1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

24 teams entered the Europe Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the America Zone.[1] Germany defeated Great Britain in the final, and went on to face the United States in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

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First round
29 March–12 May
Second round
10–19 May
Quarterfinals
5–9 June
Semifinals
14–21 June
Final
12–14 July
  ItalyDublin, Ireland (grass)
bye  Italy5
  Ireland  Ireland0Hamburg, Germany
bye  Italy2
  SpainBarcelona, Spain (clay)  Germany3
bye  Spain1
  Germany  Germany4Prague, Czechoslovakia
bye  Germany4
  Denmark4Copenhagen, Denmark  Czechoslovakia1
  Chile1  Denmark4
  Greece4  Greece1Copenhagen, Denmark
  Yugoslavia1  Denmark1
  Belgium4Prague, Czechoslovakia  Czechoslovakia4
  Romania1  Belgium0
  Austria2  Czechoslovakia3Berlin, Germany (clay)
  Czechoslovakia3  Germany3
  Hungary4Budapest, Hungary  Great Britain2
  Norway1  Hungary3
  Monaco3  Monaco2Budapest, Hungary
   Switzerland2  Hungary3
  Finland1The Hague, Netherlands (clay)  Netherlands2
  Egypt4  Egypt1
  Netherlands [3]w/o  Netherlands4Budapest, Hungary (clay)
  Portugal  Hungary2
byeSaltsjöbaden, Sweden (clay)  Great Britain3
  Sweden  Sweden0
bye  South Africa5Bournemouth, England (grass)
  South Africa  Great Britain5
byeWarsaw, Poland (clay)  South Africa0
  Poland  Poland0
bye  Great Britain5
  Great Britain

First round

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Denmark vs. Chile

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Denmark
4
Copenhagen, Denmark[4]
4–6 May 1929
 
Chile
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Povl Henriksen
Luis Torralva Ponsa
8
6
7
5
7
5
     
2  
 
Einer Ulrich
Domingo Torralva Ponsa
6
2
6
4
7
5
     
3  
 
Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich
Domingo Torralva Ponsa / Luis Torralva Ponsa
6
2
6
3
6
4
     
4  
 
Povl Henriksen
Domingo Torralva Ponsa
5
7
7
5
6
4
6
4
   
5  
 
Einer Ulrich
Luis Torralva Ponsa
5
7
4
6
6
8
     

Greece vs. Yugoslavia

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Greece
4
Athens, Greece[5]
4–6 May 1929
 
Yugoslavia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Augustos Zerlendis
Krešimir Friedrich
6
3
6
0
6
2
     
2  
 
Costas Efstratiadis
Franjo Šefer
6
2
7
5
3
6
6
3
   
3  
 
I. Georgiadis / Augustos Zerlendis
Krešimir Friedrich / Franjo Šefer
6
3
6
3
6
3
     
4  
 
Costas Efstratiadis
Krešimir Friedrich
1
6
3
6
4
6
     
5  
 
Augustos Zerlendis
Franjo Šefer
6
4
7
5
6
4
     

Belgium vs. Romania

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Belgium
4
Brussels, Belgium[6]
4–6 May 1929
 
Romania
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
André Lacroix
Nicolae Mișu
6
2
6
4
3
6
6
3
   
2  
 
Andre Ewbank
Gheorghe Lupu
6
2
4
6
6
2
6
4
   
3  
 
Andre Ewbank / André Lacroix
Laszlo Dorner / Gheorghe Lupu
7
5
6
2
6
1
     
4  
 
André Lacroix
Gheorghe Lupu
8
6
6
4
6
3
     
5  
 
Andre Ewbank
Nicolae Mișu
2
6
4
6
8
6
3
6
   

Austria vs. Czechoslovakia

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Austria
2
Vienna, Austria[7]
26–28 April 1929
 
Czechoslovakia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Franz-Wilhelm Matejka
Jan Koželuh
6
3
7
5
6
1
     
2  
 
Hermann von Artens
Roderich Menzel
3
6
4
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Hermann von Artens / Franz-Wilhelm Matejka
Jan Koželuh / Pavel Macenauer
4
6
5
7
2
6
     
