International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1926

The International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1926 was the 21st edition of the competition organized by the ITF for men's national tennis teams . 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. Here, set France against Japan with 3: 2 by. In the final, which took place from September 9th to 11th, defending champions USA finally got the upper hand with 4-1, thus securing their eleventh title so far and the seventh in a row.

Attendees

Including the defending champion, 25 countries took part in the competition. The following teams played for a final ticket against the defending champion.

European zone

A total of 19 teams competed in the European zone.

Argentina  Belgium  British India  Denmark  France

Great Britain  Irish Free State  Italy  Netherlands  Austria

Poland  Portugal  Romania  Sweden  Switzerland

Spain  South African Union  Czechoslovakia  Hungary

America Zone

The America Zone consisted of five participants.

Canada  Cuba

Japan  Mexico

Philippines

The tournament

European zone

1 round

date	Home team	Result	Visiting team	place	Topping
27.-29. April	Romania	0: 5	Italy	Bucharest ( Romania )	sand
April 30–2. May	South African Union	4: 1	Portugal	Sutton Coldfield ( England )	sand
7th-9th May	Netherlands	3: 2	Belgium	Noordwijk ( Netherlands )	sand

2nd round to final

2nd round 8-22 May

Quarter-finals May 24–2. June

Semi-finals 9-16 July

Final 24-26 July

Italy

3

Netherlands

2

Italy

2

Great Britain

3

Great Britain

5

Poland

0

Great Britain

4th

Spain

1

Hungary

2

Argentina

3

Argentina

1

Spain

3

Irish Free State

2

Spain

3

Great Britain

0

France

5

South African Union

Where

Austria

South African Union

1

Sweden

4th

Sweden

3

Switzerland

2

Sweden

0

France

5

Czechoslovakia

4th

British India

2

Czechoslovakia

0

France

3

Denmark

0

France

5

America Zone

Quarter-finals 11-13 June

Semi-finals June 25–20. July

Final 19. – 21. August

Mexico

1

Japan

4th

Japan

5

Philippines

0

bye

Philippines

Japan

5

Cuba

0

Cuba

bye

Cuba

3

Canada

2

bye

Canada

Playoff

In the playoff between the two winners of the continental zones, France triumphed over Japan and, as in the previous year, reached the final against defending champions USA.

3 2 Venue: Forest Hills ( New York City , USA ) Date: August 26-28 , 1926 Playing surface: turf
player	player	Result
Henri Cochet	Tawara Tsumio	1: 6, 4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3, 6: 2
René Lacoste	Harada Tekeichi	4: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 9
Jacques Brugnon Henri Cochet	Harada Tekeichi Tawara Tsumio	6-0, 6-0, 6-2
René Lacoste	Tawara Tsumio	6: 1, 6: 3, 6: 2
Henri Cochet	Harada Tekeichi	1: 6, 3: 6, 6: 0, 4: 6

final

The USA won their seventh title in a row with a 4-1 win over France.

United States	final	France
Team Bill Johnston Vincent Richards Bill Tilden Richard Williams Captain Richard Williams	Date: September 9-11, 1926 Location: Philadelphia ( USA ) Surface: Lawn Bill Johnston 6: 0, 6: 4, 0: 6, 6: 0 René Lacoste Bill Tilden 6: 2, 6: 3, 6: 3 Jean Borotra Vincent Richards Richard Williams 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 2 Jacques Brugnon Henri Cochet Bill Johnston 8: 6, 6: 4, 9: 7 Jean Borotra Bill Tilden 6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 8, 6: 8 René Lacoste Result: 4: 1	Team Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon René Lacoste Henri Cochet Captain Pierre Gillou

Web links

• Official website of the Davis Cup

credentials

1. ↑ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1926 - Romania vs Italy ( English ) Accessed June 20, 2012.
2. ↑ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1926 - South Africa vs Portugal ( English ). Accessed June 20, 2012.
3. ^ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1926 - Netherlands vs Belgium ( English ) Retrieved June 20, 2012.
4. ^ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1926 - France vs Japan ( English ) Retrieved June 20, 2012.
5. ↑ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1926 - USA vs France ( English ) Retrieved June 20, 2012.