1929 in tennis

1929 in tennis

Helen Wills Moody in 1929
Details
Duration	January 1 – December 22
Categories	Pro Majors (2) National championships (16) International championships (86) Team events (11) Pro Tour (4)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Henri Cochet (10) [1]
1930 →

The year 1929 in tennis was a complex mixture of mainly amateur tournaments composed of international, invitational, national, exhibition, and team (city leagues, country leagues, international knock-out tournaments) events and joined by regional professional tournaments limited mostly to British, German, French and American Pro events.

The professionals were mostly coaches who coached for a living, while amateur rules prohibited tennis players to benefit financially from playing. There were a few occasional professional against amateur challenges as well held in team competition format. The amateur events were almost all all-comers' event and the majority included a mixed title contest. The women's most successful players in the European international championships were Esna Boyd of Australia and two players from the United States Elizabeth Ryan who was thuspunished by the United States Lawn Tennis Association for her commitment to European events compared to those in the U.S. and Helen Wills Moody who won the two most prestigious tournaments in Europe, the French Championships and Wimbledon. The Four Musketeers dominated the rankings and tournaments worldwide. Also the Australian Championships was won by a British player, Colin Gregory.

The most important team cups were the Wightman Cup for women and the Davis Cup (called the International Lawn Tennis Challenge) and the Mitre Cup (South American version of the Davis Cup) for men. The 1929 Wightman Cup was its seventh edition and was organized by the United States Lawn Tennis Association between the teams of Great Britain and the United States. The 1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was its 24th edition and was organized by the International Tennis Federation. The tournament was split into the American and European zones. The winner of each sub-zone played in an Inter-Zonal Final. 24 teams entered the Europe Zone (including South Africa and Chile), while five nations participated in the America Zone. The United States defeated Cuba in the America Zone, but would then lose to France in the challenge round, giving France their third straight title. The final was played at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, on July 26–28.

Key

This list includes men and women international tournaments (where at least several different nations were represented), main (annual) national championships, professional tour events and the Davis, Mitre, Wightman Cup.

January

• German Davis Cup player Georg Demasius turned professional.^[2]
• Retired Wimbledon champion Wilfred Baddeley died in Menton.^[3]

Month	Event	Men		Women		Mixed
		Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up
December -31	Cannes L.T.C. tournament[4] Cannes, France	Giorgio de Stefani 12-10, 9–7, 2–6, 6–0	Benny Berthet	Sylvia Lafaurie 6–1, 4–6, 6–4[4]	Taunay
		Scovel / de Stefani 1–6, 6–4, 7–5, 7–5	Aeschlimann / Magrane	Not known	Not known	Aeschlimann / Lafaurie 6–4, 6–4[5]	Taunay / Scovel
December 31[6] – 8 January[7]	Métropole Club de Cannes Beausite Cannes, France	Umberto de Morpurgo 6–3, 1–6, 6–4, 6–1[8]	Giorgio de Stefani	Esna Boyd 6–2, 6–2[8]	Phyllis Satterthwaite
		Morpurgo / Hillyard 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4[7]	de Stefani / Aeschlimann	Boyd / Satterthwaite 6–4, 5–7, 6–2[7]	Payot / Anthony	Morpurgo / Satterthwaite vs. Matejka / Boyd 1–6, 6–3, 6–6 suspended[9]
Early January	New Courts L.T.C. of Hyères[6] Hyères, France	Jacques Brugnon 5–7, 4–6, 8–6, 6–4, 6–2[10]	Franz Wilhelm Matejka	Esna Boyd 8–6, ret.[10]	Phyllis Satterthwaite
		Matejka / Morpurgo 6–2, 6–4, 8–6	Brugnon / Hillyard	Satterthwaite / Boyd 7–5, 6–1	Martin / Payot	Morpurgo / Boyd 10-8, 6–4	Brugnon / Satterthwaite
January -2[4]	Coupe de Noël Paris, France	Henri Cochet 6–3, 6–4, 6–3[10]	Jean Borotra	Germaine Golding 6–1, 8-10, 9–7[4]	Marguerite Bordes
		Cochet / de Buzelet 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–5[6]	J Borotra / É Borotra	Desloges / Conquet 9–7, 6–0[11]	Adamoff / Amaury	Borotra / Vlasto 8–6, 7–5[4]	de Buzelet / Desloges
January -10	New Zealand Lawn Tennis Championships 1928-1929[12] Christchurch, New Zealand	Edgar Bartleet	Cam Malfroy	Marjorie MacFarlane Not known	May Speirs
		Bartleet / Laurenson Not known	Malfroy / France	M Spiers / M Wake[13]	Not known	M Speirs / C Angas	Not known[13]
January 9–12	Bristol Cup[14] Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France	Karel Koželuh 6–3, 6–1, 6–0	Albert Burke
12–15 January 9 February (doubles)	Rheims Covered Courts tournament Rheims, France Paris (doubles)	Henri Cochet 6–4, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2[15]	Christian Boussus	Violette Gallay 7–5, 6–1[15]	Arlette Neufeld
		Lesueur / Pillois 8–6, 6–1[16]	George / Thurneyssen
January 19–28	Australian Championships[17] Adelaide, Australia Men's singles – Women's singles	Colin Gregory 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 7–5	Richard Schlesinger	Daphne Akhurst Cozens 6–1, 5–7, 6–2	Louise Bickerton
		Crawford / Hopman 6–1, 6–8, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3	Gregory / Collins	Akhurst / Bickerton 6–2, 3–6, 6–2	Harper / O'Hara Wood	Moon / Akhurst 11-9, 3–6, 6–3	Crawford / Crawford
January 19–28	French Covered Courts tournament[18] Paris, France	Jean Borotra 6–2, 6–2, 6–4	Roger George	Yvonne Kleinadel 6–4, 6–1	Germaine Golding
		J Borotra / É Borotra w/o[19]	Boussus / de Buzelet	Barbier / Conquet 7–5, 6–0[19]	Neufeld / Adamoff	J Borotra / Bordes 6–4, 4–6, 6–4[19]	Boussus / Gallay
January 19-	Monte Carlo Country Club Monte Carlo, Monaco	Umberto de Morpurgo 6–2, 6–2, 6–2	Jacques Brugnon	Esna Boyd 7–5, 6–3[20]	Phyllis Satterthwaite
		Brugnon / Gentien 6–3, 5–7, 6–2, 4–6, 8–6[21]	Morpurgo / Hillyard	Boyd / Satterthwaite 2–6, 6–1, 6–4[21]	Thomas / Covell	Aeschlimann / Boyd 1–6, 6–3, 6–1[21]	Brugnon / Satterthwaite
January 19-	Belgian International Covered Courts tournament[21] Brussels, Belgium	Jean Borotra 7–5, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Henri Cochet	Marguerite Broquedis 9–7, 6–4	Josane Sigart
		Thurneyssen / Landry 6–0, 7–5, 6–4	Ewbank / George	Barbier / Rosambert 6–8, 6–4, 7–5	J Sigart / Y Sigart	George / Rosambert 6–3, 9–7, 6–2	Thurneyssen / Barbier
January -27	Canadian Covered Court Tournament[22] Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Gilbert Hall Not known	Willard Crocker
		Crocker / Rainville 9-5, 3–6, 0–6, 8–6, 6–4	Aydelotte / Cutler
January -31	New Courts de Cannes Championship Cannes, France	Umberto de Morpurgo 6–3, 6–4, 6–2[23]	Jacques Brugnon	Sylvia Lafaurie vs. Esna Boyd prize divided[24]
		all doubles remained unfinished due to rain, prizes divided between participants

