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1937 Davis Cup

1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge (Davis Cup tennis)
Details
Duration 29 April – 27 July
Edition 32nd
Teams 25
Champion
Winning Nation United States
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America Zone

Draw

  Semifinals
30 April–2 May		   Final
29–31 May
                 
  Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
    Australia 5  
    Mexico 0     Forest Hills, NY, United States (grass)
        Australia 0
  San Francisco, CA, United States (clay)     United States 5
    United States 5
    Japan 0  

Final


United States
5		 West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States
29–31 May 1937
Grass
Australia
0
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Don Budge
Jack Crawford		 6
1		 6
3		 6
2		      
2   Bryan Grant
John Bromwich		 6
2		 7
5		 6
1		      
3   Don Budge / Gene Mako
Jack Crawford / Vivian McGrath		 7
5		 6
1		 8
6		      
4   Don Budge
John Bromwich		 6
2		 6
3		 5
7 		6
1		    
5   Bryan Grant
Jack Crawford		 6
0		 6
2		 7
5		      
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Don Budge
Jack Crawford		 6
1		 6
3		 6
2		      
2   Bryan Grant
John Bromwich		 6
2		 7
5		 6
1		      
3   Don Budge / Gene Mako
Jack Crawford / Vivian McGrath		 7
5		 6
1		 8
6		      
4   Don Budge
John Bromwich		 6
2		 6
3		 5
7 		6
1		    
5   Bryan Grant
Jack Crawford		 6
0		 6
2		 7
5		      

Europe Zone

Draw

First Round
29 April–2 May		   Second Round
8–17 May		   Quarterfinals
4–7 June		   Semifinals
12–14 June		   Final
10–12 July
                                             
  Germany       Munich, Germany
  bye         Germany 3  
  Austria       Austria 1     Milan, Italy (clay)
  bye           Germany 4  
  Italy       Bologna, Italy (clay)     Italy 1  
  bye         Italy 5
  Monaco       Monaco 0     Berlin, Germany
  bye           Germany 4  
  Sweden       Stockholm, Sweden (clay)     Belgium 1  
  bye         Sweden 3  
  Greece       Greece 2     Brussels, Belgium (clay)
  bye           Sweden 2
  Belgium 3     Brussels, Belgium     Belgium 3  
  Hungary 2       Belgium 4
  Switzerland 3     Switzerland 1     Berlin, Germany
  Ireland 2         Germany 4
  Netherlands 0     Brighton, England (clay)     Czechoslovakia 1
  South Africa 5       South Africa 4  
  New Zealand 3     New Zealand 1     Zagreb, Yugoslavia
  China 2         South Africa 1  
  bye       Belgrade, Yugoslavia     Yugoslavia 4  
  Yugoslavia         Yugoslavia 5
  bye       Romania 0     Prague, Czechoslovakia
  Romania           Yugoslavia 1
  bye       Warsaw, Poland     Czechoslovakia 4  
  Poland         Poland 0  
  bye       Czechoslovakia 5     Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
  Czechoslovakia           Czechoslovakia 4
  bye       Paris, France (clay)     France 1  
  France         France 5
  bye       Norway 0  
  Norway    

Final


Germany
4		 Berlin, Germany
10–12 July 1937
Czechoslovakia
1
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Henner Henkel
Ladislav Hecht		 6
1		 7
5		 7
5		      
2   Gottfried von Cramm
Roderich Menzel		 3
6 		4
6 		6
4		 6
3		 6
2		  
3   Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel
Jošef Caska / Ladislav Hecht		 6
1		 6
2		 10
12 		6
0		    
4   Gottfried von Cramm
Ladislav Hecht		 6
3		 7
5		 6
2		      
5   Hans Denker
František Cejnar		 6
4		 6
3		 4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		 
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Henner Henkel
Ladislav Hecht		 6
1		 7
5		 7
5		      
2   Gottfried von Cramm
Roderich Menzel		 3
6 		4
6 		6
4		 6
3		 6
2		  
3   Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel
Jošef Caska / Ladislav Hecht		 6
1		 6
2		 10
12 		6
0		    
4   Gottfried von Cramm
Ladislav Hecht		 6
3		 7
5		 6
2		      
5   Hans Denker
František Cejnar		 6
4		 6
3		 4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		 

Inter-Zonal Final


United States
3		 Centre Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England
17–20 July 1937
Grass
Germany
2
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Bryan Grant
Gottfried von Cramm		 3
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
2   Don Budge
Henner Henkel		 6
2		 6
1		 6
3		      
3   Don Budge / Gene Mako
Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel		 4
6 		7
5		 8
6		 6
4		    
4   Bryan Grant
Henner Henkel		 5
7 		6
2		 3
6 		4
6 		   
5   Don Budge
Gottfried von Cramm		 6
8 		5
7 		6
4		 6
2		 8
6		  
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Bryan Grant
Gottfried von Cramm		 3
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
2   Don Budge
Henner Henkel		 6
2		 6
1		 6
3		      
3   Don Budge / Gene Mako
Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel		 4
6 		7
5		 8
6		 6
4		    
4   Bryan Grant
Henner Henkel		 5
7 		6
2		 3
6 		4
6 		   
5   Don Budge
Gottfried von Cramm		 6
8 		5
7 		6
4		 6
2		 8
6		  

Challenge Round


Great Britain
1		 Centre Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England
24–27 July 1937
Grass
United States
4
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Bunny Austin
Frank Parker		 6
3		 6
2		 7
5		      
2   Charles Hare
Don Budge		 13
15 		1
6 		2
6 		     
3   Raymond Tuckey / Frank Wilde
Don Budge / Gene Mako		 3
6 		5
7 		9
7		 10
12 		   
4   Charles Hare
Frank Parker		 2
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
5   Bunny Austin
Don Budge		 6
8 		6
3		 4
6 		3
6 		   
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Bunny Austin
Frank Parker		 6
3		 6
2		 7
5		      
2   Charles Hare
Don Budge		 13
15 		1
6 		2
6 		     
3   Raymond Tuckey / Frank Wilde
Don Budge / Gene Mako		 3
6 		5
7 		9
7		 10
12 		   
4   Charles Hare
Frank Parker		 2
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
5   Bunny Austin
Don Budge		 6
8 		6
3		 4
6 		3
6 		   
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