1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

Main article: 1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

21 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 Denmark in the final, and went on to face Japan in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw
First Round
29 April–9 May
   Second Round
6–22 May
   Quarterfinals
9–13 June
   Semifinals
8–11 July
   Final
21–22 July
  France    
Paris, France (clay)
 bye       France 5  
  Romania     Romania 0    
Rome, Italy (clay)
 bye         France 3  
  Hungary         Italy 2  
 bye       Hungary 2
  Italy     Italy 3    
 bye         France 5  
  Portugal         South Africa 0  
 bye       Portugal 0  
  Germany     Germany 5    
 bye         Germany 1
  South Africa 5         South Africa 4  
  Ireland 0       South Africa 5
   Switzerland 3      Switzerland 0    
  Austria 2         France 3
  Denmark 4         Denmark 0
  Netherlands 1       Denmark 3  
  Sweden 1     Great Britain 2    
  Great Britain 4         Denmark 5  
  Spain 2         India 0  
  India 3       India 3
 bye     Yugoslavia 0    
  Yugoslavia         Denmark 3
 bye         Czechoslovakia 2  
  Czechoslovakia       Czechoslovakia 4  
 bye     Greece 1    
  Greece         Czechoslovakia 4
 bye         Belgium 1  
  Poland       Poland 0
 bye     Belgium 5  
  Belgium  

First round

Ireland vs. South Africa

Ireland
0		 Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland [3]
6–9 May 1927
Grass
South Africa
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Cecil Campbell
Jack Condon		 6
3		 6
2		 3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		 
2
Arthur Mahony
Patrick Spence		 2
6 		3
6 		6
8 		     
3
Arthur Mahony / Louis Meldon
Jack Condon / Louis Raymond		 3
6 		2
6 		5
7 		     
4
Arthur Mahony
Jack Condon		 0
6 		6
8 		1
6 		     
5
Louis Meldon
Patrick Spence		 3
6 		1
6 		6
4		 6
3		 4
6 		 

Switzerland vs. Austria

Switzerland
3		 Basel, Switzerland [4]
29 April–1 May 1927
Austria
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Charles Aeschlimann
Franz Wilhelm Matejka		 4
6 		6
1		 6
1		 6
3		    
2
Jean Wuarin
Herman von Artens		 6
1		 6
0		 6
4		      
3
Charles Aeschlimann / Maurice Ferrier
Herman von Artens / Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten		 10
8		 6
4		 6
8 		6
2		    
4
Jean Wuarin
Franz Wilhelm Matejka		 3
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
5
Charles Aeschlimann
Herman von Artens		 5
7 		1
6 		1
6 		     

Denmark vs. Netherlands

Denmark
4		 Copenhagen, Denmark [5]
3–5 May 1927
Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Einer Ulrich
Hendrik Timmer		 6
0		 1
6 		6
4		 7
5		    
2
Axel Petersen
Cornelis Bryan		 6
2		 6
1		 1
6 		3
6 		6
1		  
3
Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich
Christiaan van Lennep / Hendrik Timmer		 6
1		 3
6 		6
3		 6
4		    
4
Einer Ulrich
Cornelis Bryan		 6
1		 6
3		 6
0		      
5
Axel Petersen
Hendrik Timmer		 3
6 		4
6 		6
4		 6
8 		   

Great Britain vs. Sweden

Great Britain
4		 Tally Ho! Lawn Tennis Club, Birmingham, England [6]
6–9 May 1927
Clay
Sweden
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Charles Kingsley
Ingvar Garell		 6
2		 6
1		 7
5		      
2
Edward Higgs
Sune Malmström		 3
6 		6
3		 6
0		 3
6 		6
2		  
3
Leslie Godfree / Colin Gregory
Sune Malmström / Henning Müller		 4
6 		6
3		 6
1		 6
1		    
4
Charles Kingsley
Sune Malmström		 4
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
5
Edward Higgs
Ingvar Garell		 8
6		 8
6		 3
6 		9
7		    

Spain vs. India

Spain
2		 Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain [7]
7–9 May 1927
Clay
India
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Eduardo Flaquer
Sri-Krishna Prasada		 2
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
2
Antonio Juanico
Hassan Ali Fyzee		 3
6 		6
3		 3
6 		6
4		 6
1		  
3
Eduardo Flaquer / Raimundo Morales Marqués
Hassan Ali Fyzee / Sri-Krishna Prasada		 6
0		 3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		   
4
Antonio Juanico
Sri-Krishna Prasada		 9
11 		4
6 		3
6 		     
5
Eduardo Flaquer
Hassan Ali Fyzee		 7
5		 6
0		 6
2		      

