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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 Mexico
United States 		Ricardo Tapia
John Hennessey 		2
6 		7
9 		1
6 		     
2 Mexico
United States 		Robert Kinsey
Bill Tilden 		1
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3 Mexico
United States 		Robert Kinsey / Alfonso Unda
Arnold Jones / Bill Tilden 		2
6 		6
4 		3
6 		3
6 		   
4 Mexico
United States 		Robert Kinsey
John Hennessey 		2
6 		0
6 		3
6 		     
5 Mexico
United States 		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 Cuba
Japan 		Vicente Banet
Teizo Toba 		1
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
2 Cuba
Japan 		Rogelio Paris
Yoshiro Ota 		1
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
3 Cuba
Japan 		Vicente Banet / Rogelio Paris
Tamio Abe / Teizo Toba 		3
6 		3
6 		6
4 		7
9 		   
4 Cuba
Japan 		Vicente Banet
Yoshiro Ota 		          not
played
5 Cuba
Japan 		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 United States
Taiwan 		John Hennessey
Lum Pao-Hua 		6
3 		6
4 		6
0 		     
2 United States
Taiwan 		George Lott
Paul Kong 		6
0 		6
0 		6
0 		     
3 United States
Taiwan 		Wilbur Coen / Bill Tilden
Paul Kong / Lum Pao-Hua 		6
2 		6
1 		6
3 		     
4 United States
Taiwan 		John Hennessey
Paul Kong 		6
1 		6
0 		6
1 		     
5 United States
Taiwan 		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 Canada
Japan 		Willard Crocker
Teizo Toba 		6
0 		6
2 		4
6 		6
3 		   
2 Canada
Japan 		Jack Wright
Yoshiro Ota 		6
4 		4
6 		6
1 		4
6 		1
6 		 
3 Canada
Japan 		Arthur Ham / Jack Wright
Tamio Abe / Teizo Toba 		7
5 		6
2 		3
6 		4
6 		8
10 		 
4 Canada
Japan 		Jack Wright
Teizo Toba 		9
7 		6
3 		3
6 		0
6 		4
6 		 
5 Canada
Japan 		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 United States
Japan 		Bill Tilden
Tamio Abe 		6
2 		6
3 		6
0 		     
2 United States
Japan 		John Hennessey
Yoshiro Ota 		8
6 		6
3 		6
3 		     
3 United States
Japan 		George Lott / Bill Tilden
Tamio Abe / Teizo Toba 		6
1 		10
8 		6
2 		     
4 United States
Japan 		Wilbur Coen
Tamio Abe 		7
9 		6
2 		6
4 		7
5 		   
5 United States
Japan 		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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