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1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

Main article: 1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

6 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 Japan in the final, and went on to face Italy in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

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Quarterfinals
9 April–2 May		Semifinals
25–28 May		Final
1–3 June
  China
Kansas City, MO, United States (clay)
bye
  China0
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
  United States5
  United States5
Chicago, IL, United States (clay)
  Mexico0
  United States5
Havana, Cuba
  Japan0
  Japan3
Montreal, Canada (grass)
  Cuba0
  Japan3
  Canada1
bye
  Canada

Quarterfinals

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Mexico vs. United States

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Mexico
0 		Club Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[3]
9–11 April 1928
Clay 		 
United States
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Ricardo Tapia
John Hennessey 		2
6 		7
9 		1
6 		     
2  
  		Robert Kinsey
Bill Tilden 		1
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3  
  		Robert Kinsey / Alfonso Unda
Arnold Jones / Bill Tilden 		2
6 		6
4 		3
6 		3
6 		   
4  
  		Robert Kinsey
John Hennessey 		2
6 		0
6 		3
6 		     
5  
  		Alfonso Unda
Wilmer Allison 		6
4 		3
6 		6
8 		5
7 		   

Cuba vs. Japan

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Cuba
0 		Havana, Cuba[4]
30 April–2 May 1928
  
Japan
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Vicente Banet
Teizo Toba 		1
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
2  
  		Rogelio Paris
Yoshiro Ota 		1
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
3  
  		Vicente Banet / Rogelio Paris
Tamio Abe / Teizo Toba 		3
6 		3
6 		6
4 		7
9 		   
4  
  		Vicente Banet
Yoshiro Ota 		          not
played
5  
  		Rogelio Paris
Teizo Toba 		          not
played

Semifinals

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United States vs. China

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United States
5 		Rockhill Tennis Club, Kansas City, MO, United States[5]
25–27 May 1928
Clay 		 
China
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		John Hennessey
Lum Pao-Hua 		6
3 		6
4 		6
0 		     
2  
  		George Lott
Paul Kong 		6
0 		6
0 		6
0 		     
3  
  		Wilbur Coen / Bill Tilden
Paul Kong / Lum Pao-Hua 		6
2 		6
1 		6
3 		     
4  
  		John Hennessey
Paul Kong 		6
1 		6
0 		6
1 		     
5  
  		George Lott
Lum Pao-Hua 		6
3 		6
2 		6
0 		     

Canada vs. Japan

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Canada
1 		Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[6]
25–28 May 1928
Grass 		 
Japan
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Willard Crocker
Teizo Toba 		6
0 		6
2 		4
6 		6
3 		   
2  
  		Jack Wright
Yoshiro Ota 		6
4 		4
6 		6
1 		4
6 		1
6 		 
3  
  		Arthur Ham / Jack Wright
Tamio Abe / Teizo Toba 		7
5 		6
2 		3
6 		4
6 		8
10 		 
4  
  		Jack Wright
Teizo Toba 		9
7 		6
3 		3
6 		0
6 		4
6 		 
5  
  		Willard Crocker
Yoshiro Ota 		6
2 		6
0 		3
6 		9
11 		  not
completed

Final

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United States vs. Japan

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United States
5 		Town & Tennis Club, Chicago, IL, United States[2]
1–3 June 1928
Clay 		 
Japan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Bill Tilden
Tamio Abe 		6
2 		6
3 		6
0 		     
2  
  		John Hennessey
Yoshiro Ota 		8
6 		6
3 		6
3 		     
3  
  		George Lott / Bill Tilden
Tamio Abe / Teizo Toba 		6
1 		10
8 		6
2 		     
4  
  		Wilbur Coen
Tamio Abe 		7
9 		6
2 		6
4 		7
5 		   
5  
  		Bill Tilden
Yoshiro Ota 		6
8 		6
3 		6
1 		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 "United States v Japan". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Mexico v United States". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Cuba v Japan". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "United States v China". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Canada v Japan". daviscup.com.
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