1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

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The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

1933 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone
Details
Duration21 April – 15 July 1933
Teams23
Categories1933 Europe Zone
1931 America Zone
Champion
Winning nation Great Britain
Qualified for: 1933 Inter-Zonal Final
1932
1934

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]

Great Britain defeated Australia in the final, and went on to face the United States in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2] In the Qualifying Draw, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy advanced to the 1934 Europe Zone main draw.

Draw

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First Round
21 April–9 May
Second Round
12–21 May
Quarterfinals
8–13 June
Semifinals
17–20 June
Final
13–15 July
  GreeceAthens, Greece
bye  Greece4
  Romania  Romania1Prague, Czechoslovakia
bye  Greece0
  CzechoslovakiaPrague, Czechoslovakia  Czechoslovakia5
bye  Czechoslovakia5
  Monaco  Monaco0Eastbourne, England (grass)
bye  Czechoslovakia0
  Finlandw/oLondon, England (clay)  Great Britain5
  India  Finland0
  Spain1  Great Britain5Eastbourne, England (grass)
  Great Britain4  Great Britain4
  Italy4Genoa, Italy (clay)  Italy1
  Yugoslavia1  Italy4
  Belgium2  Austria1Wimbledon, England (grass)
  Austria3  Great Britain3
  Denmark2Dublin, Ireland (grass)  Australia2
  Ireland3  Ireland0
  Hungary0  Japan5Berlin, Germany (clay)
  Japan5  Japan4
  Germany5Berlin, Germany  Germany1
  Egypt0  Germany4
  Netherlands3  Netherlands1Paris, France (clay)
  Poland2  Japan2
byeBasel, Switzerland  Australia3
   Switzerland   Switzerland1
bye  South Africa4London, England (grass)
  South Africa  South Africa2
byeOslo, Norway (clay)  Australia3
  Norway  Norway0
bye  Australia5
  Australia

First round

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Spain vs. Great Britain

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Spain
1
Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain[3]
21–23 April 1933
Clay
 
Great Britain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Enrique Maier
Fred Perry
5
7
5
7
2
6
     
2  
 
Francisco Sindreu
Bunny Austin
0
6
3
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Alberto Durall / Enrique Maier
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
6
3
6
1
1
6
4
6
6
3
 
4  
 
Francisco Sindreu
Fred Perry
1
6
3
6
0
6
     
5  
 
Enrique Maier
Bunny Austin
6
8
5
7
1
6
     

Italy vs. Yugoslavia

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Italy
4
Florence, Italy[4]
4–6 May 1933
Clay
 
Yugoslavia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Uberto De Morpurgo
Franjo Punčec
9
7
6
3
6
4
     
2  
 
Giorgio de Stefani
Franjo Kukuljević
6
4
6
0
3
6
6
2
   
3  
 
Uberto De Morpurgo / Augusto Rado
Franjo Kukuljević / Josip Palada
14
12
3
6
6
1
4
6
3
6
 
4  
 
Uberto De Morpurgo
Franjo Kukuljević
7
5
6
3
6
4
     
5  
 
Giorgio de Stefani
Josip Palada
6
1
6
2
6
2
     

Belgium vs. Austria

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Belgium
2
Brussels, Belgium[5]
5–7 May 1933
 
Austria
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Léopold de Borman
Hermann von Artens
6
4
2
6
4
6
5
7
   
2  
 
André Lacroix
Franz-Wilhelm Matejka
3
6
4
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Léopold de Borman / André Lacroix
Adam Baworowski / Herbert Kinzl
6
4
6
3
6
1
     
4  
 
André Lacroix
Hermann von Artens
6
2
6
2
6
4
     
5  
 
Léopold de Borman
Franz-Wilhelm Matejka
6
2
4
6
0
6
6
3
3
6
 

Denmark vs. Ireland

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Denmark
2
Copenhagen, Denmark[6]
7–9 May 1933
 
Ireland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Einer Ulrich
George Lyttleton-Rogers
6
8
2
6
2
6
     
2  
 
Anker Jacobsen
George McVeagh
3
6
2
6
6
4
8
6
6
3
 
3  
 
Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich
George Lyttleton-Rogers / Edward McGuire
6
4
1
6
6
8
4
6
   
