1962 Davis Cup Europe Zone

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The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1962 Davis Cup.

28 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. Sweden defeated Italy in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2]

Draw[]

First Round
4–7 May
  Second Round
18–21 May
  Quarterfinals
14–17 June
  Semifinals
13–15 July
  Final
27–29 July
  Italy    
Florence, Italy (clay)
 bye       Italy 5  
  Netherlands 0     Soviet Union 0    
Brescia, Italy (clay)
  Soviet Union 5         Italy 4  
  Hungary 5         Hungary 1  
  Luxembourg 0       Hungary 5
  Denmark 4     Denmark 0    
Milan, Italy (clay)
  New Zealand 1         Italy 5  
  Norway 0         Great Britain 0  
  Poland 5       Poland 0  
  Monaco 0     Brazil 3    
  Brazil 5         Brazil 1
  Ireland 1    
Vienna, Austria (clay)
    Great Britain 4  
  Austria 4       Austria 1
 bye     Great Britain 4    
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Great Britain         Italy 1
  France    
Paris, France (clay)
    Sweden 4
 bye       France 2  
   Switzerland 0     South Africa 3    
  South Africa 4         South Africa 3  
  Spain 2         West Germany 2  
  West Germany 3       West Germany 5
  Romania 4     Romania 0    
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Israel 1         South Africa 1
  Lebanon 1         Sweden 4  
  Finland 4       Finland 0  
  Czechoslovakia 4     Czechoslovakia 5    
  Egypt 1         Czechoslovakia 0
  Belgium 4         Sweden 5  
  Chile 1       Belgium 0
 bye     Sweden 5  
  Sweden  

First round[]

Netherlands vs. Soviet Union[]


Netherlands
0
Scheveningen, Netherlands[3]
5–7 May 1962
Clay

Soviet Union
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Netherlands
Soviet Union

Toomas Leius
1
6
1
6
2
6
     
2 Netherlands
Soviet Union

Sergei Likhachev
3
6
1
6
6
4
4
6
   
3 Netherlands
Soviet Union
 / 
Toomas Leius / Sergei Likhachev
1
6
5
7
2
6
     
4 Netherlands
Soviet Union
Pieter van Eijsden
Sergei Likhachev
1
6
1
6
1
6
     
5 Netherlands
Soviet Union

5
7
5
7
2
6
     

Hungary vs. Luxembourg[]


Hungary
5
Budapest, Hungary[4]
4–6 May 1962

Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Hungary
Luxembourg

6
0
6
2
6
3
     
2 Hungary
Luxembourg
István Gulyás
6
3
6
1
6
1
     
3 Hungary
Luxembourg
István Gulyás / 
 / 
6
1
6
1
6
3
     
4 Hungary
Luxembourg
István Gulyás
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
5 Hungary
Luxembourg

6
1
6
2
6
2
     

Denmark vs. New Zealand[]


Denmark
4
Copenhagen, Denmark[5]
4–6 May 1962
Clay

New Zealand
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
New Zealand
Jan Leschly
John Souter
6
2
7
5
6
4
     
2 Denmark
New Zealand
Jørgen Ulrich
Ian Crookenden
6
2
1
6
10
8
2
6
10
8
 
3 Denmark
New Zealand
Jan Leschly / Jørgen Ulrich
Ian Crookenden / John Souter
8
6
6
3
6
4
     
4 Denmark
New Zealand
Jan Leschly
Ian Crookenden
6
2
3
6
8
6
6
0
   
5 Denmark
New Zealand
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
John Souter
3
6
2
6
6
4
0
6
   

Norway vs. Poland[]


Norway
0
Oslo, Norway[6]
4–7 May 1962
Clay

Poland
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Norway
Poland

Władysław Skonecki
3
6
1
6
0
6
     
2 Norway
Poland

Wiesław Gąsiorek
2
6
6
3
2
6
2
6
   
3 Norway
Poland
 / 
Wiesław Gąsiorek / 
4
6
4
6
1
6
     
4 Norway
Poland

Wiesław Gąsiorek
2
6
6
4
1
6
4
6
   
5 Norway
Poland

6
1
6
2
3
6
3
6
4
6
 

Monaco vs. Brazil[]


