1955 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Main article: 1955 Davis Cup
1955 Davis Cup Europe Zone
Details
Duration29 April 1955 – 31 July 1955
Teams24
Categories1955 Davis Cup Europe Zone
1955 Davis Cup America Zone
1955 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
Champion
Winning nation Italy
Qualified for: 1955 Davis Cup
Inter-Zonal Finals
← 1954
1956 →

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1955 Davis Cup.

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

Draw

First Round
29 April–8 May		Second Round
12–17 May		Quarterfinals
9–13 June		Semifinals
14–17 July		Final
29–31 July
 DenmarkCopenhagen, Denmark (clay)
bye Denmark3
 Norway1 South Africa2Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
 South Africa4 Denmark0
 ItalyMunich, West Germany Italy5
bye Italy5
 West Germany4 West Germany0Birmingham, England (grass)
 Ireland1 Italy5
 Great BritainVienna, Austria (clay) Great Britain0
bye Great Britain4
 Austria5 Austria1Manchester, England (grass)
 Finland0 Great Britain3
 IndiaCairo, Egypt India2
bye India5
 Turkey1 Egypt0Milan, Italy (clay)
 Egypt4 Italy4
 Monaco0Paris, France (clay) Sweden1
 Argentina3 Argentina2
bye France3Saltsjöbaden, Sweden (clay)
 France France2
  Switzerland3Montreux, Switzerland (clay) Sweden3
 Netherlands2  Switzerland0
bye Sweden5Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 Sweden Sweden3
 Yugoslavia0Budapest, Hungary Chile2
 Chile5 Chile3
bye Hungary2Brussels, Belgium
 Hungary Chile3
 Portugal0Prague, Czechoslovakia Belgium2
 Czechoslovakia5 Czechoslovakia0
bye Belgium5
 Belgium

First round

Norway vs. South Africa


Norway
1 		Oslo, Norway[3]
6–8 May 1955
Clay
South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nils-Erik Hessen
Ian Vermaak 		1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
2
Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Russell Seymour 		3
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
3
Finn-Dag Jagge / Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Abe Segal / Ian Vermaak 		3
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
4
Finn-Dag Jagge
Gordon Forbes 		2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
5
Finn Søhol
Russell Seymour 		6
3 		6
4 		2
6 		6
4 		   

West Germany vs. Ireland


West Germany
4 		Düsseldorf, West Germany[4]
29 April–1 May 1955
Ireland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Christoph Biederlack
Alan Haughton 		6
0 		6
0 		7
5 		     
2
Ernst Buchholz
Guy Jackson 		7
9 		7
5 		6
2 		6
0 		   
3
Ernst Buchholz / Horst Hermann
Vivian Gotto / Guy Jackson 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		     
4
Christoph Biederlack
Guy Jackson 		3
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
5
Rupert Huber
Alan Haughton 		6
1 		6
2 		6
0 		     

Austria vs. Finland


Austria
5 		Vienna, Austria[5]
29 April–1 May 1955
Finland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Alfred Huber
Reino Nyyssönen 		8
6 		6
0 		6
1 		     
2
Franz Saiko
Sakari Salo 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     
3
Hans Redl / Franz Saiko
Lars-Henrik Krause / Sakari Salo 		7
5 		6
1 		6
0 		     
4
Franz Saiko
Reino Nyyssönen 		6
3 		6
3 		6
1 		     
5
Alfred Huber
Sakari Salo 		6
4 		6
3 		7
5 		     

Turkey vs. Egypt


Turkey
1 		Istanbul, Turkey[6]
29 April–1 May 1955
Egypt
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Behbut Cevanşir
Adel Ismail 		6
2 		2
6 		5
7 		5
7 		   
2
Nazmi Bari
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed 		1
6 		6
3 		6
4 		5
7 		14
16 		 
3
Engin Balas / Behbut Cevanşir
Donald Acobas / Adel Ismail 		6
1 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4
Nazmi Bari
Adel Ismail 		4
6 		6
4 		8
10 		4
6 		   
5
Engin Balas
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed 		3
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     

