1947 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Main article: 1947 Davis Cup
1947 Davis Cup Europe Zone
Details
Duration2 May 1947 – 15 July 1947
Teams20
Categories1947 Europe Zone
1947 America Zone
Champion
Winning nation Czechoslovakia
Qualified for: 1947 Davis Cup
Inter-Zonal Final
← 1946
1948 →

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1947 Davis Cup.

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] Czechoslovakia defeated Yugoslavia in the final, and went on to face Australia in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

First Round
2–4 May		Second Round
15–18 May		Quarterfinals
30 May–1 June		Semifinals
13–16 June		Final
13–15 July
 PolandWarsaw, Poland (clay)
bye Poland2
 Great Britain Great Britain3Scarborough, England (grass)
bye Great Britain1
 NetherlandsAmsterdam, Netherlands (clay) South Africa4
bye Netherlands1
 South Africa South Africa4Zagreb, Yugoslavia
bye South Africa2
 IrelandDublin, Ireland (grass) Yugoslavia3
bye Ireland2
 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia3Brussels, Belgium
bye Yugoslavia4
 Belgium5Brussels, Belgium Belgium1
 Luxembourg0 Belgium4
 Spain2 Egypt1Zagreb, Yugoslavia
 Egypt3 Yugoslavia0
 Greece1Prague, Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia4
  Switzerland4  Switzerland1
 Sweden2 Czechoslovakia4Prague, Czechoslovakia
 Czechoslovakia3 Czechoslovakia5
byeOslo, Norway (clay) New Zealand0
 Norway Norway2
bye New Zealand3Prague, Czechoslovakia
 New Zealand Czechoslovakia4
byeParis, France (clay) France0
 France France5
bye India0Paris, France (clay)
 India France5
bye Monaco0
 Monaco Monacow/o
bye Denmark
 Denmark

First round

Belgium vs. Luxembourg


Belgium
5 		Brussels, Belgium[3]
2–4 May 1947
Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Philippe Washer
Géza Wertheim 		6
2 		6
2 		6
1 		     
2
Jacques Peten
Gaston Wampach 		4
6 		6
2 		9
7 		3
6 		6
3 		 
3
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem / Philippe Washer
Gaston Wampach / Géza Wertheim 		6
4 		6
3 		6
2 		     
4
Philippe Washer
Gaston Wampach 		7
5 		1
6 		6
2 		6
2 		   
5
Jacques Peten
Géza Wertheim 		6
2 		6
0 		6
0 		     

Spain vs. Egypt


Spain
2 		Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain[4]
2–4 May 1947
Clay
Egypt
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Mario Szavoszt
Andre Najar 		3
6 		3
6 		9
7 		6
3 		3
6 		 
2
Luis Carles
Adli El Shafei 		6
3 		3
6 		4
6 		5
7 		   
3
Jaime Bartroli / Luis Carles
Marcel Coen / Mahmoud Talaat 		4
6 		6
3 		3
6 		6
3 		4
6 		 
4
Jaime Bartroli
Andre Najar 		6
3 		6
1 		6
3 		     
5
Mario Szavoszt
Adli El Shafei 		6
2 		3
6 		6
4 		3
6 		6
4 		 

Greece vs. Switzerland


Greece
1 		Athens, Greece[5]
2–4 May 1947
Switzerland
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Andreas Manuilidis
Jost Spitzer 		2
6 		5
7 		1
6 		     
2
Lazaros Stalios
Hans Huonder 		2
6 		10
8 		6
3 		6
3 		   
3
Georgios Nikolaides / Lazaros Stalios
Hans Huonder / Jost Spitzer 		7
5 		8
6 		0
6 		7
9 		1
6 		 
4
Andreas Manuilidis
Hans Huonder 		0
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
5
Lazaros Stalios
Jost Spitzer 		6
1 		6
8 		0
6 		1
6 		   

Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia


Sweden
2 		Malmö Tennisstadion, Malmö, Sweden[6]
2–4 May 1947
Clay
Czechoslovakia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Torsten Johansson
Vladimír Černík 		7
5 		6
4 		6
8 		6
2 		   
2
Lennart Bergelin
Jaroslav Drobný 		6
4 		1
6 		4
6 		4
6 		   
3
Lennart Bergelin / Torsten Johansson
Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný 		1
6 		9
7 		5
7 		2
6 		   
4
Torsten Johansson
Jaroslav Drobný 		1
6 		6
2 		3
6 		6
4 		4
6 		 
5
Lennart Bergelin
Vladimír Černík 		6
4 		6
8 		6
1 		6
1 		   

