1958 Davis Cup Europe Zone

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The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1958 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 Great Britain in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2]

Draw[]

First Round
25 April–4 May
   Second Round
15–20 May
   Quarterfinals
5–8 June
   Semifinals
18–21 July
   Final
1–3 August
  Italy    
Florence, Italy (clay)
 bye       Italy 3  
  Monaco 0     India 2    
  India 5         Italy 5  
  Denmark         Denmark 0  
 bye       Denmark 3
  Yugoslavia 0     Czechoslovakia 2    
  Czechoslovakia 5         Italy 4  
  Mexico         Poland 1  
 bye       Mexico 5  
  Luxembourg 0     Finland 0    
  Finland 5         Mexico 2
  Poland         Poland 3  
 bye       Poland 4
   Switzerland 3      Switzerland 1    
Milan, Italy (clay)
  Austria 2         Italy 4
  Turkey 1    
Paris, France (clay)
     Great Britain 1
  Chile 4       Chile 1  
 bye     France 4    
Paris, France (clay)
  France         France 3  
  Egypt 1         Sweden 2  
  Spain 4       Spain 2
 bye     Sweden 3    
  Sweden         France 0
  Hungary 2         Great Britain 5  
  Brazil 3       Brazil 0  
 bye     Great Britain 5    
  Great Britain         Great Britain 5
  West Germany 4         West Germany 0  
  Netherlands 0       West Germany 3
 bye     Belgium 2  
  Belgium  

First round[]

Monaco vs. India[]


Monaco
0 		Monte Carlo, Monaco[3]
25–27 April 1958
India
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Monaco
India
Ramanathan Krishnan 		0
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
2 Monaco
India
Naresh Kumar 		8
6 		2
6 		3
6 		4
6 		   
3 Monaco
India 		 / 
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar 		0
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
4 Monaco
India
Ramanathan Krishnan 		7
5 		3
6 		2
6 		0
6 		   
5 Monaco
India
Akhtar Ali 		3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     

Yugoslavia vs. Czechoslovakia[]


Yugoslavia
0 		Zagreb, Yugoslavia[4]
25–27 April 1958
Czechoslovakia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Jiří Javorský 		4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
3
6 		6
4 		6
1 		3
6 		4
6 		 
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia 		Ilija Panajotović / 
Jiří Javorský /  		6
4 		4
6 		3
6 		1
6 		   
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Jiří Javorský 		2
6 		6
8 		6
1 		2
6 		   
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
6
3 		7
5 		1
6 		1
6 		5
7 		 

Luxembourg vs. Finland[]


Luxembourg
0 		Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg[5]
25–27 April 1958
Finland
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Luxembourg
Finland
3
6 		7
5 		2
6 		6
3 		5
7 		 
2 Luxembourg
Finland
Sakari Salo 		2
6 		2
6 		6
8 		     
3 Luxembourg
Finland 		 / 
 / Sakari Salo 		1
6 		7
5 		6
4 		4
6 		4
6 		 
4 Luxembourg
Finland
Sakari Salo 		2
6 		2
6 		6
2 		2
6 		   
5 Luxembourg
Finland
6
4 		1
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   

Switzerland vs. Austria[]


Switzerland
3 		Bern, Switzerland[6]
2–4 May 1958
Austria
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Switzerland
Austria
3
6 		6
4 		5
7 		4
6 		   
2 Switzerland
Austria
6
4 		6
1 		7
5 		     
3 Switzerland
Austria 		 / 
 /  		6
3 		4
6 		6
4 		10
8 		   
4 Switzerland
Austria
7
5 		5
7 		1
6 		0
6 		   
5 Switzerland
Austria
6
0 		6
4 		6
1 		     

Turkey vs. Chile[]


Turkey
1 		Istanbul, Turkey[7]
26–28 April 1958
Chile
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Turkey
Chile
Luis Ayala 		1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
2 Turkey
Chile 		Nazmi Bari
Patricio Rodríguez 		2
6 		8
10 		1
6 		     
3 Turkey
Chile 		 / Nazmi Bari
Luis Ayala / Patricio Rodríguez 		2
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
4 Turkey
Chile
Patricio Rodríguez 		2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
5 Turkey
Chile 		Nazmi Bari
 3
6 		3
6 		6
3 		6
3 		6
0 		 

