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1937 Davis Cup

1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge (Davis Cup tennis)
Details
Duration 29 April – 27 July
Edition 32nd
Teams 25
Champion
Winning Nation United States
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America Zone

Draw

  Semifinals
30 April–2 May
  Final
29–31 May
                 
  Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
    Australia 5  
    Mexico 0     Forest Hills, NY, United States (grass)
        Australia 0
  San Francisco, CA, United States (clay)     United States 5
    United States 5
    Japan 0  

Final


United States
5
West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States
29–31 May 1937
Grass

Australia
0
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Don Budge
Jack Crawford
6
1
6
3
6
2
     
2   Bryan Grant
John Bromwich
6
2
7
5
6
1
     
3   Don Budge / Gene Mako
Jack Crawford / Vivian McGrath
7
5
6
1
8
6
     
4   Don Budge
John Bromwich
6
2
6
3
5
7
6
1
   
5   Bryan Grant
Jack Crawford
6
0
6
2
7
5
     
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Don Budge
Jack Crawford
6
1
6
3
6
2
     
2   Bryan Grant
John Bromwich
6
2
7
5
6
1
     
3   Don Budge / Gene Mako
Jack Crawford / Vivian McGrath
7
5
6
1
8
6
     
4   Don Budge
John Bromwich
6
2
6
3
5
7
6
1
   
5   Bryan Grant
Jack Crawford
6
0
6
2
7
5
     

Europe Zone

Draw

First Round
29 April–2 May
  Second Round
8–17 May
  Quarterfinals
4–7 June
  Semifinals
12–14 June
  Final
10–12 July
                                             
  Germany       Munich, Germany
  bye         Germany 3  
  Austria       Austria 1     Milan, Italy (clay)
  bye           Germany 4  
  Italy       Bologna, Italy (clay)     Italy 1  
  bye         Italy 5
  Monaco       Monaco 0     Berlin, Germany
  bye           Germany 4  
  Sweden       Stockholm, Sweden (clay)     Belgium 1  
  bye         Sweden 3  
  Greece       Greece 2     Brussels, Belgium (clay)
  bye           Sweden 2
  Belgium 3     Brussels, Belgium     Belgium 3  
  Hungary 2       Belgium 4
  Switzerland 3     Switzerland 1     Berlin, Germany
  Ireland 2         Germany 4
  Netherlands 0     Brighton, England (clay)     Czechoslovakia 1
  South Africa 5       South Africa 4  
  New Zealand 3     New Zealand 1     Zagreb, Yugoslavia
  China 2         South Africa 1  
  bye       Belgrade, Yugoslavia     Yugoslavia 4  
  Yugoslavia         Yugoslavia 5
  bye       Romania 0     Prague, Czechoslovakia
  Romania           Yugoslavia 1
  bye       Warsaw, Poland     Czechoslovakia 4  
  Poland         Poland 0  
  bye       Czechoslovakia 5     Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
  Czechoslovakia           Czechoslovakia 4
  bye       Paris, France (clay)     France 1  
  France         France 5
  bye       Norway 0  
  Norway    

Final


Germany
4
Berlin, Germany
10–12 July 1937

Czechoslovakia
1
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Henner Henkel
Ladislav Hecht
6
1
7
5
7
5
     
2   Gottfried von Cramm
Roderich Menzel
3
6
4
6
6
4
6
3
6
2
 
3   Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel
Jošef Caska / Ladislav Hecht
6
1
6
2
10
12
6
0
   
4   Gottfried von Cramm
Ladislav Hecht
6
3
7
5
6
2
     
5   Hans Denker
František Cejnar
6
4
6
3
4
6
4
6
2
6
 
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Henner Henkel
Ladislav Hecht
6
1
7
5
7
5
     
2   Gottfried von Cramm
Roderich Menzel
3
6
4
6
6
4
6
3
6
2
 
3   Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel
Jošef Caska / Ladislav Hecht
6
1
6
2
10
12
6
0
   
4   Gottfried von Cramm
Ladislav Hecht
6
3
7
5
6
2
     
5   Hans Denker
František Cejnar
6
4
6
3
4
6
4
6
2
6
 

Inter-Zonal Final


United States
3
Centre Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England
17–20 July 1937
Grass

Germany
2
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Bryan Grant
Gottfried von Cramm
3
6
4
6
2
6
     
2   Don Budge
Henner Henkel
6
2
6
1
6
3
     
3   Don Budge / Gene Mako
Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel
4
6
7
5
8
6
6
4
   
4   Bryan Grant
Henner Henkel
5
7
6
2
3
6
4
6
   
5   Don Budge
Gottfried von Cramm
6
8
5
7
6
4
6
2
8
6
 
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Bryan Grant
Gottfried von Cramm
3
6
4
6
2
6
     
2   Don Budge
Henner Henkel
6
2
6
1
6
3
     
3   Don Budge / Gene Mako
Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel
4
6
7
5
8
6
6
4
   
4   Bryan Grant
Henner Henkel
5
7
6
2
3
6
4
6
   
5   Don Budge
Gottfried von Cramm
6
8
5
7
6
4
6
2
8
6
 

Challenge Round


Great Britain
1
Centre Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England
24–27 July 1937
Grass

United States
4
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Bunny Austin
Frank Parker
6
3
6
2
7
5
     
2   Charles Hare
Don Budge
13
15
1
6
2
6
     
3   Raymond Tuckey / Frank Wilde
Don Budge / Gene Mako
3
6
5
7
9
7
10
12
   
4   Charles Hare
Frank Parker
2
6
4
6
2
6
     
5   Bunny Austin
Don Budge
6
8
6
3
4
6
3
6
   
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Bunny Austin
Frank Parker
6
3
6
2
7
5
     
2   Charles Hare
Don Budge
13
15
1
6
2
6
     
3   Raymond Tuckey / Frank Wilde
Don Budge / Gene Mako
3
6
5
7
9
7
10
12
   
4   Charles Hare
Frank Parker
2
6
4
6
2
6
     
5   Bunny Austin
Don Budge
6
8
6
3
4
6
3
6
   
Milla Backhouse