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

Italy

Florence, Italy (clay)

bye

Italy

5

Netherlands

0

Soviet Union

0

Brescia, Italy (clay)

Soviet Union

5

Italy

4

Hungary

5

Budapest, Hungary (clay)

Hungary

1

Luxembourg

0

Hungary

5

Denmark

4

Denmark

0

Milan, Italy (clay)

New Zealand

1

Italy

5

Norway

0

Warsaw, Poland

Great Britain

0

Poland

5

Poland

0

Monaco

0

Brazil

3

Eastbourne, England (grass)

Brazil

5

Brazil

1

Ireland

1

Vienna, Austria (clay)

Great Britain

4

Austria

4

Austria

1

bye

Great Britain

4

Båstad, Sweden (clay)

Great Britain

Italy

1

France

Paris, France (clay)

Sweden

4

bye

France

2

Switzerland

0

South Africa

3

West Berlin

South Africa

4

South Africa

3

Spain

2

Hanover, West Germany

West Germany

2

West Germany

3

West Germany

5

Romania

4

Romania

0

Båstad, Sweden (clay)

Israel

1

South Africa

1

Lebanon

1

Helsinki, Finland

Sweden

4

Finland

4

Finland

0

Czechoslovakia

4

Czechoslovakia

5

Stockholm, Sweden (clay)

Egypt

1

Czechoslovakia

0

Belgium

4

Brussels, Belgium (clay)

Sweden

5

Chile

1

Belgium

0

bye

Sweden

5

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. "Sweden v Italy". daviscup.com.
3. "Netherlands v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
4. "Hungary v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
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.
15. "Italy v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
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.
25. "West Germany v South Africa". daviscup.com.
26. "Sweden v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
27. "Italy v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
28. "Sweden v South Africa". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website