1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
1939 edition of the International Lawn Tennis Challenge
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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.
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 2â5 September.[1][2][3]
America Zone
North & Central America Zone
| Quarterfinals 30 Juneâ23 July | Semifinals 14â16 July | Final 10â12 August | |||||||||||
 Philippines | |||||||||||||
| Long Beach, CA, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| Philippines | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | |||||||||||||
 Australia | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Australia | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Rumson, NJ, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
 Mexico | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Australia | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Havana, Cuba (clay) | |||||||||||||
 Cuba | 0 | ||||||||||||
 Canada | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Cuba | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Cuba | w/o | ||||||||||||
 Japan[a] | |||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
 Japan | |||||||||||||
Final
Cuba vs. Australia
 Cuba 0 |
Seabright Lawn Tennis Club, Rumson, NJ, United States[5] 10â12 August 1939 Grass |
 Australia 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Americas Inter-Zonal Final
Europe Zone
Draw
| First Round 5â7 May | Second Round 11â21 May | Quarterfinals 25â29 May | Semifinals 2â5 June | Final 28â30 July | |||||||||||||||||||
 Great Britain | Brighton, England (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Great Britain | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | Wimbledon, England (grass) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Great Britain | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 France | Paris, France (clay) | France | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | France | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 China | China | 1 | Berlin, Germany (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Great Britain | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Sweden | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) |  Germany | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Sweden | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Denmark | Denmark | 1 | Berlin, Germany (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Sweden | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 5 | Warsaw, Poland | Germany | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Switzerland | 0 | Germany | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Poland | 4 | Poland | 2 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||
 Netherlands | 1 | Germany | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Romania | 2 | Budapest, Hungary |  Yugoslavia | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Hungary | 3 | Hungary | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 5 | Yugoslavia | 4 | Milan, Italy (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||
 Ireland | 0 | Yugoslavia | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Naples, Italy (clay) |  Italy | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | Italy | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |  Monaco | 0 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Monaco | Yugoslavia | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Brussels, Belgium |  Belgium | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | Belgium | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |  India | 2 | Brussels, Belgium (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| India | Belgium | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |  Norway | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Norway | Norway | w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |  Czechoslovakia[b] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Final
Yugoslavia vs. Germany
 Yugoslavia 3 |
A.T.K. Stadium, Zagreb, Yugoslavia[7] 28â30 July 1939 |
 Germany 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inter-Zonal Final
Australia vs. Yugoslavia
Australia 4 |
Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States[8] 24â26 August 1939 Grass |
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Challenge Round
United States vs. Australia
 United States 2 |
Merion Cricket Club, Haverford, PA, United States[3] 2â5 September 1939 Grass |
Australia 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also
Notes
- 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.