Second round

France vs. Romania

France
5		 Racing Club de France, Paris, France [8]
14–16 May 1927
Clay
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jean Borotra
Ghica Poulieff		 6
1		 6
2		 6
2		      
2
René Lacoste
Nicolae Mișu		 6
3		 6
2		 6
2		      
3
Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon
Nicolae Mișu / Ghica Poulieff		 6
4		 6
1		 8
6		      
4
Jacques Brugnon
Ghica Poulieff		 6
1		 6
1		 6
0		      
5
Jean Borotra
Nicolae Mișu		 6
4		 2
6 		6
4		 7
5		    

Hungary vs. Italy

Hungary
2		 Budapest, Hungary [9]
13–15 May 1927
Italy
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Béla von Kehrling
Uberto De Morpurgo		 7
5		 4
6 		4
6 		7
5		 1
6 		 
2
Imre Takáts
Giorgio de Stefani		 2
6 		1
6 		6
4		 6
3		 6
4		  
3
Béla von Kehrling / Jenő Péteri
Uberto De Morpurgo / Giorgio de Stefani		 3
6 		5
7 		6
8 		     
4
Imre Takáts
Uberto De Morpurgo		 2
6 		1
6 		5
7 		     
5
Béla von Kehrling
Clemente Serventi		 6
2		 6
1		 6
4		      

Portugal vs. Germany

Portugal
0		 Sporting Club, Lisbon, Portugal [10]
13–15 May 1927
Clay
Germany
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
José de Verda
Georg Demasius		 6
4		 0
6 		3
6 		3
6 		   
2
Antonio Casanovas
Hans Moldenhauer		 2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3
Antonio Casanovas / José de Verda
Georg Demasius / Hans Moldenhauer		 4
6 		6
4		 1
6 		2
6 		   
4
Antonio Casanovas
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe		 4
6 		4
6 		6
1		 3
6 		   
5
José de Verda
Hans Moldenhauer		 8
6		 3
6 		7
5		 2
6 		1
6 		 

Switzerland vs. South Africa

Switzerland
0		 Montreux, Switzerland [11]
20–22 May 1927
South Africa
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jean Wuarin
Jack Condon		 0
6 		2
6 		6
2		 5
7 		   
2
Charles Aeschlimann
Patrick Spence		 4
6 		4
6 		7
9 		     
3
Charles Aeschlimann / Maurice Ferrier
Louis Raymond / Patrick Spence		 2
6 		7
9 		4
6 		     
4
Charles Aeschlimann
Jack Condon		 4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
5
Jean Wuarin
Patrick Spence		 1
6 		6
8 		2
6 		     

Great Britain vs. Denmark

Great Britain
2		 Royal Hall Grounds, Harrogate, England [12]
19–21 May 1927
Clay
Denmark
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Colin Gregory
Einer Ulrich		 0
6 		3
6 		6
3		 6
3		 2
6 		 
2
Edward Higgs
Erik Worm		 6
3		 6
4		 8
10 		10
8		    
3
Leslie Godfree / Colin Gregory
Einer Ulrich / Erik Worm		 4
6 		6
1		 2
6 		5
7 		   
4
Colin Gregory
Erik Worm		 6
8 		6
4		 10
8		 6
4		    
5
Edward Higgs
Einer Ulrich		 6
1		 6
3		 2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		 

Yugoslavia vs. India

Yugoslavia
0		 Zagreb, Yugoslavia [13]
20–22 May 1927
India
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Đorđe Dunđerski
Sri-Krishna Prasada		 2
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
2
Iván Balás
Hassan Ali Fyzee		 4
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
3
Iván Balás / Đorđe Dunđerski
Hassan Ali Fyzee / Sri-Krishna Prasada		 1
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4
Đorđe Dunđerski
Hassan Ali Fyzee		           not
played
5
Iván Balás
Sri-Krishna Prasada		           not
played

Czechoslovakia vs. Greece

Czechoslovakia
4		 Prague, Czechoslovakia [14]
6–8 May 1927
Greece
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan Koželuh
Kimon Zachos		 6
0		 6
1		 6
1		      
2
Ernst Gottlieb
Augustos Zerlendis		 5
7 		7
5		 6
4		 7
9 		2
6 		 
3
Jan Koželuh / Ladislav Žemla
Kimon Zachos / Augustos Zerlendis		 6
2		 6
3		 6
4		      
4
František Sojka
Kimon Zachos		 6
4		 6
3		 6
2		      
5
Jan Koželuh
Augustos Zerlendis		 6
2		 6
1		 6
3		      

Belgium vs. Poland

Belgium
5		 Brussels, Belgium [15]
20–22 May 1927
Poland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jean Washer
Edward Kleinadel		 6
0		 6
0		 6
1		      
2
Willard Botsford
Stanisław Czetwertyński		 6
2		 7
5		 4
6 		6
2		    
3
Willard Botsford / Jean Washer
Edward Kleinadel / Jerzy Stolarow		 8
6		 9
7		 6
1		      
4
Jean Washer
Stanisław Czetwertyński		 6
2		 6
2		 6
2		      
5
Willard Botsford
Edward Kleinadel		 6
3		 9
7		 6
2		      