Egypt vs. Spain[]


Egypt
1 		Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[8]
25–27 April 1958
Clay
Spain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Egypt
Spain 		Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Andrés Gimeno 		4
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
2 Egypt
Spain
Manuel Santana 		5
7 		1
6 		6
1 		4
6 		   
3 Egypt
Spain 		Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed / 
Juan Manuel Couder / Andrés Gimeno 		3
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
4 Egypt
Spain
Andrés Gimeno 		6
3 		1
6 		0
6 		1
6 		   
5 Egypt
Spain 		Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Manuel Santana 		6
1 		2
6 		2
6 		8
6 		6
4 		 

Hungary vs. Brazil[]


Hungary
2 		Budapest, Hungary[9]
25–27 April 1958
Brazil
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Hungary
Brazil 		András Ádám-Stolpa
Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		2
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
2 Hungary
Brazil 		István Gulyás
 6
3 		6
3 		5
7 		7
5 		   
3 Hungary
Brazil 		András Ádám-Stolpa / István Gulyás
Ronald Barnes / Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		4
6 		6
2 		6
3 		2
6 		4
6 		 
4 Hungary
Brazil 		István Gulyás
Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
5 Hungary
Brazil 		András Ádám-Stolpa
 5
7 		6
8 		6
4 		6
4 		6
4 		 

West Germany vs. Netherlands[]


West Germany
4 		Munich, West Germany[10]
25–27 April 1958
Netherlands
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
Netherlands
Pieter van Eijsden 		6
1 		7
5 		6
1 		     
2 West Germany
Netherlands 		Wilhelm Bungert
Hans van Dalsum 		7
5 		6
4 		6
2 		     
3 West Germany
Netherlands 		Wilhelm Bungert / 
 /  		6
2 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4 West Germany
Netherlands 		Wilhelm Bungert
Pieter van Eijsden 		6
3 		9
7 		6
8 		6
8 		7
5 		 
5 West Germany
Netherlands
Hans van Dalsum 		          not
played

Second round[]

Italy vs. India[]


Italy
3 		Florence, Italy[11]
15–18 May 1958
Clay
India
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
India 		Nicola Pietrangeli
Naresh Kumar 		8
6 		8
6 		10
8 		     
2 Italy
India 		Orlando Sirola
Ramanathan Krishnan 		2
6 		7
5 		6
3 		6
3 		   
3 Italy
India 		Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar 		1
6 		9
7 		4
6 		6
2 		6
3 		 
4 Italy
India 		Orlando Sirola
Naresh Kumar 		7
5 		5
7 		6
3 		4
6 		4
6 		 
5 Italy
India
Ramanathan Krishnan 		0
6 		6
2 		4
6 		2
6 		   

Denmark vs. Czechoslovakia[]


Denmark
3 		Copenhagen, Denmark[12]
15–17 May 1958
Clay
Czechoslovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
Czechoslovakia 		Torben Ulrich
 6
1 		6
4 		6
0 		     
2 Denmark
Czechoslovakia 		Kurt Nielsen
Jiří Javorský 		6
2 		8
10 		7
9 		12
10 		6
1 		 
3 Denmark
Czechoslovakia 		Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich
Jiří Javorský /  		4
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4 Denmark
Czechoslovakia 		Kurt Nielsen
 5
7 		6
4 		6
4 		6
2 		   
5 Denmark
Czechoslovakia 		Jørgen Ulrich
Jiří Javorský 		10
8 		3
6 		1
6 		6
4 		5
7 		 

Finland vs. Mexico[]


Finland
0 		Helsinki, Finland[13]
16–18 May 1958
Mexico
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Mexico 		Heikki Hedman
Francisco Contreras 		3
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
2 Finland
Mexico 		Sakari Salo
Mario Llamas 		3
6 		6
4 		3
6 		7
9 		   
3 Finland
Mexico 		 / Sakari Salo
Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox 		2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
4 Finland
Mexico 		Sakari Salo
Rafael Osuna 		11
9 		12
10 		8
10 		3
6 		4
6 		 
5 Finland
Mexico 		Heikki Hedman
Antonio Palafox 		5
7 		3
6 		5
7 		     

