The 1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 34th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. 20 teams entered the Europe Zone, while 7 entered the America Zone.
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| Duration | 5 May – 5 September 1939 |
| Edition | 34th |
| Teams | 25 |
| Champion | |
| Winning nation |  Australia |
← 1938 1946 → | |
Australia defeated Cuba in the North & Central America Zone final, and then received a walkover in the America Inter-Zonal final after Brazil, the only team in the South America Zone, withdrew. In the Europe Zone final Yugoslavia defeated Germany. In the Inter-Zonal play-off Australia defeated Yugoslavia, and then defeated the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Merion Cricket Club in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States on 2–5 September.[1][2][3]
America Zone
editNorth & Central America Zone
edit| Quarterfinals 30 June–23 July | Semifinals 14–16 July | Final 10–12 August | |||||||||||
| Long Beach, CA, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | |||||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| Rumson, NJ, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| Havana, Cuba (clay) | |||||||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| w/o | |||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
Final
editCuba vs. Australia
Cuba 0 |
Seabright Lawn Tennis Club, Rumson, NJ, United States[5] 10–12 August 1939 Grass |
Australia 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Americas Inter-Zonal Final
editEurope Zone
editDraw
edit| First Round 5–7 May | Second Round 11–21 May | Quarterfinals 25–29 May | Semifinals 2–5 June | Final 28–30 July | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brighton, England (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wimbledon, England (grass) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paris, France (clay) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Berlin, Germany (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Berlin, Germany (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Warsaw, Poland | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Budapest, Hungary | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | Milan, Italy (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Naples, Italy (clay) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | 0 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Brussels, Belgium | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| bye | 2 | Brussels, Belgium (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Final
editYugoslavia vs. Germany
Yugoslavia 3 |
A.T.K. Stadium, Zagreb, Yugoslavia[7] 28–30 July 1939 |
Germany 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inter-Zonal Final
editAustralia vs. Yugoslavia
Australia 4 |
Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States[8] 24–26 August 1939 Grass |
Yugoslavia 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Challenge Round
editUnited States vs. Australia
United States 2 |
Merion Cricket Club, Haverford, PA, United States[3] 2–5 September 1939 Grass |
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See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Japan withdrew from the competition after their top player, Jiro Yamagishi, joined the Imperial Japanese Navy.[4]
- ^ The tie between Norway and Czechoslovakia was abandoned due to the German invasion and partition of Czechoslovakia in March 1939.
References
edit- ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ Max Robertson (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 384. ISBN 0047960426.
- ^ a b "United States v Australia". daviscup.com.
- ^ "The Bulletin - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "Cuba v Australia". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Australia v Brazil". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Yugoslavia v Germany". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Australia v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.