1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

Main article: 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

Japanese players Tawara and Harada c. 1920

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

Quarterfinals
11–13 June		Semifinals
25–27 June; 16–18 July		Final
19–21 August

Quarterfinals

Mexico vs. Japan


Mexico
1 		Club Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[3]
11–13 June 1926
clay
Japan
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
Japan 		Alfonso Unda
Takeichi Harada 		2
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2 Mexico
Japan 		Manuel Llano
Teizo Toba 		1
6 		7
5 		3
6 		4
6 		   
3 Mexico
Japan 		Claude Butlin / Manuel Llano
Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara 		0
6 		7
9 		4
6 		     
4 Mexico
Japan 		Claude Butlin
Teizo Toba 		6
2 		6
3 		6
1 		     
5 Mexico
Japan 		Mariano Lozano Alatorre
Tsumio Tawara 		1
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     

Semifinals

Japan vs. Philippines


Japan
5 		San Francisco, CA, United States[4]
25–27 June 1926
Grass
Philippines
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Philippines 		Tsumio Tawara
Guillermo Aragon 		8
6 		6
1 		8
6 		     
2 Japan
Philippines 		Takeichi Harada
Francisco Aragon 		6
0 		6
4 		6
3 		     
3 Japan
Philippines 		Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara
Francisco Aragon / Guillermo Aragon 		6
3 		1
6 		5
7 		6
2 		6
2 		 
4 Japan
Philippines 		Takeichi Harada
Guillermo Aragon 		6
2 		6
3 		7
5 		     
5 Japan
Philippines 		Tsumio Tawara
Francisco Aragon 		6
2 		8
6 		4
6 		1
6 		7
5 		 

Cuba vs. Canada


Cuba
3 		Havana, Cuba[5]
16–18 July 1926
Clay
Canada
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Cuba
Canada 		Rogelio Paris
Jack Wright 		2
6 		6
4 		2
6 		6
3 		6
4 		 
2 Cuba
Canada 		Vicente Banet
Willard Crocker 		4
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
3 Cuba
Canada 		Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris
Willard Crocker / Jack Wright 		8
6 		3
6 		6
8 		8
6 		6
2 		 
4 Cuba
Canada 		Vicente Banet
Jack Wright 		4
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
5 Cuba
Canada 		Rogelio Paris
Willard Crocker 		6
4 		6
2 		6
4 		     

Final

Japan vs. Cuba


Japan
0 		Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[2]
19–21 August 1926
Grass
Cuba
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Cuba 		Takeichi Harada
Rogelio Paris 		7
5 		6
0 		6
3 		     
2 Japan
Cuba 		Tsumio Tawara
Vicente Banet 		9
7 		6
1 		6
2 		     
3 Japan
Cuba 		Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara
Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris 		6
4 		6
3 		6
2 		     
4 Japan
Cuba 		Tsumio Tawara
Rogelio Paris 		6
2 		6
0 		6
2 		     
5 Japan
Cuba 		Teizo Toba
Vicente Banet 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     

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 "Japan v Cuba". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Mexico v Japan". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Cuba v Canada". daviscup.com.
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