1947 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1947 Davis Cup.

Main article: 1947 Davis Cup

20 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] Czechoslovakia defeated Yugoslavia in the final, and went on to face Australia in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

First Round 2–4 May

Second Round 15–18 May

Quarterfinals 30 May–1 June

Semifinals 13–16 June

Final 13–15 July

Poland

Warsaw, Poland (clay)

bye

Poland

2

Great Britain

Great Britain

3

Scarborough, England (grass)

bye

Great Britain

1

Netherlands

Amsterdam, Netherlands (clay)

South Africa

4

bye

Netherlands

1

South Africa

South Africa

4

Zagreb, Yugoslavia

bye

South Africa

2

Ireland

Dublin, Ireland (grass)

Yugoslavia

3

bye

Ireland

2

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

3

Brussels, Belgium

bye

Yugoslavia

4

Belgium

5

Brussels, Belgium

Belgium

1

Luxembourg

0

Belgium

4

Spain

2

Egypt

1

Zagreb, Yugoslavia

Egypt

3

Yugoslavia

0

Greece

1

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

4

Switzerland

4

Switzerland

1

Sweden

2

Czechoslovakia

4

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

3

Czechoslovakia

5

bye

Oslo, Norway (clay)

New Zealand

0

Norway

Norway

2

bye

New Zealand

3

Prague, Czechoslovakia

New Zealand

Czechoslovakia

4

bye

Paris, France (clay)

France

0

France

France

5

bye

India

0

Paris, France (clay)

India

France

5

bye

Monaco

0

Monaco

Monaco

w/o

bye

Denmark

Denmark

First round

Belgium vs. Luxembourg

Belgium 5	Brussels, Belgium [3] 2–4 May 1947		Luxembourg 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Philippe Washer Géza Wertheim 6 2 6 2 6 1       2 Jacques Peten Gaston Wampach 4 6 6 2 9 7 3 6 6 3   3 Pierre Geelhand de Merxem / Philippe Washer Gaston Wampach / Géza Wertheim 6 4 6 3 6 2       4 Philippe Washer Gaston Wampach 7 5 1 6 6 2 6 2     5 Jacques Peten Géza Wertheim 6 2 6 0 6 0

Spain vs. Egypt

Spain 2	Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain [4] 2–4 May 1947 Clay		Egypt 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mario Szavoszt Andre Najar 3 6 3 6 9 7 6 3 3 6   2 Luis Carles Adli El Shafei 6 3 3 6 4 6 5 7     3 Jaime Bartroli / Luis Carles Marcel Coen / Mahmoud Talaat 4 6 6 3 3 6 6 3 4 6   4 Jaime Bartroli Andre Najar 6 3 6 1 6 3       5 Mario Szavoszt Adli El Shafei 6 2 3 6 6 4 3 6 6 4

Greece vs. Switzerland

Greece 1	Athens, Greece [5] 2–4 May 1947		Switzerland 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Andreas Manuilidis Jost Spitzer 2 6 5 7 1 6       2 Lazaros Stalios Hans Huonder 2 6 10 8 6 3 6 3     3 Georgios Nikolaides / Lazaros Stalios Hans Huonder / Jost Spitzer 7 5 8 6 0 6 7 9 1 6   4 Andreas Manuilidis Hans Huonder 0 6 1 6 1 6       5 Lazaros Stalios Jost Spitzer 6 1 6 8 0 6 1 6

Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia

Sweden 2	Malmö Tennisstadion, Malmö, Sweden [6] 2–4 May 1947 Clay		Czechoslovakia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Torsten Johansson Vladimír Černík 7 5 6 4 6 8 6 2     2 Lennart Bergelin Jaroslav Drobný 6 4 1 6 4 6 4 6     3 Lennart Bergelin / Torsten Johansson Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný 1 6 9 7 5 7 2 6     4 Torsten Johansson Jaroslav Drobný 1 6 6 2 3 6 6 4 4 6   5 Lennart Bergelin Vladimír Černík 6 4 6 8 6 1 6 1