Monaco vs. Argentina


Monaco
0 		Monte Carlo, Monaco[7]
29 April–1 May 1955
Argentina
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Georges Pasquier
Alejo Russell 		6
3 		3
6 		0
6 		0
6 		   
2
Yvan Médecin
Enrique Morea 		1
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
3
Yvan Médecin / Georges Pasquier
Enrique Morea / Alejo Russell 		3
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
4
Yvan Médecin
Alejo Russell 		          not
played
5
Georges Pasquier
Enrique Morea 		          not
played

Switzerland vs. Netherlands


Switzerland
3 		Basel, Switzerland[8]
29 April–1 May 1955
Netherlands
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Martin Froesch
Hans van Dalsum 		6
0 		6
1 		6
4 		     
2
Paul Blondel
Fred Dehnert 		5
7 		6
2 		4
6 		4
6 		   
3
René Buser / Bernard du Pont
Hans van Dalsum / Fred Dehnert 		3
6 		6
0 		6
3 		1
6 		2
6 		 
4
Martin Froesch
Fred Dehnert 		6
3 		6
3 		6
0 		     
5
Paul Blondel
Hans van Swol 		0
6 		6
2 		9
7 		3
6 		12
10 		 

Yugoslavia vs. Chile


Yugoslavia
0 		Karlovac, Yugoslavia[9]
29 April–1 May 1955
Chile
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ilija Panajotović
Luis Ayala 		3
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
2
Vladimir Petrović
Andrés Hammersley 		3
6 		6
3 		6
4 		5
7 		2
6 		 
3
Ladislav Jagec / Vladimir Petrović
Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley 		4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
4
Ladislav Jagec
Andrés Hammersley 		3
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
5
Vladimir Petrović
Luis Ayala 		0
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     

Portugal vs. Czechoslovakia


Portugal
0 		Monsanto Tennis Club, Lisbon, Portugal[10]
29 April–1 May 1955
Clay
Czechoslovakia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
David Cohen
Vladimír Zábrodský 		0
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
2
José da Silva
Jiří Javorský 		0
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
3
António Azevedo Gomes / José da Silva
Jiří Javorský / Vladimír Zábrodský 		1
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     
4
José da Silva
Vladimír Zábrodský 		4
6 		2
6 		0
6 		     
5
David Cohen
Jiří Javorský 		2
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     

Second round

Denmark vs. South Africa


Denmark
3 		Copenhagen, Denmark[11]
13–15 May 1955
Clay
South Africa
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Kurt Nielsen
Ian Vermaak 		4
6 		6
1 		6
2 		1
6 		8
6 		 
2
Jørgen Ulrich
Abe Segal 		3
6 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		   
3
Søren Højberg / Kurt Nielsen
Abe Segal / Ian Vermaak 		11
9 		13
15 		1
6 		5
7 		   
4
Jørgen Ulrich
Gordon Forbes 		6
2 		1
6 		9
11 		3
6 		   
5
Kurt Nielsen
Abe Segal 		6
2 		6
3 		9
7 		     

West Germany vs. Italy


West Germany
0 		Munich, West Germany[12]
14–17 May 1955
Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Christoph Biederlack
Fausto Gardini 		2
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     
2
Rupert Huber
Giuseppe Merlo 		2
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3
Ernst Buchholz / Horst Hermann
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 		1
6 		4
6 		6
2 		6
8 		   
4
Rupert Huber
Fausto Gardini 		0
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
5
Christoph Biederlack
Giuseppe Merlo 		1
6 		6
8 		1
6 		     

Austria vs. Great Britain


Austria
1 		Vienna, Austria[13]
13–15 May 1955
Clay
Great Britain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Alfred Huber
Roger Becker 		6
4 		9
7 		0
6 		6
4 		   
2
Franz Saiko
Tony Mottram 		8
10 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3
Alfred Huber / Hans Redl
Tony Mottram / Geoffrey Paish 		2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4
Franz Saiko
Roger Becker 		2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
5
Alfred Huber
Tony Mottram 		3
6 		7
5 		6
2 		4
6 		4
6 		 

