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1931 Davis Cup

1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge (Davis Cup tennis)
Details
Duration 19 April – 26 July
Edition 26th
Teams 30
Champion
Winning Nation France
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America Zone

North & Central America Zone

  Semifinals
1–3 May
  Final
21–23 May
                 
  Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
    United States 5  
    Mexico 0     Montreal, Canada (grass)
        United States 4
        Canada 1
    bye  
    Canada    

South America Zone

  Quarterfinals
26–28 March
  Semifinals
2–4 April
  Final
24–26 April
                           
  Asunción, Paraguay (hard)
    Paraguay 0  
    Argentina 5     Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
      Argentina 5  
        Uruguay 0  
    Uruguay  
    bye       Santiago, Chile
      Argentina 3
          Chile 0
    bye    
    Brazil        
      Brazil  
        Chile w/o  
    bye  
    Chile    

Americas Inter-Zonal Final


United States
5
Chevy Chase Lawn Tennis Club, Chevy Chase, MD, United States
28–30 May 1931
Clay

Argentina
0
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Frank Shields
Guillermo Robson
3
6
6
2
6
2
6
2
   
2   Sidney Wood
Ronaldo Boyd
6
4
6
1
6
2
     
3   Frank Shields / Sidney Wood
Lucilo del Castillo / Adriano Zappa
6
4
8
6
2
6
4
2
   
4   Frank Shields
Ronaldo Boyd
6
2
6
2
6
2
     
5   Cliff Sutter
Guillermo Robson
3
6
6
4
6
3
6
3
   
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Frank Shields
Guillermo Robson
3
6
6
2
6
2
6
2
   
2   Sidney Wood
Ronaldo Boyd
6
4
6
1
6
2
     
3   Frank Shields / Sidney Wood
Lucilo del Castillo / Adriano Zappa
6
4
8
6
2
6
4
2
   
4   Frank Shields
Ronaldo Boyd
6
2
6
2
6
2
     
5   Cliff Sutter
Guillermo Robson
3
6
6
4
6
3
6
3
   

Europe Zone

Draw

First Round
16 April–5 May
  Second Round
8–17 May
  Quarterfinals
20 May–6 June
  Semifinals
12–18 June
  Final
9–11 July
                                             
  Finland       Helsinki, Finland
  bye         Finland 1  
  Egypt       Egypt 4     Paris, France (clay)
  bye           Egypt 0  
  Yugoslavia       Zagreb, Yugoslavia     Japan 5  
  bye         Yugoslavia 0
  Japan       Japan 5     Eastbourne, England (grass)
  bye           Japan 0  
  Belgium       Brussels, Belgium (clay)     Great Britain 5  
  bye         Belgium 0  
  Great Britain 5     Great Britain 5     Eastbourne, England (grass)
  Monaco 0         Great Britain 5
  Germany 0     Dublin, Ireland (grass)     South Africa 0  
  South Africa 5       South Africa 4
  Switzerland 0     Ireland 1     Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
  Ireland 5         Great Britain 4
  Greece 3     Athens, Greece     Czechoslovakia 1
  Austria 2       Greece 1  
  Spain 2     Czechoslovakia 4     Prague, Czechoslovakia
  Czechoslovakia 3         Czechoslovakia 3  
  Italy 4     Turin, Italy (clay)     Italy 0  
  Hungary 1       Italy 3
  bye       Netherlands 0     Copenhagen, Denmark
  Netherlands           Czechoslovakia 5
  bye       Oslo, Norway (clay)     Denmark 0  
  Norway         Norway 0  
  bye       Poland 3     Copenhagen, Denmark
  Poland           Poland 2
  bye       Copenhagen, Denmark     Denmark 3  
  Denmark         Denmark 5
  bye       Romania 0  
  Romania    

Final


Czechoslovakia
1
Prague, Czechoslovakia
9–11 July 1931
Clay

Great Britain
4
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Roderich Menzel
Bunny Austin
6
3
2
6
8
6
3
6
3
6
 
2   Ladislav Hecht
Fred Perry
1
6
6
8
3
6
     
3   Ferenc Maršálek / Roderich Menzel
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
4
6
6
4
4
6
2
6
   
4   Ladislav Hecht
Bunny Austin
6
2
7
5
6
4
     
5   Roderich Menzel
Fred Perry
5
7
3
6
5
7
     
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Roderich Menzel
Bunny Austin
6
3
2
6
8
6
3
6
3
6
 
2   Ladislav Hecht
Fred Perry
1
6
6
8
3
6
     
3   Ferenc Maršálek / Roderich Menzel
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
4
6
6
4
4
6
2
6
   
4   Ladislav Hecht
Bunny Austin
6
2
7
5
6
4
     
5   Roderich Menzel
Fred Perry
5
7
3
6
5
7
     

Inter-Zonal Final


Great Britain
3
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France
17–19 July 1931
Clay

United States
2
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Bunny Austin
Sidney Wood
2
6
6
0
8
6
7
5
   
2   Fred Perry
Frank Shields
8
10
4
6
2
6
     
3   Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
George Lott / John Van Ryn
1
6
3
6
6
4
3
6
   
4   Fred Perry
Sidney Wood
6
3
8
10
6
3
6
3
   
5   Bunny Austin
Frank Shields
8
6
6
3
7
5
     
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Bunny Austin
Sidney Wood
2
6
6
0
8
6
7
5
   
2   Fred Perry
Frank Shields
8
10
4
6
2
6
     
3   Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
George Lott / John Van Ryn
1
6
3
6
6
4
3
6
   
4   Fred Perry
Sidney Wood
6
3
8
10
6
3
6
3
   
5   Bunny Austin
Frank Shields
8
6
6
3
7
5
     

Challenge Round


France
3
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France
24–26 July 1931
Clay

Great Britain
2
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Henri Cochet
Bunny Austin
3
6
11
9
6
2
6
4
   
2   Jean Borotra
Fred Perry
6
4
8
10
0
6
6
4
4
6
 
3   Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet
Pat Hughes / Charles Kingsley
6
1
5
7
6
3
8
6
   
4   Jean Borotra
Bunny Austin
5
7
3
6
6
3
5
7
   
5   Henri Cochet
Fred Perry
6
4
1
6
9
7
6
3
   
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Henri Cochet
Bunny Austin
3
6
11
9
6
2
6
4
   
2   Jean Borotra
Fred Perry
6
4
8
10
0
6
6
4
4
6
 
3   Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet
Pat Hughes / Charles Kingsley
6
1
5
7
6
3
8
6
   
4   Jean Borotra
Bunny Austin
5
7
3
6
6
3
5
7
   
5   Henri Cochet
Fred Perry
6
4
1
6
9
7
6
3
   
Milla Backhouse