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1954 Davis Cup Europe Zone

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The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1954 Davis Cup.

1954 Davis Cup Europe Zone
Details
Duration30 April 1954 – 26 July 1954
Teams23
Categories1954 Davis Cup Europe Zone
1954 Davis Cup America Zone
Champion
Winning nation Sweden
Qualified for: 1954 Davis Cup
Inter-Zonal Final
← 1953
1955 →

23 teams entered the Europe Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the America Zone. Sweden defeated France in the final, and went on to face the United States in the Inter-Zonal Final.[1][2]

Draw

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First Round
30 April–8 May		Second Round
13–17 May		Quarterfinals
10–15 June		Semifinals
9–19 July		Final
24–26 July
  DenmarkMondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)
bye  Denmark5
  Luxembourg  Luxembourg0Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
bye  Denmark4
  West GermanyBudapest, Hungary  Hungary1
bye  West Germany1
  Hungary3  Hungary4Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
  New Zealand2  Denmark1
  IndiaVienna, Austria  France4
bye  India3
  Austria3  Austria0Paris, France (clay)
  Ireland2  India1
  FranceOslo, Norway (clay)  France4
bye  France5
  Finland2  Norway0Paris, France (clay)
  Norway3  France0
  Netherlands1Madrid, Spain (clay)  Sweden5
  Spain4  Spain0
bye  Italy5Solna, Sweden (clay)
  Italy  Italy0
  Egypt4Cairo, Egypt (clay)  Sweden5
  Turkey1  Egypt0
bye  Sweden5Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Sweden  Sweden3
  Monaco1Brussels, Belgium  Belgium2
  Yugoslavia4  Yugoslavia0
bye  Belgium5Scarborough, England (grass)
  Belgium  Belgium3
   Switzerland1Eastbourne, England (grass)  Great Britain2
  Brazil3  Brazil1
bye  Great Britain4
  Great Britain

First round

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Hungary vs. New Zealand

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Hungary
3 		Budapest, Hungary[3]
1–3 May 1954
  
New Zealand
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		András Ádám-Stolpa
John Barry 		6
0 		3
6 		6
3 		8
6 		   
2  
  		József Asbóth
Jeff Robson 		6
3 		4
6 		6
2 		6
0 		   
3  
  		András Ádám-Stolpa / Antal Jancsó
Mark Otway / Jeff Robson 		1
6 		1
6 		6
2 		2
6 		   
4  
  		József Asbóth
John Barry 		6
4 		7
5 		6
2 		     
5  
  		András Ádám-Stolpa
Mark Otway 		3
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     

Austria vs. Ireland

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Austria
3 		Vienna, Austria[4]
30 April–2 May 1954
  
Ireland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Franz Saiko
Vivian Gotto 		6
2 		6
1 		6
4 		     
2  
  		Hans Redl
Guy Jackson 		6
3 		9
7 		4
6 		6
5 		  retired
 
3  
  		Hans Redl / Franz Saiko
Vivian Gotto / Guy Jackson 		3
6 		1
6 		6
3 		3
6 		   
4  
  		Franz Saiko
Guy Jackson 		7
5 		6
4 		6
2 		     
5  
  		Hans Redl
Vivian Gotto 		3
6 		6
4 		6
4 		6
3 		   

Finland vs. Norway

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Finland
2 		Helsinki, Finland[5]
6–8 May 1954
Clay 		 
Norway
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Sakari Salo
Rolf Pape 		7
5 		6
8 		6
2 		6
4 		   
2  
  		Lars-Henrik Krause
Finn Søhol 		2
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
3  
  		Curt Lincoln / Sakari Salo
Nils-Erik Hessen / Rolf Pape 		5
7 		4
6 		6
4 		2
6 		   
4  
  		Lars-Henrik Krause
Rolf Pape 		1
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
5  
  		Sakari Salo
Finn Søhol 		6
4 		6
2 		6
3 		     

Netherlands vs. Spain

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Netherlands
1 		Mets Tennis Club, Scheveningen, Netherlands[6]
30 April–2 May 1954
Clay 		 
Spain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Ludwig Krijt
Emilio Martínez del Rey 		3
6 		0
6 		3
6 		     
2  
  		Fred Dehnert
Carlos Ferrer 		5
7 		1
6 		1
6 		     
3  
  		Fred Dehnert / Boebi van Meegeren
José María Draper / Carlos Ferrer 		4
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4  
  		Fred Dehnert
Emilio Martínez del Rey 		3
6 		3
6 		6
3 		8
6 		3
6 		 
5  
  		Ludwig Krijt
José María Draper 		6
4 		4
6 		6
3 		6
4 		   

