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Wed 29 Dec 1954 - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)
Page 1 - U.S. WINS BACK DAVIS CUP AFTER LAPSE OF 4 YEARS
U.S. WINS BACK DAVIS
CUP AFTER
LAPSE
OF 4 YEARS
By A Special Reporter
The United States regained the Davis Cup
at White City yesterday when Tony Trabert and
Vic Seixas beat Australians Lewis Hoad and Ken
Rosewall in the doubles.
Trabert and Seixas, who won their singles matches on
Monday, took the doubles 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 10-8.
This gave the United States its first Challenge round victory
since 1949.
NO CHANGES FOR TO-DAY
The two remaining singles
matches will be played to-
day, starting at 1.15 p.m.
The draw is Trabert v Rose-
wall; Hoad v Seixas.
There were reports late yes-
terday that Trabert would
seek a rest to-day but U.S.
team captain Bill Talbert said
last night that Trabert would
definitely play.
Talbert added he and his
team were keen to score a
5-0 victory.
Earlier Talbert had said
that Trabert's right middle
finger was badly split but that
it had not hampered his play
yesterday.
Team captains can consent
to a change in the teams. .
Big Ovation
Australia first won the
Davis Cup in 1939. There
were no matches during the
war. In 1946 the U.S. beat
Australia, and retained the
Cup in each of the following
years until 1950, when Aus-
tralia regained it.
The Americans received a
tremendous ovation from the
gallery, which the representa-
tive of the United States Lawn
Tennis Association with the
team, Mr. Julian Myrick,
described as "one of the most
impartial I have ever seen."
Tactics Changed
When Trabert hit the win-
ning shot, a lovely forehand
past Hoad that landed inches
inside the baseline near the
side line, Trabert and Seixas
uishcd over, threw their arms
round each other's shoulders,
tousled each other's hair, then
ran to shake hands with Hoad
and Rosewall.
With broad grins, the
Americans then went quickly
to the sideline lo grip the
hand of their captain, Bill Tal-
bert, whose crew cut also got
a tousling from the excited
players.
After the match Talbert
said: "I'd like to give full
credit to the boys.
"A pattern was cut for them
and they follower' it to the
letter.
"When they were in trouble
in the second set on Tony's
serve we decided to use the
signals system to help Tony.
'This scissors combination
on the big points we needed
was mostly successful.
"When the score was two
all in the third set we decided
that it was time to hustle Hoad
and Rosewall and to puf the
pressure on them to make
their first volleys good.
"We crowded :hcm and 1
think that hustling was a de-
ciding factor in our success in
th- doubles."
[The U.S. players have
secret signals which they use
when they want to switch the
normal net positions to con-
fuse their opponents.]
Determination
Talbert said that his
players had never been more
fit, mentally or physically.
. "\Vc worked on a plan ever
[since last year. Since we got
here we were always con
| scious of. what we carne for.
I "I think Vic played so well
because he did not play in
the N.S.W. championships."
OFFICIALS PRAISE SEIXAS |
Asked the chances of
keeping the Cup, Talbert
çaid with a grin: "We didn't
win the Cup to send it back
here next year."
Hopman said: "The Ameri-
cans were a bit too good.
Seixas played almost consis-
tently brilliantly."
Hopman was not despon-
dent and said the matches
were so close that if they were
played over again they could
easily go the other way.
"Bill has done a particu-
larly fine job with his boys.
"Yet 1 don't think Tony
played as well as he did in
last year's Challenge round."
Deserved Win
.The chairman of the Lawn
Tennis Association of Austra-
lia, Sir Norman Brookes, said
last night: "The Americans
were more consistent and they
reached their peak at the right
lime and thoroughly deserved
Iheir win.
"1 have never seen Seixas
play better. 1 was disappointed
in part of our play, but our
players are young and can
improve and we have young
ones coming along."
One of the most interested
spectators at the match was
the Governor-General, Sir
William Slim, who entered the
court after the players, accom-
panied by Sir Norman
Brookes.
The Americans opened the
match with Seixas serving and
in that game he gave a pointer
to what was to be his form for
the match.
Seixas did not lose a service
and only once was he pressed
to hold it. His volleying, over-
head and ground shots were
consistently brilliant.
He took every opportunity
that offered and played a con-
siderable part in the American
victory.
The Australians' weak re-
turns of service and too
frequent errors at the net, ex-
cept in the second set and a
short spasm of brilliance in
the third, cost them the match.
They never inspired confi-
dence that they would pull the
match out of the fire and keep
Australia's chance of retaining
the Cup alive for the third
day's play.
By contrast, Trabert and
Seixas adapted their games to
meet every situation and to
hold their concentration.
Celebration
The most exciting moment
of the day was the plucky
manner in which Hoad and
Rosewall saved four match
points in the final set.
In Monday's singles, Trabert
beat Hoad 6-4, 2-6, 12-10, 6-3,
and Seixas beat Rosewall 8-6,
6-8, 6-4, 6-3.
Trabert radiophoned his
wife Shauna and his family
last night.
He said he and Shauna and
Vic Seixas and his wife, Dolly
Ann, intended to have a holi-
day in Honolulu before
returning to America in
March.
When asked about next
year's challenge Sir Norman
Brookes said: "We were hop-
ing that we would not have
to examine that problem.
"I am not sure of the dates
for the closing of entries in
the zones, but I know that the
Eastern zone has already
closed."
Although Australia has lost
the cup officials and players
consider that it has a great
chance of winning in 1955 be-
cause there is so littlebetween
the present Australian and
American teams and because
Australia has so many promis
ing.juniors.
No Decisions
Talbert is confident that his
team can hold it in 1955 and
that even if Seixas did not
hold his form Ham Richard-
son was not far behind.
When asked if Richardson's
scholarship to Oxford Univer-
sity would hurt his tennis, Tal-
bert grinned and said:
"Twenty-four wcels of school
will probably do him a lot of
good."
Hopman, when asked what
zone he would like Australia
to challenge in if he had the
choice, said: "1 would have
to think a lot about that."
Asked if he would be tak-
ing the team away again Hop-
man said firmly: "1 have no
idea at all about taking the
team away."
He was equally firm about
Australia's chances of success
with Hoad and Rosewall next
year because of the closeness
ol the result this year.
"We can win again with two
boys like Hoad and Rosewall,
who are not yet at their peak,"
he added.
Both Mr. Myrick and Tal-
bert expect a record crowd
for the Challenge round at
Forest Hills next year.
The Cup presentation will
be made at the end of to-day's
play.
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APA citation
U.S. WINS BACK DAVIS CUP AFTER LAPSE OF 4 YEARS (1954, December 29).The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved October 26, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18443930
MLA citation
"U.S. WINS BACK DAVIS CUP AFTER LAPSE OF 4 YEARS"The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 29 December 1954: 1. Web. 26 Oct 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18443930>.
Harvard/Australian citation
1954 'U.S. WINS BACK DAVIS CUP AFTER LAPSE OF 4 YEARS',The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 29 December, p. 1. , viewed 26 Oct 2025, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18443930
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{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18443930 |title=U.S. WINS BACK DAVIS CUP AFTER LAPSE OF 4 YEARS |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |issue=36,511 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=29 December 1954 |accessdate=26 October 2025 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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