1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

Main article: 1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

27 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] Italy defeated Czechoslovakia in the final, and went on to face the United States in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw
First Round
7 April–12 May
   Second Round
11–26 May
   Quarterfinals
7–11 June
   Semifinals
20–24 June
   Final
13–15 July
   Switzerland    
 bye        Switzerland 2  
  India     India 3    
Turin, Italy (clay)
 bye         India 1  
  Romania 5    
Rome, Italy (clay)
     Italy 4  
  Belgium 0       Romania 0
  Italy 4     Italy 4    
  Australia 1         Italy 4  
  Yugoslavia 1         Great Britain 1  
  Finland 4       Finland 0  
  Great Britain 4     Great Britain 5    
  Argentina 1         Great Britain 4
  Germany 4    
Berlin, Germany (clay)
     Germany 1  
  Greece 1       Germany 3
  Spain 3     Spain 2    
Milan, Italy (clay)
  Chile 2         Italy 3
  Poland 0         Czechoslovakia 2
  Denmark 5       Denmark 1  
  Austria 4     Austria 4    
  Philippines 1         Austria 0  
  Norway 0         Netherlands 3  
  Hungary 5       Hungary 2
  Ireland 0     Netherlands 3    
  Netherlands 5         Netherlands 2
  Sweden [3] w/o         Czechoslovakia 3  
  South Africa       Sweden 1  
 bye     Czechoslovakia 4    
  Czechoslovakia         Czechoslovakia [4] w/o
 bye         New Zealand  
  Portugal       Portugal 1
 bye     New Zealand 4  
  New Zealand  

First round

Romania vs. Belgium

Romania
5		 Bucharest, Romania [5]
4–6 May 1928
Clay
Belgium
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Gheorghe Lupu
Andre Ewbank		 6
3		 7
9 		7
5		 7
9 		6
3		  
2
Nicolae Mișu
Maurice Iwiens-d'Eeckhoutte		 6
3		 8
6		 3
6 		6
3		    
3
Laszlo Dorner / Nicolae Mișu
Andre Ewbank / André Lacroix		 6
4		 4
6 		6
2		 7
5		    
4
Nicolae Mișu
Andre Ewbank		 6
4		 6
1		 6
4		      
5
Gheorghe Lupu
Maurice Iwiens-d'Eeckhoutte		 3
6 		4
6 		6
4		 6
4		 6
0		  

Italy vs. Australia

Italy
4		 Genoa, Italy [6]
4–9 May 1928
Clay
Australia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Uberto De Morpurgo
Jack Crawford		 7
5		 6
3		 6
2		      
2
Giorgio de Stefani
Gerald Patterson		 1
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3
Placido Gaslini / Uberto De Morpurgo
Harry Hopman / Gerald Patterson		 6
3		 6
4		 1
6 		1
6 		6
2		  
4
Uberto De Morpurgo
Gerald Patterson		 1
6 		6
4		 6
3		 2
6 		6
1		  
5
Giorgio de Stefani
Harry Hopman		 7
5		 8
6		 10
8		      

Yugoslavia vs. Finland

Yugoslavia
1		 Zagreb, Yugoslavia [7]
4–6 May 1928
Finland
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Franjo Šefer
Arne Grahn		 2
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     
2
Aleksandar Popović
Bo Grotenfelt		 4
6 		6
1		 3
6 		5
7 		   
3
Aleksandar Popović / Franjo Šefer
Arne Grahn / Bo Grotenfelt		 2
6 		2
6 		6
8 		     
4
Aleksandar Popović
Arne Grahn		 2
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
5
Franjo Šefer
Bo Grotenfelt		 6
3		 2
6 		9
7		 7
5		    

Great Britain vs. Argentina

Great Britain
4		 Abbey Park Gardens, Torquay, England [8]
3–5 May 1928
Clay
Argentina
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Colin Gregory
Guillermo Robson		 10
12 		13
11		 6
3		 8
6		    
2
Edward Higgs
Ronaldo Boyd		 3
6 		6
4		 3
6 		3
6 		   
3
Gordon Crole-Rees / Cyril Eames
Ronaldo Boyd / Guillermo Robson		 6
4		 6
1		 9
11 		1
6 		7
5		  
4
Colin Gregory
Ronaldo Boyd		 6
4		 11
9		 6
2		      
5
Edward Higgs
Guillermo Robson		 7
5		 6
2		 2
6 		7
5		    

Germany vs. Greece

Germany
4		 Munich, Germany [9]
4–6 May 1928
Greece
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Phillip Buss
Augustos Zerlendis		 7
5		 6
4		 4
6 		6
2		    
2
Otto Froitzheim
Max Balli		 3
6 		6
3		 6
1		 9
7		    
3
Curt Bergmann / Heinrich Kleinschroth
Max Balli / Augustos Zerlendis		 6
1		 6
3		 6
4		      
4
Phillip Buss
Max Balli		 6
1		 6
4		 6
4		      
5
Otto Froitzheim
Augustos Zerlendis		 1
6 		3
6 		6
4		 6
4		 1
6 		 

