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1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

1933 edition of the International Lawn Tennis Challenge

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1 Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and Kosmos Holding and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organisers as the "World Cup of Tennis", and the winners are referred to as the World Champion team. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Great Britain and the United States. By 2016, 135 nations entered teams into the competition. The most successful countries over the history of the tournament are the United States and Australia. The current champions are Spain, who beat Canada to win their sixth title in 2019.More
2 United States Davis Cup team
The United States of America's Davis Cup Team represents the United States in Davis Cup tennis competition, and is governed by the United States Tennis Association.More
3 Argentina Davis Cup team
The Argentina Davis Cup team represents Argentina in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Asociación Argentina de Tenis. As of 2016, the team has competed in the World Group since 2002 and reached the finals five times, winning the cup for the first time in the 2016 edition by defeating Croatia in the final. Argentina is currently #1 in the ITF Davis Cup rankings.More
4 Great Britain Davis Cup team
The Great Britain Davis Cup team is the men's national tennis team and has represented the United Kingdom internationally since 1900. Organised by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), it is one of the 50 members of International Tennis Federation's European association.More
5 Australia Davis Cup team
The Australian Davis Cup team is the second most successful team ever to compete in the Davis Cup, winning the coveted title on 28 separate occasions, second behind the United States with 32.More
6 France Davis Cup team
The France Davis Cup team represents France in Davis Cup tennis competition, and is governed by the Fédération Française de Tennis. France competed in their first Davis Cup in 1904.
France is the third most successful nation, with ten wins. Their most recent title came in 2017 .
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7 1912 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The 1912 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 11th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. After a six-year hiatus, France rejoined the competition; however, the United States pulled out of the competition. In the final, the British Isles regained the Cup from Australasia. The final was played at the Albert Ground in Melbourne, Australia on 28–30 November.More
8 Stade Roland Garros
Stade Roland Garros is a complex of tennis courts located in Paris that hosts the French Open, a tournament also known as Roland Garros. It is a Grand Slam championship tournament played annually around the end of May and the beginning of June. It is named after Roland Garros, a pioneering French aviator. The facility was constructed in 1928 to host France's first defence of the Davis Cup.More
9 Paris
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,148,271 residents as of 2020, in an area of 105 square kilometres. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, science and arts. The City of Paris is the centre and seat of government of the Île-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an estimated official 2020 population of 12,278,210, or about 18 percent of the population of France. The Paris Region had a GDP of €709 billion in 2017. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey in 2018, Paris was the second most expensive city in the world, after Singapore, and ahead of Zürich, Hong Kong, Oslo and Geneva. Another source ranked Paris as most expensive, on a par with Singapore and Hong Kong, in 2018.More
10 France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country, primarily located in Western Europe, consisting of metropolitan France and several overseas regions and territories. The metropolitan area of France extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast, Switzerland, Monaco and Italy to the east, Andorra and Spain to the south, as well as the Netherlands, Suriname and Brazil in the Americas. The country's eighteen integral regions span a combined area of 643,801 km2 (248,573 sq mi) and a total population of 67.15 million. France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban areas include Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille and Nice. France, including its overseas territories, has the most time zones of any country, with a total of twelve.More
1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
Details
Duration31 March – 30 July
Edition28th
Teams31
Champion
Winning Nation  Great Britain
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The 1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 28th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. 24 teams would enter the Europe Zone; while 9 would enter the Americas Zone, 4 in North America and 5 in South America.

