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Duration | 13 – 24 July 1905 |
Edition | 5th |
Teams | 5 |
Champion | |
Winning nation | British Isles |
← 1904 1906 → |
The 1905 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the fifth edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. As defending champions, the British Isles team played host to the competition. The World Group ties were played at Queen's ClubinLondon, England from 13–19 July, and the final was played on 21–24 July.[1] Britain retained the Cup for their third championship.
Australasia, a combined Australia-New Zealand team, and Austria joined the competition for the first time.[2] The United States returned after a 1-year hiatus, and France would return for their second year. For the first time, a "World Group" tournament was held to determine which team would challenge the British Isles for the cup.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals 13–15 July | Final 17–19 July | |||||||||||
France | |||||||||||||
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France | 0 | ||||||||||||
United States | 5 | ||||||||||||
United States1 | w/o | ||||||||||||
Belgium | |||||||||||||
United States | 5 | ||||||||||||
Australasia | 0 | ||||||||||||
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Australasia | |||||||||||||
Australasia | 5 | ||||||||||||
Austria | 0 | ||||||||||||
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Austria | |||||||||||||
Notes
France vs. United States
France 0 |
Queen's Club, London, England[5] 13–15 July 1905 [3][6] Grass |
United States 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Australasia vs. Austria
Australasia 5 |
Queen's Club, London, England[9] 13–15 July 1905 [3] Grass |
Austria 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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United States vs. Australasia
United States 5 |
Queen's Club, London, England[10] 17–19 July 1905 [11][12] Grass |
Australasia 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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British Isles vs. United States
British Isles 5 |
Worple Road, Wimbledon, England[13][14] 21–24 July 1905 [12][15] Grass |
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