1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

Main article: 1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

4 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] Japan defeated Canada in the final, and went on to face France in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw
  Semifinals
18–31 July		 Final
18–20 August
                 
  St. Louis, MO, United States (grass)
    Japan 4  
    Mexico 1     Montreal, Canada (grass)
      Japan 3
  Toronto, Canada (clay)     Canada 2
    Canada 3
    Cuba 2  

Semifinals

Japan vs. Mexico

Japan
4		 Triple A Club, St. Louis, MO, United States [3]
29–31 July 1927
Grass
Mexico
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Yoshiro Ota
Robert Kinsey		 2
6 		1
6 		6
4		 6
1		 6
2		  
2
Takeichi Harada
Alfonso Unda		 6
2		 6
3		 6
3		      
3
Takeichi Harada / Zenzo Shimizu
Claude Butlin / Robert Kinsey		 7
5		 6
2		 2
6 		3
6 		6
3		  
4
Yoshiro Ota
Alfonso Unda		 6
1		 4
6 		6
3		 6
4		    
5
Takeichi Harada
Robert Kinsey		 9
7		 6
0		 0
6 		6
1		    

Canada vs. Cuba

Canada
3		 Toronto Lawn Tennis Club, Toronto, Canada [4]
18–20 July 1927
Clay
Cuba
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jack Wright
Vicente Banet		 2
6 		6
2		 6
4		 4
6 		6
4		  
2
Willard Crocker
Rogelio Paris		 6
4		 8
6		 6
4		      
3
Willard Crocker / Jack Wright
Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris		 6
0		 6
3		 6
0		      
4
Gilbert Nunns
Vicente Banet		 3
6 		2
6 		7
5		 3
6 		   
5
Jack Wright
Rogelio Paris		 6
1		 6
2		 5
7 		5
7 		4
6 		 

Final

Canada vs. Japan

Canada
2		 Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada [2]
18–20 August 1927
Grass
Japan
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Willard Crocker
Takeichi Harada		 5
7 		0
6 		4
6 		     
2
Jack Wright
Yoshiro Ota		 6
3		 6
4		 6
4		      
3
Willard Crocker / Jack Wright
Takeichi Harada / Teizo Toba		 3
6 		6
4		 5
7 		6
3		 8
10 		 
4
Jack Wright
Takeichi Harada		 6
3		 6
3		 8
6		      
5
Willard Crocker
Yoshiro Ota		 4
6 		6
3		 8
10 		3
6 		   

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. "Canada v Japan". daviscup.com.
  3. "Japan v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  4. "Canada v Cuba". daviscup.com.
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