Monaco
0
Monte Carlo, Monaco[7]
4–6 May 1962

Brazil
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Monaco
Brazil

José Edison Mandarino
0
6
1
6
0
6
     
2 Monaco
Brazil

Carlos Alberto Fernandes
4
6
2
6
2
6
     
3 Monaco
Brazil
 / 
Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino
0
6
2
6
3
6
     
4 Monaco
Brazil

Carlos Alberto Fernandes
1
6
2
6
3
6
     
5 Monaco
Brazil

Thomaz Koch
5
7
3
6
1
6
     

Ireland vs. Austria[]


Ireland
1
Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[8]
4–6 May 1962
Grass

Austria
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Republic of Ireland
Austria
Peter Jackson
5
7
2
6
1
6
     
2 Republic of Ireland
Austria

Ladislav Legenstein
0
6
2
6
2
6
     
3 Republic of Ireland
Austria
 / 
 / Ladislav Legenstein
3
6
3
6
7
9
     
4 Republic of Ireland
Austria

1
6
2
6
       
5 Republic of Ireland
Austria
Peter Jackson
6
4
1
6
6
4
     

Switzerland vs. South Africa[]


Switzerland
0
Lausanne, Switzerland[9]
4–6 May 1962

South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Switzerland
South Africa

Abe Segal
2
6
1
6
3
6
     
2 Switzerland
South Africa
Jorge Paulo Lemann
Gordon Forbes
3
6
7
5
6
3
5
7
1
6
 
3 Switzerland
South Africa
 / 
Gordon Forbes / Abe Segal
3
6
1
6
2
6
     
4 Switzerland
South Africa
Jorge Paulo Lemann
Cliff Drysdale
9
11
2
6
4
6
     
5 Switzerland
South Africa

Gordon Forbes
          not
played

Spain vs. West Germany[]


Spain
2
Real Madrid Club de Tenis, Madrid, Spain[10]
4–6 May 1962
Clay

West Germany
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
West Germany
Manuel Santana
Ingo Buding
6
3
1
6
2
6
6
2
5
7
 
2 Spain
West Germany
Juan Manuel Couder
Wilhelm Bungert
1
6
6
4
6
2
4
6
7
5
 
3 Spain
West Germany
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke
7
9
4
6
6
3
9
11
   
4 Spain
West Germany
Manuel Santana
Wilhelm Bungert
2
6
5
7
3
6
     
5 Spain
West Germany
Juan Manuel Couder
Ingo Buding
6
4
6
3
6
2
     

Romania vs. Israel[]


Romania
4
Bucharest, Romania[11]
4–6 May 1962
Clay

Israel
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
Israel
Ion Țiriac
Eleazar Davidman
6
0
6
3
6
3
     
2 Romania
Israel

6
0
6
1
6
1
     
3 Romania
Israel
Petre Marmureanu / Ion Țiriac
Eleazar Davidman / 
6
4
6
1
6
4
     
4 Romania
Israel

Eleazar Davidman
6
4
6
1
1
6
3
6
4
6
 
5 Romania
Israel
Ion Țiriac
6
3
6
1
6
1
     

Lebanon vs. Finland[]


Lebanon
1
Alumni Club, Beirut, Lebanon[12]
4–6 May 1962
Clay

Finland
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Lebanon
Finland

1
6
0
6
2
6
     
2 Lebanon
Finland

Sakari Salo
6
4
6
3
7
5
     
3 Lebanon
Finland
 / 
 / Sakari Salo
2
6
7
5
6
8
7
9
   
4 Lebanon
Finland

Sakari Salo
8
6
2
6
2
6
1
6
   
5 Lebanon
Finland

6
3
4
6
1
6
0
6
   

Czechoslovakia vs. Egypt[]


