The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1938 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] Australia defeated Japan in the final, and went on to face Germany in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

Semifinals
28–31 July		Final
12–14 August
Kansas City, MO, United States (clay)
 Australia5
Montreal, Canada (grass)
 Mexico0
 Australia3
Montreal, Canada (grass)
 Japan1
 Canada0
 Japan5

Semifinals

Australia vs. Mexico


Australia
5		 Rockhill Tennis Club, Kansas City, MO, United States[3]
29–31 July 1938
Clay
Mexico
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Australia
Mexico		 Adrian Quist
Daniel Hernández		 6
1		 7
5		 6
4		      
2 Australia
Mexico		 John Bromwich
Eugenio Tapia		 6
4		 6
4		 6
4		      
3 Australia
Mexico		 John Bromwich / Adrian Quist
Daniel Hernández / Eugenio Tapia		 6
1		 6
0		 6
3		      
4 Australia
Mexico		 Adrian Quist
Eugenio Tapia		 6
1		 6
1		 6
4		      
5 Australia
Mexico		 Leonard Schwartz
Daniel Hernández		 6
4		 6
1		 6
2		      

Canada vs. Japan


Canada
0		 Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[4]
28–30 July 1938
Grass
Japan
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Canada
Japan		 Ross Wilson
Fumiteru Nakano		 2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
2 Canada
Japan		 Bob Murray
Jiro Yamagishi		 1
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3 Canada
Japan		 Laird Watt / Ross Wilson
Fumiteru Nakano / Jiro Yamagishi		 3
6 		6
3		 3
6 		5
7 		   
4 Canada
Japan		 Douglas Cameron
Jiro Yamagishi		 4
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
5 Canada
Japan		 Bob Murray
Fumiteru Nakano		 4
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     

Final

Australia vs. Japan


Australia
3		 Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada[2]
12–14 August 1938
Grass
Japan
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Australia
Japan		 John Bromwich
Jiro Yamagishi		 0
6 		6
3		 5
7 		4
6 		   
2 Australia
Japan		 Adrian Quist
Fumiteru Nakano		 6
3		 4
6 		9
7		 6
1		    
3 Australia
Japan		 John Bromwich / Adrian Quist
Fumiteru Nakano / Jiro Yamagishi		 6
2		 6
4		 6
3		      
4 Australia
Japan		 Adrian Quist
Jiro Yamagishi		 6
4		 6
4		 2
6 		9
7		    
5 Australia
Japan		 John Bromwich
Fumiteru Nakano		 1
6 		6
1		 4
6 		12
12		   not
completed

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. ↑ "Australia v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  4. ↑ "Canada v Japan". daviscup.com.
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