International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1923

The International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1923 was the 18th edition of the competition organized by the ITF for men's national tennis teams . For the first time, the challenger against the defending champion was not determined in a world group, but in two continental zones, the Europe and America zone . This became necessary on the one hand to cope with the increasing number of participants, and on the other hand to simplify logistics and reduce travel expenses.

The winners of the two zones played a playoff for the finals. Australia clearly prevailed against France 4-1. In the final, which took place from August 31 to September 3, defending champions USA also had the upper hand with a 4-1 win. The USA secured their eighth title so far and the fourth in a row.

Attendees

A total of 17 teams competed for a final ticket against the defending champion.

European zone

A total of 13 teams competed in the European zone. In addition to the European teams, Argentina and British India also played in this zone. For Ireland and Switzerland it was the first participation in the competition.

Argentina  Belgium  British India  Denmark

France  Great Britain  Ireland  Italy

Netherlands  Romania  Switzerland  Spain

Czechoslovakia

America Zone

In the American zone, which consists of four teams, not only the North American teams but also those from Australia and Japan competed . Hawaii played its first and last game in the Davis Cup that year.

Australia

Hawaii

Japan

Canada

The tournament

European zone

Netherlands

bye

Netherlands

5

Italy

0

bye

Italy

Netherlands

0

Spain

5

Great Britain

3

Belgium

2

Great Britain

2

Spain

3

Spain

Where

Romania

Spain

2

France

3

France

4th

Denmark

1

France

4th

Irish Free State

1

Irish Free State

3

British India

2

France

3

Switzerland

2

Switzerland

3

Czechoslovakia

2

Switzerland

4th

Argentina

1

bye

Argentina

America Zone

	Semifinals					final
		Australia	4th
		Hawaii	1
							Australia	4th
							Japan	1
		Canada	0
		Japan	5

Playoff

In the playoff between the two winners of the continental zones, Australia won 4-1 over France and, like last year, moved into the final against defending champions USA.

1 4 Venue: Longwood Cricket Club , Boston , MA ( USA ) Date: August 16-18, 1923 Playing surface: turf
player	player	Result
René Lacoste	James Anderson	5: 7, 3: 6, 4: 6
Jacques Brugnon	John Hawkes	2: 6, 1: 6, 5: 7
Jacques Brugnon René Lacoste	James Anderson John Hawkes	8: 6, 3: 6, 3: 6, 8: 6, 7: 9
Pierre Hirsch	James Anderson	5: 7, 2: 6, 0: 6
René Lacoste	Ian McInnes	6: 2, 6: 1, 6: 2

final

United States	final	Australia
Team Bill Johnston Bill Tilden Richard Williams Captain Richard Williams	Date: August 31 to September 3, 1923 Location: West Side Tennis Club , Forest Hills ( New York City , USA ) Surface: Lawn Bill Johnston 6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 2, 5: 7, 2: 6 James Anderson Bill Tilden 6: 4, 6: 2, 6: 1 John Hawkes Bill Tilden Richard Williams 17:15, 11:13, 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2 James Anderson John Hawkes Bill Johnston 6: 0, 6: 2, 6: 1 John Hawkes Bill Tilden 6: 2, 6: 3, 1: 6, 7: 5 James Anderson Result: 4: 1	Team James Anderson John Hawkes   Captain James Anderson

Web links

• Official site of the Davis Cup (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1923 - Australia vs France ( Memento of December 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
2. ↑ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1923 - USA vs Australia ( English ) Retrieved May 30, 2016.