4  
 
Anker Jacobsen
George Lyttleton-Rogers
1
6
3
6
4
6
     
5  
 
Einer Ulrich
George McVeagh
6
2
6
3
6
3
     

Hungary vs. Japan

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Hungary
0
Budapest, Hungary[7]
5–7 May 1933
 
Japan
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Emil Gábori
Jiro Sato
4
6
2
6
3
6
     
2  
 
Béla von Kehrling
Ryosuke Nunoi
6
4
6
8
3
6
1
6
   
3  
 
Emil Gábori / Imre Zichy
Ryosuke Nunoi / Jiro Sato
0
6
1
6
2
6
     
4  
 
Béla von Kehrling
Jiro Sato
4
6
4
6
7
9
     
5  
 
Emil Gábori
Ryosuke Nunoi
6
3
6
1
3
6
7
9
4
6
 

Germany vs. Egypt

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Germany
5
Wiesbaden, Germany[8]
5–7 May 1933
 
Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Gottfried von Cramm
Loutfalla Wahid
6
3
6
4
6
2
     
2  
 
Eberhard Nourney
Adolphe Bogdagli
8
6
6
1
6
1
     
3  
 
Gottfried von Cramm / Gustav Jaenecke
Ahmed Shukry / Loutfalla Wahid
4
6
6
4
8
6
6
4
   
4  
 
Gottfried von Cramm
Adolphe Bogdagli
6
2
6
2
6
2
     
5  
 
Eberhard Nourney
Loutfalla Wahid
5
7
8
6
6
2
9
7
   

Netherlands vs. Poland

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Netherlands
3
The Hague, Netherlands[9]
5–7 May 1933
Clay
 
Poland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Hendrik Timmer
Józef Hebda
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
2  
 
Tod Hughan
Ignacy Tłoczyński
1
6
2
6
4
6
     
3  
 
Arthur Diemer-Kool / Hendrik Timmer
Józef Hebda / Ignacy Tłoczyński
3
6
6
1
6
2
6
3
   
4  
 
Hendrik Timmer
Ignacy Tłoczyński
6
1
3
6
6
4
3
6
6
2
 
5  
 
Tod Hughan
Józef Hebda
3
6
1
6
3
6
     

Second round

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Greece vs. Romania

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Greece
4
Athens, Greece[10]
12–14 May 1933
 
Romania
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Georgios Nikolaides
Tibor Rétti
7
5
6
1
6
3
     
2  
 
Lazaros Stalios
Gică Poulieff
6
2
4
6
6
3
7
5
   
3  
 
Lazaros Stalios / Stefanos Xydis
Gică Poulieff / Tibor Rétti
3
6
2
6
6
3
5
7
   
4  
 
Georgios Nikolaides
Gică Poulieff
6
2
1
6
6
2
6
2
   
5  
 
Stefanos Xydis
Alexandru Botez
4
6
6
3
6
4
6
1
   

Czechoslovakia vs. Monaco

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Czechoslovakia
5
Prague, Czechoslovakia[11]
12–14 May 1933
 
Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Roderich Menzel
Vladimir Landau
6
2
6
2
6
4
     
2  
 
Josef Šíba
René Gallèpe
6
1
6
2
6
1
     
3  
 
Ferenc Maršálek / Roderich Menzel
René Gallèpe / Vladimir Landau
6
1
6
4
8
6
     
4  
 
Josef Šíba
Vladimir Landau
3
6
9
7
6
4
6
1
   
5  
 
Roderich Menzel
René Gallèpe
6
3
6
2
6
1
     

Great Britain vs. Finland

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Great Britain
5
Queen's Club, London, England[12]
13–16 May 1933
Clay
 
Finland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Fred Perry
Bo Grotenfelt
6
0
6
3
6
1
     
2  
 
Bunny Austin
Arne Grahn
6
0
6
2
6
2
     
3  
 
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
Arne Grahn / Bo Grotenfelt
6
1
6
1
6
3
     
4  
 
Fred Perry
Arne Grahn
6
1
6
2
6
4
     
5  
 
Bunny Austin
Bo Grotenfelt
6
0
6
1
6
4
     

Italy vs. Austria

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Italy
4
Genoa, Italy[13]
19–21 May 1933
Clay
 
