1930 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

Details
Duration	19 April – 27 July 1930
Edition	25th
Teams	28
Champion
Winning nation	France
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The 1930 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 25th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. For the silver anniversary, 24 teams would enter the Europe Zone, while 4 would enter the America Zone.

The United States defeated Italy in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but would lose to France in the Challenge Round, giving France their fourth straight title, in the sixth straight Challenge Round matchup between these teams. The final was played 25–27 July at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.^[1][2][3]

	Semifinals 15–17 May					Final 22–24 May
	Philadelphia (clay)
	United States		5
						Chevy Chase, Maryland (clay)
	Canada		0
						United States		5
						Mexico		0
	Cuba
	Mexico		w/o

United States vs. Mexico

United States 5	Chevy Chase Lawn Tennis Club, Chevy Chase, Maryland[4] 22–24 May 1930 Clay		Mexico 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Wilmer Allison Ricardo Tapia 6 3 3 6 6 8 6 2 7 5   2 George Lott Ignacio de la Borbolla 6 0 6 0 6 0       3 Wilmer Allison / John Van Ryn Manuel Llano / Alfonso Unda 6 0 6 1 6 3       4 John Doeg Federico Sendel 6 1 6 0 6 2       5 John Van Ryn Ricardo Tapia 6 2 6 3 6 1

First Round 19 April–6 May

Second Round 9–20 May

Quarterfinals 30 May–9 June

Semifinals 14–16 June

Final 11–13 July

Norway

Oslo, Norway (clay)

bye

Norway

0

Austria

Austria

5

Vienna, Austria

bye

Austria

2

Italy

Rome, Italy (clay)

Italy

3

bye

Italy

5

Egypt

Egypt

0

Milan, Italy (clay)

bye

Italy

3

Great Britain

3

Torquay, England (clay)

Australia

2

Germany

2

Great Britain

5

Poland

3

Poland

0

Eastbourne, England (grass)

Romania

2

Great Britain

1

Switzerland

0

Dublin, Ireland (grass)

Australia

4

Australia

5

Australia

4

Ireland

4

Ireland

1

Genoa, Italy (clay)

Monaco

1

Italy

3

Greece

2

London, England (clay)

Japan

2

India

3

India

0

Hungary

0

Japan

5

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Japan

4

Japan

4

Spain

4

Zagreb, Yugoslavia

Spain

1

Belgium

1

Spain

5

Yugoslavia

5

Yugoslavia

0

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Sweden

0

Japan

3

bye

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

2

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

3

bye

Denmark

2

Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)

Denmark

Czechoslovakia

3

bye

Amsterdam, Netherlands (clay)

Netherlands

2

Netherlands

Netherlands

4

bye

Finland

1

Finland

Italy vs. Japan

Italy 3	Genoa, Italy[5] 11–13 July 1930 Clay		Japan 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Uberto De Morpurgo Takeichi Harada 4 6 3 6 5 7       2 Giorgio de Stefani Yoshiro Ota 6 3 6 4 4 6 6 4     3 Uberto De Morpurgo / Giorgio de Stefani Tamio Abe / Takeichi Harada 8 6 9 7 6 8 2 6 6 1   4 Giorgio de Stefani Takeichi Harada 2 6 5 7 5 7       5 Uberto De Morpurgo Yoshiro Ota 6 0 6 2 6 1

United States vs. Italy

United States 4	Stade Roland Garros (Paris)[6] 18–20 July 1930 Clay		Italy 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Wilmer Allison Giorgio de Stefani 4 6 7 9 6 4 8 6 10 8   2 George Lott Uberto De Morpurgo 3 6 9 7 10 8 6 3     3 Wilmer Allison / John Van Ryn Placido Gaslini / Uberto De Morpurgo 5 7 6 2 6 4 1 6 6 3   4 George Lott Giorgio de Stefani 6 3 6 1 6 3       5 Wilmer Allison Uberto De Morpurgo 5 7 2 6 7 5 4 6

France vs. United States

France 4	Stade Roland Garros (Paris)[3] 25–27 July 1930 Clay		United States 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jean Borotra Bill Tilden 6 2 5 7 4 6 5 7     2 Henri Cochet George Lott 6 4 6 2 6 2       3 Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet Wilmer Allison / John Van Ryn 6 3 7 5 1 6 6 2     4 Jean Borotra George Lott 5 7 6 3 2 6 6 2 8 6   5 Henri Cochet Bill Tilden 4 6 6 3 6 1 7 5

• 1930 Wightman Cup

• Davis Cup official website