1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

Main article: 1937 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

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

Draw
First Round
29 April–2 May
   Second Round
8–17 May
   Quarterfinals
4–7 June
   Semifinals
12–14 June
   Final
10–12 July
  Germany    
 bye       Germany 3  
  Austria     Austria 1    
Milan, Italy (clay)
 bye         Germany 4  
  Italy    
Bologna, Italy (clay)
     Italy 1  
 bye       Italy 5
  Monaco     Monaco 0    
 bye         Germany 4  
  Sweden         Belgium 1  
 bye       Sweden 3  
  Greece     Greece 2    
 bye         Sweden 2
  Belgium 3         Belgium 3  
  Hungary 2       Belgium 4
   Switzerland 3      Switzerland 1    
  Ireland 2         Germany 4
  Netherlands 0         Czechoslovakia 1
  South Africa 5       South Africa 4  
  New Zealand 3     New Zealand 1    
  China 2         South Africa 1  
 bye         Yugoslavia 4  
  Yugoslavia       Yugoslavia 5
 bye     Romania 0    
  Romania         Yugoslavia 1
 bye         Czechoslovakia 4  
  Poland       Poland 0  
 bye     Czechoslovakia 5    
  Czechoslovakia         Czechoslovakia 4
 bye    
Paris, France (clay)
     France 1  
  France       France 5
 bye     Norway 0  
  Norway  

First round

Hungary vs. Belgium

Hungary
2		 Budapest, Hungary [3]
30 April–2 May 1937
Belgium
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
György Dallos
André Lacroix		 4
6 		7
9 		6
4		 6
3		 6
3		  
2
Emil Gábori
Charles Naeyaert		 5
7 		6
4		 6
4		 0
6 		4
6 		 
3
Emil Ferenczy / Emil Gábori
Léopold de Borman / Pierre Geelhand de Merxem		 6
2		 6
1		 4
6 		3
6 		1
6 		 
4
Emil Gábori
André Lacroix		 1
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
5
György Dallos
Charles Naeyaert		 7
5		 4
6 		6
2		 3
3		    
retired

Switzerland vs. Ireland

Switzerland
3		 Montreux, Switzerland [4]
30 April–2 May 1937
Ireland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Max Ellmer
George Lyttleton-Rogers		 6
8 		6
1		 1
6 		3
6 		   
2
Hector Fisher
George McVeagh		 6
4		 6
2		 6
1		      
3
Hector Fisher / Boris Maneff
George Lyttleton-Rogers / George McVeagh		 0
6 		1
6 		7
5		 7
5		 4
6 		 
4
Hector Fisher
George Lyttleton-Rogers		 6
3		 6
4		 4
6 		2
6 		6
2		  
5
Max Ellmer
George McVeagh		 5
7 		8
6		 6
4		 6
1		    

Netherlands vs. South Africa

Netherlands
0		 Amsterdam, Netherlands [5]
30 April–2 May 1937
Clay
South Africa
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Diederik Teschmacher
Vernon Kirby		 2
6 		5
7 		6
8 		     
2
Tod Hughan
Norman Farquharson		 1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
3
Tod Hughan / Hans van Swol
Norman Farquharson / Vernon Kirby		 4
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
4
Tod Hughan
Eustace Fannin		 2
6 		5
7 		6
3		 3
6 		   
5
Diederik Teschmacher
Norman Farquharson		 7
9 		1
6 		3
6 		     

China vs. New Zealand

China
2		 Sussex County Ground, Brighton, England [6]
29 April–1 May 1937
Clay
New Zealand
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Choy Wai-Chuen
Alan Stedman		 4
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
2
Kho Sin-Kie
Cam Malfroy		 6
0		 6
3		 4
6 		6
2		    
3
Kho Sin-Kie / Tsui Wai-Pui
Cam Malfroy / Alan Stedman		 3
6 		8
6		 3
6 		2
6 		   
4
Kho Sin-Kie
Alan Stedman		 6
4		 6
4		 1
6 		6
4		    
5
Choy Wai-Chuen
Cam Malfroy		 1
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     

Second Round

Germany vs. Austria

Germany
3		 Munich, Germany [7]
8–10 May 1937
Austria
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Henner Henkel
Adam Baworowski		 6
1		 6
4		 6
1		      
2
Gottfried von Cramm
Georg von Metaxa		 6
3		 6
4		 6
3		      
3
Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel
Adam Baworowski / Georg von Metaxa		 8
6		 11
9		 7
5		      
4
Edgar Dettmer
Hans Redl		 6
8 		1
6 		6
3		 1
6 		   
5
Gottfried von Cramm
Adam Baworowski		 8
10 		        not
completed

