# 1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The 1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 28th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. 24 teams would enter the Europe Zone; while 9 would enter the Americas Zone, 4 in North America and 5 in South America.
The United States defeated Argentina in the America Inter-Zonal Final, and Great Britain defeated Australia in the Europe Zone final. In the Inter-Zonal play-off Great Britain defeated United States, and went on to defeat France in the Challenge Round. Great Britain's victory ended France's six-year run as champions and gave the Great Britain team their first title since 1912. The final was played at Stade Roland Garros in Paris on 28–30 July.

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

| Semifinals 5–13 May | Semifinals 5–13 May | Semifinals 5–13 May | Final 18–20 May | Final 18–20 May | Final 18–20 May |
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | | | |
| United States | United States | 5 | | | |
| United States | United States | 5 | Montreal, Quebec (grass) | Montreal, Quebec (grass) | Montreal, Quebec (grass) |
| Mexico | Mexico | 0 | Montreal, Quebec (grass) | Montreal, Quebec (grass) | Montreal, Quebec (grass) |
| Mexico | Mexico | 0 | United States | United States | 5 |
| Hot Springs (hard) | Hot Springs (hard) | Hot Springs (hard) | United States | United States | 5 |
| Hot Springs (hard) | Hot Springs (hard) | Hot Springs (hard) | Canada | Canada | 0 |
| Cuba | Cuba | 1 | Canada | Canada | 0 |
| Canada | Canada | 4 | | | |

### South America Zone

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals 31 March–2 April | Semifinals 31 March–2 April | Semifinals 31 March–2 April | Final 8–10 April | Final 8–10 April | Final 8–10 April |
| Brazil | Brazil | | | | | | | |
| Brazil | Brazil | | Montevideo, Uruguay | Montevideo, Uruguay | Montevideo, Uruguay | | | |
| Chile | Chile | w/o | Montevideo, Uruguay | Montevideo, Uruguay | Montevideo, Uruguay | | | |
| Chile | Chile | w/o | Chile | Chile | 5 | | | |
| | | | Uruguay | Uruguay | 0 | | | |
| Uruguay | Uruguay | | Uruguay | Uruguay | 0 | | | |
| Uruguay | Uruguay | | | | | Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) |
| bye | bye | | | | | Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) |
| bye | bye | | | | | Chile | Chile | 1 |
| | | | | | | Argentina | Argentina | 4 |
| bye | bye | | | | | Argentina | Argentina | 4 |
| Peru | Peru | | | | | | | |
| Peru | Peru | | Peru | Peru | | | | |
| | | | Argentina | Argentina | w/o | | | |
| bye | bye | | Argentina | Argentina | w/o | | | |
| Argentina | Argentina | | | | | | | |

### Americas Inter-Zonal final

United States vs. Argentina
| United States 4 | Chevy Chase Lawn Tennis Club, Chevy Chase, Maryland 25–27 May 1933 Clay | Chevy Chase Lawn Tennis Club, Chevy Chase, Maryland 25–27 May 1933 Clay | Argentina 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ellsworth Vines Adriano Zappa 6 2 6 3 6 4       2 Wilmer Allison Américo Cattaruzza 6 2 6 4 6 3       3 George Lott / John Van Ryn Adelmar Echeverria / Adriano Zappa 6 1 6 4 6 1       4 Ellsworth Vines Américo Cattaruzza 7 5 6 1 5 7 6 1     5 Wilmer Allison Adriano Zappa 6 2 6 1 2 2     not completed ||||

