1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

Main article: 1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge
1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone
Details
Duration5 May 1939 – 30 July 1939
Teams20
Categories1939 Europe Zone
1939 America Zone
Champion
Winning nation Yugoslavia
Qualified for: 1939 Int'l Lawn Tennis
Challenge Inter-Zonal Final
← 1938
1946 →

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1939 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] Yugoslavia defeated Germany in the final, and went on to face Australia in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

First Round
5–7 May		Second Round
11–21 May		Quarterfinals
25–29 May		Semifinals
2–5 June		Final
28–30 July
 Great BritainBrighton, England (clay)
bye Great Britain3
 New Zealand New Zealand2Wimbledon, England (grass)
bye Great Britain3
 FranceParis, France (clay) France2
bye France4
 China China1Berlin, Germany (clay)
bye Great Britain0
 SwedenStockholm, Sweden (clay) Germany5
bye Sweden4
 Denmark Denmark1Berlin, Germany (clay)
bye Sweden1
 Germany5Warsaw, Poland Germany4
  Switzerland0 Germany3
 Poland4 Poland2Zagreb, Yugoslavia
 Netherlands1 Germany2
 Romania2Budapest, Hungary Yugoslavia3
 Hungary3 Hungary1
 Yugoslavia5 Yugoslavia4Milan, Italy (clay)
 Ireland0 Yugoslavia3
byeNaples, Italy (clay) Italy2
 Italy Italy3
bye Monaco0Zagreb, Yugoslavia
 Monaco Yugoslavia3
byeBrussels, Belgium Belgium2
 Belgium Belgium3
bye India2Brussels, Belgium (clay)
 India Belgium5
bye Norway0
 Norway Norwayw/o
bye Czechoslovakia[a]
 Czechoslovakia

First round

Germany vs. Switzerland


Germany
5 		Vienna, Germany[3]
5–7 May 1939
Clay
Switzerland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roderich Menzel
Boris Maneff 		6
8 		6
3 		5
7 		6
2 		6
3 		 
2
Henner Henkel
Hector Fisher 		6
2 		2
6 		6
1 		6
3 		   
3
Henner Henkel / Georg von Metaxa
Hector Fisher / Boris Maneff 		6
2 		6
2 		6
4 		     
4
Henner Henkel
Boris Maneff 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		     
5
Roderich Menzel
Jost Spitzer 		8
6 		6
4 		6
3 		     

Poland vs. Netherlands


Poland
4 		Warsaw, Poland[4]
5–7 May 1939
Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Adam Baworowski
Hans van Swol 		9
7 		6
3 		6
0 		     
2
Ignacy Tłoczyński
Tod Hughan 		6
0 		6
2 		6
1 		     
3
Józef Hebda / Ignacy Tłoczyński
Tod Hughan / Hans van Swol 		4
6 		4
6 		10
12 		     
4
Ignacy Tłoczyński
Hans van Swol 		13
11 		4
6 		6
3 		6
2 		   
5
Adam Baworowski
Tod Hughan 		0
6 		6
3 		6
4 		6
2 		   

Romania vs. Hungary


Romania
2 		Bucharest, Romania[5]
5–7 May 1939
Clay
Hungary
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Arnulf Schmidt
Emil Gábori 		6
4 		6
4 		4
6 		2
6 		0
1 		retired
 
2
Cristea Caralulis
József Asbóth 		6
1 		3
6 		9
7 		8
10 		4
6 		 
3
Cristea Caralulis / Arnulf Schmidt
Mihály Csikós / György Dallos 		6
8 		4
6 		6
2 		6
2 		6
4 		 
4
Cristea Caralulis
Emil Gábori 		3
6 		6
2 		6
3 		7
5 		   
5
Arnulf Schmidt
József Asbóth 		6
1 		2
6 		3
6 		8
6 		3
6 		 

Yugoslavia vs. Ireland


Yugoslavia
5 		Zagreb, Yugoslavia[6]
5–7 May 1939
Ireland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Dragutin Mitić
George Lyttleton-Rogers 		7
5 		6
2 		3
6 		3
6 		6
3 		 
2
Franjo Punčec
Raymond Egan 		6
2 		6
0 		6
4 		     
3
Dragutin Mitić / Franjo Punčec
Raymond Egan / George Lyttleton-Rogers 		6
1 		6
4 		6
2 		     
4
Franjo Punčec
George Lyttleton-Rogers 		6
4 		6
2 		6
4 		     
5
Dragutin Mitić
Raymond Egan 		7
5 		6
3 		6
2 		     

