# 1946 Davis Cup

The 1946 Davis Cup was the 35th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. The trophy and tournament were renamed for the founder, Dwight F. Davis, upon his death in 1945. This was the first edition since the end of World War II. 15 teams entered the Europe Zone, and 5 teams entered the America Zone.
The United States defeated Mexico in the America Zone final, and Sweden defeated Yugoslavia in the Europe Zone final. The USA defeated Sweden in the Inter-Zonal play-off, and then defeated defending champions Australia in the Challenge Round. The final was played at Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia on 26–30 December.

## America Zone
### Draw

| Quarterfinals 14–16 June | Quarterfinals 14–16 June | Quarterfinals 14–16 June | Semifinals 13–15 June | Semifinals 13–15 June | Semifinals 13–15 June | Final 29 June–1 July | Final 29 June–1 July | Final 29 June–1 July |
| Canada | Canada | | | | | | | |
| Canada | Canada | | Montreal, Canada (grass) | Montreal, Canada (grass) | Montreal, Canada (grass) | | | |
| bye | bye | | Montreal, Canada (grass) | Montreal, Canada (grass) | Montreal, Canada (grass) | | | |
| bye | bye | | Canada | Canada | 0 | | | |
| | | | Mexico | Mexico | 5 | | | |
| Mexico | Mexico | | Mexico | Mexico | 5 | | | |
| Mexico | Mexico | | | | | South Orange, NJ, United States (grass) | South Orange, NJ, United States (grass) | South Orange, NJ, United States (grass) |
| bye | bye | | | | | South Orange, NJ, United States (grass) | South Orange, NJ, United States (grass) | South Orange, NJ, United States (grass) |
| bye | bye | | | | | Mexico | Mexico | 0 |
| St. Louis, MO, United States (clay) | St. Louis, MO, United States (clay) | St. Louis, MO, United States (clay) | | | | Mexico | Mexico | 0 |
| St. Louis, MO, United States (clay) | St. Louis, MO, United States (clay) | St. Louis, MO, United States (clay) | | | | United States | United States | 5 |
| United States | United States | 5 | | | | United States | United States | 5 |
| Philippines | Philippines | 0 | | | | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | 0 | United States | United States | w/o | | | |
| | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | | | | |
| bye | bye | | New Zealand | New Zealand | | | | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | | | | | | | |

### Final

United States vs. Mexico
| United States 5 | Orange Lawn Tennis Club, South Orange, NJ, United States 29 June–1 July 1946 Grass | Orange Lawn Tennis Club, South Orange, NJ, United States 29 June–1 July 1946 Grass | Mexico 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Frank Parker Rolando Vega 6 0 6 0 6 2       2 Bill Talbert Armando Vega 6 1 6 2 6 1       3 Gardnar Mulloy / Bill Talbert Armando Vega / Rolando Vega 6 0 9 7 6 2       4 Frank Parker Armando Vega 6 3 6 3 6 2       5 Gardnar Mulloy Francisco Guerrero Arcocha 6 3 6 4 6 4 ||||