Egypt vs. India


Egypt
0 		Cairo, Egypt[14]
13–15 May 1955
India
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Adel Ismail
Naresh Kumar 		0
6 		3
6 		6
4 		6
2 		1
6 		 
2
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Ramanathan Krishnan 		0
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3
Donald Acobas / Adel Ismail
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar 		3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Naresh Kumar 		1
6 		6
1 		4
6 		7
5 		2
6 		 
5
Adli El Shafei
Ramanathan Krishnan 		1
6 		7
9 		3
6 		     

France vs. Argentina


France
3 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[15]
13–15 May 1955
Clay
Argentina
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Paul Rémy
Alejo Russell 		6
4 		6
1 		6
4 		     
2
Robert Haillet
Enrique Morea 		2
6 		4
6 		6
8 		     
3
Marcel Bernard / Paul Rémy
Enrique Morea / Alejo Russell 		6
4 		6
3 		6
4 		     
4
Paul Rémy
Enrique Morea 		7
9 		3
6 		4
6 		     
5
Robert Haillet
Alejo Russell 		6
4 		2
6 		6
3 		6
2 		   

Switzerland vs. Sweden


Switzerland
0 		Montreux, Switzerland[16]
13–15 May 1955
Clay
Sweden
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Martin Froesch
Sven Davidson 		1
6 		5
7 		0
6 		     
2
Paul Blondel
Lennart Bergelin 		2
6 		1
6 		6
0 		2
6 		   
3
Paul Blondel / René Buser
Sven Davidson / Ulf Schmidt 		4
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
4
Martin Froesch
Lennart Bergelin 		6
2 		4
6 		2
6 		0
6 		   
5
Paul Blondel
Ulf Schmidt 		2
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     

Hungary vs. Chile


Hungary
2 		Budapest, Hungary[17]
12–14 May 1955
Chile
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
József Asbóth
Andrés Hammersley 		2
6 		3
6 		6
4 		12
10 		4
6 		 
2
András Ádám-Stolpa
Luis Ayala 		3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3
András Ádám-Stolpa / József Asbóth
Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley 		7
5 		7
5 		6
4 		     
4
József Asbóth
Luis Ayala 		6
3 		3
6 		7
5 		2
6 		0
6 		 
5
András Ádám-Stolpa
Andrés Hammersley 		3
6 		7
5 		5
7 		7
5 		6
1 		 

Czechoslovakia vs. Belgium


Czechoslovakia
0 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[18]
13–15 May 1955
Belgium
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jiří Javorský
Philippe Washer 		0
6 		1
6 		6
3 		4
6 		   
2
Vladimír Zábrodský
Jacques Brichant 		6
8 		3
6 		6
2 		4
6 		   
3
Jiří Javorský / Vladimír Zábrodský
Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer 		1
6 		6
3 		3
6 		7
9 		   
4
Vladimír Zábrodský
Philippe Washer 		2
6 		1
6 		6
3 		4
6 		   
5
Jiří Javorský
Jacques Brichant 		2
6 		9
11 		6
3 		8
10 		   

Quarterfinals

Denmark vs. Italy


Denmark
0 		Copenhagen, Denmark[19]
10–12 June 1955
Clay
Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Kurt Nielsen
Fausto Gardini 		2
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
2
Torben Ulrich
Giuseppe Merlo 		3
6 		4
6 		6
3 		0
6 		   
3
Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 		14
16 		3
6 		1
6 		     
4
Kurt Nielsen
Giuseppe Merlo 		0
6 		6
4 		2
6 		6
4 		5
7 		 
5
Jørgen Ulrich
Nicola Pietrangeli 		4
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     

Great Britain vs. India


Great Britain
3 		Northern Lawn Tennis Club, Manchester, England[20]
9–13 June 1955
Grass
India
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roger Becker
Naresh Kumar 		6
2 		7
9 		6
2 		6
3 		   
2
Tony Mottram
Ramanathan Krishnan 		4
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
3
Tony Mottram / Geoffrey Paish
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar 		6
2 		6
1 		3
6 		5
7 		4
6 		 
4
Roger Becker
Ramanathan Krishnan 		13
11 		6
3 		6
3 		     
5
Tony Mottram
Naresh Kumar 		2
6 		9
7 		4
6 		7
5 		6
3 		 

