International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1933

The International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1933 was the 28th 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 and Central America Group and South America group were divided. The winners of the two zones played a playoff for the finals. For the first time, due to the high number of participants, a qualification system was introduced in the European zone: all teams that were eliminated before the zone semi-finals had to compete in a qualifying round by four starting positions for next year's main field.

In the continental playoff, Great Britain beat the USA 4-1, and then defeated defending champions France in the final from July 28th to 30th . It was Britain's sixth title to date.

Attendees

Including the defending champion, 34 countries took part in the competition. The following teams played for a final ticket against the defending champion.

European zone

A total of 24 teams competed in the European zone.

Egypt  Australia  Belgium  British India  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 four participants in the North and Central America group, and five participants in the South American group.

North and Central America group

Canada  Cuba

Mexico

United States

South America group

Argentina  Brazil

Chile  Peru

Uruguay

The tournament

European zone

1st round April 21st – 9th May

2nd round 12-21 May

Quarter-finals 8-13 June

Semi-finals 17. – 20. June

Final 13.-15. July

Greece

bye

Greece

4th

Romania

1

bye

Romania

Greece

0

Czechoslovakia

5

Czechoslovakia

bye

Czechoslovakia

5

Monaco

0

bye

8th

Monaco

Czechoslovakia

0

Great Britain

5

Finland

Where

British India

Finland

0

Great Britain

5

Spain

1

Great Britain

4th

Great Britain

4th

Italy

1

Italy

4th

Yugoslavia

1

Italy

4th

Austria

1

Belgium

2

Austria

3

Great Britain

3

Australia

2

Denmark

2

Irish Free State

3

Irish Free State

0

Japan

5

Hungary

0

Japan

5

Japan

4th

German Empire

1

German Empire

5

Egypt

0

German Empire

4th

Netherlands

1

Netherlands

3

Poland

2

Japan

2

Australia

3

Switzerland

bye

Switzerland

1

South African Union

4th

bye

South African Union

South African Union

2

Australia

3

Norway

bye

Norway

0

Australia

5

bye

Australia

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 and Central America group

	Semi-finals 5th – 13th May					Final 18.-20. May
		United States	5
		Mexico	0
							United States	5
							Canada	0
		Cuba	1
		Canada	4th

South America group

Quarter finals

Semi-finals March 31–2. April

Final 8-10 April

Brazil

Chile

Where

Chile

5

Uruguay

0

bye

Uruguay

Chile

1

Argentina

4th

Peru

bye

Peru

Argentina

Where

bye

Argentina

Continental playoff

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

4 0 Venue: Chevy Chase ( USA ) Date: May 25-27, 1933 Surface: Sand
player	player	Result
Ellsworth Vines	Adriano Zappa	6: 2, 6: 3, 6: 4
Wilmer Allison	Américo Cattaruzza	6: 2, 6: 4, 6: 3
George Lott John Van Ryn	Adelmar Echeverria Adriano Zappa	6: 1, 6: 4, 6: 1
Ellsworth Vines	Américo Cattaruzza	7: 5, 6: 1, 5: 7, 6: 1

Playoff

In the playoff between the two winners of the continental zones, Great Britain triumphed over the USA.

4 1 Venue: Paris ( France ) Date: July 21-23 , 1933 Surface: Sand
player	player	Result
Henry Austin	Ellsworth Vines	6: 1, 6: 1, 6: 4
Fred Perry	Wilmer Allison	6: 1, 7: 5, 6: 4
Pat Hughes Fred Perry	George Lott John Van Ryn	6: 8, 4: 6, 1: 6
Henry Austin	Wilmer Allison	6: 2, 7: 9, 6: 3, 6: 4
Fred Perry	Ellsworth Vines	1: 6, 6: 0, 4: 6, 7: 5, 7: 6 r.

final

In the final between Great Britain and France, the British challenger was able to prevail 3-2. After nine French finals in a row, it should take 49 years (until 1982 ) to the next one.

France	final	Great Britain
Team Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon Henri Cochet André Merlin Captain René Lacoste	Date: July 28-30, 1933 Location: Paris ( France ) Surface: Sand André Merlin 3: 6, 4: 6, 0: 6 Henry Austin Henri Cochet 10: 8, 4: 6, 6: 8, 6: 3, 1: 6 Fred Perry Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon 6: 3, 8: 6, 6: 2 Pat Hughes Harry Lee Henri Cochet 5: 7, 6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4 Henry Austin André Merlin 6: 4, 6: 8, 2: 6, 5: 7 Fred Perry Result: 2: 3	Team Henry Austin Pat Hughes Harry Lee Fred Perry Captain Herbert Roper Barrett

Qualifying round for 1934

1 round

The game took place from July 28-30, 1933.

Home team	Result	Visiting team	place
Belgium	3: 2	Hungary	Brussels

2nd round

The games took place between July 14 and August 20, 1933.

Home team	Result	Visiting team	place
Irish Free State	1: 4	German Empire	Dublin
Denmark	4: 1	Greece	Copenhagen
Norway	0: 5	Yugoslavia	Oslo
Austria	5-0	Spain	Vienna
Sweden	2: 3	Belgium	Stockholm
Monaco	1: 4	Switzerland	Monte Carlo
Poland	2: 3	Italy	Warsaw
Netherlands	4: 1	Romania	Noordwijk

3rd round

The games took place between August 18 and September 3, 1933.

Home team	Result	Visiting team	place
German Empire	5-0	Denmark	Leipzig
Yugoslavia	1: 4	Austria	Zagreb
Switzerland	3: 2	Belgium	Montreux
Netherlands	2: 3	Italy	Scheveningen

The German Reich, Austria, Switzerland and Italy were thus eligible to start in the main competition in 1934 .

Web links

• Official website of the Davis Cup

credentials

1. ↑ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1933 - USA vs Argentina ( English ) Retrieved June 27, 2012.
2. ↑ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1933 - Great Britain vs USA ( English ) Retrieved June 27, 2012.
3. ^ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1933 - France vs Great Britain ( English ) Retrieved June 27, 2012.