Second round

Poland vs. Great Britain


Poland
2 		Warsaw, Poland[7]
15–17 May 1947
Clay
Great Britain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Józef Hebda
Tony Mottram 		6
2 		1
6 		1
6 		3
6 		   
2
Władysław Skonecki
Derrick Barton 		6
3 		7
5 		13
11 		     
3
Józef Hebda / Władysław Skonecki
Donald Butler / Geoffrey Paish 		2
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
4
Józef Hebda
Derrick Barton 		2
6 		6
3 		6
4 		4
6 		6
4 		 
5
Władysław Skonecki
Tony Mottram 		4
6 		2
6 		5
7 		     

Netherlands vs. South Africa


Netherlands
1 		Amsterdam, Netherlands[8]
15–17 May 1947
Clay
South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Hubert Wilton
Eric Sturgess 		6
4 		1
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   
2
Hans van Swol
Eustace Fannin 		6
3 		3
6 		5
7 		2
6 		   
3
Ivo Rinkel / Hans van Swol
Eustace Fannin / Eric Sturgess 		6
3 		6
1 		6
0 		     
4
Hans van Swol
Eric Sturgess 		2
6 		5
7 		6
2 		3
6 		   
5
Hubert Wilton
Eustace Fannin 		9
7 		3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		   

Ireland vs. Yugoslavia


Ireland
2 		Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[9]
16–18 May 1947
Grass
Yugoslavia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Cyril Kemp
Dragutin Mitić 		10
8 		9
7 		3
6 		4
6 		1
6 		 
2
Joseph McHale
Josip Palada 		3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3
Raymond Egan / Cyril Kemp
Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada 		2
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
4
Cyril Kemp
Josip Palada 		4
6 		6
1 		6
0 		6
3 		   
5
Joseph McHale
Josip Šarić 		9
7 		6
1 		7
5 		     

Belgium vs. Egypt


Belgium
4 		Brussels, Belgium[10]
16–18 May 1947
Egypt
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Andre Najar 		4
6 		6
3 		0
6 		6
3 		6
2 		 
2
Philippe Washer
Adli El Shafei 		6
2 		2
6 		6
0 		8
6 		   
3
André Lacroix / Philippe Washer
Marcel Coen / Mahmoud Talaat 		6
4 		6
1 		6
3 		     
4
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Adli El Shafei 		4
6 		4
6 		5
7 		     
5
Philippe Washer
Andre Najar 		6
2 		6
4 		6
2 		     

Czechoslovakia vs. Switzerland


Czechoslovakia
4 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[11]
16–18 May 1947
Switzerland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jaroslav Drobný
Hans Huonder 		6
1 		6
1 		6
1 		     
2
Vladimír Černík
Jost Spitzer 		2
6 		6
4 		6
0 		5
7 		1
6 		 
3
Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný
Hans Pfaff / Jost Spitzer 		6
1 		6
2 		6
3 		     
4
Vladimír Černík
Hans Huonder 		6
3 		6
3 		6
4 		     
5
Jaroslav Drobný
Jost Spitzer 		6
2 		6
1 		6
2 		     

Norway vs. New Zealand


Norway
2 		Oslo, Norway[12]
16–18 May 1947
Clay
New Zealand
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Johan Haanes
John Barry 		6
0 		7
5 		6
4 		     
2
Jan Staubo
Ron McKenzie 		6
2 		6
3 		3
6 		6
2 		   
3
Birger Andersen-Brem / Johan Haanes
Ron McKenzie / Jeff Robson 		6
4 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		   
4
Jan Staubo
John Barry 		6
4 		5
7 		6
3 		5
7 		2
6 		 
5
Johan Haanes
Ron McKenzie 		4
6 		6
0 		3
6 		7
9 		   

France vs. India


France
5 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[13]
16–18 May 1947
Clay
India
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bernard Destremau
Sumant Misra 		6
0 		6
3 		6
3 		     
2
Marcel Bernard
Ghaus Mohammad Khan 		6
3 		6
2 		6
0 		     
3
Marcel Bernard / Pierre Pellizza
Manek Mehta / Sumant Misra 		6
3 		6
2 		6
3 		     
4
Marcel Bernard
Sumant Misra 		6
4 		6
3 		6
1 		     
5
Bernard Destremau
Dilip Bose 		6
0 		6
1 		6
2 		     

