1947 Davis Cup

The 1947 Davis Cup was the 36th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 22 teams would enter the competition, 20 in the Europe Zone, and 2 in the Americas Zone.

Australia defeated Canada in the Americas Zone, and Czechoslovakia defeated Yugoslavia in the Europe Zone. Australia defeated Czechoslovakia in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but fell to defending champions the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the West Side Tennis Club in Forrest Hills, NY, United States on 30 August-1 September.

Americas Zone

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team1=Canada |team1-var=1921
team2=Australia
venue=Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada
date=8 August - 10 August 1947
surface=grass
score1=0
score2=5
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Henri Rochon |1 |4 |2 | | |T2P1=Dinny Pails |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Brendan Macken |4 |4 |1 | | |T2P1=Geoffrey Brown |6 |6 |6 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Edgar Lanthier |T1P2=Gordon MacNeal |2 |1 |0 | | |T2P1=John Bromwich |T2P2=Colin Long |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Brendan Macken |4 |2 |2 | | |T2P1=Dinny Pails |6 |6 |6 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Henri Rochon |3 |7 |2 | | |T2P1=Geoffrey Brown |6 |6 |6 | | |

Europe Zone

Draw

32TeamBracket-Compact-info
RD1-date=2-4 May
RD2-date=15-18 May
RD3-date=30 May-1 June
RD4-date=13-16 June
RD5-date=

RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01=davis|POL | RD1-score01=
RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=bye | RD1-score02=

RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=davis|GBR | RD1-score03=
RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=bye | RD1-score04=

RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=davis|NED | RD1-score05=
RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=bye | RD1-score06=

RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=davis|RSA|1928 | RD1-score07=
RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=bye | RD1-score08=

RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=davis|IRL | RD1-score09=
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=bye | RD1-score10=

RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|YUG | RD1-score11=
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=bye | RD1-score12=

RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|BEL | RD1-score13=5
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|LUX | RD1-score14=0

RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|ESP|1939 | RD1-score15=2
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|EGY|1922 | RD1-score16=3

RD1-seed17= | RD1-team17=davis|GRE|old | RD1-score17=1
RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18=davis|SUI | RD1-score18=4

RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19=davis|SWE | RD1-score19=2
RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20=davis|TCH | RD1-score20=3

RD1-seed21= | RD1-team21=bye | RD1-score21=
RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22=davis|NOR | RD1-score22=

RD1-seed23= | RD1-team23=bye | RD1-score23=
RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24=davis|NZL | RD1-score24=

RD1-seed25= | RD1-team25=bye | RD1-score25=
RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26=davis|FRA | RD1-score26=

RD1-seed27= | RD1-team27=bye | RD1-score27=
RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28=davis|IND | RD1-score28=

RD1-seed29= | RD1-team29=bye | RD1-score29=
RD1-seed30= | RD1-team30=davis|MON | RD1-score30=

RD1-seed31= | RD1-team31=bye | RD1-score31=
RD1-seed32= | RD1-team32=davis|DEN | RD1-score32=

RD2T1-loc=Warsaw, Poland (clay)
RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=davis|POL | RD2-score01=2
RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=davis|GBR | RD2-score02=3

RD2T2-loc=Amsterdam, Netherlands (clay)
RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=davis|NED | RD2-score03=1
RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=davis|RSA|1928 | RD2-score04=4

RD2T3-loc=Dublin, Ireland (grass)
RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=davis|IRL | RD2-score05=2
RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=davis|YUG | RD2-score06=3

RD2T4-loc=Brussels, Belgium
RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=davis|BEL | RD2-score07=4
RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=davis|EGY|1922 | RD2-score08=1

RD2T5-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia
RD2-seed09= | RD2-team09=davis|SUI | RD2-score09=1
RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10=davis|TCH | RD2-score10=4

RD2T6-loc=Oslo, Norway (clay)
RD2-seed11= | RD2-team11=davis|NOR | RD2-score11=2
RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12=davis|NZL | RD2-score12=3