4  
 
Franz-Wilhelm Matejka
Roderich Menzel
10
8
6
3
6
1
     
5  
 
Hermann von Artens
Jan Koželuh
4
6
3
6
10
8
4
6
   

Norway vs. Hungary

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Norway
1
Oslo, Norway[8]
10–12 May 1929
Clay
 
Hungary
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Jack Nielsen
Imre Takáts
1
6
1
6
5
7
     
2  
 
Jack Nielsen
Béla von Kehrling
9
11
6
1
2
6
2
6
   
3  
 
Jack Nielsen / Torleif Torkildsen
Béla von Kehrling / Jenő Péteri
4
6
4
6
1
6
     
4  
 
Torleif Torkildsen
Imre Takáts
1
6
6
1
6
1
6
2
   
5  
 
Torleif Torkildsen
Béla von Kehrling
1
6
2
6
1
6
     

Monaco vs. Switzerland

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Monaco
3
Monte Carlo, Monaco[9]
29–31 Mar 1929
 
Switzerland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
René Gallèpe
Charles Aeschlimann
7
5
3
6
5
7
6
3
5
7
 
2  
 
Vladimir Landau
Jean Wuarin
4
6
6
3
6
2
6
2
   
3  
 
René Gallèpe / Vladimir Landau
Charles Aeschlimann / Jean Wuarin
4
6
6
4
6
4
3
6
8
6
 
4  
 
Vladimir Landau
Charles Aeschlimann
2
6
1
6
2
6
     
5  
 
René Gallèpe
Jean Wuarin
6
3
6
8
6
4
6
4
   

Finland vs. Egypt

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Finland
1
Helsinki, Finland[10]
4–7 May 1929
 
Egypt
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Runar Granholm
Loutfalla Wahid
6
4
6
4
6
3
     
2  
 
Arne Grahn
Jacques Grandguillot
6
1
4
6
2
6
7
5
4
6
 
3  
 
Arne Grahn / Bo Grotenfelt
Jacques Grandguillot / Nicolas Zahar
5
7
2
6
3
6
     
4  
 
Runar Granholm
Jacques Grandguillot
6
2
6
3
3
6
5
7
2
6
 
5  
 
Arne Grahn
Loutfalla Wahid
6
3
0
6
2
6
3
6
   

Second round

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Ireland vs. Italy

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Ireland
0
Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[11]
16–18 May 1929
Grass
 
Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
George Lyttleton-Rogers
Uberto De Morpurgo
6
8
1
6
7
5
2
6
   
2  
 
Edward McGuire
Giorgio de Stefani
4
6
6
4
6
8
6
4
6
8
 
3  
 
Noel Galway Holmes / George Lyttleton-Rogers
Alberto del Bono / Uberto De Morpurgo
4
6
5
7
5
7
     
4  
 
George Lyttleton-Rogers
Giorgio de Stefani
6
4
5
7
2
6
5
7
   
5  
 
Edward McGuire
Uberto De Morpurgo
0
6
7
5
4
6
2
6
   

Spain vs. Germany

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Spain
1
Societat Sportiva Pompeya, Barcelona, Spain[12]
11–13 May 1929
Clay
 
Germany
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Enrique Maier
Hans Moldenhauer
1
6
2
6
3
6
     
2  
 
Francisco Sindreu
Daniel Prenn
3
6
7
5
4
6
6
4
4
6
 
3  
 
Enrique Maier / José María Tejada
Hans Moldenhauer / Daniel Prenn
3
6
6
1
5
7
1
6
   
4  
 
José María Tejada
Hans Moldenhauer
0
6
2
6
3
6
     
5  
 
Enrique Maier
Heinrich Kleinschroth
7
5
3
6
       
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Denmark vs. Greece

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Denmark
4
Copenhagen, Denmark[13]
17–19 May 1929
 
Greece
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Einer Ulrich
Augustos Zerlendis
6
3
6
8
5
7
15
17
   
2  
 
Povl Henriksen
Georgios Zafiropoulos
6
4
6
4
6
1
     
3  
 
Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich
Georgios Zafiropoulos / Augustos Zerlendis
6
2
6
4
6
3
     
4  
 
Einer Ulrich
Georgios Zafiropoulos
6
3
6
4
6
2
     
5  
 
Povl Henriksen
Augustos Zerlendis
6
0
7
5
6
4
     

Czechoslovakia vs. Belgium

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Czechoslovakia
3
Prague, Czechoslovakia[14]
10–12 May 1929
 