Austria
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Giorgio de Stefani
Hermann von Artens
7
5
6
2
6
0
     
2  
 
Uberto De Morpurgo
Franz-Wilhelm Matejka
3
6
6
3
6
3
3
6
3
6
 
3  
 
Augusto Rado / Valentino Taroni
Hermann von Artens / Franz-Wilhelm Matejka
6
3
4
6
4
6
6
2
7
5
 
4  
 
Giorgio de Stefani
Franz-Wilhelm Matejka
6
3
6
3
4
6
6
2
   
5  
 
Uberto De Morpurgo
Hermann von Artens
4
6
7
5
6
3
6
3
   

Ireland vs. Japan

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Ireland
0
Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[14]
18–20 May 1933
Grass
 
Japan
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
George Lyttleton-Rogers
Ryosuke Nunoi
5
7
3
6
5
7
     
2  
 
Edward McGuire
Jiro Sato
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
3  
 
George Lyttleton-Rogers / Edward McGuire
Ryosuke Nunoi / Jiro Sato
3
6
6
8
6
3
2
6
   
4  
 
George Lyttleton-Rogers
Jiro Sato
1
6
3
6
1
6
     
5  
 
Edward McGuire
Ryosuke Nunoi
6
4
6
3
4
6
3
6
3
6
 

Germany vs. Netherlands

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Germany
4
Berlin, Germany[15]
19–21 May 1933
 
Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Gottfried von Cramm
Hendrik Timmer
6
2
6
3
1
6
6
4
   
2  
 
Fritz Kuhlmann
Gerard Leembruggen
6
3
6
3
6
1
     
3  
 
Gottfried von Cramm / Eberhard Nourney
Ody Koopman / Hendrik Timmer
6
3
6
1
1
6
8
6
   
4  
 
Gottfried von Cramm
Gerard Leembruggen
6
3
6
2
6
3
     
5  
 
Fritz Kuhlmann
Hendrik Timmer
2
6
1
6
2
6
     

Switzerland vs. South Africa

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Switzerland
1
Basel, Switzerland[16]
19–21 May 1933
 
South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Hector Fisher
Vernon Kirby
7
5
4
6
6
0
5
7
3
6
 
2  
 
Max Ellmer
Colin Robbins
1
6
1
6
7
5
3
6
   
3  
 
Hector Fisher / Werner Steiner
Norman Farquharson / Vernon Kirby
4
6
3
6
2
6
     
4  
 
Max Ellmer
Jack Condon
6
4
4
6
6
4
6
2
   
5  
 
Hector Fisher
Colin Robbins
10
8
6
3
1
6
4
6
4
6
 

Norway vs. Australia

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Norway
0
Oslo, Norway[17]
12–14 May 1933
Clay
 
Australia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Johan Haanes
Jack Crawford
1
6
3
6
3
6
     
2  
 
Finn-Trygve Smith
Vivian McGrath
1
6
1
6
3
6
     
3  
 
Johan Haanes / Ragnar Hagen
Jack Crawford / Don Turnbull
2
6
3
6
1
6
     
4  
 
Finn-Trygve Smith
Adrian Quist
5
7
6
4
1
6
0
6
   
5  
 
Johan Haanes
Vivian McGrath
5
7
5
7
2
6
     

Quarterfinals

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Czechoslovakia vs. Greece

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Czechoslovakia
5
Prague, Czechoslovakia[18]
8–10 June 1933
 
Greece
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Josef Šíba
Georgios Nikolaides
6
3
3
6
6
2
6
1
   
2  
 
Roderich Menzel
Lazaros Stalios
6
2
6
4
9
7
     
3  
 
Ferenc Maršálek / Roderich Menzel
Georgios Nikolaides / Stefanos Xydis
6
1
6
1
6
1
     
4  
 
Josef Šíba
Lazaros Stalios
6
3
6
1
3
6
8
6
   
5  
 
Roderich Menzel
Georgios Nikolaides
6
1
6
2
4
6
6
0
   

Great Britain vs. Italy

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Great Britain
4
Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[19]
8–10 June 1933
Grass
 
