- 1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The 1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 26th edition of what is now known as the
Davis Cup . Due to an increase in South American entries, the Americas Zone was split into the North/Central American Zone and the South American Zone. The winner of each sub-zone would play to determine who moved to the Inter-Zonal round. 22 teams would enter the Europe Zone, while 7 would enter the Americas Zone.The United States defeated Argentina in the American Zone, but would then lose to Great Britain in the Inter-Zonal play-off. France defeated Great Britain in the Challenge Round, giving France their fifth straight title. The final was played at Stade Roland Garros in
Paris ,France on 24-26 July.America Zone
North/Central America draw
4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=1-3 May
RD2date=21-23 MayRD1T1-loc=
Mexico City ,Mexico (clay)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|USA|1912 | RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|MEX|1917 | RD1-score2=0RD1T2-loc=
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=bye | RD1-score3=
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|CAN|1921 | RD1-score4=RD2T1-loc=
Montreal ,Canada (grass)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|USA|1912 | RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|CAN|1921 | RD2-score2=1outh America draw
8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=26-28 March
RD2date=2-4 April
RD3date=24-26 AprilRD1T1-loc=
Asunción ,Paraguay
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|PAR | RD1-score1=0
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|ARG | RD1-score2=5RD1T2-loc=
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|URU | RD1-score3=
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=bye | RD1-score4=RD1T3-loc=
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=bye | RD1-score5=
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|BRA | RD1-score6=RD1T4-loc=
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=bye | RD1-score7=
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|CHI | RD1-score8=RD2T1-loc=
Buenos Aires ,Argentina (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|ARG | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|URU | RD2-score2=0RD2T2-loc=
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|BRA | RD2-score3=
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|CHI | RD2-score4=w/oRD3T1-loc=
Santiago, Chile
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|ARG | RD3-score1=3
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|CHI | RD3-score2=0Americas Inter-Zonal round
DavisCupbox
team1=United States |team1-var=1912
team2=Argentina
venue=Chevy Chase Lawn Tennis Club, Chevy Chase, MD,United States
date=28 May - 30 May 1931
surface=clay
score1=5
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Frank Shields |3 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Guillermo Robson |6 |2 |2 |2 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Sidney Wood |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Ronald Boyd |4 |1 |2 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Wilmer Allison |T1P2=Sidney Wood |6 |8 |2 |4 | |T2P1=Lucilo del Castillo |T2P2=Adriano Zappa |4 |6 |6 |2 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Frank Shields |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Ronald Boyd |2 |2 |2 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Clifford Sutter |3 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Guillermo Robson |6 |4 |3 |3 | |Europe Zone
Draw
32TeamBracket-Compact-info
RD1-date=16 April-5 May
RD2-date=8-17 May
RD3-date=20 May-6 June
RD4-date=12-18 June
RD5-date=9-11 JulyRD1-seed01= | RD1-team01=davis|FIN | RD1-score01=
RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=bye | RD1-score02=RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=davis|EGY|1922 | RD1-score03=
RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=bye | RD1-score04=RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=davis|YUG|kingdom | RD1-score05=
RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=bye | RD1-score06=RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=davis|JPN | RD1-score07=
RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=bye | RD1-score08=RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=davis|BEL | RD1-score09=
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=bye | RD1-score10=RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|GBR | RD1-score11=5
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|MON | RD1-score12=0RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|GER | RD1-score13=0
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|RSA|1928 | RD1-score14=5RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|SUI | RD1-score15=0
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|IRL | RD1-score16=5RD1-seed17= | RD1-team17=davis|GRE|old | RD1-score17=3
RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18=davis|AUT | RD1-score18=2RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19=davis|ESP|1785 | RD1-score19=2
RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20=davis|TCH | RD1-score20=3RD1-seed21= | RD1-team21=davis|ITA|1861 | RD1-score21=4
RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22=davis|HUN|1920 | RD1-score22=1RD1-seed23= | RD1-team23=davis|NED | RD1-score23=
RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24=bye | RD1-score24=RD1-seed25= | RD1-team25=davis|NOR | RD1-score25=
RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26=bye | RD1-score26=RD1-seed27= | RD1-team27=davis|POL | RD1-score27=
RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28=bye | RD1-score28=RD1-seed29= | RD1-team29=davis|DEN | RD1-score29=
RD1-seed30= | RD1-team30=bye | RD1-score30=RD1-seed31= | RD1-team31=davis|ROU | RD1-score31=
RD1-seed32= | RD1-team32=bye | RD1-score32=RD2T1-loc=
Helsinki ,Finland
RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=davis|FIN | RD2-score01=1
RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=davis|EGY|1922 | RD2-score02=4RD2T2-loc=
Zagreb ,Yugoslavia
RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=davis|YUG|kingdom | RD2-score03=0
RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=davis|JPN | RD2-score04=5RD2T3-loc=
Brussels ,Belgium (clay)
RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=davis|BEL | RD2-score05=0
RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=davis|GBR | RD2-score06=5RD2T4-loc=
Dublin ,Ireland (grass)
RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=davis|RSA|1928 | RD2-score07=4
RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=davis|IRL | RD2-score08=1RD2T5-loc=
Athens ,Greece
RD2-seed09= | RD2-team09=davis|GRE|old | RD2-score09=1
RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10=davis|TCH | RD2-score10=4RD2T6-loc=
Turin ,Italy (clay)
RD2-seed11= | RD2-team11=davis|ITA|1861 | RD2-score11=3
RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12=davis|NED | RD2-score12=0RD2T7-loc=
Oslo ,Norway (clay)
RD2-seed13= | RD2-team13=davis|NOR | RD2-score13=0
RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14=davis|POL | RD2-score14=3RD2T8-loc=
Copenhagen ,Denmark
RD2-seed15= | RD2-team15=davis|DEN | RD2-score15=5
RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16=davis|ROU | RD2-score16=0RD3T1-loc=
Paris ,France (clay)
RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=davis|EGY|1922 | RD3-score01=0
RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=davis|JPN | RD3-score02=5RD3T2-loc=
Eastbourne ,England (grass)
RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=davis|GBR | RD3-score03=5
RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=davis|RSA|1928 | RD3-score04=0RD3T3-loc=
Prague ,Czechoslovakia
RD3-seed05= | RD3-team05=davis|TCH | RD3-score05=3
RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06=davis|ITA|1861 | RD3-score06=0RD3T4-loc=
Copenhagen ,Denmark
RD3-seed07= | RD3-team07=davis|POL | RD3-score07=2
RD3-seed08= | RD3-team08=davis|DEN | RD3-score08=3RD4T1-loc=
Eastbourne ,England (grass)
RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=davis|JPN | RD4-score01=0
RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=davis|GBR | RD4-score02=5RD4T2-loc=
Copenhagen ,Denmark
RD4-seed03= | RD4-team03=davis|TCH | RD4-score03=5
RD4-seed04= | RD4-team04=davis|DEN | RD4-score04=0RD5T1-loc=
Prague ,Czechoslovakia (clay)
RD5-seed01= | RD5-team01=davis|GBR | RD5-score01=4
RD5-seed02= | RD5-team02=davis|TCH | RD5-score02=1Final
DavisCupbox
team1=Czechoslovakia
team2=Great Britain
venue=Prague ,Czechoslovakia
date=9 July - 11 July 1931
surface=clay
score1=1
score2=4
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Rodrich Menzel |6 |2 |8 |3 |3 |T2P1=Bunny Austin |3 |6 |6 |6 |6
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ladislav Hecht |1 |6 |3 | | |T2P1=Fred Perry |6 |8 |6 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ferenc Marsalek |T1P2=Rodrich Menzel |4 |6 |4 |2 | |T2P1=Patrick Hughes |T2P2=Fred Perry |6 |4 |6 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ladislav Hecht |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=Bunny Austin |2 |5 |4 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Rodrich Menzel |7 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Fred Perry |5 |3 |5 | |Inter-Zonal Zone
DavisCupbox
team1=United States |team1-var=1912
team2=Great Britain
venue=Stade Roland Garros,Paris ,France
date=17 July - 19 July 1931
surface=clay
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Sidney Wood |6 |0 |6 |5 | |T2P1=Bunny Austin |2 |6 |8 |7 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Frank Shields |10 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Fred Perry |8 |4 |2 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=George Lott |T1P2=John Van Ryn |6 |6 |4 |6 | |T2P1=Patrick Hughes |T2P2=Fred Perry |1 |3 |6 |3 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Sidney Wood |3 |10 |3 |3 | |T2P1=Fred Perry |6 |8 |6 |6 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Frank Shields |6 |3 |5 | | |T2P1=Bunny Austin |8 |6 |7 | | |Challenge Round
DavisCupbox
team1=France
team2=Great Britain
venue=Stade Roland Garros,Paris ,France
date=24 July - 26 July 1931
surface=clay
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Henri Cochet |3 |11 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Bunny Austin |6 |9 |2 |4 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jean Borotra |6 |8 |0 |6 |4 |T2P1=Fred Perry |4 |10 |6 |4 |6
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jacques Brugnon |T1P2=Henri Cochet |6 |5 |6 |8 | |T2P1=Patrick Hughes |T2P2=Charles Kingsley |1 |7 |3 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jean Borotra |5 |3 |6 |5 | |T2P1=Bunny Austin |7 |6 |3 |7 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Henri Cochet |6 |1 |9 |6 | |T2P1=Fred Perry |4 |6 |7 |3 |
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