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The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

Japanese players Tawara and Harada c. 1920

5 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 Cuba in the final, and went on to face France in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

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Quarterfinals
11–13 June		Semifinals
25–27 June; 16–18 July		Final
19–21 August
Mexico City, Mexico
 Mexico1
San Francisco, CA, United States (grass)
 Japan4
 Japan5
 Philippines0
bye
Montreal, Canada (grass)
 Philippines
 Japan5
 Cuba0
 Cuba
Havana, Cuba (clay)
bye
 Cuba3
 Canada2
bye
 Canada

Quarterfinals

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Mexico vs. Japan

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Mexico
1 		Club Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[3]
11–13 June 1926
clay
Japan
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
Japan 		Alfonso Unda
Takeichi Harada 		2
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2 Mexico
Japan 		Manuel Llano
Teizo Toba 		1
6 		7
5 		3
6 		4
6 		   
3 Mexico
Japan 		Claude Butlin / Manuel Llano
Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara 		0
6 		7
9 		4
6 		     
4 Mexico
Japan 		Claude Butlin
Teizo Toba 		6
2 		6
3 		6
1 		     
5 Mexico
Japan 		Mariano Lozano Alatorre
Tsumio Tawara 		1
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     

Semifinals

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Japan vs. Philippines

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Japan
5 		San Francisco, CA, United States[4]
25–27 June 1926
Grass
Philippines
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Philippines 		Tsumio Tawara
Guillermo Aragon 		8
6 		6
1 		8
6 		     
2 Japan
Philippines 		Takeichi Harada
Francisco Aragon 		6
0 		6
4 		6
3 		     
3 Japan
Philippines 		Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara
Francisco Aragon / Guillermo Aragon 		6
3 		1
6 		5
7 		6
2 		6
2 		 
4 Japan
Philippines 		Takeichi Harada
Guillermo Aragon 		6
2 		6
3 		7
5 		     
5 Japan
Philippines 		Tsumio Tawara
Francisco Aragon 		6
2 		8
6 		4
6 		1
6 		7
5 		 

Cuba vs. Canada

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Cuba
3 		Havana, Cuba[5]
16–18 July 1926
Clay
Canada
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Cuba
Canada 		Rogelio Paris
Jack Wright 		2
6 		6
4 		2
6 		6
3 		6
4 		 
2 Cuba
Canada 		Vicente Banet
Willard Crocker 		4
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
3 Cuba
Canada 		Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris
Willard Crocker / Jack Wright 		8
6 		3
6 		6
8 		8
6 		6
2 		 
4 Cuba
Canada 		Vicente Banet
Jack Wright 		4
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
5 Cuba
Canada 		Rogelio Paris
Willard Crocker 		6
4 		6
2 		6
4 		     

Final

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Japan vs. Cuba

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Japan
0 		Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[2]
19–21 August 1926
Grass
Cuba
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Cuba 		Takeichi Harada
Rogelio Paris 		7
5 		6
0 		6
3 		     
2 Japan
Cuba 		Tsumio Tawara
Vicente Banet 		9
7 		6
1 		6
2 		     
3 Japan
Cuba 		Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara
Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris 		6
4 		6
3 		6
2 		     
4 Japan
Cuba 		Tsumio Tawara
Rogelio Paris 		6
2 		6
0 		6
2 		     
5 Japan
Cuba 		Tezio Toba
Vicente Banet 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     

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