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1931 Davis Cup

1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge (Davis Cup tennis)
Details
Duration 19 April – 26 July
Edition 26th
Teams 30
Champion
Winning Nation France
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America Zone

North & Central America Zone

  Semifinals
1–3 May		   Final
21–23 May
                 
  Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
    United States 5  
    Mexico 0     Montreal, Canada (grass)
        United States 4
        Canada 1
    bye  
    Canada    

South America Zone

  Quarterfinals
26–28 March		   Semifinals
2–4 April		   Final
24–26 April
                           
  Asunción, Paraguay (hard)
    Paraguay 0  
    Argentina 5     Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
      Argentina 5  
        Uruguay 0  
    Uruguay  
    bye       Santiago, Chile
      Argentina 3
          Chile 0
    bye    
    Brazil        
      Brazil  
        Chile w/o  
    bye  
    Chile    

Americas Inter-Zonal Final


United States
5		 Chevy Chase Lawn Tennis Club, Chevy Chase, MD, United States
28–30 May 1931
Clay
Argentina
0
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Frank Shields
Guillermo Robson		 3
6 		6
2		 6
2		 6
2		    
2   Sidney Wood
Ronaldo Boyd		 6
4		 6
1		 6
2		      
3   Frank Shields / Sidney Wood
Lucilo del Castillo / Adriano Zappa		 6
4		 8
6		 2
6 		4
2		    
4   Frank Shields
Ronaldo Boyd		 6
2		 6
2		 6
2		      
5   Cliff Sutter
Guillermo Robson		 3
6 		6
4		 6
3		 6
3		    
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Frank Shields
Guillermo Robson		 3
6 		6
2		 6
2		 6
2		    
2   Sidney Wood
Ronaldo Boyd		 6
4		 6
1		 6
2		      
3   Frank Shields / Sidney Wood
Lucilo del Castillo / Adriano Zappa		 6
4		 8
6		 2
6 		4
2		    
4   Frank Shields
Ronaldo Boyd		 6
2		 6
2		 6
2		      
5   Cliff Sutter
Guillermo Robson		 3
6 		6
4		 6
3		 6
3		    

Europe Zone

Draw

First Round
16 April–5 May		   Second Round
8–17 May		   Quarterfinals
20 May–6 June		   Semifinals
12–18 June		   Final
9–11 July
                                             
  Finland       Helsinki, Finland
  bye         Finland 1  
  Egypt       Egypt 4     Paris, France (clay)
  bye           Egypt 0  
  Yugoslavia       Zagreb, Yugoslavia     Japan 5  
  bye         Yugoslavia 0
  Japan       Japan 5     Eastbourne, England (grass)
  bye           Japan 0  
  Belgium       Brussels, Belgium (clay)     Great Britain 5  
  bye         Belgium 0  
  Great Britain 5     Great Britain 5     Eastbourne, England (grass)
  Monaco 0         Great Britain 5
  Germany 0     Dublin, Ireland (grass)     South Africa 0  
  South Africa 5       South Africa 4
  Switzerland 0     Ireland 1     Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
  Ireland 5         Great Britain 4
  Greece 3     Athens, Greece     Czechoslovakia 1
  Austria 2       Greece 1  
  Spain 2     Czechoslovakia 4     Prague, Czechoslovakia
  Czechoslovakia 3         Czechoslovakia 3  
  Italy 4     Turin, Italy (clay)     Italy 0  
  Hungary 1       Italy 3
  bye       Netherlands 0     Copenhagen, Denmark
  Netherlands           Czechoslovakia 5
  bye       Oslo, Norway (clay)     Denmark 0  
  Norway         Norway 0  
  bye       Poland 3     Copenhagen, Denmark
  Poland           Poland 2
  bye       Copenhagen, Denmark     Denmark 3  
  Denmark         Denmark 5
  bye       Romania 0  
  Romania    

Final


Czechoslovakia
1		 Prague, Czechoslovakia
9–11 July 1931
Clay
Great Britain
4
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Roderich Menzel
Bunny Austin		 6
3		 2
6 		8
6		 3
6 		3
6 		 
2   Ladislav Hecht
Fred Perry		 1
6 		6
8 		3
6 		     
3   Ferenc Maršálek / Roderich Menzel
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry		 4
6 		6
4		 4
6 		2
6 		   
4   Ladislav Hecht
Bunny Austin		 6
2		 7
5		 6
4		      
5   Roderich Menzel
Fred Perry		 5
7 		3
6 		5
7 		     
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Roderich Menzel
Bunny Austin		 6
3		 2
6 		8
6		 3
6 		3
6 		 
2   Ladislav Hecht
Fred Perry		 1
6 		6
8 		3
6 		     
3   Ferenc Maršálek / Roderich Menzel
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry		 4
6 		6
4		 4
6 		2
6 		   
4   Ladislav Hecht
Bunny Austin		 6
2		 7
5		 6
4		      
5   Roderich Menzel
Fred Perry		 5
7 		3
6 		5
7 		     

Inter-Zonal Final


Great Britain
3		 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France
17–19 July 1931
Clay
United States
2
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Bunny Austin
Sidney Wood		 2
6 		6
0		 8
6		 7
5		    
2   Fred Perry
Frank Shields		 8
10 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3   Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
George Lott / John Van Ryn		 1
6 		3
6 		6
4		 3
6 		   
4   Fred Perry
Sidney Wood		 6
3		 8
10 		6
3		 6
3		    
5   Bunny Austin
Frank Shields		 8
6		 6
3		 7
5		      
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Bunny Austin
Sidney Wood		 2
6 		6
0		 8
6		 7
5		    
2   Fred Perry
Frank Shields		 8
10 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3   Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
George Lott / John Van Ryn		 1
6 		3
6 		6
4		 3
6 		   
4   Fred Perry
Sidney Wood		 6
3		 8
10 		6
3		 6
3		    
5   Bunny Austin
Frank Shields		 8
6		 6
3		 7
5		      

Challenge Round


France
3		 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France
24–26 July 1931
Clay
Great Britain
2
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Henri Cochet
Bunny Austin		 3
6 		11
9		 6
2		 6
4		    
2   Jean Borotra
Fred Perry		 6
4		 8
10 		0
6 		6
4		 4
6 		 
3   Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet
Pat Hughes / Charles Kingsley		 6
1		 5
7 		6
3		 8
6		    
4   Jean Borotra
Bunny Austin		 5
7 		3
6 		6
3		 5
7 		   
5   Henri Cochet
Fred Perry		 6
4		 1
6 		9
7		 6
3		    
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Henri Cochet
Bunny Austin		 3
6 		11
9		 6
2		 6
4		    
2   Jean Borotra
Fred Perry		 6
4		 8
10 		0
6 		6
4		 4
6 		 
3   Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet
Pat Hughes / Charles Kingsley		 6
1		 5
7 		6
3		 8
6		    
4   Jean Borotra
Bunny Austin		 5
7 		3
6 		6
3		 5
7 		   
5   Henri Cochet
Fred Perry		 6
4		 1
6 		9
7		 6
3		    
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