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1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

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The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

Due to an increase in South American entries, the America Zone was split into the North & Central America Zone and the South America Zone. The winner of each sub-zone would play against each other to determine who moved to the Inter-Zonal Final to compete against the winner of the Europe Zone. 8 teams entered the America Zone: 3 teams competed in the North & Central America Zone, while 5 teams competed in the South America Zone.[1]

The United States defeated Canada in the North & Central America Zone final, and Argentina defeated Chile in the South America Zone final.[2][3] In the Americas Inter-Zonal Final, the United States defeated Argentina and went on to face Great Britain in the Inter-Zonal Final.[4]

North & Central America Zone

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Draw

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Semifinals
1–3 May
Final
21–23 May
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
 United States5
Montreal, Canada (grass)
 Mexico0
 United States4
 Canada1
bye
 Canada

Semifinals

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Mexico vs. United States

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Mexico
0
Club Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[5]
1–3 May 1931
Clay

United States
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
United States
Alfonso Unda
Wilmer Allison
3
6
1
6
3
6
     
2 Mexico
United States
Ricardo Tapia
Frank Shields
4
6
4
6
2
6
     
3 Mexico
United States
Manuel Llano / Ricardo Tapia
Frank Shields / Sidney Wood
3
6
3
6
4
6
     
4 Mexico
United States
Jorge Acosta
Frank Shields
3
6
0
6
3
6
     
5 Mexico
United States
Ricardo Tapia
Wilmer Allison
4
6
3
6
2
6
     

Final

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Canada vs. United States

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Canada
1
Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[2]
21–23 May 1931
Grass

United States
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Canada
United States
Jack Wright
Frank Shields
6
8
2
6
2
6
     
2 Canada
United States
Marcel Rainville
Sidney Wood
4
6
6
4
6
3
2
6
6
4
 
3 Canada
United States
Marcel Rainville / Jack Wright
Frank Shields / Sidney Wood
6
8
4
6
2
6
     
4 Canada
United States
Jack Wright
Sidney Wood
6
8
3
6
4
6
     
5 Canada
United States
Marcel Rainville
Frank Shields
1
6
4
6
1
6
     

South America Zone

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Draw

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Quarterfinals
26–28 March
Semifinals
2–4 April
Final
24–26 April
Asunción, Paraguay (hard)
 Paraguay0
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
 Argentina5
 Argentina5
 Uruguay0
 Uruguay
Santiago, Chile
bye
 Argentina3
 Chile0
bye
 Brazil
 Brazil
 Chile [6]w/o
bye
 Chile

Quarterfinals

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Paraguay vs. Argentina

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Paraguay
0
Asunción, Paraguay[7]
26–28 March 1931
Hard

Argentina
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Paraguay
Argentina
Agustin Cusmanich
Lucilo del Castillo
3
6
0
6
2
6
     
2 Paraguay
Argentina
Ángel Portaluppi
Adriano Zappa
1
6
1
6
1
6
     
3 Paraguay
Argentina
Agustin Cusmanich / Licio Sosa
Guillermo Robson / Andrés Sissener
0
6
3
6
0
6
     
4 Paraguay
Argentina
H.R. Walters
Lucilo del Castillo
0
6
0
6
1
6
     
5 Paraguay
Argentina
Ivo Ubaldi
Adriano Zappa
2
6
0
6
1
6
     

Semifinals

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Argentina vs. Uruguay

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Argentina
5
Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[8]
2–4 April 1931
Clay

Uruguay
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Argentina
Uruguay
Lucilo del Castillo
Juan Carlos da Silva
6
1
6
2
6
0
     
2 Argentina
Uruguay
Ronaldo Boyd
Eduardo Stanham
6
2
6
1
6
3
     
3 Argentina
Uruguay
Guillermo Robson / Adriano Zappa
Juan Carlos da Silva / Eduardo Stanham
6
1
6
2
6
1
     
4 Argentina
Uruguay
Lucilo del Castillo
Carlos Gainza
6
0
6
0
6
1
     
5 Argentina
Uruguay
Ronaldo Boyd
Ernesto Hernandez Erro
6
0
6
0
6
1
     

Final

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Chile vs. Argentina

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Chile
0
Santiago, Chile[3]
24–26 April 1931

Argentina
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Chile
Argentina
Egon Schonherr
Adriano Zappa
6
2
2
6
0
6
0
6
   
2 Chile
Argentina
Lionel Page
Guillermo Robson
2
6
2
6
4
6
     
3 Chile
Argentina
Roberto Conrads / Herbert Muller
Lucilo del Castillo / Adriano Zappa
1
6
0
6
0
6
     
4 Chile
Argentina
Lionel Page
Adriano Zappa
          not
played
5 Chile
Argentina
Egon Schonherr
Guillermo Robson
          not
played

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

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United States vs. Argentina

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United States
5
Chevy Chase Lawn Tennis Club, Chevy Chase, MD, United States[4]
28–30 May 1931
Clay

Argentina
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Argentina
Frank Shields
Guillermo Robson
3
6
6
2
6
2
6
2
   
2 United States
Argentina
Sidney Wood
Ronaldo Boyd
6
4
6
1
6
2
     
3 United States
Argentina
Frank Shields / Sidney Wood
Lucilo del Castillo / Adriano Zappa
6
4
8
6
2
6
6
2
   
4 United States
Argentina
Frank Shields
Ronaldo Boyd
6
2
6
2
6
2
     
5 United States
Argentina
Cliff Sutter
Guillermo Robson
3
6
6
4
6
3
6
3
   

References

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  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 "Canada v United States". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Chile v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "United States v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Mexico v United States". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Chile v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Paraguay v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Argentina v Uruguay". daviscup.com.
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