1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

Main article: 1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

27 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] Italy defeated Czechoslovakia in the final, and went on to face the United States in the Inter-Zonal Final. ^[2]

Draw

First Round 7 April–12 May

Second Round 11–26 May

Quarterfinals 7–11 June

Semifinals 20–24 June

Final 13–15 July

Switzerland

Zürich, Switzerland

bye

Switzerland

2

India

India

3

Turin, Italy (clay)

bye

India

1

Romania

5

Rome, Italy (clay)

Italy

4

Belgium

0

Romania

0

Italy

4

Italy

4

Felixstowe, England (grass)

Australia

1

Italy

4

Yugoslavia

1

Helsinki, Finland (clay)

Great Britain

1

Finland

4

Finland

0

Great Britain

4

Great Britain

5

Birmingham, England (grass)

Argentina

1

Great Britain

4

Germany

4

Berlin, Germany (clay)

Germany

1

Greece

1

Germany

3

Spain

3

Spain

2

Milan, Italy (clay)

Chile

2

Italy

3

Poland

0

Copenhagen, Denmark

Czechoslovakia

2

Denmark

5

Denmark

1

Austria

4

Austria

4

The Hague, Netherlands (clay)

Philippines

1

Austria

0

Norway

0

Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)

Netherlands

3

Hungary

5

Hungary

2

Ireland

0

Netherlands

3

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Netherlands

5

Netherlands

2

Sweden [3]

w/o

Stockholm, Sweden

Czechoslovakia

3

South Africa

Sweden

1

bye

Czechoslovakia

4

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia [4]

w/o

bye

Lisbon, Portugal (clay)

New Zealand

Portugal

Portugal

1

bye

New Zealand

4

New Zealand

First round

Romania vs. Belgium

Romania 5	Bucharest, Romania [5] 4–6 May 1928 Clay		Belgium 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gheorghe Lupu Andre Ewbank 6 3 7 9 7 5 7 9 6 3   2 Nicolae Mișu Maurice Iwiens-d'Eeckhoutte 6 3 8 6 3 6 6 3     3 Laszlo Dorner  /  Nicolae Mișu Andre Ewbank  /  André Lacroix 6 4 4 6 6 2 7 5     4 Nicolae Mișu Andre Ewbank 6 4 6 1 6 4       5 Gheorghe Lupu Maurice Iwiens-d'Eeckhoutte 3 6 4 6 6 4 6 4 6 0

Italy vs. Australia

Italy 4	Genoa, Italy [6] 4–9 May 1928 Clay		Australia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Uberto De Morpurgo Jack Crawford 7 5 6 3 6 2       2 Giorgio de Stefani Gerald Patterson 1 6 3 6 3 6       3 Placido Gaslini  /  Uberto De Morpurgo Harry Hopman  /  Gerald Patterson 6 3 6 4 1 6 1 6 6 2   4 Uberto De Morpurgo Gerald Patterson 1 6 6 4 6 3 2 6 6 1   5 Giorgio de Stefani Harry Hopman 7 5 8 6 10 8

Yugoslavia vs. Finland

Yugoslavia 1	Zagreb, Yugoslavia [7] 4–6 May 1928		Finland 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Franjo Šefer Arne Grahn 2 6 0 6 1 6       2 Aleksandar Popović Bo Grotenfelt 4 6 6 1 3 6 5 7     3 Aleksandar Popović  /  Franjo Šefer Arne Grahn  /  Bo Grotenfelt 2 6 2 6 6 8       4 Aleksandar Popović Arne Grahn 2 6 2 6 2 6       5 Franjo Šefer Bo Grotenfelt 6 3 2 6 9 7 7 5

Great Britain vs. Argentina

Great Britain 4	Abbey Park Gardens, Torquay, England [8] 3–5 May 1928 Clay		Argentina 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Colin Gregory Guillermo Robson 10 12 13 11 6 3 8 6     2 Edward Higgs Ronaldo Boyd 3 6 6 4 3 6 3 6     3 Gordon Crole-Rees  /  Cyril Eames Ronaldo Boyd  /  Guillermo Robson 6 4 6 1 9 11 1 6 7 5   4 Colin Gregory Ronaldo Boyd 6 4 11 9 6 2       5 Edward Higgs Guillermo Robson 7 5 6 2 2 6 7 5