RD2T7-loc=Paris, France (clay)
RD2-seed13= | RD2-team13=davis|FRA | RD2-score13=5
RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14=davis|IND | RD2-score14=0

RD2T8-loc=
RD2-seed15= | RD2-team15=davis|MON | RD2-score15=w/o
RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16=davis|DEN | RD2-score16=

RD3T1-loc=Scarborough, England (grass)
RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=davis|GBR | RD3-score01=1
RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=davis|RSA|1928 | RD3-score02=4

RD3T2-loc=Brussels, Belgium
RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=davis|YUG | RD3-score03=4
RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=davis|BEL | RD3-score04=1

RD3T3-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia
RD3-seed05= | RD3-team05=davis|TCH | RD3-score05=5
RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06=davis|NZL | RD3-score06=0

RD3T4-loc=Paris, France (clay)
RD3-seed07= | RD3-team07=davis|FRA | RD3-score07=5
RD3-seed08= | RD3-team08=davis|MON | RD3-score08=0

RD4T1-loc=Zagreb, Yugoslavia
RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=davis|RSA|1928 | RD4-score01=2
RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=davis|YUG | RD4-score02=3

RD4T2-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia
RD4-seed03= | RD4-team03=davis|TCH | RD4-score03=4
RD4-seed04= | RD4-team04=davis|FRA | RD4-score04=0

RD5T1-loc=Zagreb, Yugoslavia
RD5-seed01= | RD5-team01=davis|YUG | RD5-score01=0
RD5-seed02= | RD5-team02=davis|TCH | RD5-score02=4

Final

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team1=Yugoslavia
team2=Czechoslovakia
venue=Zagreb, Yugoslavia
date=13 July - 15 July 1947
surface=
score1=0
score2=4
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Dragutin Mitić |6 |0 |6 |1 |2 |T2P1=Vladimir Cernik |3 |6 |2 |6 |6
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Josip Palada |3 |6 |6 |3 | |T2P1=Jaroslav Drobný |6 |8 |2 |6 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Dragutin Mitić |T1P2=Josip Palada |3 |1 |3 | | |T2P1=Vladimir Cernik |T2P2=Jaroslav Drobný |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Dragutin Mitić |6 |3 |4 |6 |1 |T2P1=Jaroslav Drobný |1 |6 |6 |4 |6
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Josip Palada | | | | | |T2P1=Jan Smolinsky | | | | | |np=

Inter-Zonal Zone

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team1=Czechoslovakia
team2=Australia
venue=Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada
date=14 August - 16 August 1947
surface=grass
score1=1
score2=4
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vladimir Cernik |1 |1 |1 | | |T2P1=John Bromwich |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaroslav Drobný |6 |6 |4 |6 | |T2P1=Dinny Pails |3 |4 |6 |4 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vladimir Cernik |T1P2=Jaroslav Drobný |2 |2 |2 | | |T2P1=John Bromwich |T2P2=Colin Long |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaroslav Drobný |2 |4 |5 | | |T2P1=John Bromwich |6 |6 |7 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vladimir Cernik |3 |6 |6 |2 |3 |T2P1=Dinny Pails |6 |4 |3 |6 |6 |

Challenge Round

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team1=United States |team1-var=1912
team2=Australia
venue=West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States
date=30 August - 1 September 1947
surface=grass
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jack Kramer |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Dinny Pails |2 |1 |2 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ted Schroeder |6 |5 |6 |6 | |T2P1=John Bromwich |4 |7 |3 |4 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jack Kramer |T1P2=Ted Schroeder |4 |6 |2 |4 | |T2P1=John Bromwich |T2P2=Colin Long |6 |2 |6 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ted Schroeder |6 |8 |4 |9 |10 |T2P1=Dinny Pails |3 |6 |6 |11 |8
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jack Kramer |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=John Bromwich |3 |2 |2 | |