1950 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Main article: 1950 Davis Cup
1950 Davis Cup Europe Zone
Details
Duration7 April 1950 – 30 July 1950
Teams22
Categories1950 Davis Cup Europe Zone
1950 Davis Cup America Zone
Champion
Winning nation Italy
Qualified for: 1950 Davis Cup
Inter-Zonal Final
← 1949
1951 →

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1950 Davis Cup.

22 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] Sweden defeated Denmark in the final, and went on to face Australia in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

First Round
7 April–9 May		Second Round
18–22 May		Quarterfinals
8–18 June		Semifinals
13–16 July		Final
28–30 July
 PolandWarsaw, Poland
bye Poland5
 Israel Israel0Warsaw, Poland
bye Poland3
 IrelandDublin, Ireland (grass) Ireland2
bye Ireland5
 Monaco Monaco0Båstad, Sweden (clay)
bye Poland0
 Peru Sweden5
bye Peru
 Philippines5 Philippinesw/oSolna, Sweden (clay)
 Pakistan0 Philippines0
 Norwayw/oOslo, Norway (clay) Sweden5
 Hungary Norway0
 Netherlands1 Sweden5Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 Sweden4 Sweden4
 Belgium4Zagreb, Yugoslavia Denmark0
 Finland1 Belgium3
 Yugoslavia5 Yugoslavia2Brussels, Belgium
 Austria0 Belgium2
 Great Britain2Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg Italy3
 Italy3 Italy5
bye Luxembourg0Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
 Luxembourg Italy1
byeCopenhagen, Denmark (clay) Denmark4
 Denmark Denmark3
bye Egypt0Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
 Egypt Denmark3
byeParis, France (clay) France2
 France France4
bye  Switzerland0
  Switzerland

First round

Philippines vs. Pakistan


Philippines
5 		Manila, Philippines[3]
7–9 April 1950
Pakistan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Raymundo Deyro
Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed 		6
2 		6
0 		6
3 		     
2
Felicisimo Ampon
Mahmoud Alam 		6
0 		6
1 		6
0 		     
3
Felicisimo Ampon / César Carmona
Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed / Mahmoud Alam 		6
3 		6
1 		6
1 		     
4
Raymundo Deyro
Mahmoud Alam 		6
0 		6
2 		6
0 		     
5
Felicisimo Ampon
Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed 		6
0 		6
4 		6
0 		     

Netherlands vs. Sweden


Netherlands
1 		Mets Banen, Scheveningen, Netherlands[4]
5–7 May 1950
Clay
Sweden
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
John Linck
Lennart Bergelin 		3
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
2
Boebi van Meegeren
Torsten Johansson 		1
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3
Ivo Rinkel / Hans van Swol
Lennart Bergelin / Torsten Johansson 		6
3 		5
7 		2
6 		8
6 		6
1 		 
4
Boebi van Meegeren
Lennart Bergelin 		1
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
5
John Linck
Torsten Johansson 		2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     

Belgium vs. Finland


Belgium
4 		Brussels, Belgium[5]
5–7 May 1950
Finland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Philippe Washer
Pentti Forsman 		6
2 		6
0 		6
2 		     
2
Jacques Brichant
Sakari Salo 		6
4 		8
6 		6
4 		     
3
Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer
Pentti Forsman / Sakari Salo 		6
4 		6
2 		6
3 		     
4
Jacques Peten
Sakari Salo 		1
6 		1
6 		6
4 		6
2 		3
6 		 
5
Jacques Brichant
Pentti Forsman 		8
6 		6
2 		7
5 		     

Yugoslavia vs. Austria


Yugoslavia
5 		Zagreb, Yugoslavia[6]
5–7 May 1950
Austria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Josip Palada
Hans Redl 		6
3 		6
2 		6
2 		     
2
Milan Branović
Alfred Huber 		6
2 		6
1 		6
4 		     
3
Petko Milojković / Josip Palada
Alfred Huber / Hans Redl 		7
5 		6
1 		7
5 		     
4
Josip Palada
Alfred Huber 		7
5 		6
4 		6
4 		     
5
Milan Branović
Hans Redl 		8
6 		6
1 		6
2 		     

Great Britain vs. Italy


Great Britain
2 		Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[7]
6–9 May 1950
Grass
Italy
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tony Mottram
Giovanni Cucelli 		7
5 		3
6 		5
7 		4
6 		   
2
Geoffrey Paish
Marcello del Bello 		6
4 		4
6 		6
3 		4
6 		6
3 		 
3
Tony Mottram / Geoffrey Paish
Marcello del Bello / Giovanni Cucelli 		7
9 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4
Tony Mottram
Marcello del Bello 		6
3 		6
3 		8
6 		     
5
Geoffrey Paish
Giovanni Cucelli 		6
1 		2
6 		4
6 		6
8 		   

