1947 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Main article: 1947 Davis Cup

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1947 Davis Cup.

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

Draw

First Round 2–4 May

Second Round 15–18 May

Quarterfinals 30 May–1 June

Semifinals 13–16 June

Final 13–15 July

Poland

Warsaw, Poland (clay)

bye

Poland

2

Great Britain

Great Britain

3

Scarborough, England (grass)

bye

Great Britain

1

Netherlands

Amsterdam, Netherlands (clay)

South Africa

4

bye

Netherlands

1

South Africa

South Africa

4

Zagreb, Yugoslavia

bye

South Africa

2

Ireland

Dublin, Ireland (grass)

Yugoslavia

3

bye

Ireland

2

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

3

Brussels, Belgium

bye

Yugoslavia

4

Belgium

5

Brussels, Belgium

Belgium

1

Luxembourg

0

Belgium

4

Spain

2

Egypt

1

Zagreb, Yugoslavia

Egypt

3

Yugoslavia

0

Greece

1

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

4

Switzerland

4

Switzerland

1

Sweden

2

Czechoslovakia

4

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

3

Czechoslovakia

5

bye

Oslo, Norway (clay)

New Zealand

0

Norway

Norway

2

bye

New Zealand

3

Prague, Czechoslovakia

New Zealand

Czechoslovakia

4

bye

Paris, France (clay)

France

0

France

France

5

bye

India

0

Paris, France (clay)

India

France

5

bye

Monaco

0

Monaco

Monaco

w/o

bye

Denmark

Denmark

First round

Belgium vs. Luxembourg

Belgium 5	Brussels, Belgium [3] 2–4 May 1947		Luxembourg 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Philippe Washer Géza Wertheim 6 2 6 2 6 1       2 Jacques Peten Gaston Wampach 4 6 6 2 9 7 3 6 6 3   3 Pierre Geelhand de Merxem  /  Philippe Washer Gaston Wampach  /  Géza Wertheim 6 4 6 3 6 2       4 Philippe Washer Gaston Wampach 7 5 1 6 6 2 6 2     5 Jacques Peten Géza Wertheim 6 2 6 0 6 0

Spain vs. Egypt

Spain 2	Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain [4] 2–4 May 1947 Clay		Egypt 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mario Szavoszt Andre Najar 3 6 3 6 9 7 6 3 3 6   2 Luis Carles Adli El Shafei 6 3 3 6 4 6 5 7     3 Jaime Bartroli  /  Luis Carles Marcel Coen  /  Mahmoud Talaat 4 6 6 3 3 6 6 3 4 6   4 Jaime Bartroli Andre Najar 6 3 6 1 6 3       5 Mario Szavoszt Adli El Shafei 6 2 3 6 6 4 3 6 6 4

Greece vs. Switzerland

Greece 1	Athens, Greece [5] 2–4 May 1947		Switzerland 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andreas Manuilidis Jost Spitzer 2 6 5 7 1 6       2 Lazaros Stalios Hans Huonder 2 6 10 8 6 3 6 3     3 Georgios Nikolaides  /  Lazaros Stalios Hans Huonder  /  Jost Spitzer 7 5 8 6 0 6 7 9 1 6   4 Andreas Manuilidis Hans Huonder 0 6 1 6 1 6       5 Lazaros Stalios Jost Spitzer 6 1 6 8 0 6 1 6

Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia

Sweden 2	Malmö Tennisstadion, Malmö, Sweden [6] 2–4 May 1947 Clay		Czechoslovakia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Torsten Johansson Vladimír Černík 7 5 6 4 6 8 6 2     2 Lennart Bergelin Jaroslav Drobný 6 4 1 6 4 6 4 6     3 Lennart Bergelin  /  Torsten Johansson Vladimír Černík  /  Jaroslav Drobný 1 6 9 7 5 7 2 6     4 Torsten Johansson Jaroslav Drobný 1 6 6 2 3 6 6 4 4 6   5 Lennart Bergelin Vladimír Černík 6 4 6 8 6 1 6 1

Second round

Poland vs. Great Britain

Poland 2	Warsaw, Poland [7] 15–17 May 1947 Clay		Great Britain 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Józef Hebda Tony Mottram 6 2 1 6 1 6 3 6     2 Władysław Skonecki Derrick Barton 6 3 7 5 13 11       3 Józef Hebda  /  Władysław Skonecki Donald Butler  /  Geoffrey Paish 2 6 4 6 3 6       4 Józef Hebda Derrick Barton 2 6 6 3 6 4 4 6 6 4   5 Władysław Skonecki Tony Mottram 4 6 2 6 5 7