Germany vs. Greece

Germany 4	Munich, Germany [9] 4–6 May 1928		Greece 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Phillip Buss Augustos Zerlendis 7 5 6 4 4 6 6 2     2 Otto Froitzheim Max Balli 3 6 6 3 6 1 9 7     3 Curt Bergmann  /  Heinrich Kleinschroth Max Balli  /  Augustos Zerlendis 6 1 6 3 6 4       4 Phillip Buss Max Balli 6 1 6 4 6 4       5 Otto Froitzheim Augustos Zerlendis 1 6 3 6 6 4 6 4 1 6

Spain vs. Chile

Spain 3	Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain [10] 7–9 April 1928 Clay		Chile 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Francisco Sindreu Domingo Torralva Ponsa 6 3 6 2 3 6 6 3     2 Antonio Juanico Luis Torralva Ponsa 4 6 2 6 2 6       3 Eduardo Flaquer  /  Raimundo Morales Marqués Domingo Torralva Ponsa  /  Luis Torralva Ponsa 6 4 2 6 6 3 7 9 2 6   4 Francisco Sindreu Luis Torralva Ponsa 6 4 7 5 6 4       5 Antonio Juanico Domingo Torralva Ponsa 6 4 4 6 6 3 3 6 6 1

Poland vs. Denmark

Poland 0	Warsaw, Poland [11] 4–6 May 1928		Denmark 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jerzy Stolarow Einer Ulrich 6 3 4 6 0 6 4 6     2 Przemyslaw Warminski Axel Petersen 2 6 6 3 4 6 2 6     3 Jerzy Stolarow  /  Maksymilian Stolarow Axel Petersen  /  Einer Ulrich 1 6 3 6 4 6       4 Przemyslaw Warminski Einer Ulrich 4 6 4 6 6 8       5 Jerzy Stolarow Axel Petersen 1 6 0 6 2 6

Austria vs. Philippines

Austria 4	Vienna, Austria [12] 4–6 May 1928		Philippines 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hermann von Artens Guillermo Aragon 6 3 6 3 6 3       2 Franz-Wilhelm Matejka Lope Yngayo 6 2 6 2 6 4       3 Hermann von Artens  /  Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten Guillermo Aragon  /  Lope Yngayo 6 2 11 13 6 0 6 3     4 Hermann von Artens Lope Yngayo 4 6 2 6 6 1     retired   5 Franz-Wilhelm Matejka Guillermo Aragon 6 0 6 2 6 3

Norway vs. Hungary

Norway 0	Oslo, Norway [13] 4–6 May 1928 Clay		Hungary 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rolf Christoffersen Béla von Kehrling 1 6 3 6 1 6       2 Torleif Torkildsen Imre Takáts 5 7 9 7 4 6 6 1 2 6   3 Rolf Christoffersen  /  Torleif Torkildsen Béla von Kehrling  /  Jenő Péteri 2 6 2 6 6 4 0 6     4 Torleif Torkildsen Béla von Kehrling 5 7 6 3 3 6 1 6     5 Rolf Christoffersen Imre Takáts 1 6 1 6 2 6

Ireland vs. Netherlands

Ireland 0	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland [14] 10–12 May 1928 Grass		Netherlands 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Denis O'Callaghan Arthur Diemer-Kool 2 6 7 5 1 6 2 6     2 Charles Scroppe Hendrik Timmer 2 6 2 6 2 6       3 Denis O'Callaghan  /  Charles Scroppe Arthur Diemer-Kool  /  Hendrik Timmer 4 6 6 8 6 8       4 Charles Scroppe Arthur Diemer-Kool 6 3 3 6 7 5 1 6 1 6   5 Denis O'Callaghan Hendrik Timmer 1 6 2 6 0 6

Second round

Switzerland vs. India

Switzerland 2	Zürich, Switzerland [15] 12–14 May 1928		India 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Charles Aeschlimann Mohammed Sleem 3 6 7 9 2 6       2 Jean Wuarin E.V. Bobb 3 6 1 6 9 7 3 6     3 Charles Aeschlimann  /  Maurice Ferrier Dudley Pitt  /  Hira-Lal Soni 4 6 8 10 6 3 6 4 6 1   4 Jean Wuarin Mohammed Sleem 1 6 1 6 4 6       5 Charles Aeschlimann E.V. Bobb 6 4 1 6 6 4 6 2

Italy vs. Romania

Italy 4	Rome, Italy [16] 17–19 May 1928 Clay		Romania 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Uberto De Morpurgo Gheorghe Lupu 6 2 6 2 6 2       2 Giorgio de Stefani Laszlo Dorner 6 3 6 2 6 2       3 Placido Gaslini  /  Uberto De Morpurgo Laszlo Dorner  /  Gheorghe Lupu 6 2 6 4 4 6 3 6 6 4   4 Giorgio de Stefani Gheorghe Lupu 3 6 6 4 6 4 5 7 9 7   5 Uberto De Morpurgo Laszlo Dorner           not played