Second round

Poland vs. Israel


Poland
5 		Warsaw, Poland[8]
19–21 May 1950
Israel
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Władysław Skonecki
Arie Avidan-Weiss 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		     
2
Józef Piątek
Jacob Buntmann 		4
6 		6
0 		8
6 		6
1 		   
3
Józef Piątek / Władysław Skonecki
Arie Avidan-Weiss / Yehuda Finkelkraut 		7
5 		6
3 		6
4 		     
4
Władysław Skonecki
Jacob Buntmann 		6
2 		6
0 		6
2 		     
5
Józef Piątek
Arie Avidan-Weiss 		6
1 		6
0 		4
6 		4
6 		6
2 		 

Ireland vs. Monaco


Ireland
5 		Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[9]
18–20 May 1950
Grass
Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Cyril Kemp
Georges Pasquier 		6
3 		6
2 		6
2 		     
2
Matthew Murphy
Aleco Noghès 		6
3 		2
6 		6
3 		6
2 		   
3
Joseph Hackett / Matthew Murphy
Aleco Noghès / Georges Pasquier 		6
3 		7
5 		7
5 		     
4
Matthew Murphy
Georges Pasquier 		6
0 		7
5 		4
6 		6
1 		   
5
Joseph Hackett
Aleco Noghès 		8
6 		11
9 		6
3 		     

Norway vs. Sweden


Norway
0 		Oslo Tennis Club, Oslo, Norway[10]
19–21 May 1950
Clay
Sweden
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Thorgny Haanes
Lennart Bergelin 		1
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
2
Nils-Erik Hessen
Torsten Johansson 		5
7 		2
6 		6
3 		6
8 		   
3
Thorgny Haanes / Nils-Erik Hessen
Lennart Bergelin / Sven Davidson 		1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
4
Thorgny Haanes
Torsten Johansson 		2
6 		3
6 		6
8 		     
5
Nils-Erik Hessen
Sven Davidson 		3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     

Yugoslavia vs. Belgium


Yugoslavia
2 		Zagreb, Yugoslavia[11]
19–21 May 1950
Belgium
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Dragutin Mitić
Philippe Washer 		6
3 		6
4 		4
6 		6
3 		   
2
Milan Branović
Jacques Brichant 		4
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3
Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada
Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer 		4
6 		4
6 		7
5 		6
3 		4
6 		 
4
Dragutin Mitić
Jacques Brichant 		7
5 		6
1 		6
3 		     
5
Milan Branović
Philippe Washer 		4
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     

Luxembourg vs. Italy


Luxembourg
0 		Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg[12]
20–22 May 1950
Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Gaston Wampach
Giovanni Cucelli 		2
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
2
Géza Wertheim
Rolando del Bello 		1
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3
Gaston Wampach / Géza Wertheim
Marcello del Bello / Giovanni Cucelli 		0
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
4
Géza Wertheim
Marcello del Bello 		3
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
5
Gaston Wampach
Rolando del Bello 		1
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     

Denmark vs. Egypt


Denmark
3 		Copenhagen, Denmark[13]
19–21 May 1950
Clay
Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Torben Ulrich
Marcel Coen 		6
1 		6
0 		6
0 		     
2
Kurt Nielsen
Adli El Shafei 		6
4 		3
6 		8
6 		6
1 		   
3
Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich
Marcel Coen / Adli El Shafei 		2
6 		9
7 		6
4 		6
3 		   
4
Kurt Nielsen
Marcel Coen 		          not
played
5
Torben Ulrich
Adli El Shafei 		          not
played

France vs. Switzerland


France
4 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[14]
19–21 May 1950
Clay
Switzerland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jacques Thomas
Georges Grange 		6
0 		6
1 		7
5 		     
2
Bernard Destremau
Max Albrecht 		6
1 		6
2 		6
1 		     
3
Robert Abdesselam / Paul Rémy
Jean-Pierre Blondel / René Buser 		6
3 		6
4 		8
6 		     
4
Bernard Destremau
Georges Grange 		6
2 		6
3 		8
6 		     
5
Jacques Thomas
Max Albrecht 		7
5 		6
4 		1
6 		0
1 		  not
completed

