1924 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1924 was the 19th 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 zone. The winners of the two zones played a playoff for the final. Here, Australia sat against France 3-2. In from 11 to 13 September held finale retained but defending champion United States 5-0 like last year, clearly the upper hand. The United States thus secured the previously ninth title and the fifth in a row.
- 2.1 Europe zone 2.1.1 1st Round
- 2.1.2 2nd round to finals
- 4.1 References
Participant
Including the Defender 24 countries took part in the competition. Thus, a new record was achieved for the fourth time in a row. The following teams played to a Final ticket against the defending champion.
Europe Zone
In the Europe Zone came to a total of 17 teams. For New Zealand and Hungary, there was in each case the first part of the International Lawn Tennis Challenge.
- Argentina Argentina
- Belgium
- British India British India
- Denmark Denmark
- France France
- United Kingdom United Kingdom
- Ireland Ireland
- Italy 1861 Italy
- New Zealand New Zealand
- Netherlands The Netherlands
- Austria Austria
- Romania Romania Kingdom
- Switzerland Switzerland
- Spain 1785 Spain
- South Africa Union of South Africa 1912
- Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
- Hungary 1918 Hungary
America zone
The American zone consisted of six participants. For the Empire of China, Cuba and Mexico were the first appearances in the competition.
- Australia Australia
- Japan Japan
- China Empire 1916 Imperial China
- Canada 1921 Canada
- Cuba Cuba
- Mexico 1918 Mexico
The tournament
Europe Zone
First round
Second round to finals
America zone
Playoff
In the playoff between the two winners of the continental zones won like last year Australia over France, and moved for the third time in the finals series against the defending champion United States a.
Australia 3 France 2
Venue: Boston ( USA) Date 4th to September 6th, 1924 Playing surface: Grass
Final
The United States had in the match for the title, only a single set (double ) issue, and secured for the fifth time in a row the title.
Team Bill Johnston Vincent Richards Bill Tilden
Captain Richard Williams
Date: 11 bis September 13, 1924 Location: Philadelphia (USA) Surface: grass
Result: 5:0
Team Pat O'Hara Wood Gerald Patterson
Captain Gerald Patterson