1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

Main article: 1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone
Details
Duration29 April 1937 – 12 July 1937
Teams20
Categories1937 Europe Zone
1937 America Zone
Champion
Winning nation Germany
Qualified for: 1937 Inter-Zonal Final
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1938 →

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

20 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 Czechoslovakia in the final, and went on to face the United States in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

First Round
29 April–2 May		Second Round
8–17 May		Quarterfinals
4–7 June		Semifinals
12–14 June		Final
10–12 July
 GermanyMunich, Germany
bye Germany3
 Austria Austria1Milan, Italy (clay)
bye Germany4
 ItalyBologna, Italy (clay) Italy1
bye Italy5
 Monaco Monaco0Berlin, Germany
bye Germany4
 SwedenStockholm, Sweden (clay) Belgium1
bye Sweden3
 Greece Greece2Brussels, Belgium (clay)
bye Sweden2
 Belgium3Brussels, Belgium Belgium3
 Hungary2 Belgium4
  Switzerland3  Switzerland1Berlin, Germany
 Ireland2 Germany4
 Netherlands0Brighton, England (clay) Czechoslovakia1
 South Africa5 South Africa4
 New Zealand3 New Zealand1Zagreb, Yugoslavia
 China2 South Africa1
byeBelgrade, Yugoslavia Yugoslavia4
 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia5
bye Romania0Prague, Czechoslovakia
 Romania Yugoslavia1
byeWarsaw, Poland Czechoslovakia4
 Poland Poland0
bye Czechoslovakia5Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia4
byeParis, France (clay) France1
 France France5
bye Norway0
 Norway

First round

Hungary vs. Belgium


Hungary
2 		Budapest, Hungary[3]
30 April–2 May 1937
Belgium
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
György Dallos
André Lacroix 		4
6 		7
9 		6
4 		6
3 		6
3 		 
2
Emil Gábori
Charles Naeyaert 		5
7 		6
4 		6
4 		0
6 		4
6 		 
3
Emil Ferenczy / Emil Gábori
Léopold de Borman / Pierre Geelhand de Merxem 		6
2 		6
1 		4
6 		3
6 		1
6 		 
4
Emil Gábori
André Lacroix 		1
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
5
György Dallos
Charles Naeyaert 		7
5 		4
6 		6
2 		3
3 		   
retired

Switzerland vs. Ireland


Switzerland
3 		Montreux, Switzerland[4]
30 April–2 May 1937
Ireland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Max Ellmer
George Lyttleton-Rogers 		6
8 		6
1 		1
6 		3
6 		   
2
Hector Fisher
George McVeagh 		6
4 		6
2 		6
1 		     
3
Hector Fisher / Boris Maneff
George Lyttleton-Rogers / George McVeagh 		0
6 		1
6 		7
5 		7
5 		4
6 		 
4
Hector Fisher
George Lyttleton-Rogers 		6
3 		6
4 		4
6 		2
6 		6
2 		 
5
Max Ellmer
George McVeagh 		5
7 		8
6 		6
4 		6
1 		   

Netherlands vs. South Africa


Netherlands
0 		Amsterdam, Netherlands[5]
30 April–2 May 1937
Clay
South Africa
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Diederik Teschmacher
Vernon Kirby 		2
6 		5
7 		6
8 		     
2
Tod Hughan
Norman Farquharson 		1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
3
Tod Hughan / Hans van Swol
Norman Farquharson / Vernon Kirby 		4
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
4
Tod Hughan
Eustace Fannin 		2
6 		5
7 		6
3 		3
6 		   
5
Diederik Teschmacher
Norman Farquharson 		7
9 		1
6 		3
6 		     

China vs. New Zealand


China
2 		Sussex County Ground, Brighton, England[6]
29 April–1 May 1937
Clay
New Zealand
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Choy Wai-Chuen
Alan Stedman 		4
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
2
Kho Sin-Kie
Cam Malfroy 		6
0 		6
3 		4
6 		6
2 		   
3
Kho Sin-Kie / Tsui Wai-Pui
Cam Malfroy / Alan Stedman 		3
6 		8
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   
4
Kho Sin-Kie
Alan Stedman 		6
4 		6
4 		1
6 		6
4 		   
5
Choy Wai-Chuen
Cam Malfroy 		1
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     

Second round

Germany vs. Austria


Germany
3 		Munich, Germany[7]
8–10 May 1937
Austria
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Henner Henkel
Adam Baworowski 		6
1 		6
4 		6
1 		     
2
Gottfried von Cramm
Georg von Metaxa 		6
3 		6
4 		6
3 		     
3
Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel
Adam Baworowski / Georg von Metaxa 		8
6 		11
9 		7
5 		     
4
Edgar Dettmer
Hans Redl 		6
8 		1
6 		6
3 		1
6 		   
5
Gottfried von Cramm
Adam Baworowski 		8
10 		        not
completed