Italy vs. Monaco

Italy
5		 Bologna, Italy [8]
8–10 May 1937
Clay
Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Vanni Canepele
Gaston Médécin		 6
0		 6
1		 6
0		      
2
Giorgio de Stefani
Vladimir Landau		 6
2		 6
0		 6
3		      
3
Ferruccio Quintavalle / Valentino Taroni
Vladimir Landau / Gaston Médécin		 6
1		 6
3		 6
3		      
4
Vanni Canepele
Vladimir Landau		 6
0		 6
4		 6
1		      
5
Giorgio de Stefani
Gaston Médécin		 6
1		 7
5		 7
5		      

Sweden vs. Greece

Sweden
3		 Tennisstadion, Stockholm, Sweden [9]
12–14 May 1937
Clay
Greece
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Kalle Schröder
Lazaros Stalios		 6
3		 6
3		 6
4		      
2
Sigurd Karlborg
Georgios Nikolaides		 6
4		 2
6 		2
6 		3
6 		   
3
Curt Östberg / Kalle Schröder
Georgios Nikolaides / Lazaros Stalios		 6
2		 6
2		 8
10 		3
6 		8
6		  
4
Kalle Schröder
Georgios Nikolaides		 6
2		 6
4		 6
4		      
5
Sigurd Karlborg
Lazaros Stalios		 2
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     

Belgium vs. Switzerland

Belgium
4		 Brussels, Belgium [10]
15–17 May 1937
Switzerland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Charles Naeyaert
Max Ellmer		 13
11		 6
3		 6
3		      
2
André Lacroix
Hector Fisher		 4
6 		2
6 		6
8 		     
3
Léopold de Borman / André Lacroix
Boris Maneff / Werner Steiner		 6
2		 6
4		 6
1		      
4
André Lacroix
Max Ellmer		 6
0		 6
4		 6
1		      
5
Charles Naeyaert
Hector Fisher		 4
6 		6
0		 4
6 		6
3		 7
5		  

South Africa vs. New Zealand

South Africa
4		 Sussex County Ground, Brighton, England [11]
8–11 May 1937
Clay
New Zealand
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Norman Farquharson
Alan Stedman		 5
7 		3
6 		6
3		 2
6 		   
2
Vernon Kirby
Cam Malfroy		 7
5		 6
2		 6
3		      
3
Norman Farquharson / Vernon Kirby
Eskell Andrews / Cam Malfroy		 7
5		 6
2		 6
2		      
4
Eustace Fannin
Dennis Coombe		 6
4		 6
4		 6
3		      
5
Vernon Kirby
Eskell Andrews		 6
2		 6
4		 6
3		      

Yugoslavia vs. Romania

Yugoslavia
5		 Belgrade, Yugoslavia [12]
8–10 May 1937
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Josip Palada
Cristea Caralulis		 6
3		 6
0		 2
6 		6
2		    
2
Franjo Punčec
Arnulf Schmidt		 6
3		 6
3		 7
5		      
3
Franjo Kukuljević / Dragutin Mitić
Cristea Caralulis / Arnulf Schmidt		 7
5		 6
3		 4
6 		6
2		    
4
Franjo Punčec
Cristea Caralulis		 6
4		 1
6 		6
3		 6
2		    
5
Josip Palada
Arnulf Schmidt		 6
4		 6
3		 5
7 		6
0		    

Poland vs. Czechoslovakia

Poland
0		 Warsaw, Poland [13]
15–17 May 1937
Czechoslovakia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Kazimierz Tarlowski
Roderich Menzel		 3
6 		4
6 		6
2		 3
6 		   
2
Józef Hebda
Ladislav Hecht		 2
6 		0
6 		6
3		 1
6 		   
3
Józef Hebda / Ignacy Tłoczyński
Jošef Caska / Ladislav Hecht		 1
6 		7
5		 1
6 		4
6 		   
4
Józef Hebda
Roderich Menzel		 5
7 		3
6 		3
6 		     
5
Kazimierz Tarlowski
Josef Šíba		 3
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     

France vs. Norway

France
5		 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [14]
8–10 May 1937
Clay
Norway
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bernard Destremau
Fritz Jenssen		 6
0		 6
3		 6
3		      
2
Marcel Bernard
Dick Bjurstedt		 2
6 		6
1		 6
0		 6
0		    
3
Marcel Bernard / Yvon Petra
Jens-Johan Beer / Fritz Jenssen		 6
2		 6
2		 6
2		      
4
Bernard Destremau
Dick Bjurstedt		 7
5		 6
2		 6
1		      
5
Yvon Petra
Fritz Jenssen		 6
1		 6
3		 4
6 		7
5		    