Czechoslovakia
4
Prague, Czechoslovakia[13]
4–6 May 1962

Egypt
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
Egypt

6
1
6
4
4
6
3
6
6
4
 
2 Czechoslovakia
Egypt
Jiří Javorský
Fathi Mohammed-Ali
6
3
6
2
6
4
     
3 Czechoslovakia
Egypt
Jiří Javorský / 
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed / Fathi Mohammed-Ali
6
2
3
6
6
0
6
3
   
4 Czechoslovakia
Egypt

Fathi Mohammed-Ali
4
6
4
6
2
6
     
5 Czechoslovakia
Egypt

6
2
6
1
6
2
     

Belgium vs. Chile[]


Belgium
4
Brussels, Belgium[14]
4–6 May 1962

Chile
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belgium
Chile
Eric Drossart
Patricio Apey
7
5
6
2
6
2
     
2 Belgium
Chile
Jacques Brichant
Patricio Rodríguez
6
0
7
5
6
4
     
3 Belgium
Chile
Jacques Brichant / Eric Drossart
 / Patricio Rodríguez
4
6
3
6
6
3
6
0
6
2
 
4 Belgium
Chile
Claude de Gronckel
Patricio Apey
3
6
5
7
6
4
7
9
   
5 Belgium
Chile
Eric Drossart
Patricio Rodríguez
6
4
4
6
7
5
2
6
6
2
 

Second round[]

Italy vs. Soviet Union[]


Italy
5
Florence, Italy[15]
18–20 May 1962
Clay

Soviet Union
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Soviet Union
Nicola Pietrangeli
Toomas Leius
6
4
1
6
6
3
6
1
   
2 Italy
Soviet Union
Fausto Gardini
Sergei Likhachev
6
0
6
2
6
3
     
3 Italy
Soviet Union
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Toomas Leius / Sergei Likhachev
7
5
6
2
6
3
     
4 Italy
Soviet Union
Nicola Pietrangeli
Sergei Likhachev
0
6
8
6
8
6
6
1
   
5 Italy
Soviet Union
Fausto Gardini
Toomas Leius
6
4
2
6
6
3
6
3
   

Hungary vs. Denmark[]


Hungary
5
Budapest, Hungary[16]
18–20 May 1962
Clay

Denmark
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Hungary
Denmark

Carl-Edvard Hedelund
6
2
7
5
6
4
     
2 Hungary
Denmark
István Gulyás
6
3
6
0
6
2
     
3 Hungary
Denmark
István Gulyás / 
Carl-Edvard Hedelund / 
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
4 Hungary
Denmark

6
2
6
4
6
4
     
5 Hungary
Denmark
István Gulyás
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
6
0
6
3
6
4
     

Poland vs. Brazil[]


Poland
0
Warsaw, Poland[17]
18–20 May 1962

Brazil
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Poland
Brazil
Władysław Skonecki
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
4
6
6
2
6
8
4
6
   
2 Poland
Brazil
Wiesław Gąsiorek
José Edison Mandarino
5
7
2
6
2
6
     
3 Poland
Brazil
 / 
Ronald Barnes / Carlos Alberto Fernandes
3
6
2
6
3
6
     
4 Poland
Brazil
Wiesław Gąsiorek
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
          not
played
5 Poland
Brazil
Władysław Skonecki
José Edison Mandarino
          not
played

Austria vs. Great Britain[]


Austria
1
Vienna, Austria[18]
19–21 May 1962
Clay

Great Britain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
United Kingdom
Ladislav Legenstein
Billy Knight
0
6
6
3
2
6
3
6
   
2 Austria
United Kingdom

Mike Sangster
6
3
3
6
2
6
6
4
6
3
 
3 Austria
United Kingdom
Ladislav Legenstein / 
Billy Knight / Tony Pickard
0
6
2
6
6
3
6
4
0
6
 
4 Austria
United Kingdom

Billy Knight
2
6
4
6
7
9
     
5 Austria
United Kingdom

Mike Sangster
8
10
4
6
6
3
5
7
   

France vs. South Africa[]