Quarterfinals

Great Britain vs. South Africa


Great Britain
1 		Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Club, Scarborough, England[14]
30 May–1 June 1947
Grass
South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tony Mottram
Eric Sturgess 		7
5 		2
6 		1
6 		3
6 		   
2
Donald Butler
Eustace Fannin 		4
6 		6
4 		7
9 		3
3 		  retired
 
3
Tony Mottram / Geoffrey Paish
Eustace Fannin / Eric Sturgess 		1
6 		6
4 		6
2 		3
6 		4
6 		 
4
Donald Butler
Eric Sturgess 		1
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
5
Tony Mottram
Eustace Fannin 		6
4 		5
7 		6
2 		7
5 		   

Belgium vs. Yugoslavia


Belgium
1 		Brussels, Belgium[15]
30 May–1 June 1947
Yugoslavia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Philippe Washer
Dragutin Mitić 		6
4 		6
3 		1
6 		6
3 		   
2
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Josip Palada 		1
6 		6
4 		3
6 		3
6 		   
3
André Lacroix / Philippe Washer
Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada 		6
2 		6
1 		2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		 
4
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Dragutin Mitić 		0
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
5
Philippe Washer
Josip Palada 		3
6 		2
6 		0
6 		     

Czechoslovakia vs. New Zealand


Czechoslovakia
5 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[16]
30 May–1 June 1947
New Zealand
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jaroslav Drobný
Jeff Robson 		6
2 		6
2 		8
6 		     
2
Vladimír Černík
Ron McKenzie 		6
3 		6
4 		7
5 		     
3
Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný
Ron McKenzie / Jeff Robson 		6
2 		4
6 		9
7 		3
6 		10
8 		 
4
Vladimír Černík
Jeff Robson 		6
3 		6
0 		6
0 		     
5
Ferdinand Vrba
John Barry 		6
4 		6
2 		6
2 		     

France vs. Monaco


France
5 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[17]
30 May–1 June 1947
Clay
Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Marcel Bernard
Aleco Noghès 		6
1 		6
2 		6
0 		     
2
Bernard Destremau
Vladimir Landau 		6
3 		6
2 		6
1 		     
3
Robert Abdesselam / Pierre Pellizza
Vladimir Landau / Gaston Médécin 		6
2 		6
1 		6
0 		     
4
Robert Abdesselam
Vladimir Landau 		6
2 		6
1 		6
0 		     
5
Bernard Destremau
Aleco Noghès 		7
5 		6
2 		6
1 		     

Semifinals

Yugoslavia vs. South Africa


Yugoslavia
3 		Zagreb, Yugoslavia[18]
13–15 June 1947
South Africa
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Dragutin Mitić
Eric Sturgess 		3
6 		7
5 		6
2 		3
6 		6
3 		 
2
Josip Palada
Eustace Fannin 		6
1 		6
4 		7
5 		     
3
Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada
Eustace Fannin / Eric Sturgess 		3
6 		5
7 		5
7 		     
4
Josip Palada
Eric Sturgess 		6
3 		3
6 		0
6 		7
5 		3
6 		 
5
Dragutin Mitić
Eustace Fannin 		6
2 		6
3 		6
4 		     

Czechoslovakia vs. France


Czechoslovakia
4 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[19]
14–16 June 1947
France
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Vladimír Černík
Marcel Bernard 		2
6 		9
7 		6
4 		4
6 		6
4 		 
2
Jaroslav Drobný
Bernard Destremau 		6
2 		6
0 		6
1 		     
3
Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný
Jean Borotra / Yvon Petra 		10
8 		14
12 		6
3 		     
4
Jaroslav Drobný
Marcel Bernard 		6
3 		2
6 		6
4 		4
6 		6
4 		 
5
Vladimír Černík
Bernard Destremau 		          not
played

Final

Yugoslavia vs. Czechoslovakia


Yugoslavia
0 		Zagreb, Yugoslavia[2]
13–15 July 1947
Czechoslovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Dragutin Mitić
Vladimír Černík 		6
3 		0
6 		6
2 		1
6 		2
6 		 
2
Josip Palada
Jaroslav Drobný 		3
6 		6
8 		6
2 		3
6 		   
3
Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada
Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný 		3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
4
Dragutin Mitić
Jaroslav Drobný 		6
1 		3
6 		4
6 		6
4 		1
6 		 
5
Josip Palada
Ján Smolinský 		          not
played

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 Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Belgium v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Spain v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Greece v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Sweden v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Poland v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Netherlands v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Ireland v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Belgium v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Norway v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "France v India". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Great Britain v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Belgium v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Czechoslovakia v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "France v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Yugoslavia v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Czechoslovakia v France". daviscup.com.
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