International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1934

The International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1934 was the 29th edition of the competition organized by the ITF for men's national tennis teams . 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.

In the continental playoff, the USA prevailed against Australia , but were defeated by defending champions Great Britain in the final from July 28 to 31 . It was Great Britain's seventh title so far.

Attendees

Including the defending champion, 30 countries took part in the competition. The following teams played for a ticket to the final or the right to start next year.

European zone

A total of 24 teams competed in the European zone, 10 of which were eligible to start in the main competition. The remaining teams had to start in the qualification for 1935 .

Main competition

Australia  British India  German Empire

France  Italy  Japan

New Zealand  Austria  Switzerland

Czechoslovakia

qualification

Belgium  Denmark  Estonia  Greece

Irish Free State  Yugoslavia  Monaco  Netherlands

Norway  Poland  Romania  Sweden

Spain  Hungary

America Zone

The America Zone consisted of three participants in the North and Central America group, and two participants in the South American group.

North and Central America group

Canada

Mexico

United States

South America group

Brazil

Peru

The tournament

European zone

1st round 18-20. May

Quarter-finals 7-10 June

Semi-finals 15-17 June

Final 13.-15. July

Australia

bye

Australia

4th

Japan

1

bye

Japan

Australia

3

France

2

German Empire

bye

German Empire

2

France

3

France

5

Austria

0

Australia

3

Czechoslovakia

2

Switzerland

5

British India

0

Switzerland

0

Italy

5

bye

Italy

Italy

2

Czechoslovakia

3

Czechoslovakia

bye

Czechoslovakia

4th

New Zealand

1

bye

New Zealand

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 24-27 May					Final May 30–1. June
		United States	5
		Canada	0
							United States	5
							Mexico	0
		bye
		Mexico

South America group

final
	Brazil	Where
	Peru

Continental playoff

Brazil did not play for the intra-continental playoff against the USA .

Playoff

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

3 2 Venue: Wimbledon ( England ) Date: July 21-25 , 1934 Playing surface: turf
player	player	Result
Frank Shields	Jack Crawford	1: 6, 2: 6, 10:12
Sidney Wood	Vivian McGrath	5: 7, 4: 6, 6: 1, 7: 9
George Lott Lester Stoefen	Jack Crawford Adrian Quist	6: 4, 6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 4
Sidney Wood	Jack Crawford	6: 3, 9: 7, 4: 6, 4: 6, 6: 2
Frank Shields	Vivian McGrath	6: 4, 6: 2, 6: 4

final

In the final between Great Britain and the USA, the British defending champion was able to prevail with a clear 4: 1.

Great Britain	final	United States
Team Henry Austin Pat Hughes Harry Lee Fred Perry Captain Herbert Barrett	Date: July 28 to 31 1934 Location: Wimbledon ( England ) Surface: Grass Henry Austin 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 1 Frank Shields Fred Perry 6: 1, 4: 6, 5: 7, 6: 0, 6: 3 Sidney Wood Pat Hughes Harry Lee 5: 7, 0: 6, 6: 4, 7: 9 George Lott Lester Stoefen Fred Perry 6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2, 15:13 Frank Shields Henry Austin 6: 4, 6: 0, 6: 8, 6: 3 Sidney Wood Result: 4: 1	Team George Lott Frank Shields Lester Stoefen Sidney Wood Captain Richard Williams

Qualifying round for 1935

1 round

The game took place from July 20-22, 1934.

Home team	Result	Visiting team	place
Poland	4: 1	Belgium	Warsaw

2nd round

The games took place between August 3 and August 19, 1934.

Home team	Result	Visiting team	place
Poland	5-0	Estonia	Warsaw
Greece	Where	Austria
German Empire	5-0	Romania	Berlin
Denmark	Where	Switzerland
Sweden	3: 2	Irish Free State	Stockholm
Netherlands	4: 1	Monaco	Amsterdam
Hungary	3: 2	Norway	Budapest
Yugoslavia	Where	Spain

3rd round

The games took place between August 24 and September 2, 1934.

Home team	Result	Visiting team	place
Poland	5-0	Greece	Warsaw
Denmark	0: 5	German Empire	Copenhagen
Sweden	2: 3	Netherlands	Stockholm
Hungary	2: 3	Yugoslavia	Budapest

Poland, the German Reich, the Netherlands and Yugoslavia qualified directly for the main competition in 1935 . Due to the low number of participants in 1935, surviving this year's qualification was not subsequently decisive for admission to the competition.

Web links

• Official website of the Davis Cup

credentials

1. ↑ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1934 - USA vs Brazil ( English ) Retrieved on 29 June 2012 found.
2. ↑ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1934 - USA vs Australia ( English ) Retrieved June 29, 2012.
3. ↑ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1934 - Great Britain vs USA ( English ) Retrieved June 27, 2012.