• OddsDigger
  • Blog
  • 1948 Davis Cup

1948 Davis Cup

1948 Davis Cup tennis
Details
Duration 22 April – 6 September
Edition 37th
Teams 29
Champion
Winning Nation United States
← 1947 1949 →

America Zone

Draw

  Semifinals
8–25 July		   Final
6–8 August
                 
  Havana, Cuba
    Australia 5  
    Cuba 0     Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
        Australia 4
  Montreal, Canada (grass)     Mexico 1
    Canada 1
    Mexico 4  

Final


Mexico
1		 Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
6–8 August 1948
Clay
Australia
4
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Armando Vega
Bill Sidwell		 6
2		 6
8 		6
3		 4
6 		5
7 		 
2   Gustavo Palafox
Adrian Quist		 4
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
3   Gustavo Palafox / Armando Vega
Geoff Brown / Colin Long		 0
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
4   Armando Vega
Adrian Quist		 9
7		 6
4		 6
2		      
5   Francisco Guerrero Arcocha
Bill Sidwell		 1
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Armando Vega
Bill Sidwell		 6
2		 6
8 		6
3		 4
6 		5
7 		 
2   Gustavo Palafox
Adrian Quist		 4
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
3   Gustavo Palafox / Armando Vega
Geoff Brown / Colin Long		 0
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
4   Armando Vega
Adrian Quist		 9
7		 6
4		 6
2		      
5   Francisco Guerrero Arcocha
Bill Sidwell		 1
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     

Europe Zone

Draw

First Round
22 April–5 May		   Second Round
6–18 May		   Quarterfinals
10–14 June		   Semifinals
9–11 July		   Final
27–29 July
                                             
  Netherlands       Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
  bye         Netherlands 5  
  Portugal       Portugal 0     Birmingham, England (grass)
  bye           Netherlands 1  
  Norway       Oslo, Norway (clay)     Great Britain 4  
  bye         Norway 1
  Great Britain 3     Great Britain 4     Stockholm, Sweden (clay)
  India 2         Great Britain 1  
  Hungary 5     Paris, France (clay)     Sweden 4  
  Austria 0       Hungary 4  
  Romania 2     France 1     Budapest, Hungary (clay)
  France 3         Hungary 2
  Spain 0     Stockholm, Sweden (clay)     Sweden 3  
  Sweden 4       Sweden 5
  Switzerland 3     Switzerland 0     Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
  Pakistan 2         Sweden 1
  Ireland 5     Dublin, Ireland (grass)     Czechoslovakia 4
  Luxembourg 0       Ireland 2  
  Denmark 3     Denmark 3     Turin, Italy (clay)
  Egypt 2         Denmark 0  
  Turkey 0     Zagreb, Yugoslavia     Italy 5  
  Yugoslavia 5       Yugoslavia 2
  Italy w/o     Italy 3     Milan, Italy (clay)
  Poland           Italy 2
  bye       Prague, Czechoslovakia     Czechoslovakia 3  
  Czechoslovakia         Czechoslovakia 4  
  bye       Brazil 1     Prague, Czechoslovakia
  Brazil           Czechoslovakia 3
  bye       Brussels, Belgium     Belgium 2  
  Belgium         Belgium 3
  bye       Argentina 2  
  Argentina    

Final


Czechoslovakia
4		 Prague, Czechoslovakia
27–29 July 1948
Clay
Sweden
1
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Vladimír Černík
Torsten Johansson		 6
4		 4
6 		6
3		 6
3		    
2   Jaroslav Drobný
Lennart Bergelin		 6
0		 6
3		 7
5		      
3   Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný
Lennart Bergelin / Torsten Johansson		 6
2		 6
1		 6
2		      
4   Vladimír Zábrodský
Torsten Johansson		 3
6 		6
3		 2
6 		3
6 		   
5   Ferdinand Vrba
Börje Fornstedt		 6
3		 6
1		 6
3		      
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Vladimír Černík
Torsten Johansson		 6
4		 4
6 		6
3		 6
3		    
2   Jaroslav Drobný
Lennart Bergelin		 6
0		 6
3		 7
5		      
3   Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný
Lennart Bergelin / Torsten Johansson		 6
2		 6
1		 6
2		      
4   Vladimír Zábrodský
Torsten Johansson		 3
6 		6
3		 2
6 		3
6 		   
5   Ferdinand Vrba
Börje Fornstedt		 6
3		 6
1		 6
3		      

Inter-Zonal Final


Australia
3		 Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States
19–22 August 1948
Grass
Czechoslovakia
2
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Adrian Quist
Vladimír Černík		 6
2		 13
11		 6
0		      
2   Bill Sidwell
Jaroslav Drobný		 6
3		 6
2		 9
11 		14
12		    
3   Geoff Brown / Colin Long
Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný		 8
10 		6
4		 3
6 		4
6 		   
4   Adrian Quist
Jaroslav Drobný		 8
6		 6
3		 16
18 		3
6 		5
7 		 
5   Bill Sidwell
Vladimír Černík		 7
5		 6
4		 6
2		      
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Adrian Quist
Vladimír Černík		 6
2		 13
11		 6
0		      
2   Bill Sidwell
Jaroslav Drobný		 6
3		 6
2		 9
11 		14
12		    
3   Geoff Brown / Colin Long
Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný		 8
10 		6
4		 3
6 		4
6 		   
4   Adrian Quist
Jaroslav Drobný		 8
6		 6
3		 16
18 		3
6 		5
7 		 
5   Bill Sidwell
Vladimír Černík		 7
5		 6
4		 6
2		      

Challenge Round


United States
5		 West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States
4–6 September 1948
Grass
Australia
0
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Frank Parker
Bill Sidwell		 6
4		 6
4		 6
4		      
2   Ted Schroeder
Adrian Quist		 6
3		 4
6 		6
0		 6
0		    
3   Gardnar Mulloy / Bill Talbert
Colin Long / Bill Sidwell		 8
6		 9
7		 2
6 		7
5		    
4   Ted Schroeder
Bill Sidwell		 6
2		 6
1		 6
1		      
5   Frank Parker
Adrian Quist		 6
2		 6
2		 6
3		      
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Frank Parker
Bill Sidwell		 6
4		 6
4		 6
4		      
2   Ted Schroeder
Adrian Quist		 6
3		 4
6 		6
0		 6
0		    
3   Gardnar Mulloy / Bill Talbert
Colin Long / Bill Sidwell		 8
6		 9
7		 2
6 		7
5		    
4   Ted Schroeder
Bill Sidwell		 6
2		 6
1		 6
1		      
5   Frank Parker
Adrian Quist		 6
2		 6
2		 6
3		      
Milla Backhouse