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The 1909 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the ninth edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. For the second straight year, only the British Isles and the United States would challenge Australasia for the Cup. After defeating the British in Philadelphia, the US traveled to Sydney, only to be defeated once again by the Aussies. The final was played at the Double Bay Grounds on 27-30 November.

[edit] Results

United States
5

Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, United States
11–14 September 1909

British Isles
0

		1	2	3	4	5
1	William Larned Charles Dixon	6 3	6 2	6 0
2	William Clothier James Parke	6 4	6 3	8 6
3	Harold Hackett / Raymond D. Little Walter Crawley / James Parke	3 6	6 4	6 4	4 6	8 6
4	William Larned James Parke	6 3	6 2	6 3
5	William Clothier Charles Dixon	6 3	6 1	6 4

[edit] Challenge round

Australasia
5

Double Bay Grounds, Sydney, Australia
27–30 November 1909

United States
0

		1	2	3	4
1	Norman Brookes Maurice McLoughlin	6 2	6 2	6 4
2	Tony Wilding Melville Long	6 2	7 5	6 1
3	Norman Brookes / Tony Wilding Melville Long / Maurice McLoughlin	12 10	9 7	6 3
4	Norman Brookes Melville Long	6 4	7 5	8 6
5	Tony Wilding Maurice McLoughlin	3 6	8 6	6 2	6 3