Second round

Poland vs. Great Britain

Poland 2	Warsaw, Poland [7] 15–17 May 1947 Clay		Great Britain 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Józef Hebda Tony Mottram 6 2 1 6 1 6 3 6     2 Władysław Skonecki Derrick Barton 6 3 7 5 13 11       3 Józef Hebda / Władysław Skonecki Donald Butler / Geoffrey Paish 2 6 4 6 3 6       4 Józef Hebda Derrick Barton 2 6 6 3 6 4 4 6 6 4   5 Władysław Skonecki Tony Mottram 4 6 2 6 5 7

Netherlands vs. South Africa

Netherlands 1	Amsterdam, Netherlands [8] 15–17 May 1947 Clay		South Africa 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hubert Wilton Eric Sturgess 6 4 1 6 3 6 2 6     2 Hans van Swol Eustace Fannin 6 3 3 6 5 7 2 6     3 Ivo Rinkel / Hans van Swol Eustace Fannin / Eric Sturgess 6 3 6 1 6 0       4 Hans van Swol Eric Sturgess 2 6 5 7 6 2 3 6     5 Hubert Wilton Eustace Fannin 9 7 3 6 1 6 3 6

Ireland vs. Yugoslavia

Ireland 2	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland [9] 16–18 May 1947 Grass		Yugoslavia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Cyril Kemp Dragutin Mitić 10 8 9 7 3 6 4 6 1 6   2 Joseph McHale Josip Palada 3 6 3 6 3 6       3 Raymond Egan / Cyril Kemp Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada 2 6 4 6 2 6       4 Cyril Kemp Josip Palada 4 6 6 1 6 0 6 3     5 Joseph McHale Josip Šarić 9 7 6 1 7 5

Belgium vs. Egypt

Belgium 4	Brussels, Belgium [10] 16–18 May 1947		Egypt 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Pierre Geelhand de Merxem Andre Najar 4 6 6 3 0 6 6 3 6 2   2 Philippe Washer Adli El Shafei 6 2 2 6 6 0 8 6     3 André Lacroix / Philippe Washer Marcel Coen / Mahmoud Talaat 6 4 6 1 6 3       4 Pierre Geelhand de Merxem Adli El Shafei 4 6 4 6 5 7       5 Philippe Washer Andre Najar 6 2 6 4 6 2

Czechoslovakia vs. Switzerland

Czechoslovakia 4	Prague, Czechoslovakia [11] 16–18 May 1947		Switzerland 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaroslav Drobný Hans Huonder 6 1 6 1 6 1       2 Vladimír Černík Jost Spitzer 2 6 6 4 6 0 5 7 1 6   3 Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný Hans Pfaff / Jost Spitzer 6 1 6 2 6 3       4 Vladimír Černík Hans Huonder 6 3 6 3 6 4       5 Jaroslav Drobný Jost Spitzer 6 2 6 1 6 2

Norway vs. New Zealand

Norway 2	Oslo, Norway [12] 16–18 May 1947 Clay		New Zealand 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Johan Haanes John Barry 6 0 7 5 6 4       2 Jan Staubo Ron McKenzie 6 2 6 3 3 6 6 2     3 Birger Andersen-Brem / Johan Haanes Ron McKenzie / Jeff Robson 6 4 4 6 4 6 2 6     4 Jan Staubo John Barry 6 4 5 7 6 3 5 7 2 6   5 Johan Haanes Ron McKenzie 4 6 6 0 3 6 7 9

France vs. India

France 5	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [13] 16–18 May 1947 Clay		India 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bernard Destremau Sumant Misra 6 0 6 3 6 3       2 Marcel Bernard Ghaus Mohammad Khan 6 3 6 2 6 0       3 Marcel Bernard / Pierre Pellizza Manek Mehta / Sumant Misra 6 3 6 2 6 3       4 Marcel Bernard Sumant Misra 6 4 6 3 6 1       5 Bernard Destremau Dilip Bose 6 0 6 1 6 2

Quarterfinals

Great Britain vs. South Africa

Great Britain 1	Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Club, Scarborough, England [14] 30 May–1 June 1947 Grass		South Africa 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tony Mottram Eric Sturgess 7 5 2 6 1 6 3 6     2 Donald Butler Eustace Fannin 4 6 6 4 7 9 3 3   retired   3 Tony Mottram / Geoffrey Paish Eustace Fannin / Eric Sturgess 1 6 6 4 6 2 3 6 4 6   4 Donald Butler Eric Sturgess 1 6 1 6 0 6       5 Tony Mottram Eustace Fannin 6 4 5 7 6 2 7 5

