International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1927

The International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1927 was the 22nd 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: 0. In the final against defending champions USA from September 8th to 10th , France defeated the USA 3-2 after failing in each of the previous two years. France won the first title in the history of the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and ended the US streak of seven consecutive final wins.

Attendees

Including the defending champion, 26 countries took part in the competition. The following teams played for a final ticket against the defending champion.

European zone

A total of 21 teams competed in the European zone. For Greece and Yugoslavia it was the first participation in the competition.

Belgium  British India  Denmark  German Empire  France  Great Britain

Greece  Irish Free State  Italy  Yugoslavia  Netherlands  Austria

Poland  Portugal  Romania  Sweden  Switzerland  Spain

South African Union  Czechoslovakia  Hungary

America Zone

The America Zone consisted of four participants.

Canada  Cuba

Japan  Mexico

The tournament

European zone

1st round April 29th – 9th May

2nd round 6-22 May

Quarter-finals 9-13 June

Semi-finals 8-11 July

Final 21-22 July

France

bye

France

5

Romania

0

Romania

bye

France

3

Italy

2

Hungary

bye

Hungary

2

Italy

3

Italy

bye

France

5

South African Union

0

Portugal

bye

Portugal

0

German Empire

5

German Empire

bye

German Empire

1

South African Union

4th

South African Union

5

Irish Free State

0

South African Union

5

Switzerland

0

Switzerland

3

Austria

2

France

3

Denmark

0

Denmark

4th

Netherlands

1

Denmark

3

Great Britain

2

Sweden

1

Great Britain

4th

Denmark

5

British India

0

Spain

2

British India

3

British India

3

Yugoslavia

0

bye

Yugoslavia

Denmark

3

Czechoslovakia

2

bye

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

4th

Greece

1

bye

Greece

Czechoslovakia

4th

Belgium

1

bye

Poland

Poland

0

Belgium

5

bye

Belgium

America Zone

	Semi-finals 18–31 July					Final 18.-20. August
		Japan	4th
		Mexico	1
							Japan	3
							Canada	2
		Canada	3
		Cuba	2

Playoff

In the playoff between the two continental zone winners, as in the previous year, France triumphed over Japan, making it into the final against defending champions USA for the third time in a row.

3 0 Venue: Boston ( USA ) Date: August 25-27, 1926 Playing surface: turf
player	player	Result
Henri Cochet	Ota Yoshiro	6: 0, 6: 3, 6: 2
René Lacoste	Harada Tekeichi	6: 1, 6: 1, 6: 2
Jacques Brugnon Henri Cochet	Harada Tekeichi Toba Teizo	9: 7, 6: 1, 6: 2

final

In the third final between the USA and France in a row, the French challenger won for the first time.

United States	final	France
Team Frank Hunter Bill Johnston Bill Tilden   Captain Charles Garland	Date: 8 to 10 September 1926 Location: Philadelphia ( USA ) Surface: Grass Bill Johnston 3: 6, 2: 6, 2: 6 René Lacoste Bill Tilden 6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 2, 8: 6 Henri Cochet Frank Hunter Bill Tilden 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 0 Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon Bill Tilden 3: 6, 6: 4, 3: 6, 2: 6 René Lacoste Bill Johnston 4: 6, 6: 4, 2: 6, 4: 6 Henri Cochet Result: 2: 3	Team Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon Henri Cochet René Lacoste Captain Pierre Gillou

Web links

• Official website of the Davis Cup

credentials

1. ↑ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1927 - France vs Japan ( English ) Retrieved June 20, 2012.
2. ^ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1927 - USA vs France ( English ) Retrieved June 20, 2012.