1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

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1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

Details
Duration	29 April 1937 – 12 July 1937
Teams	20
Categories	1937 Europe Zone 1937 America Zone
Champion
Winning nation	Germany Qualified for: 1937 Inter-Zonal Final
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The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

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

Draw

First Round 29 April–2 May

Second Round 8–17 May

Quarterfinals 4–7 June

Semifinals 12–14 June

Final 10–12 July

Germany

Munich, Germany

bye

Germany

3

Austria

Austria

1

Milan, Italy (clay)

bye

Germany

4

Italy

Bologna, Italy (clay)

Italy

1

bye

Italy

5

Monaco

Monaco

0

Berlin, Germany

bye

Germany

4

Sweden

Stockholm, Sweden (clay)

Belgium

1

bye

Sweden

3

Greece

Greece

2

Brussels, Belgium (clay)

bye

Sweden

2

Belgium

3

Brussels, Belgium

Belgium

3

Hungary

2

Belgium

4

Switzerland

3

Switzerland

1

Berlin, Germany

Ireland

2

Germany

4

Netherlands

0

Brighton, England (clay)

Czechoslovakia

1

South Africa

5

South Africa

4

New Zealand

3

New Zealand

1

Zagreb, Yugoslavia

China

2

South Africa

1

bye

Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

4

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

5

bye

Romania

0

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Romania

Yugoslavia

1

bye

Warsaw, Poland

Czechoslovakia

4

Poland

Poland

0

bye

Czechoslovakia

5

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

4

bye

Paris, France (clay)

France

1

France

France

5

bye

Norway

0

Norway

First round

Hungary vs. Belgium

Hungary 2	Budapest, Hungary [3] 30 April–2 May 1937		Belgium 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 György Dallos André Lacroix 4 6 7 9 6 4 6 3 6 3   2 Emil Gábori Charles Naeyaert 5 7 6 4 6 4 0 6 4 6   3 Emil Ferenczy  /  Emil Gábori Léopold de Borman  /  Pierre Geelhand de Merxem 6 2 6 1 4 6 3 6 1 6   4 Emil Gábori André Lacroix 1 6 2 6 4 6       5 György Dallos Charles Naeyaert 7 5 4 6 6 2 3 3     retired

Switzerland vs. Ireland

Switzerland 3	Montreux, Switzerland [4] 30 April–2 May 1937		Ireland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Max Ellmer George Lyttleton-Rogers 6 8 6 1 1 6 3 6     2 Hector Fisher George McVeagh 6 4 6 2 6 1       3 Hector Fisher  /  Boris Maneff George Lyttleton-Rogers  /  George McVeagh 0 6 1 6 7 5 7 5 4 6   4 Hector Fisher George Lyttleton-Rogers 6 3 6 4 4 6 2 6 6 2   5 Max Ellmer George McVeagh 5 7 8 6 6 4 6 1

Netherlands vs. South Africa

Netherlands 0	Amsterdam, Netherlands [5] 30 April–2 May 1937 Clay		South Africa 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Diederik Teschmacher Vernon Kirby 2 6 5 7 6 8       2 Tod Hughan Norman Farquharson 1 6 1 6 1 6       3 Tod Hughan  /  Hans van Swol Norman Farquharson  /  Vernon Kirby 4 6 3 6 2 6       4 Tod Hughan Eustace Fannin 2 6 5 7 6 3 3 6     5 Diederik Teschmacher Norman Farquharson 7 9 1 6 3 6

China vs. New Zealand

China 2	Sussex County Ground, Brighton, England [6] 29 April–1 May 1937 Clay		New Zealand 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Choy Wai-Chuen Alan Stedman 4 6 0 6 2 6       2 Kho Sin-Kie Cam Malfroy 6 0 6 3 4 6 6 2     3 Kho Sin-Kie  /  Tsui Wai-Pui Cam Malfroy  /  Alan Stedman 3 6 8 6 3 6 2 6     4 Kho Sin-Kie Alan Stedman 6 4 6 4 1 6 6 4     5 Choy Wai-Chuen Cam Malfroy 1 6 3 6 1 6

Second round

Germany vs. Austria

Germany 3	Munich, Germany [7] 8–10 May 1937		Austria 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Henner Henkel Adam Baworowski 6 1 6 4 6 1       2 Gottfried von Cramm Georg von Metaxa 6 3 6 4 6 3       3 Gottfried von Cramm  /  Henner Henkel Adam Baworowski  /  Georg von Metaxa 8 6 11 9 7 5       4 Edgar Dettmer Hans Redl 6 8 1 6 6 3 1 6     5 Gottfried von Cramm Adam Baworowski 8 10         not completed

