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1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

Main article: 1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

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  
  		Daniel Hernández
John Bromwich 		0
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     
2  
  		Eugenio Tapia
Adrian Quist 		1
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3  
  		Daniel Hernández / Eugenio Tapia
John Bromwich / Adrian Quist 		6
8 		0
6 		1
6 		     
4  
  		Daniel Hernández
Adrian Quist 		9
11 		3
6 		2
6 		     
5  
  		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  
  		Ricardo Morales
Bruce Hall 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		     
2  
  		José Agüero
Ellis Tarshis 		5
7 		7
5 		3
6 		4
6 		   
3  
  		Ricardo Morales / Lorenzo Nodarse
Philip Pearson / William Pedlar 		9
7 		4
6 		6
4 		4
6 		6
1 		 
4  
  		Ricardo Morales
Ellis Tarshis 		6
2 		6
4 		3
6 		0
6 		6
4 		 
5  
  		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  
  		Adrian Quist
Amado Sánchez 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		     
2  
  		John Bromwich
Felicisimo Ampon 		8
6 		9
7 		6
3 		     
3  
  		John Bromwich / Adrian Quist
Felicisimo Ampon / Amado Sánchez 		7
5 		6
4 		6
2 		     
4  
  		John Bromwich
Amado Sánchez 		6
1 		6
1 		6
3 		     
5  
  		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  
  		José Agüero
John Bromwich 		6
8 		0
6 		2
6 		     
2  
  		Ricardo Morales
Adrian Quist 		0
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3  
  		Ricardo Morales / Lorenzo Nodarse
John Bromwich / Adrian Quist 		1
6 		0
6 		3
6 		     
4  
  		Ricardo Morales
John Bromwich 		6
8 		6
8 		1
6 		     
5  
  		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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