1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

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The 1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 22nd edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. 21 teams would enter the Europe Zone, while 4 would enter the America Zone.

France defeated Japan in the Inter-Zonal play-off. The French would go on to defeat the United States, capturing their first championship, and ending the USA's 6-year run. The final was played at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 8-10 September.

Contents

[edit] America Zone

[edit] Draw

  1st Round
18-31 July		 Final
18-20 August
                 
  St. Louis, Missouri, United States (grass)
    Japan 4  
    Mexico 1     Montreal, Canada (grass)
      Japan 3
Toronto, Canada (clay)     Canada 2
    Canada 3
    Cuba 2  

[edit] Final

Canada 2 3 Japan Flag of Japan
Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada
18 August - 20 August 1927
grass
1 2 3 4 5
1
Flag of Japan		 Willard Crocker
Takeichi Harada		 5
7		 0
6		 4
6		      
2
Flag of Japan		 Jack Wright
Yoshiro Ota		 6
3		 6
4		 6
4		      
3
Flag of Japan		 Willard Crocker / Jack Wright
Takeichi Harada / Tezio Toba		 3
6		 6
4		 5
7		 6
3		 8
10		  
4
Flag of Japan		 Jack Wright
Takeichi Harada		 6
3		 6
3		 8
6		      
5
Flag of Japan		 Willard Crocker
Yoshiro Ota		 4
6		 6
3		 8
10		 3
6		    


[edit] Europe Zone

[edit] Draw

1st round
29 April - 9 May		   2nd round
6-22 May		   Quarterfinals
9-13 June		   Semifinals
8-11 July		   Final
21-22 July
  France     Paris, France (clay)
 bye       France 5  
  Romania     Romania 0     Rome, Italy (clay)
 bye         France 3  
  Hungary     Budapest, Hungary     Italy 2  
 bye       Hungary 2
  Italy     Italy 3     Eastbourne, England (grass)
 bye         France 5  
  Portugal     Lisbon, Portugal (clay)     South Africa 0  
 bye       Portugal 0  
  Germany     Germany 5     Berlin, Germany
 bye         Germany 1
  South Africa 5     Montreux, Switzerland     South Africa 4  
  Ireland 0       South Africa 5
  Switzerland 3     Switzerland 0     Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
  Austria 2         France 3
  Denmark 4     Harrogate, England (clay)     Denmark 0
  Netherlands 1       Denmark 3  
  Sweden 1     Great Britain 2     Copenhagen, Denmark
  Great Britain 4         Denmark 5  
  Spain 2     Zagreb, Yugoslavia     India 0  
  India 3       India 3
 bye     Yugoslavia 0     Prague, Czechoslovakia
  Yugoslavia         Denmark 3
 bye     Prague, Czechoslovakia     Czechoslovakia 2  
  Czechoslovakia       Czechoslovakia 4  
 bye     Greece 1     Prague, Czechoslovakia
  Greece         Czechoslovakia 4
 bye     Brussels, Belgium     Belgium 1  
  Poland       Poland 0
 bye     Belgium 5  
  Belgium  

[edit] Final

Flag of Denmark Denmark 0 3 France Flag of France
Copenhagen, Denmark
21 July - 22 July 1927
clay
1 2 3 4 5
1 Flag of Denmark
Flag of France		 Einer Ulrich
Henri Cochet		 7
9		 7
9		 4
6		      
2 Flag of Denmark
Flag of France		 Axel Petersen
Jean Borotra		 8
6		 2
6		 1
6		      
3 Flag of Denmark
Flag of France		 Axel Petersen / Einer Ulrich
Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon		 4
6		 0
6		 3
6		      
4 Flag of Denmark
Flag of France		 Einer Ulrich
Jean Borotra		           not
played
5 Flag of Denmark
Flag of France		 Axel Petersen
Henri Cochet		           not
played


[edit] Inter-Zonal Zone

Flag of Japan Japan 0 3 France Flag of France
Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States
25 August - 27 August 1927
grass
1 2 3 4 5
1 Flag of Japan
Flag of France		 Yoshiro Ota
Henri Cochet		 0
6		 3
6		 2
6		      
2 Flag of Japan
Flag of France		 Takeichi Harada
René Lacoste		 1
6		 1
6		 2
6		      
3 Flag of Japan
Flag of France		 Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara
Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet		 7
9		 1
6		 2
6		      
4 Flag of Japan
Flag of France		 Takeichi Harada
Henri Cochet		           not
played
5 Flag of Japan
Flag of France		 Yoshiro Ota
René Lacoste		           not
played


[edit] Challenge Round

United States 2 3 France Flag of France
Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
8 September - 10 September 1927
grass
1 2 3 4 5
1
Flag of France		 Bill Johnston
René Lacoste		 3
6		 2
6		 2
6		      
2
Flag of France		 Bill Tilden
Henri Cochet		 6
4		 2
6		 6
2		 8
6		    
3
Flag of France		 Frank Hunter / Bill Tilden
Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon		 3
6		 6
3		 6
3		 4
6		 6
0		  
4
Flag of France		 Bill Tilden
René Lacoste		 3
6		 6
4		 3
6		 2
6		    
5
Flag of France		 Bill Johnston
Henri Cochet		 4
6		 6
4		 2
6		 4
6		    


[edit] See also

Editions of the Davis Cup

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