The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

Japanese players Tawara and Harada c. 1920

5 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 Cuba in the final, and went on to face France in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

Quarterfinals
11–13 June		Semifinals
25–27 June; 16–18 July		Final
19–21 August
Mexico City, Mexico
 Mexico1
San Francisco, CA, United States (grass)
 Japan4
 Japan5
 Philippines0
bye
Montreal, Canada (grass)
 Philippines
 Japan5
 Cuba0
 Cuba
Havana, Cuba (clay)
bye
 Cuba3
 Canada2
bye
 Canada

Quarterfinals

Mexico vs. Japan


Mexico
1		 Club Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[3]
11–13 June 1926
clay
Japan
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
Japan		 Alfonso Unda
Takeichi Harada		 2
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2 Mexico
Japan		 Manuel Llano
Teizo Toba		 1
6 		7
5		 3
6 		4
6 		   
3 Mexico
Japan		 Claude Butlin / Manuel Llano
Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara		 0
6 		7
9 		4
6 		     
4 Mexico
Japan		 Claude Butlin
Teizo Toba		 6
2		 6
3		 6
1		      
5 Mexico
Japan		 Mariano Lozano Alatorre
Tsumio Tawara		 1
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     

Semifinals

Japan vs. Philippines


Japan
5		 San Francisco, CA, United States[4]
25–27 June 1926
Grass
Philippines
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Philippines		 Tsumio Tawara
Guillermo Aragon		 8
6		 6
1		 8
6		      
2 Japan
Philippines		 Takeichi Harada
Francisco Aragon		 6
0		 6
4		 6
3		      
3 Japan
Philippines		 Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara
Francisco Aragon / Guillermo Aragon		 6
3		 1
6 		5
7 		6
2		 6
2		  
4 Japan
Philippines		 Takeichi Harada
Guillermo Aragon		 6
2		 6
3		 7
5		      
5 Japan
Philippines		 Tsumio Tawara
Francisco Aragon		 6
2		 8
6		 4
6 		1
6 		7
5		  

Cuba vs. Canada


Cuba
3		 Havana, Cuba[5]
16–18 July 1926
Clay
Canada
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Cuba
Canada		 Rogelio Paris
Jack Wright		 2
6 		6
4		 2
6 		6
3		 6
4		  
2 Cuba
Canada		 Vicente Banet
Willard Crocker		 4
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
3 Cuba
Canada		 Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris
Willard Crocker / Jack Wright		 8
6		 3
6 		6
8 		8
6		 6
2		  
4 Cuba
Canada		 Vicente Banet
Jack Wright		 4
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
5 Cuba
Canada		 Rogelio Paris
Willard Crocker		 6
4		 6
2		 6
4		      

Final

Japan vs. Cuba


Japan
0		 Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[2]
19–21 August 1926
Grass
Cuba
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Cuba		 Takeichi Harada
Rogelio Paris		 7
5		 6
0		 6
3		      
2 Japan
Cuba		 Tsumio Tawara
Vicente Banet		 9
7		 6
1		 6
2		      
3 Japan
Cuba		 Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara
Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris		 6
4		 6
3		 6
2		      
4 Japan
Cuba		 Tsumio Tawara
Rogelio Paris		 6
2		 6
0		 6
2		      
5 Japan
Cuba		 Tezio Toba
Vicente Banet		 6
2		 6
2		 6
2		      

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. 1 2 "Japan v Cuba". daviscup.com.
  3. ↑ "Mexico v Japan". daviscup.com.
  4. ↑ "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  5. ↑ "Cuba v Canada". daviscup.com.
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