# 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 21st edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. 19 teams would enter the Europe Zone, while 5 would enter the America Zone.
France defeated Japan in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but would fall to the United States in a rematch of 1925's Challenge Round. The final was played at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on 9–11 September.

## America Zone
### Draw

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | San Francisco, CA, United States (grass) | San Francisco, CA, United States (grass) | San Francisco, CA, United States (grass) | | | |
| Mexico City, Mexico | Mexico City, Mexico | Mexico City, Mexico | Japan | Japan | 5 | | | |
| Mexico | Mexico | 1 | Philippines | Philippines | 0 | Montreal, Canada (grass) | Montreal, Canada (grass) | Montreal, Canada (grass) |
| Japan | Japan | 4 | | | | Japan | Japan | 5 |
| | | | Havana, Cuba (clay) | Havana, Cuba (clay) | Havana, Cuba (clay) | Cuba | Cuba | 0 |
| | | | Cuba | Cuba | 3 | | |
| | | | Canada | Canada | 2 | | | |

### Final

Japan vs. Cuba
| Japan 5 | Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada 19–21 August 1926 Grass | Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada 19–21 August 1926 Grass | Cuba 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Takeichi Harada Rogelio Paris 7 5 6 0 6 3       2 Tsumio Tawara Vicente Banet 9 7 6 1 6 2       3 Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris 6 4 6 3 6 2       4 Tsumio Tawara Rogelio Paris 6 2 6 0 6 2       5 Teizo Toba Vicente Banet 6 2 6 2 6 2 ||||

## Europe Zone
### Draw

| First Round 27 April-9 May | First Round 27 April-9 May | First Round 27 April-9 May | Second Round 8–22 May | Second Round 8–22 May | Second Round 8–22 May | Quarterfinals 24 May-2 June | Quarterfinals 24 May-2 June | Quarterfinals 24 May-2 June | Semifinals 9–16 July | Semifinals 9–16 July | Semifinals 9–16 July | Final 24–26 July | Final 24–26 July | Final 24–26 July |
| | | | Dublin, Ireland (grass) | Dublin, Ireland (grass) | Dublin, Ireland (grass) | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Ireland | Ireland | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Spain | Spain | 3 | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Spain | Spain | 3 | | | | |
| | | | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Argentina | Argentina | 1 | | | | |
| | | | Argentina | Argentina | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hungary | Hungary | 2 | | | | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Spain | Spain | 1 | |
| | | | Harrogate, England (clay) | Harrogate, England (clay) | Harrogate, England (clay) | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 4 | |
| | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Poland | Poland | 0 | Rome, Italy (clay) | Rome, Italy (clay) | Rome, Italy (clay) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 3 | | | | |
| Italy | Italy | 5 | Rome, Italy (clay) | Rome, Italy (clay) | Rome, Italy (clay) | Italy | Italy | 2 | | | | |
| Romania | Romania | 0 | Italy | Italy | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 3 | Netherlands | Netherlands | 2 | | | | | | | Cabourg, France (clay) | Cabourg, France (clay) | Cabourg, France (clay) |
| Belgium | Belgium | 2 | | | | | | | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 0 |
| South Africa | South Africa | 4 | | | | | | | | | | France | France | 5 |
| Portugal | Portugal | 1 | South Africa | South Africa | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Austria | Austria | | Kensington, England (clay) | Kensington, England (clay) | Kensington, England (clay) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | Malmö, Sweden | Malmö, Sweden | Malmö, Sweden | Sweden | Sweden | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Sweden | Sweden | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 2 | | | | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 0 | | | |
| | | | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | | | | France | France | 5 | | | |
| | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | India | India | 1 | Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | France | France | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | Denmark | Denmark | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | France | France | 5 | | | | | | | | | |

### Final

France vs. Great Britain
| France 5 | Garden Tennis Club, Cabourg, France 24–26 July 1926 Clay | Garden Tennis Club, Cabourg, France 24–26 July 1926 Clay | Great Britain 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Henri Cochet Colin Gregory 7 5 4 6 7 9 7 5 6 0   2 René Lacoste Noel Turnbull 6 4 6 4 6 4       3 Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon Gordon Crole-Rees / Charles Kingsley 6 2 6 0 6 3       4 Pierre Henri Landry Colin Gregory 6 3 6 2 6 1       5 Jacques Brugnon Noel Turnbull 4 6 1 6 6 2 6 4 6 0 ||||

## Inter-Zonal Final

France vs. Japan
| France 3 | West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States 26–28 August 1926 Grass | West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States 26–28 August 1926 Grass | Japan 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Henri Cochet Tsumio Tawara 1 6 4 6 7 5 6 3 6 2   2 René Lacoste Takeichi Harada 4 6 6 4 3 6 7 9     3 Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet Takeichi Harada / Tsumio Tawara 6 0 6 0 6 2       4 René Lacoste Tsumio Tawara 6 1 6 3 6 2       5 Henri Cochet Takeichi Harada 1 6 3 6 6 0 4 6 ||||

## Challenge Round

United States vs. France
| United States 4 | Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, PA, United States 9–11 September 1926 Grass | Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, PA, United States 9–11 September 1926 Grass | France 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Bill Johnston René Lacoste 6 0 6 4 0 6 6 0     2 Bill Tilden Jean Borotra 6 2 6 3 6 3       3 Vincent Richards / Richard Norris Williams Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet 6 4 6 4 6 2       4 Bill Johnston Jean Borotra 8 6 6 4 9 7       5 Bill Tilden René Lacoste 6 4 4 6 6 8 6 8 ||||