# 1924 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The 1924 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 19th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. The tournament was, for the second straight year, divided into the America and Europe Zones. 17 teams competed in the Europe Zone, and 6 in America. China, Cuba, Hungary, Mexico, and New Zealand all competed for the first time, and South Africa and Austria returned to create the largest field to date.
For the second straight year, Australia defeated France in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but once again fell to the United States in the challenge round. The final was played at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 11–13 September.

## America Zone
### Draw

| Quarterfinals 24 July–1 August | Quarterfinals 24 July–1 August | Quarterfinals 24 July–1 August | Semifinals 7–10 August | Semifinals 7–10 August | Semifinals 7–10 August | Final 14–16 August | Final 14–16 August | Final 14–16 August |
| Mexico | Mexico | | | | | | | |
| Mexico | Mexico | | Baltimore, MD, United States (grass) | Baltimore, MD, United States (grass) | Baltimore, MD, United States (grass) | | | |
| bye | bye | | Baltimore, MD, United States (grass) | Baltimore, MD, United States (grass) | Baltimore, MD, United States (grass) | | | |
| bye | bye | | Mexico | Mexico | 0 | | | |
| Brooklyn, NY, United States (grass) | Brooklyn, NY, United States (grass) | Brooklyn, NY, United States (grass) | Mexico | Mexico | 0 | | | |
| Brooklyn, NY, United States (grass) | Brooklyn, NY, United States (grass) | Brooklyn, NY, United States (grass) | Australia | Australia | 5 | | | |
| China | China | 0 | Australia | Australia | 5 | | | |
| China | China | 0 | | | | Providence, RI, United States (grass) | Providence, RI, United States (grass) | Providence, RI, United States (grass) |
| Australia | Australia | 5 | | | | Providence, RI, United States (grass) | Providence, RI, United States (grass) | Providence, RI, United States (grass) |
| Australia | Australia | 5 | | | | Australia | Australia | 5 |
| Ottawa, Canada (clay) | Ottawa, Canada (clay) | Ottawa, Canada (clay) | | | | Australia | Australia | 5 |
| Ottawa, Canada (clay) | Ottawa, Canada (clay) | Ottawa, Canada (clay) | | | | Japan | Japan | 0 |
| Canada | Canada | 3 | | | | Japan | Japan | 0 |
| Canada | Canada | 3 | Montreal, Canada (grass) | Montreal, Canada (grass) | Montreal, Canada (grass) | | | |
| Cuba | Cuba | 2 | Montreal, Canada (grass) | Montreal, Canada (grass) | Montreal, Canada (grass) | | | |
| Cuba | Cuba | 2 | Canada | Canada | 1 | | | |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 4 | | | |
| bye | bye | | Japan | Japan | 4 | | | |
| Japan | Japan | | | | | | | |

### Final

Australia vs. Japan
| Australia 5 | Agawam Hunt Club, Providence, RI, United States 14–16 August 1924 Grass | Agawam Hunt Club, Providence, RI, United States 14–16 August 1924 Grass | Japan 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Gerald Patterson Zenzo Shimizu 7 5 11 9 6 4       2 Pat O'Hara Wood Sunao Okamoto 6 4 2 6 6 4 2 6 6 1   3 Pat O'Hara Wood / Gerald Patterson Takeichi Harada / Sunao Okamoto 7 5 6 2 6 4       4 Gerald Patterson Sunao Okamoto 7 5 6 1 6 4       5 Pat O'Hara Wood Zenzo Shimizu 6 4 6 4 6 2 ||||

