1962 Davis Cup Europe Zone

International tennis competition 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.Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–506 2nd Draw y 4–7 May 18–21 May 14–17 June 13–15 July 27–29 July First Round Second Round 25 150 ITA bye NED 0 URS 5 HUN 5 LUX 0 DEN 4 NZL 1 NOR 0 POL 1928 5 MON 0 BRA 1960 5 IRL 1 AUT 4 bye GBR FRA bye SUI 0 RSA 1928 4 ESP 1945 2 FRG 3 ROU 1952 4 ISR 1 LIB 1 FIN 4 TCH 4 EGY 1958 1 BEL 4 CHI 1 bye SWE Florence, Italy (clay) ITA 5 URS 0 Budapest, Hungary (clay) HUN 5 DEN 0 Warsaw, Poland POL 0 BRA 1960 3 Vienna, Austria (clay) AUT 1 GBR 4 Paris, France (clay) FRA 2 RSA 1928 3 Hanover, West Germany FRG 5 ROU 1952 0 Helsinki, Finland FIN 0 TCH 5 Brussels, Belgium (clay) BEL 0 SWE 5 Brescia, Italy (clay) ITA 4 HUN 1 Eastbourne, England (grass) BRA 1960 1 GBR 4 West Berlin RSA 1928 3 FRG 2 Stockholm, Sweden (clay) TCH 0 SWE 5 Milan, Italy (clay) ITA 5 GBR 0 Båstad, Sweden (clay) RSA 1928 1 SWE 4 Båstad, Sweden (clay) ITA 1 SWE 4 First round Netherlands vs. Soviet Union Netherlands Soviet Union Scheveningen, Netherlandshttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-NED-URS-01 Netherlands v Soviet Union daviscup.com 5–7 May 1962 Clay 0 5 Willem Maris 1 1 2 Toomas Leius 6 6 6 Evert Schneider 3 1 6 4 Sergei Likhachev 6 6 4 6 Willem Maris Evert Schneider 1 5 2 Toomas Leius Sergei Likhachev 6 7 6 Pieter van Eijsden 1 1 1 Sergei Likhachev 6 6 6 Evert Schneider 5 5 2 Rudolf Sivokhin 7 7 6 Hungary vs. Luxembourg Hungary Luxembourg Budapest, Hungaryhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-HUN-LUX-01 Hungary v Luxembourg daviscup.com 4–6 May 1962 5 0 Zoltán Katona 6 6 6 Jean Neuman 0 2 3 István Gulyás 6 6 6 Joseph Offenheim 3 1 1 István Gulyás András Szikszay 6 6 6 Joseph Offenheim Gaston Wampach 1 1 3 István Gulyás 6 6 6 Jean Neuman 1 2 3 Zoltán Katona 6 6 6 Joseph Offenheim 1 2 2 Denmark vs. New Zealand Denmark New Zealand Copenhagen, Denmarkhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-DEN-NZL-01 Denmark v New Zealand daviscup.com 4–6 May 1962 Clay 4 1 Jan Leschly 6 7 6 John Souter 2 5 4 Jørgen Ulrich 6 1 10 2 10 Ian Crookenden 2 6 8 6 8 Jan Leschly Jørgen Ulrich 8 6 6 Ian Crookenden John Souter 6 3 4 Jan Leschly 6 3 8 6 Ian Crookenden 2 6 6 0 Carl-Edvard Hedelund 3 2 6 0 John Souter 6 6 4 6 Norway vs. Poland Norway Poland 1928 Oslo, Norwayhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-NOR-POL-01 Norway v Poland daviscup.com 4–7 May 1962 Clay 0 5 Per Hegna 3 1 0 Władysław Skonecki 6 6 6 Finn Søhol 2 6 2 2 Wiesław Gąsiorek 6 3 6 6 Sjur Lars Galtung-Hansen Finn Søhol 4 4 1 Wiesław Gąsiorek Józef Orlikowski 6 6 6 Per Hegna 2 6 1 4 Wiesław Gąsiorek 6 4 6 6 Finn Søhol 6 6 3 3 4 Józef Orlikowski 1 2 6 6 6 Monaco vs. Brazil Monaco Brazil 1960 Monte Carlo, Monacohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-MON-BRA-01 Monaco v Brazil daviscup.com 4–6 May 1962 0 5 Adrien Viviani 0 1 0 José Edison Mandarino 6 6 6 Roland Borghini 4 2 2 Carlos Alberto Fernandes 6 6 6 Roland Borghini René Ruzic 0 2 3 Thomaz Koch José Edison Mandarino 6 6 6 Adrien Viviani 1 2 3 Carlos Alberto Fernandes 6 6 6 Roland Borghini 5 3 1 Thomaz Koch 7 6 6 Ireland vs. Austria Ireland Austria Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-IRL-AUT-01 Ireland v Austria daviscup.com 4–6 May 1962 Grass 1 4 Peter Jackson 5 2 1 