1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The 1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 28th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. 24 teams would enter the Europe Zone; while 9 would enter the Americas Zone, 4 in North America and 5 in South America. Due to the large number of entries in Europe, 1933 saw the beginning of a "Qualifying Round" system, where losing teams in the 1st, 2nd, and Quarterfinal rounds would play-off against each other for four spots in the next year's main draw.

The United States defeated Argentina in the American Zone. Great Britain defeated the Americans in the Inter-Zonal play-off, and would go on to defeat France in the Challenge Round, ending France's six-year run. The final was played at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France on 28-30 July.

America Zone

North/Central America draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=5-13 May
RD2date=18-20 May

RD1T1-loc=Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|USA|1912 | RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|MEX|1917 | RD1-score2=0

RD1T2-loc=Hot Springs, VA, United States (hard)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|CUB | RD1-score3=1
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|CAN|1921 | RD1-score4=4

RD2T1-loc=Montreal, Canada (grass)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|USA|1912 | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|CAN|1921 | RD2-score2=0

outh America draw

8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=
RD2date=31 March-2 April
RD3date=8-10 April

RD1T1-loc=
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|BRA | RD1-score1=
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|CHI | RD1-score2=w/o

RD1T2-loc=
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|URU | RD1-score3=
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=bye | RD1-score4=

RD1T3-loc=
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=bye | RD1-score5=
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|PER | RD1-score6=

RD1T4-loc=
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=bye | RD1-score7=
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|ARG | RD1-score8=

RD2T1-loc=Montevideo, Uruguay
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|CHI | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|URU | RD2-score2=0

RD2T2-loc=
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|PER | RD2-score3=
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|ARG | RD2-score4=w/o

RD3T1-loc=Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|CHI | RD3-score1=1
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|ARG | RD3-score2=4

Americas Inter-Zonal round

DavisCupbox
team1=United States |team1-var=1912
team2=Argentina
venue=Chevy Chase Lawn Tennis Club, Chevy Chase, MD, United States
date=25 May - 27 May 1933
surface=clay
score1=4
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ellsworth Vines |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Adriano Zappa |2 |3 |4 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Wilmer Allison |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Américo Cattaruzza |2 |4 |3 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=George Lott |T1P2=John Van Ryn |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Adelmar Echeverria |T2P2=Adriano Zappa |1 |4 |1 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ellsworth Vines |7 |6 |5 |6 | |T2P1=Américo Cattaruzza |5 |1 |7 |1 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Wilmer Allison |6 |6 |2 | | |T2P1=Adriano Zappa |2 |1 |2 | | |nc=3|

Europe Zone

Draw

32TeamBracket-Compact-info
RD1-date=21 April-9 May
RD2-date=12-21 May
RD3-date=8-13 June
RD4-date=17-20 June
RD5-date=13-15 July

RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01=davis|GRE|old | 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|TCH | RD1-score05=
RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=bye | RD1-score06=

RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=davis|MON | RD1-score07=
RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=bye | RD1-score08=

RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=davis|FIN | RD1-score09=w/o
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|IND|British | RD1-score10=

RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|ESP|1931 | RD1-score11=1
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|GBR | RD1-score12=4

RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|ITA|1861 | RD1-score13=4
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|YUG|kingdom | RD1-score14=1

RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|BEL | RD1-score15=2
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|AUT | RD1-score16=3

RD1-seed17= | RD1-team17=davis|DEN | RD1-score17=2
RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18=davis|IRL | RD1-score18=3

RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19=davis|HUN|1920 | RD1-score19=0
RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20=davis|JPN | RD1-score20=5

RD1-seed21= | RD1-team21=davis|GER | RD1-score21=5
RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22=davis|EGY|1922 | RD1-score22=0

RD1-seed23= | RD1-team23=davis|NED | RD1-score23=3
RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24=davis|POL | RD1-score24=2

RD1-seed25= | RD1-team25=bye | RD1-score25=
RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26=davis|SUI | RD1-score26=

RD1-seed27= | RD1-team27=bye | RD1-score27=
RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28=davis|RSA|1928 | RD1-score28=

RD1-seed29= | RD1-team29=bye | RD1-score29=
RD1-seed30= | RD1-team30=davis|NOR | RD1-score30=

RD1-seed31= | RD1-team31=bye | RD1-score31=
RD1-seed32= | RD1-team32=davis|AUS | RD1-score32=

RD2T1-loc=Athens, Greece
RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=davis|GRE|old | RD2-score01=4
RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=davis|ROU | RD2-score02=1

RD2T2-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia
RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=davis|TCH | RD2-score03=5
RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=davis|MON | RD2-score04=0

RD2T3-loc=London, England (clay)
RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=davis|FIN | RD2-score05=0
RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=davis|GBR | RD2-score06=5

RD2T4-loc=Genoa, Italy (clay)
RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=davis|ITA|1861 | RD2-score07=4
RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=davis|AUT | RD2-score08=1

RD2T5-loc=Dublin, Ireland (grass)
RD2-seed09= | RD2-team09=davis|IRL | RD2-score09=0
RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10=davis|JPN | RD2-score10=5

RD2T6-loc=Berlin, Germany
RD2-seed11= | RD2-team11=davis|GER | RD2-score11=4
RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12=davis|NED | RD2-score12=1

RD2T7-loc=Basel, Switzerland
RD2-seed13= | RD2-team13=davis|SUI | RD2-score13=1
RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14=davis|RSA|1928 | RD2-score14=4

