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1950 Davis Cup

1950 Davis Cup tennis
Details
Duration 7 April – 27 August
Edition 39th
Teams 25
Champion
Winning Nation Australia
← 1949 1951 →

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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