Netherlands vs. South Africa

Netherlands 1	Amsterdam, Netherlands [8] 15–17 May 1947 Clay		South Africa 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hubert Wilton Eric Sturgess 6 4 1 6 3 6 2 6     2 Hans van Swol Eustace Fannin 6 3 3 6 5 7 2 6     3 Ivo Rinkel  /  Hans van Swol Eustace Fannin  /  Eric Sturgess 6 3 6 1 6 0       4 Hans van Swol Eric Sturgess 2 6 5 7 6 2 3 6     5 Hubert Wilton Eustace Fannin 9 7 3 6 1 6 3 6

Ireland vs. Yugoslavia

Ireland 2	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland [9] 16–18 May 1947 Grass		Yugoslavia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Cyril Kemp Dragutin Mitić 10 8 9 7 3 6 4 6 1 6   2 Joseph McHale Josip Palada 3 6 3 6 3 6       3 Raymond Egan  /  Cyril Kemp Dragutin Mitić  /  Josip Palada 2 6 4 6 2 6       4 Cyril Kemp Josip Palada 4 6 6 1 6 0 6 3     5 Joseph McHale Josip Šarić 9 7 6 1 7 5

Belgium vs. Egypt

Belgium 4	Brussels, Belgium [10] 16–18 May 1947		Egypt 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Pierre Geelhand de Merxem Andre Najar 4 6 6 3 0 6 6 3 6 2   2 Philippe Washer Adli El Shafei 6 2 2 6 6 0 8 6     3 André Lacroix  /  Philippe Washer Marcel Coen  /  Mahmoud Talaat 6 4 6 1 6 3       4 Pierre Geelhand de Merxem Adli El Shafei 4 6 4 6 5 7       5 Philippe Washer Andre Najar 6 2 6 4 6 2

Czechoslovakia vs. Switzerland

Czechoslovakia 4	Prague, Czechoslovakia [11] 16–18 May 1947		Switzerland 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaroslav Drobný Hans Huonder 6 1 6 1 6 1       2 Vladimír Černík Jost Spitzer 2 6 6 4 6 0 5 7 1 6   3 Vladimír Černík  /  Jaroslav Drobný Hans Pfaff  /  Jost Spitzer 6 1 6 2 6 3       4 Vladimír Černík Hans Huonder 6 3 6 3 6 4       5 Jaroslav Drobný Jost Spitzer 6 2 6 1 6 2

Norway vs. New Zealand

Norway 2	Oslo, Norway [12] 16–18 May 1947 Clay		New Zealand 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Johan Haanes John Barry 6 0 7 5 6 4       2 Jan Staubo Ron McKenzie 6 2 6 3 3 6 6 2     3 Birger Andersen-Brem  /  Johan Haanes Ron McKenzie  /  Jeff Robson 6 4 4 6 4 6 2 6     4 Jan Staubo John Barry 6 4 5 7 6 3 5 7 2 6   5 Johan Haanes Ron McKenzie 4 6 6 0 3 6 7 9

France vs. India

France 5	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [13] 16–18 May 1947 Clay		India 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bernard Destremau Sumant Misra 6 0 6 3 6 3       2 Marcel Bernard Ghaus Mohammad Khan 6 3 6 2 6 0       3 Marcel Bernard  /  Pierre Pellizza Manek Mehta  /  Sumant Misra 6 3 6 2 6 3       4 Marcel Bernard Sumant Misra 6 4 6 3 6 1       5 Bernard Destremau Dilip Bose 6 0 6 1 6 2

Quarterfinals

Great Britain vs. South Africa

Great Britain 1	Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Club, Scarborough, England [14] 30 May–1 June 1947 Grass		South Africa 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tony Mottram Eric Sturgess 7 5 2 6 1 6 3 6     2 Donald Butler Eustace Fannin 4 6 6 4 7 9 3 3   retired   3 Tony Mottram  /  Geoffrey Paish Eustace Fannin  /  Eric Sturgess 1 6 6 4 6 2 3 6 4 6   4 Donald Butler Eric Sturgess 1 6 1 6 0 6       5 Tony Mottram Eustace Fannin 6 4 5 7 6 2 7 5

