1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
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| Duration | 29 March – 28 July 1929 |
| Edition | 24th |
| Teams | 29 |
| Champion | |
| Winning nation |  France |
← 1928 1930 → | |
The 1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 24th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. 24 teams would enter the Europe Zone, while five would enter the America Zone. Egypt and Monaco participated for the first time.
The United States defeated Germany in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but would lose to France in the challenge round, giving France their third straight title. The final was played 26–28 July at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.[1][2][3]
America Zone
[edit]Draw
[edit]| Quarterfinals 16–18 May | Semifinals 17–25 May | Final 30 May–1 June | |||||||||||
| Montreal, Quebec (grass) | |||||||||||||
 United States | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Chevy Chase, Maryland (clay) | |||||||||||||
 Canada | 0 | ||||||||||||
| United States | 4 | ||||||||||||
 Japan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Japan | |||||||||||||
| Detroit, Michigan (clay) | |||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| United States | 5 | ||||||||||||
 Cuba | 0 | ||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| Havana, Cuba (clay) | |||||||||||||
| Cuba | |||||||||||||
| Cuba | 4 | ||||||||||||
 Mexico | 1 | ||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| Mexico | |||||||||||||
Final
[edit]United States vs. Cuba
 United States 5 |
Detroit Tennis Club, Detroit, Michigan[4] 30 May–1 June 1929 Clay |
 Cuba 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Europe Zone
[edit]Draw
[edit]
Final
[edit]Germany vs. Great Britain
 Germany 3 |
Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, Berlin, Germany[5] 12–14 July 1929 Clay |
 Great Britain 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inter-zonal final
[edit]Germany vs. United States
 Germany 0 |
Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, Berlin, Germany[6] 19–21 July 1929 Clay |
United States 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Challenge round
[edit]France vs. United States
 France 3 |
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[3] 26–28 July 1929 Clay |
United States 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ Max Robertson (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 383. ISBN 0047960426.
- ^ a b "France v United States". daviscup.com.
- ^ "United States v Cuba". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Germany v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Germany v United States". daviscup.com.
