1903 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

1903 edition of the International Lawn Tennis Challenge

1903 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
Details
Duration	4 – 8 August 1903
Edition	3rd
Teams	2
Champion
Winning Nation	British Isles
← 1902 1904 →

The 1903 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was the third edition of what is now known as the Davis Cup. The British Isles team returned to the United States to contest the Cup. The tie was played at the Longwood Cricket Club in Boston, Massachusetts (the same location as the first competition in 1900). The British won 4-1, bringing the Cup to Britain for the first time.^[1]

Result

United States vs. British Isles

United States
1

Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States^[1]
4–8 August 1903 ^[1]^[2]
Grass

British Isles
4

		1	2	3	4	5
1	William Larned Reginald Doherty						w/o
2	Robert Wrenn Laurence Doherty	0 6	3 6	4 6
3	George Wrenn / Robert Wrenn Laurence Doherty / Reginald Doherty	5 7	7 9	6 2	3 6
4	William Larned Laurence Doherty	3 6	8 6	0 6	6 2	5 7
5	Robert Wrenn Reginald Doherty	4 6	6 3	3 6	8 6	4 6

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "United States v British Isles". daviscup.com.
^ "Britons Win Tennis Cup; Americans Fail to Win a Single Match of Those Played. Doherty Brothers Successful in Their Attempt to Take the Davis Trophy to England" (PDF). The New York Times. Boston, Massachusetts. 1903-08-09. Retrieved 2011-02-01.