1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

Main article: 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

9 teams entered the America Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the Europe Zone.[1] Australia defeated Japan in the final, and went on to face France in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw
  First Round
4–6 July
       
  Havana, Cuba (clay)
    Spain 5
    Cuba 0
  Quarterfinals
16–19 July		 Semifinals
13–15 August		 Final
20–22 August
                           
 
    Canada [3] w/o  
    New Zealand     Montreal, Canada (grass)
      Canada 0  
      Australia 5  
    Hawaii
    Australia [4] w/o     Boston, MA, United States (grass)
      Australia 4
  Mazatlán, Mexico (clay)       Japan 1
    Mexico 0  
    Spain 5     Baltimore, MD, United States (grass)
      Spain 2
      Japan 3  
    China
    Japan [5] w/o  

First round

Cuba vs. Spain

Cuba
0		 Vedado Tennis Club, Havana, Cuba [6]
4–6 July 1925
Clay
Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Vicente Banet
Manuel Alonso Areizaga		 4
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
2
Rogelio Paris
Eduardo Flaquer		 3
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
3
Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris
José María Alonso Areizaga / Manuel Alonso Areizaga		 6
8 		4
6 		6
8 		     
4
Rogelio Paris
Manuel Alonso Areizaga		 1
6 		0
6 		3
6 		     
5
Vicente Banet
Eduardo Flaquer		 1
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     

Quarterfinals

Mexico vs. Spain

Mexico
0		 Club Tenis Reforma, Mazatlán, Mexico [7]
16–19 July 1925
Clay
Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ignacio de la Borbolla
Eduardo Flaquer		 2
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2
Claude Butlin
Manuel Alonso Areizaga		 2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
3
Claude Butlin / Ignacio de la Borbolla
José María Alonso Areizaga / Manuel Alonso Areizaga		 4
6 		2
6 		5
7 		     
4
Claude Butlin
Eduardo Flaquer		 12
10		 4
6 		1
6 		5
7 		   
5
Ignacio de la Borbolla
Manuel Alonso Areizaga		 4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     

Semifinals

Canada vs. Australia

Canada
0		 Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada [8]
13–15 August 1925
Grass
Australia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Willard Crocker
James Anderson		 1
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
2
Jack Wright
Gerald Patterson		 7
5		 6
3		 3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		 
3
Willard Crocker / Jack Wright
John Hawkes / Gerald Patterson		 0
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4
Jack Wright
James Anderson		 2
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
5
Willard Crocker
Gerald Patterson		 4
6 		9
11 		4
6 		     

Japan vs. Spain

Japan
3		 Baltimore Country Club, Baltimore, MD, United States [9]
13–15 August 1925
Grass
Spain
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Takeichi Harada
Eduardo Flaquer		 6
2		 6
4		 6
0		      
2
Zenzo Shimizu
Manuel Alonso Areizaga		 5
7 		0
6 		6
3		 3
6 		   
3
Takeichi Harada / Zenzo Shimizu
José María Alonso Areizaga / Manuel Alonso Areizaga		 6
2		 6
3		 2
6 		8
10 		6
3		  
4
Takeichi Harada
Manuel Alonso Areizaga		 2
6 		6
4		 6
3		 6
4		    
5
Zenzo Shimizu
Eduardo Flaquer		 6
3		 0
6 		3
6 		4
6 		   

Final

Australia vs. Japan

Australia
4		 Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States [2]
20–22 August 1925
Grass
Japan
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Gerald Patterson
Zenzo Shimizu		 6
1		 6
4		 6
2		      
2
James Anderson
Takeichi Harada		 6
4		 3
6 		6
3		 6
1		    
3
John Hawkes / Gerald Patterson
Takeichi Harada / Zenzo Shimizu		 6
1		 6
2		 9
7		      
4
Gerald Patterson
Takeichi Harada		 2
6 		6
3		 1
6 		5
7 		   
5
John Hawkes
Masanosuke Fukuda		 6
1		 6
3		 6
0		      

References
  1. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. "Australia v Japan". daviscup.com.
  3. "Canada v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  4. "Australia v Hawaii". daviscup.com.
  5. "Japan v China". daviscup.com.
  6. "Cuba v Spain". daviscup.com.
  7. "Mexico v Spain". daviscup.com.
  8. "Canada v Australia". daviscup.com.
  9. "Japan v Spain". daviscup.com.
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