1925_Davis_Cup
1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
1925 edition of the 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. Chile, Portugal, Poland and Sweden competed for the first time.
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| Duration | 8 May – 13 September 1925 |
| Edition | 20th |
| Teams | 23 |
| Champion | |
| Winning Nation |  United States |
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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]
Further information: 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone
Draw
| Quarterfinals 16–19 July | Semifinals 13–15 August | Final 20–22 August | |||||||||||
 Canada | w/o | ||||||||||||
| Montreal, Canada (grass) | |||||||||||||
 New Zealand | |||||||||||||
| Canada | 0 | ||||||||||||
 Australia | 5 | ||||||||||||
 Hawaii | |||||||||||||
| Boston, MA, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
| Australia | w/o | ||||||||||||
| Australia | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Mazatlán, Mexico (clay) | |||||||||||||
 Japan | 1 | ||||||||||||
 Mexico | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Baltimore, MD, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
 Spain | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Spain | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Japan | 3 | ||||||||||||
 China | |||||||||||||
| Japan | w/o | ||||||||||||
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Australia vs. Japan
More information Australia 4, Japan 1 ...
 Australia 4 |
Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States[3] 20–22 August 1925 Grass |
 Japan 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Further information: 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone
Draw
| First round 8–19 May | Quarterfinals 27 May–14 June | Semifinals 10–14 July | Final 18–20 July | |||||||||||||||
| Budapest, Hungary (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 France | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paris, France (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Hungary | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lisbon, Portugal (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Italy | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
 Portugal | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastbourne, England (grass) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| London, England (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Great Britain | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
 Romania | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Denmark | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Warsaw, Poland (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
 Poland | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vienna, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||
 Netherlands | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
 Austria | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vienna, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ireland | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Austria | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brussels, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||
 India | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 Belgium | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| India | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| India | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bern, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 Sweden | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Switzerland | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
 Czechoslovakia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Final
Netherlands vs. France
More information Netherlands 0, France 4 ...
 Netherlands 0 |
Noordwijk Club, Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay) [4] 18–20 July 1925 Clay |
 France 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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France vs. Australia
More information France 3, Australia 1 ...
France 3 |
West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States[5] 4–5 September 1925 Grass |
Australia 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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United States vs. France
More information United States 5, France 0 ...
 United States 5 |
Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, PA, United States[2] 11–13 September 1925 Grass |
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- Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- "United States v France". daviscup.com.
- "Australia v Japan". daviscup.com.
- "Netherlands v France". daviscup.com.
- "France v Australia". daviscup.com.