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1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

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The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

7 teams entered the America Zone: 6 teams entered the North & Central America Zone, while 1 team entered the South America Zone. The winner of each sub-zone would play against each other to determine who moved to the Inter-Zonal Final to compete against the winner of the Europe Zone.[1]

Australia defeated Cuba in the North & Central America Zone final, and then received a walkover in the Americas Inter-Zonal final after Brazil, the only team in the South America Zone, withdrew.[2][3] Australia went on to face Yugoslavia in the Inter-Zonal Final.

North & Central America Zone

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Draw

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Quarterfinals
30 June–23 July
Semifinals
14–16 July
Final
10–12 August
 Philippines
Long Beach, CA, United States (grass)
bye
 Philippines0
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
 Australia5
 Australia5
Rumson, NJ, United States (grass)
 Mexico0
 Australia5
Havana, Cuba (clay)
 Cuba0
 Canada1
 Cuba4
 Cubaw/o
 Japan[a]
bye
 Japan

Quarterfinals

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Mexico vs. Australia

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Mexico
0
Club Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[5]
30 June–2 July 1939
Clay

Australia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
Australia
Daniel Hernández
John Bromwich
0
6
0
6
0
6
     
2 Mexico
Australia
Eugenio Tapia
Adrian Quist
1
6
4
6
2
6
     
3 Mexico
Australia
Daniel Hernández / Eugenio Tapia
John Bromwich / Adrian Quist
6
8
0
6
1
6
     
4 Mexico
Australia
Daniel Hernández
Adrian Quist
9
11
3
6
2
6
     
5 Mexico
Australia
Eugenio Tapia
John Bromwich
1
6
3
6
1
6
     

Cuba vs. Canada

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Cuba
4
Hotel Nacional, Havana, Cuba[6]
21–23 July 1939
Clay

Canada
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Cuba
Canada
Ricardo Morales
Bruce Hall
6
1
6
2
6
2
     
2 Cuba
Canada
José Agüero
Ellis Tarshis
5
7
7
5
3
6
4
6
   
3 Cuba
Canada
Ricardo Morales / Lorenzo Nodarse
Philip Pearson / William Pedlar
9
7
4
6
6
4
4
6
6
1
 
4 Cuba
Canada
Ricardo Morales
Ellis Tarshis
6
2
6
4
3
6
0
6
6
4
 
5 Cuba
Canada
José Agüero
Bruce Hall
4
6
6
4
6
0
6
4
   

Semifinals

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Australia vs. Philippines

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Australia
5
Long Beach Tennis Club, Long Beach, CA, United States[7]
14–16 July 1939
Grass

Philippines
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Australia
Philippines
Adrian Quist
Amado Sánchez
6
1
6
2
6
2
     
2 Australia
Philippines
John Bromwich
Felicisimo Ampon
8
6
9
7
6
3
     
3 Australia
Philippines
John Bromwich / Adrian Quist
Felicisimo Ampon / Amado Sánchez
7
5
6
4
6
2
     
4 Australia
Philippines
John Bromwich
Amado Sánchez
6
1
6
1
6
3
     
5 Australia
Philippines
Adrian Quist
Felicisimo Ampon
7
5
6
4
6
3
     

Final

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Cuba vs. Australia

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Cuba
0
Seabright Lawn Tennis Club, Rumson, NJ, United States[2]
10–12 August 1939
Grass

Australia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Cuba
Australia
José Agüero
John Bromwich
6
8
0
6
2
6
     
2 Cuba
Australia
Ricardo Morales
Adrian Quist
0
6
2
6
2
6
     
3 Cuba
Australia
Ricardo Morales / Lorenzo Nodarse
John Bromwich / Adrian Quist
1
6
0
6
3
6
     
4 Cuba
Australia
Ricardo Morales
John Bromwich
6
8
6
8
1
6
     
5 Cuba
Australia
José Agüero
Adrian Quist
1
6
0
6
0
6
     

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

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Australia defeated Brazil by walkover.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Japan withdrew from the competition after their top player, Jiro Yamagishi, joined the Imperial Japanese Navy.[4]

References

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  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 "Cuba v Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Australia v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "The Bulletin - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Mexico v Australia". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Cuba v Canada". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Australia v Philippines". daviscup.com.
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