## Europe Zone
### Draw

| First Round 21 April–9 May | First Round 21 April–9 May | First Round 21 April–9 May | Second Round 12–21 May | Second Round 12–21 May | Second Round 12–21 May | Quarterfinals 8–13 June | Quarterfinals 8–13 June | Quarterfinals 8–13 June | Semifinals 17–20 June | Semifinals 17–20 June | Semifinals 17–20 June | Final 13–15 July | Final 13–15 July | Final 13–15 July |
| Greece | Greece | | Athens, Greece | Athens, Greece | Athens, Greece | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Greece | Greece | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Romania | Romania | | Romania | Romania | 1 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | Greece | Greece | 0 | | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 5 | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Monaco | Monaco | | Monaco | Monaco | 0 | | | | Eastbourne, England (grass) | Eastbourne, England (grass) | Eastbourne, England (grass) | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 0 | |
| Finland | Finland | w/o | London, England (clay) | London, England (clay) | London, England (clay) | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 5 | |
| India | India | | Finland | Finland | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Spain | Spain | 1 | Great Britain | Great Britain | 5 | Eastbourne, England (grass) | Eastbourne, England (grass) | Eastbourne, England (grass) | | | | | | |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | 4 | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 4 | | | | |
| Italy | Italy | 4 | Genoa, Italy (clay) | Genoa, Italy (clay) | Genoa, Italy (clay) | Italy | Italy | 1 | | | | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 1 | Italy | Italy | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Belgium | Belgium | 2 | Austria | Austria | 1 | | | | | | | Wimbledon, England (grass) | Wimbledon, England (grass) | Wimbledon, England (grass) |
| Austria | Austria | 3 | | | | | | | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 3 |
| Denmark | Denmark | 2 | Dublin, Ireland (grass) | Dublin, Ireland (grass) | Dublin, Ireland (grass) | | | | | | | Australia | Australia | 2 |
| Ireland | Ireland | 3 | Ireland | Ireland | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Hungary | Hungary | 0 | Japan | Japan | 5 | Berlin, Germany (clay) | Berlin, Germany (clay) | Berlin, Germany (clay) | | | | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 5 | | | | Japan | Japan | 4 | | | | | | |
| Germany | Germany | 5 | Berlin, Germany | Berlin, Germany | Berlin, Germany | Germany | Germany | 1 | | | | | | |
| Egypt | Egypt | 0 | Germany | Germany | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 3 | Netherlands | Netherlands | 1 | | | | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | | | |
| Poland | Poland | 2 | | | | | | | Japan | Japan | 2 | | | |
| bye | bye | | Basel, Switzerland | Basel, Switzerland | Basel, Switzerland | | | | Australia | Australia | 3 | | | |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | South Africa | South Africa | 4 | London, England (grass) | London, England (grass) | London, England (grass) | | | | | | |
| South Africa | South Africa | | | | | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Oslo, Norway (clay) | Oslo, Norway (clay) | Oslo, Norway (clay) | Australia | Australia | 3 | | | | | | |
| Norway | Norway | | Norway | Norway | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Australia | Australia | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Australia | Australia | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Final

Great Britain vs. Australia
| Great Britain 3 | Centre Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England 13–15 July 1933 Grass | Centre Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England 13–15 July 1933 Grass | Australia 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Bunny Austin Jack Crawford 6 4 2 6 2 6 3 6     2 Fred Perry Vivian McGrath 6 2 6 4 6 2       3 Pat Hughes / Fred Perry Adrian Quist / Don Turnbull 7 5 6 4 3 6 6 3     4 Bunny Austin Vivian McGrath 6 4 7 5 6 3       5 Harry Lee Jack Crawford 6 8 5 7 4 6 ||||

## Inter-Zonal final

Great Britain vs. United States
| Great Britain 4 | Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France 21–23 July 1933 Clay | Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France 21–23 July 1933 Clay | United States 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Bunny Austin Ellsworth Vines 6 1 6 1 6 4       2 Fred Perry Wilmer Allison 6 1 7 5 6 4       3 Pat Hughes / Fred Perry George Lott / John Van Ryn 6 8 4 6 1 6       4 Bunny Austin Wilmer Allison 6 2 7 9 6 3 6 4     5 Fred Perry Ellsworth Vines 1 6 6 0 4 6 7 5 7 6  retired ||||

## Challenge Round

France vs. Great Britain
| France 2 | Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France 28–30 July 1933 Clay | Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France 28–30 July 1933 Clay | Great Britain 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 André Merlin Bunny Austin 3 6 4 6 0 6       2 Henri Cochet Fred Perry 10 8 4 6 6 8 6 3 1 6   3 Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon Pat Hughes / Harry Lee 6 3 8 6 6 2       4 Henri Cochet Bunny Austin 5 7 6 4 4 6 6 4 6 4   5 André Merlin Fred Perry 6 4 6 8 2 6 5 7 ||||