1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
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| Duration | 8 May – 13 September 1925 |
| Edition | 20th |
| Teams | 23 |
| Champion | |
| Winning nation |  United States |
← 1924 1926 → | |
The 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 20th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. Sixteen teams would enter the Europe Zone, while 9 would enter the America Zone. Portugal, Poland and Sweden competed for the first time.
France defeated Australia in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but would fall to the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 11–13 September.[1][2]
America Zone
[edit]Draw
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| Quarterfinals 16–19 July | Semifinals 13–15 August | Final 20–22 August | |||||||||||
 Canada | w/o | ||||||||||||
| Montreal, Canada (grass) | |||||||||||||
 New Zealand | |||||||||||||
| Canada | 0 | ||||||||||||
 Australia | 5 | ||||||||||||
 Hawaii | |||||||||||||
| Boston, MA, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
| Australia | w/o | ||||||||||||
| Australia | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Mazatlán, Mexico (clay) | |||||||||||||
 Japan | 1 | ||||||||||||
 Mexico | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Baltimore, MD, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
 Spain | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Spain | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Japan | 3 | ||||||||||||
 China | |||||||||||||
| Japan | w/o | ||||||||||||
Final
[edit]Australia vs. Japan
 Australia 4 |
Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States[3] 20–22 August 1925 Grass |
 Japan 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Europe Zone
[edit]Draw
[edit]| First round 8–19 May | Quarterfinals 27 May–14 June | Semifinals 10–14 July | Final 18–20 July | |||||||||||||||
| Budapest, Hungary (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 France | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paris, France (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Hungary | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lisbon, Portugal (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Italy | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
 Portugal | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastbourne, England (grass) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| London, England (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Great Britain | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
 Romania | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Denmark | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Warsaw, Poland (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
 Poland | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vienna, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||
 Netherlands | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
 Austria | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vienna, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ireland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Austria | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brussels, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||
 India | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 Belgium | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| India | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| India | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bern, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 Sweden | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Switzerland | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
 Czechoslovakia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Final
[edit]Netherlands vs. France
 Netherlands 0 |
Noordwijk Club, Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay) [4] 18–20 July 1925 Clay |
 France 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inter-Zonal Final
[edit]France vs. Australia
France 3 |
West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States[5] 4–5 September 1925 Grass |
Australia 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Challenge Round
[edit]United States vs. France
 United States 5 |
Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, PA, United States[2] 11–13 September 1925 Grass |
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See also
[edit]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 "United States v France". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Australia v Japan". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Netherlands v France". daviscup.com.
- ^ "France v Australia". daviscup.com.