February

• The Davis Cup draw was held on 5th inst. in Paris. Gaston Doumergue were asked to select for the drawing of lots.^[25]
• The Sporting Club de Paris beat the Tennis Club de Paris 26 to 10 in an interclub meeting.^[25]
• Great Britain beat West Australia nine to one.^[26]
• Bill Tilden's amateur status, which was suspended from last November was requalified by the USTLA in Boston. His US number one ranking was also due to be regiven to him. He was scheduled to sail to Europe on 8 May alongside Francis Hunter to register for the Wimbledon and French Championships. However, it was also announced that none of them would be a part of the American Davis Cup team for its upcoming matches.^[27][28]

Month	Event	Men		Women		Mixed
		Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up
Early February	All-India national championships Allahabad, India	Not known	Not known	Jenny Sandison[29]	Not known
		Not known	Not known	Jenny Sandison / Not known[30]	Not known	Bobb / McKenna[29]	Not known
February -7	Gallia L.T.C. de Cannes Championship Cannes, France	Henri Cochet 7–5, 6–4, 5–7, 2–6, 9–7[31]	Umberto de Morpurgo	Esna Boyd 6–1, 6–1[26]	Muriel Thomas
		All doubles remained unfinished due to rain[26]
February -12	Flanders International Championship Belgium	Christian Boussus 7–5, 6–4, 6–4[32]	Henri Cochet	Simone Barbier 6–2, 6–2	Engelbert
		J Borotra / É Borotra 6–4, 6–4, 7–5	Cochet / Joba	Not known	Not known	George / Barbier 6–0, 6–1	Boussus / Chauveau
February -14	Carlton L.T.C. de Cannes Championship Cannes, France	Umberto de Morpurgo 6–4, 6–2, 6–4[33]	Giorgio de Stefani	Eileen Bennett 6–4, 5–7, 6–4[33]	Esna Boyd
		Spence / Aeschlimann 6–1, 6–4, 6–3[32]	Worm / Gallepe	Boyd / Nuthall 6–1, 6–3[32]	Fry / Covell	de Morpurgo / Vlasto 6–3, 6–0[34]	Aeschlimann / Covell
Mid-February[35]	Brooklyn Heights Casino Invitational Covered Courts New York, United States	John van Ryn 6–1, 6–4, 6–2	Bill Tilden
		van Ryn / Hall 6–2, 9–7, 4–6, 7–5	Tilden / Hunter
February 4–10[28]	German Covered Courts Championships Bremen, Weimar Republic	Axel Petersen 7–5, 7–5, 6–0[36]	Walter Dessart	Irmgard Rost 11-9, 6–2, 7–5[36]	Ilse Friedleben
		Matejka / Moldenhauer[37]	Not known	Kallmeyer / Hoffmann[37]	Not known	Matejka / Rost[37]	Not known
February -26[38]	Hotel Bristol Championships Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France	Umberto de Morpurgo 8-10, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5[33][39]	Giorgio de Stefani	Betty Nuthall 6–2, 6–1[38]	Joan Fry
		de Morpurgo / Del Bono 6–3, 6–1, 6–4[40]	Jan Kozeluh / Hillyard	Bennett / Fry 6–3, 2–6, 6–2[40]	Covell / Nuthall	Spence / Nuthall 6–3, 3–6, 6–3[40]	von Kehrling / Covell
February -28	St. Moritz Covered Courts Championship St. Moritz, Switzerland	Roger George 6–1, 6–2[40]	Vladimir Landau	Yvonne Kleinadel 7–5, 6–1[40]	Lolette Payot
		George / Oppenheimer 6–3, 6–3, 6–3[41]	Ewbank / Lacroix	Not known	Not known	George / Culbert 5–7, 6–3, 6–2[41]	Oppenheimer / Friedleben