Switzerland vs. Poland[]


Switzerland
1 		Lausanne, Switzerland[14]
15–17 May 1958
Poland
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Switzerland
Poland
Władysław Skonecki 		4
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
2 Switzerland
Poland
Andrzej Licis 		2
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
3 Switzerland
Poland 		 / 
 /  		6
2 		6
4 		7
5 		     
4 Switzerland
Poland
Andrzej Licis 		3
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
5 Switzerland
Poland
Władysław Skonecki 		7
5 		6
3 		4
6 		3
6 		2
6 		 

France vs. Chile[]


France
4 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[15]
15–17 May 1958
Clay
Chile
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
Chile 		Robert Haillet
Patricio Rodríguez 		6
2 		6
4 		6
3 		     
2 France
Chile 		Pierre Darmon
Luis Ayala 		7
9 		4
6 		7
5 		1
6 		   
3 France
Chile 		Pierre Darmon / Paul Rémy
Luis Ayala / Patricio Rodríguez 		6
2 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4 France
Chile 		Robert Haillet
Luis Ayala 		6
0 		6
4 		6
4 		     
5 France
Chile 		Pierre Darmon
Patricio Rodríguez 		6
2 		6
3 		6
2 		     

Spain vs. Sweden[]


Spain
2 		Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain[16]
18–20 May 1958
Clay
Sweden
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Sweden 		Andrés Gimeno
Sven Davidson 		6
3 		2
6 		3
6 		6
3 		3
6 		 
2 Spain
Sweden 		Manuel Santana
Ulf Schmidt 		2
6 		3
6 		5
7 		     
3 Spain
Sweden 		Alberto Arilla / Andrés Gimeno
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt 		9
7 		8
6 		9
7 		     
4 Spain
Sweden 		Andrés Gimeno
Ulf Schmidt 		4
6 		6
3 		5
7 		4
6 		   
5 Spain
Sweden 		Manuel Santana
Jan-Erik Lundqvist 		1
6 		6
4 		6
0 		6
4 		   

Great Britain vs. Brazil[]


Great Britain
5 		Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[17]
15–17 May 1958
Grass
Brazil
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Brazil 		Billy Knight
Ronald Barnes 		6
0 		6
2 		6
0 		     
2 United Kingdom
Brazil 		Mike Davies
Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		6
4 		6
2 		6
3 		     
3 United Kingdom
Brazil 		Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
Ronald Barnes / Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		6
2 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4 United Kingdom
Brazil 		Mike Davies
 6
2 		6
1 		6
3 		     
5 United Kingdom
Brazil 		Roger Becker
Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		6
3 		6
1 		6
1 		     

West Germany vs. Belgium[]


West Germany
3 		Cologne, West Germany[18]
16–18 May 1958
Belgium
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
Belgium
6
4 		6
2 		6
1 		     
2 West Germany
Belgium 		Wilhelm Bungert
Jacques Brichant 		4
6 		2
6 		8
6 		6
8 		   
3 West Germany
Belgium 		 / 
Jacques Brichant /  		6
2 		6
1 		6
0 		     
4 West Germany
Belgium 		Wilhelm Bungert
 6
2 		6
3 		6
1 		     
5 West Germany
Belgium
Jacques Brichant 		8
10 		2
6 		6
2 		2
6 		   

Quarterfinals[]

Denmark vs. Italy[]


Denmark
0 		Copenhagen, Denmark[19]
5–7 June 1958
Clay
Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
Italy 		Kurt Nielsen
Orlando Sirola 		2
6 		6
4 		5
7 		14
12 		5
7 		 
2 Denmark
Italy 		Torben Ulrich
Nicola Pietrangeli 		2
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
3 Denmark
Italy 		Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 		2
6 		6
2 		3
6 		2
6 		   
4 Denmark
Italy 		Torben Ulrich
Orlando Sirola 		8
6 		3
6 		4
6 		6
3 		3
6 		 
5 Denmark
Italy 		Kurt Nielsen
Nicola Pietrangeli 		1
6 		6
3 		4
6 		4
6 		   

Poland vs. Mexico[]


