# 1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge America Zone

The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.
5 teams entered the America Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the Europe Zone. The United States defeated Cuba in the final, and went on to face Germany in the Inter-Zonal Final.

## Draw

| Quarterfinals 16–18 May | Quarterfinals 16–18 May | Quarterfinals 16–18 May | Semifinals 17–25 May | Semifinals 17–25 May | Semifinals 17–25 May | Final 30 May–1 June | Final 30 May–1 June | Final 30 May–1 June |
| Montreal, Canada (grass) | Montreal, Canada (grass) | Montreal, Canada (grass) | | | | | | |
| United States | United States | 5 | | | | | | |
| United States | United States | 5 | Chevy Chase, MD, United States (clay) | Chevy Chase, MD, United States (clay) | Chevy Chase, MD, United States (clay) | | | |
| Canada | Canada | 0 | Chevy Chase, MD, United States (clay) | Chevy Chase, MD, United States (clay) | Chevy Chase, MD, United States (clay) | | | |
| Canada | Canada | 0 | United States | United States | 4 | | | |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 1 | | | |
| Japan | Japan | | Japan | Japan | 1 | | | |
| Japan | Japan | | | | | Detroit, MI, United States (clay) | Detroit, MI, United States (clay) | Detroit, MI, United States (clay) |
| bye | bye | | | | | Detroit, MI, United States (clay) | Detroit, MI, United States (clay) | Detroit, MI, United States (clay) |
| bye | bye | | | | | United States | United States | 5 |
| | | | | | | Cuba | Cuba | 0 |
| bye | bye | | | | | Cuba | Cuba | 0 |
| bye | bye | | Havana, Cuba (clay) | Havana, Cuba (clay) | Havana, Cuba (clay) | | | |
| Cuba | Cuba | | Havana, Cuba (clay) | Havana, Cuba (clay) | Havana, Cuba (clay) | | | |
| Cuba | Cuba | | Cuba | Cuba | 4 | | | |
| | | | Mexico | Mexico | 1 | | | |
| bye | bye | | Mexico | Mexico | 1 | | | |
| Mexico | Mexico | | | | | | | |

## Quarterfinals
### Canada vs. United States

| Canada 0 | Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada 16–18 May 1929 Grass | Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada 16–18 May 1929 Grass | United States 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Willard Crocker John Van Ryn 7 9 2 6 3 6       2 Jack Wright John Hennessey 3 6 6 4 1 6 5 7     3 Arthur Ham / Jack Wright John Hennessey / John Van Ryn 1 6 1 6 6 1 2 6     4 Jack Wright John Van Ryn 1 6 0 6 1 6       5 Willard Crocker Wilmer Allison 6 2 4 6 7 9 6 4 2 6 ||||

## Semifinals
### United States vs. Japan

| United States 4 | Chevy Chase Lawn Tennis Club, Chevy Chase, MD, United States 23–25 May 1929 Clay | Chevy Chase Lawn Tennis Club, Chevy Chase, MD, United States 23–25 May 1929 Clay | Japan 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 John Van Ryn Tamio Abe 6 2 4 6 6 3 6 2     2 John Hennessey Yoshiro Ota 6 2 6 2 6 3       3 John Hennessey / John Van Ryn Tamio Abe / Yoshiro Ota 6 3 6 4 6 2       4 John Van Ryn Yoshiro Ota 4 6 7 5 6 2 4 6 5 7   5 John Hennessey Tamio Abe 8 6 6 1 3 6 6 1 ||||

### Cuba vs. Mexico

| Cuba 4 | Havana, Cuba 17–20 May 1929 Clay | Havana, Cuba 17–20 May 1929 Clay | Mexico 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Vicente Banet Ignacio de la Borbolla 6 2 6 3 8 6       2 Gustavo Vollmer Ricardo Tapia 6 2 6 3 6 1       3 Ricardo Morales / Germán Upmann Robert Kinsey / Alfonso Unda 2 6 12 10 4 6 3 6     4 Gustavo Vollmer Ignacio de la Borbolla 6 3 6 3 8 6       5 Vicente Banet Ricardo Tapia 6 3 2 6 9 7 6 3 ||||

## Final
### United States vs. Cuba

| United States 5 | Detroit Tennis Club, Detroit, MI, United States 30 May–1 June 1929 Clay | Detroit Tennis Club, Detroit, MI, United States 30 May–1 June 1929 Clay | Cuba 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 John Hennessey Ricardo Morales 6 0 6 3 6 4       2 John Van Ryn Gustavo Vollmer 6 0 6 1 6 1       3 Wilmer Allison / John Van Ryn Ricardo Morales / Germán Upmann 6 2 6 0 6 1       4 Wilmer Allison Gustavo Vollmer 6 3 6 2 6 5       5 George Lott Germán Upmann 6 4 6 3 6 3 ||||