Italy
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Fred Perry
Uberto De Morpurgo
6
4
7
5
6
4
     
2  
 
Bunny Austin
Giorgio de Stefani
6
2
7
5
7
5
     
3  
 
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
Augusto Rado / Valentino Taroni
6
1
6
4
9
7
     
4  
 
Fred Perry
Giorgio de Stefani
7
5
4
6
4
6
4
6
   
5  
 
Bunny Austin
Uberto De Morpurgo
6
4
6
3
6
2
     

Germany vs. Japan

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Germany
1
Slav-Weiss Tennis Club, Berlin, Germany[20]
9–11 June 1933
Clay
 
Japan
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Gottfried von Cramm
Jiro Sato
3
6
6
2
3
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Gustav Jaenecke
Ryosuke Nunoi
2
6
6
4
3
6
2
6
   
3  
 
Gottfried von Cramm / Eberhard Nourney
Ryosuke Nunoi / Jiro Sato
2
6
3
6
6
3
1
6
   
4  
 
Gustav Jaenecke
Jiro Sato
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
5  
 
Gottfried von Cramm
Ryosuke Nunoi
3
6
6
2
7
5
5
7
6
3
 

Australia vs. South Africa

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Australia
3
Queen's Club, London, England[21]
10–13 June 1933
Grass
 
South Africa
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Jack Crawford
Vernon Kirby
8
6
6
1
6
3
     
2  
 
Vivian McGrath
Colin Robbins
7
5
6
4
4
6
10
8
   
3  
 
Jack Crawford / Vivian McGrath
Norman Farquharson / Vernon Kirby
4
6
4
6
4
6
     
4  
 
Vivian McGrath
Vernon Kirby
8
6
0
6
4
6
2
6
   
5  
 
Jack Crawford
Colin Robbins
6
4
6
1
6
0
     

Semifinals

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Great Britain vs. Czechoslovakia

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Great Britain
5
Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[22]
17–20 June 1933
Grass
 
Czechoslovakia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Fred Perry
Roderich Menzel
6
1
6
4
6
3
     
2  
 
Bunny Austin
Ladislav Hecht
6
1
11
9
6
4
     
3  
 
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
Ferenc Maršálek / Roderich Menzel
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
4  
 
Fred Perry
Ladislav Hecht
6
2
6
2
6
2
     
5  
 
Bunny Austin
Roderich Menzel
3
6
9
7
6
0
6
1
   

Australia vs. Japan

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Australia
3
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[23]
17–19 June 1933
Clay
 
Japan
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Jack Crawford
Ryosuke Nunoi
6
2
4
6
6
3
4
6
7
5
 
2  
 
Vivian McGrath
Jiro Sato
9
7
1
6
4
6
6
4
7
5
 
3  
 
Jack Crawford / Adrian Quist
Ryosuke Nunoi / Jiro Sato
7
5
7
9
6
3
3
6
6
3
 
4  
 
Vivian McGrath
Ryosuke Nunoi
4
6
4
6
8
6
5
7
   
5  
 
Jack Crawford
Jiro Sato
6
3
3
6
1
6
6
1
2
6
 

Final

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Great Britain vs. Australia

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Great Britain
3
Centre Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England[2]
13–15 July 1933
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Australia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Bunny Austin
Jack Crawford
6
4
2
6
2
6
3
6
   
2  
 
Fred Perry
Vivian McGrath
6
2
6
4
6
2
     
3  
 
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
Adrian Quist / Don Turnbull
7
5
6
4
3
6
6
3
   
4  
 
Bunny Austin
Vivian McGrath
6
4
7
5
6
3
     
5  
 
Harry Lee
Jack Crawford
6
8
5
7
4
6
     

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 "Great Britain v Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Spain v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Italy v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Belgium v Austria". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Denmark v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Hungary v Japan". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Germany v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Netherlands v Poland". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Greece v Romania". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Great Britain v Finland". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Italy v Austria". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Ireland v Japan". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Germany v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Switzerland v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Norway v Australia". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Greece". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Great Britain v Italy". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Germany v Japan". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Australia v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "Great Britain v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  23. ^ "Australia v Japan". daviscup.com.
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