# 1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The 1935 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 30th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. Due to increased political tensions in Europe, entries for the Europe Zone declined sharply, causing the qualifying round system to be scrapped. Only 11 teams would enter the Europe Zone, with 17 teams entering the qualifying rounds; while six would enter the Americas Zone, 4 in North America and 2 in South America. Estonia entered the tournament for the first time.
In the America Inter-Zonal Final the United States received a walkover due to Brazil's absence, while in the Europe Zone final Germany defeated Czechoslovakia. The United States defeated Germany in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but would fall to Great Britain in the challenge round. The final was played at the All England Club Centre Court in Wimbledon, London, England on 27–30 July.

## America Zone
### North & Central America Zone

| Semifinals 3–12 May | Semifinals 3–12 May | Semifinals 3–12 May | Final 17–19 May | Final 17–19 May | Final 17–19 May |
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | | | |
| Mexico | Mexico | 5 | | | |
| Mexico | Mexico | 5 | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) |
| Cuba | Cuba | 0 | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) |
| Cuba | Cuba | 0 | Mexico | Mexico | 0 |
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico | Mexico | 0 |
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | United States | United States | 5 |
| China | China | 0 | United States | United States | 5 |
| United States | United States | 5 | | | |

### South America Zone

| Final 26–28 April | Final 26–28 April | Final 26–28 April |
| Montevideo, Uruguay | Montevideo, Uruguay | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Brazil | Brazil | 3 |
| Uruguay | Uruguay | 2 |

### Americas Inter-Zonal Final

United States vs. Brazil
United States defeated Brazil by walkover.

## Europe Zone
### Qualifying round

| First round | First round | First round |
| Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland |
| Poland | Poland | 4 |
| Belgium | Belgium | 1 |
| Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying round | Qualifying round | Qualifying round |
| Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | | | |
| Poland | Poland | 5 | | | |
| Poland | Poland | 5 | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland |
| Estonia | Estonia | 0 | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland |
| Estonia | Estonia | 0 | Poland | Poland | 5 |
| | | | Greece | Greece | 0 |
| Austria | Austria | | Greece | Greece | 0 |
| Greece | Greece | w/o | | | |
| Berlin, Germany | Berlin, Germany | Berlin, Germany | | | |
| Germany | Germany | 5 | | | |
| Germany | Germany | 5 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Romania | Romania | 0 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Romania | Romania | 0 | Germany | Germany | 5 |
| | | | Denmark | Denmark | 0 |
| Denmark | Denmark | w/o | Denmark | Denmark | 0 |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | | | | |
| Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | | | |
| Sweden | Sweden | 3 | | | |
| Sweden | Sweden | 3 | Stockholm, Sweden | Stockholm, Sweden | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Ireland | Ireland | 2 | Stockholm, Sweden | Stockholm, Sweden | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Ireland | Ireland | 2 | Sweden | Sweden | 2 |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands (clay) | Amsterdam, Netherlands (clay) | Amsterdam, Netherlands (clay) | Sweden | Sweden | 2 |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands (clay) | Amsterdam, Netherlands (clay) | Amsterdam, Netherlands (clay) | Netherlands | Netherlands | 3 |
| Monaco | Monaco | 1 | Netherlands | Netherlands | 3 |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 4 | | | |
| Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | | | |
| Hungary | Hungary | 3 | | | |
| Hungary | Hungary | 3 | Budapest, Hungary | Budapest, Hungary | Budapest, Hungary |
| Norway | Norway | 2 | Budapest, Hungary | Budapest, Hungary | Budapest, Hungary |
| Norway | Norway | 2 | Hungary | Hungary | 2 |
| | | | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 3 |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | w/o | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 3 |
| Spain | Spain | | | | |
* Poland, Germany, Netherlands and Yugoslavia advance to the 1935 Europe Zone main draw.