Italy vs. Monaco

Italy 5	Bologna, Italy [8] 8–10 May 1937 Clay		Monaco 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vanni Canepele Gaston Médécin 6 0 6 1 6 0       2 Giorgio de Stefani Vladimir Landau 6 2 6 0 6 3       3 Ferruccio Quintavalle  /  Valentino Taroni Vladimir Landau  /  Gaston Médécin 6 1 6 3 6 3       4 Vanni Canepele Vladimir Landau 6 0 6 4 6 1       5 Giorgio de Stefani Gaston Médécin 6 1 7 5 7 5

Sweden vs. Greece

Sweden 3	Tennisstadion, Stockholm, Sweden [9] 12–14 May 1937 Clay		Greece 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kalle Schröder Lazaros Stalios 6 3 6 3 6 4       2 Sigurd Karlborg Georgios Nikolaides 6 4 2 6 2 6 3 6     3 Curt Östberg  /  Kalle Schröder Georgios Nikolaides  /  Lazaros Stalios 6 2 6 2 8 10 3 6 8 6   4 Kalle Schröder Georgios Nikolaides 6 2 6 4 6 4       5 Sigurd Karlborg Lazaros Stalios 2 6 2 6 3 6

Belgium vs. Switzerland

Belgium 4	Brussels, Belgium [10] 15–17 May 1937		Switzerland 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Charles Naeyaert Max Ellmer 13 11 6 3 6 3       2 André Lacroix Hector Fisher 4 6 2 6 6 8       3 Léopold de Borman  /  André Lacroix Boris Maneff  /  Werner Steiner 6 2 6 4 6 1       4 André Lacroix Max Ellmer 6 0 6 4 6 1       5 Charles Naeyaert Hector Fisher 4 6 6 0 4 6 6 3 7 5

South Africa vs. New Zealand

South Africa 4	Sussex County Ground, Brighton, England [11] 8–11 May 1937 Clay		New Zealand 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Norman Farquharson Alan Stedman 5 7 3 6 6 3 2 6     2 Vernon Kirby Cam Malfroy 7 5 6 2 6 3       3 Norman Farquharson  /  Vernon Kirby Eskell Andrews  /  Cam Malfroy 7 5 6 2 6 2       4 Eustace Fannin Dennis Coombe 6 4 6 4 6 3       5 Vernon Kirby Eskell Andrews 6 2 6 4 6 3

Yugoslavia vs. Romania

Yugoslavia 5	Belgrade, Yugoslavia [12] 8–10 May 1937		Romania 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Josip Palada Cristea Caralulis 6 3 6 0 2 6 6 2     2 Franjo Punčec Arnulf Schmidt 6 3 6 3 7 5       3 Franjo Kukuljević  /  Dragutin Mitić Cristea Caralulis  /  Arnulf Schmidt 7 5 6 3 4 6 6 2     4 Franjo Punčec Cristea Caralulis 6 4 1 6 6 3 6 2     5 Josip Palada Arnulf Schmidt 6 4 6 3 5 7 6 0

Poland vs. Czechoslovakia

Poland 0	Warsaw, Poland [13] 15–17 May 1937		Czechoslovakia 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kazimierz Tarlowski Roderich Menzel 3 6 4 6 6 2 3 6     2 Józef Hebda Ladislav Hecht 2 6 0 6 6 3 1 6     3 Józef Hebda  /  Ignacy Tłoczyński Josef Caska  /  Ladislav Hecht 1 6 7 5 1 6 4 6     4 Józef Hebda Roderich Menzel 5 7 3 6 3 6       5 Kazimierz Tarlowski Josef Šíba 3 6 4 6 3 6

France vs. Norway

France 5	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [14] 8–10 May 1937 Clay		Norway 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bernard Destremau Fritz Jenssen 6 0 6 3 6 3       2 Marcel Bernard Dick Bjurstedt 2 6 6 1 6 0 6 0     3 Marcel Bernard  /  Yvon Petra Jens-Johan Beer  /  Fritz Jenssen 6 2 6 2 6 2       4 Bernard Destremau Dick Bjurstedt 7 5 6 2 6 1       5 Yvon Petra Fritz Jenssen 6 1 6 3 4 6 7 5

Quarterfinals

Italy vs. Germany

Italy 1	Milan, Italy [15] 4–6 June 1937 Clay		Germany 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vanni Canepele Gottfried von Cramm 1 6 4 6 6 1 4 6     2 Giorgio de Stefani Henner Henkel 6 2 6 3 5 7 6 2     3 Ferruccio Quintavalle  /  Valentino Taroni Gottfried von Cramm  /  Henner Henkel 3 6 1 6 1 6       4 Vanni Canepele Henner Henkel 6 3 3 6 1 6 4 6     5 Giorgio de Stefani Gottfried von Cramm 0 6 1 6 4 6