Italy vs. Monaco


Italy
5 		Bologna, Italy[8]
8–10 May 1937
Clay
Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Vanni Canepele
Gaston Médécin 		6
0 		6
1 		6
0 		     
2
Giorgio de Stefani
Vladimir Landau 		6
2 		6
0 		6
3 		     
3
Ferruccio Quintavalle / Valentino Taroni
Vladimir Landau / Gaston Médécin 		6
1 		6
3 		6
3 		     
4
Vanni Canepele
Vladimir Landau 		6
0 		6
4 		6
1 		     
5
Giorgio de Stefani
Gaston Médécin 		6
1 		7
5 		7
5 		     

Sweden vs. Greece


Sweden
3 		Tennisstadion, Stockholm, Sweden[9]
12–14 May 1937
Clay
Greece
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Kalle Schröder
Lazaros Stalios 		6
3 		6
3 		6
4 		     
2
Sigurd Karlborg
Georgios Nikolaides 		6
4 		2
6 		2
6 		3
6 		   
3
Curt Östberg / Kalle Schröder
Georgios Nikolaides / Lazaros Stalios 		6
2 		6
2 		8
10 		3
6 		8
6 		 
4
Kalle Schröder
Georgios Nikolaides 		6
2 		6
4 		6
4 		     
5
Sigurd Karlborg
Lazaros Stalios 		2
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     

Belgium vs. Switzerland


Belgium
4 		Brussels, Belgium[10]
15–17 May 1937
Switzerland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Charles Naeyaert
Max Ellmer 		13
11 		6
3 		6
3 		     
2
André Lacroix
Hector Fisher 		4
6 		2
6 		6
8 		     
3
Léopold de Borman / André Lacroix
Boris Maneff / Werner Steiner 		6
2 		6
4 		6
1 		     
4
André Lacroix
Max Ellmer 		6
0 		6
4 		6
1 		     
5
Charles Naeyaert
Hector Fisher 		4
6 		6
0 		4
6 		6
3 		7
5 		 

South Africa vs. New Zealand


South Africa
4 		Sussex County Ground, Brighton, England[11]
8–11 May 1937
Clay
New Zealand
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Norman Farquharson
Alan Stedman 		5
7 		3
6 		6
3 		2
6 		   
2
Vernon Kirby
Cam Malfroy 		7
5 		6
2 		6
3 		     
3
Norman Farquharson / Vernon Kirby
Eskell Andrews / Cam Malfroy 		7
5 		6
2 		6
2 		     
4
Eustace Fannin
Dennis Coombe 		6
4 		6
4 		6
3 		     
5
Vernon Kirby
Eskell Andrews 		6
2 		6
4 		6
3 		     

Yugoslavia vs. Romania


Yugoslavia
5 		Belgrade, Yugoslavia[12]
8–10 May 1937
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Josip Palada
Cristea Caralulis 		6
3 		6
0 		2
6 		6
2 		   
2
Franjo Punčec
Arnulf Schmidt 		6
3 		6
3 		7
5 		     
3
Franjo Kukuljević / Dragutin Mitić
Cristea Caralulis / Arnulf Schmidt 		7
5 		6
3 		4
6 		6
2 		   
4
Franjo Punčec
Cristea Caralulis 		6
4 		1
6 		6
3 		6
2 		   
5
Josip Palada
Arnulf Schmidt 		6
4 		6
3 		5
7 		6
0 		   

Poland vs. Czechoslovakia


Poland
0 		Warsaw, Poland[13]
15–17 May 1937
Czechoslovakia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Kazimierz Tarlowski
Roderich Menzel 		3
6 		4
6 		6
2 		3
6 		   
2
Józef Hebda
Ladislav Hecht 		2
6 		0
6 		6
3 		1
6 		   
3
Józef Hebda / Ignacy Tłoczyński
Josef Caska / Ladislav Hecht 		1
6 		7
5 		1
6 		4
6 		   
4
Józef Hebda
Roderich Menzel 		5
7 		3
6 		3
6 		     
5
Kazimierz Tarlowski
Josef Šíba 		3
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     

France vs. Norway


France
5 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[14]
8–10 May 1937
Clay
Norway
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bernard Destremau
Fritz Jenssen 		6
0 		6
3 		6
3 		     
2
Marcel Bernard
Dick Bjurstedt 		2
6 		6
1 		6
0 		6
0 		   
3
Marcel Bernard / Yvon Petra
Jens-Johan Beer / Fritz Jenssen 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     
4
Bernard Destremau
Dick Bjurstedt 		7
5 		6
2 		6
1 		     
5
Yvon Petra
Fritz Jenssen 		6
1 		6
3 		4
6 		7
5 		   