March

• In the Bordighera ladies' final Lucia Valerio and Phyllis Satterthwaite played a 425-stroke point setting up a world record, which stood for 55 years.^{[d][42][43][2]}
• Jean Borotra was awarded permanently the US national indoors trophy after he won the tournament three consecutive times.^[44]
• Georges Glasser and André Martin-Legeay were promoted to the premier amateur tour by the Fédération Française de Tennis after both players reached the final of the French Criterium Tournament, a B category trials competition. They were allowed to enter first -class international tournaments onwards.^[45]
• Paul Féret returned to playing this month after his requalification back from professional status.^[45]
• Italian champion Lucia Valerio won her first titles in Menton (mixed doubles) and in Sanremo in singles.^[46]
• American Wallace F. Johnson turned professional and became the trainer of the University of Pennsylvania.^[47]
• The Romanian tennis authority split into two factions. All the clubs left the Federation of Sportive Societies in Romania and formed a Union of lawn tennis clubs headed by prominent Davis Club players such as Nicolae Mişu and László Dörner. It still remained an open question whether it'd be recognized by the ILTF.^[47]
• The following rule changes were adapted by the ILTF:^[48]
  • "The Server shall not by the following movements of his feet be deemed "to change his position by walking or running:
    • Slight movements of the feet which do not materially affect the location originally taken up by him.
    • An unrestricted movement of one foot so long as the other foot maintains continuously its original contact with the ground.
  • At no time during the delivery of the service (i.e. from the taking up of the stance to the moment of impact of the racket and the ball) may both feet be off the ground simultaneously.
  • The word "feet" means the extremities of the legs below the ankles and at all times during the delivery of the service (as before described) every part of such extremities must be behind (i.e. further from the net than) the base line."

Month	Event	Men		Women		Mixed
		Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up
March -4	New South Wales Championships[49] Sydney, Australia	Jack Crawford 6–4, 6–3, 6–3	Clifford Sproule	Daphne Akhurst 6–3, 6–3	Kathrine Le Mesurier
		Crawford / Hopman 6–3, 8–6, 3–6, 6–2	Clemenger / Moon	Akhurst / Marjorie Cox 6–2, 6–4	Bickerton / Le Mesurier	Moon / Akhurst 13-11, 6–1	Baker / Meaney
March -5	London Covered Courts Championships London, United Kingdom	John Olliff 6–1, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4[50]	Stan Harris	Peggy Mitchell 9–7, 4–6, 6–4[50]	Joan Strawson
		Crole-Rees / Eames 2–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3[51]	Olliff / Helmore	Mitchell / Ridley 9-11, 6–3, 7–5[51]	Colyer / Hill	Harris / Ridley 6–4, 5–7, 6–4[51]	Eames / Colyer
March -6	Monaco Cup Monte-Carlo, Monaco	Henri Cochet 8–6, 6–4, 6–4[50]	Umberto de Morpurgo	Betty Nuthall 7–5, 5–7, 6–4[50]	Eileen Bennett
		Morpurgo / von Kehrling 7–5, 6–3, 2–6, 7–9, 6–1[52]	Worm / Gallepe	Fry / Morill 4–6, 6–0, 6–4[52]	Covell / Satterthwaite	Cochet / Bennett 6–4, 6–4[53]	Kozeluh / Satterthwaite
		Butler Trophy[54] Cochet / Brugnon def. Peters / Lyttleton-Rogers[a] 6–3, 6–0, 6–2		Beaumont Trophy[54] Covell / Nuthall def. Mathieu / Barbier 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