Sweden vs. France


Sweden
3 		Saltsjöbaden, Sweden[21]
10–12 June 1955
Clay
France
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Lennart Bergelin
Robert Haillet 		3
6 		6
2 		6
3 		6
3 		   
2
Sven Davidson
Paul Rémy 		3
6 		6
3 		6
2 		2
6 		1
6 		 
3
Sven Davidson / Ulf Schmidt
Marcel Bernard / Paul Rémy 		4
6 		7
5 		4
6 		6
1 		2
6 		 
4
Sven Davidson
Robert Haillet 		11
9 		6
2 		9
7 		     
5
Lennart Bergelin
Paul Rémy 		1
6 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		   

Belgium vs. Chile


Belgium
2 		Brussels, Belgium[22]
10–12 June 1955
Chile
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jacques Brichant
Andrés Hammersley 		5
7 		6
4 		8
6 		8
6 		   
2
Philippe Washer
Luis Ayala 		1
6 		6
8 		1
6 		     
3
Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer
Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley 		6
4 		0
6 		6
4 		4
6 		6
4 		 
4
Jacques Brichant
Luis Ayala 		6
1 		1
6 		9
7 		1
6 		5
7 		 
5
Philippe Washer
Andrés Hammersley 		2
6 		6
4 		4
6 		6
0 		4
6 		 

Semifinals

Great Britain vs. Italy


Great Britain
0 		Edgbaston Lawn Tennis Club, Birmingham, England[23]
14–16 July 1955
Grass
Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Billy Knight
Fausto Gardini 		9
7 		2
6 		4
6 		1
6 		   
2
Roger Becker
Nicola Pietrangeli 		3
6 		9
7 		4
6 		6
8 		   
3
Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 		6
4 		9
11 		6
8 		3
6 		   
4
Billy Knight
Nicola Pietrangeli 		6
3 		6
4 		4
6 		3
6 		4
6 		 
5
Roger Becker
Orlando Sirola 		8
10 		2
6 		5
7 		     

Sweden vs. Chile


Sweden
3 		Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[24]
15–17 July 1955
Clay
Chile
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Sven Davidson
Luis Ayala 		6
1 		5
7 		5
7 		3
6 		   
2
Lennart Bergelin
Andrés Hammersley 		5
7 		7
5 		6
2 		6
3 		   
3
Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson
Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley 		6
0 		6
1 		6
4 		     
4
Lennart Bergelin
Luis Ayala 		4
6 		6
4 		2
6 		1
6 		   
5
Sven Davidson
Andrés Hammersley 		6
1 		6
1 		6
3 		     

Final

Italy vs. Sweden


Italy
4 		Milan, Italy[2]
29–31 July 1955
Clay
Sweden
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Fausto Gardini
Sven Davidson 		6
4 		0
6 		3
6 		6
1 		6
3 		 
2
Giuseppe Merlo
Lennart Bergelin 		6
1 		6
8 		6
8 		8
6 		6
1 		 
3
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson 		6
3 		6
4 		2
6 		2
6 		6
1 		 
4
Orlando Sirola
Sven Davidson 		2
6 		6
8 		4
6 		     
5
Fausto Gardini
Staffan Stockenberg 		6
4 		6
1 		6
4 		     

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 "Italy v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Norway v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "West Germany v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Austria v Finland". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Turkey v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Monaco v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Switzerland v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Yugoslavia v Chile". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Portugal v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Denmark v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "West Germany v Italy". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Austria v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Egypt v India". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "France v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Switzerland v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Hungary v Chile". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Denmark v Italy". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Great Britain v India". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Sweden v France". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "Belgium v Chile". daviscup.com.
  23. ^ "Great Britain v Italy". daviscup.com.
  24. ^ "Sweden v Chile". daviscup.com.
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