1961 Davis Cup Europe Zone

International tennis competition 1961 Davis Cup The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1961 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. Italy defeated Sweden in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–506 2nd Draw y 27 April–7 May 1–5 June 10–19 June 21–23 July 4–6 August First Round Second Round 25 150 ITA bye BEL 3 CHI 2 SUI 2 NED 3 TCH 2 FRG 3 IRL 0 POL 1928 5 MON 3 LUX 2 EGY 1958 0 BRA 1960 5 bye FRA GBR bye AUT 5 NOR 0 TUR 1 FIN 4 ROU 1952 0 RSA 1928 5 YUG 1 ESP 1945 3 ISR 0 NZL 5 DEN 2 HUN 3 bye SWE Brussels, Belgium (clay) ITA 3 BEL 2 Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) NED 0 FRG 5 Warsaw, Poland POL 1928 4 MON 1 Paris, France (clay) BRA 1960 1 FRA 4 Vienna, Austria (clay) GBR 3 AUT 2 Helsinki, Finland FIN 1 RSA 1928 4 Madrid, Spain (clay) ESP 1945 3 NZL 2 Budapest, Hungary (clay) HUN 2 SWE 3 Munich, West Germany (clay) ITA 3 FRG 2 Warsaw, Poland POL 1928 0 FRA 5 Birmingham, England (grass) GBR 4 RSA 1928 1 Madrid, Spain (clay) ESP 1945 1 SWE 4 Paris, France (clay) ITA 4 FRA 1 Båstad, Sweden (clay) GBR 1 SWE 4 Milan, Italy (clay) ITA 4 SWE 1 First round Belgium vs. Chile Belgium Chile Brussels, Belgiumhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-BEL-CHI-01 Belgium v Chile daviscup.com 5–7 May 1961 3 2 Jacques Brichant 6 6 6 Patricio Apey 4 1 1 Jean-Claude Van der Borght 2 3 3 Patricio Rodríguez 6 6 6 Jacques Brichant Philippe Washer 7 7 4 6 Ernesto Aguirre Patricio Rodríguez 5 5 6 4 Jean-Claude Van der Borght 4 6 2 Patricio Apey 6 8 6 Jacques Brichant 6 7 8 6 Patricio Rodríguez 1 9 6 1 Switzerland vs. Netherlands Switzerland Netherlands Lucerne, Switzerlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-SUI-NED-01 Switzerland v Netherlands daviscup.com 5–7 May 1961 2 3 Heinz Grimm 3 1 2 Willem Maris 6 6 6 Martin Froesch 7 6 6 Pieter van Eijsden 5 2 4 Heinz Grimm Ernst Schori 9 3 7 Pieter van Eijsden Willem Maris 11 6 9 Martin Froesch 6 6 6 Willem Maris 3 1 3 Heinz Grimm 7 4 3 2 Pieter van Eijsden 5 6 6 6 Czechoslovakia vs. West Germany Czechoslovakia West Germany Prague, Czechoslovakiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-TCH-FRG-01 Czechoslovakia v West Germany daviscup.com 4–6 May 1961 2 3 Pavel Korda 3 8 6 6 5 Wilhelm Bungert 6 10 2 3 7 Jiří Javorský 6 7 5 2 3 Christian Kuhnke 3 5 7 6 6 Jiří Javorský Jiří Parma 6 6 6 3 4 Wilhelm Bungert Christian Kuhnke 8 3 1 6 6 Pavel Korda 6 6 6 Christian Kuhnke 2 2 1 Jiří Javorský 6 2 2 6 6 Dieter Ecklebe 4 6 6 4 3 Ireland vs. Poland Ireland Poland 1928 Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-IRL-POL-01 Ireland v Poland daviscup.com 5–7 May 1961 0 5 James Buckley 4 6 4 4 Władysław Skonecki 6 4 6 6 Peter Jackson 3 7 6 6 4 Wiesław Gąsiorek 6 5 3 8 6 Vivian Gotto Joseph Hackett 3 6 3 6 3 Wiesław Gąsiorek Władysław Skonecki 6 3 6 4 6 James Buckley 4 4 3 Wiesław Gąsiorek 6 6 6 Peter Jackson 4 3 6 Józef Orlikowski 6 6 8 Monaco vs. Luxembourg Monaco Luxembourg Monte Carlo, Monacohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-MON-LUX-01 Monaco v Luxembourg daviscup.com 29 April–1 May 1961 3 2 Roland Borghini 6 6 6 Joseph Offenheim 4 0 2 Georges Pasquier 5 2 3 Frank Baden 7 6 6 Roland Borghini Georges Pasquier 6 6 3 6 6 Joseph Offenheim Gaston Wampach 4 8 6 3 2 Roland Borghini 9 1 3 2 Frank Baden 7 6 6 6 Georges Pasquier 6 6 6 Joseph Offenheim 2 1 2 Egypt vs. Brazil Egypt 