1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1926 was the 21st edition of the contest 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. In this case, France has also set against Japan 3-2. In the 9th and 11th of September place finale retained but defending champion United States 4-1 clearly the upper hand, and thus secured the previously eleventh title and the seventh 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 25 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 19 teams.
- Argentina Argentina
- 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
- Spain 1785 Spain
- South Africa Union of South Africa 1912
- Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
- Hungary 1918 Hungary
America zone
The American zone consisted of five people.
- Canada 1921 Canada
- Cuba Cuba
- Japan Japan
- Mexico 1918 Mexico
- Philippines 1919 Philippines
The tournament
Europe Zone
First round
Second round to finals
America zone
Playoff
In the playoff between the two winners of the continental zones France triumphed over Japan, and moved so as in the previous year to the final against the defending champion United States a.
France 3 Japan 2
Venue: Forest Hills (New York City, USA) Date 26 bis August 28, 1926 Playing surface: Grass
Final
The USA won with a 4-1 victory over France in the seventh consecutive title.
Team Bill Johnston Vincent Richards Bill Tilden Richard Williams
Captain Richard Williams
Date: from 9 to September 11, 1926 Location: Philadelphia (USA) Surface: grass
Result: 4:1
Team Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon René Lacoste Henri Cochet
Captain Pierre Gillou