March -9	French Riviera Championships and Nations Cup Menton, France	Béla von Kehrling 6–4, 7–5, 6–1[55]	Franz Wilhelm Matejka	Phyllis Covell 6–4, 9–7[56]	Cilly Aussem
		Worm / von Kehrling 8–6, 6–3, 6–1[55]	Coen / O'Connell	Morill / Valerio 6–4, 2–6, 7–5[57]	Covell / Satterthwaite	von Kehrling / Aussem 3–6, 6–1, 7–5[56]	Worm / Satterthwaite
		Nations Cup Lyttleton-Rogers[b] / Covell def. Hillyard / Satterthwaite 6–3, 1–6, 6–2[55]
March -9	Florida Championship Palm Beach, United States	Francis Hunter 1–6, 6–4, 9–7, 7–5[58]	John F. Hennessey
		van Ryn / Allison 7–5, 1–6, 7–5, 6–4	Hennessey / Hunter
March 4–11	Juan-les-Pins Championship Juan-les-Pins, France	Henri Cochet 6–3, 6–3, 6–4[59]	Emanuelle du Plaix	Eileen Bennett 7–5, 6–0[59]	Annemarie Löwenthal
		Cochet / Aeschlimann 6–2, 6–1[60]	Gallepe / Landry	Not known	Not known	Cochet / Bennett 6–2, 3–6, 6–3[59]	Aeschlimann / Jung
March 9–11[35]	American covered courts tournaments New York (Men), Brookline (women), United States	Jean Borotra 6–4, 6–0, 4–6, 8–6[61]	Francis Hunter	Margaret Blake 6–3, 6–3	Anna Fuller Hubbard
		Tilden / Hunter 6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 6–2[44]	Borotra / Washburn	Wightman / Palfrey 6–2, 6–2[62]	Hubbard / Blake	Hate / Blake 5–7, 6–2, 6–2[62]	Hill / Palfrey
March -16	Bordighera Championship[63] Bordighera, Italy	Giorgio de Stefani 6–1, 5–7, 8–6	Béla von Kehrling	Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–1, 7–5	Lucia Valerio
		Worm / Kehrling Not known	de Stefani / Brugnon	Morill / Satterthwaite Not known	Perelli / Valerio	Peters / Valerio Not known	Worm / Satterthwaite
March 11–19[64]	South of France Championships[c] Nice, France	Emanuelle du Plaix 3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2	Hermann Artens	Paula von Reznicek 6–8, 6–2, 6–4	Phyllis Covell
		Aeschlimann / Gallepe 6–2, 1–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4	Coen / O'Connell	Covell / Thomas 6–3, 6–2	Marjolet / Martin	Coen / Aussem 6–3, 10-8	Aeschlimann / Rice
March 11–19[64]	Surrey Hard Court Championshipss Surbiton, United Kingdom	Nigel Sharpe 6–1, 6–1, 10-8	Stan Harris	Ermyntrude Harvey 6–4, 6–2	Phyllis Mudford
		Greig / Helmore 9–7, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4	Crole-Rees / Olliff	Colyer / Hill 8–6, 6–3	Harvey / Thompson	Crole-Rees / Harvey 6–2, 4–6, 6–3	Olliff / Colyer
Late March[64]	Alassio International Alassio, Italy	Jacques Brugnon 6–3, 6–4, 6–1	Pat Hughes	Not known	Not known
		Brugnon / Hughes 6–2, 6–4, 6–3	Fyzee / Whitmore	Not known /	Not known	Hughes / Hunt 3–6, 7–5, 6–3	Brugnon / Turton
	Southern Pro[64] Palm Beach, United States	Brian Norton 8–6, 7–5, 6–1	Vincent Richards
March 18–24[65]	Côte d'Azur Championships Cannes, France	Emanuelle du Plaix 8–6, 6–2, 9–7[44]	Fritz Kuhlmann	Lilí Álvarez 6–4, 6–1[61]	Paula von Reznicek
		Aeschlimann / Gallepe 3–6, 6–4, 0–6, 6–3, 6–1[61]	Lester / Kingsley	Lafaurie / Covell 7–5, 6–8, 6–4[44]	Thomas / von Reznicek	Aeschlimann / Lafaurie 8–6, 6–4[44]	Covell / Covell
March 19-	Italian Riviera Championships Sanremo, Italy	Not known	Not known	Lucia Valerio Not known[46]	Phyllis Satterthwaite
March 24-[66]	Danish Covered Courts Championships[67] Copenhagen, Denmark	Hans Moldenhauer 6–4, 6–4, 6–3[67]	Povl Henriksen	Irmgard Rost 7–5, 4–6, 6–1	Ilse Friedleben
		Moldenhauer / Rasmussen 6–4, 6–2	Prenn / Nielsen	Friedleben / Rost 6–4, 6–2	Not known	Moldenhauer / Rost 6–3, 4–6, 6–2	Henriksen / Friedleben

