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1955 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Main article: 1955 Davis Cup

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1955 Davis Cup.

24 teams entered the Europe Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the America Zone and Eastern Zone. Italy defeated Sweden in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2]

Draw edit

First Round
29 April–8 May		Second Round
12–17 May		Quarterfinals
9–13 June		Semifinals
14–17 July		Final
29–31 July
  DenmarkCopenhagen, Denmark (clay)
bye  Denmark3
  Norway1  South Africa2Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
  South Africa4  Denmark0
  ItalyMunich, West Germany  Italy5
bye  Italy5
  West Germany4  West Germany0Birmingham, England (grass)
  Ireland1  Italy5
  Great BritainVienna, Austria (clay)  Great Britain0
bye  Great Britain4
  Austria5  Austria1Manchester, England (grass)
  Finland0  Great Britain3
  IndiaCairo, Egypt  India2
bye  India5
  Turkey1  Egypt0Milan, Italy (clay)
  Egypt4  Italy4
  Monaco0Paris, France (clay)  Sweden1
  Argentina3  Argentina2
bye  France3Saltsjöbaden, Sweden (clay)
  France  France2
   Switzerland3Montreux, Switzerland (clay)  Sweden3
  Netherlands2   Switzerland0
bye  Sweden5Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Sweden  Sweden3
  Yugoslavia0Budapest, Hungary  Chile2
  Chile5  Chile3
bye  Hungary2Brussels, Belgium
  Hungary  Chile3
  Portugal0Prague, Czechoslovakia  Belgium2
  Czechoslovakia5  Czechoslovakia0
bye  Belgium5
  Belgium

First round edit

Norway vs. South Africa edit

 
Norway
1 		Oslo, Norway[3]
6–8 May 1955
Clay 		 
South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Nils-Erik Hessen
Ian Vermaak 		1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
2  
  		Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Russell Seymour 		3
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
3  
  		Finn-Dag Jagge / Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Abe Segal / Ian Vermaak 		3
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
4  
  		Finn-Dag Jagge
Gordon Forbes 		2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
5  
  		Finn Søhol
Russell Seymour 		6
3 		6
4 		2
6 		6
4 		   

West Germany vs. Ireland edit

 
West Germany
4 		Düsseldorf, West Germany[4]
29 April–1 May 1955
  
Ireland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Christoph Biederlack
Alan Haughton 		6
0 		6
0 		7
5 		     
2  
  		Ernst Buchholz
Guy Jackson 		7
9 		7
5 		6
2 		6
0 		   
3  
  		Ernst Buchholz / Horst Hermann
Vivian Gotto / Guy Jackson 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		     
4  
  		Christoph Biederlack
Guy Jackson 		3
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
5  
  		Rupert Huber
Alan Haughton 		6
1 		6
2 		6
0 		     

Austria vs. Finland edit

 
Austria
5 		Vienna, Austria[5]
29 April–1 May 1955
  
Finland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Alfred Huber
Reino Nyyssönen 		8
6 		6
0 		6
1 		     
2  
  		Franz Saiko
Sakari Salo 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     
3  
  		Hans Redl / Franz Saiko
Lars-Henrik Krause / Sakari Salo 		7
5 		6
1 		6
0 		     
4  
  		Franz Saiko
Reino Nyyssönen 		6
3 		6
3 		6
1 		     
5  
  		Alfred Huber
Sakari Salo 		6
4 		6
3 		7
5 		     

Turkey vs. Egypt edit

 
Turkey
1 		Istanbul, Turkey[6]
29 April–1 May 1955
  
Egypt
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Behbut Cevanşir
Adel Ismail 		6
2 		2
6 		5
7 		5
7 		   
2  
  		Nazmi Bari
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed 		1
6 		6
3 		6
4 		5
7 		14
16 		 
3  
  		Engin Balas / Behbut Cevanşir
Donald Acobas / Adel Ismail 		6
1 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4  
  		Nazmi Bari
Adel Ismail 		4
6 		6
4 		8
10 		4
6 		   
5  
  		Engin Balas
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed 		3
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     

