1962 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Main article: 1962 Davis Cup

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1962 Davis Cup.

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

Draw

First Round
4–7 May		Second Round
18–21 May		Quarterfinals
14–17 June		Semifinals
13–15 July		Final
27–29 July
 ItalyFlorence, Italy (clay)
bye Italy5
 Netherlands0 Soviet Union0Brescia, Italy (clay)
 Soviet Union5 Italy4
 Hungary5Budapest, Hungary (clay) Hungary1
 Luxembourg0 Hungary5
 Denmark4 Denmark0Milan, Italy (clay)
 New Zealand1 Italy5
 Norway0Warsaw, Poland Great Britain0
 Poland5 Poland0
 Monaco0 Brazil3Eastbourne, England (grass)
 Brazil5 Brazil1
 Ireland1Vienna, Austria (clay) Great Britain4
 Austria4 Austria1
bye Great Britain4Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 Great Britain Italy1
 FranceParis, France (clay) Sweden4
bye France2
  Switzerland0 South Africa3West Berlin
 South Africa4 South Africa3
 Spain2Hanover, West Germany West Germany2
 West Germany3 West Germany5
 Romania4 Romania0Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 Israel1 South Africa1
 Lebanon1Helsinki, Finland Sweden4
 Finland4 Finland0
 Czechoslovakia4 Czechoslovakia5Stockholm, Sweden (clay)
 Egypt1 Czechoslovakia0
 Belgium4Brussels, Belgium (clay) Sweden5
 Chile1 Belgium0
bye Sweden5
 Sweden

First round

Netherlands vs. Soviet Union


Netherlands
0 		Scheveningen, Netherlands[3]
5–7 May 1962
Clay
Soviet Union
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Willem Maris
Toomas Leius 		1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
2
Evert Schneider
Sergei Likhachev 		3
6 		1
6 		6
4 		4
6 		   
3
Willem Maris / Evert Schneider
Toomas Leius / Sergei Likhachev 		1
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
4
Pieter van Eijsden
Sergei Likhachev 		1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
5
Evert Schneider
Rudolf Sivokhin 		5
7 		5
7 		2
6 		     

Hungary vs. Luxembourg


Hungary
5 		Budapest, Hungary[4]
4–6 May 1962
Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Zoltán Katona
Jean Neuman 		6
0 		6
2 		6
3 		     
2
István Gulyás
Joseph Offenheim 		6
3 		6
1 		6
1 		     
3
István Gulyás / András Szikszay
Joseph Offenheim / Gaston Wampach 		6
1 		6
1 		6
3 		     
4
István Gulyás
Jean Neuman 		6
1 		6
2 		6
3 		     
5
Zoltán Katona
Joseph Offenheim 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		     

Denmark vs. New Zealand


Denmark
4 		Copenhagen, Denmark[5]
4–6 May 1962
Clay
New Zealand
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan Leschly
John Souter 		6
2 		7
5 		6
4 		     
2
Jørgen Ulrich
Ian Crookenden 		6
2 		1
6 		10
8 		2
6 		10
8 		 
3
Jan Leschly / Jørgen Ulrich
Ian Crookenden / John Souter 		8
6 		6
3 		6
4 		     
4
Jan Leschly
Ian Crookenden 		6
2 		3
6 		8
6 		6
0 		   
5
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
John Souter 		3
6 		2
6 		6
4 		0
6 		   

Norway vs. Poland


Norway
0 		Oslo, Norway[6]
4–7 May 1962
Clay
Poland
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Per Hegna
Władysław Skonecki 		3
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
2
Finn Søhol
Wiesław Gąsiorek 		2
6 		6
3 		2
6 		2
6 		   
3
Sjur Lars Galtung-Hansen / Finn Søhol
Wiesław Gąsiorek / Józef Orlikowski 		4
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
4
Per Hegna
Wiesław Gąsiorek 		2
6 		6
4 		1
6 		4
6 		   
5
Finn Søhol
Józef Orlikowski 		6
1 		6
2 		3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		 

Monaco vs. Brazil


Monaco
0 		Monte Carlo, Monaco[7]
4–6 May 1962
Brazil
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Adrien Viviani
José Edison Mandarino 		0
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
2
Roland Borghini
Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		4
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3
Roland Borghini / René Ruzic
Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino 		0
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
4
Adrien Viviani
Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		1
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
5
Roland Borghini
Thomaz Koch 		5
7 		3
6 		1
6 		     

