1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

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The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

9 teams entered the America Zone: 4 teams competed in the North & Central America Zone, while 5 teams competed in the South America Zone. The winner of each sub-zone would play against each other to determine who moved to the Inter-Zonal Final to compete against the winner of the Europe Zone.[1]

The United States defeated Canada in the North & Central America Zone final, and Argentina defeated Chile in the South America Zone final.[2][3] In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, the United States defeated Argentina and went on to face Great Britain in the Inter-Zonal Final.[4]

North & Central America Zone[edit]

Draw[edit]

Semifinals
5–13 May
Final
18–20 May
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
 United States5
Montreal, Canada (grass)
 Mexico0
 United States5
Hot Springs, VA, United States (hard)
 Canada0
 Cuba1
 Canada4

Semifinals[edit]

Mexico vs. United States[edit]


Mexico
0
Club Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[5]
5–7 May 1933
Clay

United States
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
United States
Ricardo Tapia
Wilmer Allison
6
4
3
6
4
6
4
6
   
2 Mexico
United States
Esteban Reyes
Cliff Sutter
1
6
0
6
1
6
     
3 Mexico
United States
Eduardo Mestre / Alfonso Unda
George Lott / John Van Ryn
0
6
1
6
5
7
     
4 Mexico
United States
Ricardo Tapia
Cliff Sutter
1
6
6
3
5
7
6
2
1
6
 
5 Mexico
United States
Eduardo Mestre
Wilmer Allison
0
6
7
9
2
6
     

Canada vs. Cuba[edit]


Canada
4
Hot Springs, VA, United States[6]
11–13 May 1933
Hard

Cuba
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Canada
Cuba
Gilbert Nunns
Lorenzo Nodarse
6
1
6
2
6
0
     
2 Canada
Cuba
Jack Wright
Ricardo Morales
8
6
2
6
6
1
6
2
   
3 Canada
Cuba
Marcel Rainville / Jack Wright
Ricardo Morales / Arturo Randin
6
4
6
0
4
6
8
10
4
6
 
4 Canada
Cuba
Jack Wright
Lorenzo Nodarse
6
1
6
2
6
1
     
5 Canada
Cuba
Gilbert Nunns
Ricardo Morales
8
6
6
2
6
4
     

Final[edit]

Canada vs. United States[edit]


Canada
0
Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[2]
18–20 May 1933
Grass

United States
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Canada
United States
Jack Wright
Wilmer Allison
2
6
5
7
2
6
     
2 Canada
United States
Gilbert Nunns
Ellsworth Vines
3
6
1
6
3
6
     
3 Canada
United States
Marcel Rainville / Jack Wright
George Lott / John Van Ryn
1
6
3
6
3
6
     
4 Canada
United States
Gilbert Nunns
Wilmer Allison
4
6
6
8
4
6
     
5 Canada
United States
Jack Wright
Ellsworth Vines
5
7
3
6
5
7
     

South America Zone[edit]

Draw[edit]

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
31 March–2 April
Final
8–10 April
 Brazil
Montevideo, Uruguay
 Chilew/o
 Chile5
 Uruguay0
 Uruguay
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
bye
 Chile0
 Argentina4
bye
 Peru
 Peru
 Argentinaw/o
bye
 Argentina

Semifinals[edit]

Uruguay vs. Chile[edit]


Uruguay
0
Montevideo, Uruguay[7]
31 March–2 April 1933

Chile
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Uruguay
Chile
Ernesto Hernández Erro
Elias Deik
2
6
1
6
0
6
     
2 Uruguay
Chile
Eduardo Stanham
Salvador Deik
7
5
0
6
3
6
3
6
   
3 Uruguay
Chile
Juan Carlos da Silva / Eduardo Stanham
Salvador Deik / Egon Schonherr
4
6
6
8
3
6
     
4 Uruguay
Chile
Eduardo Stanham
Elias Deik
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
5 Uruguay
Chile
José Francisco Galcerán
Egon Schonherr
2
6
2
6
3
6
     

Final[edit]

Argentina vs. Chile[edit]


Argentina
4
Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[3]
8–10 April 1933
Clay

Chile
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Argentina
Chile
Américo Cattaruzza
Elias Deik
6
2
6
8
6
3
3
6
6
2
 
2 Argentina
Chile
Guillermo Robson
Salvador Deik
6
1
6
3
6
1
     
3 Argentina
Chile
Lucilo del Castillo / Adriano Zappa
Salvador Deik / Egon Schonherr
6
4
6
2
6
3
     
4 Argentina
Chile
Guillermo Robson
Elias Deik
6
1
6
1
7
9
6
2
   
5 Argentina
Chile
Américo Cattaruzza
Salvador Deik
6
1
2
6
6
6
    not
completed

Americas Inter-Zonal Final[edit]

United States vs. Argentina[edit]


United States
4
Chevy Chase Lawn Tennis Club, Chevy Chase, MD, United States[4]
25–27 May 1933
Clay

Argentina
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Argentina
Ellsworth Vines
Adriano Zappa
6
2
6
3
6
4
     
2 United States
Argentina
Wilmer Allison
Américo Cattaruzza
6
2
6
4
6
3
     
3 United States
Argentina
George Lott / John Van Ryn
Adelmar Echeverria / Adriano Zappa
6
1
6
4
6
1
     
4 United States
Argentina
Ellsworth Vines
Américo Cattaruzza
7
5
6
1
5
7
6
1
   
5 United States
Argentina
Wilmer Allison
Adriano Zappa
6
2
6
1
2
2
    not
completed

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "Canada v United States". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Argentina v Chile". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "United States v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Mexico v United States". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Canada v Cuba". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Uruguay v Chile". daviscup.com.

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