1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

International tennis competition 1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge 1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone 5 May 1939 – 30 July 1939 20 1939 Europe Zone 1939 America Zone Kingdom of Yugoslavia Qualified for: 1939 Int'l Lawn Tennis Challenge Inter-Zonal Final 1938 1946 The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1939 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.Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–506 2nd Yugoslavia defeated Germany in the final, and went on to face Australia in the Inter-Zonal Final. Draw y 5–7 May 11–21 May 25–29 May 2–5 June 28–30 July First Round Second Round 25 150 GBR bye NZL bye FRA 1830 bye ROC bye SWE bye DEN bye GER 1935 5 SUI 0 POL 1928 4 NED 1 ROU 2 HUN 1920 3 Kingdom of Yugoslavia 5 IRL 0 bye ITA 1861 bye MON bye BEL bye IND British bye NOR bye TCH Brighton, England (clay) GBR 3 NZL 2 Paris, France (clay) FRA 1830 4 ROC 1 Stockholm, Sweden (clay) SWE 4 DEN 1 Warsaw, Poland GER 1935 3 POL 1928 2 Budapest, Hungary HUN 1920 1 Kingdom of Yugoslavia 4 Naples, Italy (clay) ITA 1861 3 MON 0 Brussels, Belgium BEL 3 IND British 2 NOR TCHczech The tie between Norway and Czechoslovakia was abandoned due to the German invasion and partition of Czechoslovakia in March 1939. Wimbledon, England (grass) GBR 3 FRA 1830 2 Berlin, Germany (clay) SWE 1 GER 1935 4 Milan, Italy (clay) Kingdom of Yugoslavia 3 ITA 1861 2 Brussels, Belgium (clay) BEL 5 NOR 0 Berlin, Germany (clay) GBR 0 GER 1935 5 Zagreb, Yugoslavia Kingdom of Yugoslavia 3 BEL 2 Zagreb, Yugoslavia GER 1935 2 Kingdom of Yugoslavia 3 First round Germany vs. Switzerland Germany 1935 Switzerland Vienna, Germanyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-GER-SUI-01 Germany v Switzerland daviscup.com 5–7 May 1939 Clay 5 0 Roderich Menzel 6 6 5 6 6 Boris Maneff 8 3 7 2 3 Henner Henkel 6 2 6 6 Hector Fisher 2 6 1 3 Henner Henkel Georg von Metaxa 6 6 6 Hector Fisher Boris Maneff 2 2 4 Henner Henkel 6 6 6 Boris Maneff 1 2 2 Roderich Menzel 8 6 6 Jost Spitzer 6 4 3 Poland vs. Netherlands Poland 1928 Netherlands Warsaw, Polandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-POL-NED-01 Poland v Netherlands daviscup.com 5–7 May 1939 4 1 Adam Baworowski 9 6 6 Hans van Swol 7 3 0 Ignacy Tłoczyński 6 6 6 Tod Hughan 0 2 1 Józef Hebda Ignacy Tłoczyński 4 4 10 Tod Hughan Hans van Swol 6 6 12 Ignacy Tłoczyński 13 4 6 6 Hans van Swol 11 6 3 2 Adam Baworowski 0 6 6 6 Tod Hughan 6 3 4 2 Romania vs. Hungary Romania Hungary 1920 Bucharest, Romaniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-ROU-HUN-01 Romania v Hungary daviscup.com 5–7 May 1939 Clay 2 3 Arnulf Schmidt 6 6 4 2 0 Emil Gábori 4 4 6 6 1 5 Cristea Caralulis 6 3 9 8 4 József Asbóth 1 6 7 10 6 Cristea Caralulis Arnulf Schmidt 6 4 6 6 6 Mihály Csikós György Dallos 8 6 2 2 4 Cristea Caralulis 3 6 6 7 Emil Gábori 6 2 3 5 Arnulf Schmidt 6 2 3 8 3 József Asbóth 1 6 6 6 6 Yugoslavia vs. Ireland Kingdom of Yugoslavia Ireland Zagreb, Yugoslaviahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-YUG-IRL-01 Yugoslavia v Ireland daviscup.com 5–7 May 1939 5 0 Dragutin Mitić 7 6 3 3 6 George Lyttleton-Rogers 5 2 6 6 3 Franjo Punčec 6 6 6 Raymond Egan 2 0 4 Dragutin Mitić Franjo