1919 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The 1919 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 14th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. After not being played for four years during World War I, the competition resumed with four teams challenging Australia for the cup. Australia had participated in winning the 1914 competition with New Zealand as Australasia, which is why Australia was the team being challenged. Australia won the title from Great Britain. The final was played at the Double Bay Grounds in Sydney, Australia on 16–21 January 1920.^[1]^[2]

Playoff

Draw

Semifinals July		Final 25–27 August


France	3

Belgium	0
		France	2

		Great Britain	3
South Africa	1

Great Britain	4

Semifinals

France
3

Brussels, Belgium
11–13 July 1919

Belgium
0

		1	2	3	4
1	Max Decugis Paul de Borman	6 2	6 3	6 4
2	William Laurentz Albert Lammens	5 7	6 3	6 4	6 2
3	Max Decugis / William Laurentz Paul de Borman / Albert Lammens	6 3	7 5	6 2
4	William Laurentz Paul de Borman					not played
5	Max Decugis Albert Lammens					not played

South Africa
1

Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdom
25–28 July 1919
grass

Great Britain
4

		1	2	3	4	5
1	George Dodd Algernon Kingscote	3 6	3 6	2 6
2	Louis Raymond Theodore Mavrogordato	6 1	5 7	6 2	6 8	1 6
3	Harold Aitken / George Dodd Algernon Kingscote / Herbert Roper-Barrett	5 7	7 9	4 6
4	Louis Raymond Algernon Kingscote	6 1	0 6	4 6	1 6
5	George Dodd Theodore Mavrogordato	9 7	7 5	3 6	4 6	7 5

Final

France
2

Sporting Club, Deauville, France
25–27 August 1919
clay

Great Britain
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	André Gobert Percival Davson	7 5	6 4	4 6	6 4
2	William Laurentz Algernon Kingscote	6 4	3 6	2 6	6 4	4 6
3	André Gobert / William Laurentz Herbert Roper-Barrett / Noel Turnbull	6 0	6 1	12 10
4	André Gobert Algernon Kingscote	4 6	4 6	5 7
5	William Laurentz Percival Davson	4 6	6 1	12 10	4 6	0 6

Challenge round

Australia
4

Double Bay Grounds, Sydney, Australia
16–21 January 1920
grass

Great Britain
1

		1	2	3	4	5
1	James Anderson Algernon Kingscote	5 7	2 6	4 6
2	Gerald Patterson Arthur Lowe	6 4	6 3	2 6	6 3
3	Norman Brookes / Gerald Patterson Alfred Beamish / Algernon Kingscote	6 0	6 0	6 2
4	Gerald Patterson Algernon Kingscote	6 4	6 4	8 6
5	James Anderson Arthur Lowe	6 4	5 7	6 3	4 6	12 10

References

↑ "Davis Cup – 1919 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.

External links

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