1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

Main article: 1926 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

19 teams entered the Europe Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Final against the winner of the America Zone.[1] France defeated Great Britain in the final, and went on to face Japan in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw
  First Round
27 April-9 May
       
  Rome, Italy (clay)
    Italy 5
    Romania 0
  Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)
    Netherlands 3
    Belgium 2
  Sutton Coldfield, England (clay)
    South Africa 4
    Portugal 1
  Second Round
8–22 May		 Quarterfinals
24 May-2 June		 Semifinals
9–16 July		 Final
24–26 July
                                     
Dublin, Ireland (grass)
  Ireland 2  
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
  Spain 3  
    Spain 3  
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
    Argentina 1  
  Argentina 3
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
  Hungary 2  
    Spain 1  
Harrogate, England (clay)
    Great Britain 4  
  Great Britain 5  
Rome, Italy (clay)
  Poland 0  
    Great Britain 3
Rome, Italy (clay)
    Italy 2  
  Italy 3
Cabourg, France (clay)
  Netherlands 2  
    Great Britain 0
    France 5
  South Africa [3] w/o  
Kensington, England (clay)
  Austria  
    South Africa 1
Malmö, Sweden
    Sweden 4  
  Sweden 3
Stockholm, Sweden (clay)
   Switzerland 2  
    Sweden 0
Prague, Czechoslovakia
    France 5  
  Czechoslovakia 4  
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
  India 1  
    Czechoslovakia 0
Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
    France 3  
  Denmark 0
  France 5  

First round

Romania vs. Italy

Romania
0		 Bucharest, Romania [4]
27–29 April 1926
Clay
Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicolae Mișu
Uberto De Morpurgo		 2
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
2
Alfred San Galli
Clemente Serventi		 2
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
3
Nicolae Mișu / Alfred San Galli
Uberto De Morpurgo / Clemente Serventi		 3
6 		3
6 		5
7 		     
4
Alfred San Galli
Uberto De Morpurgo		 1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
5
Nicolae Mișu
Clemente Serventi		 6
2		 3
6 		1
6 		1
0		   retired
 

Netherlands vs. Belgium

Netherlands
3		 Noordwijk, Netherlands [5]
7–9 May 1926
Clay
Belgium
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Christiaan van Lennep
Jean Washer		 6
4		 3
6 		6
8 		6
3		 2
6 		 
2
Hendrik Timmer
André Laloux		 6
1		 6
0		 6
1		      
3
Arthur Diemer-Kool / Christiaan van Lennep
Georges François / Jean Washer		 0
6 		8
10 		6
3		 6
2		 7
5		  
4
Christiaan van Lennep
André Laloux		 6
0		 6
0		 6
2		      
5
Hendrik Timmer
Jean Washer		 1
6 		3
6 		5
7 		     

South Africa vs. Portugal

South Africa
4		 Sutton Hard Courts Lawn Tennis Club, Sutton Coldfield, England [6]
30 April–2 May 1926
Clay
Portugal
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Patrick Spence
Antonio Casanovas		 6
1		 6
1		 6
4		      
2
Julian Lezard
José de Verda		 3
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
3
Julian Lezard / Patrick Spence
José de Verda / Fernando Vasconcelos		 6
1		 6
4		 6
2		      
4
Patrick Spence
José de Verda		 6
1		 2
6 		6
2		 6
2		    
5
Julian Lezard
Antonio Casanovas		 6
4		 6
1		 6
2		      

Second round

Ireland vs. Spain

Ireland
2		 Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland [7]
20–22 May 1926
Grass
Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Edward McGuire
Francisco Sindreu		 3
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
2
Louis Meldon
Antonio Juanico		 6
1		 6
4		 6
4		      
3
Ben Haughton / Louis Meldon
Antonio Juanico / Francisco Sindreu		 6
4		 8
6		 6
3		      
4
Louis Meldon
Francisco Sindreu		 1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
5
Edward McGuire
Antonio Juanico		 4
6 		5
7 		6
2		 4
6 		   

Argentina vs. Hungary

Argentina
2		 Barcelona, Spain [8]
16–18 May 1926
Clay
Hungary
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Guillermo Robson
Béla von Kehrling		 3
6 		6
3		 3
6 		2
6 		   
2
Enrique Obarrio
Imre Takáts		 6
0		 6
4		 6
0		      
3
Enrique Obarrio / Guillermo Robson
Béla von Kehrling / Kálmán Kirchmäyer		 6
2		 6
4		 6
3		      
4
Guillermo Robson
Imre Takáts		 6
4		 6
1		 6
1		      
5
Enrique Obarrio
Béla von Kehrling		 3
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     