April

• Danish Davis cup player Axel Petersen turned pro after a dispute with his own Danish Tennis Association on the refund of his travel costs. He immediately became the coach of the Norway Davis Cup team.^[67]
• The German and English Davis Cup trials were held.^[67]
• The pre-order for the Wimbledon Championships tickets exceeded 18,000 reservations, which was a 5,500 boost from previous year, while the actual seats were only at 3,500. The reservations required pre-payment. The anticipated income would have been $117,879, 49% uprise from 1928, if not for the money back guarantee for the overbooking, which totalled at $94,969 thus the predicted cash-in was just $22,910.^[67][41]
• Kathleen McKane Godfree announced her withdrawal from the Wimbledon Championships due to health issues.^[68]

Month	Event	Men		Women		Mixed
		Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up
Early April	Dulwich Covered Court Championships[69] Dulwich, United Kingdom	Yoshiro Ohta 6–3, 6–2, 6–2	Oswald Turnbull	Joan Ridley 6–4, 7–5	Cristobel Wheatcroft
		Olliff / Williams 6–2, 5–7, 7–5	Ohta / Miki	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not known
	Felixstowe Hard Courts Championship[70] Felixstowe, Great Britain	John Olliff 7–5, 6–1	Gordon Crole-Rees	Betty Nuthall 6–1, 6–2	Phoebe Holcroft Watson
March 25 – April 2[65]	Beausite – L. T. C. de Cannes Championship[69] Cannes, France	Emanuelle du Plaix 7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2	Paul Féret	Sylvia Lafaurie 6–3, 6–3	Phyllis Satterthwaite
		Coen / du Plaix 4–6, 6–4, 6–3	Glasser / Féret	Satterthwaite / Lafaurie 6–3, 6–3	Thomas / Rice	Gallepe / Lafaurie 6–4, 6–3	Hughes / Satterthwaite
March 27 -April 2	Biarritz Championships[71] Biarritz, Switzerland	Pierre Henri Landry 6–1, 6–3, 6–2	Henri Cochet	Simone Barbier 6–1, 1–6, 6–4	Jeanne Peyré
		Boussus / de Buzelet 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1	Cochet / Landry	Barbier / Leconte 6–4, 6–0	Marie / Culbert	Boussus / Barbier 8–6, 8–6	de Buzelet / Le Besnerais
April -8	Swedish Indoors Championships[72] Stockholm, Sweden	Sune Malmström 1–6, 7–5, 2–6, 9–7, Not known	Ingvar Garell	Sigrid Fick 7–5, 6–4	Maggie Lindberg
		Östberg / Ramberg 6–1, 6–3, 6–2	Müller / Garell	Fick / Nilsson 6–2, 6–2	Lindberg / Ramberg	Müller / Fick 6–4, 9–7	H. Ramberg / Ramberg
April 1–9[65]	Beausoleil Cup Monte-Carlo, Monaco	Erik Worm 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3[73]	Wilbur Coen	Not known	Not known
		Not known	Not known	Ryan / Satterthwaite 6–2, 6–4[73]	Mathieu / Lafaurie	O'Connell / Ryan 6–0, 6–3	Worm / Satterthwaite
April 8-14	Beaulieu Championship[67] Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France	Emanuelle du Plaix 6–3, 6–3, 6–3	George Lyttleton-Rogers	Lilí Álvarez 6–3, 6–3	Paula von Reznicek
		Worm / Hillyard 3–6, 6–4, 6–4	Salm / Artens	Lafaurie / Álvarez 6–4, 6–3	Ryan / Satterthwaite	Worm / Satterthwaite 6–3, 1–6, 6–3	O'Connell / Ryan
April -17	Magdalen Park Tournament London, United Kingdom	Yoshiro Ohta 5–7, 6–3, 7–5[67][74]	John Olliff	Joan Fry 6–1, 6–1	Phyllis Covell
Mid-April	Roehampton Tournament[67] Roehampton, United Kingdom	Yoshiro Ohta 3–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–2[75]	William Powell	Elsa Haylock 6–4, 2–6, 10-8[67]	Joan Ridley
	Melbury Hard Court Tournament[67] London, United Kingdom	John Olliff 6–4, 6–3[67]	Oswald Turnbull	Eileen Bennett 6–3, 6–2	Phoebe Holcroft Watson
	North London Hard Court Tournament[2] London, United Kingdom	René Lacoste 6–1, 6–2, 6–3	Jacques Brugnon	Cecily Marriott 6–4, 6–4	Aurea Edgington
		Lacoste / Brugnon 3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 8–6	Crawford / Hodgson	Not known	Not known	Not known
April -21[76]	L.T.C. Miramar de Juan-les-Pins Championship Juan-les-Pins, France	Emanuelle du Plaix 6–2, 6–1[76]	F.R. Scovel	Sylvia Lafaurie 8–6, 6–4[76]	Daisy Speranza-Wyns
		Not known / Not known	Not known / Not known	Not known / Not known	Not known / Not known	F.R. Scovel / Speranza-Wyns 6–1, 6–2[76]	du Plaix / Lafaurie
April 21–27[77]	St. Raphaël T.C. Championships St. Raphaël, France	Charles Aeschlimann 4–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–0	Emanuelle du Plaix	Not known	Not known
		du Plaix / Aeschlimann 6–4, 6–4, 6–2	Williams / Beckman	Lafaurie / Speranza-Wyns 6–4, 6–3	Meldon / Malleson	Aeschlimann / Lafaurie 7–5, 4–6, 6–0	du Plaix / Speranza-Wyns
April -27	Ealing Tournament[78] Ealing, United Kingdom	William Powell 7–5, 6–3	Pat Spence	Eileen Bennett 9–7, 7–5	Betty Nuthall
		Not known	Not known	Nuthall / Watson 6-3, 6-4[79]	Harvey / Mrs. Lycett	Spence / Nuthall 7-5, 6-1[79]	Harris / Harvey

May

• The mixed French-German team meeting resulted in an overwhelming French victory. Only Christian Boussus lost a match.^[2]
• The Dutch women team lost to the Americans.^[2]
• Paris beat Amsterdam. The parisiens were led by Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon on the men's part.^[2]
• Violet Chamberlain beat Eileen Bennett in the Regent's Park.^[2]