France
2
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[19]
18–20 May 1962
Clay

South Africa
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
South Africa
Gerard Pilet
Cliff Drysdale
5
7
6
2
3
6
10
12
   
2 France
South Africa
Pierre Darmon
Gordon Forbes
6
3
6
1
6
2
     
3 France
South Africa
Jean-Claude Barclay / 
Gordon Forbes / Abe Segal
4
6
1
6
3
6
     
4 France
South Africa
Pierre Darmon
Cliff Drysdale
6
4
7
5
6
2
     
5 France
South Africa
Gerard Pilet
Gordon Forbes
1
6
1
6
7
9
     

West Germany vs. Romania[]


West Germany
5
Hanover, West Germany[20]
18–20 May 1962

Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
Romania
Wilhelm Bungert
6
1
8
6
6
2
     
2 West Germany
Romania
Ingo Buding
Ion Țiriac
6
4
6
0
6
3
     
3 West Germany
Romania
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke
 / Ion Țiriac
6
0
6
3
6
4
     
4 West Germany
Romania
Wilhelm Bungert
Ion Țiriac
6
1
6
2
6
2
     
5 West Germany
Romania
Ingo Buding
6
2
6
2
6
1
     

Finland vs. Czechoslovakia[]


Finland
0
Helsinki, Finland[21]
18–20 May 1962

Czechoslovakia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Czechoslovakia

Jiří Javorský
6
8
2
6
4
6
     
2 Finland
Czechoslovakia
Pekka Säilä
0
6
7
9
4
6
     
3 Finland
Czechoslovakia
 / Sakari Salo
Jiří Javorský / 
0
6
6
3
6
8
4
6
   
4 Finland
Czechoslovakia
Pekka Säilä
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
5 Finland
Czechoslovakia

6
4
6
4
4
6
1
6
3
6
 

Belgium vs. Sweden[]


Belgium
0
Royal Léopold Club, Brussels, Belgium[22]
18–20 May 1962
Clay

Sweden
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belgium
Sweden
Jacques Brichant
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
6
2
3
6
4
6
3
6
   
2 Belgium
Sweden
Eric Drossart
Ulf Schmidt
2
6
4
6
1
6
     
3 Belgium
Sweden
Jacques Brichant / Eric Drossart
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
0
6
3
6
1
6
     
4 Belgium
Sweden
Jacques Brichant
Ulf Schmidt
2
6
6
4
4
6
2
6
   
5 Belgium
Sweden
Eric Drossart
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
1
6
2
6
2
6
     

Quarterfinals[]

Italy vs. Hungary[]


Italy
4
Brescia, Italy[23]
15–17 June 1962
Clay

Hungary
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Hungary
Fausto Gardini
6
1
6
3
6
1
     
2 Italy
Hungary
Nicola Pietrangeli
István Gulyás
6
1
4
6
3
6
2
6
   
3 Italy
Hungary
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
István Gulyás / 
1
6
6
2
6
1
4
6
6
3
 
4 Italy
Hungary
Nicola Pietrangeli
6
0
6
2
6
3
     
5 Italy
Hungary
Fausto Gardini
István Gulyás
6
1
2
6
6
3
6
2
   

Great Britain vs. Brazil[]


Great Britain
4
Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[24]
14–16 June 1962
Grass

Brazil
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Brazil
Mike Sangster
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
2 United Kingdom
Brazil
Billy Knight
Thomaz Koch
6
3
6
3
6
1
     
3 United Kingdom
Brazil
Billy Knight / Tony Pickard
Ronald Barnes / José Edison Mandarino
17
19
6
1
4
6
7
9
   
4 United Kingdom
Brazil
Billy Knight
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
10
8
6
3
3
6
7
5
   
5 United Kingdom
Brazil
Mike Sangster
José Edison Mandarino
4
6
6
3
6
3
2
6
7
5
 

West Germany vs. South Africa[]


