12-18 June

Final 9-11. July

Finland

bye

Finland

1

Egypt

4th

bye

Egypt

Egypt

0

Japan

5

Yugoslavia

bye

Yugoslavia

0

Japan

5

bye

Japan

Japan

0

Great Britain

5

Belgium

bye

Belgium

0

Great Britain

5

Great Britain

5

Monaco

0

Great Britain

5

South African Union

0

German Empire

0

South African Union

5

South African Union

4th

Irish Free State

1

Switzerland

0

Irish Free State

5

Great Britain

4th

Czechoslovakia

1

Greece

3

Austria

2

Greece

1

Czechoslovakia

4th

Spain

2

Czechoslovakia

3

Czechoslovakia

3

Italy

0

Italy

4th

Hungary

1

Italy

3

Netherlands

0

bye

Netherlands

Czechoslovakia

5

Denmark

0

Norway

bye

Norway

0

Poland

3

bye

Poland

Poland

2

Denmark

3

Denmark

bye

Denmark

5

Romania

0

bye

Romania

America Zone

The winners of the two groups played in a continental playoff for a place in the playoff against the winner of the European zone .

North American group

	Semi-finals 1st – 3rd May					Final 21-23 May
		United States	5
		Mexico	0
							United States	4th
							Canada	1
		bye
		Canada

South America group

Quarterfinals 26.-28. March

Semi-finals 2-4 April

Final 24-26 April

Paraguay

0

Argentina

5

Argentina

5

Uruguay

0

bye

Uruguay

Argentina

3

Chile

0

Brazil

bye

Brazil

Chile

Where

bye

Chile

Continental playoff

In the intra-continental playoff, the USA could clearly prevail against Argentina .

5 0 Venue: Chevy Chase ( USA ) Date: May 28-30, 1931 Surface: Sand
player	player	Result
Frank Shields	Guillermo Robson	3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2, 6: 2
Sidney Wood	Ronald Boyd	6: 4, 6: 1, 6: 2
Frank Shields Sidney Wood	Lucilo del Castillo Adriano Zappa	6: 4, 8: 6, 2: 6, 6: 2
Frank Shields	Ronald Boyd	6: 2, 6: 2, 6: 2
Clifford Sutter	Guillermo Robson	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3, 6: 3

Playoff

In the playoff between the two winners of the continental zones, Great Britain won against the USA, ending the series of eleven US finals in a row.

3 2 Venue: Paris ( France ) Date: July 17-19 , 1931 Playing surface: sand
player	player	Result
Henry Austin	Sidney Wood	2: 6, 6: 0, 8: 6, 7: 5
Fred Perry	Frank Shields	8:10, 4: 6, 2: 6
Pat Hughes Fred Perry	George Lott John Van Ryn	1: 6, 3: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6
Fred Perry	Sidney Wood	6: 3, 8:10, 6: 3, 6: 3
Henry Austin	Frank Shields	8: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5

final

In the final between Great Britain and France, the French defending champion was able to prevail 3-2. It was the fifth French title in a row.

France	final	Great Britain
Team Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon Henri Cochet   Captain René Lacoste	Date: July 24-26, 1931 Location: Paris ( France ) Surface: Sand Henri Cochet 3: 6, 11: 9, 6: 2, 6: 4 Henry Austin Jean Borotra 6: 4, 8:10, 0: 6, 6: 4, 4: 6 Fred Perry Jacques Brugnon Henri Cochet 6: 1, 5: 7, 6: 3, 8: 6 Pat Hughes Charles Kingsley Jean Borotra 5: 7, 3: 6, 6: 3, 5: 7 Henry Austin Henri Cochet 6: 4, 1: 6, 9: 7, 6: 3 Fred Perry Result: 3: 2	Team Henry Austin Pat Hughes Charles Kingsley Fred Perry Captain Herbert Barrett

Web links

• Official website of the Davis Cup

credentials

1. ^ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1931 - USA vs Argentina ( English ) Retrieved June 25, 2012.
2. ↑ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1931 - Great Britain vs USA ( English ) Retrieved June 25, 2012.
3. ↑ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1931 - France vs Great Britain ( English ) Retrieved on 25 June 2012 found.