1920 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

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The 1920 finals, U.S. against Australia, "Little Bill" Johnston serving, "Big Bill" Tilden at the net, Gerald Patterson and Norman Brookes receiving

The 1920 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 15th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. The Netherlands joined the competition for the first time. "Big" Bill Tilden and "Little" Bill Johnston made their debut for the United States, and would not lose a rubber the entire tournament. In the challenge round, they reclaimed the cup from Australia. The final was played at the Domain Cricket Club in Auckland, New Zealand on 30 December - 1 January, 1921.

1 Playoff
- 1.1 Draw
- 1.2 Semifinal
2 Challenge round
3 See also

[edit] Playoff

[edit] Draw

1st Round
June-July

Semifinal
16-19 July

Final

Canada

bye

Canada

Arnhem, Netherlands (clay)

Netherlands

w/o

South Africa

Netherlands

Netherlands

Eastbourne, England (grass)

United States

w/o

France

United States

Wimbledon, London, England (grass)

United States

Great Britain

bye

Great Britain

[edit] Semifinal

Great Britain

United States

Warple Road, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
16 July - 19 July, 1920
grass

1	James Parke	4	4	6	6	2
1	Bill Johnston	6	6	2	3	6
2	Algernon Kingscote	6	1	3	1
2	Bill Tilden	4	6	6	6
3	Algernon Kingscote-James Parke	6	6	6	3	2
3	Bill Johnston-Bill Tilden	8	4	4	6	6
4	Algernon Kingscote	4	6	6	4	5
4	Bill Johnston	6	4	3	6	7
5	James Parke	2	3	5
5	Bill Tilden	6	6	7

[edit] Challenge round

Australia

United States

Domain Cricket Club, Auckland, New Zealand
30 December 1920 - 1 January 1921
grass

		1	2	3	4
1	Norman Brookes Bill Tilden	8 10	4 6	6 1	4 6
2	Gerald Patterson Bill Johnston	3 6	1 6	1 6
3	Norman Brookes / Gerald Patterson Bill Johnston / Bill Tilden	6 4	4 6	0 6	4 6
4	Gerald Patterson Bill Tilden	7 5	2 6	3 6	3 6
5	Norman Brookes Bill Johnston	7 5	5 7	3 6	3 6

[edit] See also

Davis Cup

Davis Cup

Current World Group teams

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