Month	Event	Men		Women		Mixed
		Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up
Early May[80]	Montreux Championships Montreux, Switzerland	Erik Worm 7–5, 6–3, 6–0	O'Connell	Ilse Friedleben 5–7, 6–2, 12-10	Lucia Valerio
		Worm / Fisher 6–2, 6–3, 6–4	Covington / O'Connell	Not known	Not known	Fisher / Golding 6–3, 6–2	Worm / Valerio
May 7–9[67] May 4–6 May 3–5 May 4–6 May 4–6	Davis Cup Europe first round[2] Oslo, Norway Copenhagen, Denmark Helsinki, Finland Athens, Greece Brussels, Belgium	First round winners  Hungary 4–1  Denmark 4–1  Egypt 4–1  Greece 4–1  Belgium 4–1	First round losers  Norway  Chile  Finland  Yugoslavia  Romania
April 29-May 4[67]	British Hard Court Championships[75][2] Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Bunny Austin 6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 6–4	Louis Raymond	Bobbie Heine 6–4, 3–6, 8–6	Joan Ridley
		Crole-Rees / Eames 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3	Hughes / Peters	Goldsack / Ridley 5–7, 12-10, 6–2	Shepherd-Barron / Covell	Hughes / Fry 2–6, 6–3, 6–2	Crole-Rees / Nuthall
May 4–11[67]	Spanish National Championships Barcelona, Spain	Enrique Maier 6–1, 6–2, 6–0	José-Maria Tejada	Lilí Álvarez 6–1, 6–0	Rosa Torras
		Maier / Sindreu[81]	Saprissa / Juanico	Torras / M. de la Cruz López de Lerena[81]	Müller / De Mesnard	Maier / Torras[81]	Fonrodona / Boter
May 9–12[67]	Belgian National Championships	Léopold de Borman 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 9–7[82]	André Lacroix	Josane Sigart 6–3, 6–0[82]	Anne Guyot de Mishaegen
		de Borman / Toussaint 6–2, 6–1, 6–4[82]	Dewen / Limbosch	Sigart / Waucquez[83]	Not known	Lacroix / Sigart 6–1, 2–6, 6–2[82]	Bandoup / Ittner
May 15–17 May 11–13 May 7–9 May 17–19 May 10–12[67]	Davis Cup second round Dublin, Ireland Barcelona, Spain Copenhagen, Denmark Prague, Czechoslovakia Budapest, Hungary The Hague, Netherlands Saltsjöbaden, Sweden Warsaw, Poland	Second round winners  Italy 5–0[2]  Germany 4–1[2]  Denmark 4–1[2]  Czechoslovakia 3–0[2]  Hungary 3–2[2]  Netherlands 4–1[2]  South Africa 5–0[2]  Great Britain 5–0[2]	Second round losers  Ireland  Spain  Greece  Belgium  Monaco  Egypt  Sweden  Poland
May 11–17[67]	Austrian International Championships Vienna, Austria	Henri Cochet 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4[2]	Franz Wilhelm Matejka	Mrs. László Schréder 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Emmy Hagenauer
		Cochet / Danet 3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4.	Artens / Matejka	von Ellissen / Hagenauer[37]	Not known	Thurneyssen / Mrs. Schréder 7–5, 6–2	George / Eisenmenger
May 16–18	Davis Cup America Zone first round[82] Montreal, Quebec, Canada	First round winners  United States 5–0	First round losers  Canada
Around May 19	Berlin Championships Berlin, Weimar Republic	Henri Cochet 9-11, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1[2]	Roderich Menzel	Paula Von Reznicek 7–5, 6–3	Cilly Aussem
		Cochet / Brugnon 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 10-8	Moldenhauer / Prenn	Heine / Neave7–5, 7–5	Peitz / Stephanus[84]	Brugnon / Heine 2–6, 6–2, 7–5	Cochet / Aussem[82]
Late May	Wiesbaden International Championships Wiesbaden, Weimar Republic	Hector Fisher 6–8, 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4[2]	Erik Worm	Ilse Friedleben 6–1, 6–3	Irmgard Rost
		Fisher / Worm 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3	Kuhlmann / Buss	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not known
	Blau-Weiss Club tournament Berlin, Weimar Republic	Franz Wilhelm Matejka 6–2, 6–0, 3–6, 6–3[2]	Erik Worm	Ilse Friedleben 1–6, 6–3, 10-8	Paula Von Reznicek
		Fisher / Worm 6–1, 6–2, 6–3	Du Plaix / George	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not known
May -25	Surrey Grass Court Championships[82] Surbiton, England	Eric Peters 3–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–3	Oswald Turnbull	Betty Nuthall 7–5, 6–1	Elizabeth Ryan
		Crole-Rees / Eames 6–4, 10-8, 6–4	Lycett / Peters	Ryan / Nuthall 6–4, 6–3[85]	Fry / Sherry	Crole-Rees / Ryan 6–2, 7–5	Miki / Mudford
May 17–25	Davis Cup America Zone second round[37] Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States Montreal, Quebec, Canada	First round winners  United States 4–1  Cuba 4–1	First round losers  Japan  Mexico

June

• The International Lawn Tennis Federation declared that it acknowledged only the Federation of Sportive Societies in Romania as the Romanian tennis governing body and only its member clubs are authorized to organize tennis events and prohibited players to enter any tournament, which weren't endorsed by the Romanian federation.^[86]
• The British ladies' team beat the South Africans'.^[86]
• The United States Davis Cup team beat flawlessly the British reserve Davis Cup team.^[86]
• René Lacoste announced his withdrawal from the Wimbledon Championships due to his business affairs.^[86]
• The German ladies' team had a close victory over the American women's team.^[86]
• Leila Claude-Anet became the French junior champion, André Merlin were crowned on the boys' part.^[87]
• The British ladies' team beat the French rivals without losing a match.^[87]