Spain vs. Chile

Spain
3		 Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain [10]
7–9 April 1928
Clay
Chile
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Francisco Sindreu
Domingo Torralva Ponsa		 6
3		 6
2		 3
6 		6
3		    
2
Antonio Juanico
Luis Torralva Ponsa		 4
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3
Eduardo Flaquer / Raimundo Morales Marqués
Domingo Torralva Ponsa / Luis Torralva Ponsa		 6
4		 2
6 		6
3		 7
9 		2
6 		 
4
Francisco Sindreu
Luis Torralva Ponsa		 6
4		 7
5		 6
4		      
5
Antonio Juanico
Domingo Torralva Ponsa		 6
4		 4
6 		6
3		 3
6 		6
1		  

Poland vs. Denmark

Poland
0		 Warsaw, Poland [11]
4–6 May 1928
Denmark
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jerzy Stolarow
Einer Ulrich		 6
3		 4
6 		0
6 		4
6 		   
2
Przemyslaw Warminski
Axel Petersen		 2
6 		6
3		 4
6 		2
6 		   
3
Jerzy Stolarow / Maksymilian Stolarow
Axel Petersen / Einer Ulrich		 1
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4
Przemyslaw Warminski
Einer Ulrich		 4
6 		4
6 		6
8 		     
5
Jerzy Stolarow
Axel Petersen		 1
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     

Austria vs. Philippines

Austria
4		 Vienna, Austria [12]
4–6 May 1928
Philippines
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Herman von Artens
Guillermo Aragon		 6
3		 6
3		 6
3		      
2
Franz Wilhelm Matejka
Lope Yngayo		 6
2		 6
2		 6
4		      
3
Herman von Artens / Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten
Guillermo Aragon / Lope Yngayo		 6
2		 11
13 		6
0		 6
3		    
4
Herman von Artens
Lope Yngayo		 4
6 		2
6 		6
1		     retired
 
5
Franz Wilhelm Matejka
Guillermo Aragon		 6
0		 6
2		 6
3		      

Norway vs. Hungary

Norway
0		 Oslo, Norway [13]
4–6 May 1928
Clay
Hungary
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Rolf Christoffersen
Béla von Kehrling		 1
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
2
Torleif Torkildsen
Imre Takáts		 5
7 		9
7		 4
6 		6
1		 2
6 		 
3
Rolf Christoffersen / Torleif Torkildsen
Béla von Kehrling / Jenő Péteri		 2
6 		2
6 		6
4		 0
6 		   
4
Torleif Torkildsen
Béla von Kehrling		 5
7 		6
3		 3
6 		1
6 		   
5
Rolf Christoffersen
Imre Takáts		 1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     

Ireland vs. Netherlands

Ireland
0		 Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland [14]
10–12 May 1928
Grass
Netherlands
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Denis O'Callaghan
Arthur Diemer-Kool		 2
6 		7
5		 1
6 		2
6 		   
2
Charles Scroppe
Hendrik Timmer		 2
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3
Denis O'Callaghan / Charles Scroppe
Arthur Diemer-Kool / Hendrik Timmer		 4
6 		6
8 		6
8 		     
4
Charles Scroppe
Arthur Diemer-Kool		 6
3		 3
6 		7
5		 1
6 		1
6 		 
5
Denis O'Callaghan
Hendrik Timmer		 1
6 		2
6 		0
6 		     

Second round

Switzerland vs. India

Switzerland
2		 Zürich, Switzerland [15]
12–14 May 1928
India
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Charles Aeschlimann
Mohammed Sleem		 3
6 		7
9 		2
6 		     
2
Jean Wuarin
E.V. Bobb		 3
6 		1
6 		9
7		 3
6 		   
3
Charles Aeschlimann / Maurice Ferrier
Dudley Pitt / Hira-Lal Soni		 4
6 		8
10 		6
3		 6
4		 6
1		  
4
Jean Wuarin
Mohammed Sleem		 1
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
5
Charles Aeschlimann
E.V. Bobb		 6
4		 1
6 		6
4		 6
2		    

Italy vs. Romania

Italy
4		 Rome, Italy [16]
17–19 May 1928
Clay
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Uberto De Morpurgo
Gheorghe Lupu		 6
2		 6
2		 6
2		      
2
Giorgio de Stefani
Laszlo Dorner		 6
3		 6
2		 6
2		      
3
Placido Gaslini / Uberto De Morpurgo
Laszlo Dorner / Gheorghe Lupu		 6
2		 6
4		 4
6 		3
6 		6
4		  
4
Giorgio de Stefani
Gheorghe Lupu		 3
6 		6
4		 6
4		 5
7 		9
7		  
5
Uberto De Morpurgo
Laszlo Dorner		           not
played

