1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

Main article: 1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

6 teams entered the America Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the Europe Zone. The United States defeated Japan in the final, and went on to face Italy in the Inter-Zonal Final.

Draw

Quarterfinals
9 April–2 May		Semifinals
25–28 May		Final
1–3 June
 China
Kansas City, MO, United States (clay)
bye
 China0
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
 United States5
 United States5
Chicago, IL, United States (clay)
 Mexico0
 United States5
Havana, Cuba
 Japan0
 Japan3
Montreal, Canada (grass)
 Cuba0
 Japan3
 Canada1
bye
 Canada

Quarterfinals

Mexico vs. United States


Mexico
0 		Club Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
9–11 April 1928
Clay
United States
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ricardo Tapia
John Hennessey 		2
6 		7
9 		1
6 		     
2
Robert Kinsey
Bill Tilden 		1
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3
Robert Kinsey / Alfonso Unda
Arnold Jones / Bill Tilden 		2
6 		6
4 		3
6 		3
6 		   
4
Robert Kinsey
John Hennessey 		2
6 		0
6 		3
6 		     
5
Alfonso Unda
Wilmer Allison 		6
4 		3
6 		6
8 		5
7 		   

Cuba vs. Japan


Cuba
0 		Havana, Cuba
30 April–2 May 1928
Japan
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Vicente Banet
Teizo Toba 		1
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
2
Rogelio Paris
Yoshiro Ota 		1
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
3
Vicente Banet / Rogelio Paris
Tamio Abe / Teizo Toba 		3
6 		3
6 		6
4 		7
9 		   
4
Vicente Banet
Yoshiro Ota 		          not
played
5
Rogelio Paris
Teizo Toba 		          not
played

Semifinals

United States vs. China


United States
5 		Rockhill Tennis Club, Kansas City, MO, United States
25–27 May 1928
Clay
China
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
John Hennessey
Lum Pao-Hua 		6
3 		6
4 		6
0 		     
2
George Lott
Paul Kong 		6
0 		6
0 		6
0 		     
3
Wilbur Coen / Bill Tilden
Paul Kong / Lum Pao-Hua 		6
2 		6
1 		6
3 		     
4
John Hennessey
Paul Kong 		6
1 		6
0 		6
1 		     
5
George Lott
Lum Pao-Hua 		6
3 		6
2 		6
0 		     

Canada vs. Japan


Canada
1 		Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada
25–28 May 1928
Grass
Japan
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Willard Crocker
Teizo Toba 		6
0 		6
2 		4
6 		6
3 		   
2
Jack Wright
Yoshiro Ota 		6
4 		4
6 		6
1 		4
6 		1
6 		 
3
Arthur Ham / Jack Wright
Tamio Abe / Teizo Toba 		7
5 		6
2 		3
6 		4
6 		8
10 		 
4
Jack Wright
Teizo Toba 		9
7 		6
3 		3
6 		0
6 		4
6 		 
5
Willard Crocker
Yoshiro Ota 		6
2 		6
0 		3
6 		9
11 		  not
completed

Final

United States vs. Japan


United States
5 		Town & Tennis Club, Chicago, IL, United States
1–3 June 1928
Clay
Japan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bill Tilden
Tamio Abe 		6
2 		6
3 		6
0 		     
2
John Hennessey
Yoshiro Ota 		8
6 		6
3 		6
3 		     
3
George Lott / Bill Tilden
Tamio Abe / Teizo Toba 		6
1 		10
8 		6
2 		     
4
Wilbur Coen
Tamio Abe 		7
9 		6
2 		6
4 		7
5 		   
5
Bill Tilden
Yoshiro Ota 		6
8 		6
3 		6
1 		6
0 		   

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. ^ a b "United States v Japan". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Mexico v United States". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Cuba v Japan". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "United States v China". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Canada v Japan". daviscup.com.