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1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

Main article: 1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1927 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] Japan defeated Canada in the final, and went on to face France in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

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Semifinals
18–31 July		Final
18–20 August
St. Louis, MO, United States (grass)
  Japan4
Montreal, Canada (grass)
  Mexico1
  Japan3
Toronto, Canada (clay)
  Canada2
  Canada3
  Cuba2

Semifinals

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Japan vs. Mexico

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Japan
4 		Triple A Club, St. Louis, MO, United States[3]
29–31 July 1927
Grass 		 
Mexico
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Yoshiro Ota
Robert Kinsey 		2
6 		1
6 		6
4 		6
1 		6
2 		 
2  
  		Takeichi Harada
Alfonso Unda 		6
2 		6
3 		6
3 		     
3  
  		Takeichi Harada / Zenzo Shimizu
Claude Butlin / Robert Kinsey 		7
5 		6
2 		2
6 		3
6 		6
3 		 
4  
  		Yoshiro Ota
Alfonso Unda 		6
1 		4
6 		6
3 		6
4 		   
5  
  		Takeichi Harada
Robert Kinsey 		9
7 		6
0 		0
6 		6
1 		   

Canada vs. Cuba

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Canada
3 		Toronto Lawn Tennis Club, Toronto, Canada[4]
18–20 July 1927
Clay 		 
Cuba
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jack Wright
Vicente Banet 		2
6 		6
2 		6
4 		4
6 		6
4 		 
2  
  		Willard Crocker
Rogelio Paris 		6
4 		8
6 		6
4 		     
3  
  		Willard Crocker / Jack Wright
Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris 		6
0 		6
3 		6
0 		     
4  
  		Gilbert Nunns
Vicente Banet 		3
6 		2
6 		7
5 		3
6 		   
5  
  		Jack Wright
Rogelio Paris 		6
1 		6
2 		5
7 		5
7 		4
6 		 

Final

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Canada vs. Japan

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Canada
2 		Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[2]
18–20 August 1927
Grass 		 
Japan
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Willard Crocker
Takeichi Harada 		5
7 		0
6 		4
6 		     
2  
  		Jack Wright
Yoshiro Ota 		6
3 		6
4 		6
4 		     
3  
  		Willard Crocker / Jack Wright
Takeichi Harada / Teizo Toba 		3
6 		6
4 		5
7 		6
3 		8
10 		 
4  
  		Jack Wright
Takeichi Harada 		6
3 		6
3 		8
6 		     
5  
  		Willard Crocker
Yoshiro Ota 		4
6 		6
3 		8
10 		3
6 		   

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 "Canada v Japan". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Japan v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Canada v Cuba". daviscup.com.
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