Finland vs. Great Britain

Finland 0	Helsinki Tennis Club, Helsinki, Finland [17] 18–20 May 1928 Clay		Great Britain 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Arne Grahn Colin Gregory 0 6 6 1 1 6 1 6     2 Bo Grotenfelt Edward Higgs 2 6 1 6 6 2 0 6     3 Arne Grahn  /  Bo Grotenfelt Gordon Crole-Rees  /  Cyril Eames 3 6 2 6 2 6       4 Runar Granholm Colin Gregory 2 6 1 6 2 6       5 Arne Grahn Edward Higgs 6 4 1 6 4 6 4 6

Germany vs. Spain

Germany 3	Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, Berlin, Germany [18] 17–19 May 1928 Clay		Spain 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hans Moldenhauer Eduardo Flaquer 6 4 3 6 7 5 6 3     2 Daniel Prenn Francisco Sindreu 5 7 6 2 2 6 6 3 6 4   3 Curt Bergmann  /  Heinrich Kleinschroth Eduardo Flaquer  /  Raimundo Morales Marqués 5 7 3 6 6 2 9 7 1 6   4 Hans Moldenhauer Francisco Sindreu 4 6 1 6 7 5 6 1 3 6   5 Daniel Prenn Eduardo Flaquer 4 6 6 3 6 2 6 4

Denmark vs. Austria

Denmark 1	Copenhagen, Denmark [19] 23–26 May 1928		Austria 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Axel Petersen Hermann von Artens 4 6 2 6 5 7       2 Einer Ulrich Franz-Wilhelm Matejka 1 6 2 6 2 6       3 Povl Henriksen  /  Einer Ulrich Hermann von Artens  /  Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten 8 6 6 0 11 9       4 Einer Ulrich Hermann von Artens 4 6 4 6 6 3 7 9     5 Axel Petersen Franz-Wilhelm Matejka 6 8 2 6 7 5 6 2 3 6

Netherlands vs. Hungary

Netherlands 3	Noordwijk, Netherlands [20] 18–20 May 1928 Clay		Hungary 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hendrik Timmer Imre Takáts 6 2 6 0 6 1       2 Arthur Diemer-Kool Béla von Kehrling 5 7 6 4 6 2 1 6 1 1 retired   3 Ody Koopman  /  Hendrik Timmer Béla von Kehrling  /  Jenő Péteri 1 6 6 4 6 2 7 5     4 Hendrik Timmer Béla von Kehrling 6 3 6 4 6 3       5 Ody Koopman Imre Takáts 4 6 2 6 5 7

Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia

Sweden 1	East Malm Athletic/Soccer Fields, Stockholm, Sweden [21] 17–19 May 1928 Clay		Czechoslovakia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ingvar Garell Jan Koželuh 6 8 0 6 1 6       2 Sune Malmström Roderich Menzel 3 6 3 6 6 3 5 7     3 Sune Malmström  /  Charles Wennergren Jan Koželuh  /  Pavel Macenauer 0 6 2 6 4 6       4 Ingvar Garell Roderich Menzel 2 6 0 6 7 5 6 8     5 Sune Malmström Pavel Macenauer 10 8 1 6 7 5 6 3

Portugal vs. New Zealand

Portugal 1	Sporting Club, Lisbon, Portugal [22] 11–13 May 1928 Clay		New Zealand 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 José de Verda Russell Young 6 2 6 2 6 3       2 Antonio Pinto-Coelho Eskell Andrews 3 6 4 6 0 6       3 Antonio Casanovas  /  Fernando Vasconcelos Eskell Andrews  /  Russell Young 7 5 4 6 2 6 2 6     4 Antonio Pinto-Coelho Russell Young 6 4 1 6 3 6 0 6     5 José de Verda Eskell Andrews 4 6 3 6 1 6

Quarterfinals

Italy vs. India

Italy 4	Turin, Italy [23] 9–11 June 1928 Clay		India 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Uberto De Morpurgo Mohammed Sleem 6 3 6 3 6 1       2 Giorgio de Stefani E.V. Bobb 6 4 6 1 6 3       3 Placido Gaslini  /  Uberto De Morpurgo E.V. Bobb  /  Mohammed Sleem 6 3 6 3 3 6 6 3     4 Uberto De Morpurgo E.V. Bobb 6 2 6 4 6 4       5 Giorgio de Stefani Mohammed Sleem 4 6 6 8 6 4 3 6

