1956 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1956 Davis Cup.

Main article: 1956 Davis Cup

24 teams entered the Europe Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the America Zone and Eastern Zone. Italy defeated Sweden in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2]

Draw
First Round
27 April–1 May
   Second Round
10–15 May
   Quarterfinals
31 May-4 June
   Semifinals
15–17 July
   Final
20–22 July
  Italy    
 bye       Italy 5  
  Poland 3     Poland 0    
Bologna, Italy (clay)
  Austria 2         Italy 4  
  Denmark         Denmark 1  
 bye       Denmark 4
  Czechoslovakia 5     Czechoslovakia 1    
Paris, France (clay)
  Pakistan 0         Italy 3  
  France         France 2  
 bye       France 5  
  Luxembourg 2      Switzerland 0    
   Switzerland 3         France 4
  West Germany         West Germany 1  
 bye       West Germany 4
  Ireland 4     Ireland 1    
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Finland 1         Italy 5
  Turkey 0         Sweden 0
  Netherlands 5       Netherlands 0  
 bye     Chile 5    
Bristol, England (grass)
  Chile         Chile 2  
  Yugoslavia 4         Great Britain 3  
  Egypt 1       Yugoslavia 0
 bye     Great Britain 5    
Solna, Sweden (clay)
  Great Britain         Great Britain 1
  Monaco 2         Sweden 4  
  Spain 3       Spain 1  
 bye     Belgium 4    
  Belgium         Belgium 1
  Norway 4    
Oslo, Norway (clay)
     Sweden 4  
  Israel 1       Norway 0
 bye     Sweden 5  
  Sweden  

First round

Poland vs. Austria

Poland
3		 Warsaw, Poland [3]
27–29 April 1956
Austria
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Władysław Skonecki
Alfred Huber		 6
2		 6
3		 6
4		      
2
Andrzej Licis
Franz Saiko		 6
2		 4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		   
3
Józef Piątek / Władysław Skonecki
Alfred Huber / Franz Saiko		 3
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
4
Władysław Skonecki
Franz Saiko		 6
3		 5
7 		6
2		 6
3		    
5
Andrzej Licis
Alfred Huber		 2
6 		6
0		 6
4		 6
3		    

Czechoslovakia vs. Pakistan

Czechoslovakia
5		 Prague, Czechoslovakia [4]
27–30 April 1956
Pakistan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jiří Parma
Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed		 4
6 		11
9		 6
3		 2
6 		6
4		  
2
Jiří Javorský
Khwaja Saeed Hai		 6
1		 6
2		 6
3		      
3
Jiří Javorský / Vladimír Zábrodský
Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed / Khwaja Saeed Hai		 6
3		 10
8		 5
7 		6
2		    
4
Jiří Parma
Khwaja Saeed Hai		 6
2		 6
2		 8
6		      
5
Jiří Javorský
Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed		 6
3		 4
6 		6
3		 6
2		    

Luxembourg vs. Switzerland

Luxembourg
2		 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg [5]
27 April–1 May 1956
Switzerland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Géza Wertheim
Paul Blondel		 4
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
2
Gaston Wampach
Bernard du Pont		 6
4		 6
4		 5
7 		1
6 		6
0		  
3
Gaston Wampach / Géza Wertheim
Paul Blondel / René Buser		 2
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
4
Géza Wertheim
Bernard du Pont		 1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
5
Gaston Wampach
Erwin Balestra		 6
4		 6
1		 4
6 		6
2		    

Ireland vs. Finland

Ireland
4		 Dublin, Ireland [6]
27–30 April 1956
Finland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Joseph Hackett
Reino Nyyssönen		 6
3		 6
3		 6
1		      
2
Guy Jackson
Sakari Salo		 3
6 		6
3		 6
2		 2
6 		3
6 		 
3
Joseph Hackett / Guy Jackson
Reino Nyyssönen / Sakari Salo		 6
3		 12
10		 3
6 		6
3		    
4
Guy Jackson
Reino Nyyssönen		 6
2		 6
3		 6
2		      
5
Joseph Hackett
Sakari Salo		 6
2		 6
3		 6
1		      

