1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
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| Duration | 19 April – 26 July 1931 |
| Edition | 26th |
| Teams | 30 |
| Champion | |
| Winning Nation |  France |
← 1930 1932 → | |
The 1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 26th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup.
Due to an increase in South American entries, the America Zone was split into the North & Central America Zone and the South America Zone, with the winner of each sub-zone playing to determine who moved to the Inter-Zonal round. 22 teams would enter the Europe Zone, while 8 would enter the America Zone. These included first-time entries from Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, although Brazil withdrew without playing a tie, and Paraguay would not play in the Davis Cup again until 1982.[1] This year also marked the first time that ties were played in South America.
The United States defeated Argentina in the America Inter-Zonal Final, but would then lose to Great Britain in the Inter-Zonal play-off. France defeated Great Britain in the Challenge Round, giving France their fifth straight title. The final was played at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France on 24–26 July.[2][3][4]
America Zone[edit]
North & Central America Zone[edit]
| Semifinals 1–3 May | Final 21–23 May | |||||||
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | ||||||||
 United States | 5 | |||||||
| Montreal, Canada (grass) | ||||||||
 Mexico | 0 | |||||||
| United States | 4 | |||||||
 Canada | 1 | |||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| Canada | ||||||||
South America Zone[edit]
| Quarterfinals 26–28 March | Semifinals 2–4 April | Final 24–26 April | |||||||||||
| Asunción, Paraguay (hard) | |||||||||||||
 Paraguay | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | |||||||||||||
 Argentina | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Argentina | 5 | ||||||||||||
 Uruguay | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Uruguay | |||||||||||||
| Santiago, Chile | |||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| Argentina | 3 | ||||||||||||
 Chile | 0 | ||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
 Brazil | |||||||||||||
| Brazil | |||||||||||||
| Chile | w/o | ||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| Chile | |||||||||||||
Americas Inter-Zonal Final[edit]
United States vs. Argentina
 United States 5 |
Chevy Chase Lawn Tennis Club, Chevy Chase, MD, United States[5] 28–30 May 1931 Clay |
 Argentina 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Europe Zone[edit]
Draw[edit]
| First Round 16 April–5 May | Second Round 8–17 May | Quarterfinals 20 May–6 June | Semifinals 12–18 June | Final 9–11 July | |||||||||||||||||||
 Finland | Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Finland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Egypt | Egypt | 4 | Paris, France (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Egypt | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Yugoslavia | Zagreb, Yugoslavia |  Japan | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Yugoslavia | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Japan | Japan | 5 | Eastbourne, England (grass) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Japan | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Belgium | Brussels, Belgium (clay) |  Great Britain | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Belgium | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 5 | Great Britain | 5 | Eastbourne, England (grass) | |||||||||||||||||||
 Monaco | 0 | Great Britain | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Germany | 0 | Dublin, Ireland (grass) |  South Africa | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 5 | South Africa | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Switzerland | 0 |  Ireland | 1 | Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | 5 | Great Britain | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Greece | 3 | Athens, Greece |  Czechoslovakia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Austria | 2 | Greece | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Spain | 2 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Italy | 4 | Turin, Italy (clay) | Italy | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Hungary | 1 | Italy | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |  Netherlands | 0 | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | Czechoslovakia | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Oslo, Norway (clay) |  Denmark | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Norway | Norway | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |  Poland | 3 | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Poland | Poland | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Copenhagen, Denmark | Denmark | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | Denmark | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |  Romania | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Final[edit]
Czechoslovakia vs. Great Britain
 Czechoslovakia 1 |
Prague, Czechoslovakia[6] 9–11 July 1931 Clay |
 Great Britain 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inter-Zonal Final[edit]
Great Britain vs. United States
Great Britain 3 |
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[7] 17–19 July 1931 Clay |
United States 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Challenge Round[edit]
France vs. Great Britain
 France 3 |
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[4] 24–26 July 1931 Clay |
Great Britain 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Paraguay – Team profile". daviscup.com.
- ^ 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. 383. ISBN 0047960426.
- ^ a b "France v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
- ^ "United States v Argentina". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Czechoslovakia v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Great Britain v United States". daviscup.com.
