The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

4 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] Japan defeated Canada in the final, and went on to face France in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

Semifinals
18–31 July		Final
18–20 August
St. Louis, MO, United States (grass)
 Japan4
Montreal, Canada (grass)
 Mexico1
 Japan3
Toronto, Canada (clay)
 Canada2
 Canada3
 Cuba2

Semifinals

Japan vs. Mexico


Japan
4		 Triple A Club, St. Louis, MO, United States[3]
29–31 July 1927
Grass
Mexico
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Mexico		 Yoshiro Ota
Robert Kinsey		 2
6 		1
6 		6
4		 6
1		 6
2		  
2 Japan
Mexico		 Takeichi Harada
Alfonso Unda		 6
2		 6
3		 6
3		      
3 Japan
Mexico		 Takeichi Harada / Zenzo Shimizu
Claude Butlin / Robert Kinsey		 7
5		 6
2		 2
6 		3
6 		6
3		  
4 Japan
Mexico		 Yoshiro Ota
Alfonso Unda		 6
1		 4
6 		6
3		 6
4		    
5 Japan
Mexico		 Takeichi Harada
Robert Kinsey		 9
7		 6
0		 0
6 		6
1		    

Canada vs. Cuba


Canada
3		 Toronto Lawn Tennis Club, Toronto, Canada[4]
18–20 July 1927
Clay
Cuba
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Canada
Cuba		 Jack Wright
Vicente Banet		 2
6 		6
2		 6
4		 4
6 		6
4		  
2 Canada
Cuba		 Willard Crocker
Rogelio Paris		 6
4		 8
6		 6
4		      
3 Canada
Cuba		 Willard Crocker / Jack Wright
Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris		 6
0		 6
3		 6
0		      
4 Canada
Cuba		 Gilbert Nunns
Vicente Banet		 3
6 		2
6 		7
5		 3
6 		   
5 Canada
Cuba		 Jack Wright
Rogelio Paris		 6
1		 6
2		 5
7 		5
7 		4
6 		 

Final

Canada vs. Japan


Canada
2		 Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[2]
18–20 August 1927
Grass
Japan
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Canada
Japan		 Willard Crocker
Takeichi Harada		 5
7 		0
6 		4
6 		     
2 Canada
Japan		 Jack Wright
Yoshiro Ota		 6
3		 6
4		 6
4		      
3 Canada
Japan		 Willard Crocker / Jack Wright
Takeichi Harada / Teizo Toba		 3
6 		6
4		 5
7 		6
3		 8
10 		 
4 Canada
Japan		 Jack Wright
Takeichi Harada		 6
3		 6
3		 8
6		      
5 Canada
Japan		 Willard Crocker
Yoshiro Ota		 4
6 		6
3		 8
10 		3
6 		   

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 "Canada v Japan". daviscup.com.
  3. ↑ "Japan v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  4. ↑ "Canada v Cuba". daviscup.com.
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