1958 Brazil 1960 Cairo, Egypthttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-EGY-BRA-01 Egypt v Brazil daviscup.com 5–7 May 1961 0 5 Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed 1 6 4 3 Carlos Alberto Fernandes 6 3 6 6 Fathi Mohammed-Ali 2 1 3 José Edison Mandarino 6 6 6 Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed Fathi Mohammed-Ali 3 3 3 Carlos Alberto Fernandes José Edison Mandarino 6 6 6 Fathi Mohammed-Ali 8 1 0 1 Carlos Alberto Fernandes 6 6 6 6 Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed 2 2 2 José Edison Mandarino 6 6 6 Austria vs. Norway Austria Norway Vienna, Austriahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-AUT-NOR-01 Austria v Norway daviscup.com 5–7 May 1961 Clay 5 0 Franz Saiko 6 6 6 Finn-Dag Jagge 4 1 1 Ladislav Legenstein 6 6 6 Thorvald Moe 4 3 2 Ladislav Legenstein Franz Saiko 6 6 6 Finn-Dag Jagge Thorvald Moe 3 1 1 Franz Saiko 6 6 6 Thorvald Moe 4 1 3 Franz Hainka 6 6 6 Finn-Dag Jagge 4 1 2 Turkey vs. Finland Turkey Finland Istanbul, Turkeyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-TUR-FIN-01 Turkey v Finland daviscup.com 5–7 May 1961 1 4 Nazmi Bari 6 3 4 4 Sakari Salo 3 6 6 6 Engin Balas 2 1 0 Reino Nyyssönen 6 6 6 Engin Balas Nazmi Bari 1 10 1 Reino Nyyssönen Sakari Salo 6 12 6 Engin Balas 6 6 6 Matti Kinnunen 3 3 2 Ziya Kipkizilorenli 6 3 0 1 Reino Nyyssönen 4 6 6 6 Romania vs. South Africa Romania 1952 South Africa 1928 Bucharest, Romaniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-ROU-RSA-01 Romania v South Africa daviscup.com 5–7 May 1961 Clay 0 5 Ion Țiriac 0 6 2 14 0 Julius Mayer 6 3 6 12 6 Gheorghe Viziru 1 5 4 Abe Segal 6 7 6 Ion Țiriac Gheorghe Viziru 2 2 2 Albert Gaertner Abe Segal 6 6 6 Gheorghe Viziru 10 5 6 5 0 Julius Mayer 8 7 3 7 6 Ion Țiriac 1 6 6 3 5 Albert Gaertner 6 2 1 6 7 Yugoslavia vs. Spain Yugoslavia Spain 1945 Split, Yugoslaviahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-YUG-ESP-01 Yugoslavia v Spain daviscup.com 5–7 May 1961 1 3 Vladimir Presečki 8 3 9 6 Emilio Martínez del Rey 6 6 7 0 Boro Jovanović 3 6 1 Manuel Santana 6 8 6 Boro Jovanović Nikola Pilić 3 5 5 Alberto Arilla Manuel Santana 6 7 7 Vladimir Presečki 3 2 1 Manuel Santana 6 6 6 Boro Jovanović Emilio Martínez del Rey Israel vs. New Zealand Israel New Zealand Tel Aviv, Israelhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-ISR-NZL-01 Israel v New Zealand daviscup.com 27–29 April 1961 Hard 0 5 Gabriel Dubitzky 2 6 0 Mark Otway 6 8 6 Eleazar Davidman 1 1 6 4 Lew Gerrard 6 6 3 6 Eleazar Davidman Gabriel Dubitzky 3 2 3 Lew Gerrard Mark Otway 6 6 6 Eleazar Davidman 4 2 6 Mark Otway 6 6 8 Gabriel Dubitzky 2 6 0 1 Lew Gerrard 6 4 6 6 Denmark vs. Hungary Denmark Hungary Aarhus, Denmarkhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-DEN-HUN-01 Denmark v Hungary daviscup.com 5–7 May 1961 Clay 2 3 Jan Leschly 6 5 5 4 Zoltán Katona 4 7 7 6 Jørgen Ulrich 5 2 6 6 6 István Gulyás 7 6 3 2 4 Jørgen Ulrich Torben Ulrich 2 2 6 9 István Gulyás András Szikszay 6 6 4 9 4 Jørgen Ulrich 6 6 6 Zoltán Katona 3 0 1 Jan Leschly 5 6 4 4 István Gulyás 7 4 6 6 Second round Belgium vs. Italy Belgium Italy Brussels, Belgiumhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-BEL-ITA-01 Belgium v Italy daviscup.com 2–4 June 1961 Clay 2 3 Jacques Brichant 2 2 6 6 6 Nicola Pietrangeli 6 6 0 1 1 Eric Drossart 6 4 5 2 Orlando Sirola 2 6 7 6 Jacques Brichant Jean-Claude Van der Borght 5 