Egypt vs. Turkey

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Egypt
4 		Cairo, Egypt[7]
30 April–2 May 1954
  
Turkey
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Adli El Shafei
Suzan Gürel 		6
1 		6
0 		6
2 		     
2  
  		Adel Ismail
Nazmi Bari 		5
7 		6
3 		6
0 		6
4 		   
3  
  		Donald Acobas / Adel Ismail
Nazmi Bari / Suzan Gürel 		6
1 		6
1 		6
3 		     
4  
  		Donald Acobas
Suzan Gürel 		5
7 		5
7 		7
5 		6
2 		5
7 		 
5  
  		Adel Ismail
Behbut Cevanşir 		6
2 		6
2 		6
0 		     

Monaco vs. Yugoslavia

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Monaco
1 		Monte Carlo, Monaco[8]
1–3 May 1954
  
Yugoslavia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Aleco Noghès
Josip Palada 		4
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
2  
  		Georges Pasquier
Vladimir Petrović 		1
6 		5
7 		5
7 		     
3  
  		Aleco Noghès / Georges Pasquier
Josip Palada / Vladimir Petrović 		2
6 		2
6 		7
9 		     
4  
  		Georges Pasquier
Ilija Panajotović 		1
6 		3
6 		7
5 		6
4 		6
4 		 
5  
  		Aleco Noghès
Ivko Plećević 		2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     

Switzerland vs. Brazil

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Switzerland
1 		Montreux, Switzerland[9]
30 April–2 May 1954
  
Brazil
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Erwin Balestra
Bob Falkenburg 		2
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
2  
  		Paul Blondel
Armando Vieira 		1
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
3  
  		Jean-Pierre Blondel / Paul Blondel
Bob Falkenburg / Armando Vieira 		6
3 		8
6 		4
6 		3
6 		6
2 		 
4  
  		Erwin Balestra
Armando Vieira 		2
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
5  
  		Paul Blondel
Fabio Guimarães 		0
6 		5
6 		      not
completed

Second round

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Luxembourg vs. Denmark

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Luxembourg
0 		Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg[10]
14–16 May 1954
Clay 		 
Denmark
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Gaston Wampach
Torben Ulrich 		4
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     
2  
  		Géza Wertheim
Kurt Nielsen 		2
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     
3  
  		Gaston Wampach / Géza Wertheim
Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich 		4
6 		7
9 		0
6 		     
4  
  		Gaston Wampach
Kurt Nielsen 		3
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
5  
  		Géza Wertheim
Torben Ulrich 		0
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     

Hungary vs. West Germany

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Hungary
4 		Budapest, Hungary[11]
14–16 May 1954
  
West Germany
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		József Asbóth
Ernst Buchholz 		6
2 		3
6 		6
3 		10
8 		   
2  
  		András Ádám-Stolpa
Engelbert Koch 		3
6 		6
4 		6
2 		6
1 		   
3  
  		Antal Jancsó / István Sikorszki
Ernst Buchholz / Horst Hermann 		2
6 		4
6 		5
7 		     
4  
  		József Asbóth
Horst Hermann 		7
5 		6
3 		6
0 		     
5  
  		Antal Jancsó
Ernst Buchholz 		6
0 		6
1 		6
4 		     

Austria vs. India

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Austria
0 		Vienna, Austria[12]
14–16 May 1954
  
India
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Hans Redl
Naresh Kumar 		6
4 		3
6 		4
6 		5
7 		   
2  
  		Franz Saiko
Ramanathan Krishnan 		0
6 		2
6 		5
7 		     
3  
  		Hans Redl / Franz Saiko
Naresh Kumar / Narendra Nath 		3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4  
  		Franz Saiko
Naresh Kumar 		          not
played
5  
  		Hans Redl
Ramanathan Krishnan 		          not
played

