1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1931 was the 26th edition of the competition organized by the ITF for men's national teams in tennis. The competition was held in two continental zones of Europe and the Americas region, the Americas zone were divided into a North American group and a South American group. The winners of the two zones played a playoff for the final. In this case, the UK achieved against the United States by 3-2, which after eleven years for the first time not fed so in series since 1920 finals. Britain failed in from 24 to 26 July during the finals but to defending France. France won so the fifth title in the series.
- 2.1 Europe zone
- 2.2 America zone 2.2.1 North America Group
- 2.2.2 South America Group
- 2.2.3 Continental Playoff
- 4.1 References
Participant
Including the Defender 31 countries took part in the competition. The following teams played to a Final ticket against the defending champion.
Europe Zone
In the Europe Zone came to a total of 22 teams.
- Egypt 1922 Egypt
- Belgium
- Denmark Denmark
- Germany German Empire
- Finland Finland
- United Kingdom United Kingdom
- Ireland Ireland
- Italy 1861 Italy
- Japan Japan
- Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
- Monaco Monaco
- Netherlands The Netherlands
- Norway Norway
- Austria Austria
- Poland Poland
- Romania Romania Kingdom
- Switzerland Switzerland
- Spain 1785 Spain
- South Africa Union of South Africa 1928
- Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
- Hungary 1918 Hungary
America zone
The American zone consisted of three participants in the North and five participants in the South American group. For Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay it was in each case the first participation.
North America group
- Canada 1921 Canada
- Mexico 1918 Mexico
- United States 48 United States
South America group
- Argentina Argentina
- Brazil 1889 Brazil
- Chile Chile
- Paraguay Paraguay 1842
- Uruguay Uruguay
The tournament
Europe Zone
America zone
The winners of the two groups played in a continental playoff for a place in the playoff against the winner of the Euro zone.
North America group
South America group
Continental playoff
In intra- continental playoff, the U.S. could clearly prevail against Argentina.
United States 48 5 Argentina 0
Venue: Chevy Chase ( USA) Date: 28 bis May 30, 1931 Playing surface: sand
Playoff
In the playoff between the two winners of the continental zones Britain won against the U.S., and it ended the series of eleven U.S. runners-up in series.
Venue: Paris ( France) Date 17 bis July 19, 1931 Playing surface: sand
Final
In the final between Britain and France, the French defending champion prevailed 3-2. It was the fifth French title in a row.
Team Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon Henri Cochet
Captain René Lacoste
Date: 24 bis July 26, 1931 Location: Paris (France) Surface: sand
Result: 3:2
Team Henry Austin Pat Hughes Charles Kingsley Fred Perry
Captain Herbert Barrett