Ireland vs. Austria


Ireland
1 		Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[8]
4–6 May 1962
Grass
Austria
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Peter Jackson
Franz Saiko 		5
7 		2
6 		1
6 		     
2
Robin Condy
Ladislav Legenstein 		0
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3
Derek Arthurs / Michael Hickey
Detlef Herdy / Ladislav Legenstein 		3
6 		3
6 		7
9 		     
4
Derek Arthurs
Franz Saiko 		1
6 		2
6 		       
5
Peter Jackson
Detlef Herdy 		6
4 		1
6 		6
4 		     

Switzerland vs. South Africa


Switzerland
0 		Lausanne, Switzerland[9]
4–6 May 1962
South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Martin Froesch
Abe Segal 		2
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
2
Jorge Paulo Lemann
Gordon Forbes 		3
6 		7
5 		6
3 		5
7 		1
6 		 
3
Paul Blondel / Bruno Spielmann
Gordon Forbes / Abe Segal 		3
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
4
Jorge Paulo Lemann
Cliff Drysdale 		9
11 		2
6 		4
6 		     
5
Martin Froesch
Gordon Forbes 		          not
played

Spain vs. West Germany


Spain
2 		Real Madrid Club de Tenis, Madrid, Spain[10]
4–6 May 1962
Clay
West Germany
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Manuel Santana
Ingo Buding 		6
3 		1
6 		2
6 		6
2 		5
7 		 
2
Juan Manuel Couder
Wilhelm Bungert 		1
6 		6
4 		6
2 		4
6 		7
5 		 
3
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke 		7
9 		4
6 		6
3 		9
11 		   
4
Manuel Santana
Wilhelm Bungert 		2
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     
5
Juan Manuel Couder
Ingo Buding 		6
4 		6
3 		6
2 		     

Romania vs. Israel


Romania
4 		Bucharest, Romania[11]
4–6 May 1962
Clay
Israel
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ion Țiriac
Eleazar Davidman 		6
0 		6
3 		6
3 		     
2
Constantin Năstase
Gabriel Dubitzky 		6
0 		6
1 		6
1 		     
3
Petre Mărmureanu / Ion Țiriac
Eleazar Davidman / Gabriel Dubitzky 		6
4 		6
1 		6
4 		     
4
Constantin Năstase
Eleazar Davidman 		6
4 		6
1 		1
6 		3
6 		4
6 		 
5
Ion Țiriac
Gabriel Dubitzky 		6
3 		6
1 		6
1 		     

Lebanon vs. Finland


Lebanon
1 		Alumni Club, Beirut, Lebanon[12]
4–6 May 1962
Clay
Finland
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Édouard Samuel
Reino Nyyssönen 		1
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
2
Karim Fawaz
Sakari Salo 		6
4 		6
3 		7
5 		     
3
Karim Fawaz / Édouard Samuel
Reino Nyyssönen / Sakari Salo 		2
6 		7
5 		6
8 		7
9 		   
4
Édouard Samuel
Sakari Salo 		8
6 		2
6 		2
6 		1
6 		   
5
Karim Fawaz
Reino Nyyssönen 		6
3 		4
6 		1
6 		0
6 		   

Czechoslovakia vs. Egypt


Czechoslovakia
4 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[13]
4–6 May 1962
Egypt
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Petr Štrobl
Kamel Moubarek 		6
1 		6
4 		4
6 		3
6 		6
4 		 
2
Jiří Javorský
Fathi Mohammed-Ali 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		     
3
Jiří Javorský / Petr Štrobl
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed / Fathi Mohammed-Ali 		6
2 		3
6 		6
0 		6
3 		   
4
Petr Štrobl
Fathi Mohammed-Ali 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
5
Pavel Korda
Kamel Moubarek 		6
2 		6
1 		6
2 		     

Belgium vs. Chile


Belgium
4 		Brussels, Belgium[14]
4–6 May 1962
Chile
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Eric Drossart
Patricio Apey 		7
5 		6
2 		6
2 		     
2
Jacques Brichant
Patricio Rodríguez 		6
0 		7
5 		6
4 		     
3
Jacques Brichant / Eric Drossart
Ernesto Aguirre / Patricio Rodríguez 		4
6 		3
6 		6
3 		6
0 		6
2 		 
4
Claude De Gronckel
Patricio Apey 		3
6 		5
7 		6
4 		7
9 		   
5
Eric Drossart
Patricio Rodríguez 		6
4 		4
6 		7
5 		2
6 		6
2 		 

Second round

Italy vs. Soviet Union


Italy
5 		Florence, Italy[15]
18–20 May 1962
Clay
Soviet Union
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicola Pietrangeli
Toomas Leius 		6
4 		1
6 		6
3 		6
1 		   
2
Fausto Gardini
Sergei Likhachev 		6
0 		6
2 		6
3 		     
3
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Toomas Leius / Sergei Likhachev 		7
5 		6
2 		6
3 		     
4
Nicola Pietrangeli
Sergei Likhachev 		0
6 		8
6 		8
6 		6
1 		   
5
Fausto Gardini
Toomas Leius 		6
4 		2
6 		6
3 		6
3 		   

