1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 20th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. Sixteen teams would enter the Europe Zone, while 9 would enter the America Zone.

France defeated Australia in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but would fall to the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 11–13 September.^[1]^[2]

America Zone

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

w/o

New Zealand

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (grass)

Canada

Australia

Hawaii

Australia

w/o

Boston, MA, United States (grass)

Australia

Mazatlán, Mexico (clay)

Japan

Mexico

Spain

Baltimore, MD, United States (grass)

Spain

Japan

China

Japan

w/o

First round

Spain
5

Vedado Tennis Club, Havana, Cuba
4–6 July 1925
clay

Cuba
0

		1	2	3
1	Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga Vicente Banet	6 4	6 1	6 1
2	Eduardo Flaquer Rogelio Paris	6 3	6 3	6 2
3	José María Alonso-Areyzaga / Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris	8 6	6 4	8 6
4	Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga Rogelio Paris	6 1	6 0	6 3
5	Eduardo Flaquer Vicente Banet	6 1	6 0	6 0

Quarterfinals

Mexico
0

Club Tenis Reforma, Mexico
16–19 July 1925
clay

Spain
5

		1	2	3	4
1	Ignacio de la Borbolla Eduardo Flaquer	2 6	4 6	4 6
2	Claude Butlin Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga	2 6	1 6	2 6
3	Claude Butlin / Ignacio de la Borbolla José María Alonso-Areyzaga / Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga	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-Areyzaga	4 6	4 6	2 6

Semifinals

Canada
0

Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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

Spain
2

Baltimore Country Club, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
13–15 August 1925
grass

Japan
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Eduardo Flaquer Takeichi Harada	2 6	4 6	0 6
2	Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga Zenzo Shimizu	7 5	6 0	3 6	6 3
3	José María Alonso-Areyzaga / Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga Takeichi Harada / Zenzo Shimizu	2 6	3 6	6 2	10 8	3 6
4	Manuel Alonso-Areyzaga Takeichi Harada	6 2	4 6	3 6	4 6
5	Eduardo Flaquer Zenzo Shimizu	3 6	6 0	6 3	6 4

Final

Japan
1

Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States
20–22 August 1925
grass

Australia
4

		1	2	3	4
1	Zenzo Shimizu Gerald Patterson	1 6	4 6	2 6
2	Takeichi Harada James Anderson	4 6	6 3	3 6	1 6
3	Takeichi Harada / Zenzo Shimizu John Hawkes / Gerald Patterson	1 6	2 6	7 9
4	Takeichi Harada Gerald Patterson	6 2	3 6	6 1	7 5
5	Masanosuke Fukuda John Hawkes	1 6	3 6	0 6

Europe Zone

Draw

First round
8–18 May

Quarterfinals
12–14 June

Semifinals
10–14 July

Final
18–20 July

Budapest, Hungary (clay)

France

Paris, France (clay)

Hungary

France

Lisbon, Portugal (clay)

Italy

Portugal

Eastbourne, England (grass)

Italy

France

London, England (clay)

Great Britain

Romania

Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)

Denmark

Denmark

Warsaw, Poland (clay)

Great Britain

Poland

Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)

Great Britain

France

Vienna, Austria

Netherlands

Austria

Vienna, Austria

Ireland

Austria

Brussels, Belgium

India

Belgium

Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)

India

India

Bern, Switzerland

Netherlands

Sweden

Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)

Switzerland

Sweden

Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)

Netherlands

Czechoslovakia

First round

Hungary
1

Budapest, Hungary
8–10 May 1925
clay

France
4

		1	2	3	4
1	Imre Takáts Jean Borotra	2 6	2 6	1 6
2	Béla von Kehrling René Lacoste	3 6	3 6	3 6
3	Aurél Kelemen / Béla von Kehrling Jean Borotra / René Lacoste	4 6	2 6	10 8	3 6
4	Béla von Kehrling Jean Borotra	6 8	6 1	6 4	6 2
5	Imre Takáts Paul Féret	1 6	0 6	2 6

Portugal
1

Lisbon, Portugal
8–10 May 1925
clay

Italy
4

		1	2	3	4	5
1	José de Verda Clemente Serventi	7 5	1 6	8 6	4 6		retired
2	Antonio Casanovas Umberto De Morpurgo	0 6	1 6	2 6
3	Antonio Casanovas / Fernando Vasconcelos Umberto De Morpurgo / Placido Gaslini	3 6	1 6	6 3	7 9
4	Antonio Casanovas Clemente Serventi	6 4	4 6	6 2	4 6	8 6
5	José de Verda Umberto De Morpurgo	2 6	1 6	8 6	2 6

