The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.
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5 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] Japan defeated Cuba in the final, and went on to face France in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]
Draw
editQuarterfinals 11–13 June | Semifinals 25–27 June; 16–18 July | Final 19–21 August | |||||||||||
Mexico City, Mexico | |||||||||||||
Mexico | 1 | ||||||||||||
San Francisco, CA, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
Japan | 4 | ||||||||||||
Japan | 5 | ||||||||||||
Philippines | 0 | ||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
Montreal, Canada (grass) | |||||||||||||
Philippines | |||||||||||||
Japan | 5 | ||||||||||||
Cuba | 0 | ||||||||||||
Cuba | |||||||||||||
Havana, Cuba (clay) | |||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
Cuba | 3 | ||||||||||||
Canada | 2 | ||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
Canada | |||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
editMexico vs. Japan
edit Mexico 1 |
Club Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[3] 11–13 June 1926 clay |
Japan 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Semifinals
editJapan vs. Philippines
edit Japan 5 |
San Francisco, CA, United States[4] 25–27 June 1926 Grass |
Philippines 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cuba vs. Canada
edit Cuba 3 |
Havana, Cuba[5] 16–18 July 1926 Clay |
Canada 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Final
editJapan vs. Cuba
edit Japan 0 |
Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[2] 19–21 August 1926 Grass |
Cuba 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ a b "Japan v Cuba". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Mexico v Japan". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Cuba v Canada". daviscup.com.