The United States defeated Argentina in the America Inter-Zonal Final, and Great Britain defeated Australia in the Europe Zone final. In the Inter-Zonal play-off Great Britain defeated United States, and went on to defeat France in the Challenge Round. Great Britain's victory ended France's six-year run as champions and gave the Great Britain team their first title since 1912. The final was played at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France on 28–30 July.[1][2][3]

America Zone

Further information: 1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

North & Central America Zone

  Semifinals
5–13 May 		Final
18–20 May
                 
  Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
     United States 5  
     Mexico 0     Montreal, Canada (grass)
       United States 5
  Hot Springs, VA, United States (hard)      Canada 0
     Cuba 1
     Canada 4  

South America Zone

  Quarterfinals
 Semifinals
31 March–2 April 		Final
8–10 April
                           
 
     Brazil  
     Chile w/o     Montevideo, Uruguay
       Chile 5  
       Uruguay 0  
     Uruguay
   bye     Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
       Chile 1
         Argentina 4
   bye  
     Peru    
       Peru
       Argentina w/o  
   bye
     Argentina  

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

United States vs. Argentina


United States
4 		Chevy Chase Lawn Tennis Club, Chevy Chase, MD, United States [4]
25–27 May 1933
Clay
Argentina
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ellsworth Vines
Adriano Zappa 		6
2 		6
3 		6
4 		     
2
Wilmer Allison
Américo Cattaruzza 		6
2 		6
4 		6
3 		     
3
George Lott / John Van Ryn
Adelmar Echeverria / Adriano Zappa 		6
1 		6
4 		6
1 		     
4
Ellsworth Vines
Américo Cattaruzza 		7
5 		6
1 		5
7 		6
1 		   
5
Wilmer Allison
Adriano Zappa 		6
2 		6
1 		2
2 		    not
completed

1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone articles: 8
1 Chevy Chase, Maryland
Chevy Chase is the name of both a town and an unincorporated census-designated place that straddle the northwest border of Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Several settlements in the same area of Montgomery County and one neighborhood of Washington include Chevy Chase in their names. These villages, the town, and the CDP share a common history and together form a larger community colloquially referred to as Chevy Chase.More
2 United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States, or America, is a country primarily located in North America, consisting of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, it is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area. With a population of over 328 million, it is the third most populous country in the world. The national capital is Washington, D.C., and the most populous city is New York City.More
3 Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi), Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the fourth largest in the Americas, the second largest in South America after Brazil, and the largest Spanish-speaking nation by area. The sovereign state is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.More
4 Ellsworth Vines
Henry Ellsworth Vines Jr. was an American tennis champion of the 1930s, the World No. 1 player or the co-No. 1 for four years in 1932, 1935, 1936 and 1937, able to win Pro Slam titles on three different surfaces. He later became a professional golfer, and won three titles on the PGA Tour.More
5 Wilmer Allison
Wilmer Lawson Allison Jr. was an American amateur tennis champion of the 1930s. Allison's career was overshadowed by the arrival of Don Budge, although he was both a fine singles player and, along with his frequent partner, John Van Ryn, a great doubles player. At the University of Texas at Austin, Allison was the Intercollegiate tennis champion in 1927. One of Allison's earliest tournament wins was the 1928 Canadian Championship, where he won the final over doubles partner Van Ryn 6–2, 6–4, 6–3.More
6 Américo Cattaruzza
Américo Cattaruzza was an Argentine tennis player. He competed in the men's singles and doubles events at the 1924 Summer Olympics.More
7 George Lott
George Martin Lott was an American tennis player and tennis coach who was born in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Lott is mostly remembered as being one of the greatest doubles players of all time. He won the U.S. title five times with three different partners: John Hennessey in 1928; John Doeg in 1929 and 1930; and Les Stoefen in 1933 and 1934. At the U. S. championships singles in 1928, Lott beat Christian Boussus and John Doeg before losing to Frank Hunter in the semi finals. In 1931 Lott beat defending champion Doeg in the semi finals before losing to Ellsworth Vines in the final. In 1934 Lott became a touring professional, thereby giving up his amateur status and the ability to play in Grand Slam tournaments. In 1929 and 1930 he was ranked World No. 6 and No. 7 by A Wallis Myers; No. 6 by Pierre Gillon in 1930; and in 1931 was ranked No. 4 by Züricher Sport.More
8 John Van Ryn
John Van Ryn was an American tennis champion of the 1930s. He was primarily known as the doubles partner of Wilmer Allison.More