Romania
1

Roehampton Lawn Tennis Club, London, England
12–14 May 1925
clay

Denmark
4

		1	2	3	4
1	Nicolae Mişu Erik Worm	6 3	6 3	5 7	6 3
2	Gheorghe Lupu Einer Ulrich	1 6	2 6	6 8
3	Gheorghe Lupu / Nicolae Mişu Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich	5 7	0 6	1 6
4	Gheorghe Lupu Erik Worm	2 6	2 6	4 6
5	Nicolae Mişu Einer Ulrich	5 7	1 6	2 6

Poland
0

Warsaw Lawn Tennis Club, Warsaw, Poland
15–17 May 1925
clay

Great Britain
5

		1	2	3
1	Wladyslaw Szwede Gordon Lowe	0 6	1 6	1 6
2	Alfons Foerster Patrick Wheatley	1 6	2 6	1 6
3	Władysław Kuchar / Karol Steinert Leslie Godfree / Charles Kingsley	4 6	2 6	2 6
4	Alfons Foerster Gordon Lowe	0 6	0 6	0 6
5	Wladyslaw Szwede Patrick Wheatley	2 6	0 6	0 6

Austria
4

Vienna, Austria
15–19 May 1925

Ireland
1

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten Charles Scroope	0 6	2 6	6 3	6 2	6 3
2	Paul Brick Louis Meldon	6 4	6 2	6 4
3	Paul Brick / Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten Charles Scroope / Simon Scroope	1 6	4 6	6 0	5 7
4	Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten Louis Meldon	8 10	4 6	7 5	8 6	6 1
5	Paul Brick Charles Scroope	5 7	1 6	7 5			retired

Belgium
2

Brussels, Belgium
16–18 May 1925

India
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Jean Washer Sydney Jacob	4 6	6 4	3 6	7 5	4 6
2	Georges Watson Eric Andrea	0 6	3 6	0 6
3	Jean Washer / Georges Watson Syed Mohammad Hadi / Jagat-Mohan Lal	4 6	2 6	6 4	7 5	6 3
4	Georges Watson Sydney Jacob	3 6	1 6	3 6
5	Jean Washer Eric Andrea	7 5	6 1	6 1

Sweden
3

Bern, Switzerland
16–18 May 1925
clay

Switzerland
2

		1	2	3	4
1	Sune Malmström Charles Aeschlimann	6 3	6 3	7 9	6 3
2	Marcus Wallenberg Charles Martin	6 1	6 3	6 3
3	Sune Malmström / Marcus Wallenberg Charles Aeschlimann / Charles Martin	6 3	5 7	5 7	5 7
4	Sune Malmström Charles Martin	6 1	6 2	6 1
5	Marcus Wallenberg Charles Aeschlimann	3 6	3 6	7 5	4 6

Netherlands
3

Noordwijk, Netherlands
15–18 May 1925
clay

Czechoslovakia
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Arthur Diemer-Kool Pavel Macenauer	6 3	3 6	2 6	1 6
2	Hendrik Timmer Jan Koželuh	6 3	6 4	6 2
3	Arthur Diemer-Kool / Christiaan van Lennep Jan Koželuh / Ladislav Zemla	6 3	6 1	8 6
4	Arthur Diemer-Kool Jan Koželuh	6 3	3 6	6 3	1 6	1 6
5	Hendrik Timmer Pavel Macenauer	6 1	6 2	6 2

Quarterfinals

France
5

Racing Club de France, Paris, France
12–14 June 1925
clay

Italy
0

		1	2	3	4	5
1	René Lacoste Umberto De Morpurgo	6 0	6 2	2 6	6 0
2	Jean Borotra Cesare Colombo	6 4	6 1	6 1
3	Jacques Brugnon / René Lacoste Cesare Colombo / Umberto De Morpurgo	6 1	6 1	6 1
4	Jean Borotra Umberto De Morpurgo	6 1	2 6	12 10	6 1
5	Paul Féret Cesare Colombo	8 6	3 6	1 6	6 2	6 3