Quarterfinals

Poland vs. Ireland


Poland
3 		Warsaw, Poland[15]
8–10 June 1950
Ireland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Władysław Skonecki
Matthew Murphy 		9
7 		6
3 		6
2 		     
2
Józef Piątek
Cyril Kemp 		6
1 		6
1 		9
7 		     
3
Jan Chytrowski / Władysław Skonecki
Joseph Hackett / Matthew Murphy 		8
10 		10
8 		14
12 		5
7 		1
6 		 
4
Józef Piątek
Matthew Murphy 		6
0 		2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   
5
Władysław Skonecki
Cyril Kemp 		6
3 		6
2 		6
0 		     

Sweden vs. Philippines


Sweden
5 		Solna Tennisstadion, Solna, Sweden[16]
16–18 June 1950
Clay
Philippines
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Lennart Bergelin
Felicisimo Ampon 		6
4 		4
6 		6
1 		6
2 		   
2
Torsten Johansson
Raymundo Deyro 		6
2 		3
6 		6
2 		6
3 		   
3
Lennart Bergelin / Sven Davidson
Felicisimo Ampon / César Carmona 		6
2 		6
3 		6
3 		     
4
Sven Davidson
Raymundo Deyro 		6
1 		6
0 		6
1 		     
5
Torsten Johansson
Felicisimo Ampon 		6
8 		8
10 		6
4 		6
1 		6
1 		 

Belgium vs. Italy


Belgium
2 		Brussels, Belgium[17]
16–18 June 1950
Italy
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Philippe Washer
Giovanni Cucelli 		6
2 		11
9 		6
4 		     
2
Jacques Brichant
Rolando del Bello 		4
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
3
Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer
Rolando del Bello / Giovanni Cucelli 		6
4 		2
6 		2
6 		6
8 		   
4
Philippe Washer
Rolando del Bello 		6
4 		6
1 		6
1 		     
5
Jacques Brichant
Giovanni Cucelli 		2
6 		7
5 		4
6 		2
6 		   

Denmark vs. France


Denmark
3 		Copenhagen, Denmark[18]
16–18 June 1950
Clay
France
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Kurt Nielsen
Marcel Bernard 		6
3 		4
6 		6
1 		6
2 		   
2
Torben Ulrich
Bernard Destremau 		9
7 		4
6 		0
6 		4
6 		   
3
Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich
Paul Rémy / Jacques Thomas 		7
5 		6
4 		12
10 		     
4
Kurt Nielsen
Bernard Destremau 		6
2 		3
6 		6
4 		6
3 		   
5
Torben Ulrich
Marcel Bernard 		3
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     

Semifinals

Sweden vs. Poland


Sweden
5 		Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[19]
13–15 July 1950
Clay
Poland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Torsten Johansson
Józef Piątek 		6
1 		6
1 		6
3 		     
2
Lennart Bergelin
Władysław Skonecki 		6
2 		6
2 		1
6 		6
1 		   
3
Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson
Józef Piątek / Władysław Skonecki 		6
4 		6
0 		7
5 		     
4
Torsten Johansson
Władysław Skonecki 		6
3 		6
3 		6
3 		     
5
Sven Davidson
Józef Piątek 		6
0 		6
2 		6
2 		     

Denmark vs. Italy


Denmark
4 		Copenhagen, Denmark[20]
14–16 July 1950
Clay
Italy
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Torben Ulrich
Rolando del Bello 		6
0 		6
2 		6
2 		     
2
Kurt Nielsen
Giovanni Cucelli 		6
3 		7
5 		0
6 		0
6 		6
4 		 
3
Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich
Marcello del Bello / Giovanni Cucelli 		2
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
4
Kurt Nielsen
Rolando del Bello 		6
3 		7
5 		6
4 		     
5
Torben Ulrich
Giovanni Cucelli 		3
6 		6
2 		6
2 		6
3 		   

Final

Sweden vs. Denmark


Sweden
4 		Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[2]
28–30 July 1950
Clay
Denmark
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Torsten Johansson
Torben Ulrich 		6
1 		4
6 		6
3 		6
1 		   
2
Sven Davidson
Kurt Nielsen 		7
5 		3
6 		6
2 		6
4 		   
3
Lennart Bergelin / Sven Davidson
Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     
4
Torsten Johansson
Kurt Nielsen 		3
6 		7
5 		6
0 		4
6 		6
2 		 
5
Lennart Bergelin
Torben Ulrich 		6
0 		6
2 		      not
completed

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 Denmark". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Philippines v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Netherlands v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Belgium v Finland". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Yugoslavia v Austria". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Great Britain v Italy". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Poland v Israel". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Ireland v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Norway v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Yugoslavia v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Luxembourg v Italy". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Denmark v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "France v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Poland v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Sweden v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Belgium v Italy". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Denmark v France". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Sweden v Poland". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Denmark v Italy". daviscup.com.
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