Norway vs. France

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Norway
0 		Oslo, Norway[13]
14–16 May 1954
Clay 		 
France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Nils-Erik Hessen
Jean-Claude Molinari 		3
6 		6
3 		3
6 		2
6 		   
2  
  		Rolf Pape
Robert Haillet 		5
7 		2
6 		6
4 		4
6 		   
3  
  		Nils-Erik Hessen / Rolf Pape
Jean Ducos de la Haille / Paul Rémy 		4
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4  
  		Nils-Erik Hessen
Robert Haillet 		4
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
5  
  		Rolf Pape
Jean-Claude Molinari 		3
6 		3
6 		7
5 		6
8 		   

Spain vs. Italy

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Spain
0 		Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain[14]
15–17 May 1954
Clay 		 
Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Carlos Ferrer
Orlando Sirola 		1
6 		6
8 		5
7 		     
2  
  		Emilio Martínez del Rey
Marcello del Bello 		2
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     
3  
  		Jaime Bartroli / Carlos Ferrer
Marcello del Bello / Giovanni Cucelli 		3
6 		3
6 		7
5 		4
6 		   
4  
  		Carlos Ferrer
Nicola Pietrangeli 		4
6 		3
6 		6
2 		2
6 		   
5  
  		Emilio Martínez del Rey
Orlando Sirola 		2
6 		6
4 		4
6 		4
6 		   

Egypt vs. Sweden

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Egypt
0 		Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[15]
14–16 May 1954
Clay 		 
Sweden
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Adel Ismail
Sven Davidson 		4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2  
  		Adli El Shafei
Lennart Bergelin 		0
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
3  
  		Donald Acobas / Adel Ismail
Lennart Bergelin / Sven Davidson 		2
6 		3
6 		6
3 		2
6 		   
4  
  		Adel Ismail
Lennart Bergelin 		1
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
5  
  		Adli El Shafei
Sven Davidson 		0
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     

Belgium vs. Yugoslavia

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Belgium
5 		Brussels, Belgium[16]
14–16 May 1954
  
Yugoslavia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jacques Brichant
Ilija Panajotović 		6
1 		6
4 		6
4 		     
2  
  		Philippe Washer
Vladimir Petrović 		6
3 		6
1 		6
3 		     
3  
  		Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer
Josip Palada / Vladimir Petrović 		6
4 		6
2 		6
2 		     
4  
  		Jacques Brichant
Vladimir Petrović 		6
0 		7
5 		6
2 		     
5  
  		Philippe Washer
Ilija Panajotović 		6
0 		6
4 		6
1 		     

Great Britain vs. Brazil

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Great Britain
4 		Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[17]
13–17 May 1954
Grass 		 
Brazil
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Tony Mottram
Bob Falkenburg 		8
6 		6
4 		6
0 		     
2  
  		Geoffrey Paish
Armando Vieira 		6
8 		7
5 		4
6 		2
6 		   
3  
  		Tony Mottram / Geoffrey Paish
Bob Falkenburg / Armando Vieira 		5
7 		6
1 		6
2 		6
1 		   
4  
  		Tony Mottram
Armando Vieira 		6
3 		6
4 		6
3 		     
5  
  		Gerald Oakley
Bob Falkenburg 		6
1 		5
7 		6
2 		4
6 		6
4 		 

Quarterfinals

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Denmark vs. Hungary

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Denmark
4 		Copenhagen, Denmark[18]
11–15 June 1954
Clay 		 
Hungary
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Torben Ulrich
András Ádám-Stolpa 		6
3 		6
3 		4
6 		1
6 		5
7 		 
2  
  		Kurt Nielsen
József Asbóth 		6
0 		6
4 		6
1 		     
3  
  		Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich
Antal Jancsó / István Sikorszki 		5
7 		6
2 		6
1 		6
4 		   
4  
  		Kurt Nielsen
András Ádám-Stolpa 		4
6 		6
2 		6
3 		6
3 		   
5  
  		Torben Ulrich
József Asbóth 		0
6 		7
5 		6
3 		6
2 		   

France vs. India

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France
4 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[19]
11–13 June 1954
Clay 		 
India
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Robert Haillet
Ramanathan Krishnan 		6
4 		6
4 		8
6 		     
2  
  		Paul Rémy
Naresh Kumar 		6
3 		6
4 		6
1 		     
3  
  		Jean Ducos de la Haille / Paul Rémy
Naresh Kumar / Narendra Nath 		6
2 		6
2 		3
6 		7
5 		   
4  
  		Jean-Claude Molinari
Ramanathan Krishnan 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
5  
  		Robert Haillet
Naresh Kumar 		3
6 		9
11 		6
4 		8
6 		6
0 		 

