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1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

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The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

4 teams entered the America Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the Europe Zone.[1] Australia defeated Japan in the final, and went on to face Germany in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

Semifinals
28–31 July
Final
12–14 August
Kansas City, MO, United States (clay)
 Australia5
Montreal, Canada (grass)
 Mexico0
 Australia3
Montreal, Canada (grass)
 Japan1
 Canada0
 Japan5

Semifinals

Australia vs. Mexico


Australia
5
Rockhill Tennis Club, Kansas City, MO, United States [3]
29–31 July 1938
Clay

Mexico
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Australia
Mexico
Adrian Quist
Daniel Hernández
6
1
7
5
6
4
     
2 Australia
Mexico
John Bromwich
Eugenio Tapia
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
3 Australia
Mexico
John Bromwich / Adrian Quist
Daniel Hernández / Eugenio Tapia
6
1
6
0
6
3
     
4 Australia
Mexico
Adrian Quist
Eugenio Tapia
6
1
6
1
6
4
     
5 Australia
Mexico
Leonard Schwartz
Daniel Hernández
6
4
6
1
6
2
     

Canada vs. Japan


Canada
0
Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada [4]
28–30 July 1938
Grass

Japan
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Canada
Japan
Ross Wilson
Fumiteru Nakano
2
6
3
6
2
6
     
2 Canada
Japan
Robert Murray
Jiro Yamagishi
1
6
3
6
3
6
     
3 Canada
Japan
Laird Watt / Ross Wilson
Fumiteru Nakano / Jiro Yamagishi
3
6
6
3
3
6
5
7
   
4 Canada
Japan
Douglas Cameron
Jiro Yamagishi
4
6
1
6
0
6
     
5 Canada
Japan
Robert Murray
Fumiteru Nakano
4
6
3
6
0
6
     

Final

Australia vs. Japan


Australia
3
Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada [2]
12–14 August 1938
Grass

Japan
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Australia
Japan
John Bromwich
Jiro Yamagishi
0
6
6
3
5
7
4
6
   
2 Australia
Japan
Adrian Quist
Fumiteru Nakano
6
3
4
6
9
7
6
1
   
3 Australia
Japan
John Bromwich / Adrian Quist
Fumiteru Nakano / Jiro Yamagishi
6
2
6
4
6
3
     
4 Australia
Japan
Adrian Quist
Jiro Yamagishi
6
4
6
4
2
6
9
7
   
5 Australia
Japan
John Bromwich
Fumiteru Nakano
1
6
6
1
4
6
12
12
  not
completed

References

  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 "Australia v Japan". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Australia v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Canada v Japan". daviscup.com.