Europe Zone

Further information: 1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

Draw

First Round
21 April–9 May
   Second Round
12–21 May
   Quarterfinals
8–13 June
   Semifinals
17–20 June
   Final
13–15 July
   Greece    
 bye        Greece 4  
   Romania      Romania 1    
 bye          Greece 0  
   Czechoslovakia          Czechoslovakia 5  
 bye        Czechoslovakia 5
   Monaco      Monaco 0    
 bye          Czechoslovakia 0  
   Finland w/o    
London, England (clay)
      Great Britain 5  
   India        Finland 0  
   Spain 1      Great Britain 5    
   Great Britain 4          Great Britain 4
   Italy 4    
Genoa, Italy (clay)
      Italy 1  
   Yugoslavia 1        Italy 4
   Belgium 2      Austria 1    
   Austria 3          Great Britain 3
   Denmark 2    
Dublin, Ireland (grass)
      Australia 2
   Ireland 3        Ireland 0  
   Hungary 0      Japan 5    
Berlin, Germany (clay)
   Japan 5          Japan 4  
   Germany 5          Germany 1  
   Egypt 0        Germany 4
   Netherlands 3      Netherlands 1    
Paris, France (clay)
   Poland 2          Japan 2
 bye          Australia 3  
    Switzerland         Switzerland 1  
 bye      South Africa 4    
London, England (grass)
   South Africa          South Africa 2
 bye    
Oslo, Norway (clay)
      Australia 3  
   Norway        Norway 0
 bye      Australia 5  
   Australia  

Final

Great Britain vs. Australia


Great Britain
3 		Centre Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England [5]
13–15 July 1933
Grass
Australia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bunny Austin
Jack Crawford 		6
4 		2
6 		2
6 		3
6 		   
2
Fred Perry
Vivian McGrath 		6
2 		6
4 		6
2 		     
3
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
Adrian Quist / Don Turnbull 		7
5 		6
4 		3
6 		6
3 		   
4
Bunny Austin
Vivian McGrath 		6
4 		7
5 		6
3 		     
5
Harry Lee
Jack Crawford 		6
8 		5
7 		4
6 		     

1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone articles: 14
1 Centre Court
Centre Court is the main court at The Championships, Wimbledon, the third annual Grand Slam event of the tennis calendar. It is considered the world's most famous tennis court. It incorporates the clubhouse of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Its only regular use for play is during the two weeks a year that the Championships take place. Centre Court has a premier box, known as the Royal Box, for use by the Royal Family and other distinguished guests. It is the sixth largest tennis-specific stadium in the world by capacity.More
2 All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, also known as the All England Club, based at Church Road, Wimbledon, London, England, is a private members' club. It is best known as the venue for the Wimbledon Championships, the only Grand Slam tennis event still held on grass. Initially an amateur event that occupied club members and their friends for a few days each summer, the championships have become far more prominent than the club itself. However, it still operates as a members' tennis club.More
3 Wimbledon, London
Wimbledon is a district and town of southwest London, England, 7.0 miles (11.3 km) southwest of the centre of London at Charing Cross, in the London Borough of Merton, south of Wandsworth, northeast of New Malden, northwest of Mitcham, west of Streatham and north of Sutton. Wimbledon had a population of 68,187 in 2011 which includes the electoral wards of Abbey, Dundonald, Hillside, Trinity, Village, Raynes Park and Wimbledon Park.More
4 England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.More
5 United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom or Britain, is a sovereign country located off the north­western coast of the European mainland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north­eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland. Otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east, the English Channel to the south and the Celtic Sea to the southwest, giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world. The Irish Sea separates Great Britain and Ireland. The total area of the United Kingdom is 94,000 square miles (240,000 km2).More
6 Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The population of 26 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.More
7 Bunny Austin
Henry Wilfred "Bunny" Austin was a British tennis player from England. For 74 years he was the last Briton to reach the final of the gentlemen's singles at Wimbledon, until Andy Murray did so in 2012. He was also a finalist at the 1937 French Championships and a championship winner at Queen's Club. Along with Fred Perry, he was a vital part of the British team that won the Davis Cup in three consecutive years (1933–35). He is also remembered as the first tennis player to wear shorts.More
8 Jack Crawford (tennis)
John Herbert Crawford, was an Australian tennis player during the 1930s. He was the World No. 1 player for 1933, during which year he won the Australian Open, the French Open, and Wimbledon, and was runner-up at the U.S. Open in five sets, thus missing the Grand Slam by one set that year. He also won the Australian Open in 1931, 1932, and 1935. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1979.More
9 Fred Perry
Frederick John Perry was a British tennis and table tennis player and former World No. 1 from England who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slam tournaments and two Pro Slams single titles, as well as six Major doubles titles. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships from 1934 to 1936 and was World Amateur number one tennis player during those three years. Prior to Andy Murray in 2013, Perry was the last British player to win the men's Wimbledon championship, in 1936, and the last British player to win a men's singles Grand Slam title, until Andy Murray won the 2012 US Open.More
10 Vivian McGrath
Vivian Erzerum Bede "Viv" McGrath was a tennis champion from Australia. Along with John Bromwich, he was one of the early great players to use a two-handed backhand. His name was pronounced "McGraw".More
11 Pat Hughes (tennis)
George Patrick Hughes was an English tennis player.More
12 Adrian Quist
Adrian Karl Quist was an Australian tennis player.More
13 Don Turnbull (tennis)
Donald Paterson Turnbull was a tennis player from Australia. He won the men's doubles title at the Australian Championships twice, in 1936 and 1937. Turnbull represented Australia in three Davis Cup ties, including the 1933 Europe Zone final against Great Britain. Turnbull beat defending champion Edgar Moon at the 1931 Australian Championships. Turnbull's forehand was in fine form and Moon made the mistake of not targeting Turnbull's weaker backhand. Turnbull came from 2–0 down in the fifth set to win. Turnbull lost in the semifinals to Jack Crawford in straight sets. Turnbull's daughter is former Australian, French and U.S. singles finalist Wendy Turnbull.More
14 Harry Lee (tennis)
Harry Lee was a British tennis player.More

