Davis Cup 1953

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The Davis Cup in 1953 was the 42nd edition of the competition organized by the ITF for men's national teams in tennis . The competition was held in three continental zones, the Europe , America and the Eastern Zone . The winners of the zones played a qualifying tournament for the finals.

In the playoff tournament, the USA prevailed against Belgium and India , but failed in the final from December 28th to 31st to defending champions Australia with 2: 3. It was Australia's eleventh title so far.

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

Ceylon (now Sri Lanka ) took part in the Davis Cup for the first time.

 
 
 

America Zone

The Caribbean Association of British West Indies nominated a team for the competition for the first time.

 

 

Eastern zone

 

 

 

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.

Preliminary round

European zone

  1st round
April 24th – 5th May 		2nd round
13-19 May 		Quarter-finals
10-14 June 		Semi-finals
10-13 July 		Final
18.-20. July
                                               
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany  BR Germany                
 bye  
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany  BR Germany 3
  South Africa 1928South African Union  South African Union 2  
 bye
South Africa 1928South African Union  South African Union  
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany  BR Germany 1
  FranceFrance  France 4th  
FranceFrance  France    
 bye  
FranceFrance  France 4th
  YugoslaviaYugoslavia  Yugoslavia 1  
YugoslaviaYugoslavia  Yugoslavia 5
SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Switzerland 0  
FranceFrance  France 1
  DenmarkDenmark  Denmark 4th  
DenmarkDenmark  Denmark
 bye  
DenmarkDenmark  Denmark 5
  AustriaAustria  Austria 0  
AustriaAustria  Austria 4th
Egypt 1952Egypt  Egypt 1  
DenmarkDenmark  Denmark 4th
  Philippines 1944Philippines  Philippines 1  
Philippines 1944Philippines  Philippines    
 bye  
Philippines 1944Philippines  Philippines 5
  FinlandFinland  Finland 0  
FinlandFinland  Finland 4th
IrelandIreland  Ireland 1  
DenmarkDenmark  Denmark 2
BelgiumBelgium  Belgium 3
Spain 1945Spain  Spain 5
IsraelIsrael  Israel 0  
Spain 1945Spain  Spain 0
  SwedenSweden  Sweden 5  
 bye
SwedenSweden  Sweden  
SwedenSweden  Sweden 1
  ItalyItaly  Italy 4th  
NetherlandsNetherlands  Netherlands 5    
CeylonSri Lanka  Ceylon 0  
NetherlandsNetherlands  Netherlands 0
  ItalyItaly  Italy 5  
 bye
ItalyItaly  Italy  
ItalyItaly  Italy 2
  BelgiumBelgium  Belgium 3  
LuxembourgLuxembourg  Luxembourg 0
NorwayNorway  Norway 5  
NorwayNorway  Norway 0
  United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Great Britain 5  
 bye
United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Great Britain  
United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Great Britain 1
  BelgiumBelgium  Belgium 4th  
Hungary 1949Hungary  Hungary    
 bye  
Hungary 1949Hungary  Hungary 0
  BelgiumBelgium  Belgium 5  
 bye
BelgiumBelgium  Belgium  

America Zone

  Quarter-finals
11-20 July 		Semi-finals
July 25–10. August 		Final
14.-16. September
                           
  JapanJapan Japan 0        
United States 48United States United States 5  
United States 48United States United States 5
  British West Indies 0  
bye
British West Indies  
United States 48United States United States 5
  Canada 1921Canada Canada 0
CubaCuba Cuba    
bye  
CubaCuba Cuba 2
  Canada 1921Canada Canada 3  
Mexico 1934Mexico Mexico 2
  Canada 1921Canada Canada 3  

Eastern zone

India was by definition the winner as the only participant in the zone.

Playoff

In the play-off tournament between the winners of the continental zones, the USA triumphed over Belgium and India.

  Semi-finals
3rd – 5th December 		Final
17th – 19th December
                 
BelgiumBelgium Belgium 5    
IndiaIndia India 0  
BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1
  United States 48United States United States 4th
bye
United States 48United States United States  

Playoff finals

United States 48United States4 1
BelgiumBelgium

Venue: Brisbane ( Australia )
Date: December 17 to 19 1953
Game Surface: Grass

United States 48United States player BelgiumBelgium player Result
Tony Trabert Philippe Washer 6: 4, 6: 2, 6: 4
Vic Seixas Jacques Brichant 3: 6, 9:11, 6: 2, 1: 6
Bill Talbert
Tony Trabert 		Jacques Brichant
Philippe Washer 		6: 3, 6: 2, 4: 6, 9: 7
Tony Trabert Jacques Brichant 6: 4, 6: 3, 6: 1
Vic Seixas Philippe Washer 6: 2, 7: 5, 8: 6

final

In the final between defending champions Australia and the USA, Australia prevailed 3-2. It was the US's tenth game against Australia in a row. Australia won the eleventh title so far.

Australia final United States
Australia

Team
Lew Hoad
Ken Rosewall
Rex Hartwig

Captain
Harry Hopman

Date: December 28-31 , 1953
Location: Kooyong ( Melbourne , Australia )
Surface: Lawn


Lew Hoad 6: 4, 6: 2, 6: 3 Vic Seixas
Ken Rosewall 3: 6, 4: 6, 4: 6 Tony Trabert
Rex Hartwig
Lew Hoad		 2: 6, 4: 6, 4: 6 Vic Seixas
Tony Trabert
Lew Hoad 13:11, 6: 3, 2: 6, 3: 6, 7: 5 Tony Trabert
Ken Rosewall 6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4 Vic Seixas

Result: 3: 2

United States

Team
Vic Seixas
Tony Trabert

Captain
Bill Talbert

Web links

credentials

  1. ^ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1953 - USA v Belgium ( English ) Retrieved August 14, 2012.
  2. ^ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1953 - Australia v USA ( English ) Retrieved August 14, 2012.