1924 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

Main article: 1924 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1924 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

6 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

Quarterfinals
24 July–1 August		Semifinals
7–10 August		Final
14–16 August
 Mexico
Baltimore, MD, United States (grass)
bye
 Mexico0
Brooklyn, NY, United States (grass)
 Australia5
 China0
Providence, RI, United States (grass)
 Australia5
 Australia5
Ottawa, Canada (clay)
 Japan0
 Canada3
Montreal, Canada (grass)
 Cuba2
 Canada1
 Japan4
bye
 Japan

Quarterfinals

Australia vs. China


Australia
5 		Crescent Athletic Club, Brooklyn, NY, United States[3]
31 July–1 August 1924
Grass
China
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Gerald Patterson
Wei Wing Lock 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		     
2
Pat O'Hara Wood
Paul Kong 		6
0 		6
1 		6
2 		     
3
Pat O'Hara Wood / Gerald Patterson
Huang Ching / Wei Wing Lock 		6
1 		6
2 		6
0 		     
4
Gerald Patterson
Paul Kong 		6
0 		6
0 		6
2 		     
5
Pat O'Hara Wood
Wei Wing Lock 		6
0 		6
0 		6
2 		     

Canada vs. Cuba


Canada
3 		Ottawa, Canada[4]
24–26 July 1924
Clay
Cuba
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jack Wright
Rogelio Paris 		8
10 		6
3 		6
2 		0
6 		3
6 		 
2
Willard Crocker
Ignacio Zayas 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		     
3
Willard Crocker / Jack Wright
Vicente Banet / Guillermo Sanchez-Villalba 		7
5 		7
5 		6
2 		     
4
Jack Wright
Vicente Banet 		6
4 		4
6 		0
6 		6
3 		4
6 		 
5
Willard Crocker
Rogelio Paris 		6
3 		7
5 		6
3 		     

Semifinals

Australia vs. Mexico


Australia
5 		Baltimore Country Club, Baltimore, MD, United States[5]
7–9 August 1924
Grass
Mexico
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Gerald Patterson
Manuel Llano 		6
0 		6
1 		6
2 		     
2
Pat O'Hara Wood
Ignacio de la Borbolla 		6
3 		6
0 		9
7 		     
3
Pat O'Hara Wood / Gerald Patterson
Ignacio de la Borbolla / Francisco Gerdes 		6
4 		6
4 		6
0 		     
4
Gerald Patterson
Ignacio de la Borbolla 		6
2 		6
2 		6
1 		     
5
Pat O'Hara Wood
Francisco Gerdes 		6
1 		6
2 		6
1 		     

Canada vs. Japan


Canada
1 		Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[6]
7–10 August 1924
Grass
Japan
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jack Wright
Sunao Okamoto 		6
8 		4
6 		5
7 		     
2
Willard Crocker
Zenzo Shimizu 		6
4 		5
7 		4
6 		6
0 		1
6 		 
3
Willard Crocker / Jack Wright
Takeichi Harada / Sunao Okamoto 		7
5 		6
4 		6
3 		     
4
Willard Crocker
Sunao Okamoto 		2
6 		7
9 		6
4 		2
6 		   
5
Jack Wright
Zenzo Shimizu 		6
4 		3
6 		4
6 		0
6 		   

Final

Australia vs. Japan


Australia
5 		Agawam Hunt Club, Providence, RI, United States[2]
14–16 August 1924
Grass
Japan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Gerald Patterson
Zenzo Shimizu 		7
5 		11
9 		6
4 		     
2
Pat O'Hara Wood
Sunao Okamoto 		6
4 		2
6 		6
4 		2
6 		6
1 		 
3
Pat O'Hara Wood / Gerald Patterson
Takeichi Harada / Sunao Okamoto 		7
5 		6
2 		6
4 		     
4
Gerald Patterson
Sunao Okamoto 		7
5 		6
1 		6
4 		     
5
Pat O'Hara Wood
Zenzo Shimizu 		6
4 		6
4 		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. ^ a b "Australia v Japan". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Australia v China". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Canada v Cuba". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Australia v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Canada v Japan". daviscup.com.
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