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| Duration | 8 May – 11 September 1926 |
| Edition | 21st |
| Teams | 24 |
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| Winning nation |  United States |
←1925 1927 → | |
The1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the 21st edition of what is now known as theDavis Cup. 19 teams would enter the Europe Zone, while 5 would enter the America Zone.
France defeatedJapan in the Inter-Zonal play-off, but would fall to theUnited States in a rematch of 1925's Challenge Round. The final was played at theGermantown Cricket Club inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania, United States on 9–11 September.[1][2]
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| Mexico City, Mexico |  Japan | 5 | |||||||||||
 Mexico | 1 |  Philippines | 0 | Montreal, Canada (grass) | |||||||||
| Japan | 4 | Japan | 5 | ||||||||||
| Havana, Cuba (clay) |  Cuba | 0 | |||||||||||
| Cuba | 3 | ||||||||||||
 Canada | 2 | ||||||||||||
Japan vs. Cuba
 Japan 5 | Mount Royal Tennis Club,Montreal, Canada[3] 19–21 August 1926 Grass |  Cuba 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First Round 27 April-9 May | Second Round 8–22 May | Quarterfinals 24 May-2 June | Semifinals 9–16 July | Final 24–26 July | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Ireland | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Spain | 3 | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barcelona, Spain (clay) |  Argentina | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Argentina | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Hungary | 2 | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harrogate, England (clay) |  Great Britain | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Poland | 0 | Rome, Italy (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Italy | 5 | Rome, Italy (clay) | Italy | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Romania | 0 | Italy | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Netherlands | 3 | Netherlands | 2 | Cabourg, France (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||
 Belgium | 2 | Great Britain | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 South Africa | 4 |  France | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Portugal | 1 | South Africa | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Austria | Kensington, England (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Malmö, Sweden |  Sweden | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Switzerland | 2 | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prague,Czechoslovakia | France | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Czechoslovakia | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 India | 1 | Prague,Czechoslovakia (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | France | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Denmark | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| France | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
France vs. Great Britain
 France 5 | Garden Tennis Club,Cabourg, France[4] 24–26 July 1926 Clay |  Great Britain 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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France vs. Japan
France 3 | West Side Tennis Club,Forest Hills, NY, United States[5] 26–28 August 1926 Grass | Japan 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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United States vs. France
 United States 4 | Germantown Cricket Club,Philadelphia, PA, United States[2] 9–11 September 1926 Grass | France 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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