Franz Saiko 7 6 6 Robin Condy 0 2 2 Ladislav Legenstein 6 6 6 Derek Arthurs Michael Hickey 3 3 7 Detlef Herdy Ladislav Legenstein 6 6 9 Derek Arthurs 1 2 Franz Saiko 6 6 Peter Jackson 6 1 6 Detlef Herdy 4 6 4 Switzerland vs. South Africa Switzerland South Africa 1928 Lausanne, Switzerlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-SUI-RSA-01 Switzerland v South Africa daviscup.com 4–6 May 1962 0 4 Martin Froesch 2 1 3 Abe Segal 6 6 6 Jorge Paulo Lemann 3 7 6 5 1 Gordon Forbes 6 5 3 7 6 Paul Blondel Bruno Spielmann 3 1 2 Gordon Forbes Abe Segal 6 6 6 Jorge Paulo Lemann 9 2 4 Cliff Drysdale 11 6 6 Martin Froesch Gordon Forbes Spain vs. West Germany Spain 1945 West Germany Real Madrid Club de Tenis, Madrid, Spainhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-ESP-FRG-01 Spain v West Germany daviscup.com 4–6 May 1962 Clay 2 3 Manuel Santana 6 1 2 6 5 Ingo Buding 3 6 6 2 7 Juan Manuel Couder 1 6 6 4 7 Wilhelm Bungert 6 4 2 6 5 José Luis Arilla Manuel Santana 7 4 6 9 Wilhelm Bungert Christian Kuhnke 9 6 3 11 Manuel Santana 2 5 3 Wilhelm Bungert 6 7 6 Juan Manuel Couder 6 6 6 Ingo Buding 4 3 2 Romania vs. Israel Romania 1952 Israel Bucharest, Romaniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-ROU-ISR-01 Romania v Israel daviscup.com 4–6 May 1962 Clay 4 1 Ion Țiriac 6 6 6 Eleazar Davidman 0 3 3 Constantin Năstase 6 6 6 Gabriel Dubitzky 0 1 1 Petre Mărmureanu Ion Țiriac 6 6 6 Eleazar Davidman Gabriel Dubitzky 4 1 4 Constantin Năstase 6 6 1 3 4 Eleazar Davidman 4 1 6 6 6 Ion Țiriac 6 6 6 Gabriel Dubitzky 3 1 1 Lebanon vs. Finland Lebanon Finland Alumni Club, Beirut, Lebanonhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-LBN-FIN-01 Lebanon v Finland daviscup.com 4–6 May 1962 Clay 1 4 Édouard Samuel 1 0 2 Reino Nyyssönen 6 6 6 Karim Fawaz 6 6 7 Sakari Salo 4 3 5 Karim Fawaz Édouard Samuel 2 7 6 7 Reino Nyyssönen Sakari Salo 6 5 8 9 Édouard Samuel 8 2 2 1 Sakari Salo 6 6 6 6 Karim Fawaz 6 4 1 0 Reino Nyyssönen 3 6 6 6 Czechoslovakia vs. Egypt Czechoslovakia Egypt 1958 Prague, Czechoslovakiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-TCH-EGY-01 Czechoslovakia v Egypt daviscup.com 4–6 May 1962 4 1 Petr Štrobl 6 6 4 3 6 Kamel Moubarek 1 4 6 6 4 Jiří Javorský 6 6 6 Fathi Mohammed-Ali 3 2 4 Jiří Javorský Petr Štrobl 6 3 6 6 Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed Fathi Mohammed-Ali 2 6 0 3 Petr Štrobl 4 4 2 Fathi Mohammed-Ali 6 6 6 Pavel Korda 6 6 6 Kamel Moubarek 2 1 2 Belgium vs. Chile Belgium Chile Brussels, Belgiumhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-BEL-CHI-01 Belgium v Chile daviscup.com 4–6 May 1962 4 1 Eric Drossart 7 6 6 Patricio Apey 5 2 2 Jacques Brichant 6 7 6 Patricio Rodríguez 0 5 4 Jacques Brichant Eric Drossart 4 3 6 6 6 Ernesto Aguirre Patricio Rodríguez 6 6 3 0 2 Claude De Gronckel 3 5 6 7 Patricio Apey 6 7 4 9 Eric Drossart 6 4 7 2 6 Patricio Rodríguez 4 6 5 6 2 Second round Italy vs. Soviet Union Italy Soviet Union Florence, Italyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-ITA-URS-01 Italy v Soviet Union daviscup.com 18–20 May 1962 Clay 5 0 Nicola Pietrangeli 6 1 6 6 Toomas Leius 4 6 3 1 Fausto Gardini 6 6 6 Sergei Likhachev 0 2 3 Nicola Pietrangeli Orlando Sirola 7 6 6 Toomas Leius Sergei Likhachev 5 2 3 Nicola Pietrangeli 0 8 8 6 Sergei Likhachev 6 6 6 1 Fausto Gardini 6 2 6 6 Toomas Leius 4 6 3 3 Hungary