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1938 Davis Cup

1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge (Davis Cup tennis)
Details
Duration 29 April – 5 September
Edition 33rd
Teams 24
Champion
Winning Nation United States
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America Zone

Draw

  Semifinals
28–31 July
  Final
12–14 August
                 
  Kansas City, MO, United States (clay)
    Australia 5  
    Mexico 0     Montreal, Canada (grass)
        Australia 3
  Montreal, Canada (grass)     Japan 1
    Canada 0
    Japan 5  

Final


Australia
3
Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada
12–14 August 1938
Grass

Japan
1
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   John Bromwich
Jiro Yamagishi
0
6
6
3
5
7
4
6
   
2   Adrian Quist
Fumiteru Nakano
6
3
4
6
9
7
6
1
   
3   John Bromwich / Adrian Quist
Fumiteru Nakano / Jiro Yamagishi
6
2
6
4
6
3
     
4   Adrian Quist
Jiro Yamagishi
6
4
6
4
2
6
9
7
   
5   John Bromwich
Fumiteru Nakano
1
6
6
1
4
6
12
12
  not
completed
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   John Bromwich
Jiro Yamagishi
0
6
6
3
5
7
4
6
   
2   Adrian Quist
Fumiteru Nakano
6
3
4
6
9
7
6
1
   
3   John Bromwich / Adrian Quist
Fumiteru Nakano / Jiro Yamagishi
6
2
6
4
6
3
     
4   Adrian Quist
Jiro Yamagishi
6
4
6
4
2
6
9
7
   
5   John Bromwich
Fumiteru Nakano
1
6
6
1
4
6
12
12
  not
completed

Europe Zone

Draw

First Round
29 April–10 May
  Second Round
5–23 May
  Quarterfinals
26–31 May
  Semifinals
21–23 July
  Final
29–31 July
                                             
  Germany       Berlin, Germany (clay)
  bye         Germany 5  
  Norway       Norway 0     Budapest, Hungary
  bye           Germany 3  
  Hungary             Hungary 1  
  bye         Hungary w/o
  New Zealand       New Zealand       Berlin, Germany (clay)
  bye           Germany 3  
  Monaco       Marseille, France (clay)     France 2  
  bye         Monaco 0  
  Netherlands 2     France 5     Paris, France (clay)
  France 3         France 4
  Poland 5     Milan, Italy (clay)     Italy 1  
  Denmark 0       Poland 2
  Ireland 1     Italy 3     Berlin, Germany (clay)
  Italy 4         Germany 3
  Great Britain 3     Zagreb, Yugoslavia (clay)     Yugoslavia 2
  Romania 2       Great Britain 0  
  Yugoslavia 3     Yugoslavia 5     Zagreb, Yugoslavia (clay)
  Czechoslovakia 2         Yugoslavia 3  
  bye       Stockholm, Sweden (clay)     Sweden 1  
  Sweden         Sweden 4
  bye       Switzerland 1     Brussels, Belgium
  Switzerland           Yugoslavia 5
  bye             Belgium 0  
  India         India w/o  
  bye       Austria       Brussels, Belgium
  Austria           India 1
  bye       Athens, Greece     Belgium 3  
  Greece         Greece 0
  bye       Belgium 5  
  Belgium    

Final


Germany
3
Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, Berlin, Germany
29–31 July 1938
Clay

Yugoslavia
2
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Henner Henkel
Franjo Punčec
1
6
5
7
3
6
     
2   Georg von Metaxa
Josip Palada
1
6
6
4
6
1
3
6
12
10
 
3   Henner Henkel / Georg von Metaxa
Franjo Kukuljević / Franjo Punčec
1
6
7
9
7
5
6
4
6
4
 
4   Henner Henkel
Josip Palada
6
3
7
5
6
1
     
5   Hans Redl
Franjo Kukuljević
4
6
3
6
2
6
     
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Henner Henkel
Franjo Punčec
1
6
5
7
3
6
     
2   Georg von Metaxa
Josip Palada
1
6
6
4
6
1
3
6
12
10
 
3   Henner Henkel / Georg von Metaxa
Franjo Kukuljević / Franjo Punčec
1
6
7
9
7
5
6
4
6
4
 
4   Henner Henkel
Josip Palada
6
3
7
5
6
1
     
5   Hans Redl
Franjo Kukuljević
4
6
3
6
2
6
     

Inter-Zonal Final


Australia
5
Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States
18–20 August 1938
Grass

Germany
0
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   John Bromwich
Henner Henkel
6
2
6
3
6
3
     
2   Adrian Quist
Georg von Metaxa
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
3   John Bromwich / Adrian Quist
Henner Henkel / Georg von Metaxa
6
2
6
1
6
4
     
4   Adrian Quist
Henner Henkel
6
1
6
0
8
6
     
5   John Bromwich
Georg von Metaxa
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   John Bromwich
Henner Henkel
6
2
6
3
6
3
     
2   Adrian Quist
Georg von Metaxa
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
3   John Bromwich / Adrian Quist
Henner Henkel / Georg von Metaxa
6
2
6
1
6
4
     
4   Adrian Quist
Henner Henkel
6
1
6
0
8
6
     
5   John Bromwich
Georg von Metaxa
6
3
6
2
6
1
     

Challenge Round


United States
3
Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, PA, United States
3–5 September 1938
Grass

Australia
2
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Bobby Riggs
Adrian Quist
4
6
6
0
8
6
6
1
   
2   Don Budge
John Bromwich
6
2
6
3
4
6
7
5
   
3   Don Budge / Gene Mako
John Bromwich / Adrian Quist
6
0
3
6
4
6
2
6
   
4   Don Budge
Adrian Quist
8
6
6
1
6
2
     
5   Bobby Riggs
John Bromwich
4
6
6
4
0
6
2
6
   
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Bobby Riggs
Adrian Quist
4
6
6
0
8
6
6
1
   
2   Don Budge
John Bromwich
6
2
6
3
4
6
7
5
   
3   Don Budge / Gene Mako
John Bromwich / Adrian Quist
6
0
3
6
4
6
2
6
   
4   Don Budge
Adrian Quist
8
6
6
1
6
2
     
5   Bobby Riggs
John Bromwich
4
6
6
4
0
6
2
6
   
Milla Backhouse