1932 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1932 was the 27th 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. Here, the U.S. put against the German Reich by 3-2, failed in from 29 to 31 July during the finals but to defending champions France. France won so the sixth title in a row.
- 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
- British India British India
- 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 Second Republic Spain
- Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
- Hungary 1918 Hungary
America zone
The American zone consisted of five participants in the North and three participants in the South American group.
North America group
- Australia Australia
- Canada 1921 Canada
- Cuba Cuba
- Mexico 1918 Mexico
- United States 48 United States
South America group
- Brazil 1889 Brazil
- Chile Chile
- Paraguay Paraguay 1842
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
Brazil withdrew without a fight to the intra- continental playoff against the United States.
Continental playoff
In intra- continental playoff, the U.S. could clearly prevail against Brazil. The U.S. had to hand in the encounter only a single set ( in duplicate) and a total of only 31 games ( 90 won ).
United States 48 5 Brazil 1889 0
Venue: Forest Hills (New York City, USA) Date: from 9 to June 11, 1932 Playing surface: sand
Playoff
In the playoff between the two winners of the continental zones, the U.S. triumphed over the German Reich.
United States 48 3 Germany 2
Venue: Paris ( France) Date: 22 bis July 24, 1932 Playing surface: sand
Final
In the final between the USA and France, the French defending champion prevailed 3-2. It was the sixth French title in a row, but also the last one for 59 years (until 1991 ).
Team Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon Henri Cochet
Captain René Lacoste
Date: 29 bis July 31, 1932 Location: Paris (France) Surface: sand
Result: 3:2
Team Wilmer Allison John Van Ryn Ellsworth Vines
Captain Bernon Prentice