4 3 Nicola Pietrangeli Orlando Sirola 7 6 6 Eric Drossart 3 2 5 Nicola Pietrangeli 6 6 7 Jacques Brichant 6 7 6 Orlando Sirola 1 5 0 Netherlands vs. West Germany Netherlands West Germany Scheveningen, Netherlandshttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-NED-FRG-01 Netherlands v West Germany daviscup.com 2–4 June 1961 Clay 0 5 Willem Maris 3 1 5 Christian Kuhnke 6 6 7 Pieter van Eijsden 2 4 4 Wilhelm Bungert 6 6 6 Pieter van Eijsden Willem Maris 5 2 6 6 Wilhelm Bungert Christian Kuhnke 7 6 3 8 Pieter van Eijsden 2 3 1 Dieter Ecklebe 6 6 6 Willem Maris 3 6 0 6 3 Ingo Buding 6 4 6 3 6 Poland vs. Monaco Poland 1928 Monaco Warsaw, Polandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-POL-MON-01 Poland v Monaco daviscup.com 2–4 June 1961 4 1 Władysław Skonecki 6 6 6 6 Roland Borghini 8 3 4 2 Wiesław Gąsiorek 6 6 6 Adrien Viviani 4 1 2 Wiesław Nowicki Józef Orlikowski 6 6 1 3 6 Roland Borghini Adrien Viviani 2 1 6 6 1 Józef Orlikowski 8 6 6 6 4 Roland Borghini 10 3 2 8 6 Wiesław Nowicki 6 6 6 Adrien Viviani 4 4 2 France vs. Brazil France Brazil 1960 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, Francehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-FRA-BRA-01 France v Brazil daviscup.com 2–4 June 1961 Clay 4 1 Pierre Darmon 1 6 6 6 Ronald Barnes 6 0 4 1 Gérard Pilet 6 6 6 Carlos Alberto Fernandes 4 1 1 Daniel Contet Jacques Renavand 4 3 6 9 3 Ronald Barnes Carlos Alberto Fernandes 6 6 4 7 6 Gérard Pilet 6 6 4 2 6 Ronald Barnes 1 4 6 6 4 Pierre Darmon 5 6 9 3 José Edison Mandarino 7 1 7 3 4 Austria vs. Great Britain Austria Great Britain Vienna, Austriahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-AUT-GBR-01 Austria v Great Britain daviscup.com 1–3 June 1961 Clay 2 3 Ladislav Legenstein 5 3 3 Mike Sangster 7 6 6 Franz Saiko 6 9 4 6 Bobby Wilson 2 7 6 2 Franz Hainka Ladislav Legenstein 6 10 3 5 Mike Sangster Bobby Wilson 4 12 6 7 Ladislav Legenstein 4 4 4 Bobby Wilson 6 6 6 Franz Saiko 6 6 6 Alan Mills 0 0 3 Finland vs. South Africa Finland South Africa 1928 Helsinki, Finlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-FIN-RSA-01 Finland v South Africa daviscup.com 1–3 June 1961 1 4 Reino Nyyssönen 1 7 6 6 Julius Mayer 6 5 1 0 Sakari Salo 1 2 3 Abe Segal 6 6 6 Reino Nyyssönen Sakari Salo 2 0 1 Albert Gaertner Abe Segal 6 6 6 Sakari Salo 1 2 3 Julius Mayer 6 6 6 Reino Nyyssönen 2 3 4 Abe Segal 6 6 6 Spain vs. New Zealand Spain 1945 New Zealand Real Madrid Club de Tenis, Madrid, Spainhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-ESP-NZL-01 Spain v New Zealand daviscup.com 2–4 June 1961 Clay 3 2 Emilio Martínez del Rey 3 4 2 Lew Gerrard 6 6 6 Manuel Santana 6 6 6 Mark Otway 3 1 3 Alberto Arilla Manuel Santana 9 6 6 Lew Gerrard Mark Otway 7 4 3 Emilio Martínez del Rey 4 3 6 Mark Otway 6 6 8 Manuel Santana 6 6 6 Lew Gerrard 1 4 2 Hungary vs. Sweden Hungary Sweden Budapest, Hungaryhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-HUN-SWE-01 Hungary v Sweden daviscup.com 2–5 June 1961 Clay 2 3 Zoltán Katona 3 3 2 Ulf Schmidt 6 6 6 István Gulyás 6 5 6 4 4 Jan-Erik Lundqvist 0 7 4 6 6 István Gulyás András Szikszay 6 7 6 Jan-Erik Lundqvist Ulf Schmidt 4 5 3 István Gulyás 2 3 3 Ulf Schmidt 6 6 6 Zoltán Katona 8 2 6 Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6 6 4 4 Quarterfinals West Germany vs. Italy West Germany Italy Munich, West Germanyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-FRG-ITA-01 