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1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

Main article: 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

9 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] Australia defeated Japan in the final, and went on to face France in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

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First Round
4–6 July
Havana, Cuba (clay)
  Spain5
  Cuba0
Quarterfinals
16–19 July		Semifinals
13–15 August		Final
20–22 August
  Canada [3]w/o
Montreal, Canada (grass)
  New Zealand
  Canada0
  Australia5
  Hawaii
Boston, MA, United States (grass)
  Australia [4]w/o
  Australia4
Mazatlán, Mexico (clay)
  Japan1
  Mexico0
Baltimore, MD, United States (grass)
  Spain5
  Spain2
  Japan3
  China
  Japan [5]w/o

First round

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Cuba vs. Spain

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Cuba
0 		Vedado Tennis Club, Havana, Cuba[6]
4–6 July 1925
Clay 		 
Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Vicente Banet
Manuel Alonso Areizaga 		4
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
2  
  		Rogelio Paris
Eduardo Flaquer 		3
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
3  
  		Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris
José María Alonso Areizaga / Manuel Alonso Areizaga 		6
8 		4
6 		6
8 		     
4  
  		Rogelio Paris
Manuel Alonso Areizaga 		1
6 		0
6 		3
6 		     
5  
  		Vicente Banet
Eduardo Flaquer 		1
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     

Quarterfinals

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Mexico vs. Spain

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Mexico
0 		Club Tenis Reforma, Mazatlán, Mexico[7]
16–19 July 1925
Clay 		 
Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Ignacio de la Borbolla
Eduardo Flaquer 		2
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2  
  		Claude Butlin
Manuel Alonso Areizaga 		2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
3  
  		Claude Butlin / Ignacio de la Borbolla
José María Alonso Areizaga / Manuel Alonso Areizaga 		4
6 		2
6 		5
7 		     
4  
  		Claude Butlin
Eduardo Flaquer 		12
10 		4
6 		1
6 		5
7 		   
5  
  		Ignacio de la Borbolla
Manuel Alonso Areizaga 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     

Semifinals

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Canada vs. Australia

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Canada
0 		Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[8]
13–15 August 1925
Grass 		 
Australia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Willard Crocker
James Anderson 		1
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
2  
  		Jack Wright
Gerald Patterson 		7
5 		6
3 		3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		 
3  
  		Willard Crocker / Jack Wright
John Hawkes / Gerald Patterson 		0
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4  
  		Jack Wright
James Anderson 		2
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
5  
  		Willard Crocker
Gerald Patterson 		4
6 		9
11 		4
6 		     

Japan vs. Spain

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Japan
3 		Baltimore Country Club, Baltimore, MD, United States[9]
13–15 August 1925
Grass 		 
Spain
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Takeichi Harada
Eduardo Flaquer 		6
2 		6
4 		6
0 		     
2  
  		Zenzo Shimizu
Manuel Alonso Areizaga 		5
7 		0
6 		6
3 		3
6 		   
3  
  		Takeichi Harada / Zenzo Shimizu
José María Alonso Areizaga / Manuel Alonso Areizaga 		6
2 		6
3 		2
6 		8
10 		6
3 		 
4  
  		Takeichi Harada
Manuel Alonso Areizaga 		2
6 		6
4 		6
3 		6
4 		   
5  
  		Zenzo Shimizu
Eduardo Flaquer 		6
3 		0
6 		3
6 		4
6 		   

Final

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Australia vs. Japan

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Australia
4 		Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States[2]
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 		     

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 "Australia v Japan". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Canada v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Australia v Hawaii". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Japan v China". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Cuba v Spain". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Mexico v Spain". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Canada v Australia". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Japan v Spain". daviscup.com.
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