Monaco vs. Argentina edit

 
Monaco
0 		Monte Carlo, Monaco[7]
29 April–1 May 1955
  
Argentina
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Georges Pasquier
Alejo Russell 		6
3 		3
6 		0
6 		0
6 		   
2  
  		Yvan Médecin
Enrique Morea 		1
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
3  
  		Yvan Médecin / Georges Pasquier
Enrique Morea / Alejo Russell 		3
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
4  
  		Yvan Médecin
Alejo Russell 		          not
played
5  
  		Georges Pasquier
Enrique Morea 		          not
played

Switzerland vs. Netherlands edit

 
Switzerland
3 		Basel, Switzerland[8]
29 April–1 May 1955
  
Netherlands
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Martin Froesch
Hans van Dalsum 		6
0 		6
1 		6
4 		     
2  
  		Paul Blondel
Fred Dehnert 		5
7 		6
2 		4
6 		4
6 		   
3  
  		René Buser / Bernard du Pont
Hans van Dalsum / Fred Dehnert 		3
6 		6
0 		6
3 		1
6 		2
6 		 
4  
  		Martin Froesch
Fred Dehnert 		6
3 		6
3 		6
0 		     
5  
  		Paul Blondel
Hans van Swol 		0
6 		6
2 		9
7 		3
6 		12
10 		 

Yugoslavia vs. Chile edit

 
Yugoslavia
0 		Karlovac, Yugoslavia[9]
29 April–1 May 1955
  
Chile
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Ilija Panajotović
Luis Ayala 		3
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
2  
  		Vladimir Petrović
Andrés Hammersley 		3
6 		6
3 		6
4 		5
7 		2
6 		 
3  
  		Ladislav Jagec / Vladimir Petrović
Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley 		4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
4  
  		Ladislav Jagec
Andrés Hammersley 		3
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
5  
  		Vladimir Petrović
Luis Ayala 		0
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     

Portugal vs. Czechoslovakia edit

 
Portugal
0 		Monsanto Tennis Club, Lisbon, Portugal[10]
29 April–1 May 1955
Clay 		 
Czechoslovakia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		David Cohen
Vladimír Zábrodský 		0
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
2  
  		José da Silva
Jiří Javorský 		0
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
3  
  		António Azevedo Gomes / José da Silva
Jiří Javorský / Vladimír Zábrodský 		1
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     
4  
  		José da Silva
Vladimír Zábrodský 		4
6 		2
6 		0
6 		     
5  
  		David Cohen
Jiří Javorský 		2
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     

Second round edit

Denmark vs. South Africa edit

 
Denmark
3 		Copenhagen, Denmark[11]
13–15 May 1955
Clay 		 
South Africa
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Kurt Nielsen
Ian Vermaak 		4
6 		6
1 		6
2 		1
6 		8
6 		 
2  
  		Jørgen Ulrich
Abe Segal 		3
6 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		   
3  
  		Søren Højberg / Kurt Nielsen
Abe Segal / Ian Vermaak 		11
9 		13
15 		1
6 		5
7 		   
4  
  		Jørgen Ulrich
Gordon Forbes 		6
2 		1
6 		9
11 		3
6 		   
5  
  		Kurt Nielsen
Abe Segal 		6
2 		6
3 		9
7 		     

West Germany vs. Italy edit

 
West Germany
0 		Munich, West Germany[12]
14–17 May 1955
  
Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Christoph Biederlack
Fausto Gardini 		2
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     
2  
  		Rupert Huber
Giuseppe Merlo 		2
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3  
  		Ernst Buchholz / Horst Hermann
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 		1
6 		4
6 		6
2 		6
8 		   
4  
  		Rupert Huber
Fausto Gardini 		0
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
5  
  		Christoph Biederlack
Giuseppe Merlo 		1
6 		6
8 		1
6 		     

Austria vs. Great Britain edit

 
Austria
1 		Vienna, Austria[13]
13–15 May 1955
Clay 		 
Great Britain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Alfred Huber
Roger Becker 		6
4 		9
7 		0
6 		6
4 		   
2  
  		Franz Saiko
Tony Mottram 		8
10 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3  
  		Alfred Huber / Hans Redl
Tony Mottram / Geoffrey Paish 		2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4  
  		Franz Saiko
Roger Becker 		2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
5  
  		Alfred Huber
Tony Mottram 		3
6 		7
5 		6
2 		4
6 		4
6 		 

