1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

Details
Duration	8 May – 11 September 1926
Edition	21st
Teams	24
Champion
Winning Nation	United States
← 1925 1927 →

The 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 21st edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. 19 teams would enter the Europe Zone, while 5 would enter the America Zone.

France defeated Japan in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but would fall to the United States in a rematch of 1925's Challenge Round. The final was played at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 9–11 September.^[1][2]

America Zone

Draw

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

San Francisco, CA, United States (grass)

Mexico City, Mexico

Japan

5

Mexico

1

Philippines

0

Montreal, Canada (grass)

Japan

4

Japan

5

Havana, Cuba (clay)

Cuba

0

Cuba

3

Canada

2

Final

Japan vs. Cuba

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

Europe Zone

Draw

First Round 27 April-9 May

Second Round 8–22 May

Quarterfinals 24 May-2 June

Semifinals 9–16 July

Final 24–26 July

Dublin, Ireland (grass)

Ireland

2

Spain

3

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Spain

3

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Argentina

1

Argentina

3

Hungary

2

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Spain

1

Harrogate, England (clay)

Great Britain

4

Great Britain

5

Poland

0

Rome, Italy (clay)

Great Britain

3

Italy

5

Rome, Italy (clay)

Italy

2

Romania

0

Italy

3

Netherlands

3

Netherlands

2

Cabourg, France (clay)

Belgium

2

Great Britain

0

South Africa

4

France

5

Portugal

1

South Africa

w/o

Austria

Kensington, England (clay)

South Africa

1

Malmö, Sweden

Sweden

4

Sweden

3

Switzerland

2

Stockholm, Sweden (clay)

Sweden

0

Prague, Czechoslovakia

France

5

Czechoslovakia

4

India

1

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

Czechoslovakia

0

Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)

France

3

Denmark

0

France

5

Final

France vs. Great Britain

France 5	Garden Tennis Club, Cabourg, France[4] 24–26 July 1926 Clay		Great Britain 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Henri Cochet Colin Gregory 7 5 4 6 7 9 7 5 6 0   2 René Lacoste Noel Turnbull 6 4 6 4 6 4       3 Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon Gordon Crole-Rees / Charles Kingsley 6 2 6 0 6 3       4 Pierre Henri Landry Colin Gregory 6 3 6 2 6 1       5 Jacques Brugnon Noel Turnbull 4 6 1 6 6 2 6 4 6 0

Inter-Zonal Final

France vs. Japan

France 3	West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States[5] 26–28 August 1926 Grass		Japan 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Henri Cochet Tsumio Tawara 1 6 4 6 7 5 6 3 6 2   2 René Lacoste Takeichi Harada 4 6 6 4 3 6 7 9     3 Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara 6 0 6 0 6 2       4 René Lacoste Tsumio Tawara 6 1 6 3 6 2       5 Henri Cochet Takeichi Harada 1 6 3 6 6 0 4 6

Challenge Round

United States vs. France

United States 4	Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, PA, United States[2] 9–11 September 1926 Grass		France 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bill Johnston René Lacoste 6 0 6 4 0 6 6 0     2 Bill Tilden Jean Borotra 6 2 6 3 6 3       3 Vincent Richards / Richard Norris Williams Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet 6 4 6 4 6 2       4 Bill Johnston Jean Borotra 8 6 6 4 9 7       5 Bill Tilden René Lacoste 6 4 4 6 6 8 6 8