Denmark
0

Copenhagen, Denmark
27–29 May 1925
clay

Great Britain
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Axel Petersen Patrick Wheatley	6 4	4 6	6 1	2 6	2 6
2	Einer Ulrich Brian Gilbert	1 6	11 9	6 3	4 6	2 6
3	Einer Ulrich / Erik Worm Leslie Godfree / Charles Kingsley	5 7	5 7	2 6
4	Einer Ulrich Patrick Wheatley						not played
5	Axel Petersen Brian Gilbert						not played

Austria
0

Vienna, Austria
12–14 June 1925

India
4

		1	2	3
1	Paul Brick Sydney Jacob	6 8	1 6	1 6
2	Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten Eric Andrea	4 6	2 6	6 8
3	Otto Relly / Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten Hassan-Ali Fyzee / Jagat-Mohan Lal	0 6	3 6	1 6
4	Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten Sydney Jacob	4 6	4 6	5 7
5	Paul Brick Eric Andrea				not played

Sweden
0

Noordwijksche Sportverening, Noordwijk, Netherlands
12–14 June 1925
clay

Netherlands
5

		1	2	3	4
1	Carl-Erik von Braun Hendrik Timmer	5 7	1 6	0 6
2	Marcus Wallenberg Arthur Diemer-Kool	2 6	6 4	3 6	0 6
3	Carl-Erik von Braun / Marcus Wallenberg Arthur Diemer-Kool / Christiaan van Lennep	6 3	1 6	4 6	7 9
4	Marcus Wallenberg Hendrik Timmer	1 6	4 6	2 6
5	Carl-Erik von Braun Arthur Diemer-Kool	6 8	1 6	2 6

Semifinals

France
4

Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, England
11–14 July 1925
grass

Great Britain
0

		1	2	3	4
1	René Lacoste Noel Turnbull	3 6	6 1	7 5	6 2
2	Jean Borotra Gordon Crole-Rees	6 4	10 8	4 6	6 0
3	Jacques Brugnon / René Lacoste Leslie Godfree / Patrick Wheatley	6 4	6 4	6 3
4	René Lacoste Gordon Crole-Rees	6 2	6 4	6 2
5	Jean Borotra Noel Turnbull					not played

India
1

Noordwijk, Netherlands
10–12 July 1925
clay

Netherlands
4

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Jagat-Mohan Lal Arthur Diemer-Kool	6 3	3 6	4 6	1 6
2	Hassan-Ali Fyzee Christiaan van Lennep	6 1	6 4	9 11	3 6	6 4
3	Hassan-Ali Fyzee / Syed Mohammad Hadi Arthur Diemer-Kool / Christiaan van Lennep	4 6	2 6	3 6
4	Hassan-Ali Fyzee Arthur Diemer-Kool	5 7	1 6	4 6
5	Jagat-Mohan Lal Christiaan van Lennep	2 6	4 6	5 7

Final

Netherlands
0

Noordwijk Club, Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)
18–20 July 1925
clay

France
4

		1	2	3	4
1	Hendrik Timmer René Lacoste	7 5	5 7	2 6	2 6
2	Arthur Diemer Kool Jean Borotra	2 6	4 6	8 10
3	Arthur Diemer Kool / Christiaan van Lennep Jacques Brugnon / René Lacoste	2 6	3 6	8 6	4 6
4	Arthur Diemer Kool René Lacoste	4 6	4 6	1 6
5	Hendrik Timmer Jean Borotra					not played

Inter-Zonal Zone

Australia
1

West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States
4–5 September 1925
grass

France
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Gerald Patterson René Lacoste	6 3	6 4	6 2
2	James Anderson Jean Borotra	4 6	3 6	6 8
3	John Hawkes / Gerald Patterson Jean Borotra / René Lacoste	4 6	6 3	4 6	6 1	8 10
4	Gerald Patterson Jean Borotra	6 4	4 6	1 6	3 6
5	James Anderson René Lacoste						not played

Challenge Round

United States
5

Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
11–13 September 1925
grass

France
0

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Bill Tilden Jean Borotra	4 6	6 0	2 6	9 7	6 4
2	Bill Johnston René Lacoste	6 1	6 1	6 8	6 3
3	Vincent Richards / Norris Williams Jean Borotra / René Lacoste	6 4	6 4	6 3
4	Bill Tilden René Lacoste	3 6	10 12	8 6	7 5	6 2
5	Bill Johnston Jean Borotra	6 1	6 4	6 0

References

↑ "Davis Cup – 1925 Results". ITF. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
↑ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.

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