Belgium vs. Sweden

Belgium 3	Royal Léopold Club, Brussels, Belgium [16] 4–6 June 1937 Clay		Sweden 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 André Lacroix Kalle Schröder 3 6 6 3 0 6 6 4 2 6   2 Charles Naeyaert Stig Mårtensson 6 1 6 2 6 1       3 Léopold de Borman  /  André Lacroix Curt Östberg  /  Kalle Schröder 6 0 6 4 6 4       4 Charles Naeyaert Kalle Schröder 9 7 2 6 0 6 3 6     5 André Lacroix Stig Mårtensson 6 2 6 0 6 3

Yugoslavia vs. South Africa

Yugoslavia 4	Zagreb, Yugoslavia [17] 5–7 June 1937		South Africa 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Franjo Punčec Vernon Kirby 1 6 6 0 6 3 2 6 6 4   2 Josip Palada Norman Farquharson 3 6 3 6 6 3 6 0 6 3   3 Franjo Kukuljević  /  Dragutin Mitić Norman Farquharson  /  Vernon Kirby 2 6 3 6 2 6       4 Josip Palada Vernon Kirby 6 1 6 4 6 2       5 Franjo Punčec Norman Farquharson 6 1 6 1 6 1

Czechoslovakia vs. France

Czechoslovakia 4	Prague, Czechoslovakia [18] 5–7 June 1937 Clay		France 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Roderich Menzel Christian Boussus 6 2 6 3 6 4       2 Ladislav Hecht Bernard Destremau 6 3 6 3 6 1       3 Ladislav Hecht  /  Roderich Menzel Jean Borotra  /  Yvon Petra 3 6 6 2 2 6 3 6     4 Roderich Menzel Bernard Destremau 6 0 6 3 6 4       5 Ladislav Hecht Christian Boussus 2 6 6 1 7 5 6 0

Semifinals

Germany vs. Belgium

Germany 4	Berlin, Germany [19] 12–14 June 1937		Belgium 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Henner Henkel André Lacroix 6 1 6 1 6 1       2 Gottfried von Cramm Charles Naeyaert 6 3 6 0 6 4       3 Gottfried von Cramm  /  Henner Henkel Léopold de Borman  /  André Lacroix 6 4 6 3 6 4       4 Henner Henkel Charles Naeyaert 6 3 6 2 6 2       5 Edgar Dettmer André Lacroix 4 6 6 3 2 6 6 8

Czechoslovakia vs. Yugoslavia

Czechoslovakia 4	Prague, Czechoslovakia [20] 12–14 June 1937		Yugoslavia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Roderich Menzel Josip Palada 6 2 6 1 6 0       2 Ladislav Hecht Franjo Punčec 7 5 6 2 6 3       3 Ladislav Hecht  /  Roderich Menzel Josip Palada  /  Franjo Punčec 2 6 6 1 6 0 7 9 6 1   4 František Cejnar Franjo Punčec 7 5 7 5 3 6 7 5     5 Josef Šíba Josip Palada 3 6 3 6 5 7

Final

Germany vs. Czechoslovakia

Germany 4	Berlin, Germany [2] 10–12 July 1937		Czechoslovakia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Henner Henkel Ladislav Hecht 6 1 7 5 7 5       2 Gottfried von Cramm Roderich Menzel 3 6 4 6 6 4 6 3 6 2   3 Gottfried von Cramm  /  Henner Henkel Josef Caska  /  Ladislav Hecht 6 1 6 2 10 12 6 0     4 Gottfried von Cramm Ladislav Hecht 6 3 7 5 6 2       5 Hans Denker František Cejnar 6 4 6 3 4 6 4 6 2 6

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. "Germany v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
3. "Hungary v Belgium". daviscup.com.
4. "Switzerland v Ireland". daviscup.com.
5. "Netherlands v South Africa". daviscup.com.
6. "China v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
7. "Germany v Austria". daviscup.com.
8. "Italy v Monaco". daviscup.com.
9. "Sweden v Greece". daviscup.com.
10. "Belgium v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
11. "South Africa v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
12. "Yugoslavia v Romania". daviscup.com.
13. "Poland v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
14. "France v Norway". daviscup.com.
15. "Italy v Germany". daviscup.com.
16. "Belgium v Sweden". daviscup.com.
17. "Yugoslavia v South Africa". daviscup.com.
18. "Czechoslovakia v France". daviscup.com.
19. "Germany v Belgium". daviscup.com.
20. "Czechoslovakia v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website