vs. Denmark Hungary Denmark Budapest, Hungaryhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-HUN-DEN-01 Hungary v Denmark daviscup.com 18–20 May 1962 Clay 5 0 András Szikszay 6 7 6 Carl-Edvard Hedelund 2 5 4 István Gulyás 6 6 6 Thorkild Larsen 3 0 2 István Gulyás András Szikszay 6 6 6 Carl-Edvard Hedelund Thorkild Larsen 3 2 2 András Szikszay 6 6 6 Thorkild Larsen 2 4 4 István Gulyás 6 6 6 Carl-Edvard Hedelund 0 3 4 Poland vs. Brazil Poland 1928 Brazil 1960 Warsaw, Polandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-POL-BRA-01 Poland v Brazil daviscup.com 18–20 May 1962 0 3 Władysław Skonecki 4 6 6 4 Carlos Alberto Fernandes 6 2 8 6 Wiesław Gąsiorek 5 2 2 José Edison Mandarino 7 6 6 Wiesław Biełanowicz Wiesław Nowicki 3 2 3 Ronald Barnes Carlos Alberto Fernandes 6 6 6 Wiesław Gąsiorek Carlos Alberto Fernandes Władysław Skonecki José Edison Mandarino Austria vs. Great Britain Austria Great Britain Vienna, Austriahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-AUT-GBR-01 Austria v Great Britain daviscup.com 19–21 May 1962 Clay 1 4 Ladislav Legenstein 0 6 2 3 Billy Knight 6 3 6 6 Franz Saiko 6 3 2 6 6 Mike Sangster 3 6 6 4 3 Ladislav Legenstein Franz Saiko 0 2 6 6 0 Billy Knight Tony Pickard 6 6 3 4 6 Franz Saiko 2 4 7 Billy Knight 6 6 9 Detlef Herdy 8 4 6 5 Mike Sangster 10 6 3 7 France vs. South Africa France South Africa 1928 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, Francehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-FRA-RSA-01 France v South Africa daviscup.com 18–20 May 1962 Clay 2 3 Gérard Pilet 5 6 3 10 Cliff Drysdale 7 2 6 12 Pierre Darmon 6 6 6 Gordon Forbes 3 1 2 Jean-Claude Barclay Jacques Renavand 4 1 3 Gordon Forbes Abe Segal 6 6 6 Pierre Darmon 6 7 6 Cliff Drysdale 4 5 2 Gérard Pilet 1 1 7 Gordon Forbes 6 6 9 West Germany vs. Romania West Germany Romania 1952 Hanover, West Germanyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-FRG-ROU-01 West Germany v Romania daviscup.com 18–20 May 1962 5 0 Wilhelm Bungert 6 8 6 Constantin Năstase 1 6 2 Ingo Buding 6 6 6 Ion Țiriac 4 0 3 Wilhelm Bungert Christian Kuhnke 6 6 6 Constantin Năstase Ion Țiriac 0 3 4 Wilhelm Bungert 6 6 6 Ion Țiriac 1 2 2 Ingo Buding 6 6 6 Constantin Năstase 2 2 1 Finland vs. Czechoslovakia Finland Czechoslovakia Helsinki, Finlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-FIN-TCH-01 Finland v Czechoslovakia daviscup.com 18–20 May 1962 0 5 Reino Nyyssönen 6 2 4 Jiří Javorský 8 6 6 Pekka Säilä 0 7 4 Pavel Korda 6 9 6 Reino Nyyssönen Sakari Salo 0 6 6 4 Jiří Javorský Petr Štrobl 6 3 8 6 Pekka Säilä 2 3 3 Petr Štrobl 6 6 6 Reino Nyyssönen 6 6 4 1 3 Pavel Korda 4 4 6 6 6 Belgium vs. Sweden Belgium Sweden Royal Léopold Club, Brussels, Belgiumhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-BEL-SWE-01 Belgium v Sweden daviscup.com 18–20 May 1962 Clay 0 5 Jacques Brichant 6 3 4 3 Jan-Erik Lundqvist 2 6 6 6 Eric Drossart 2 4 1 Ulf Schmidt 6 6 6 Jacques Brichant Eric Drossart 0 3 1 Jan-Erik Lundqvist Ulf Schmidt 6 6 6 Jacques Brichant 2 6 4 2 Ulf Schmidt 6 4 6 6 Eric Drossart 1 2 2 Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6 6 6 Quarterfinals Italy vs. Hungary Italy Hungary Brescia, Italyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-ITA-HUN-01 Italy v Hungary daviscup.com 15–17 June 1962 Clay 4 1 Fausto Gardini 6 6 6 Zoltán Katona 1 3 1 Nicola