Punčec 6 6 6 Raymond Egan George Lyttleton-Rogers 1 4 2 Franjo Punčec 6 6 6 George Lyttleton-Rogers 4 2 4 Dragutin Mitić 7 6 6 Raymond Egan 5 3 2 Second round Great Britain vs. New Zealand Great Britain New Zealand Sussex Lawn Tennis Club, Brighton, Englandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-GBR-NZL-01 Great Britain v New Zealand daviscup.com 11–13 May 1939 Clay 3 2 Ronald Shayes 6 2 2 7 3 Cam Malfroy 4 6 6 5 6 Charles Hare 6 6 6 Alistair Dewar-Brown 3 4 3 Charles Hare Frank Wilde 3 6 3 2 Dennis Coombe Cam Malfroy 6 2 6 6 Ronald Shayes 6 6 7 Alistair Dewar-Brown 3 4 5 Charles Hare 7 6 6 Cam Malfroy 5 4 4 France vs. China France 1830 Republic of China Stade Roland Garros, Paris, Francehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-FRA-CHN-01 France v China daviscup.com 18–20 May 1939 Clay 4 1 Bernard Destremau 5 6 1 7 6 Kho Sin-Kie 7 3 6 5 0 Christian Boussus 1 6 6 6 Choy Wai-Chuen 6 4 4 1 Pierre Pellizza Yvon Petra 6 6 6 Choy Wai-Chuen Kho Sin-Kie 2 0 3 Yvon Petra 6 7 3 4 Kho Sin-Kie 2 9 6 6 Pierre Pellizza 7 4 6 6 Ho Jin 5 6 2 4 Sweden vs. Denmark Sweden Denmark Tennisstadion, Stockholm, Swedenhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-SWE-DEN-01 Sweden v Denmark daviscup.com 19–21 May 1939 Clay 4 1 Morgan Hultman 1 0 3 Helge Plougmann 6 6 6 Kalle Schröder 6 6 6 Niels Holst 4 2 3 Nils Rohlsson Kalle Schröder 6 8 6 Helge Plougmann Alfred Wium 1 6 0 Kalle Schröder 6 6 6 Helge Plougmann 1 1 1 Morgan Hultman 6 6 6 Niels Holst 1 3 1 Poland vs. Germany Poland 1928 Germany 1935 Warsaw, Polandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-POL-GER-01 Poland v Germany daviscup.com 19–21 May 1939 2 3 Adam Baworowski 5 3 6 6 4 Roderich Menzel 7 6 2 2 6 Ignacy Tłoczyński 6 6 6 3 6 Henner Henkel 4 8 4 6 3 Adam Baworowski Józef Hebda 7 4 2 2 Henner Henkel Georg von Metaxa 5 6 6 6 Ignacy Tłoczyński 2 6 5 6 9 Roderich Menzel 6 1 7 2 7 Adam Baworowski 4 2 3 Henner Henkel 6 6 6 Hungary vs. Yugoslavia Hungary 1920 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Budapest, Hungaryhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-HUN-YUG-01 Hungary v Yugoslavia daviscup.com 12–14 May 1939 1 4 Emil Gábori 3 6 6 1 1 Dragutin Mitić 6 0 2 6 6 József Asbóth 7 4 7 11 Franjo Punčec 5 6 5 9 József Asbóth Emil Gábori 1 6 2 5 Dragutin Mitić Franjo Punčec 6 4 6 7 Emil Gábori 1 1 4 Franjo Punčec 6 6 6 József Asbóth 7 6 8 3 Dragutin Mitić 9 2 10 6 Italy vs. Monaco Italy 1861 Monaco Naples, Italyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-ITA-MON-01 Italy v Monaco daviscup.com 12–14 May 1939 Clay 3 0 Vanni Canepele 6 6 6 Aleco Noghès 0 3 1 Giorgio de Stefani 6 6 6 Gaston Médécin 1 2 2 Giovanni Cucelli Gino Vido 6 6 6 Vladimir Landau Aleco Noghès 3 1 0 Giorgio de Stefani Aleco Noghès Vanni Canepele Gaston Médécin Belgium vs. India Belgium India British Brussels, Belgiumhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-BEL-IND-01 Belgium v India daviscup.com 19–21 May 1939 3 2 André Lacroix 6 6 5 6 Ghaus Mohammad Khan 1 3 7 0 Charles Naeyaert 6 10 1 6 Yaswanath-Rao Savur 0 8 6 3 Pierre Geelhand de Merxem Jacques Van den Eynde 4 4 7 4 Ghaus Mohammad Khan Yaswanath-Rao Savur 6 6 5 6 Charles Naeyaert 8 2 1 Ghaus Mohammad Khan 10 6 6 André Lacroix 6 6 6 Yaswanath-Rao Savur 2 2 4 Quarterfinals Great