1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

Main article: 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

5 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] Japan defeated Cuba in the final, and went on to face France in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw
  Quarterfinals
11–13 June		 Semifinals
25–27 June; 16–18 July		 Final
19–21 August
                           
  Mexico City, Mexico
    Mexico 1  
    Japan 4     San Francisco, CA, United States (grass)
      Japan 5  
      Philippines 0  
   bye
    Philippines     Montreal, Canada (grass)
      Japan 5
        Cuba 0
    Cuba  
   bye     Havana, Cuba (clay)
      Cuba 3
      Canada 2  
   bye
    Canada  

Quarterfinals

Mexico vs. Japan

Mexico
1		 Club Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico [3]
11–13 June 1926
clay
Japan
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Alfonso Unda
Takeichi Harada		 2
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2
Manuel Llano
Teizo Toba		 1
6 		7
5		 3
6 		4
6 		   
3
Claude Butlin / Manuel Llano
Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara		 0
6 		7
9 		4
6 		     
4
Claude Butlin
Teizo Toba		 6
2		 6
3		 6
1		      
5
Mariano Lozano Alatorre
Tsumio Tawara		 1
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     

Semifinals

Japan vs. Philippines

Japan
5		 San Francisco, CA, United States [4]
25–27 June 1926
Grass
Philippines
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tsumio Tawara
Guillermo Aragon		 8
6		 6
1		 8
6		      
2
Takeichi Harada
Francisco Aragon		 6
0		 6
4		 6
3		      
3
Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara
Francisco Aragon / Guillermo Aragon		 6
3		 1
6 		5
7 		6
2		 6
2		  
4
Takeichi Harada
Guillermo Aragon		 6
2		 6
3		 7
5		      
5
Tsumio Tawara
Francisco Aragon		 6
2		 8
6		 4
6 		1
6 		7
5		  

Cuba vs. Canada

Cuba
3		 Havana, Cuba [5]
16–18 July 1926
Clay
Canada
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Rogelio Paris
Jack Wright		 2
6 		6
4		 2
6 		6
3		 6
4		  
2
Vicente Banet
Willard Crocker		 4
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
3
Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris
Willard Crocker / Jack Wright		 8
6		 3
6 		6
8 		8
6		 6
2		  
4
Vicente Banet
Jack Wright		 4
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
5
Rogelio Paris
Willard Crocker		 6
4		 6
2		 6
4		      

Final

Japan vs. Cuba

Japan
0		 Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada [2]
19–21 August 1926
Grass
Cuba
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Takeichi Harada
Rogelio Paris		 7
5		 6
0		 6
3		      
2
Tsumio Tawara
Vicente Banet		 9
7		 6
1		 6
2		      
3
Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara
Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris		 6
4		 6
3		 6
2		      
4
Tsumio Tawara
Rogelio Paris		 6
2		 6
0		 6
2		      
5
Tezio Toba
Vicente Banet		 6
2		 6
2		 6
2		      

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. "Japan v Cuba". daviscup.com.
  3. "Mexico v Japan". daviscup.com.
  4. "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  5. "Cuba v Canada". daviscup.com.
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