1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1927 was the 22nd 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. In this case, France has also set against Japan 3-0. In taking place from September 8 to 10 final against the defending champion United States beat France 3-2 USA after it was in the past two years failed in each case. France won with it the first title in the history of the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and ended the U.S. series of seven consecutive Final victories.
- 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. The following teams played to a Final ticket against the defending champion.
Europe Zone
In the Europe Zone came to a total of 21 teams. For Greece and Yugoslavia, there was in each case the first participation in the competition.
- Belgium
- British India British India
- Denmark Denmark
- Germany German Empire
- France France
- United Kingdom United Kingdom
- Ireland Ireland
- Italy 1861 Italy
- Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
- 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 four participants.
- Canada 1921 Canada
- Cuba Cuba
- Japan Japan
- Mexico 1918 Mexico
The tournament
Europe Zone
America zone
Playoff
In the playoff between the two winners of the continental zones won like last year France over Japan, and moved for the third time in a row the finals against the defending champion United States a.
France 3 Japan 0
Venue: Boston ( USA) Date: 25 bis August 27, 1926 Playing surface: Grass
Final
In the third final between the U.S. and France in series for the first time, the French challenger was able to prevail.
Team Frank Hunter Bill Johnston Bill Tilden
Captain Charles Garland
Date: 8 bis September 10, 1926 Location: Philadelphia (USA) Surface: grass
Result: 2:3
Team Jean Borotra Jacques Brugnon Henri Cochet René Lacoste
Captain Pierre Gillou