The America Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1949 Davis Cup.

4 teams entered the America Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the Europe Zone.[1] Australia defeated Mexico in the final, and went on to face Italy in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

Semifinals
2–23 July		Final
29–31 July
Montreal, Canada (grass)
 Australia4
Wilmington, DE, United States (grass)
 Canada1
 Australia5
Havana, Cuba
 Mexico0
 Cuba1
 Mexico4

Semifinals

Canada vs. Australia


Canada
1		 Mount Royal Tennis Club Montreal, Canada[3]
21–23 July 1949
Grass
Australia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Canada
Australia		 Brendan Macken
Bill Sidwell		 3
6 		7
5		 6
3		 5
7 		8
6		  
2 Canada
Australia		 Henri Rochon
Frank Sedgman		 4
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3 Canada
Australia		 Brendan Macken / Walter Stohlberg
John Bromwich / Frank Sedgman		 3
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
4 Canada
Australia		 Brendan Macken
Frank Sedgman		 2
6 		2
6 		0
6 		     
5 Canada
Australia		 Lorne Main
Bill Sidwell		 6
8 		6
4		 4
6 		1
6 		   

Cuba vs. Mexico


Cuba
1		 Havana, Cuba[4]
2–4 July 1949
Mexico
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Cuba
Mexico		 José Agüero
Armando Vega		 5
7 		6
1		 1
6 		2
6 		   
2 Cuba
Mexico		 Juan Weiss
Rolando Vega		 4
6 		6
0		 0
6 		8
10 		   
3 Cuba
Mexico		 José Agüero / Juan Weiss
Armando Vega / Rolando Vega		 3
6 		3
6 		7
5		 4
6 		   
4 Cuba
Mexico		 Jesús Pardo
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela		 3
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
5 Cuba
Mexico		 José Agüero
Luis Riefkohl		 6
4		 6
2		 6
4		      

Final

Australia vs. Mexico


Australia
5		 Wilmington Country Club, Wilmington, DE, United States[2]
29–31 July 1949
Grass
Mexico
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Australia
Mexico		 Frank Sedgman
Armando Vega		 12
10		 4
6 		6
4		 1
6 		6
3		  
2 Australia
Mexico		 John Bromwich
Rolando Vega		 6
0		 6
2		 6
1		      
3 Australia
Mexico		 John Bromwich / Frank Sedgman
Armando Vega / Rolando Vega		 6
0		 6
4		 6
2		      
4 Australia
Mexico		 John Bromwich
Armando Vega		 6
0		 6
1		 6
4		      
5 Australia
Mexico		 Bill Sidwell
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela		 6
2		 6
2		 6
1		      

References

  1. ↑ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. 1 2 "Mexico v Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. ↑ "Canada v Australia". daviscup.com.
  4. ↑ "Cuba v Mexico". daviscup.com.
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