Belgium vs. Yugoslavia

Belgium 1	Brussels, Belgium [15] 30 May–1 June 1947		Yugoslavia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Philippe Washer Dragutin Mitić 6 4 6 3 1 6 6 3     2 Pierre Geelhand de Merxem Josip Palada 1 6 6 4 3 6 3 6     3 André Lacroix / Philippe Washer Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada 6 2 6 1 2 6 1 6 2 6   4 Pierre Geelhand de Merxem Dragutin Mitić 0 6 3 6 4 6       5 Philippe Washer Josip Palada 3 6 2 6 0 6

Czechoslovakia vs. New Zealand

Czechoslovakia 5	Prague, Czechoslovakia [16] 30 May–1 June 1947		New Zealand 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaroslav Drobný Jeff Robson 6 2 6 2 8 6       2 Vladimír Černík Ron McKenzie 6 3 6 4 7 5       3 Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný Ron McKenzie / Jeff Robson 6 2 4 6 9 7 3 6 10 8   4 Vladimír Černík Jeff Robson 6 3 6 0 6 0       5 Ferdinand Vrba John Barry 6 4 6 2 6 2

France vs. Monaco

France 5	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [17] 30 May–1 June 1947 Clay		Monaco 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Marcel Bernard Aleco Noghès 6 1 6 2 6 0       2 Bernard Destremau Vladimir Landau 6 3 6 2 6 1       3 Robert Abdesselam / Pierre Pellizza Vladimir Landau / Gaston Médécin 6 2 6 1 6 0       4 Robert Abdesselam Vladimir Landau 6 2 6 1 6 0       5 Bernard Destremau Aleco Noghès 7 5 6 2 6 1

Semifinals

Yugoslavia vs. South Africa

Yugoslavia 3	Zagreb, Yugoslavia [18] 13–15 June 1947		South Africa 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dragutin Mitić Eric Sturgess 3 6 7 5 6 2 3 6 6 3   2 Josip Palada Eustace Fannin 6 1 6 4 7 5       3 Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada Eustace Fannin / Eric Sturgess 3 6 5 7 5 7       4 Josip Palada Eric Sturgess 6 3 3 6 0 6 7 5 3 6   5 Dragutin Mitić Eustace Fannin 6 2 6 3 6 4

Czechoslovakia vs. France

Czechoslovakia 4	Prague, Czechoslovakia [19] 14–16 June 1947		France 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vladimír Černík Marcel Bernard 2 6 9 7 6 4 4 6 6 4   2 Jaroslav Drobný Bernard Destremau 6 2 6 0 6 1       3 Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný Jean Borotra / Yvon Petra 10 8 14 12 6 3       4 Jaroslav Drobný Marcel Bernard 6 3 2 6 6 4 4 6 6 4   5 Vladimír Černík Bernard Destremau           not played

Final

Yugoslavia vs. Czechoslovakia

Yugoslavia 0	Zagreb, Yugoslavia [2] 13–15 July 1947		Czechoslovakia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dragutin Mitić Vladimír Černík 6 3 0 6 6 2 1 6 2 6   2 Josip Palada Jaroslav Drobný 3 6 6 8 6 2 3 6     3 Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný 3 6 1 6 3 6       4 Dragutin Mitić Jaroslav Drobný 6 1 3 6 4 6 6 4 1 6   5 Josip Palada Ján Smolinský           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. "Yugoslavia v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
3. "Belgium v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
4. "Spain v Egypt". daviscup.com.
5. "Greece v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
6. "Sweden v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
7. "Poland v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
8. "Netherlands v South Africa". daviscup.com.
9. "Ireland v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
10. "Belgium v Egypt". daviscup.com.
11. "Czechoslovakia v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
12. "Norway v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
13. "France v India". daviscup.com.
14. "Great Britain v South Africa". daviscup.com.
15. "Belgium v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
16. "Czechoslovakia v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
17. "France v Monaco". daviscup.com.
18. "Yugoslavia v South Africa". daviscup.com.
19. "Czechoslovakia v France". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website