1900 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

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The 1900 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the first edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup.

[edit] History

The tournament was conceived in 1899 by four members of the Harvard University tennis team who came up with the idea of challenging the British to a tennis showdown. Once the idea received the go-ahead from the respective lawn tennis associations, one of the four Harvard players, Dwight F. Davis, designed a tournament format and spent the money from his own pocket to purchase an appropriate sterling silver trophy from Shreve, Crump & Low. The first match, between the United States and the British Isles team was held in Boston, Massachusetts in 1900. The American team, of which Davis was a part, surprised the British by winning the first three matches.

[edit] Result

	United States	3	0	British Isles
Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 8 Aug - 10 Aug, 1900
1 Dwight F. Davis 4 6 6 6 Ernest Black 6 2 4 4 2 Malcolm Whitman 6 6 6 Arthur Gore 1 3 2 3 Dwight F. Davis-Holcombe Ward 6 6 6 Ernest Black-Herbert Roper-Barrett 4 4 4 4 Dwight F. Davis 9 9 match not Arthur Gore 7 9 completed 5 Malcolm Whitman not Earnest Black played

[edit] See also

• Davis Cup