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1949 Davis Cup America Zone

Main article: 1949 Davis Cup

The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1949 Davis Cup.

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] Australia defeated Mexico in the final, and went on to face Italy in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

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Semifinals
2–23 July		Final
29–31 July
Montreal, Canada (grass)
  Australia4
Wilmington, DE, United States (grass)
  Canada1
  Australia5
Havana, Cuba
  Mexico0
  Cuba1
  Mexico4

Semifinals

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Canada vs. Australia

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Canada
1 		Mount Royal Tennis Club Montreal, Canada[3]
21–23 July 1949
Grass 		 
Australia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Brendan Macken
Bill Sidwell 		3
6 		7
5 		6
3 		5
7 		8
6 		 
2  
  		Henri Rochon
Frank Sedgman 		4
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3  
  		Brendan Macken / Walter Stohlberg
John Bromwich / Frank Sedgman 		3
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
4  
  		Brendan Macken
Frank Sedgman 		2
6 		2
6 		0
6 		     
5  
  		Lorne Main
Bill Sidwell 		6
8 		6
4 		4
6 		1
6 		   

Cuba vs. Mexico

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Cuba
1 		Havana, Cuba[4]
2–4 July 1949
  
Mexico
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		José Agüero
Armando Vega 		5
7 		6
1 		1
6 		2
6 		   
2  
  		Juan Weiss
Rolando Vega 		4
6 		6
0 		0
6 		8
10 		   
3  
  		José Agüero / Juan Weiss
Armando Vega / Rolando Vega 		3
6 		3
6 		7
5 		4
6 		   
4  
  		Jesús Pardo
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 		3
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
5  
  		José Agüero
Luis Riefkohl 		6
4 		6
2 		6
4 		     

Final

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Australia vs. Mexico

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Australia
5 		Wilmington Country Club, Wilmington, DE, United States[2]
29–31 July 1949
Grass 		 
Mexico
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Frank Sedgman
Armando Vega 		12
10 		4
6 		6
4 		1
6 		6
3 		 
2  
  		John Bromwich
Rolando Vega 		6
0 		6
2 		6
1 		     
3  
  		John Bromwich / Frank Sedgman
Armando Vega / Rolando Vega 		6
0 		6
4 		6
2 		     
4  
  		John Bromwich
Armando Vega 		6
0 		6
1 		6
4 		     
5  
  		Bill Sidwell
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 		6
2 		6
2 		6
1 		     

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