1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1928 was the 23rd 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, the USA against Italy prevailed 4-1. In from 27 to 29 July during the final against defending champions France France defeated the United States 4-1. France won so the second title in the history of the International Lawn Tennis Challenge.
- 2.1 Europe zone
- 2.2 America zone
- 2.3 playoff
- 4.1 References
Participant
Including the Defender 34 countries took part in the competition, which is a record number of participants has been reached. The following teams played to a Final ticket against the defending champion.
Europe Zone
In the Europe Zone came to a total of 27 teams. For Chile, Finland and Norway, there was in each case the first participation in the competition.
- Argentina Argentina
- Australia Australia
- Belgium
- British India British India
- Chile Chile
- Denmark Denmark
- Germany German Empire
- Finland Finland
- United Kingdom United Kingdom
- Ireland Ireland
- Italy 1861 Italy
- Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
- New Zealand New Zealand
- Netherlands The Netherlands
- Norway Norway
- Austria Austria
- Philippines 1919 Philippines
- 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 six participants.
- China Republic 1928 Republic of China
- Canada 1921 Canada
- Cuba Cuba
- Japan Japan
- Mexico 1918 Mexico
- United States 48 United States
The tournament
Europe Zone
America zone
Playoff
In the playoff between the two winners of the continental zones, the U.S. triumphed over Italy, and attracted so for the ninth consecutive year, the final one.
United States 48 4 Italy 1861 1
Venue: Paris ( France) Date: 20 bis July 22, 1928 Playing surface: sand
Final
The fourth final between the U.S. and France in the French series defending champion won out 4-1.
Team Jean Borotra Henri Cochet René Lacoste
Captain Pierre Gillou
Date 27 bis July 29, 1928 Location: Paris (France) Surface: sand
Result: 4:1
Team John Hennessey Frank Hunter Bill Tilden
Captain Joseph Wear