Hungary vs. Denmark


Hungary
5 		Budapest, Hungary[16]
18–20 May 1962
Clay
Denmark
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
András Szikszay
Carl-Edvard Hedelund 		6
2 		7
5 		6
4 		     
2
István Gulyás
Thorkild Larsen 		6
3 		6
0 		6
2 		     
3
István Gulyás / András Szikszay
Carl-Edvard Hedelund / Thorkild Larsen 		6
3 		6
2 		6
2 		     
4
András Szikszay
Thorkild Larsen 		6
2 		6
4 		6
4 		     
5
István Gulyás
Carl-Edvard Hedelund 		6
0 		6
3 		6
4 		     

Poland vs. Brazil


Poland
0 		Warsaw, Poland[17]
18–20 May 1962
Brazil
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Władysław Skonecki
Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		4
6 		6
2 		6
8 		4
6 		   
2
Wiesław Gąsiorek
José Edison Mandarino 		5
7 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3
Wiesław Biełanowicz / Wiesław Nowicki
Ronald Barnes / Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		3
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
4
Wiesław Gąsiorek
Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		          not
played
5
Władysław Skonecki
José Edison Mandarino 		          not
played

Austria vs. Great Britain


Austria
1 		Vienna, Austria[18]
19–21 May 1962
Clay
Great Britain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ladislav Legenstein
Billy Knight 		0
6 		6
3 		2
6 		3
6 		   
2
Franz Saiko
Mike Sangster 		6
3 		3
6 		2
6 		6
4 		6
3 		 
3
Ladislav Legenstein / Franz Saiko
Billy Knight / Tony Pickard 		0
6 		2
6 		6
3 		6
4 		0
6 		 
4
Franz Saiko
Billy Knight 		2
6 		4
6 		7
9 		     
5
Detlef Herdy
Mike Sangster 		8
10 		4
6 		6
3 		5
7 		   

France vs. South Africa


France
2 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[19]
18–20 May 1962
Clay
South Africa
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Gérard Pilet
Cliff Drysdale 		5
7 		6
2 		3
6 		10
12 		   
2
Pierre Darmon
Gordon Forbes 		6
3 		6
1 		6
2 		     
3
Jean-Claude Barclay / Jacques Renavand
Gordon Forbes / Abe Segal 		4
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
4
Pierre Darmon
Cliff Drysdale 		6
4 		7
5 		6
2 		     
5
Gérard Pilet
Gordon Forbes 		1
6 		1
6 		7
9 		     

West Germany vs. Romania


West Germany
5 		Hanover, West Germany[20]
18–20 May 1962
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Wilhelm Bungert
Constantin Năstase 		6
1 		8
6 		6
2 		     
2
Ingo Buding
Ion Țiriac 		6
4 		6
0 		6
3 		     
3
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke
Constantin Năstase / Ion Țiriac 		6
0 		6
3 		6
4 		     
4
Wilhelm Bungert
Ion Țiriac 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		     
5
Ingo Buding
Constantin Năstase 		6
2 		6
2 		6
1 		     

Finland vs. Czechoslovakia


Finland
0 		Helsinki, Finland[21]
18–20 May 1962
Czechoslovakia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Reino Nyyssönen
Jiří Javorský 		6
8 		2
6 		4
6 		     
2
Pekka Säilä
Pavel Korda 		0
6 		7
9 		4
6 		     
3
Reino Nyyssönen / Sakari Salo
Jiří Javorský / Petr Štrobl 		0
6 		6
3 		6
8 		4
6 		   
4
Pekka Säilä
Petr Štrobl 		2
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
5
Reino Nyyssönen
Pavel Korda 		6
4 		6
4 		4
6 		1
6 		3
6 		 

Belgium vs. Sweden


Belgium
0 		Royal Léopold Club, Brussels, Belgium[22]
18–20 May 1962
Clay
Sweden
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jacques Brichant
Jan-Erik Lundqvist 		6
2 		3
6 		4
6 		3
6 		   
2
Eric Drossart
Ulf Schmidt 		2
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
3
Jacques Brichant / Eric Drossart
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt 		0
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
4
Jacques Brichant
Ulf Schmidt 		2
6 		6
4 		4
6 		2
6 		   
5
Eric Drossart
Jan-Erik Lundqvist 		1
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     

