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1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

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The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

4 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] The United States defeated Australia in the final, and went on to face Germany in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

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Semifinals
30 April–2 May
Final
29–31 May
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
 Australia5
Forest Hills, NY, United States (grass)
 Mexico0
 Australia0
San Francisco, CA, United States (clay)
 United States5
 United States5
 Japan0

Semifinals

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Mexico vs. Australia

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Mexico
0
Club Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[3]
30 April–2 May 1937
Clay

Australia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
Australia
Esteban Reyes
Adrian Quist
3
6
1
6
3
6
     
2 Mexico
Australia
Ricardo Tapia
Vivian McGrath
2
6
4
6
4
6
     
3 Mexico
Australia
Daniel Hernández / Alfonso Unda
Jack Crawford / Adrian Quist
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
4 Mexico
Australia
Esteban Reyes
John Bromwich
2
6
2
6
5
7
     
5 Mexico
Australia
Ricardo Tapia
Adrian Quist
2
6
4
6
6
4
3
6
   

United States vs. Japan

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United States
5
Lakeside Country Club, San Francisco, CA, United States[4]
30 April–2 May 1937
Clay

Japan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Japan
Don Budge
Fumiteru Nakano
6
1
6
1
6
0
     
2 United States
Japan
Frank Parker
Jiro Yamagishi
6
3
2
6
8
6
6
1
   
3 United States
Japan
Don Budge / Gene Mako
Fumiteru Nakano / Jiro Yamagishi
6
0
6
1
6
4
     
4 United States
Japan
Frank Parker
Fumiteru Nakano
6
0
6
3
6
2
     
5 United States
Japan
Don Budge
Jiro Yamagishi
6
2
6
2
6
4
     

Final

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United States vs. Australia

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United States
5
West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States[2]
29–31 May 1937
Grass

Australia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Australia
Don Budge
Jack Crawford
6
1
6
3
6
2
     
2 United States
Australia
Bryan Grant
John Bromwich
6
2
7
5
6
1
     
3 United States
Australia
Don Budge / Gene Mako
Jack Crawford / Vivian McGrath
7
5
6
1
8
6
     
4 United States
Australia
Don Budge
John Bromwich
6
2
6
3
5
7
6
1
   
5 United States
Australia
Bryan Grant
Jack Crawford
6
0
6
2
7
5
     

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 "United States v Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Mexico v Australia". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "United States v Japan". daviscup.com.
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