## Europe Zone
### Draw

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Birmingham, England (grass) | Birmingham, England (grass) | Birmingham, England (grass) | | | | | | | |
| Torquay, England (clay) | Torquay, England (clay) | Torquay, England (clay) | Great Britain | Great Britain | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Torquay, England (clay) | Torquay, England (clay) | Torquay, England (clay) | Great Britain | Great Britain | 3 | Scarborough, England (grass) | Scarborough, England (grass) | Scarborough, England (grass) | | | | | | |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | 3 | Spain | Spain | 2 | Scarborough, England (grass) | Scarborough, England (grass) | Scarborough, England (grass) | | | | |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | 3 | Spain | Spain | 2 | Great Britain | Great Britain | 4 | | | | |
| Belgium | Belgium | 2 | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 4 | | | | |
| Belgium | Belgium | 2 | | | | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | | | | |
| | | | Argentina | Argentina | | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | | | | |
| | | | Argentina | Argentina | | | | | Eastbourne, England (grass) | Eastbourne, England (grass) | Eastbourne, England (grass) | | | |
| | | | South Africa | South Africa | w/o | | | | Eastbourne, England (grass) | Eastbourne, England (grass) | Eastbourne, England (grass) | |
| | | | South Africa | South Africa | w/o | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 1 | |
| | | | Arnhem, Netherlands (clay) | Arnhem, Netherlands (clay) | Arnhem, Netherlands (clay) | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 1 | |
| | | | Arnhem, Netherlands (clay) | Arnhem, Netherlands (clay) | Arnhem, Netherlands (clay) | | | | France | France | 4 | |
| | | | Netherlands | Netherlands | 1 | | | | France | France | 4 | |
| | | | Netherlands | Netherlands | 1 | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | | | | | | |
| | | | India | India | 4 | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | | | | |
| | | | India | India | 4 | India | India | 0 | | | | |
| | | | Dublin, Ireland (grass) | Dublin, Ireland (grass) | Dublin, Ireland (grass) | India | India | 0 | | | | |
| | | | Dublin, Ireland (grass) | Dublin, Ireland (grass) | Dublin, Ireland (grass) | France | France | 4 | | | | |
| | | | Ireland | Ireland | 0 | France | France | 4 | | | | |
| | | | Ireland | Ireland | 0 | | | | | | | Évian-les-Bains, France (clay) | Évian-les-Bains, France (clay) | Évian-les-Bains, France (clay) |
| | | | France | France | 5 | | | | | | | Évian-les-Bains, France (clay) | Évian-les-Bains, France (clay) | Évian-les-Bains, France (clay) |
| | | | France | France | 5 | | | | | | | France | France | 5 |
| | | | Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | | | | | | | France | France | 5 |
| | | | Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | | | | | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 0 |
| | | | Hungary | Hungary | 2 | | | | | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 0 |
| | | | Hungary | Hungary | 2 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | | | | | | |
| | | | Denmark | Denmark | 3 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | | | | | | |
| | | | Denmark | Denmark | 3 | Denmark | Denmark | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Italy | Italy | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Romania | Romania | | Italy | Italy | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | Romania | Romania | | | | | Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | | | |
| | | | Italy | Italy | w/o | | | | Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | | | |
| | | | Italy | Italy | w/o | | | | Denmark | Denmark | 2 | | | |
| | | | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | | | | Denmark | Denmark | 2 | | | |
| | | | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 3 | | | |
| | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 4 | | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 3 | | | |
| | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 4 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | | | | | | |
| | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 0 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | | | | | | |
| | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 0 | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Vienna, Austria | Vienna, Austria | Vienna, Austria | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Vienna, Austria | Vienna, Austria | Vienna, Austria | Switzerland | Switzerland | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 4 | Switzerland | Switzerland | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | Austria | Austria | 1 | | | | | | | | | |

### Final

France vs. Czechoslovakia
| France 5 | Évian Sports Club, Évian-les-Bains, France 3–5 August 1924 Clay | Évian Sports Club, Évian-les-Bains, France 3–5 August 1924 Clay | Czechoslovakia 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 René Lacoste Pavel Macenauer 6 2 10 8 6 4       2 Henri Cochet Ladislav Žemla 6 1 8 6 6 4       3 Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet Jan Koželuh / Ladislav Žemla 7 5 3 6 6 4 6 4     4 René Lacoste Ladislav Žemla 6 3 6 2 6 2       5 Henri Cochet Pavel Macenauer 6 4 3 6 7 5 3 6 6 2 ||||

## Inter-Zonal Final

Australia vs. France
| Australia 3 | Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States 4–6 September 1924 Grass | Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States 4–6 September 1924 Grass | France 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Gerald Patterson René Lacoste 3 6 2 6 8 10       2 Pat O'Hara Wood Jean Borotra 1 6 6 4 1 6 6 4 6 2   3 Pat O'Hara Wood / Gerald Patterson Jacques Brugnon / René Lacoste 6 4 6 4 6 2       4 Pat O'Hara Wood René Lacoste 10 8 1 6 1 6 5 7     5 Gerald Patterson Jean Borotra 6 3 6 1 6 3 ||||

## Challenge Round

United States vs. Australia
| United States 5 | Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, PA, United States 11–13 September 1924 Grass | Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, PA, United States 11–13 September 1924 Grass | Australia 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Bill Tilden Gerald Patterson 6 4 6 2 6 2       2 Vincent Richards Pat O'Hara Wood 6 3 6 2 6 4       3 Bill Johnston / Bill Tilden Pat O'Hara Wood / Gerald Patterson 5 7 6 3 6 4 6 1     4 Bill Tilden Pat O'Hara Wood 6 2 6 1 6 1       5 Vincent Richards Gerald Patterson 6 3 7 5 6 4 ||||