1948 Davis Cup

The 1948 Davis Cup was the 37th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 29 teams would enter the competition, 25 in the Europe Zone, and 4 in the Americas Zone.

Australia defeated Mexico in the Americas Zone, and Czechoslovakia defeated Sweden in the Europe Zone. Australia defeated Sweden 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 4-6 September.

Americas Zone

Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=July
RD2date=6-8 August

RD1T1-loc=Havana, Cuba
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|AUS | RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|CUB | RD1-score2=0

RD1T2-loc=Montreal, Canada (grass)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|CAN|1921 | RD1-score3=1
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|MEX|1934 | RD1-score4=4

RD2T1-loc=Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|AUS | RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|MEX|1934 | RD2-score2=1

Final

DavisCupbox
team1=Mexico |team1-var=1934
team2=Australia
venue=Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
date=6 August - 8 August 1948
surface=clay
score1=1
score2=4
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Armando Vega |6 |6 |6 |4 |5 |T2P1=Bill Sidwell |2 |8 |3 |6 |7
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Gustavo Palafox |4 |1 |4 | | |T2P1=Adrian Quist |6 |6 |6 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Gustavo Palafox |T1P2=Armando Vega |0 |2 |2 | | |T2P1=Geoffrey Brown |T2P2=Colin Long |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Armando Vega |9 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Adrian Quist |7 |4 |2 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Francisco Guerrero-Arcocha |1 |4 |2 | | |T2P1=Bill Sidwell |6 |6 |6 | | |

Europe Zone

Draw

32TeamBracket-Compact-info
RD1-date=22 April-5 May
RD2-date=6-17 May
RD3-date=10-13 June
RD4-date=9-11 July
RD5-date=27-29 July

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

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

RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=davis|NOR | RD1-score05=
RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=bye | RD1-score06=

RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=davis|GBR | RD1-score07=3
RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=davis|IND | RD1-score08=2

RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=davis|HUN|1949 | RD1-score09=5
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|AUT | RD1-score10=0

RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|ROU|1948 | RD1-score11=2
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|FRA | RD1-score12=3

RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|ESP|1939 | RD1-score13=0
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|SWE | RD1-score14=4

RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|SUI | RD1-score15=3
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|PAK | RD1-score16=2

RD1-seed17= | RD1-team17=davis|IRL | RD1-score17=5
RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18=davis|LUX | RD1-score18=0

RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19=davis|DEN | RD1-score19=3
RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20=davis|EGY|1922 | RD1-score20=2

RD1-seed21= | RD1-team21=davis|TUR | RD1-score21=0
RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22=davis|YUG | RD1-score22=5

RD1-seed23= | RD1-team23=davis|ITA | RD1-score23=w/o
RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24=davis|POL | RD1-score24=

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

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

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

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

RD2T1-loc=Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=davis|NED | RD2-score01=5
RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=davis|POR | RD2-score02=0

RD2T2-loc=Oslo, Norway (clay)
RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=davis|NOR | RD2-score03=1
RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=davis|GBR | RD2-score04=4

RD2T3-loc=Paris, France (clay)
RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=davis|HUN|1949 | RD2-score05=4
RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=davis|FRA | RD2-score06=1

RD2T4-loc=Stockholm, Sweden
RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=davis|SWE | RD2-score07=5
RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=davis|SUI | RD2-score08=0

RD2T5-loc=Dublin, Ireland (grass)
RD2-seed09= | RD2-team09=davis|IRL | RD2-score09=2
RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10=davis|DEN | RD2-score10=3

RD2T6-loc=Zagreb, Yugoslavia
RD2-seed11= | RD2-team11=davis|YUG | RD2-score11=2
RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12=davis|ITA | RD2-score12=3

RD2T7-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia
RD2-seed13= | RD2-team13=davis|TCH | RD2-score13=4
RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14=davis|BRA | RD2-score14=1

RD2T8-loc=Brussels, Belgium
RD2-seed15= | RD2-team15=davis|BEL | RD2-score15=3
RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16=davis|ARG | RD2-score16=2

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

RD3T2-loc=Budapest, Hungary
RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=davis|HUN|1949 | RD3-score03=2
RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=davis|SWE | RD3-score04=3

RD3T3-loc=Turin, Italy (clay)
RD3-seed05= | RD3-team05=davis|DEN | RD3-score05=0
RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06=davis|ITA | RD3-score06=5

RD3T4-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia
RD3-seed07= | RD3-team07=davis|TCH | RD3-score07=3
RD3-seed08= | RD3-team08=davis|BEL | RD3-score08=2

RD4T1-loc=Stockholm, Sweden (clay)
RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=davis|GBR | RD4-score01=1
RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=davis|SWE | RD4-score02=4

RD4T2-loc=Milan, Italy (clay)
RD4-seed03= | RD4-team03=davis|ITA | RD4-score03=2
RD4-seed04= | RD4-team04=davis|TCH | RD4-score04=3

RD5T1-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia
RD5-seed01= | RD5-team01=davis|SWE | RD5-score01=1
RD5-seed02= | RD5-team02=davis|TCH | RD5-score02=4

Final

DavisCupbox
team1=Czechoslovakia
team2=Sweden
venue=Prague, Czechoslovakia
date=27 July - 29 July 1948
surface=
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vladimir Cernik |6 |4 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Torsten Johansson |4 |6 |3 |3 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaroslav Drobný |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Lennart Bergelin |0 |3 |5 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vladimir Cernik |T1P2=Jaroslav Drobný |2 |1 |2 | | |T2P1=Lennart Bergelin |T2P2=Torsten Johansson |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vladimir Zabrodsky |3 |6 |2 |3 | |T2P1=Torsten Johansson |6 |3 |6 |6 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ferdinand Vrba |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Börje Fornstedt |3 |1 |3 | |

Inter-Zonal Zone

DavisCupbox
team1=Czechoslovakia
team2=Australia
venue=Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States
date=19 August - 22 August 1948
surface=grass
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vladimir Cernik |2 |11 |0 | | |T2P1=Adrian Quist |6 |13 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaroslav Drobný |3 |2 |11 |12 | |T2P1=Bill Sidwell |6 |6 |9 |14 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vladimir Cernik |T1P2=Jaroslav Drobný |10 |4 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Geoffrey Brown |T2P2=Colin Long |8 |6 |3 |4 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaroslav Drobný |6 |3 |18 |6 |7 |T2P1=Adrian Quist |8 |6 |16 |3 |5
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vladimir Cernik |5 |4 |2 | | |T2P1=Bill Sidwell |7 |6 |6 | | |

Challenge Round

DavisCupbox
team1=United States |team1-var=1912
team2=Australia
venue=West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States
date=4 September - 6 September 1948
surface=grass
score1=5
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Frank Parker |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Bill Sidwell |4 |4 |4 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ted Schroeder |6 |4 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Adrian Quist |3 |6 |0 |0 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Gardnar Mulloy |T1P2=Bill Talbert |8 |9 |2 |7 | |T2P1=Colin Long |T2P2=Bill Sidwell |6 |7 |6 |5 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ted Schroeder |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Bill Sidwell |2 |1 |1 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Frank Parker |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Adrian Quist |2 |2 |3 | |