Finland vs. Great Britain

Finland
0		 Helsinki Tennis Club, Helsinki, Finland [17]
18–20 May 1928
Clay
Great Britain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Arne Grahn
Colin Gregory		 0
6 		6
1		 1
6 		1
6 		   
2
Bo Grotenfelt
Edward Higgs		 2
6 		1
6 		6
2		 0
6 		   
3
Arne Grahn / Bo Grotenfelt
Gordon Crole-Rees / Cyril Eames		 3
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
4
Runar Granholm
Colin Gregory		 2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
5
Arne Grahn
Edward Higgs		 6
4		 1
6 		4
6 		4
6 		   

Germany vs. Spain

Germany
3		 Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, Berlin, Germany [18]
17–19 May 1928
Clay
Spain
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Hans Moldenhauer
Eduardo Flaquer		 6
4		 3
6 		7
5		 6
3		    
2
Daniel Prenn
Francisco Sindreu		 5
7 		6
2		 2
6 		6
3		 6
4		  
3
Curt Bergmann / Heinrich Kleinschroth
Eduardo Flaquer / Raimundo Morales Marqués		 5
7 		3
6 		6
2		 9
7		 1
6 		 
4
Hans Moldenhauer
Francisco Sindreu		 4
6 		1
6 		7
5		 6
1		 3
6 		 
5
Daniel Prenn
Eduardo Flaquer		 4
6 		6
3		 6
2		 6
4		    

Denmark vs. Austria

Denmark
1		 Copenhagen, Denmark [19]
23–26 May 1928
Austria
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Axel Petersen
Herman von Artens		 4
6 		2
6 		5
7 		     
2
Einer Ulrich
Franz Wilhelm Matejka		 1
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3
Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich
Herman von Artens / Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten		 8
6		 6
0		 11
9		      
4
Einer Ulrich
Herman von Artens		 4
6 		4
6 		6
3		 7
9 		   
5
Axel Petersen
Franz Wilhelm Matejka		 6
8 		2
6 		7
5		 6
2		 3
6 		 

Netherlands vs. Hungary

Netherlands
3		 Noordwijk, Netherlands [20]
18–20 May 1928
Clay
Hungary
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Hendrik Timmer
Imre Takáts		 6
2		 6
0		 6
1		      
2
Arthur Diemer-Kool
Béla von Kehrling		 5
7 		6
4		 6
2		 1
6 		1
1		 retired
 
3
Ody Koopman / Hendrik Timmer
Béla von Kehrling / Jenő Péteri		 1
6 		6
4		 6
2		 7
5		    
4
Hendrik Timmer
Béla von Kehrling		 6
3		 6
4		 6
3		      
5
Ody Koopman
Imre Takáts		 4
6 		2
6 		5
7 		     

Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia

Sweden
1		 East Malm Athletic/Soccer Fields, Stockholm, Sweden [21]
17–19 May 1928
Clay
Czechoslovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ingvar Garell
Jan Koželuh		 6
8 		0
6 		1
6 		     
2
Sune Malmström
Roderich Menzel		 3
6 		3
6 		6
3		 5
7 		   
3
Sune Malmström / Charles Wennergren
Jan Koželuh / Pavel Macenauer		 0
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4
Ingvar Garell
Roderich Menzel		 2
6 		0
6 		7
5		 6
8 		   
5
Sune Malmström
Pavel Macenauer		 10
8		 1
6 		7
5		 6
3		    

Portugal vs. New Zealand

Portugal
1		 Sporting Club, Lisbon, Portugal [22]
11–13 May 1928
Clay
New Zealand
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
José de Verda
Russell Young		 6
2		 6
2		 6
3		      
2
Antonio Pinto-Coelho
Eskell Andrews		 3
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     
3
Antonio Casanovas / Fernando Vasconcelos
Eskell Andrews / Russell Young		 7
5		 4
6 		2
6 		2
6 		   
4
Antonio Pinto-Coelho
Russell Young		 6
4		 1
6 		3
6 		0
6 		   
5
José de Verda
Eskell Andrews		 4
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     

Quarterfinals

Italy vs. India

Italy
4		 Turin, Italy [23]
9–11 June 1928
Clay
India
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Uberto De Morpurgo
Mohammed Sleem		 6
3		 6
3		 6
1		      
2
Giorgio de Stefani
E.V. Bobb		 6
4		 6
1		 6
3		      
3
Placido Gaslini / Uberto De Morpurgo
E.V. Bobb / Mohammed Sleem		 6
3		 6
3		 3
6 		6
3		    
4
Uberto De Morpurgo
E.V. Bobb		 6
2		 6
4		 6
4		      
5
Giorgio de Stefani
Mohammed Sleem		 4
6 		6
8 		6
4		 3
6 		   