Egypt vs. India edit

 
Egypt
0 		Cairo, Egypt[14]
13–15 May 1955
  
India
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Adel Ismail
Naresh Kumar 		0
6 		3
6 		6
4 		6
2 		1
6 		 
2  
  		Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Ramanathan Krishnan 		0
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3  
  		Donald Acobas / Adel Ismail
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar 		3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4  
  		Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Naresh Kumar 		1
6 		6
1 		4
6 		7
5 		2
6 		 
5  
  		Adli El Shafei
Ramanathan Krishnan 		1
6 		7
9 		3
6 		     

France vs. Argentina edit

 
France
3 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[15]
13–15 May 1955
Clay 		 
Argentina
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Paul Rémy
Alejo Russell 		6
4 		6
1 		6
4 		     
2  
  		Robert Haillet
Enrique Morea 		2
6 		4
6 		6
8 		     
3  
  		Marcel Bernard / Paul Rémy
Enrique Morea / Alejo Russell 		6
4 		6
3 		6
4 		     
4  
  		Paul Rémy
Enrique Morea 		7
9 		3
6 		4
6 		     
5  
  		Robert Haillet
Alejo Russell 		6
4 		2
6 		6
3 		6
2 		   

Switzerland vs. Sweden edit

 
Switzerland
0 		Montreux, Switzerland[16]
13–15 May 1955
Clay 		 
Sweden
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Martin Froesch
Sven Davidson 		1
6 		5
7 		0
6 		     
2  
  		Paul Blondel
Lennart Bergelin 		2
6 		1
6 		6
0 		2
6 		   
3  
  		Paul Blondel / René Buser
Sven Davidson / Ulf Schmidt 		4
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
4  
  		Martin Froesch
Lennart Bergelin 		6
2 		4
6 		2
6 		0
6 		   
5  
  		Paul Blondel
Ulf Schmidt 		2
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     

Hungary vs. Chile edit

 
Hungary
2 		Budapest, Hungary[17]
12–14 May 1955
  
Chile
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		József Asbóth
Andrés Hammersley 		2
6 		3
6 		6
4 		12
10 		4
6 		 
2  
  		András Ádám-Stolpa
Luis Ayala 		3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3  
  		András Ádám-Stolpa / József Asbóth
Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley 		7
5 		7
5 		6
4 		     
4  
  		József Asbóth
Luis Ayala 		6
3 		3
6 		7
5 		2
6 		0
6 		 
5  
  		András Ádám-Stolpa
Andrés Hammersley 		3
6 		7
5 		5
7 		7
5 		6
1 		 

Czechoslovakia vs. Belgium edit

 
Czechoslovakia
0 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[18]
13–15 May 1955
  
Belgium
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jiří Javorský
Philippe Washer 		0
6 		1
6 		6
3 		4
6 		   
2  
  		Vladimír Zábrodský
Jacques Brichant 		6
8 		3
6 		6
2 		4
6 		   
3  
  		Jiří Javorský / Vladimír Zábrodský
Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer 		1
6 		6
3 		3
6 		7
9 		   
4  
  		Vladimír Zábrodský
Philippe Washer 		2
6 		1
6 		6
3 		4
6 		   
5  
  		Jiří Javorský
Jacques Brichant 		2
6 		9
11 		6
3 		8
10 		   

Quarterfinals edit

Denmark vs. Italy edit

 
Denmark
0 		Copenhagen, Denmark[19]
10–12 June 1955
Clay 		 
Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Kurt Nielsen
Fausto Gardini 		2
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
2  
  		Torben Ulrich
Giuseppe Merlo 		3
6 		4
6 		6
3 		0
6 		   
3  
  		Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 		14
16 		3
6 		1
6 		     
4  
  		Kurt Nielsen
Giuseppe Merlo 		0
6 		6
4 		2
6 		6
4 		5
7 		 
5  
  		Jørgen Ulrich
Nicola Pietrangeli 		4
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     

Great Britain vs. India edit

 
Great Britain
3 		Northern Lawn Tennis Club, Manchester, England[20]
9–13 June 1955
Grass 		 
India
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Roger Becker
Naresh Kumar 		6
2 		7
9 		6
2 		6
3 		   
2  
  		Tony Mottram
Ramanathan Krishnan 		4
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
3  
  		Tony Mottram / Geoffrey Paish
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar 		6
2 		6
1 		3
6 		5
7 		4
6 		 
4  
  		Roger Becker
Ramanathan Krishnan 		13
11 		6
3 		6
3 		     
5  
  		Tony Mottram
Naresh Kumar 		2
6 		9
7 		4
6 		7
5 		6
3 		 