Turkey vs. Netherlands

Turkey
0		 Ankara, Turkey [7]
27–29 April 1956
Netherlands
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nazmi Bari
Fred Dehnert		 9
11 		6
2		 5
7 		4
6 		   
2
Şefik Fenmen
Hans van Dalsum		 3
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
3
Nazmi Bari / Şefik Fenmen
Hans van Dalsum / Fred Dehnert		 5
7 		2
6 		3
6 		     
4
Şefik Fenmen
Fred Dehnert		 7
9 		1
6 		6
8 		     
5
Nazmi Bari
Hans van Dalsum		 6
0		 3
6 		4
6 		6
8 		   

Yugoslavia vs. Egypt

Yugoslavia
4		 Belgrade, Yugoslavia [8]
27–30 April 1956
Egypt
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ivko Plećević
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed		 2
6 		6
1		 6
1		 2
6 		6
3		  
2
Josip Palada
Adel Ismail		 6
2		 6
4		 6
4		      
3
Ilija Panajotović / Ivko Plećević
Donald Acobas / Adel Ismail		 6
2		 6
3		 4
6 		6
3		    
4
Ilija Panajotović
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed		 6
2		 6
1		 6
2		      
5
Ivko Plećević
Adel Ismail		 6
1		 6
1		 4
6 		6
8 		2
6 		 

Monaco vs. Spain

Monaco
2		 Monte Carlo Country Club, Monte Carlo, Monaco [9]
27–30 April 1956
Clay
Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roland Borghini
Emilio Martínez del Rey		 4
6 		5
7 		7
5		 5
7 		   
2
Georges Pasquier
José María Draper		 3
6 		6
4		 1
6 		6
2		 6
4		  
3
Roland Borghini / Georges Pasquier
Emilio Martínez del Rey / Fernando Olózaga		 6
8 		3
6 		0
6 		     
4
Georges Pasquier
Emilio Martínez del Rey		 6
3		 10
8		 0
6 		6
1		    
5
Roland Borghini
José María Draper		 7
5		 3
6 		5
7 		1
6 		   

Norway vs. Israel

Norway
4		 Oslo, Norway [10]
27 April–1 May 1956
Clay
Israel
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Finn Søhol
Arie Avidan-Weiss		 6
1		 6
3		 6
3		      
2
Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Eleazar Davidman		 6
1		 6
2		 6
3		      
3
Gunnar Høst Sjøwall / Finn Søhol
Arie Avidan-Weiss / Eleazar Davidman		 4
6 		6
2		 3
6 		6
8 		   
4
Finn Søhol
Eleazar Davidman		 7
5		 6
8 		2
6 		6
3		 6
4		  
5
Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Arie Avidan-Weiss		 6
2		 6
0		 6
1		      

Second round

Poland vs. Italy

Poland
0		 Warsaw, Poland [11]
12–14 May 1956
Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Władysław Skonecki
Giuseppe Merlo		 0
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
2
Andrzej Licis
Nicola Pietrangeli		 4
6 		4
6 		5
7 		     
3
Józef Piątek / Jan Radzio
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola		 3
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4
Andrzej Licis
Giuseppe Merlo		 3
6 		3
6 		5
7 		     
5
Władysław Skonecki
Nicola Pietrangeli		 2
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     

Czechoslovakia vs. Denmark

Czechoslovakia
1		 Prague, Czechoslovakia [12]
11–13 May 1956
Clay
Denmark
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jiří Parma
Kurt Nielsen		 6
8 		2
6 		6
8 		     
2
Jiří Javorský
Torben Ulrich		 4
6 		3
6 		5
7 		     
3
Jiří Javorský / Vladimír Zábrodský
Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich		 6
8 		4
6 		7
5		 5
7 		   
4
Jiří Parma
Torben Ulrich		 6
3		 3
6 		6
8 		4
6 		   
5
Jiří Javorský
Kurt Nielsen		 7
5		 2
6 		5
7 		6
4		 7
5		  

Switzerland vs. France

Switzerland
0		 Lausanne, Switzerland [13]
10–12 May 1956
France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Paul Blondel
Robert Haillet		 2
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
2
Martin Froesch
Pierre Darmon		 9
11 		6
1		 2
6 		8
6		 2
6 		 
3
Paul Blondel / René Buser
Marcel Bernard / Paul Rémy		 1
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
4
Martin Froesch
Robert Haillet		 6
8 		3
6 		4
6 		     
5
Paul Blondel
Pierre Darmon		 1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     

