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| Duration | 7 April – 27 August 1950 |
| Edition | 39th |
| Teams | 25 |
| Champion | |
| Winning nation |  Australia |
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The1950 Davis Cup was the 39th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 22 teams entered the Europe Zone, and 4 teams entered the America Zone. Play took place on Asian soil for the first time, when thePhilippines hostedPakistan inManila for their first-round Europe Zone tie.
Australia defeatedMexico in the America Zone final, andSweden defeatedDenmark in the Europe Zone final. Australia defeated Sweden in the Inter-Zonal play-off, and then defeated defending champions theUnited States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at theWest Side Tennis Club inForest Hills,New York, United States on 25–27 August.[1][2][3]
| Semifinals 7–16 July | Final 28–30 July | |||||||
| Montreal, Canada (grass) | ||||||||
| Australia | 5 | |||||||
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | ||||||||
 Canada | 0 | |||||||
| Australia | 4 | |||||||
| Havana, Cuba | ||||||||
 Mexico | 1 | |||||||
 Cuba | 0 | |||||||
| Mexico | 5 | |||||||
 Mexico 1 | Centro Deportivo Chapultepec,Mexico City, Mexico[4] 28–30 July 1950 Clay |  Australia 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First Round 7 April–9 May | Second Round 18–22 May | Quarterfinals 8–18 June | Semifinals 13–16 July | Final 28–30 July | |||||||||||||||||||
 Poland | Warsaw, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Poland | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Israel | Israel | 0 | Warsaw, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Poland | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Ireland | Dublin, Ireland (grass) | Ireland | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Ireland | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Monaco | Monaco | 0 | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Poland | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Peru |  Sweden | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Peru | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Philippines | 5 | Philippines | w/o | Solna, Sweden (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||
 Pakistan | 0 | Philippines | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Norway | w/o | Oslo, Norway (clay) | Sweden | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Hungary | Norway | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Netherlands | 1 | Sweden | 5 | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 4 | Sweden | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Belgium | 4 | Zagreb,Yugoslavia |  Denmark | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Finland | 1 | Belgium | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Yugoslavia | 5 | Yugoslavia | 2 | Brussels, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||
 Austria | 0 | Belgium | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Great Britain | 2 | Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg |  Italy | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 3 | Italy | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |  Luxembourg | 0 | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | Italy | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Denmark | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | Denmark | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |  Egypt | 0 | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | Denmark | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye | Paris, France (clay) |  France | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| France | France | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| bye |  Switzerland | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sweden vs. Denmark
 Sweden 4 | Båstad Tennis Stadium,Båstad, Sweden[5] 28–30 July 1950 Clay |  Denmark 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Australia vs. Sweden
Australia 3 | Westchester Country Club,Rye, NY, United States[6] 11–13 August 1950 Grass | Sweden 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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United States vs. Australia
 United States 1 | West Side Tennis Club,Forest Hills, NY, United States[3] 25–27 August 1950 Grass | Australia 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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