Month	Event	Men		Women		Mixed
		Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up
May 30-June 1	Davis Cup America zone final[82] Detroit, Michigan, United States	First round winners  United States 5–0	First round losers  Cuba
5–9 June	Davis Cup Europe zone quarterfinal[82] Hamburg, Germany Copenhagen, Denmark Budapest, Hungary Bournemouth, England	QF winners  Germany 3-2  Czechoslovakia 4-1  Hungary 3-2  Great Britain 5-0	QF losers  Italy  Denmark  Netherlands  South Africa
Early June[82]	German Pro Championships[88] Berlin, Weimar Republic	Roman Najuch	Not known
		Ramillon / Burke	Najuch/Richter
May 20-June 2[57]	French Championships[82] Paris, France Men's singles – Men's Doubles – Women's singles	René Lacoste 6–3, 2–6, 6–0, 2–6, 8–6	Jean Borotra	Helen Wills Moody 6–3, 6–4	Simonne Mathieu
		Lacoste / Borotra 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 8–6	Brugnon / Cochet	Álvarez / Bouman 7–5, 6–3	Heine / Neave	Cochet / Bennett 6–3, 6–2	Hunter / Wills Moody
June -15	Dutch International Championships[89][86] Noordwijk, Netherlands	Bill Tilden 6–4, 6–2, 6–3	Francis Hunter	Josane Sigart 6–4, 6–4	Kea Bouman
		Tilden / Hunter 6–3, 6–3, 7–5	Coen / Timmer	Couquerque / Bouman 6–4, 6–4	Dros-Canters / Kallmayer	Grandguillot / Sigart 6–2, 8–6	Mişu / Krahwinkel
June 9–16[90]	Tri-State Tennis Tournament[90] Cincinnati, United States	Herbert Bowman 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1[91]	Julius Seligson	Clara Louise Zinke 6–2, 6–34	Ruth Riese
		Bowman / Pare 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–8, 6–4	Jennings / Royer
June 10–16[67]	Czechoslovakian International Championships[89] Prague, Czechoslovakia	Henri Cochet 2–6, 6–8, 6–2, 7–5, 8–6	Christian Boussus	Mrs. Kozeluh 6–2, 6–4	Korotvikova
		Cochet / Boussus 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–2	Kozeluh / Macenauer	N!A	Not known	Not known	Not known
June -17	Kent Championships[92] Beckenham, United Kingdom	Harry Lee 7-5, 6-4, 6-2	Charles Kingsley	Phyllis Covell 6–1, 6–4	Peggy Mitchell
		Lycett / Wheatley 6–2, 6–5, 6–3	Ohta / Miki	Nuthall / Elizabeth Ryan 6–3, 6–1	Harvey / McIlquham	Raymond/ Bobbie Heine 8-6, 6-1	Harris / Ridley
Mid-June[93]	Danish National Championships[87] Denmark	Einer Ulrich 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1	Arne Veslchou Rasmussen	Else Dam 6–3, 1–6, 6–2	Tove Morville
		Henriksen / Gleerup 6–1, 7–5, 10-8	Rasmussen / Holst	Not known	Not known	Ulrich / Dam 6–1, 7–5	Bache / Morville
June 14–21	Davis Cup Europe Zone Semifinal[82] Prague, Czechoslovakia Budapest, Hungary	SF winners  Germany 4-1  Great Britain 3-2	SF losers  Czechoslovakia  Hungary
June 19–23[67]	Swiss National Championships[87] Luzern, Switzerland[94]	Maurice Férrier 6–2, 6–8, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2	Jean Wuarin	Emmy Schäublin 6–3, 6–1	Fehlmann
		Wuarin / Férrier 6–2, 7–9, 6–0, 12-10	Aeschlimann / A. Ernst	Fehlmann / Simon 6–3, 6–3[94]	Schardt / Steinfels	Aeschlimann / Fehlmann 6–3, 6–4	Raisin / Steinfels
Late June	Norwegian National Championships[86] Norway	Torleif Torkildsen 6–1, 6–4, 6–l	Toralf Herstad	Agga Anderssen 6–4, 6–1	Ada Werring
	Liverpool Tournament[86] Liverpool, United Kingdom	Jacques Brugnon 3–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–1	Donald Greig	Winifred Bower 6–1, 3–6, 6–1	Joan Strawson
		Brugnon / Covington 6–4, 6–3	Radcliffe / Carlton	Not known	Not known	Greig / Strawson Not known	Brugnon / Bower
	Queen's Club Championships[95] London, United Kingdom	Bill Tilden and Francis Hunter prize shared due to rain		Elizabeth Ryan 6–2, 2–6, 6–2	Elsie Goldsack
		Tilden / Hunter 9-11, 6–2, 7–5, 6–3	Van Ryn / Allison	Goldsack / Jameson 6–3, 7–5	Morill / Bundy	Not known	Not known

July

• Olympian tennis player, promoter and referee Charles Voigt died during Wimbledon in London.^[96]
• An electronic scoreboard was introduced on the Wimbledon court for the first time in history.^[97]
• The Poland Davis Cup team beat the Hungarian reserve team by one rubber.^[98]
• The Oslo Cup was won by Torleif Torkildsen.^[99]
• The international tournament in Sárospatak (Hungary) was won by Béla von Kehrling. The field included various Davis Cup players such as Gheorghe Lupu, Alexandru Botez (Romania), Ludwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten (Austria), the Stołarow-brothers (Poland), Franjo Šefer (Yugoslavia) and the Hungary Davis Cup team.^[100]
• The Czechoslovakia Davis Cup team lost two non Davis-Cup matches in a row to Hungary (3-2)^[101] and South Africa (5-2).^[102]