Quarterfinals

Italy vs. France

Italy
2		 Rome Lawn Tennis Club, Rome, Italy [16]
11–13 June 1927
Clay
France
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Uberto De Morpurgo
René Lacoste		 6
2		 0
6 		2
6 		6
0		 1
6 		 
2
Giorgio de Stefani
Henri Cochet		 1
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3
Uberto De Morpurgo / Giorgio de Stefani
Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet		 6
4		 6
4		 6
4		      
4
Uberto De Morpurgo
Henri Cochet		 7
5		 5
7 		6
1		 7
5		    
5
Giorgio de Stefani
René Lacoste		 3
6 		8
6		 1
6 		3
6 		   

Germany vs. South Africa

Germany
1		 Berlin, Germany [17]
10–12 June 1927
South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Heinz Landmann
Louis Raymond		 5
7 		6
8 		2
6 		     
2
Otto Froitzheim
Patrick Spence		 6
2		 4
6 		3
6 		6
4		 5
7 		 
3
Heinrich Kleinschroth / Heinz Landmann
Jack Condon / Louis Raymond		 5
7 		4
6 		11
9		 3
6 		   
4
Hans Moldenhauer
Jack Condon		 4
6 		6
3		 6
3		 3
6 		6
4		  
5
Heinz Landmann
Patrick Spence		 3
6 		8
6		 4
6 		6
1		 2
6 		 

Denmark vs. India

Denmark
5		 Copenhagen, Denmark [18]
9–11 June 1927
India
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Axel Petersen
Sri-Krishna Prasada		 6
4		 6
4		 6
3		      
2
Einer Ulrich
Hassan Ali Fyzee		 1
6 		6
3		 9
7		 11
9		    
3
Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich
Hassan Ali Fyzee / Sri-Krishna Prasada		 6
2		 6
2		 6
3		      
4
Einer Ulrich
Sri-Krishna Prasada		 6
4		 7
5		 6
4		      
5
Axel Petersen
Hassan Ali Fyzee		 6
0		 6
2		 6
4		      

Czechoslovakia vs. Belgium

Czechoslovakia
4		 Prague, Czechoslovakia [19]
10–12 June 1927
Belgium
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan Koželuh
Jean Washer		 2
6 		3
6 		7
5		 8
6		 6
0		  
2
Friedrich Rohrer
Willard Botsford		 6
2		 6
3		 4
6 		6
4		    
3
Jan Koželuh / Ladislav Žemla
Willard Botsford / Jean Washer		 8
6		 10
8		 6
4		      
4
Jan Koželuh
Willard Botsford		 6
3		 6
2		 6
4		      
5
Friedrich Rohrer
Jean Washer		 4
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     

Semifinals

South Africa vs. France

South Africa
0		 Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England [20]
8–11 July 1927
Grass
France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jack Condon
Henri Cochet		 0
6 		10
8		 2
6 		5
7 		   
2
Louis Raymond
René Lacoste		 2
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
3
Jack Condon / Louis Raymond
Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon		 5
7 		4
6 		6
8 		     
4
Patrick Spence
Jacques Brugnon		 2
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
5
Jack Condon
René Lacoste		 5
7 		3
6 		1
6 		     

Czechoslovakia vs. Denmark

Czechoslovakia
2		 Prague, Czechoslovakia [21]
8–10 July 1927
Denmark
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Friedrich Rohrer
Axel Petersen		 5
7 		1
6 		6
4		 10
8		 3
6 		 
2
Jan Koželuh
Einer Ulrich		 0
6 		6
1		 7
5		 6
4		    
3
Jan Koželuh / Ladislav Žemla
Axel Petersen / Einer Ulrich		 6
3		 6
4		 6
8 		5
7 		7
9 		 
4
Jan Koželuh
Axel Petersen		 6
4		 12
10		 6
3		      
5
Friedrich Rohrer
Einer Ulrich		 4
6 		4
6 		8
10 		     

Final

Denmark vs. France

Denmark
0		 Copenhagen, Denmark [2]
21–22 July 1927
Clay
France
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Einer Ulrich
Henri Cochet		 7
9 		7
9 		4
6 		     
2
Axel Petersen
Jean Borotra		 8
6		 2
6 		1
6 		0
6		    
3
Axel Petersen / Einer Ulrich
Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon		 4
6 		0
6 		3
6 		     
4
Einer Ulrich
Jean Borotra		           not
played
5
Axel Petersen
Henri Cochet		           not
played

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