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1950 Davis Cup

1950 Davis Cup tennis
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Duration 7 April – 27 August
Edition 39th
Teams 25
Champion
Winning Nation Australia
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America Zone

Draw

  Semifinals
7–16 July		   Final
28–30 July
                 
  Montreal, Canada (grass)
    Australia 5  
    Canada 0     Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
        Australia 4
  Havana, Cuba     Mexico 1
    Cuba 0
    Mexico 5  

Final


Mexico
1		 Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
28–30 July 1950
Clay
Australia
4
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Armando Vega
Frank Sedgman		 6
2		 4
6 		2
6 		6
4		 2
6 		 
2   Gustavo Palafox
Ken McGregor		 6
4		 6
4		 6
8 		3
6 		6
3		  
3   Gustavo Palafox / Armando Vega
John Bromwich / Frank Sedgman		 4
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
4   Gustavo Palafox
Frank Sedgman		 4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
5   Armando Vega
John Bromwich		 6
3		 0
6 		2
6 		2
6 		   
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Armando Vega
Frank Sedgman		 6
2		 4
6 		2
6 		6
4		 2
6 		 
2   Gustavo Palafox
Ken McGregor		 6
4		 6
4		 6
8 		3
6 		6
3		  
3   Gustavo Palafox / Armando Vega
John Bromwich / Frank Sedgman		 4
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
4   Gustavo Palafox
Frank Sedgman		 4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
5   Armando Vega
John Bromwich		 6
3		 0
6 		2
6 		2
6 		   

Europe Zone

Draw

First Round
7 April–9 May		   Second Round
18–22 May		   Quarterfinals
8–18 June		   Semifinals
13–16 July		   Final
28–30 July
                                             
  Poland       Warsaw, Poland
  bye         Poland 5  
  Israel       Israel 0     Warsaw, Poland
  bye           Poland 3  
  Ireland       Dublin, Ireland (grass)     Ireland 2  
  bye         Ireland 5
  Monaco       Monaco 0     Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  bye           Poland 0  
  Peru             Sweden 5  
  bye         Peru    
  Philippines 5     Philippines w/o     Solna, Sweden (clay)
  Pakistan 0         Philippines 0
  Norway w/o     Oslo, Norway (clay)     Sweden 5  
  Hungary         Norway 0
  Netherlands 1     Sweden 5     Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Sweden 4         Sweden 4
  Belgium 4     Zagreb, Yugoslavia     Denmark 0
  Finland 1       Belgium 3  
  Yugoslavia 5     Yugoslavia 2     Brussels, Belgium
  Austria 0         Belgium 2  
  Great Britain 2     Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg     Italy 3  
  Italy 3       Italy 5
  bye       Luxembourg 0     Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
  Luxembourg           Italy 1
  bye       Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)     Denmark 4  
  Denmark         Denmark 3  
  bye       Egypt 0     Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
  Egypt           Denmark 3
  bye       Paris, France (clay)     France 2  
  France         France 4
  bye       Switzerland 0  
  Switzerland    

Final


Sweden
4		 Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden
28–30 July 1950
Clay
Denmark
0
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Torsten Johansson
Torben Ulrich		 6
1		 4
6 		6
3		 6
1		    
2   Sven Davidson
Kurt Nielsen		 7
5		 3
6 		6
2		 6
4		    
3   Lennart Bergelin / Sven Davidson
Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich		 6
2		 6
2		 6
2		      
4   Torsten Johansson
Kurt Nielsen		 3
6 		7
5		 6
0		 4
6 		6
2		  
5   Lennart Bergelin
Torben Ulrich		 6
0		 6
2		       not
completed
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Torsten Johansson
Torben Ulrich		 6
1		 4
6 		6
3		 6
1		    
2   Sven Davidson
Kurt Nielsen		 7
5		 3
6 		6
2		 6
4		    
3   Lennart Bergelin / Sven Davidson
Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich		 6
2		 6
2		 6
2		      
4   Torsten Johansson
Kurt Nielsen		 3
6 		7
5		 6
0		 4
6 		6
2		  
5   Lennart Bergelin
Torben Ulrich		 6
0		 6
2		       not
completed

Inter-Zonal Final


Australia
3		 Westchester Country Club, Rye, NY, United States
11–13 August 1950
Grass
Sweden
2
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Frank Sedgman
Lennart Bergelin		 6
2		 2
6 		5
7 		6
1		 3
6 		 
2   John Bromwich
Torsten Johansson		 6
2		 6
3		 6
0		      
3   John Bromwich / Frank Sedgman
Lennart Bergelin / Sven Davidson		 6
1		 7
5		 7
5		      
4   John Bromwich
Lennart Bergelin		 3
6 		2
6 		6
1		 9
7		 3
6 		 
5   Frank Sedgman
Torsten Johansson		 6
4		 7
5		 6
3		      
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Frank Sedgman
Lennart Bergelin		 6
2		 2
6 		5
7 		6
1		 3
6 		 
2   John Bromwich
Torsten Johansson		 6
2		 6
3		 6
0		      
3   John Bromwich / Frank Sedgman
Lennart Bergelin / Sven Davidson		 6
1		 7
5		 7
5		      
4   John Bromwich
Lennart Bergelin		 3
6 		2
6 		6
1		 9
7		 3
6 		 
5   Frank Sedgman
Torsten Johansson		 6
4		 7
5		 6
3		      

Challenge Round


United States
1		 West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States
25–27 August 1950
Grass
Australia
4
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Tom Brown
Frank Sedgman		 0
6 		6
8 		7
9 		     
2   Ted Schroeder
Ken McGregor		 11
13 		3
6 		4
6 		     
3   Gardnar Mulloy / Ted Schroeder
John Bromwich / Frank Sedgman		 6
4		 4
6 		2
6 		6
4		 4
6 		 
4   Ted Schroeder
Frank Sedgman		 2
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
5   Tom Brown
Ken McGregor		 9
11 		8
10 		11
9		 6
1		 6
4		  
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Tom Brown
Frank Sedgman		 0
6 		6
8 		7
9 		     
2   Ted Schroeder
Ken McGregor		 11
13 		3
6 		4
6 		     
3   Gardnar Mulloy / Ted Schroeder
John Bromwich / Frank Sedgman		 6
4		 4
6 		2
6 		6
4		 4
6 		 
4   Ted Schroeder
Frank Sedgman		 2
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
5   Tom Brown
Ken McGregor		 9
11 		8
10 		11
9		 6
1		 6
4		  
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