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The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

4 teams entered the America Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the Europe Zone. Japan defeated Canada in the final, and went on to face France in the Inter-Zonal Final.

Draw

Semifinals
18–31 July		Final
18–20 August
St. Louis, MO, United States (grass)
 Japan4
Montreal, Canada (grass)
 Mexico1
 Japan3
Toronto, Canada (clay)
 Canada2
 Canada3
 Cuba2

Semifinals

Japan vs. Mexico


Japan
4 		Triple A Club, St. Louis, MO, United States
29–31 July 1927
Grass
Mexico
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Mexico 		Yoshiro Ota
Robert Kinsey 		2
6 		1
6 		6
4 		6
1 		6
2 		 
2 Japan
Mexico 		Takeichi Harada
Alfonso Unda 		6
2 		6
3 		6
3 		     
3 Japan
Mexico 		Takeichi Harada / Zenzo Shimizu
Claude Butlin / Robert Kinsey 		7
5 		6
2 		2
6 		3
6 		6
3 		 
4 Japan
Mexico 		Yoshiro Ota
Alfonso Unda 		6
1 		4
6 		6
3 		6
4 		   
5 Japan
Mexico 		Takeichi Harada
Robert Kinsey 		9
7 		6
0 		0
6 		6
1 		   

Canada vs. Cuba


Canada
3 		Toronto Lawn Tennis Club, Toronto, Canada
18–20 July 1927
Clay
Cuba
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Canada
Cuba 		Jack Wright
Vicente Banet 		2
6 		6
2 		6
4 		4
6 		6
4 		 
2 Canada
Cuba 		Willard Crocker
Rogelio Paris 		6
4 		8
6 		6
4 		     
3 Canada
Cuba 		Willard Crocker / Jack Wright
Raúl Chacón / Rogelio Paris 		6
0 		6
3 		6
0 		     
4 Canada
Cuba 		Gilbert Nunns
Vicente Banet 		3
6 		2
6 		7
5 		3
6 		   
5 Canada
Cuba 		Jack Wright
Rogelio Paris 		6
1 		6
2 		5
7 		5
7 		4
6 		 

Final

Canada vs. Japan


Canada
2 		Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada
18–20 August 1927
Grass
Japan
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Canada
Japan 		Willard Crocker
Takeichi Harada 		5
7 		0
6 		4
6 		     
2 Canada
Japan 		Jack Wright
Yoshiro Ota 		6
3 		6
4 		6
4 		     
3 Canada
Japan 		Willard Crocker / Jack Wright
Takeichi Harada / Teizo Toba 		3
6 		6
4 		5
7 		6
3 		8
10 		 
4 Canada
Japan 		Jack Wright
Takeichi Harada 		6
3 		6
3 		8
6 		     
5 Canada
Japan 		Willard Crocker
Yoshiro Ota 		4
6 		6
3 		8
10 		3
6 		   

References

  1. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). : New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ "Canada v Japan". daviscup.com.
  3. "Japan v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  4. "Canada v Cuba". daviscup.com.

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