The 1914 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 13th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. The bulk of the competition returned to the United States for the first time since 1903. The United States fell to Australasia in the final, which was played at the West Side Tennis Club in New York on 13–15 August.[1]
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Duration | 7 July – 15 August 1914 |
Edition | 13th |
Teams | 7 |
Champion | |
Winning nation | ![]() |
← 1913 1919 → |
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Draw
editQuarterfinals 7–25 July | Semifinals 11 July–1 August | Final 6–8 August | |||||||||||
Germany | |||||||||||||
Pittsburgh, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
Germany | 0 | ||||||||||||
Lake Forest, IL, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
Australasia | 5 | ||||||||||||
Australasia | 5 | ||||||||||||
Boston, United States (grass) | |||||||||||||
Canada | 0 | ||||||||||||
Australasia | 3 | ||||||||||||
Folkestone, England (grass) | |||||||||||||
Great Britain | 2 | ||||||||||||
Great Britain | 5 | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon, England (grass) | |||||||||||||
Belgium | 0 | ||||||||||||
Great Britain | 4 | ||||||||||||
France | 1 | ||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
France | |||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
editAustralasia vs. Canada
Australasia 5 |
Onwentsia Club, Lake Forest, IL, United States[2][3] 23–25 July 1914 [2][4] Grass |
Canada 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Great Britain vs. Belgium
Great Britain 5 |
Pleasure Gardens, Folkestone, England[5][6] 7–9 July 1914 [5][7] Grass |
Belgium 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Semifinals
editAustralasia vs. Germany
Australasia 5 |
Allegheny County Club, Pittsburgh, PA, United States[9][10] 30 July–1 August 1914 [9][11] Grass |
Germany 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Great Britain vs. France
Great Britain 4 |
Worple Road, Wimbledon, London, England[13][14] 11–14 July 1914 [13][15] Grass |
France 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Final
editGreat Britain vs. Australasia
Australasia 3 |
Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States[17][18] 6–8 August 1914 [19][17] Grass |
Great Britain 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Challenge Round
editUnited States vs. Australasia
United States 2 |
West Side Tennis Club, New York, NY, United States[21][22] 13–15 August 1914 [21][23] Grass |
Australasia 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ "1914 International Lawn Tennis Challenge". daviscup.com.
- ^ a b c d e "Tennis Victories for Australasia; Wilding Defeats Powell and Brookes Wins from Schwengers in Davis Cup Tie" (PDF). The New York Times. July 25, 1914. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ "Australasia v Canada". daviscup.com.
- ^ a b c "Australia's Clean Sweep.; Canada Defeated in Every Match in Davis Cup Tie" (PDF). The New York Times. July 26, 1914. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Britons Win at Tennis.; Belgians Lose Two Singles Matches in Davis Cup Preliminaries" (PDF). The New York Times. July 8, 1914. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ "Great Britain v Belgium". daviscup.com.
- ^ a b c "Davis Cup Doubles". Poverty Bay Herald. July 10, 1914. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ "British Tennis Sweep.; Davis Cup Team Beats Belgians in Doubles -- Plays France Next" (PDF). The New York Times. July 9, 1914. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Australia Tennis Victory in Singles; Brookes and Wilding Defeat German Team in Davis Cup Preliminary Semi-Finals" (PDF). The New York Times. July 30, 1914. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ "Australasia v Germany". daviscup.com.
- ^ a b c "Clean Sweep for Australian Pair; Brookes and Wilding Again Defeat Germans in Davis Cup Tennis" (PDF). The New York Times. August 1, 1914. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ "Germans Put Out of Davis Cup Tennis; Australasians Will Be Opponents of Britons in Last Preliminary Match" (PDF). The New York Times. July 31, 1914. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "English Defeat French.; Had Difficulty in Winning Preliminary Cup Singles" (PDF). The New York Times. July 11, 1914. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ "Great Britain v France". daviscup.com.
- ^ a b c "British Win Again at Nets.; French Lose Chance to Come to America to Play for Davis Cup" (PDF). The New York Times. July 14, 1914. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ "French Win Doubles.; English Tennis Team Loses FourSet Davis Cup Preliminary" (PDF). The New York Times. July 13, 1914. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Australasia Leads for Tennis Trophy; Brookes Defeats Parke and Wilding Wins from Lowe in Davis Cup Final Round. Hard Fight at Longwood Britisher Within One Point of Taking Match from World's Champion ;- Players Exhausted" (PDF). The New York Times. August 7, 1914. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ "Australasia v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
- ^ a b c "Australia Men Default Matches" (PDF). The Herald Journal. August 8, 1914. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ "Britons no Match for Australasians; Wilding and Brookes Defeat Parke and Mavrogordato in Doubles Contest. Will Now Play America Antipodeans Play Brilliant Tennis on Longwood Courts, Outclassing Their Opponents" (PDF). The New York Times. August 7, 1914. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Defenders Break Even In Cup Match" (PDF). The Day. August 14, 1914. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ "United States v Australasia". daviscup.com.
- ^ a b c E.G.B. Fitzhamon (August 16, 1914). "Davis Cup Goes to Australasia; Brookes's Victory Over Williams Gives Challengers Famous Tennis Trophy. McLoughlin Beats Wilding Probably the Most Significant Match in American Champion's Career. Crowd Cheers Californian Great World's Championship Series Under Auspices of West Side Tennis Club Ends Gloriously" (PDF). The Day. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
- ^ "Davis Cup. Seems About To Go On A Long Journey. Brookes And Wilding defeat Bundy and McLoughlin in doubles, 6–3, 8–6, 9–7" (PDF). The Day. August 15, 1914. Retrieved March 2, 2011.