Poland
3 		Warsaw, Poland[20]
6–8 June 1958
Mexico
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Poland
Mexico 		Andrzej Licis
Francisco Contreras 		6
2 		6
2 		8
6 		     
2 Poland
Mexico 		Władysław Skonecki
Mario Llamas 		8
6 		4
6 		6
3 		7
5 		   
3 Poland
Mexico 		 / 
Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox 		3
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
4 Poland
Mexico 		Andrzej Licis
Mario Llamas 		3
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     
5 Poland
Mexico 		Władysław Skonecki
Francisco Contreras 		6
8 		6
2 		8
6 		6
4 		   

France vs. Sweden[]


France
3 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[21]
6–8 June 1958
Clay
Sweden
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
Sweden 		Pierre Darmon
Sven Davidson 		3
6 		6
3 		6
0 		6
0 		   
2 France
Sweden 		Robert Haillet
Ulf Schmidt 		6
3 		6
3 		6
4 		     
3 France
Sweden 		Pierre Darmon / Paul Rémy
Sven Davidson / Ulf Schmidt 		3
6 		3
6 		6
2 		4
6 		   
4 France
Sweden 		Robert Haillet
Sven Davidson 		4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
5 France
Sweden 		Pierre Darmon
Ulf Schmidt 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		     

Great Britain vs. West Germany[]


Great Britain
5 		Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Club, Scarborough, England[22]
5–7 June 1958
Grass
West Germany
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
West Germany 		Roger Becker
 6
1 		8
6 		6
3 		     
2 United Kingdom
West Germany 		Mike Davies
Wilhelm Bungert 		6
2 		6
2 		6
3 		     
3 United Kingdom
West Germany 		Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
 /  		6
2 		6
4 		6
3 		     
4 United Kingdom
West Germany 		Billy Knight
 6
2 		6
0 		6
4 		     
5 United Kingdom
West Germany 		Roger Becker
Wilhelm Bungert 		6
2 		4
6 		7
5 		6
2 		   

Semifinals[]

Poland vs. Italy[]


Poland
1 		Warsaw, Poland[23]
18–20 July 1958
Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Poland
Italy 		Władysław Skonecki
Nicola Pietrangeli 		3
6 		2
6 		6
4 		1
6 		   
2 Poland
Italy 		Andrzej Licis
Orlando Sirola 		4
6 		6
3 		4
6 		3
6 		   
3 Poland
Italy 		 / 
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 		3
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
4 Poland
Italy 		Andrzej Licis
Nicola Pietrangeli 		6
4 		6
2 		6
1 		     
5 Poland
Italy 		Władysław Skonecki
Orlando Sirola 		6
1 		6
3 		0
6 		2
6 		2
6 		 

Great Britain vs. France[]


Great Britain
5 		Northern Lawn Tennis Club, Manchester, England[24]
19–21 July 1958
Grass
France
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
France 		Mike Davies
Paul Rémy 		4
6 		4
6 		6
3 		6
4 		6
1 		 
2 United Kingdom
France 		Bobby Wilson
Pierre Darmon 		6
1 		9
7 		6
3 		     
3 United Kingdom
France 		Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
Pierre Darmon / Jean-Claude Molinari 		4
6 		6
3 		6
4 		6
1 		   
4 United Kingdom
France 		Bobby Wilson
Paul Rémy 		6
3 		8
6 		6
4 		     
5 United Kingdom
France 		Billy Knight
Pierre Darmon 		6
2 		4
6 		6
3 		9
7 		   

Final[]

Italy vs. Great Britain[]


Italy
4 		Milan, Italy[2]
1–3 August 1958
Clay
Great Britain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
United Kingdom 		Nicola Pietrangeli
Mike Davies 		4
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
2 Italy
United Kingdom 		Orlando Sirola
Billy Knight 		6
3 		7
5 		6
3 		     
3 Italy
United Kingdom 		Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Mike Davies / Billy Knight 		6
3 		5
7 		6
4 		4
6 		9
7 		 
4 Italy
United Kingdom 		Nicola Pietrangeli
Billy Knight 		4
6 		6
3 		6
4 		6
1 		   
5 Italy
United Kingdom 		Orlando Sirola
Mike Davies 		6
3 		6
2 		6
2 		     

References[]

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

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