Second round

Great Britain vs. New Zealand


Great Britain
3 		Sussex Lawn Tennis Club, Brighton, England[7]
11–13 May 1939
Clay
New Zealand
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ronald Shayes
Cam Malfroy 		6
4 		2
6 		2
6 		7
5 		3
6 		 
2
Charles Hare
Alistair Dewar-Brown 		6
3 		6
4 		6
3 		     
3
Charles Hare / Frank Wilde
Dennis Coombe / Cam Malfroy 		3
6 		6
2 		3
6 		2
6 		   
4
Ronald Shayes
Alistair Dewar-Brown 		6
3 		6
4 		7
5 		     
5
Charles Hare
Cam Malfroy 		7
5 		6
4 		6
4 		     

France vs. China


France
4 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[8]
18–20 May 1939
Clay
China
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bernard Destremau
Kho Sin-Kie 		5
7 		6
3 		1
6 		7
5 		6
0 		 
2
Christian Boussus
Choy Wai-Chuen 		1
6 		6
4 		6
4 		6
1 		   
3
Pierre Pellizza / Yvon Petra
Choy Wai-Chuen / Kho Sin-Kie 		6
2 		6
0 		6
3 		     
4
Yvon Petra
Kho Sin-Kie 		6
2 		7
9 		3
6 		4
6 		   
5
Pierre Pellizza
Ho Jin 		7
5 		4
6 		6
2 		6
4 		   

Sweden vs. Denmark


Sweden
4 		Tennisstadion, Stockholm, Sweden[9]
19–21 May 1939
Clay
Denmark
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Morgan Hultman
Helge Plougmann 		1
6 		0
6 		3
6 		     
2
Kalle Schröder
Niels Holst 		6
4 		6
2 		6
3 		     
3
Nils Rohlsson / Kalle Schröder
Helge Plougmann / Alfred Wium 		6
1 		8
6 		6
0 		     
4
Kalle Schröder
Helge Plougmann 		6
1 		6
1 		6
1 		     
5
Morgan Hultman
Niels Holst 		6
1 		6
3 		6
1 		     

Poland vs. Germany


Poland
2 		Warsaw, Poland[10]
19–21 May 1939
Germany
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Adam Baworowski
Roderich Menzel 		5
7 		3
6 		6
2 		6
2 		4
6 		 
2
Ignacy Tłoczyński
Henner Henkel 		6
4 		6
8 		6
4 		3
6 		6
3 		 
3
Adam Baworowski / Józef Hebda
Henner Henkel / Georg von Metaxa 		7
5 		4
6 		2
6 		2
6 		   
4
Ignacy Tłoczyński
Roderich Menzel 		2
6 		6
1 		5
7 		6
2 		9
7 		 
5
Adam Baworowski
Henner Henkel 		4
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     

Hungary vs. Yugoslavia


Hungary
1 		Budapest, Hungary[11]
12–14 May 1939
Yugoslavia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Emil Gábori
Dragutin Mitić 		3
6 		6
0 		6
2 		1
6 		1
6 		 
2
József Asbóth
Franjo Punčec 		7
5 		4
6 		7
5 		11
9 		   
3
József Asbóth / Emil Gábori
Dragutin Mitić / Franjo Punčec 		1
6 		6
4 		2
6 		5
7 		   
4
Emil Gábori
Franjo Punčec 		1
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
5
József Asbóth
Dragutin Mitić 		7
9 		6
2 		8
10 		3
6 		   

Italy vs. Monaco


Italy
3 		Naples, Italy[12]
12–14 May 1939
Clay
Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Vanni Canepele
Aleco Noghès 		6
0 		6
3 		6
1 		     
2
Giorgio de Stefani
Gaston Médécin 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		     
3
Giovanni Cucelli / Gino Vido
Vladimir Landau / Aleco Noghès 		6
3 		6
1 		6
0 		     
4
Giorgio de Stefani
Aleco Noghès 		          not
played
5
Vanni Canepele
Gaston Médécin 		          not
played

Belgium vs. India


Belgium
3 		Brussels, Belgium[13]
19–21 May 1939
India
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
André Lacroix
Ghaus Mohammad Khan 		6
1 		6
3 		5
7 		6
0 		   
2
Charles Naeyaert
Yaswanath-Rao Savur 		6
0 		10
8 		1
6 		6
3 		   
3
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem / Jacques Van den Eynde
Ghaus Mohammad Khan / Yaswanath-Rao Savur 		4
6 		4
6 		7
5 		4
6 		   
4
Charles Naeyaert
Ghaus Mohammad Khan 		8
10 		2
6 		1
6 		     
5
André Lacroix
Yaswanath-Rao Savur 		6
2 		6
2 		6
4 		     