Ireland vs. West Germany

Ireland
1		 Dublin, Ireland [14]
10–12 May 1956
West Germany
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Guy Jackson
Rupert Huber		 6
8 		4
6 		7
9 		     
2
Joseph Hackett
Franz Feldbausch		 0
6 		7
5		 3
6 		6
3		 1
6 		 
3
Joseph Hackett / Guy Jackson
Franz Feldbausch / Peter Scholl		 6
2		 6
4		 6
4		      
4
Guy Jackson
Franz Feldbausch		 0
6 		4
6 		6
3		 6
4		 1
6 		 
5
Joseph Hackett
Rupert Huber		 4
6 		6
3		 3
6 		4
6 		   

Netherlands vs. Chile

Netherlands
0		 Scheveningen, Netherlands [15]
11–13 May 1956
Clay
Chile
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Hans van Dalsum
Andrés Hammersley		 6
8 		4
6 		2
6 		     
2
Fred Dehnert
Luis Ayala		 3
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
3
Hans van Dalsum / Fred Dehnert
Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley		 1
6 		8
6		 3
6 		2
6 		   
4
Hans van Dalsum
Luis Ayala		 5
7 		4
6 		4
6 		     
5
Fred Dehnert
Andrés Hammersley		 1
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     

Yugoslavia vs. Great Britain

Yugoslavia
0		 Belgrade, Yugoslavia [16]
13–15 May 1956
Clay
Great Britain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Josip Palada
Roger Becker		 4
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
2
Ilija Panajotović
Billy Knight		 4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3
Ilija Panajotović / Ivko Plećević
Mike Davies / Billy Knight		 2
6 		6
8 		2
6 		     
4
Ilija Panajotović
Roger Becker		 1
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
5
Ivko Plećević
Mike Davies		 1
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     

Spain vs. Belgium

Spain
1		 Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain [17]
10–13 May 1956
Clay
Belgium
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Juan Manuel Couder
Jacques Brichant		 3
6 		5
7 		1
6 		     
2
Emilio Martínez del Rey
Gino Mezzi		 4
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3
Juan Manuel Couder / Fernando Olózaga
Jacques Brichant / Gino Mezzi		 2
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
4
Emilio Martínez del Rey
Jacques Brichant		 2
6 		2
6 		6
8 		     
5
Juan Manuel Couder
Gino Mezzi		 8
6		 2
6 		6
3		 6
4		    

Norway vs. Sweden

Norway
0		 Oslo Tennis Club, Oslo, Norway [18]
11–13 May 1956
Clay
Sweden
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Sven Davidson		 7
9 		6
4		 2
6 		3
6 		   
2
Nils-Erik Hessen
Ulf Schmidt		 1
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
3
Nils-Erik Hessen / Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson		 2
6 		3
6 		5
7 		     
4
Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Ulf Schmidt		 6
2		 3
6 		0
6 		2
6 		   
5
Nils-Erik Hessen
Bengt Axelsson		 3
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     

Quarterfinals

Italy vs. Denmark

Italy
4		 Bologna, Italy [19]
2-4 June 1956
Clay
Denmark
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Giuseppe Merlo
Kurt Nielsen		 7
9 		6
1		 3
6 		4
6 		   
2
Nicola Pietrangeli
Torben Ulrich		 4
6 		6
2		 6
1		 6
0		    
3
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich		 6
4		 6
2		 3
6 		6
3		    
4
Giuseppe Merlo
Torben Ulrich		 6
0		 6
4		 6
2		      
5
Nicola Pietrangeli
Kurt Nielsen		 8
6		 6
4		 4
6 		2
6 		6
4		  

West Germany vs. France

West Germany
1		 Duisburg, West Germany [20]
1-3 June 1956
Clay
France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Peter Scholl
Robert Haillet		 6
8 		1
6 		5
7 		     
2
Rupert Huber
Paul Rémy		 4
6 		2
6 		6
3		 3
6 		   
3
Franz Feldbausch / Peter Scholl
Marcel Bernard / Paul Rémy		 3
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
4
Peter Scholl
Pierre Darmon		 6
2		 6
0		 6
4		      
5
Franz Feldbausch
Robert Haillet		 2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     