Sweden vs. Italy

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Sweden
5 		Solna Tennisstadion, Solna, Sweden[20]
10–12 June 1954
Clay 		 
Italy
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Sven Davidson
Marcello del Bello 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		     
2  
  		Lennart Bergelin
Nicola Pietrangeli 		7
5 		6
1 		3
6 		6
4 		   
3  
  		Lennart Bergelin / Sven Davidson
Marcello del Bello / Giovanni Cucelli 		4
6 		7
5 		2
6 		6
4 		6
3 		 
4  
  		Sven Davidson
Nicola Pietrangeli 		6
4 		2
6 		6
4 		6
1 		   
5  
  		Lennart Bergelin
Orlando Sirola 		6
2 		6
3 		2
6 		6
1 		   

Great Britain vs. Belgium

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Great Britain
2 		Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Club, Scarborough, England[21]
10–12 June 1954
Grass 		 
Belgium
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Tony Mottram
Jacques Brichant 		6
4 		3
6 		7
5 		2
6 		5
7 		 
2  
  		Geoffrey Paish
Philippe Washer 		3
6 		0
6 		4
6 		     
3  
  		Tony Mottram / Geoffrey Paish
Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer 		6
1 		7
5 		6
3 		     
4  
  		Geoffrey Paish
Jacques Brichant 		6
1 		7
5 		6
3 		     
5  
  		Tony Mottram
Philippe Washer 		5
7 		4
6 		4
6 		     

Semifinals

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Denmark vs. France

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Denmark
1 		Copenhagen, Denmark[22]
9–12 July 1954
Clay 		 
France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Torben Ulrich
Paul Rémy 		7
5 		6
1 		3
6 		8
10 		1
6 		 
2  
  		Kurt Nielsen
Robert Haillet 		1
6 		9
7 		6
4 		7
5 		   
3  
  		Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich
Jean Ducos de la Haille / Paul Rémy 		2
6 		10
12 		3
6 		     
4  
  		Torben Ulrich
Robert Haillet 		3
6 		6
2 		5
7 		3
6 		   
5  
  		Kurt Nielsen
Paul Rémy 		3
6 		7
9 		2
6 		     

Sweden vs. Belgium

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Sweden
3 		Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[23]
17–19 July 1954
Clay 		 
Belgium
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Sven Davidson
Jacques Brichant 		6
3 		6
3 		4
6 		6
4 		   
2  
  		Lennart Bergelin
Philippe Washer 		4
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
3  
  		Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson
Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer 		6
3 		6
8 		3
6 		9
7 		6
3 		 
4  
  		Lennart Bergelin
Jacques Brichant 		7
5 		8
6 		5
7 		2
6 		8
10 		 
5  
  		Sven Davidson
Philippe Washer 		7
5 		5
7 		8
6 		6
2 		   

Final

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France vs. Sweden

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France
0 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[2]
24–26 July 1954
Clay 		 
Sweden
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Robert Haillet
Lennart Bergelin 		6
4 		5
7 		6
3 		3
6 		0
6 		 
2  
  		Paul Rémy
Sven Davidson 		1
6 		6
3 		3
6 		4
6 		   
3  
  		Jean Ducos de la Haille / Paul Rémy
Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson 		3
6 		4
6 		6
3 		7
9 		   
4  
  		Paul Rémy
Lennart Bergelin 		2
6 		3
6 		8
6 		4
6 		   
5  
  		Robert Haillet
Sven Davidson 		4
6 		4
6 		6
4 		3
6 		   

References

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  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "France v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Hungary v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Austria v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Finland v Norway". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Netherlands v Spain". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Egypt v Turkey". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Monaco v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Switzerland v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Luxembourg v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Hungary v West Germany". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Austria v India". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Norway v France". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Spain v Italy". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Egypt v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Belgium v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Great Britain v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Denmark v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "France v India". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Sweden v Italy". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Great Britain v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "Denmark v France". daviscup.com.
  23. ^ "Sweden v Belgium". daviscup.com.
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