- 1934 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The 1934 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 29th edition of what is now known as the
Davis Cup . 23 teams would enter the Europe Zone, 10 beginning in the main draw and 13 beginning in the Qualifying Rounds; while only 5 would enter the Americas Zone, 3 in North America and 2 in South America.The United States walked over Brazil in the Americas Zone, after Brazil received a walkover in the only South American tie. The USA defeated Australia in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but would fall to Great Britain in the Challenge Round. The final was played at
Centre Court inWimbledon, London ,England on 28-31 July.America Zone
North/Central America draw
4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=24-27 May
RD2date=30 May-1 JuneRD1T1-loc=Wilmington, DE,
United States (grass)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|USA|1912 | RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|CAN|1921 | RD1-score2=0RD1T2-loc=
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=bye | RD1-score3=
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|MEX|1917 | RD1-score4=RD2T1-loc=Baltimore, MD,
United States (grass)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|USA|1912 | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|MEX|1917 | RD2-score2=0outh America draw
Americas Inter-Zonal round
United States defeated Brazil by
walkover .Europe Zone
Draw
DCWorld
RD1-date=18-20 May
RD2-date=7-10 June
RD3-date=15-17 June
RD4-date=13-15 JulyRD1T1-loc=
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|AUS | RD1-score1=
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=RD1T2-loc=
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|JPN | RD1-score3=
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=bye | RD1-score4=RD1T3-loc=
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|GER | RD1-score5=
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=bye | RD1-score6=RD1T4-loc=
Paris ,France (clay)
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|FRA | RD1-score7=5
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|AUT | RD1-score8=0RD1T5-loc=
Lucerne ,Switzerland
RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9=davis|SUI | RD1-score9=5
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|IND|British | RD1-score10=0RD1T6-loc=
RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=bye | RD1-score11=
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|ITA|1861 | RD1-score12=RD1T7-loc=
RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=bye | RD1-score13=
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|TCH | RD1-score14=RD1T8-loc=
RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=bye | RD1-score15=
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|NZL | RD1-score16=RD2T1-loc=
Eastbourne ,England (grass)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|AUS | RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|JPN | RD2-score2=1RD2T2-loc=
Paris ,France (clay)
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|GER | RD2-score3=2
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|FRA | RD2-score4=3RD2T3-loc=
Rome ,Italy (clay)
RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=davis|SUI | RD2-score5=0
RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=davis|ITA|1861 | RD2-score6=5RD2T4-loc=
Prague ,Czechoslovakia
RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=davis|TCH | RD2-score7=4
RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=davis|NZL | RD2-score8=1RD3T1-loc=
Paris ,France (clay)
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|AUS | RD3-score1=3
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|FRA | RD3-score2=2RD3T2-loc=
Milan ,Italy (clay)
RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=davis|ITA|1861 | RD3-score3=2
RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=davis|TCH | RD3-score4=3RD4T1-loc=
Prague ,Czechoslovakia (clay)
RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=davis|AUS | RD4-score1=3
RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=davis|TCH | RD4-score2=2Final
DavisCupbox
team1=Czechoslovakia
team2=Australia
venue=Prague ,Czechoslovakia
date=13 July - 15 July 1934
surface=clay
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Roderich Menzel |10 |6 |8 | | |T2P1=Vivian McGrath |8 |2 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ladislav Hecht |4 |2 |2 | | |T2P1=Jack Crawford |6 |6 |6 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ladislav Hecht |T1P2=Roderich Menzel |4 |3 |4 | | |T2P1=Jack Crawford |T2P2=Adrian Quist |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Roderich Menzel |6 |6 |2 |8 | |T2P1=Jack Crawford |4 |4 |6 |6 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ladislav Hecht |6 |2 |1 |5 | |T2P1=Vivian McGrath |3 |6 |6 |7 |Qualifying Rounds
16Team-2Round-Compact
RD1-date=3-19 August
RD1-name=Second Round
RD2-date=24 August-2 SeptemberRD1T1-loc=
Warsaw ,Poland
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|POL | RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|EST | RD1-score2=0RD1T2-loc=
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|AUT | RD1-score3=
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|GRE|old | RD1-score4=w/oRD1T3-loc=
Berlin ,Germany
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|GER|empire | RD1-score5=5
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|ROU|1867 | RD1-score6=0RD1T4-loc=
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|DEN | RD1-score7=w/o
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|SUI | RD1-score8=RD1T5-loc=
Stockholm ,Sweden
RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9=davis|SWE | RD1-score9=3
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|IRL | RD1-score10=2RD1T6-loc=
Amsterdam ,Netherlands (clay)
RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|MON | RD1-score11=1
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|NED | RD1-score12=4RD1T7-loc=
Budapest ,Hungary (clay)
RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|HUN|1920 | RD1-score13=3
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|NOR | RD1-score14=2RD1T8-loc=
RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|Yugoslavia|kingdom | RD1-score15=w/o
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|ESP|1931 | RD1-score16=RD2T1-loc=
Warsaw ,Poland
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|POL | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|GRE|old | RD2-score2=0RD2T2-loc=
Copenhagen ,Denmark
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|GER|empire | RD2-score3=5
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|DEN | RD2-score4=0RD2T3-loc=
Stockholm ,Sweden
RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=davis|SWE | RD2-score5=2
RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=davis|NED | RD2-score6=3RD2T4-loc=
Budapest ,Hungary
RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=davis|HUN|1920 | RD2-score7=2
RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=davis|Yugoslavia|kingdom | RD2-score8=3Poland, Germany, Netherlands, and Yugoslavia advance to main draw in 1935. [The draw for 1935 turned out to be undersubscribed, and the qualifying system scrapped. Had enough teams entered, these four would have been in the main draw along with semifinalists from the 1934 main draw.]Inter-Zonal Zone
DavisCupbox
team1=Australia
team2=United States |team2-var=1912
venue=Centre Court ,Wimbledon, London ,England
date=21 July - 25 July 1934
surface=grass
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jack Crawford |6 |6 |12 | | |T2P1=Frank Shields |1 |2 |10 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vivian McGrath |7 |6 |1 |9 | |T2P1=Sidney Wood |5 |4 |6 |7 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jack Crawford |T1P2=Adrian Quist |4 |4 |6 |4 | |T2P1=George Lott |T2P2=Lester Stoefen |6 |6 |2 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jack Crawford |3 |7 |6 |6 |2 |T2P1=Sidney Wood |6 |9 |4 |4 |6
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vivian McGrath |4 |2 |4 | | |T2P1=Frank Shields |6 |6 |6 | | |Challenge Round
DavisCupbox
team1=Great Britain
team2=United States |team2-var=1912
venue=Centre Court ,Wimbledon, London ,England
date=28 July - 31 July 1934
surface=grass
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bunny Austin |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Frank Shields |4 |4 |1 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Fred Perry |6 |4 |5 |6 |6 |T2P1=Sidney Wood |1 |6 |7 |0 |3
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Patrick Hughes |T1P2=Harry Lee |5 |0 |6 |7 | |T2P1=George Lott |T2P2=Lester Stoefen |7 |6 |4 |9 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Fred Perry |6 |4 |6 |15 | |T2P1=Frank Shields |4 |6 |2 |13 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bunny Austin |6 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Sidney Wood |4 |0 |8 |3 |Notes
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