## Europe Zone
### Draw

| First round 2–12 May | First round 2–12 May | First round 2–12 May | Quarterfinals 24–26 May | Quarterfinals 24–26 May | Quarterfinals 24–26 May | Semifinals 9–14 June | Semifinals 9–14 June | Semifinals 9–14 June | Final 14–17 July | Final 14–17 July | Final 14–17 July |
| Ireland | Ireland | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ireland | Ireland | | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Ireland | Ireland | 0 | | | | | | |
| Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Ireland | Ireland | 0 | | | | | | |
| Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Sweden | Sweden | 5 | | | | | | |
| Sweden | Sweden | 5 | Sweden | Sweden | 5 | | | | | | |
| Sweden | Sweden | 5 | | | | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | | | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 0 | | | | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | | | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 0 | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 4 | | | |
| Brussels, Belgium | Brussels, Belgium | Brussels, Belgium | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 4 | | | |
| Brussels, Belgium | Brussels, Belgium | Brussels, Belgium | | | | Belgium | Belgium | 1 | | | |
| Belgium | Belgium | 5 | | | | Belgium | Belgium | 1 | | | |
| Belgium | Belgium | 5 | Brussels, Belgium | Brussels, Belgium | Brussels, Belgium | | | | | | |
| Monaco | Monaco | 0 | Brussels, Belgium | Brussels, Belgium | Brussels, Belgium | | | | | | |
| Monaco | Monaco | 0 | Belgium | Belgium | 3 | | | | | | |
| Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Belgium | Belgium | 3 | | | | | | |
| Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | China | China | 2 | | | | | | |
| Denmark | Denmark | 1 | China | China | 2 | | | | | | |
| Denmark | Denmark | 1 | | | | | | | Varberg, Sweden (clay) | Varberg, Sweden (clay) | Varberg, Sweden (clay) |
| China | China | 4 | | | | | | | Varberg, Sweden (clay) | Varberg, Sweden (clay) | Varberg, Sweden (clay) |
| China | China | 4 | | | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 3 |
| Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | | | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 3 |
| Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | | | | | | | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 2 |
| France | France | 5 | | | | | | | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 2 |
| France | France | 5 | Montreux, Switzerland | Montreux, Switzerland | Montreux, Switzerland | | | | | | |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | 0 | Montreux, Switzerland | Montreux, Switzerland | Montreux, Switzerland | | | | | | |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | 0 | France | France | 3 | | | | | | |
| Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | France | France | 3 | | | | | | |
| Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Switzerland | Switzerland | 2 | | | | | | |
| Spain | Spain | 2 | Switzerland | Switzerland | 2 | | | | | | |
| Spain | Spain | 2 | | | | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | | | |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | 3 | | | | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | | | |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | 3 | | | | France | France | 2 | | | |
| Zagreb, Yugoslavia | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | | | | France | France | 2 | | | |
| Zagreb, Yugoslavia | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | | | | Yugoslavia | 3 | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 5 | | | | Yugoslavia | 3 | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 5 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | | | | | |
| Egypt | Egypt | 0 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | | | | | |
| Egypt | Egypt | 0 | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 2 | | | | | |
| Turkey | Turkey | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 2 | | | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | w/o | | | | | | | | |

### Final

Sweden vs. Yugoslavia
| Sweden 3 | Centercourt, Varberg, Sweden 14–17 July 1946 Clay | Centercourt, Varberg, Sweden 14–17 July 1946 Clay | Yugoslavia 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Torsten Johansson Dragutin Mitić 6 4 6 1 1 6 2 6 0 6   2 Lennart Bergelin Josip Palada 2 6 2 6 3 6       3 Lennart Bergelin / Torsten Johansson Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada 6 1 3 6 3 6 8 6 6 2   4 Torsten Johansson Josip Palada 6 3 6 4 6 4       5 Lennart Bergelin Dragutin Mitić 5 7 3 6 6 3 6 1 10 8 ||||

## Inter-Zonal Final

United States vs. Sweden
| United States 5 | West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States 13–15 September 1946 Grass | West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States 13–15 September 1946 Grass | Sweden 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jack Kramer Torsten Johansson 6 2 6 2 6 2       2 Frank Parker Lennart Bergelin 6 0 6 3 6 1       3 Gardnar Mulloy / Bill Talbert Lennart Bergelin / Torsten Johansson 3 6 9 7 3 6 6 0 8 6   4 Jack Kramer Lennart Bergelin 6 2 6 2 8 6       5 Frank Parker Torsten Johansson 9 7 6 2 6 1 ||||

## Challenge Round

Australia vs. United States
| Australia 0 | Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne, Australia 26–30 December 1946 Grass | Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne, Australia 26–30 December 1946 Grass | United States 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 John Bromwich Ted Schroeder 6 3 1 6 2 6 6 0 3 6   2 Dinny Pails Jack Kramer 6 8 2 6 7 9       3 John Bromwich / Adrian Quist Jack Kramer / Ted Schroeder 2 6 5 7 4 6       4 John Bromwich Jack Kramer 6 8 4 6 4 6       5 Dinny Pails Gardnar Mulloy 3 6 3 6 4 6 ||||