| Details | |
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| Duration | 29 April – 5 September 1938 |
| Edition | 33rd |
| Teams | 24 |
| Champion | |
| Winning Nation | 
United States |
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The 1938 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 33rd edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. 21 teams entered the Europe Zone, while 4 entered the Americas Zone.
Australia defeated Japan in the Americas Zone final, while in the Europe Zone final Germany defeated Yugoslavia. Australia defeated Germany in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but were defeated in the Challenge Round by defending champions the United States. The final was played at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 3–5 September. [1] [2] [3]
America Zone
Draw
| Semifinals 28–31 July | Final 12–14 August | |||||||
| Kansas City, MO, United States (clay) | ||||||||
Australia | 5 | |||||||
| Montreal, Canada (grass) | ||||||||
Mexico | 0 | |||||||
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Australia | 3 | |||||||
| Montreal, Canada (grass) | ||||||||
Japan | 1 | |||||||
Canada | 0 | |||||||
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Japan | 5 | |||||||
Final
Australia vs. Japan
 Australia 3 |
Mount Royal Tennis Club,
Montreal,
Canada
[4] 12–14 August 1938 Grass |
 Japan 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Europe Zone
Draw
| First Round 29 April–10 May | Second Round 5–23 May | Quarterfinals 26–31 May | Semifinals 21–23 July | Final 29–31 July | |||||||||||||||||||
Germany | Berlin, Germany (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |
Germany | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Norway |
Norway | 0 | Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |
Germany | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Hungary |
Hungary | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |
Hungary | w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||
New Zealand |
New Zealand | Berlin, Germany (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |
Germany | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Monaco | Marseille, France (clay) | 
France | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |
Monaco | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 2 |
France | 5 | Paris, France (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||
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France | 3 |
France | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Poland | 5 | Milan, Italy (clay) | 
Italy | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Denmark | 0 |
Poland | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ireland | 1 |
Italy | 3 | Berlin, Germany (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Italy | 4 |
Germany | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Great Britain | 3 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia (clay) | 
Yugoslavia | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Romania | 2 |
Great Britain | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yugoslavia | 3 |
Yugoslavia | 5 | Zagreb, Yugoslavia (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | 2 |
Yugoslavia | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | 
Sweden | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sweden |
Sweden | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | 
Switzerland | 1 | Brussels, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Switzerland |
Yugoslavia | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | 
Belgium | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
India |
India | w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | 
Austria
[a] | Brussels, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Austria |
India | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Athens, Greece |
Belgium | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Greece |
Greece | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |
Belgium | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Final
Germany vs. Yugoslavia
 Germany 3 |
Rot-Weiss Tennis Club,
Berlin,
Germany
[5] 29–31 July 1938 Clay |
 Yugoslavia 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inter-Zonal Final
Australia vs. Germany
Australia 5 |
Longwood Cricket Club,
Boston, MA,
United States
[6] 18–20 August 1938 Grass |
Germany 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Challenge Round
United States vs. Australia
 United States 3 |
Germantown Cricket Club,
Philadelphia, PA,
United States
[3] 3–5 September 1938 Grass |
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See also
Notes
- ^ The tie between Austria and India was abandoned following the German annexation of Austria in March 1938.
References
- ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ Max Robertson (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 384. ISBN 0047960426.
- ^ a b "United States v Australia". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Australia v Japan". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Germany v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Australia v Germany". daviscup.com.