Sweden vs. France edit

 
Sweden
3 		Saltsjöbaden, Sweden[21]
10–12 June 1955
Clay 		 
France
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Lennart Bergelin
Robert Haillet 		3
6 		6
2 		6
3 		6
3 		   
2  
  		Sven Davidson
Paul Rémy 		3
6 		6
3 		6
2 		2
6 		1
6 		 
3  
  		Sven Davidson / Ulf Schmidt
Marcel Bernard / Paul Rémy 		4
6 		7
5 		4
6 		6
1 		2
6 		 
4  
  		Sven Davidson
Robert Haillet 		11
9 		6
2 		9
7 		     
5  
  		Lennart Bergelin
Paul Rémy 		1
6 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		   

Belgium vs. Chile edit

 
Belgium
2 		Brussels, Belgium[22]
10–12 June 1955
  
Chile
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jacques Brichant
Andrés Hammersley 		5
7 		6
4 		8
6 		8
6 		   
2  
  		Philippe Washer
Luis Ayala 		1
6 		6
8 		1
6 		     
3  
  		Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer
Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley 		6
4 		0
6 		6
4 		4
6 		6
4 		 
4  
  		Jacques Brichant
Luis Ayala 		6
1 		1
6 		9
7 		1
6 		5
7 		 
5  
  		Philippe Washer
Andrés Hammersley 		2
6 		6
4 		4
6 		6
0 		4
6 		 

Semifinals edit

Great Britain vs. Italy edit

 
Great Britain
0 		Edgbaston Lawn Tennis Club, Birmingham, England[23]
14–16 July 1955
Grass 		 
Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Billy Knight
Fausto Gardini 		9
7 		2
6 		4
6 		1
6 		   
2  
  		Roger Becker
Nicola Pietrangeli 		3
6 		9
7 		4
6 		6
8 		   
3  
  		Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 		6
4 		9
11 		6
8 		3
6 		   
4  
  		Billy Knight
Nicola Pietrangeli 		6
3 		6
4 		4
6 		3
6 		4
6 		 
5  
  		Roger Becker
Orlando Sirola 		8
10 		2
6 		5
7 		     

Sweden vs. Chile edit

 
Sweden
3 		Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[24]
15–17 July 1955
Clay 		 
Chile
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Sven Davidson
Luis Ayala 		6
1 		5
7 		5
7 		3
6 		   
2  
  		Lennart Bergelin
Andrés Hammersley 		5
7 		7
5 		6
2 		6
3 		   
3  
  		Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson
Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley 		6
0 		6
1 		6
4 		     
4  
  		Lennart Bergelin
Luis Ayala 		4
6 		6
4 		2
6 		1
6 		   
5  
  		Sven Davidson
Andrés Hammersley 		6
1 		6
1 		6
3 		     

Final edit

Italy vs. Sweden edit

 
Italy
4 		Milan, Italy[2]
29–31 July 1955
Clay 		 
Sweden
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Fausto Gardini
Sven Davidson 		6
4 		0
6 		3
6 		6
1 		6
3 		 
2  
  		Giuseppe Merlo
Lennart Bergelin 		6
1 		6
8 		6
8 		8
6 		6
1 		 
3  
  		Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson 		6
3 		6
4 		2
6 		2
6 		6
1 		 
4  
  		Orlando Sirola
Sven Davidson 		2
6 		6
8 		4
6 		     
5  
  		Fausto Gardini
Staffan Stockenberg 		6
4 		6
1 		6
4 		     

References edit

  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 "Italy v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Norway v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "West Germany v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Austria v Finland". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Turkey v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Monaco v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Switzerland v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Yugoslavia v Chile". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Portugal v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Denmark v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "West Germany v Italy". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Austria v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Egypt v India". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "France v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Switzerland v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Hungary v Chile". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Denmark v Italy". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Great Britain v India". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Sweden v France". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "Belgium v Chile". daviscup.com.
  23. ^ "Great Britain v Italy". daviscup.com.
  24. ^ "Sweden v Chile". daviscup.com.

External links edit

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