1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1925 was the 20th edition of the competition organized by the ITF for men's national teams in tennis. The competition was as in previous years in two continental areas, the discharged Europe and the Americas zone. The winners of the two zones played a playoff for the final. For the third time in a row this playoff was contested by Australia and France, with France could prevail for the first time. In from 11 to 13 September held finale retained but defending champion United States 5-0 clearly the upper hand, and thus secured the date tenth title and sixth in a row.
- 2.1 Europe zone
- 2.2 America zone
- 2.3 playoff
- 4.1 References
Participant
Including the Defender 26 countries took part in the competition. Thus, a new record was achieved for the fifth 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 16 teams. For Poland, Portugal and Sweden it was in each case the first part of the International Lawn Tennis Challenge.
- Belgium
- British India British India
- Denmark Denmark
- France France
- United Kingdom United Kingdom
- Ireland Ireland
- Italy 1861 Italy
- Netherlands The Netherlands
- Austria Austria
- Poland Poland
- Portugal
- Romania Romania Kingdom
- Sweden Sweden
- Switzerland Switzerland
- Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
- Hungary 1918 Hungary
America zone
The American zone consisted of nine participants. Hawaii reported for the last time for the competition. A special feature is the participation of Spain in the Americas region, which previously had always competed in the Europe zone.
- Australia Australia
- USA - Hawaii
- Japan Japan
- China Empire 1916 Imperial China
- Canada 1921 Canada
- Cuba Cuba
- Mexico 1918 Mexico
- New Zealand New Zealand
- Spain 1785 Spain
The tournament
Europe Zone
America zone
Playoff
In the playoff between the two winners of the continental zones France triumphed over Australia, and moved for the first time in the final against the defending champion United States a. It should be the first of nine French runners-up in series.
France 3 Australia 1
Venue: Forest Hills (New York City, USA) Date 4th to September 7th, 1925 Playing surface: Grass
Final
The United States had in the match for the title no game leave, and secured their sixth consecutive title.
Team Bill Johnston Vincent Richards Bill Tilden Richard Williams
Captain Richard Williams
Date: 11 bis September 13, 1925 Location: Philadelphia (USA) Surface: grass
Result: 5:0
Team Jean Borotra René Lacoste
Captain Max Décugis