Pietrangeli 6 4 3 2 István Gulyás 1 6 6 6 Nicola Pietrangeli Orlando Sirola 1 6 6 4 6 István Gulyás András Szikszay 6 2 1 6 3 Nicola Pietrangeli 6 6 6 Zoltán Katona 0 2 3 Fausto Gardini 6 2 6 6 István Gulyás 1 6 3 2 Great Britain vs. Brazil Great Britain Brazil 1960 Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, Englandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-GBR-BRA-01 Great Britain v Brazil daviscup.com 14–16 June 1962 Grass 4 1 Mike Sangster 6 6 6 Carlos Alberto Fernandes 4 4 4 Billy Knight 6 6 6 Thomaz Koch 3 3 1 Billy Knight Tony Pickard 17 6 4 7 Ronald Barnes José Edison Mandarino 19 1 6 9 Billy Knight 10 6 3 7 Carlos Alberto Fernandes 8 3 6 5 Mike Sangster 4 6 6 2 7 José Edison Mandarino 6 3 3 6 5 West Germany vs. South Africa West Germany South Africa 1928 West Berlinhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-FRG-RSA-01 West Germany v South Africa daviscup.com 15–17 June 1962 2 3 Ingo Buding 4 7 6 9 6 Cliff Drysdale 6 5 4 11 3 Wilhelm Bungert 6 6 4 6 6 Gordon Forbes 3 8 6 3 4 Wilhelm Bungert Christian Kuhnke 6 4 2 6 3 Gordon Forbes Abe Segal 4 6 6 3 6 Ingo Buding 3 2 7 4 Gordon Forbes 6 6 5 6 Wilhelm Bungert 2 6 6 2 Cliff Drysdale 6 0 8 6 Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia Sweden Czechoslovakia Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Swedenhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-SWE-TCH-01 Sweden v Czechoslovakia daviscup.com 15–17 June 1962 Clay 5 0 Ulf Schmidt 6 6 6 Pavel Korda 2 4 2 Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6 10 6 Jiří Javorský 0 8 2 Jan-Erik Lundqvist Ulf Schmidt 8 6 6 Jiří Javorský Petr Štrobl 6 3 0 Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6 6 6 Pavel Korda 2 0 4 Ulf Schmidt 6 3 6 6 Jiří Javorský 4 6 3 2 Semifinals Italy vs. Great Britain Italy Great Britain Milan, Italyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-ITA-GBR-01 Italy v Great Britain daviscup.com 13–15 July 1962 Clay 5 0 Nicola Pietrangeli 6 4 7 8 Mike Sangster 3 6 5 6 Fausto Gardini 6 6 6 6 Billy Knight 1 8 3 1 Nicola Pietrangeli Orlando Sirola 6 6 6 6 Billy Knight Tony Pickard 3 4 8 3 Nicola Pietrangeli 8 6 6 Tony Pickard 6 0 1 Fausto Gardini 6 6 6 Mike Sangster 1 3 0 Sweden vs. South Africa Sweden South Africa 1928 Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Swedenhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-SWE-RSA-01 Sweden v South Africa daviscup.com 13–15 July 1962 Clay 4 1 Ulf Schmidt 3 2 6 3 Cliff Drysdale 6 6 3 6 Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6 6 6 Gordon Forbes 2 4 1 Jan-Erik Lundqvist Ulf Schmidt 6 6 9 Cliff Drysdale Abe Segal 4 2 7 Ulf Schmidt 11 6 6 Abe Segal 9 4 1 Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6 6 6 Cliff Drysdale 4 4 2 Final Sweden vs. Italy Sweden Italy Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Swedenhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-SWE-ITA-01 Sweden v Italy daviscup.com 27–29 July 1962 Clay 4 1 Ulf Schmidt 3 6 5 3 Fausto Gardini 6 3 7 6 Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6 6 6 Nicola Pietrangeli 2 4 1 Jan-Erik Lundqvist Ulf Schmidt 6 3 6 6 9 Nicola Pietrangeli Orlando Sirola 1 6 8 4 7 Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6 6 6 Fausto Gardini 0 2 1 Ulf Schmidt 6 8 6 Nicola Pietrangeli 1 6 3 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