1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

Details
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. Chile, 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

Draw

	First Round 4–6 July
	Havana, Cuba (clay)
	Spain		5
	Cuba		0

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

Australia vs. Japan

Australia 4	Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States[3] 20–22 August 1925 Grass		Japan 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gerald Patterson Zenzo Shimizu 6 1 6 4 6 2       2 James Anderson Takeichi Harada 6 4 3 6 6 3 6 1     3 John Hawkes / Gerald Patterson Takeichi Harada / Zenzo Shimizu 6 1 6 2 9 7       4 Gerald Patterson Takeichi Harada 2 6 6 3 1 6 5 7     5 John Hawkes Masanosuke Fukuda 6 1 6 3 6 0

Europe Zone

Draw

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

Netherlands vs. France

Netherlands 0	Noordwijk Club, Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay) [4] 18–20 July 1925 Clay		France 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hendrik Timmer René Lacoste 7 5 5 7 2 6 2 6     2 Arthur Diemer Kool Jean Borotra 2 6 4 6 8 10       3 Arthur Diemer Kool / Christiaan van Lennep Jacques Brugnon / René Lacoste 2 6 3 6 8 6 4 6     4 Arthur Diemer Kool René Lacoste 4 6 4 6 1 6       5 Hendrik Timmer Jean Borotra           not played

Inter-Zonal Final

France vs. Australia

France 3	West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States[5] 4–5 September 1925 Grass		Australia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 René Lacoste Gerald Patterson 3 6 4 6 2 6       2 Jean Borotra James Anderson 6 4 6 3 8 6       3 Jean Borotra / René Lacoste John Hawkes / Gerald Patterson 6 4 3 6 6 4 1 6 10 8   4 Jean Borotra Gerald Patterson 4 6 6 4 6 1 6 3     5 René Lacoste James Anderson           not played

Challenge Round

United States vs. France

United States 5	Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, PA, United States[2] 11–13 September 1925 Grass		France 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bill Tilden Jean Borotra 4 6 6 0 2 6 9 7 6 4   2 Bill Johnston René Lacoste 6 1 6 1 6 8 6 3     3 Vincent Richards / Richard Norris Williams Jean Borotra / René Lacoste 6 4 6 4 6 3       4 Bill Tilden René Lacoste 3 6 10 12 8 6 7 5 6 2   5 Bill Johnston Jean Borotra 6 1 6 4 6 0