West Germany v Italy daviscup.com 16–19 June 1961 Clay 2 3 Christian Kuhnke 1 6 4 6 1 Nicola Pietrangeli 6 3 6 2 6 Wilhelm Bungert 6 6 7 Orlando Sirola 4 3 5 Wilhelm Bungert Christian Kuhnke 6 5 6 2 1 Nicola Pietrangeli Orlando Sirola 2 7 3 6 6 Christian Kuhnke 9 6 3 11 Orlando Sirola 7 3 6 9 Wilhelm Bungert 5 11 0 6 4 Nicola Pietrangeli 7 9 6 3 6 Poland vs. France Poland 1928 France Warsaw, Polandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-POL-FRA-01 Poland v France daviscup.com 10–12 June 1961 0 5 Wiesław Gąsiorek 4 7 0 Pierre Darmon 6 9 6 Władysław Skonecki 1 4 6 4 Gérard Pilet 6 6 3 6 Józef Orlikowski Władysław Skonecki 3 4 3 Pierre Darmon Jacques Renavand 6 6 6 Wiesław Gąsiorek 4 2 6 1 Jacques Renavand 6 6 1 6 Józef Orlikowski 6 5 6 6 3 Daniel Contet 3 7 4 8 6 Great Britain vs. South Africa Great Britain South Africa 1928 Priory Lawn Tennis Club, Birmingham, Englandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-GBR-RSA-01 Great Britain v South Africa daviscup.com 15–17 June 1961 Grass 4 1 Mike Sangster 6 6 6 Julius Mayer 3 2 4 Bobby Wilson 6 6 6 Abe Segal 4 4 4 Mike Sangster Bobby Wilson 9 4 5 Albert Gaertner Abe Segal 11 6 7 Bobby Wilson 6 6 6 Julius Mayer 3 3 2 Mike Sangster 6 13 6 10 Abe Segal 1 15 2 8 Spain vs. Sweden Spain 1945 Sweden Real Madrid Club de Tenis, Madrid, Spainhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-ESP-SWE-01 Spain v Sweden daviscup.com 16–18 June 1961 Clay 1 4 Alberto Arilla 0 2 2 Ulf Schmidt 6 6 6 Manuel Santana 3 4 6 6 6 Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6 6 2 2 2 Alberto Arilla Manuel Santana 2 3 2 Sven Davidson Ulf Schmidt 6 6 6 Alberto Arilla 7 4 4 Jan-Erik Lundqvist 9 6 6 Emilio Martínez del Rey 2 6 5 2 Ulf Schmidt 6 4 7 6 Semifinals France vs. Italy France Italy Stade Roland Garros, Paris, Francehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-FRA-ITA-01 France v Italy daviscup.com 21–23 July 1961 Clay 1 4 Pierre Darmon 7 0 4 6 2 Nicola Pietrangeli 5 6 6 3 6 Gérard Pilet 6 3 2 3 Fausto Gardini 2 6 6 6 Pierre Darmon Jean-Noël Grinda 6 3 4 5 Nicola Pietrangeli Orlando Sirola 4 6 6 7 Jacques Renavand 6 0 4 7 6 Giuseppe Merlo 3 6 6 5 3 Jean-Noël Grinda 8 2 5 Fausto Gardini 10 6 7 Sweden vs. Great Britain Sweden Great Britain Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Swedenhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-SWE-GBR-01 Sweden v Great Britain daviscup.com 21–23 July 1961 Clay 4 1 Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6 6 5 6 Bobby Wilson 4 3 7 4 Ulf Schmidt 6 6 8 Mike Sangster 2 4 6 Jan-Erik Lundqvist Ulf Schmidt 3 6 1 6 Tony Pickard Bobby Wilson 6 3 6 8 Ulf Schmidt 9 6 6 Bobby Wilson 7 0 4 Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6 6 6 Mike Sangster 4 4 2 Final Italy vs. Sweden Italy Sweden Milan, Italyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1961-EUR-M-ITA-SWE-01 Italy v Sweden daviscup.com 4–6 August 1961 Clay 4 1 Fausto Gardini 6 4 1 6 6 Ulf Schmidt 4 6 6 3 1 Nicola Pietrangeli 2 5 6 4 Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6 7 1 6 Nicola Pietrangeli Orlando Sirola 6 3 6 6 Thomas Hallberg Jan-Erik Lundqvist 3 6 3 1 Nicola Pietrangeli 6 6 3 6 Ulf Schmidt 3 2 6 3 Fausto Gardini 6 6 6 Thomas Hallberg 2 1 0 References External links Davis Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 2010-10-18 Category:Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Europe Zone