- 1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
The 1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 22nd edition of what is now known as the
Davis Cup . 21 teams would enter the Europe Zone, while 4 would enter the America Zone.France defeated Japan in the Inter-Zonal play-off. The French would go on to defeat the United States, capturing their first championship, and ending the USA's 6-year run. The final was played at the Germantown Cricket Club in
Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania ,United States on 8-10 September.America Zone
Draw
4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=18-31 July
RD2date=18-20 AugustRD1T1-loc=
St. Louis, Missouri ,United States (grass)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|JPN | RD1-score1=4
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|MEX|1917 | RD1-score2=1RD1T2-loc=
Toronto ,Canada (clay)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|CAN|1921 | RD1-score3=3
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|CUB | RD1-score4=2RD2T1-loc=
Montreal ,Canada (grass)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|JPN | RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|CAN|1921 | RD2-score2=2Final
DavisCupbox
team1=Canada |team1-var=1921
team2=Japan
venue=Mount Royal Tennis Club,Montreal ,Canada
date=18 August - 20 August 1927
surface=grass
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Willard Crocker |5 |0 |4 | | |T2P1=Takeichi Harada |7 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jack Wright |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Yoshiro Ota |3 |4 |4 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Willard Crocker |T1P2=Jack Wright |3 |6 |5 |6 |8 |T2P1=Takeichi Harada |T2P2=Tezio Toba |6 |4 |7 |3 |10
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jack Wright |6 |6 |8 | | |T2P1=Takeichi Harada |3 |3 |6 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Willard Crocker |4 |6 |8 |3 | |T2P1=Yoshiro Ota |6 |3 |10 |6 | |Europe Zone
Draw
32TeamBracket-Compact-info
RD1-date=29 April - 9 May
RD2-date=6-22 May
RD3-date=9-13 June
RD4-date=8-11 July
RD5-date=21-22 JulyRD1-seed01= | RD1-team01=davis|FRA | RD1-score01=
RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=bye | RD1-score02=RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=davis|ROU | RD1-score03=
RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=bye | RD1-score04=RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=davis|HUN|1920 | RD1-score05=
RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=bye | RD1-score06=RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=davis|ITA|1861 | RD1-score07=
RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=bye | RD1-score08=RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=davis|POR | RD1-score09=
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=bye | RD1-score10=RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|GER | RD1-score11=
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=bye | RD1-score12=RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|RSA|1910 | RD1-score13=5
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|IRL | RD1-score14=0RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|SUI | RD1-score15=3
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|AUT | RD1-score16=2RD1-seed17= | RD1-team17=davis|DEN | RD1-score17=4
RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18=davis|NED | RD1-score18=1RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19=davis|SWE | RD1-score19=1
RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20=davis|GBR | RD1-score20=4RD1-seed21= | RD1-team21=davis|ESP|1785 | RD1-score21=2
RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22=davis|IND|British | RD1-score22=3RD1-seed23= | RD1-team23=bye | RD1-score23=
RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24=davis|YUG|kingdom | RD1-score24=RD1-seed25= | RD1-team25=bye | RD1-score25=
RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26=davis|TCH | RD1-score26=RD1-seed27= | RD1-team27=bye | RD1-score27=
RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28=davis|GRE|old | RD1-score28=RD1-seed29= | RD1-team29=bye | RD1-score29=
RD1-seed30= | RD1-team30=davis|POL | RD1-score30=RD1-seed31= | RD1-team31=bye | RD1-score31=
RD1-seed32= | RD1-team32=davis|BEL | RD1-score32=RD2T1-loc=
Paris ,France (clay)
RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=davis|FRA | RD2-score01=5
RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=davis|ROU | RD2-score02=0RD2T2-loc=
Budapest ,Hungary
RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=davis|HUN|1920 | RD2-score03=2
RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=davis|ITA|1861 | RD2-score04=3RD2T3-loc=
Lisbon ,Portugal (clay)
RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=davis|POR | RD2-score05=0
RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=davis|GER | RD2-score06=5RD2T4-loc=
Montreux ,Switzerland
RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=davis|RSA|1910 | RD2-score07=5
RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=davis|SUI | RD2-score08=0RD2T5-loc=
Harrogate ,England (clay)
RD2-seed09= | RD2-team09=davis|DEN | RD2-score09=3
RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10=davis|GBR | RD2-score10=2RD2T6-loc=
Zagreb ,Yugoslavia
RD2-seed11= | RD2-team11=davis|IND|British | RD2-score11=3
RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12=davis|YUG|kingdom | RD2-score12=0RD2T7-loc=
Prague ,Czechoslovakia
RD2-seed13= | RD2-team13=davis|TCH | RD2-score13=4
RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14=davis|GRE|old | RD2-score14=1RD2T8-loc=
Brussels ,Belgium
RD2-seed15= | RD2-team15=davis|POL | RD2-score15=0
RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16=davis|BEL | RD2-score16=5RD3T1-loc=
Rome ,Italy (clay)
RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=davis|FRA | RD3-score01=3
RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=davis|ITA|1861 | RD3-score02=2RD3T2-loc=
Berlin ,Germany
RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=davis|GER | RD3-score03=1
RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=davis|RSA|1910 | RD3-score04=4RD3T3-loc=
Copenhagen ,Denmark
RD3-seed05= | RD3-team05=davis|DEN | RD3-score05=5
RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06=davis|IND|British | RD3-score06=0RD3T4-loc=
Prague ,Czechoslovakia
RD3-seed07= | RD3-team07=davis|TCH | RD3-score07=4
RD3-seed08= | RD3-team08=davis|BEL | RD3-score08=1RD4T1-loc=
Eastbourne ,England (grass)
RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=davis|FRA | RD4-score01=5
RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=davis|RSA|1910 | RD4-score02=0RD4T2-loc=
Prague ,Czechoslovakia
RD4-seed03= | RD4-team03=davis|DEN | RD4-score03=3
RD4-seed04= | RD4-team04=davis|TCH | RD4-score04=2RD5T1-loc=
Copenhagen ,Denmark (clay)
RD5-seed01= | RD5-team01=davis|FRA | RD5-score01=3
RD5-seed02= | RD5-team02=davis|DEN | RD5-score02=0Final
DavisCupbox
team1=Denmark
team2=France
venue=Copenhagen ,Denmark
date=21 July - 22 July 1927
surface=clay
score1=0
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Einer Ulrich |7 |7 |4 | | |T2P1=Henri Cochet |9 |9 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Axel Petersen |8 |2 |1 | | |T2P1=Jean Borotra |6 |6 |6 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Axel Petersen |T1P2=Einer Ulrich |4 |0 |3 | | |T2P1=Jean Borotra |T2P2=Jacques Brugnon |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Einer Ulrich | | | | | |T2P1=Jean Borotra | | | | |np=
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Axel Petersen | | | | | |T2P1=Henri Cochet | | | | | |np=Inter-Zonal Zone
DavisCupbox
team1=Japan
team2=France
venue=Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA,United States
date=25 August - 27 August 1927
surface=grass
score1=0
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Yoshiro Ota |0 |3 |2 | | |T2P1=Henri Cochet |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Takeichi Harada |1 |1 |2 | | |T2P1=René Lacoste |6 |6 |6 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Takeichi Harada |T1P2=Tsumio Tawara |7 |1 |2 | | |T2P1=Jacques Brugnon |T2P2=Henri Cochet |9 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Takeichi Harada | | | | | |T2P1=Henri Cochet | | | | | |np=
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Yoshiro Ota | | | | | |T2P1=René Lacoste | | | | | |np=|Challenge Round
DavisCupbox
team1=United States |team1-var=1912
team2=France
venue=Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,United States
date=8 September - 10 September 1927
surface=grass
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bill Johnston |3 |2 |2 | | |T2P1=René Lacoste |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bill Tilden |6 |2 |6 |8 | |T2P1=Henri Cochet |4 |6 |2 |6 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Frank Hunter |T1P2=Bill Tilden |3 |6 |6 |4 |6 |T2P1=Jean Borotra |T2P2=Jacques Brugnon |6 |3 |3 |6 |0
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bill Tilden |3 |6 |3 |2 | |T2P1=René Lacoste |6 |4 |6 |6 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bill Johnston |4 |6 |2 |4 | |T2P1=Henri Cochet |6 |4 |6 |6 |
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