### Main draw

| First round 10–14 May | First round 10–14 May | First round 10–14 May | Quarterfinals 17 May–10 June | Quarterfinals 17 May–10 June | Quarterfinals 17 May–10 June | Semifinals 14–17 June | Semifinals 14–17 June | Semifinals 14–17 June | Final 12–14 July | Final 12–14 July | Final 12–14 July |
| Poland | Poland | | | | | | | | | | |
| Poland | Poland | | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Poland | Poland | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | | | | | | |
| South Africa | South Africa | | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | | | | | | |
| South Africa | South Africa | | | | | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | South Africa | South Africa | 0 | | | |
| Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) | Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) | Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) | | | | South Africa | South Africa | 0 | | | |
| Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) | Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) | Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) | | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 5 | | | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 0 | | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 5 | | | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 0 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | | | | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 5 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | | | | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 5 | Japan | Japan | 1 | | | | | | |
| Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Japan | Japan | 1 | | | | | | |
| Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 4 | | | | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 4 | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 4 | | | | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 4 | | | | | | | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 1 | | | | | | | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 1 | | | | | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 1 |
| Eastbourne, England (grass) | Eastbourne, England (grass) | Eastbourne, England (grass) | | | | | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 1 |
| Eastbourne, England (grass) | Eastbourne, England (grass) | Eastbourne, England (grass) | | | | | | | Germany | Germany | 4 |
| Australia | Australia | 3 | | | | | | | Germany | Germany | 4 |
| Australia | Australia | 3 | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | | | | | | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 0 | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | | | | | | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 0 | Australia | Australia | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | France | France | 2 | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | France | France | 2 | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | Berlin, Germany (clay) | Berlin, Germany (clay) | Berlin, Germany (clay) | | | |
| France | France | | | | | Berlin, Germany (clay) | Berlin, Germany (clay) | Berlin, Germany (clay) | | | |
| France | France | | | | | Australia | Australia | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | Germany | 4 | |
| bye | bye | | | | | Germany | 4 | |
| bye | bye | | Berlin, Germany | Berlin, Germany | Berlin, Germany | | | | | |
| Germany | Germany | | Berlin, Germany | Berlin, Germany | Berlin, Germany | | | | | |
| Germany | Germany | | Germany | Germany | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | Italy | Italy | 1 | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Italy | Italy | 1 | | | | | |
| Italy | Italy | | | | | | | | | |

### Final

Czechoslovakia vs. Germany
| Czechoslovakia 1 | Prague, Czechoslovakia 12–14 July 1935 | Prague, Czechoslovakia 12–14 July 1935 | Germany 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Roderich Menzel Henner Henkel 7 5 6 1 4 6 2 6 6 4   2 Josef Caska Gottfried von Cramm 2 6 4 6 2 6       3 Ferenc Maršálek / Roderich Menzel Gottfried von Cramm / Kay Lund 3 6 7 9 4 6       4 Roderich Menzel Gottfried von Cramm 2 6 4 6 6 3 7 5 1 6   5 Josef Caska Henner Henkel 6 2 5 7 4 6 0 6 ||||

## Inter-Zonal Final

United States vs. Germany
| United States 4 | No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England 20–24 July 1935 Grass | No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England 20–24 July 1935 Grass | Germany 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Don Budge Henner Henkel 7 5 11 9 6 8 6 1     2 Wilmer Allison Gottfried von Cramm 6 8 3 6 4 6       3 Wilmer Allison / John Van Ryn Gottfried von Cramm / Kay Lund 3 6 6 3 5 7 9 7 8 6   4 Wilmer Allison Henner Henkel 6 1 7 5 11 9       5 Don Budge Gottfried von Cramm 0 6 9 7 8 6 6 3 ||||

## Challenge round

Great Britain vs. United States
| Great Britain 5 | Centre Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England 27–30 July 1935 Grass | Centre Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England 27–30 July 1935 Grass | United States 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Bunny Austin Wilmer Allison 6 2 2 6 4 6 6 3 7 5   2 Fred Perry Don Budge 6 0 6 8 6 3 6 4     3 Pat Hughes / Raymond Tuckey Wilmer Allison / John Van Ryn 6 2 1 6 6 8 6 3 6 3   4 Bunny Austin Don Budge 6 2 6 4 6 8 7 5     5 Fred Perry Wilmer Allison 4 6 6 4 7 5 6 3 ||||