Great Britain vs. Poland

Great Britain
5		 Royal Hall Grounds, Harrogate, England [9]
8–11 May 1926
Clay
Poland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Noel Turnbull
Edward Kleinadel		 6
1		 7
5		 6
0		      
2
Patrick Wheatley
Stanisław Czetwertyński		 6
4		 6
3		 6
4		      
3
Gordon Crole-Rees / Charles Kingsley
Edward Kleinadel / Karol Steinert		 7
5		 6
4		 6
3		      
4
Noel Turnbull
Stanisław Czetwertyński		 6
0		 6
2		 7
5		      
5
Patrick Wheatley
Edward Kleinadel		 6
2		 6
4		 6
1		      

Italy vs. Netherlands

Italy
3		 Rome, Italy [10]
16–18 May 1926
Clay
Netherlands
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Clemente Serventi
Hendrik Timmer		 4
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
2
Uberto De Morpurgo
Christiaan van Lennep		 6
3		 6
3		 6
4		      
3
Uberto De Morpurgo / Clemente Serventi
Cornelis Bryan / Hendrik Timmer		 6
3		 6
4		 6
3		      
4
Uberto De Morpurgo
Hendrik Timmer		 6
4		 6
2		 6
3		      
5
Clemente Serventi
Christiaan van Lennep		 3
6 		6
3		 1
6 		4
6 		   

Sweden vs. Switzerland

Sweden
3		 Malmö Athletic Outdoor Courts, Malmö, Sweden [11]
11–13 May 1926
Clay
Switzerland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Marcus Wallenberg
Charles Aeschlimann		 6
4		 4
6 		6
2		 6
1		    
2
Sune Malmström
Jean Wuarin		 6
4		 6
1		 6
2		      
3
Sune Malmström / Marcus Wallenberg
Charles Aeschlimann / Jean Wuarin		 6
4		 2
6 		4
6 		6
4		 4
6 		 
4
Marcus Wallenberg
Jean Wuarin		 4
6 		6
1		 6
1		 6
1		    
5
Sune Malmström
Charles Aeschlimann		 6
1		 2
6 		2
6 		6
4		 3
6 		 

Czechoslovakia vs. India

Czechoslovakia
4		 Prague, Czechoslovakia [12]
14–16 May 1926
India
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pavel Macenauer
Athar-Ali Fyzee		 4
6 		6
4		 7
9 		0
6 		   
2
Jan Koželuh
Hassan Ali Fyzee		 6
1		 6
3		 6
1		      
3
Jan Koželuh / Ladislav Žemla
Sandford Bobb / Hassan Ali Fyzee		 6
2		 6
3		 6
1		      
4
Pavel Macenauer
Hassan Ali Fyzee		 6
2		 7
5		 5
7 		6
0		    
5
Jan Koželuh
Athar-Ali Fyzee		 6
3		 6
2		 7
5		      

Denmark vs. France

Denmark
0		 Copenhagen, Denmark [13]
14–16 May 1926
Clay
France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Axel Petersen
René Lacoste		 4
6 		5
7 		1
6 		     
2
Einer Ulrich
Henri Cochet		 2
6 		3
6 		6
2		 0
6 		   
3
Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich
Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet		 6
4		 3
6 		6
4		 5
7 		0
6 		 
4
Einer Ulrich
Jacques Brugnon		 1
6 		2
6 		8
6		 6
3		 1
6 		 
5
Axel Petersen
Henri Cochet		 6
3		 2
6 		6
3		 5
7 		4
6 		 

Quarterfinals

Spain vs. Argentina

Spain
3		 Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain [14]
29–31 May 1926
Clay
Argentina
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Eduardo Flaquer
Enrique Obarrio		 4
6 		5
7 		6
0		 6
0		 6
2		  
2
Francisco Sindreu
Guillermo Robson		 6
4		 5
7 		7
5		 4
6 		2
6 		 
3
Eduardo Flaquer / Raimundo Morales Marqués
Enrique Obarrio / Guillermo Robson		 6
4		 9
7		 6
3		      
4
Francisco Sindreu
Enrique Obarrio		 5
7 		6
1		 7
5		 4
6 		6
3		  
5
Eduardo Flaquer
Guillermo Robson		 4
6 		6
4		 4
6 		6
3		   not
completed