Great Britain vs. Chile

Great Britain
3		 Bristol Lawn Tennis Club, Bristol, England [21]
31 May-2 June 1956
Grass
Chile
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roger Becker
Luis Ayala		 6
3		 4
6 		3
6 		6
3		 3
6 		 
2
Billy Knight
Andrés Hammersley		 6
3		 6
3		 6
4		      
3
John Barrett / Roger Becker
Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley		 6
1		 6
4		 9
7		      
4
Roger Becker
Andrés Hammersley		 6
4		 6
1		 6
1		      
5
Billy Knight
Luis Ayala		 6
1		 3
6 		3
6 		0
6 		   

Belgium vs. Sweden

Belgium
1		 Royal Léopold Club, Brussels, Belgium [22]
1-3 June 1956
Clay
Sweden
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jacques Brichant
Sven Davidson		 3
6 		6
2		 9
7		 1
6 		3
6 		 
2
Gino Mezzi
Torsten Johansson		 6
2		 4
6 		0
6 		4
6 		   
3
Jacques Brichant / Gino Mezzi
Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson		 3
6 		7
5		 4
6 		6
2		 4
6 		 
4
Gino Mezzi
Sven Davidson		 3
6 		1
6 		1
6		      
5
Jacques Brichant
Ulf Schmidt		 6
0		 6
2		 6
3		      

Semifinals

France vs. Italy

France
2		 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [23]
15–17 July 1956
Clay
Italy
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pierre Darmon
Nicola Pietrangeli		 3
6 		6
3		 6
3		 2
6 		6
3		  
2
Paul Rémy
Giuseppe Merlo		 7
5		 6
8 		6
2		 6
2		    
3
Marcel Bernard / Paul Rémy
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola		 2
6 		2
6 		6
2		 1
6 		   
4
Pierre Darmon
Giuseppe Merlo		 3
6 		6
4		 7
9 		4
6 		   
5
Paul Rémy
Nicola Pietrangeli		 3
6 		6
8 		2
6 		     

Sweden vs. Great Britain

Sweden
4		 Solna Tennisstadion, Solna, Sweden [24]
15–17 July 1956
Clay
Great Britain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Sven Davidson
Billy Knight		 6
1		 6
3		 10
8		      
2
Ulf Schmidt
Roger Becker		 3
6 		1
6 		6
2		 6
1		 6
2		  
3
Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson
Roger Becker / Mike Davies		 6
3		 8
6		 7
5		      
4
Sven Davidson
Mike Davies		 4
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
5
Ulf Schmidt
Billy Knight		 6
0		 6
8 		4
6 		6
3		 6
4		  

Final

Sweden vs. Italy

Sweden
0		 Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [2]
20–22 July 1956
Clay
Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Sven Davidson
Nicola Pietrangeli		 4
6 		6
3		 1
6 		4
6 		   
2
Ulf Schmidt
Giuseppe Merlo		 7
5		 2
6 		5
7 		1
6 		   
3
Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola		 4
6 		7
5		 2
6 		3
6 		   
4
Torsten Johansson
Orlando Sirola		 4
6 		6
1		 2
6 		1
6 		   
5
Ulf Schmidt
Nicola Pietrangeli		 5
7 		3
6 		6
1		 3
6 		   

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. "Sweden v Italy". daviscup.com.
  3. "Poland v Austria". daviscup.com.
  4. "Czechoslovakia v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
  5. "Luxembourg v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  6. "Ireland v Finland". daviscup.com.
  7. "Turkey v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  8. "Yugoslavia v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  9. "Monaco v Spain". daviscup.com.
  10. "Norway v Israel". daviscup.com.
  11. "Poland v Italy". daviscup.com.
  12. "Czechoslovakia v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  13. "Switzerland v France". daviscup.com.
  14. "Ireland v West Germany". daviscup.com.
  15. "Netherlands v Chile". daviscup.com.
  16. "Yugoslavia v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  17. "Spain v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  18. "Norway v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  19. "Italy v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  20. "West Germany v France". daviscup.com.
  21. "Great Britain v Chile". daviscup.com.
  22. "Belgium v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  23. "France v Italy". daviscup.com.
  24. "Sweden v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
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