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1929 Davis Cup

1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge (Davis Cup tennis)
Details
Duration 29 March – 28 July
Edition 24th
Teams 29
Champion
Winning Nation France
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America Zone

Draw

  Quarterfinals
16–18 May
  Semifinals
17–25 May
  Final
30 May–1 June
                           
  Montreal, Canada (grass)
    United States 5  
    Canada 0     Chevy Chase, MD, United States (clay)
      United States 4  
        Japan 1  
    Japan  
    bye       Detroit, MI, United States (clay)
      United States 5
          Cuba 0
    bye    
    Cuba       Havana, Cuba (clay)
      Cuba 4
        Mexico 1  
    bye  
    Mexico    

Final


United States
5
Detroit Tennis Club, Detroit, MI, United States
30 May–1 June 1929
Clay

Cuba
0
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   John Hennessey
Ricardo Morales
6
0
6
3
6
4
     
2   John Van Ryn
Gustavo Vollmer
6
0
6
1
6
1
     
3   Wilmer Allison / John Van Ryn
Ricardo Morales / Germán Upmann
6
2
6
0
6
1
     
4   Wilmer Allison
Gustavo Vollmer
6
3
6
2
6
5
     
5   George Lott
Germán Upmann
6
4
6
3
6
3
     
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   John Hennessey
Ricardo Morales
6
0
6
3
6
4
     
2   John Van Ryn
Gustavo Vollmer
6
0
6
1
6
1
     
3   Wilmer Allison / John Van Ryn
Ricardo Morales / Germán Upmann
6
2
6
0
6
1
     
4   Wilmer Allison
Gustavo Vollmer
6
3
6
2
6
5
     
5   George Lott
Germán Upmann
6
4
6
3
6
3
     

Europe Zone

Draw

First Round
29 March–12 May
  Second Round
10–19 May
  Quarterfinals
5–9 June
  Semifinals
14–21 June
  Final
12–14 July
                                             
  Italy       Dublin, Ireland (grass)
  bye         Italy 5  
  Ireland       Ireland 0     Hamburg, Germany
  bye           Italy 2  
  Spain       Barcelona, Spain (clay)     Germany 3  
  bye         Spain 1
  Germany       Germany 4     Prague, Czechoslovakia
  bye           Germany 4  
  Denmark 4     Copenhagen, Denmark     Czechoslovakia 1  
  Chile 1       Denmark 4  
  Greece 4     Greece 1     Copenhagen, Denmark
  Yugoslavia 1         Denmark 1
  Belgium 4     Prague, Czechoslovakia     Czechoslovakia 4  
  Romania 1       Belgium 0
  Austria 2     Czechoslovakia 3     Berlin, Germany (clay)
  Czechoslovakia 3         Germany 3
  Hungary 4     Budapest, Hungary     Great Britain 2
  Norway 1       Hungary 3  
  Monaco 3     Monaco 2     Budapest, Hungary
  Switzerland 2         Hungary 3  
  Finland 1     The Hague, Netherlands (clay)     Netherlands 2  
  Egypt 4       Egypt 1
  Netherlands w/o     Netherlands 4     Budapest, Hungary (clay)
  Portugal           Hungary 2
  bye       Saltsjöbaden, Sweden (clay)     Great Britain 3  
  Sweden         Sweden 0  
  bye       South Africa 5     Bournemouth, England (grass)
  South Africa           Great Britain 5
  bye       Warsaw, Poland (clay)     South Africa 0  
  Poland         Poland 0
  bye       Great Britain 5  
  Great Britain    

Final


Germany
3
Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, Berlin, Germany
12–14 July 1929
Clay

Great Britain
2
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Daniel Prenn
Colin Gregory
6
3
6
3
6
2
     
2   Hans Moldenhauer
Bunny Austin
6
4
6
2
6
3
     
3   Heinrich Kleinschroth / Heinz Landmann
Ian Collins / Colin Gregory
4
6
2
6
0
6
     
4   Hans Moldenhauer
Colin Gregory
0
6
2
6
3
6
     
5   Daniel Prenn
Bunny Austin
4
6
6
2
6
4
4
6
5
1

retired
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Daniel Prenn
Colin Gregory
6
3
6
3
6
2
     
2   Hans Moldenhauer
Bunny Austin
6
4
6
2
6
3
     
3   Heinrich Kleinschroth / Heinz Landmann
Ian Collins / Colin Gregory
4
6
2
6
0
6
     
4   Hans Moldenhauer
Colin Gregory
0
6
2
6
3
6
     
5   Daniel Prenn
Bunny Austin
4
6
6
2
6
4
4
6
5
1

retired

Inter-Zonal Final


Germany
0
Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, Berlin, Germany
19–21 July 1929
Clay

United States
5
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Hans Moldenhauer
Bill Tilden
2
6
4
6
4
6
     
2   Daniel Prenn
Frank Hunter
6
3
3
6
4
6
3
6
   
3   Hans Moldenhauer / Daniel Prenn
Wilmer Allison / John Van Ryn
11
9
2
6
4
6
3
6
   
4   Daniel Prenn
Bill Tilden
1
6
4
6
1
6
     
5   Hans Moldenhauer
Frank Hunter
3
6
6
1
4
6
6
4
1
6
 
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Hans Moldenhauer
Bill Tilden
2
6
4
6
4
6
     
2   Daniel Prenn
Frank Hunter
6
3
3
6
4
6
3
6
   
3   Hans Moldenhauer / Daniel Prenn
Wilmer Allison / John Van Ryn
11
9
2
6
4
6
3
6
   
4   Daniel Prenn
Bill Tilden
1
6
4
6
1
6
     
5   Hans Moldenhauer
Frank Hunter
3
6
6
1
4
6
6
4
1
6
 

Challenge Round


France
3
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France
26–28 July 1929
Clay

United States
2
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Henri Cochet
Bill Tilden
6
3
6
1
6
2
     
2   Jean Borotra
George Lott
6
1
3
6
6
4
7
5
   
3   Jean Borotra / Henri Cochet
Wilmer Allison / John Van Ryn
1
6
6
8
4
6
     
4   Jean Borotra
Bill Tilden
6
4
1
6
4
6
5
7
   
5   Henri Cochet
George Lott
6
1
3
6
6
0
6
3
   
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Henri Cochet
Bill Tilden
6
3
6
1
6
2
     
2   Jean Borotra
George Lott
6
1
3
6
6
4
7
5
   
3   Jean Borotra / Henri Cochet
Wilmer Allison / John Van Ryn
1
6
6
8
4
6
     
4   Jean Borotra
Bill Tilden
6
4
1
6
4
6
5
7
   
5   Henri Cochet
George Lott
6
1
3
6
6
0
6
3
   
Milla Backhouse