Belgium vs. Yugoslavia

Belgium 1	Brussels, Belgium [15] 30 May–1 June 1947		Yugoslavia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Philippe Washer Dragutin Mitić 6 4 6 3 1 6 6 3     2 Pierre Geelhand de Merxem Josip Palada 1 6 6 4 3 6 3 6     3 André Lacroix  /  Philippe Washer Dragutin Mitić  /  Josip Palada 6 2 6 1 2 6 1 6 2 6   4 Pierre Geelhand de Merxem Dragutin Mitić 0 6 3 6 4 6       5 Philippe Washer Josip Palada 3 6 2 6 0 6

Czechoslovakia vs. New Zealand

Czechoslovakia 5	Prague, Czechoslovakia [16] 30 May–1 June 1947		New Zealand 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaroslav Drobný Jeff Robson 6 2 6 2 8 6       2 Vladimír Černík Ron McKenzie 6 3 6 4 7 5       3 Vladimír Černík  /  Jaroslav Drobný Ron McKenzie  /  Jeff Robson 6 2 4 6 9 7 3 6 10 8   4 Vladimír Černík Jeff Robson 6 3 6 0 6 0       5 Ferdinand Vrba John Barry 6 4 6 2 6 2

France vs. Monaco

France 5	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [17] 30 May–1 June 1947 Clay		Monaco 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marcel Bernard Aleco Noghès 6 1 6 2 6 0       2 Bernard Destremau Vladimir Landau 6 3 6 2 6 1       3 Robert Abdesselam  /  Pierre Pellizza Vladimir Landau  /  Gaston Médécin 6 2 6 1 6 0       4 Robert Abdesselam Vladimir Landau 6 2 6 1 6 0       5 Bernard Destremau Aleco Noghès 7 5 6 2 6 1

Semifinals

Yugoslavia vs. South Africa

Yugoslavia 3	Zagreb, Yugoslavia [18] 13–15 June 1947		South Africa 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dragutin Mitić Eric Sturgess 3 6 7 5 6 2 3 6 6 3   2 Josip Palada Eustace Fannin 6 1 6 4 7 5       3 Dragutin Mitić  /  Josip Palada Eustace Fannin  /  Eric Sturgess 3 6 5 7 5 7       4 Josip Palada Eric Sturgess 6 3 3 6 0 6 7 5 3 6   5 Dragutin Mitić Eustace Fannin 6 2 6 3 6 4

Czechoslovakia vs. France

Czechoslovakia 4	Prague, Czechoslovakia [19] 14–16 June 1947		France 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vladimír Černík Marcel Bernard 2 6 9 7 6 4 4 6 6 4   2 Jaroslav Drobný Bernard Destremau 6 2 6 0 6 1       3 Vladimír Černík  /  Jaroslav Drobný Jean Borotra  /  Yvon Petra 10 8 14 12 6 3       4 Jaroslav Drobný Marcel Bernard 6 3 2 6 6 4 4 6 6 4   5 Vladimír Černík Bernard Destremau           not played

Final

Yugoslavia vs. Czechoslovakia

Yugoslavia 0	Zagreb, Yugoslavia [2] 13–15 July 1947		Czechoslovakia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dragutin Mitić Vladimír Černík 6 3 0 6 6 2 1 6 2 6   2 Josip Palada Jaroslav Drobný 3 6 6 8 6 2 3 6     3 Dragutin Mitić  /  Josip Palada Vladimír Černík  /  Jaroslav Drobný 3 6 1 6 3 6       4 Dragutin Mitić Jaroslav Drobný 6 1 3 6 4 6 6 4 1 6   5 Josip Palada Ján Smolinský           not played

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. "Yugoslavia v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
3. "Belgium v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
4. "Spain v Egypt". daviscup.com.
5. "Greece v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
6. "Sweden v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
7. "Poland v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
8. "Netherlands v South Africa". daviscup.com.
9. "Ireland v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
10. "Belgium v Egypt". daviscup.com.
11. "Czechoslovakia v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
12. "Norway v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
13. "France v India". daviscup.com.
14. "Great Britain v South Africa". daviscup.com.
15. "Belgium v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
16. "Czechoslovakia v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
17. "France v Monaco". daviscup.com.
18. "Yugoslavia v South Africa". daviscup.com.
19. "Czechoslovakia v France". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website