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1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

1935 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 Estonia Davis Cup team
The Estonia Davis Cup team represents Estonia in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Estonian Tennis Association.More
3 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
4 Brazil Davis Cup team
The Brazil Davis Cup team represents Brazil in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Brazilian Tennis Confederation.More
5 Germany Davis Cup team
The Germany Davis Cup team represents Germany in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Deutscher Tennis Bund. As East Germany never participated in the Davis Cup, and the Deutscher Tennisbund remained the same organization throughout the century, the West German Davis Cup team is included in this article.More
6 Czechoslovakia Davis Cup team
The Czechoslovakia Davis Cup team competed from 1921–1992, winning the tournament once, in 1980. From 1993, the nations competed as:
  • Czech Republic Davis Cup team
  • Slovakia Davis Cup team
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7 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
8 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
9 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
10 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
1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
Details
Duration20 July 1934 – 30 July 1935
Edition30th
Teams28
Champion
Winning Nation  Great Britain
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The 1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 30th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. Due to increased political tensions in Europe, entries for the Europe Zone declined sharply, causing the Qualifying Round system to be scrapped. Only 11 teams would enter the Europe Zone, with 17 teams entering the qualifying rounds; while six would enter the Americas Zone, 4 in North America and 2 in South America. Estonia entered the tournament for the first time.

In the America Inter-Zonal Final the United States received a walkover due to Brazil's absence, while in the Europe Zone final Germany defeated Czechoslovakia. The United States defeated Germany in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but would fall to Great Britain in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the All England Club Centre Court in Wimbledon, London, England on 27-30 July.[1][2][3]

1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Intro articles: 1
1 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

America Zone

Further information: 1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

North & Central America Zone

  Semifinals
3–12 May 		Final
17–19 May
                 
  Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
     Mexico 5  
     Cuba 0     Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
       Mexico 0
  Mexico City, Mexico (clay)      United States 5
     China 0
     United States 5  

South America Zone

  Final
26–28 April
       
  Montevideo, Uruguay
     Brazil 3
     Uruguay 2

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

United States vs. Brazil

United States defeated Brazil by walkover.[4]

Overview of "Walkover" article
Walkover
A walkover, also W.O. or w/o is the awarding of a victory to a contestant because there are no other contestants, or because the other contestants have been disqualified, or have forfeited, or have withdrawn from the contest. The term can apply in sport but also to uncontested elections, when it is also referred to as winning "by default". The word is used more generally by extension, particularly in politics, for an election in which the winner is not the only participant but has little or no competition. The narrow and extended meanings of "walkover" as a single word are both found from 1829.More

Europe Zone

Further information: 1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

Qualifying Round

  First Round
20–22 July 1934
       
  Warsaw, Poland
     Poland 4
     Belgium 1
  Second Round
3–19 August 1934 		Qualifying Round
24 August–2 September 1934
                 
Warsaw, Poland
   Poland 5  
Warsaw, Poland
   Estonia 0  
     Poland 5
     Greece 0
   Austria
   Greece w/o  
Berlin, Germany
   Germany 5  
Copenhagen, Denmark
   Romania 0  
     Germany 5
     Denmark 0
   Denmark w/o
    Switzerland  
Stockholm, Sweden (clay)
   Sweden 3  
Stockholm, Sweden
   Ireland 2  
     Sweden 2
Amsterdam, Netherlands (clay)
     Netherlands 3
   Monaco 1
   Netherlands 4  
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
   Hungary 3  
Budapest, Hungary
   Norway 2  
     Hungary 2
     Yugoslavia 3
   Yugoslavia w/o
   Spain  

Main Draw

  First Round
10–14 May 		Quarterfinals
17 May–10 June 		Semifinals
14–17 June 		Final
12–14 July
                                     
   Poland  
Warsaw, Poland
 bye  
     Poland 2  
     South Africa 3  
   South Africa
Prague, Czechoslovakia
 bye  
     South Africa 0  
Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
     Czechoslovakia 5  
   Netherlands 0  
Prague, Czechoslovakia
   Japan 5  
     Japan 1
Prague, Czechoslovakia
     Czechoslovakia 4  
   Czechoslovakia 4
Prague, Czechoslovakia
   Yugoslavia 1  
     Czechoslovakia 1
Eastbourne, England (grass)
     Germany 4
   Australia 3  
Paris, France (clay)
   New Zealand 0  
     Australia 3
     France 2  
 bye
Berlin, Germany (clay)
   France  
     Australia 1
     Germany 4  
 bye  
Berlin, Germany
   Germany  
     Germany 4
     Italy 1  
 bye
   Italy  

