1914 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The 1914 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 13th edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. The bulk of the competition returned to the United States for the first time since 1903. The United States fell to Australasia in the final, which was played at the West Side Tennis Club in New York on 13–15 August.^[1]

1914 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

Details
Duration	7 July – 15 August 1914
Edition	13th
Teams	7
Champion
Winning nation	Australasia
← 1913 1919 →

1914 International Lawn Tennis Challenge (Davis Cup) finals match between Australasia and the United States played at the West Side Tennis Club in New York on 13–15 August. Players shown on the near side are Norman Brookes (left) and Anthony Wilding (right) for Australasia and on the far side Thomas Bundy (left) and Maurice McLoughlin (right) for the United States.

The British 1914 Davis Cup team consisting of Herbert Roper Barrett (top left), Algernon Kingscote (top right), James Cecil Parke (bottom left) and Theodore Mavrogordato (bottom right).

Draw

Quarterfinals 7–25 July

Semifinals 11 July–1 August

Final 6–8 August

Germany

Pittsburgh, United States (grass)

bye

Germany

0

Lake Forest, IL, United States (grass)

Australasia

5

Australasia

5

Boston, United States (grass)

Canada

0

Australasia

3

Folkestone, England (grass)

Great Britain

2

Great Britain

5

Wimbledon, England (grass)

Belgium

0

Great Britain

4

France

1

bye

France

Quarterfinals

Australasia vs. Canada

Australasia 5	Onwentsia Club, Lake Forest, IL, United States[2][3] 23–25 July 1914 [2][4] Grass		Canada 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Norman Brookes Bernard Schwengers 6 2 6 3 6 2      [2] 2 Anthony Wilding Robert Powell 6 1 6 2 6 2      [2] 3 Norman Brookes / Anthony Wilding Robert Powell / Bernard Schwengers 6 4 6 3 6 4      [2] 4 Norman Brookes Robert Powell 6 0 6 1 6 3      [4] 5 Anthony Wilding Bernard Schwengers 7 5 6 3 6 1      [4]

Great Britain vs. Belgium

Great Britain 5	Pleasure Gardens, Folkestone, England[5][6] 7–9 July 1914 [5][7] Grass		Belgium 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 James Cecil Parke Georges Watson 6 2 6 2 6 3      [5] 2 Theodore Mavrogordato Paul de Borman 6 1 6 3 8 6      [5] 3 Theodore Mavrogordato / Herbert Roper Barrett William du Vivier / Georges Watson 6 1 6 2 6 2      [8] 4 James Cecil Parke Paul de Borman 6 4 6 3 6 0      [7] 5 Theodore Mavrogordato Georges Watson 6 1 6 0 6 3      [7]

Semifinals

Australasia vs. Germany

Australasia 5	Allegheny County Club, Pittsburgh, PA, United States[9][10] 30 July–1 August 1914 [9][11] Grass		Germany 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Norman Brookes Otto Froitzheim 10 8 6 1 6 2      [9] 2 Anthony Wilding Oscar Kreuzer 6 2 6 2 6 4      [9] 3 Norman Brookes / Anthony Wilding Otto Froitzheim / Oscar Kreuzer 6 1 6 1 6 2      [12] 4 Norman Brookes Oscar Kreuzer 6 4 6 2 6 8 6 2    [11] 5 Anthony Wilding Otto Froitzheim 6 3 6 4 6 2      [11]

Great Britain vs. France

Great Britain 4	Worple Road, Wimbledon, London, England[13][14] 11–14 July 1914 [13][15] Grass		France 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Theodore Mavrogordato Maurice Germot 4 6 7 5 9 7 6 2    [13] 2 James Cecil Parke Max Decugis 6 2 4 6 3 6 6 3 6 3  [13] 3 Theodore Mavrogordato / Herbert Roper Barrett Max Decugis / Maurice Germot 3 6 7 5 5 7 4 6    [16] 4 James Cecil Parke Maurice Germot 7 5 6 1 6 3      [15] 5 Theodore Mavrogordato Max Decugis 6 1 7 5 7 5      [15]

Final

Great Britain vs. Australasia

Australasia 3	Longwood Cricket Club, New York, NY, United States[17][18] 6–8 August 1914 [19][17] Grass		Great Britain 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Norman Brookes James Cecil Parke 6 2 4 6 6 3 1 6 7 5  [17] 2 Anthony Wilding Arthur Lowe 6 3 6 1 16 14      [17] 3 Norman Brookes / Anthony Wilding Theodore Mavrogordato / James Cecil Parke 6 1 6 0 6 4      [20] 4 Norman Brookes Arthur Lowe             w/o[19] 5 Anthony Wilding James Cecil Parke             w/o[19]

Challenge Round

United States vs. Australasia

United States 2	West Side Tennis Club, New York, NY, United States[21][22] 13–15 August 1914 [21][23] Grass		Australasia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Richard Norris Williams Anthony Wilding 5 7 2 6 3 6      [21] 2 Maurice McLoughlin Norman Brookes 17 15 6 3 6 3      [21] 3 Thomas Bundy / Maurice McLoughlin Norman Brookes / Anthony Wilding 3 6 6 8 7 9      [24] 4 Richard Norris Williams Norman Brookes 1 6 2 6 10 8 3 6    [23] 5 Maurice McLoughlin Anthony Wilding 6 2 6 3 2 6 6 2    [23]