Great Britain vs. Germany

Great Britain 4	Edgbaston Lawn Tennis Society, Birmingham, England [24] 7–9 June 1928 Grass		Germany 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Edward Higgs Hans Moldenhauer 6 4 4 6 6 2 0 6 6 4   2 Colin Gregory Otto Froitzheim 6 4 4 6 6 0       retired 3 Gordon Crole-Rees  /  Cyril Eames Heinrich Kleinschroth  /  Daniel Prenn 7 5 6 2 6 4       4 Colin Gregory Hans Moldenhauer 2 6 6 4 3 6 6 1 6 2   5 Edward Higgs Daniel Prenn 6 3 1 6 5 7 6 2 3 6

Netherlands vs. Austria

Netherlands 3	The Hague, Netherlands [25] 7–9 June 1928 Clay		Austria 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hendrik Timmer Franz-Wilhelm Matejka 2 6 5 7 6 0 6 3 6 4   2 Arthur Diemer-Kool Hermann von Artens 6 3 4 6 6 3 3 6 6 0   3 Arthur Diemer-Kool  /  Hendrik Timmer Hermann von Artens  /  Franz-Wilhelm Matejka 6 2 6 3 6 0       4 Hendrik Timmer Hermann von Artens           not played 5 Arthur Diemer-Kool Franz-Wilhelm Matejka           not played

Semifinals

Great Britain vs. Italy

Great Britain 1	Felixstowe Lawn Tennis Club, Felixstowe, England [26] 20–22 June 1928 Grass		Italy 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Edward Higgs Uberto De Morpurgo 5 7 4 6 5 7       2 Colin Gregory Giorgio de Stefani 6 3 3 6 3 6 2 6     3 Gordon Crole-Rees  /  Cyril Eames Placido Gaslini  /  Uberto De Morpurgo 4 6 6 3 6 4 7 9 5 7   4 Colin Gregory Uberto De Morpurgo 0 6 1 6 2 6       5 Edward Higgs Giorgio de Stefani 6 1 3 6 6 3 5 7 6 2

Czechoslovakia vs. Netherlands

Czechoslovakia 3	Prague, Czechoslovakia [27] 22–24 June 1928		Netherlands 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Pavel Macenauer Hendrik Timmer 6 2 0 6 6 0 6 4     2 Jan Koželuh Christiaan van Lennep 6 2 6 0 6 2       3 Jan Koželuh  /  Roderich Menzel Christiaan van Lennep  /  Hendrik Timmer 3 6 6 3 2 6 4 6     4 Jan Koželuh Hendrik Timmer 3 6 6 1 1 6 4 6     5 Pavel Macenauer Christiaan van Lennep 6 2 6 2 6 2

Final

Italy vs. Czechoslovakia

Italy 3	Milan, Italy [2] 13–15 July 1928 Clay		Czechoslovakia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Uberto De Morpurgo Pavel Macenauer 6 3 6 3 6 4       2 Placido Gaslini Jan Koželuh 1 6 7 9 6 3 4 6     3 Placido Gaslini  /  Uberto De Morpurgo Jan Koželuh  /  Pavel Macenauer 6 8 6 4 4 6 4 6     4 Uberto De Morpurgo Jan Koželuh 6 1 6 2 6 0       5 Placido Gaslini Pavel Macenauer 0 6 6 4 6 4 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. "Italy v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
3. "Sweden v South Africa". daviscup.com.
4. "Czechoslovakia v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
5. "Romania v Belgium". daviscup.com.
6. "Italy v Australia". daviscup.com.
7. "Yugoslavia v Finland". daviscup.com.
8. "Great Britain v Argentina". daviscup.com.
9. "Germany v Greece". daviscup.com.
10. "Spain v Chile". daviscup.com.
11. "Poland v Denmark". daviscup.com.
12. "Austria v Philippines". daviscup.com.
13. "Norway v Hungary". daviscup.com.
14. "Ireland v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
15. "Switzerland v India". daviscup.com.
16. "Italy v Romania". daviscup.com.
17. "Finland v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
18. "Germany v Spain". daviscup.com.
19. "Denmark v Austria". daviscup.com.
20. "Netherlands v Hungary". daviscup.com.
21. "Sweden v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
22. "Portugal v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
23. "Italy v India". daviscup.com.
24. "Great Britain v Germany". daviscup.com.
25. "Netherlands v Austria". daviscup.com.
26. "Great Britain v Italy". daviscup.com.
27. "Czechoslovakia v Netherlands". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website