Final

Czechoslovakia vs. Germany


Czechoslovakia
1 		Prague, Czechoslovakia [5]
12–14 July 1935
Germany
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roderich Menzel
Henner Henkel 		7
5 		6
1 		4
6 		2
6 		6
4 		 
2
Jošef Caska
Gottfried von Cramm 		2
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3
Ferenc Maršálek / Roderich Menzel
Gottfried von Cramm / Kai Lund 		3
6 		7
9 		4
6 		     
4
Roderich Menzel
Gottfried von Cramm 		2
6 		4
6 		6
3 		7
5 		1
6 		 
5
Jošef Caska
Henner Henkel 		6
2 		5
7 		4
6 		0
6 		   

1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone articles: 6
1 Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, the 13th largest city in the European Union and the historical capital of Bohemia. Situated on the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 2.7 million. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters.More
2 Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia, was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993.More
3 Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe. Covering an area of 357,022 square kilometres (137,847 sq mi), it lies between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.More
4 Roderich Menzel
Roderich Ferdinand Ottomar Menzel was an amateur tennis player and, after his active career, an author.More
5 Henner Henkel
Heinrich Ernst Otto "Henner" Henkel was a German tennis player during the 1930s. His biggest success was his singles title at the 1937 French Championships.More
6 Gottfried von Cramm
Gottfried Alexander Maximilian Walter Kurt Freiherr von Cramm, was a German amateur tennis champion who won the French Open twice. He was ranked number 2 in the world in 1934 and 1936, and number 1 in the world in 1937. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977, an organisation which considers that he is "most remembered for a gallant effort in defeat against Don Budge in the 1937 Interzone Final at Wimbledon".More

Inter-Zonal Zone

United States vs. Germany


United States
4 		No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England [6]
20–24 July 1935
Grass
Germany
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Don Budge
Henner Henkel 		7
5 		11
9 		6
8 		6
1 		   
2
Wilmer Allison
Gottfried von Cramm 		6
8 		3
6 		4
6 		     
3
Wilmer Allison / John Van Ryn
Gottfried von Cramm / Kai Lund 		3
6 		6
3 		5
7 		9
7 		8
6 		 
4
Wilmer Allison
Henner Henkel 		6
1 		7
5 		11
9 		     
5
Don Budge
Gottfried von Cramm 		0
6 		9
7 		8
6 		6
3 		   

1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Inter-Zonal Zone articles: 5
1 No. 1 Court (Wimbledon)
The No. 1 Court is a tennis court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London. Opened in 1997 for replacing Old No. 1 Court, it is used for the Wimbledon Championships and is sometimes chosen for Great Britain Davis Cup home ties, the primary Centre Court being preserved solely for the Grand Slam tennis tournament.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 Don Budge
John Donald Budge was an American tennis player. He is most famous as the first player — of any nationality, male or female, and still the only American male — to win the four tournaments that comprise the Grand Slam of tennis in a single year. Budge was the second male player to win all four Grand Slam events in his career after Fred Perry, and is still the youngest to achieve that feat. He won ten majors, of which six were Grand Slam events and four Pro Slams, the latter achieved on three different surfaces. Budge was considered to have the best backhand in the history of tennis, at least until the emergence of Ken Rosewall in the 1950s and 1960s, although most observers rated Budge's backhand the stronger of the two. He is also the only male player to have achieved the triple crown on three separate occasions, and the only one to have achieved it twice in one year.More
4 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
5 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

Challenge Round

Great Britain vs. United States


Great Britain
5 		Centre Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England [3]
27–30 July 1935
Grass
United States
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bunny Austin
Wilmer Allison 		6
2 		2
6 		4
6 		6
3 		7
5 		 
2
Fred Perry
Don Budge 		6
0 		6
8 		6
3 		6
4 		   
3
Pat Hughes / Raymond Tuckey
Wilmer Allison / John Van Ryn 		6
2 		1
6 		6
8 		6
3 		6
3 		 
4
Bunny Austin
Don Budge 		6
2 		6
4 		6
8 		7
5 		   
5
Fred Perry
Wilmer Allison 		4
6 		6
4 		7
5 		6
3 		   

1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Challenge Round articles: 5
1 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
2 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
3 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
4 Pat Hughes (tennis)
George Patrick Hughes was an English tennis player.More
5 Raymond Tuckey
Charles Raymond Davys Tuckey was an English tennis player.More

Notes

  1. ^ Due to increased political tensions in Europe, entries for the 1935 Europe Zone declined sharply, causing the Qualifying Round system to be scrapped.

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 "Great Britain v United States". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "United States v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Germany". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "United States v Germany". daviscup.com.

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