Belgium
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Roderich Menzel
André Lacroix
6
3
6
1
6
1
     
2  
 
Jan Koželuh
Andre Ewbank
7
5
12
10
6
4
     
3  
 
Jan Koželuh / Pavel Macenauer
Andre Ewbank / André Lacroix
6
2
6
3
6
4
     
4  
 
Josef Maleček
André Lacroix
3
6
6
3
0
1
    not
completed
5  
 
Roderich Menzel
Andre Ewbank
          not
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Hungary vs. Monaco

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Hungary
3
Budapest, Hungary[15]
14–16 May 1929
 
Monaco
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Imre Takáts
René Gallèpe
6
3
1
6
9
7
8
6
   
2  
 
Béla von Kehrling
Vladimir Landau
6
4
6
4
6
2
     
3  
 
Béla von Kehrling / Jenő Péteri
René Gallèpe / Vladimir Landau
4
6
6
3
2
6
8
10
   
4  
 
Béla von Kehrling
René Gallèpe
6
0
6
3
6
1
     
5  
 
Imre Takáts
Vladimir Landau
3
6
2
6
3
6
     

Netherlands vs. Egypt

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Netherlands
4
The Hague, Netherlands[16]
17–19 May 1929
Clay
 
Egypt
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Arthur Diemer-Kool
Jacques Grandguillot
2
6
6
1
10
8
4
6
1
6
 
2  
 
Hendrik Timmer
Loutfalla Wahid
3
6
6
2
6
1
6
2
   
3  
 
Arthur Diemer-Kool / Hendrik Timmer
Rene Danon / Nicolas Zahar
9
7
6
8
6
4
6
1
   
4  
 
Hendrik Timmer
Jacques Grandguillot
7
5
6
0
3
6
6
2
   
5  
 
Arthur Diemer-Kool
Nicolas Zahar
2
6
8
6
6
2
6
1
   

Sweden vs. South Africa

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Sweden
0
Saltsjöbaden, Sweden[17]
17–19 May 1929
Clay
 
South Africa
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Sune Malmström
Louis Raymond
2
6
3
6
2
6
     
2  
 
Curt Östberg
Colin Robbins
2
6
1
6
1
6
     
3  
 
Henning Müller / Curt Östberg
Norman Farquharson / Louis Raymond
6
8
2
6
2
6
     
4  
 
Curt Östberg
Louis Raymond
5
7
0
6
0
6
     
5  
 
Sune Malmström
Colin Robbins
8
6
8
10
7
9
4
6
   

Poland vs. Great Britain

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Poland
0
Warsaw, Poland[18]
10–12 May 1929
Clay
 
Great Britain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Andrzej Tarnowski
Bunny Austin
1
6
1
6
1
6
     
2  
 
Maksymilian Stolarow
Pat Hughes
5
7
1
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Jan Loth / Maksymilian Stolarow
Gordon Crole-Rees / Cyril Eames
1
6
4
6
3
6
     
4  
 
Maksymilian Stolarow
Bunny Austin
1
6
9
11
5
7
     
5  
 
Andrzej Tarnowski
Pat Hughes
1
6
0
6
5
7
     

Quarterfinals

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Germany vs. Italy

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Germany
3
Hamburg, Germany[19]
7–9 June 1929
 
Italy
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Heinz Landmann
Giorgio de Stefani
3
6
6
4
6
3
3
6
6
3
 
2  
 
Hans Moldenhauer
Uberto De Morpurgo
5
7
6
3
6
3
3
6
6
2
 
3  
 
Hans Moldenhauer / Daniel Prenn
Alberto del Bono / Uberto De Morpurgo
6
8
3
6
3
6
     
4  
 
Heinz Landmann
Uberto De Morpurgo
4
6
0
6
5
7
     
5  
 
Hans Moldenhauer
Giorgio de Stefani
6
3
3
6
5
7
6
4
6
3
 

Denmark vs. Czechoslovakia

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Denmark
1
Copenhagen, Denmark[20]
5–7 June 1929
 
Czechoslovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Povl Henriksen
Roderich Menzel
7
9
2
6
3
6
     
