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1949 Davis Cup America Zone

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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 Canada
Australia
Brendan Macken
Bill Sidwell
3
6
7
5
6
3
5
7
8
6
 
2 Canada
Australia
Henri Rochon
Frank Sedgman
4
6
2
6
2
6
     
3 Canada
Australia
Brendan Macken / Walter Stohlberg
John Bromwich / Frank Sedgman
3
6
2
6
2
6
     
4 Canada
Australia
Brendan Macken
Frank Sedgman
2
6
2
6
0
6
     
5 Canada
Australia
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 Cuba
Mexico
José Agüero
Armando Vega
5
7
6
1
1
6
2
6
   
2 Cuba
Mexico
Juan Weiss
Rolando Vega
4
6
6
0
0
6
8
10
   
3 Cuba
Mexico
José Agüero / Juan Weiss
Armando Vega / Rolando Vega
3
6
3
6
7
5
4
6
   
4 Cuba
Mexico
Jesús Pardo
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
3
6
0
6
2
6
     
5 Cuba
Mexico
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 Australia
Mexico
Frank Sedgman
Armando Vega
12
10
4
6
6
4
1
6
6
3
 
2 Australia
Mexico
John Bromwich
Rolando Vega
6
0
6
2
6
1
     
3 Australia
Mexico
John Bromwich / Frank Sedgman
Armando Vega / Rolando Vega
6
0
6
4
6
2
     
4 Australia
Mexico
John Bromwich
Armando Vega
6
0
6
1
6
4
     
5 Australia
Mexico
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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