West Germany
2
West Berlin[25]
15–17 June 1962

South Africa
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
South Africa
Ingo Buding
Cliff Drysdale
4
6
7
5
6
4
9
11
6
3
 
2 West Germany
South Africa
Wilhelm Bungert
Gordon Forbes
6
3
6
8
4
6
6
3
6
4
 
3 West Germany
South Africa
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke
Gordon Forbes / Abe Segal
6
4
4
6
2
6
6
3
3
6
 
4 West Germany
South Africa
Ingo Buding
Gordon Forbes
3
6
2
6
7
5
4
6
   
5 West Germany
South Africa
Wilhelm Bungert
Cliff Drysdale
2
6
6
0
6
8
2
6
   

Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia[]


Sweden
5
Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden[26]
15–17 June 1962
Clay

Czechoslovakia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Ulf Schmidt
6
2
6
4
6
2
     
2 Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Jiří Javorský
6
0
10
8
6
2
     
3 Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Jiří Javorský / 
8
6
6
3
6
0
     
4 Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
6
2
6
0
6
4
     
5 Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Ulf Schmidt
Jiří Javorský
6
4
3
6
6
3
6
2
   

Semifinals[]

Italy vs. Great Britain[]


Italy
5
Milan, Italy[27]
13–15 July 1962
Clay

Great Britain
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
United Kingdom
Nicola Pietrangeli
Mike Sangster
6
3
4
6
7
5
8
6
   
2 Italy
United Kingdom
Fausto Gardini
Billy Knight
6
1
6
8
6
3
6
1
   
3 Italy
United Kingdom
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Billy Knight / Tony Pickard
6
3
6
4
6
8
6
3
   
4 Italy
United Kingdom
Nicola Pietrangeli
Tony Pickard
8
6
6
0
6
1
     
5 Italy
United Kingdom
Fausto Gardini
Mike Sangster
6
1
6
3
6
0
     

Sweden vs. South Africa[]


Sweden
4
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[28]
13–15 July 1962
Clay

South Africa
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
South Africa
Ulf Schmidt
Cliff Drysdale
3
6
2
6
6
3
3
6
   
2 Sweden
South Africa
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Gordon Forbes
6
2
6
4
6
1
     
3 Sweden
South Africa
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Cliff Drysdale / Abe Segal
6
4
6
2
9
7
     
4 Sweden
South Africa
Ulf Schmidt
Abe Segal
11
9
6
4
6
1
     
5 Sweden
South Africa
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Cliff Drysdale
6
4
6
4
6
2
     

Final[]

Sweden vs. Italy[]


Sweden
4
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[2]
27–29 July 1962
Clay

Italy
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Italy
Ulf Schmidt
Fausto Gardini
3
6
6
3
5
7
3
6
   
2 Sweden
Italy
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Nicola Pietrangeli
6
2
6
4
6
1
     
3 Sweden
Italy
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
6
1
3
6
6
8
6
4
9
7
 
4 Sweden
Italy
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Fausto Gardini
6
0
6
2
6
1
     
5 Sweden
Italy
Ulf Schmidt
Nicola Pietrangeli
6
1
8
6
6
3
     

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 "Sweden v Italy". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Netherlands v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Hungary v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Denmark v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Norway v Poland". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Monaco v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Ireland v Austria". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Switzerland v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Spain v West Germany". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Romania v Israel". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Lebanon v Finland". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Belgium v Chile". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Italy v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Hungary v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Poland v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Austria v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "France v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "West Germany v Romania". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Finland v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "Belgium v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  23. ^ "Italy v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  24. ^ "Great Britain v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  25. ^ "West Germany v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  26. ^ "Sweden v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  27. ^ "Italy v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  28. ^ "Sweden v South Africa". daviscup.com.

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