2  
 
Einer Ulrich
Jan Koželuh
4
6
5
7
6
1
6
2
6
2
 
3  
 
Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich
Jan Koželuh / Pavel Macenauer
1
6
6
4
4
6
2
6
   
4  
 
Einer Ulrich
Roderich Menzel
5
7
5
7
2
6
     
5  
 
Povl Henriksen
Jan Koželuh
7
5
2
6
2
6
4
6
   

Hungary vs. Netherlands

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Hungary
3
Budapest, Hungary[21]
7–9 June 1929
 
Netherlands
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Béla von Kehrling
Arthur Diemer-Kool
6
2
6
1
6
2
     
2  
 
Imre Takáts
Hendrik Timmer
5
7
7
5
6
8
6
1
6
4
 
3  
 
Béla von Kehrling / Imre Takáts
Arthur Diemer-Kool / Hendrik Timmer
6
1
2
6
6
4
3
6
2
6
 
4  
 
Imre Takáts
Arthur Diemer-Kool
2
6
2
6
4
6
     
5  
 
Béla von Kehrling
Hendrik Timmer
8
6
6
3
3
6
6
3
   

Great Britain vs. South Africa

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Great Britain
5
West Hants Lawn Tennis Club, Bournemouth, England[22]
6–8 June 1929
Grass
 
South Africa
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Bunny Austin
Louis Raymond
8
6
6
1
2
6
6
3
   
2  
 
Colin Gregory
Colin Robbins
6
1
6
1
6
4
     
3  
 
Ian Collins / Colin Gregory
Norman Farquharson / Louis Raymond
2
6
6
3
6
2
6
1
   
4  
 
Bunny Austin
Colin Robbins
6
0
6
4
6
1
     
5  
 
Colin Gregory
Louis Raymond
6
4
6
1
6
2
     

Semifinals

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Czechoslovakia vs. Germany

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Czechoslovakia
1
Prague, Czechoslovakia[23]
19–21 June 1929
 
Germany
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Pavel Macenauer
Hans Moldenhauer
3
6
4
6
6
8
     
2  
 
Roderich Menzel
Heinz Landmann
6
3
6
3
3
6
0
6
6
4
 
3  
 
Jan Koželuh / Pavel Macenauer
Hans Moldenhauer / Daniel Prenn
2
6
2
6
3
6
     
4  
 
Roderich Menzel
Hans Moldenhauer
4
6
6
8
4
6
     
5  
 
Pavel Macenauer
Daniel Prenn
3
6
5
7
5
7
     

Hungary vs. Great Britain

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Hungary
2
Budapest, Hungary[24]
14–16 June 1929
Clay
 
Great Britain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Béla von Kehrling
Colin Gregory
5
7
7
5
5
7
6
2
6
3
 
2  
 
Imre Takáts
Bunny Austin
4
6
2
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Pál Aschner / Béla von Kehrling
Ian Collins / Colin Gregory
2
6
6
4
2
6
3
6
   
4  
 
Béla von Kehrling
Bunny Austin
3
6
6
4
6
2
6
2
   
5  
 
Imre Takáts
Colin Gregory
1
6
0
6
3
6
     

Final

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Germany vs. Great Britain

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Germany
3
Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, Berlin, Germany[2]
12–14 July 1929
Clay
 
Great Britain
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Daniel Prenn
Colin Gregory
6
3
6
3
6
2
     
2  
 
Hans Moldenhauer
Bunny Austin
6
4
6
2
6
3
     
3  
 
Heinrich Kleinschroth / Heinz Landmann
Ian Collins / Colin Gregory
4
6
2
6
0
6
     
4  
 
Hans Moldenhauer
Colin Gregory
0
6
2
6
3
6
     
5  
 
Daniel Prenn
Bunny Austin
4
6
6
2
6
4
4
6
5
1
 
retired

References

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  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "Germany v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Netherlands v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Denmark v Chile". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Greece v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Belgium v Romania". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Austria v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Norway v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Monaco v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Finland v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Ireland v Italy". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Spain v Germany". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Denmark v Greece". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Hungary v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Netherlands v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Sweden v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Poland v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Germany v Italy". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Denmark v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Hungary v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "Great Britain v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  23. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Germany". daviscup.com.
  24. ^ "Hungary v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
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