RD2T8-loc=Oslo, Norway (clay)
RD2-seed15= | RD2-team15=davis|NOR | RD2-score15=0
RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16=davis|AUS | RD2-score16=5

RD3T1-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia
RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=davis|GRE|old | RD3-score01=0
RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=davis|TCH | RD3-score02=5

RD3T2-loc=Eastbourne, England (grass)
RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=davis|GBR | RD3-score03=4
RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=davis|ITA|1861 | RD3-score04=1

RD3T3-loc=Berlin, Germany (clay)
RD3-seed05= | RD3-team05=davis|JPN | RD3-score05=4
RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06=davis|GER | RD3-score06=1

RD3T4-loc=London, England (grass)
RD3-seed07= | RD3-team07=davis|RSA|1928 | RD3-score07=2
RD3-seed08= | RD3-team08=davis|AUS | RD3-score08=3

RD4T1-loc=Eastbourne, England (grass)
RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=davis|TCH | RD4-score01=0
RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=davis|GBR | RD4-score02=5

RD4T2-loc=Paris, France (clay)
RD4-seed03= | RD4-team03=davis|JPN | RD4-score03=2
RD4-seed04= | RD4-team04=davis|AUS | RD4-score04=3

RD5T1-loc=Wimbledon, England (grass)
RD5-seed01= | RD5-team01=davis|GBR | RD5-score01=3
RD5-seed02= | RD5-team02=davis|AUS | RD5-score02=2

Final

DavisCupbox
team1=Great Britain
team2=Australia
venue=Centre Court, Wimbledon, London, England
date=13 July - 15 July 1933
surface=grass
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bunny Austin |6 |2 |2 |3 | |T2P1=Jack Crawford |4 |6 |6 |6 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Fred Perry |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Vivian McGrath |2 |4 |2 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Patrick Hughes |T1P2=Fred Perry |7 |6 |3 |6 | |T2P1=Adrian Quist |T2P2=Donald Turnbull |5 |4 |6 |3 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bunny Austin |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=Vivian McGrath |4 |5 |3 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Harry Lee |6 |5 |4 | | |T2P1=Jack Crawford |8 |7 |6 | |

Qualifying Round

16Team-2Round-Compact
RD1-date=14 July-20 August
RD1-name=Second Round
RD2-date=18 August-3 September

RD1T1-loc=Dublin, Ireland (grass)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|IRL | RD1-score1=1
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|GER | RD1-score2=4

RD1T2-loc=Copenhagen, Denmark
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|DEN | RD1-score3=4
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|GRE|old | RD1-score4=1

RD1T3-loc=Oslo, Norway (clay)
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|NOR | RD1-score5=0
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|YUG|kingdom | RD1-score6=5

RD1T4-loc=Vienna, Austria
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|AUT | RD1-score7=5
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|ESP|1931 | RD1-score8=0

RD1T5-loc=Stockholm, Sweden
RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9=davis|SWE | RD1-score9=2
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|BEL | RD1-score10=3

RD1T6-loc=Monte Carlo, Monaco
RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|MON | RD1-score11=1
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|SUI | RD1-score12=4

RD1T7-loc=Warsaw, Poland
RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|POL | RD1-score13=2
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|ITA|1861 | RD1-score14=3

RD1T8-loc=Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)
RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|NED | RD1-score15=4
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|ROU | RD1-score16=1

RD2T1-loc=Leipzig, Germany
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|GER | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|DEN | RD2-score2=0

RD2T2-loc=Zagreb, Yugoslavia
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|YUG|kingdom | RD2-score3=1
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|AUT | RD2-score4=4

RD2T3-loc=Montreux, Switzerland
RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=davis|BEL | RD2-score5=2
RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=davis|SUI | RD2-score6=3

RD2T4-loc=Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=davis|ITA|1861 | RD2-score7=3
RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=davis|NED | RD2-score8=2Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy advance to main draw in 1934.

Inter-Zonal Zone

DavisCupbox
team1=United States |team1-var=1912
team2=Great Britain
venue=Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France
date=21 July - 22 July 1933
surface=clay
score1=1
score2=4
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ellsworth Vines |1 |1 |4 | | |T2P1=Bunny Austin |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Wilmer Allison |1 |5 |4 | | |T2P1=Fred Perry |6 |7 |6 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=George Lott |T1P2=John Van Ryn |8 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Patrick Hughes |T2P2=Fred Perry |6 |4 |1 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Wilmer Allison |2 |9 |3 |4 | |T2P1=Bunny Austin |6 |7 |6 |6 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ellsworth Vines |6 |0 |6 |5 |6 |T2P1=Fred Perry |1 |6 |4 |7 |7 |re1=5 |

Challenge Round

DavisCupbox
team1=France
team2=Great Britain
venue=Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France
date=28 July - 30 July 1933
surface=clay
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=André Merlin |3 |4 |0 | | |T2P1=Bunny Austin |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Henri Cochet |10 |4 |6 |6 |1 |T2P1=Fred Perry |8 |6 |8 |3 |6
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jean Borotra |T1P2=Jacques Brugnon |6 |8 |6 | | |T2P1=Patrick Hughes |T2P2=Harry Lee |3 |6 |2 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Henri Cochet |5 |6 |4 |6 |6 |T2P1=Bunny Austin |7 |4 |6 |4 |4
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=André Merlin |6 |6 |2 |5 | |T2P1=Fred Perry |4 |8 |6 |7 |