Quarterfinals

Italy vs. Germany


Italy
1 		Milan, Italy[15]
4–6 June 1937
Clay
Germany
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Vanni Canepele
Gottfried von Cramm 		1
6 		4
6 		6
1 		4
6 		   
2
Giorgio de Stefani
Henner Henkel 		6
2 		6
3 		5
7 		6
2 		   
3
Ferruccio Quintavalle / Valentino Taroni
Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel 		3
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
4
Vanni Canepele
Henner Henkel 		6
3 		3
6 		1
6 		4
6 		   
5
Giorgio de Stefani
Gottfried von Cramm 		0
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     

Belgium vs. Sweden


Belgium
3 		Royal Léopold Club, Brussels, Belgium[16]
4–6 June 1937
Clay
Sweden
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
André Lacroix
Kalle Schröder 		3
6 		6
3 		0
6 		6
4 		2
6 		 
2
Charles Naeyaert
Stig Mårtensson 		6
1 		6
2 		6
1 		     
3
Léopold de Borman / André Lacroix
Curt Östberg / Kalle Schröder 		6
0 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4
Charles Naeyaert
Kalle Schröder 		9
7 		2
6 		0
6 		3
6 		   
5
André Lacroix
Stig Mårtensson 		6
2 		6
0 		6
3 		     

Yugoslavia vs. South Africa


Yugoslavia
4 		Zagreb, Yugoslavia[17]
5–7 June 1937
South Africa
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Franjo Punčec
Vernon Kirby 		1
6 		6
0 		6
3 		2
6 		6
4 		 
2
Josip Palada
Norman Farquharson 		3
6 		3
6 		6
3 		6
0 		6
3 		 
3
Franjo Kukuljević / Dragutin Mitić
Norman Farquharson / Vernon Kirby 		2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
4
Josip Palada
Vernon Kirby 		6
1 		6
4 		6
2 		     
5
Franjo Punčec
Norman Farquharson 		6
1 		6
1 		6
1 		     

Czechoslovakia vs. France


Czechoslovakia
4 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[18]
5–7 June 1937
Clay
France
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roderich Menzel
Christian Boussus 		6
2 		6
3 		6
4 		     
2
Ladislav Hecht
Bernard Destremau 		6
3 		6
3 		6
1 		     
3
Ladislav Hecht / Roderich Menzel
Jean Borotra / Yvon Petra 		3
6 		6
2 		2
6 		3
6 		   
4
Roderich Menzel
Bernard Destremau 		6
0 		6
3 		6
4 		     
5
Ladislav Hecht
Christian Boussus 		2
6 		6
1 		7
5 		6
0 		   

Semifinals

Germany vs. Belgium


Germany
4 		Berlin, Germany[19]
12–14 June 1937
Belgium
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Henner Henkel
André Lacroix 		6
1 		6
1 		6
1 		     
2
Gottfried von Cramm
Charles Naeyaert 		6
3 		6
0 		6
4 		     
3
Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel
Léopold de Borman / André Lacroix 		6
4 		6
3 		6
4 		     
4
Henner Henkel
Charles Naeyaert 		6
3 		6
2 		6
2 		     
5
Edgar Dettmer
André Lacroix 		4
6 		6
3 		2
6 		6
8 		   

Czechoslovakia vs. Yugoslavia


Czechoslovakia
4 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[20]
12–14 June 1937
Yugoslavia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roderich Menzel
Josip Palada 		6
2 		6
1 		6
0 		     
2
Ladislav Hecht
Franjo Punčec 		7
5 		6
2 		6
3 		     
3
Ladislav Hecht / Roderich Menzel
Josip Palada / Franjo Punčec 		2
6 		6
1 		6
0 		7
9 		6
1 		 
4
František Cejnar
Franjo Punčec 		7
5 		7
5 		3
6 		7
5 		   
5
Josef Šíba
Josip Palada 		3
6 		3
6 		5
7 		     

Final

Germany vs. Czechoslovakia


Germany
4 		Berlin, Germany[2]
10–12 July 1937
Czechoslovakia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Henner Henkel
Ladislav Hecht 		6
1 		7
5 		7
5 		     
2
Gottfried von Cramm
Roderich Menzel 		3
6 		4
6 		6
4 		6
3 		6
2 		 
3
Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel
Josef Caska / Ladislav Hecht 		6
1 		6
2 		10
12 		6
0 		   
4
Gottfried von Cramm
Ladislav Hecht 		6
3 		7
5 		6
2 		     
5
Hans Denker
František Cejnar 		6
4 		6
3 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		 

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 "Germany v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Hungary v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Switzerland v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Netherlands v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "China v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Germany v Austria". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Italy v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Sweden v Greece". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Belgium v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "South Africa v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Yugoslavia v Romania". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Poland v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "France v Norway". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Italy v Germany". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Belgium v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Yugoslavia v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Czechoslovakia v France". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Germany v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
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