1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1938 was the 33rd 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 continental playoff to Australia won against the German Empire, but was defeated in the subsequent from 3 to 5 September held the final defending champion United States. It was the 13th title in the USA so far.
- 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
- Belgium
- British India British India
- Denmark Denmark
- Deutsches Reich Nazi German Empire
- France France
- United Kingdom United Kingdom
- Ireland Ireland
- Italy 1861 Italy
- Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
- Monaco Monaco
- New Zealand New Zealand
- Netherlands The Netherlands
- Norway Norway
- Austria Austria
- Poland Poland
- Romania 1867 Romania principality
- Sweden Sweden
- Switzerland Switzerland
- Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
- Hungary 1918 Hungary
America zone
- Australia Australia
- Japan Japan
- Canada 1921 Canada
- Mexico 1934 Mexico
The tournament
In the following illustrations the host of a given lot in italics, and the winner is in bold. Without labeled host games took place on neutral ground.
Europe Zone
America zone
Playoff
In the playoff between the two winners of the continental zones Australia triumphed over the German Reich. Here, the German Empire could not win a single set.
Australia 5 German Empire NS 0
Venue: Boston ( USA) Date 18 bis August 20, 1938 Playing surface:
Final
In the final between defending champion United States and Australia, the United States could prevail 3-2. It was the most 13 titles of the United States. The finale should be the first of 16 consecutive finals between the U.S. and Australia, as well as the first of 25 with Australian involvement in a row.
Team Don Budge Gene Mako Bobby Riggs
Captain Walter Pate
Date: 3 bis September 5, 1938 Location: Philadelphia (USA) Surface: grass
Result: 3:2
Team John Bromwich Adrian Quist
Captain Harry Hopman