Great Britain vs. Germany

Great Britain
4		 Edgbaston Lawn Tennis Society, Birmingham, England [24]
7–9 June 1928
Grass
Germany
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Edward Higgs
Hans Moldenhauer		 6
4		 4
6 		6
2		 0
6 		6
4		  
2
Colin Gregory
Otto Froitzheim		 6
4		 4
6 		6
0		      
retired
3
Gordon Crole-Rees / Cyril Eames
Heinrich Kleinschroth / Daniel Prenn		 7
5		 6
2		 6
4		      
4
Colin Gregory
Hans Moldenhauer		 2
6 		6
4		 3
6 		6
1		 6
2		  
5
Edward Higgs
Daniel Prenn		 6
3		 1
6 		5
7 		6
2		 3
6 		 

Netherlands vs. Austria

Netherlands
3		 The Hague, Netherlands [25]
7–9 June 1928
Clay
Austria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Hendrik Timmer
Franz Wilhelm Matejka		 2
6 		5
7 		6
0		 6
3		 6
4		  
2
Arthur Diemer-Kool
Herman von Artens		 6
3		 4
6 		6
3		 3
6 		6
0		  
3
Arthur Diemer-Kool / Hendrik Timmer
Herman von Artens / Franz Wilhelm Matejka		 6
2		 6
3		 6
0		      
4
Hendrik Timmer
Herman von Artens		           not
played
5
Arthur Diemer-Kool
Franz Wilhelm Matejka		           not
played

Semifinals

Great Britain vs. Italy

Great Britain
1		 Felixstowe Lawn Tennis Club, Felixstowe, England [26]
20–22 June 1928
Grass
Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Edward Higgs
Uberto De Morpurgo		 5
7 		4
6 		5
7 		     
2
Colin Gregory
Giorgio de Stefani		 6
3		 3
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   
3
Gordon Crole-Rees / Cyril Eames
Placido Gaslini / Uberto De Morpurgo		 4
6 		6
3		 6
4		 7
9 		5
7 		 
4
Colin Gregory
Uberto De Morpurgo		 0
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
5
Edward Higgs
Giorgio de Stefani		 6
1		 3
6 		6
3		 5
7 		6
2		  

Czechoslovakia vs. Netherlands

Czechoslovakia
3		 Prague, Czechoslovakia [27]
22–24 June 1928
Netherlands
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pavel Macenauer
Hendrik Timmer		 6
2		 0
6 		6
0		 6
4		    
2
Jan Koželuh
Christiaan van Lennep		 6
2		 6
0		 6
2		      
3
Jan Koželuh / Roderich Menzel
Christiaan van Lennep / Hendrik Timmer		 3
6 		6
3		 2
6 		4
6 		   
4
Jan Koželuh
Hendrik Timmer		 3
6 		6
1		 1
6 		4
6 		   
5
Pavel Macenauer
Christiaan van Lennep		 6
2		 6
2		 6
2		      

Final

Italy vs. Czechoslovakia

Italy
3		 Milan, Italy [2]
13–15 July 1928
Clay
Czechoslovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Uberto De Morpurgo
Pavel Macenauer		 6
3		 6
3		 6
4		      
2
Placido Gaslini
Jan Koželuh		 1
6 		7
9 		6
3		 4
6 		   
3
Placido Gaslini / Uberto De Morpurgo
Jan Koželuh / Pavel Macenauer		 6
8 		6
4		 4
6 		4
6 		   
4
Uberto De Morpurgo
Jan Koželuh		 6
1		 6
2		 6
0		      
5
Placido Gaslini
Pavel Macenauer		 0
6 		6
4		 6
4		 6
3		    

References
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  2. "Italy v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  3. "Sweden v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  4. "Czechoslovakia v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  5. "Romania v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  6. "Italy v Australia". daviscup.com.
  7. "Yugoslavia v Finland". daviscup.com.
  8. "Great Britain v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  9. "Germany v Greece". daviscup.com.
  10. "Spain v Chile". daviscup.com.
  11. "Poland v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  12. "Austria v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  13. "Norway v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  14. "Ireland v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  15. "Switzerland v India". daviscup.com.
  16. "Italy v Romania". daviscup.com.
  17. "Finland v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  18. "Germany v Spain". daviscup.com.
  19. "Denmark v Austria". daviscup.com.
  20. "Netherlands v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  21. "Sweden v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  22. "Portugal v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  23. "Italy v India". daviscup.com.
  24. "Great Britain v Germany". daviscup.com.
  25. "Netherlands v Austria". daviscup.com.
  26. "Great Britain v Italy". daviscup.com.
  27. "Czechoslovakia v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
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