Month	Event	Men		Women		Mixed
		Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up
June 24–July 6	The Championships, Wimbledon[87] London, United Kingdom Men's singles – Women's singles	Henri Cochet 6–4, 6–3, 6–4	Jean Borotra	Helen Wills 6–1, 6–2	Helen Hull Jacobs	All England Plate Bud Chandler def. William Powell 6–4, 3–6 6–2[103]
		Allison / Van Ryn 6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 10–12, 6–4	Collins / Gregory	Watson / Saunders 6–4, 8–6	Covell / Shepherd Barron	Hunter / Wills 6–1, 6–4	/ Fry / Collins
July 5	Yugoslavian Championships[104] Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	Franjo Šefer 7–5, 7–5, 6–2	Krešimir Friedrich	Vera Vujić 7–5, 6–1	Vlasta Gostiša
		Šefer / Kukuljević 6–4, 3–6, 9–7, 4–6, 8–6	K. Friedrich / D. Friedrich	Not known	Not known	Kukuljević / Vujić 7–5, 6–3	Šefer / Schwaickhardt
July -11	US National Clay Court Championships[105] Indianapolis, Indiana, United States	Emmett Pare 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 6–1	Gilbert Hall
		Mercur / Hall 10-12, 3–6, 6–2, 9–7, 6–4	Kussman / Gorchakoff
July 12–14	Davis Cup Europe Zone Final[106] Berlin, Germany	Winner  Germany 3–2	Loser  Great Britain
Mid-July	Portugal National Championships[87] Portugal	José De Verda 6–2, 6–2, 7–5	António Casanovas	Angelica Plantier 6–3, 6–0	Carvalho
		De Verda / Pinto-Coelho 6–2, 2–6, 7–5, 6–2	Vasconcelos / Casanovas	Not known	Not known	Vasconcelos / Plantier 6–1, 6–3	De Verda / Ribeiro
	Strasbourg International Championships[103] Strasbourg, France	Jacques Brugnon 8–6, 7–5, 6–1	Philipp Buss	Ilse Friedleben 5–7, 6–4, 6–3	Germanine Charnelet
		Brugnon / Buss 6–0, 6–1	Féret / Garrey	Not known	Not known	Buss / Mathieu 6–3, 8–6	Brugnon / Friedleben
	Bavarian International Championships[102] Munich, Weimar Republic	Alberto Del Bono 6–4, 6–4	Erik Worm	Klara Hammer 6–4, 4–6, 7–5	Irmgard Rost
		Del Bono / Worm 6–3, 1–6, 6–3	Rasmussen / Sildhoff	Not known	Not known	Worm / Hammer 6–3, 6–4	Del Bono / Rost
July 18–21[104]	Düsseldorf Tournament[107] Düsseldorf, Weimar Republic	Jean Borotra 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4	Yoshiro Ohta
July 19–21	Davis Cup Inter-Zonal Zone Final[106] Berlin, Germany	Winner  United States 5–0	Loser  Germany
July 15–20	Scottish National Grass Court Championships[102] Murrayfield, Scotland	Colin Gregory 6–2, 6–3, 9–7	Ian Collins	Joan Ridley 6–0, 6–4[108]	Helen Milne Barr
		H.G.N. Lee / Scovell 6–4, 6–3, 7–5[108]	Ian Collins / W.A.R. Collins	Joan Ridley / Sterry 1–6, 6–2, 6–4[108]	Barr / Watson	J.C. Gregory / Watson 1–6, 6–2, 6–4[108]	Lee / Ridley
	Irish Championships[109] Dublin, Ireland	John Olliff 4-6, 6–3, 1–6, 6–2, 6–4	George Lyttleton-Rogers	Bobbie Heine 3–6, 6–3, 6–2	Billie Tapscott
		McGuire / Mack 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2	Lyttleton-Rogers / Olliff	Heine / Neave 6-8, 6-4, 6-4	Cole / Tapscott	Meldon / Smidt 4-6, 6-4, 6-2	Lyttleton-Rogers / Tapscott
	Welsh Championships[102][110] Newport, Wales	Charles Kingsley 7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 8–6	William Powell	Eleanor Rose	Not known
		Peters / Kingsley	Phillips / Tuckett	Eleanor Rose / Not known	Not known	Eleanor Rose / Not known	Not known
July 22–25[103]	Pro Championships of Great Britain[111] London, United Kingdom	Dan Maskell 6–2, 6–4, 6–2	J. Pearce
		W.H. Dear / T.C.Jeffrey 3-6, 6-2, 8-6, 9-7	C.H.Read / Maskell
Late July	Grand Hotel Panhans Championships[112] Semmering, Austria	Jan Koželuh 6–3, 12-10, 4–6, 6–3	Roderich Menzel	Deutsch 7–5, 3-0, ret.	Koželuh
		Rohrer / Menzel vs. Koželuh / Matejka		Grave / Thomas 6–4, 8–6	E. Hagenauer / von Ellisen	Kehrling / Mrs. Schréder 6–3, 8–6	Menzel / Brehm
	Gstaad Championships[112] Gstaad, Switzerland	Hector Fisher 6–3, 8–6, 6–4	Hermann Artens	Lolette Payot w/o	Germaine Golding
		Artens / Simon 2–6, 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4	Fisher / "Jenny"	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not known
July -27	Canadian Lawn Tennis National Championships Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Jack Wright 6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 7–5[113]	Frank Shields	Olive Wade 6–0, 1–6, 6–1[113]	Ruth Riese
		Crocker / Wright[114]	Shields / D Strachan	Mrs OE Gray / Wade[114]	Mrs. Beer / P Rykert	C.W. Aikman / Mrs. Beer Ch. W. Leslie / Miss Grierson prizes divided due to rain[114]
July 26–28	Davis Cup challenge round[106] Paris, France	Champion  France 3–2	Runner-up  United States

August

• Italian and French teams played a tie in Evian. None of the Four Musketeers participated.^[115]
• Elizabeth Ryan was expelled off the United States Wightman Cup team because of her excessive commitment to European tournaments. Despite the appeal of Helen Wills Moody Ryan was declared stateless in terms of tennis.^[116]
• Bill Tilden permanently won the Newport Casino Invitational trophy after three consecutive victories.^[117]

Month	Event	Men		Women		Mixed
		Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up
August 9[35]	Wightman Cup Forest Hills, United States[35]			Great Britain 4–3	United States
August 4–11[67]	German International Championships Hamburg, Weimar Republic	Christian Boussus 6–1, 4–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–1[37]	Otto Froitzheim	Paula von Reznicek 6–2, 5–7, 6–0[37]	Violet Chamberlain
		Brugnon / Boussus 8–6, 6–2, 6–4[118]	Landry / Spence	Fry / Colyer 6–3, 6–3	Haylock / Chamberlain	Lee / Colyer 4–6, 6–1, 6–2	Moldenhauer / Rost[118]
August 19–25[67]	Swiss International Championships Genève, Switzerland	Yoshiro Ohta 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3	Erik Worm	Bella Dutton de Pons 6–3 3–6 9–7	Lolette Payot
		Lyttleton-Rogers / Ohta 6–2, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2	Sweetzer / Martino	Petchell / de Pons 6–1, 6–2[119]	Ruprecht / Wisard	Férrier / Payot 6–1, 6–4	Worm / Pons
August 19–24	13th ATA All-Black National Championships[120] Bordentown, United States	Edgar George Brown 0–6, 4–6, 6–3, Not known, 6–0	James Stocks	Ora Washington 4–6, 6–4, 6–2	Frances Gittens
		Saitch / Smith 6–4, 1–6, 6–2	Downing / McGriff	Not known	Not known	Not known	Not known
August 19–24	Newport Casino Invitational[117] Newport, Rhode Island, United States	Bill Tilden 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 5–7, 6–3	George Lott