Italy vs. Great Britain

Italy
2		 Rome, Italy [15]
27–29 May 1926
Clay
Great Britain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Clemente Serventi
Patrick Wheatley		 7
5		 4
6 		1
6 		3
6 		   
2
Uberto De Morpurgo
Noel Turnbull		 4
6 		6
2		 4
6 		6
4		 6
2		  
3
Uberto De Morpurgo / Clemente Serventi
Gordon Crole-Rees / Charles Kingsley		 6
3		 8
6		 4
6 		3
6 		3
6 		 
4
Uberto De Morpurgo
Patrick Wheatley		 6
2		 6
3		 3
2		      
retired
5
Clemente Serventi
Noel Turnbull		 6
3		 1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		   

Sweden vs. South Africa

Sweden
4		 Melbury Lawn Tennis Club, Kensington, England [16]
31 May–2 June 1926
Clay
South Africa
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ingvar Garell
Patrick Spence		 4
6 		4
6 		6
8 		     
2
Sune Malmström
Gerald Sherwell		 8
6		 6
3		 6
4		      
3
Ingvar Garell / Sune Malmström
Julian Lezard / Patrick Spence		 6
2		 8
6		 8
6		      
4
Sune Malmström
Patrick Spence		 8
6		 6
3		 6
1		      
5
Ingvar Garell
Gerald Sherwell		 6
4		 6
4		 6
1		      

Czechoslovakia vs. France

Czechoslovakia
0		 Prague, Czechoslovakia [17]
24–25 May 1926
Clay
France
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan Koželuh
René Lacoste		 5
7 		7
5		 3
6 		8
6		 3
6 		 
2
Pavel Macenauer
Henri Cochet		 3
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
3
Jan Koželuh / Ladislav Žemla
Jacques Brugnon / René Lacoste		 2
6 		6
3		 8
6		 2
6 		5
7 		 
4
Jan Koželuh
Henri Cochet		           not
played
5
Pavel Macenauer
René Lacoste		           not
played

Semifinals

Spain vs. Great Britain

Spain
1		 Societat Sportiva Pompeya, Barcelona, Spain [18]
9–11 July 1926
Clay
Great Britain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Eduardo Flaquer
Colin Gregory		 3
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
2
Francisco Sindreu
Charles Kingsley		 5
7 		6
2		 5
7 		6
3		 3
6 		 
3
Eduardo Flaquer / Raimundo Morales Marqués
Gordon Crole-Rees / Charles Kingsley		 9
11 		4
6 		2
6 		     
4
Francisco Sindreu
Colin Gregory		 6
2		 4
6 		2
6 		3
6 		   
5
Raimundo Morales Marqués
Keats Lester		 6
3		 6
2		 6
2		      

Sweden vs. France

Sweden
0		 East Malm Athletic/Soccer Fields, Stockholm, Sweden [19]
14–16 July 1926
Clay
France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Marcus Wallenberg
Henri Cochet		 3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
2
Sune Malmström
Jean Borotra		 6
3		 6
2		 6
8 		3
6 		3
6 		 
3
Sune Malmström / Marcus Wallenberg
Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon		 4
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
4
Sune Malmström
Henri Cochet		 4
6 		7
5		 4
6 		6
4		 3
6 		 
5
Marcus Wallenberg
Jean Borotra		 8
6		 4
6 		2
6 		1
6 		   

Final

France vs. Great Britain

France
5		 Garden Tennis Club, Cabourg, France [2]
24–26 July 1926
Clay
Great Britain
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Henri Cochet
Colin Gregory		 7
5		 4
6 		7
9 		7
5		 6
0		  
2
René Lacoste
Noel Turnbull		 6
4		 6
4		 6
4		      
3
Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon
Gordon Crole-Rees / Charles Kingsley		 6
2		 6
0		 6
3		      
4
Pierre Henri Landry
Colin Gregory		 6
3		 6
2		 6
1		      
5
Jacques Brugnon
Noel Turnbull		 4
6 		1
6 		6
2		 6
4		 6
0		  

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. "France v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  3. "South Africa v Austria". daviscup.com.
  4. "Romania v Italy". daviscup.com.
  5. "Netherlands v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  6. "Sweden v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  7. "Ireland v Spain". daviscup.com.
  8. "Argentina v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  9. "Great Britain v Poland". daviscup.com.
  10. "Italy v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  11. "Sweden v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  12. "Czechoslovakia v India". daviscup.com.
  13. "Denmark v France". daviscup.com.
  14. "Spain v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  15. "Italy v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  16. "Sweden v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  17. "Czechoslovakia v France". daviscup.com.
  18. "Spain v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  19. "Sweden v France". daviscup.com.
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