Quarterfinals

Italy vs. Hungary


Italy
4 		Brescia, Italy[23]
15–17 June 1962
Clay
Hungary
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Fausto Gardini
Zoltán Katona 		6
1 		6
3 		6
1 		     
2
Nicola Pietrangeli
István Gulyás 		6
1 		4
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   
3
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
István Gulyás / András Szikszay 		1
6 		6
2 		6
1 		4
6 		6
3 		 
4
Nicola Pietrangeli
Zoltán Katona 		6
0 		6
2 		6
3 		     
5
Fausto Gardini
István Gulyás 		6
1 		2
6 		6
3 		6
2 		   

Great Britain vs. Brazil


Great Britain
4 		Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[24]
14–16 June 1962
Grass
Brazil
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Mike Sangster
Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		6
4 		6
4 		6
4 		     
2
Billy Knight
Thomaz Koch 		6
3 		6
3 		6
1 		     
3
Billy Knight / Tony Pickard
Ronald Barnes / José Edison Mandarino 		17
19 		6
1 		4
6 		7
9 		   
4
Billy Knight
Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		10
8 		6
3 		3
6 		7
5 		   
5
Mike Sangster
José Edison Mandarino 		4
6 		6
3 		6
3 		2
6 		7
5 		 

West Germany vs. South Africa


West Germany
2 		West Berlin[25]
15–17 June 1962
South Africa
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ingo Buding
Cliff Drysdale 		4
6 		7
5 		6
4 		9
11 		6
3 		 
2
Wilhelm Bungert
Gordon Forbes 		6
3 		6
8 		4
6 		6
3 		6
4 		 
3
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke
Gordon Forbes / Abe Segal 		6
4 		4
6 		2
6 		6
3 		3
6 		 
4
Ingo Buding
Gordon Forbes 		3
6 		2
6 		7
5 		4
6 		   
5
Wilhelm Bungert
Cliff Drysdale 		2
6 		6
0 		6
8 		2
6 		   

Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia


Sweden
5 		Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden[26]
15–17 June 1962
Clay
Czechoslovakia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ulf Schmidt
Pavel Korda 		6
2 		6
4 		6
2 		     
2
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Jiří Javorský 		6
0 		10
8 		6
2 		     
3
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Jiří Javorský / Petr Štrobl 		8
6 		6
3 		6
0 		     
4
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Pavel Korda 		6
2 		6
0 		6
4 		     
5
Ulf Schmidt
Jiří Javorský 		6
4 		3
6 		6
3 		6
2 		   

Semifinals

Italy vs. Great Britain


Italy
5 		Milan, Italy[27]
13–15 July 1962
Clay
Great Britain
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicola Pietrangeli
Mike Sangster 		6
3 		4
6 		7
5 		8
6 		   
2
Fausto Gardini
Billy Knight 		6
1 		6
8 		6
3 		6
1 		   
3
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Billy Knight / Tony Pickard 		6
3 		6
4 		6
8 		6
3 		   
4
Nicola Pietrangeli
Tony Pickard 		8
6 		6
0 		6
1 		     
5
Fausto Gardini
Mike Sangster 		6
1 		6
3 		6
0 		     

Sweden vs. South Africa


Sweden
4 		Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[28]
13–15 July 1962
Clay
South Africa
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ulf Schmidt
Cliff Drysdale 		3
6 		2
6 		6
3 		3
6 		   
2
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Gordon Forbes 		6
2 		6
4 		6
1 		     
3
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Cliff Drysdale / Abe Segal 		6
4 		6
2 		9
7 		     
4
Ulf Schmidt
Abe Segal 		11
9 		6
4 		6
1 		     
5
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Cliff Drysdale 		6
4 		6
4 		6
2 		     

Final

Sweden vs. Italy


Sweden
4 		Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[2]
27–29 July 1962
Clay
Italy
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ulf Schmidt
Fausto Gardini 		3
6 		6
3 		5
7 		3
6 		   
2
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Nicola Pietrangeli 		6
2 		6
4 		6
1 		     
3
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 		6
1 		3
6 		6
8 		6
4 		9
7 		 
4
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Fausto Gardini 		6
0 		6
2 		6
1 		     
5
Ulf Schmidt
Nicola Pietrangeli 		6
1 		8
6 		6
3 		     

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 Italy". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Netherlands v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
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  5. ^ "Denmark v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Norway v Poland". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Monaco v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Ireland v Austria". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Switzerland v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Spain v West Germany". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Romania v Israel". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Lebanon v Finland". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Belgium v Chile". daviscup.com.
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  16. ^ "Hungary v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Poland v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Austria v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "France v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "West Germany v Romania". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Finland v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "Belgium v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  23. ^ "Italy v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  24. ^ "Great Britain v Brazil". daviscup.com.
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