1956 Davis Cup America Zone

International tennis competition 1956 Davis Cup The America Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1956 Davis Cup. 5 teams entered the America Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Eastern Zone and Europe Zone.Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–506 2nd The United States defeated Mexico in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone. Draw 2–4 May 6–29 July 3–5 August 14 USA 1912 bye Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (clay) CAN 1921 5 Caribbean/West Indies 0 bye MEX 1934 bye BRA 1889 Victoria, Canada (grass) USA 1912 4 CAN 1921 1 Mexico City, Mexico (clay) MEX 1934 4 BRA 1889 1 Rye, NY, United States (grass) USA 1912 4 MEX 1934 1 Quarterfinals Caribbean/West Indies vs. Canada Caribbean/West Indies Canada 1921 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobagohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1956-AME-M-CAR-CAN-01 Caribbean/West Indies v Canada daviscup.com 2–4 May 1956 Clay 0 5 Peter Philips 1 1 4 Robert Bédard 6 6 6 Ian McDonald 5 1 6 3 Don Fontana 7 6 4 6 Ralph Legall Peter Waddell 0 1 4 Robert Bédard Don Fontana 6 6 6 Peter Philips 3 2 4 Henri Rochon 6 6 6 Ian McDonald 0 1 0 Robert Bédard 6 6 6 Semifinals Canada vs. United States Canada 1921 United States 1912 Victoria Lawn Tennis Club, Victoria, Canadahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1956-AME-M-CAN-USA-01 Canada v United States daviscup.com 27–29 July 1956 Grass 1 4 Don Fontana 1 2 2 Ham Richardson 6 6 6 Robert Bédard 6 2 1 9 Herbie Flam 2 6 6 11 Robert Bédard Don Fontana 3 6 12 4 3 Ron Holmberg Barry MacKay (tennis) 6 3 10 6 6 Robert Bédard 4 4 11 Ham Richardson 6 6 13 Paul Willey 14 6 6 8 Barry MacKay (tennis) 16 4 3 6 Mexico vs. Brazil Mexico 1934 Brazil 1889 Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexicohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1956-AME-M-MEX-BRA-01 Mexico v Brazil daviscup.com 6–8 July 1956 Clay 4 1 Mario Llamas 3 6 6 6 José Agüero 6 2 1 1 Gustavo Palafox 3 1 7 6 6 Armando Vieira 6 6 5 1 4 Mario Llamas Gustavo Palafox 6 6 9 Eugenio Saller Armando Vieira 3 3 7 Gustavo Palafox 6 5 4 3 José Agüero 4 7 6 6 Antonio Palafox 6 9 6 Pedro Bueno Nete 3 7 1 Final United States vs. Mexico United States 1912 Mexico 1934 Westchester Country Club, Rye, NY, United Stateshttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1956-AME-M-USA-MEX-01 United States v Mexico daviscup.com 3–5 August 1956 Grass 4 1 Vic Seixas 6 6 6 Mario Llamas 4 2 4 Ham Richardson 6 6 6 Francisco Contreras 3 4 4 Sam Giammalva Barry MacKay (tennis) 13 4 6 6 3 Francisco Contreras Mario Llamas 11 6 1 8 6 Ham Richardson 6 6 6 Mario Llamas 3 3 1 Sam Giammalva 6 6 6 Esteban Reyes Jr. 4 1 3 References External links Davis Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 2010-10-18 Category:Davis Cup Americas Zone America Zone