The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

9 teams entered the America Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the Europe Zone.[1] Australia defeated Japan in the final, and went on to face France in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

First Round
4–6 July
Havana, Cuba (clay)
 Spain5
 Cuba0
Quarterfinals
16–19 July		Semifinals
13–15 August		Final
20–22 August
 Canada [3]w/o
Montreal, Canada (grass)
 New Zealand
 Canada0
 Australia5
 Hawaii
Boston, MA, United States (grass)
 Australia [4]w/o
 Australia4
Mazatlán, Mexico (clay)
 Japan1
 Mexico0
Baltimore, MD, United States (grass)
 Spain5
 Spain2
 Japan3
 China
 Japan [5]w/o

First round

Cuba vs. Spain


Cuba
0		 Vedado Tennis Club, Havana, Cuba[6]
4–6 July 1925
Clay
Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Cuba
Spain		 Vicente Banet
Manuel Alonso Areizaga		 4
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
2 Cuba
Spain		 Rogelio Paris
Eduardo Flaquer		 3
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
3 Cuba
Spain		 Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris
José María Alonso Areizaga / Manuel Alonso Areizaga		 6
8 		4
6 		6
8 		     
4 Cuba
Spain		 Rogelio Paris
Manuel Alonso Areizaga		 1
6 		0
6 		3
6 		     
5 Cuba
Spain		 Vicente Banet
Eduardo Flaquer		 1
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     

Quarterfinals

Mexico vs. Spain


Mexico
0		 Club Tenis Reforma, Mazatlán, Mexico[7]
16–19 July 1925
Clay
Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Mexico
Spain		 Ignacio de la Borbolla
Eduardo Flaquer		 2
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2 Mexico
Spain		 Claude Butlin
Manuel Alonso Areizaga		 2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
3 Mexico
Spain		 Claude Butlin / Ignacio de la Borbolla
José María Alonso Areizaga / Manuel Alonso Areizaga		 4
6 		2
6 		5
7 		     
4 Mexico
Spain		 Claude Butlin
Eduardo Flaquer		 12
10		 4
6 		1
6 		5
7 		   
5 Mexico
Spain		 Ignacio de la Borbolla
Manuel Alonso Areizaga		 4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     

Semifinals

Canada vs. Australia


Canada
0		 Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[8]
13–15 August 1925
Grass
Australia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Canada
Australia		 Willard Crocker
James Anderson		 1
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
2 Canada
Australia		 Jack Wright
Gerald Patterson		 7
5		 6
3		 3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		 
3 Canada
Australia		 Willard Crocker / Jack Wright
John Hawkes / Gerald Patterson		 0
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4 Canada
Australia		 Jack Wright
James Anderson		 2
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
5 Canada
Australia		 Willard Crocker
Gerald Patterson		 4
6 		9
11 		4
6 		     

Japan vs. Spain


Japan
3		 Baltimore Country Club, Baltimore, MD, United States[9]
13–15 August 1925
Grass
Spain
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Spain		 Takeichi Harada
Eduardo Flaquer		 6
2		 6
4		 6
0		      
2 Japan
Spain		 Zenzo Shimizu
Manuel Alonso Areizaga		 5
7 		0
6 		6
3		 3
6 		   
3 Japan
Spain		 Takeichi Harada / Zenzo Shimizu
José María Alonso Areizaga / Manuel Alonso Areizaga		 6
2		 6
3		 2
6 		8
10 		6
3		  
4 Japan
Spain		 Takeichi Harada
Manuel Alonso Areizaga		 2
6 		6
4		 6
3		 6
4		    
5 Japan
Spain		 Zenzo Shimizu
Eduardo Flaquer		 6
3		 0
6 		3
6 		4
6 		   

Final

Australia vs. Japan


Australia
4		 Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States[2]
20–22 August 1925
Grass
Japan
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Australia
Japan		 Gerald Patterson
Zenzo Shimizu		 6
1		 6
4		 6
2		      
2 Australia
Japan		 James Anderson
Takeichi Harada		 6
4		 3
6 		6
3		 6
1		    
3 Australia
Japan		 John Hawkes / Gerald Patterson
Takeichi Harada / Zenzo Shimizu		 6
1		 6
2		 9
7		      
4 Australia
Japan		 Gerald Patterson
Takeichi Harada		 2
6 		6
3		 1
6 		5
7 		   
5 Australia
Japan		 John Hawkes
Masanosuke Fukuda		 6
1		 6
3		 6
0		      

References

  1. ↑ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. 1 2 "Australia v Japan". daviscup.com.
  3. ↑ "Canada v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  4. ↑ "Australia v Hawaii". daviscup.com.
  5. ↑ "Japan v China". daviscup.com.
  6. ↑ "Cuba v Spain". daviscup.com.
  7. ↑ "Mexico v Spain". daviscup.com.
  8. ↑ "Canada v Australia". daviscup.com.
  9. ↑ "Japan v Spain". daviscup.com.
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