Britain vs. France Great Britain France 1830 No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, Englandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-GBR-FRA-01 Great Britain v France daviscup.com 25–27 May 1939 Grass 3 2 Charles Hare 6 6 3 14 Bernard Destremau 2 3 6 12 Ronald Shayes 2 4 0 Christian Boussus 6 6 6 Charles Hare Frank Wilde 6 6 3 4 6 Pierre Pellizza Yvon Petra 3 3 6 6 3 Ronald Shayes 6 4 6 7 Bernard Destremau 3 6 4 5 Laurie Shaffi 0 2 5 Christian Boussus 6 6 7 Germany vs. Sweden Germany 1935 Sweden Rot-Weiss-Stadion, Berlin, Germanyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-GER-SWE-01 Germany v Sweden daviscup.com 27–29 May 1939 Clay 4 1 Roderich Menzel 6 6 6 Morgan Hultman 0 2 1 Henner Henkel 5 3 6 8 6 Kalle Schröder 7 6 2 6 3 Henner Henkel Georg von Metaxa 2 6 3 3 Nils Rohlsson Kalle Schröder 6 1 6 6 Roderich Menzel 2 6 6 6 Kalle Schröder 6 3 3 3 Rolf Göpfert 6 6 6 Morgan Hultman 2 3 3 Italy vs. Yugoslavia Italy 1861 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Milan, Italyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-ITA-YUG-01 Italy v Yugoslavia daviscup.com 26–28 May 1939 Clay 2 3 Vanni Canepele 6 6 7 Dragutin Mitić 3 3 5 Giorgio de Stefani 4 1 5 Franjo Punčec 6 6 7 Giovanni Cucelli Valentino Taroni 2 2 0 Dragutin Mitić Franjo Punčec 6 6 6 Giorgio de Stefani 6 6 4 6 Dragutin Mitić 1 4 6 3 Vanni Canepele 11 1 8 3 Franjo Punčec 13 6 6 6 Belgium vs. Norway Belgium Norway Brussels, Belgiumhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-BEL-NOR-01 Belgium v Norway daviscup.com 26–28 May 1939 Clay 5 0 André Lacroix 6 6 6 Johan Haanes 1 4 2 Charles Naeyaert 6 6 6 Sigurd Rinde 1 0 0 Léopold de Borman Pierre Geelhand de Merxem 6 6 5 6 Birger Andersen-Brem Johan Haanes 0 1 7 2 Charles Naeyaert 6 6 6 Johan Haanes 4 1 3 Pierre Geelhand de Merxem 6 6 6 Sigurd Rinde 1 0 0 Semifinals Germany vs. Great Britain Germany 1935 Great Britain Berlin, Germanyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-GER-GBR-01 Germany v Great Britain daviscup.com 3–5 June 1939 Clay 5 0 Roderich Menzel 6 6 Charles Hare 0 1 3 Henner Henkel 6 6 6 Ronald Shayes 2 3 1 Henner Henkel Georg von Metaxa 6 6 6 Laurie Shaffi Frank Wilde 4 2 2 Roderich Menzel 6 6 6 Ronald Shayes 1 1 0 Georg von Metaxa 3 6 6 6 Frank Wilde 6 0 2 3 Yugoslavia vs. Belgium Kingdom of Yugoslavia Belgium Zagreb, Yugoslaviahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-YUG-BEL-01 Yugoslavia v Belgium daviscup.com 2–4 June 1939 3 2 Franjo Punčec 1 6 6 7 André Lacroix 6 3 3 5 Dragutin Mitić 6 6 6 Pierre Geelhand de Merxem 1 4 1 Dragutin Mitić Franjo Punčec 2 2 3 Léopold de Borman André Lacroix 6 6 6 Dragutin Mitić 3 2 8 2 André Lacroix 6 6 6 6 Franjo Punčec 6 8 6 Pierre Geelhand de Merxem 3 6 3 Final Yugoslavia vs. Germany Kingdom of Yugoslavia Germany 1935 A.T.K. Stadium, Zagreb, Yugoslaviahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1939-EUR-M-YUG-GER-01 Yugoslavia v Germany daviscup.com 28–30 July 1939 3 2 Franjo Punčec 6 6 6 Rolf Göpfert 3 1 0 Dragutin Mitić 0 1 6 4 Henner Henkel 6 6 4 6 Franjo Kukuljević Franjo Punčec 7 6 4 6 1 Henner Henkel Roderich Menzel 9 4 6 3 4 Dragutin Mitić 6 6 6 Rolf Göpfert 1 2 3 Franjo Punčec 10 6 6 Henner Henkel 8 3 0 Notes 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