Inter-Zonal Final

Great Britain vs. United States


Great Britain
4 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [6]
21–23 July 1933
Clay
United States
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bunny Austin
Ellsworth Vines 		6
1 		6
1 		6
4 		     
2
Fred Perry
Wilmer Allison 		6
1 		7
5 		6
4 		     
3
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
George Lott / John Van Ryn 		6
8 		4
6 		1
6 		     
4
Bunny Austin
Wilmer Allison 		6
2 		7
9 		6
3 		6
4 		   
5
Fred Perry
Ellsworth Vines 		1
6 		6
0 		4
6 		7
5 		7
6 		 
retired

Challenge Round

France vs. Great Britain


France
2 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [3]
28–30 July 1933
Clay
Great Britain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
André Merlin
Bunny Austin 		3
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     
2
Henri Cochet
Fred Perry 		10
8 		4
6 		6
8 		6
3 		1
6 		 
3
Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon
Pat Hughes / Harry Lee 		6
3 		8
6 		6
2 		     
4
Henri Cochet
Bunny Austin 		5
7 		6
4 		4
6 		6
4 		6
4 		 
5
André Merlin
Fred Perry 		6
4 		6
8 		2
6 		5
7 		   

1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Challenge Round articles: 4
1 André Merlin
André Merlin was a French tennis player.More
2 Henri Cochet
Henri Jean Cochet was a French tennis player. He was a world No. 1 ranked player, and a member of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s.More
3 Jean Borotra
Jean Laurent Robert Borotra was a French tennis champion. He was one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Borotra was imprisoned in Itter Castle during the latter years of World War II and subsequently fought in the Battle for Castle Itter.More
4 Jacques Brugnon
Jacques Marie Stanislas Jean Brugnon, known as Jacques Brugnon and nicknamed "Toto", was a French tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was born in Paris and died in Paris.More

References

  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ Max Robertson (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 384. ISBN 0047960426.
  3. ^ a b "France v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "United States v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Great Britain v Australia". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Great Britain v United States". daviscup.com.

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