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1948 Davis Cup

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