Quarterfinals

Great Britain vs. France


Great Britain
3 		No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England[14]
25–27 May 1939
Grass
France
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Charles Hare
Bernard Destremau 		6
2 		6
3 		3
6 		14
12 		   
2
Ronald Shayes
Christian Boussus 		2
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     
3
Charles Hare / Frank Wilde
Pierre Pellizza / Yvon Petra 		6
3 		6
3 		3
6 		4
6 		6
3 		 
4
Ronald Shayes
Bernard Destremau 		6
3 		4
6 		6
4 		7
5 		   
5
Laurie Shaffi
Christian Boussus 		0
6 		2
6 		5
7 		     

Germany vs. Sweden


Germany
4 		Rot-Weiss-Stadion, Berlin, Germany[15]
27–29 May 1939
Clay
Sweden
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roderich Menzel
Morgan Hultman 		6
0 		6
2 		6
1 		     
2
Henner Henkel
Kalle Schröder 		5
7 		3
6 		6
2 		8
6 		6
3 		 
3
Henner Henkel / Georg von Metaxa
Nils Rohlsson / Kalle Schröder 		2
6 		6
1 		3
6 		3
6 		   
4
Roderich Menzel
Kalle Schröder 		2
6 		6
3 		6
3 		6
3 		   
5
Rolf Göpfert
Morgan Hultman 		6
2 		6
3 		6
3 		     

Italy vs. Yugoslavia


Italy
2 		Milan, Italy[16]
26–28 May 1939
Clay
Yugoslavia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Vanni Canepele
Dragutin Mitić 		6
3 		6
3 		7
5 		     
2
Giorgio de Stefani
Franjo Punčec 		4
6 		1
6 		5
7 		     
3
Giovanni Cucelli / Valentino Taroni
Dragutin Mitić / Franjo Punčec 		2
6 		2
6 		0
6 		     
4
Giorgio de Stefani
Dragutin Mitić 		6
1 		6
4 		4
6 		6
3 		   
5
Vanni Canepele
Franjo Punčec 		11
13 		1
6 		8
6 		3
6 		   

Belgium vs. Norway


Belgium
5 		Brussels, Belgium[17]
26–28 May 1939
Clay
Norway
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
André Lacroix
Johan Haanes 		6
1 		6
4 		6
2 		     
2
Charles Naeyaert
Sigurd Rinde 		6
1 		6
0 		6
0 		     
3
Léopold de Borman / Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Birger Andersen-Brem / Johan Haanes 		6
0 		6
1 		5
7 		6
2 		   
4
Charles Naeyaert
Johan Haanes 		6
4 		6
1 		6
3 		     
5
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Sigurd Rinde 		6
1 		6
0 		6
0 		     

Semifinals

Germany vs. Great Britain


Germany
5 		Berlin, Germany[18]
3–5 June 1939
Clay
Great Britain
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roderich Menzel
Charles Hare 		6
0 		6
1 		       
retired
2
Henner Henkel
Ronald Shayes 		6
2 		6
3 		6
1 		     
3
Henner Henkel / Georg von Metaxa
Laurie Shaffi / Frank Wilde 		6
4 		6
2 		6
2 		     
4
Roderich Menzel
Ronald Shayes 		6
1 		6
1 		6
0 		     
5
Georg von Metaxa
Frank Wilde 		3
6 		6
0 		6
2 		6
3 		   

Yugoslavia vs. Belgium


Yugoslavia
3 		Zagreb, Yugoslavia[19]
2–4 June 1939
Belgium
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Franjo Punčec
André Lacroix 		1
6 		6
3 		6
3 		7
5 		   
2
Dragutin Mitić
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem 		6
1 		6
4 		6
1 		     
3
Dragutin Mitić / Franjo Punčec
Léopold de Borman / André Lacroix 		2
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
4
Dragutin Mitić
André Lacroix 		3
6 		2
6 		8
6 		2
6 		   
5
Franjo Punčec
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem 		6
3 		8
6 		6
3 		     

Final

Yugoslavia vs. Germany


Yugoslavia
3 		A.T.K. Stadium, Zagreb, Yugoslavia[2]
28–30 July 1939
Germany
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Franjo Punčec
Rolf Göpfert 		6
3 		6
1 		6
0 		     
2
Dragutin Mitić
Henner Henkel 		0
6 		1
6 		6
4 		4
6 		   
3
Franjo Kukuljević / Franjo Punčec
Henner Henkel / Roderich Menzel 		7
9 		6
4 		4
6 		6
3 		1
4 		 
4
Dragutin Mitić
Rolf Göpfert 		6
1 		6
2 		6
3 		     
5
Franjo Punčec
Henner Henkel 		10
8 		6
3 		6
0 		     

Notes

  1. ^ The tie between Norway and Czechoslovakia was abandoned due to the German invasion and partition of Czechoslovakia in March 1939.

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