Quarterfinals

Italy vs. Germany

Italy
1		 Milan, Italy [15]
4–6 June 1937
Clay
Germany
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Vanni Canepele
Gottfried von Cramm		 1
6 		4
6 		6
1		 4
6 		   
2
Giorgio de Stefani
Henner Henkel		 6
2		 6
3		 5
7 		6
2		    
3
Ferruccio Quintavalle / Valentino Taroni
Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel		 3
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
4
Vanni Canepele
Henner Henkel		 6
3		 3
6 		1
6 		4
6 		   
5
Giorgio de Stefani
Gottfried von Cramm		 0
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     

Belgium vs. Sweden

Belgium
3		 Royal Léopold Club, Brussels, Belgium [16]
4–6 June 1937
Clay
Sweden
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
André Lacroix
Kalle Schröder		 3
6 		6
3		 0
6 		6
4		 2
6 		 
2
Charles Naeyaert
Stig Mårtensson		 6
1		 6
2		 6
1		      
3
Léopold de Borman / André Lacroix
Curt Östberg / Kalle Schröder		 6
0		 6
4		 6
4		      
4
Charles Naeyaert
Kalle Schröder		 9
7		 2
6 		0
6 		3
6 		   
5
André Lacroix
Stig Mårtensson		 6
2		 6
0		 6
3		      

Yugoslavia vs. South Africa

Yugoslavia
4		 Zagreb, Yugoslavia [17]
5–7 June 1937
South Africa
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Franjo Punčec
Vernon Kirby		 1
6 		6
0		 6
3		 2
6 		6
4		  
2
Josip Palada
Norman Farquharson		 3
6 		3
6 		6
3		 6
0		 6
3		  
3
Franjo Kukuljević / Dragutin Mitić
Norman Farquharson / Vernon Kirby		 2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
4
Josip Palada
Vernon Kirby		 6
1		 6
4		 6
2		      
5
Franjo Punčec
Norman Farquharson		 6
1		 6
1		 6
1		      

Czechoslovakia vs. France

Czechoslovakia
4		 Prague, Czechoslovakia [18]
5–7 June 1937
Clay
France
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roderich Menzel
Christian Boussus		 6
2		 6
3		 6
4		      
2
Ladislav Hecht
Bernard Destremau		 6
3		 6
3		 6
1		      
3
Ladislav Hecht / Roderich Menzel
Jean Borotra / Yvon Petra		 3
6 		6
2		 2
6 		3
6 		   
4
Roderich Menzel
Bernard Destremau		 6
0		 6
3		 6
4		      
5
Ladislav Hecht
Christian Boussus		 2
6 		6
1		 7
5		 6
0		    

Semifinals

Germany vs. Belgium

Germany
4		 Berlin, Germany [19]
12–14 June 1937
Belgium
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Henner Henkel
André Lacroix		 6
1		 6
1		 6
1		      
2
Gottfried von Cramm
Charles Naeyaert		 6
3		 6
0		 6
4		      
3
Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel
Léopold de Borman / André Lacroix		 6
4		 6
3		 6
4		      
4
Henner Henkel
Charles Naeyaert		 6
3		 6
2		 6
2		      
5
Edgar Dettmer
André Lacroix		 4
6 		6
3		 2
6 		6
8 		   

Czechoslovakia vs. Yugoslavia

Czechoslovakia
4		 Prague, Czechoslovakia [20]
12–14 June 1937
Yugoslavia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roderich Menzel
Josip Palada		 6
2		 6
1		 6
0		      
2
Ladislav Hecht
Franjo Punčec		 7
5		 6
2		 6
3		      
3
Ladislav Hecht / Roderich Menzel
Josip Palada / Franjo Punčec		 2
6 		6
1		 6
0		 7
9 		6
1		  
4
František Cejnar
Franjo Punčec		 7
5		 7
5		 3
6 		7
5		    
5
Josef Šíba
Josip Palada		 3
6 		3
6 		5
7 		     

Final

Germany vs. Czechoslovakia

Germany
4		 Berlin, Germany [2]
10–12 July 1937
Czechoslovakia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Henner Henkel
Ladislav Hecht		 6
1		 7
5		 7
5		      
2
Gottfried von Cramm
Roderich Menzel		 3
6 		4
6 		6
4		 6
3		 6
2		  
3
Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel
Jošef Caska / Ladislav Hecht		 6
1		 6
2		 10
12 		6
0		    
4
Gottfried von Cramm
Ladislav Hecht		 6
3		 7
5		 6
2		      
5
Hans Denker
František Cejnar		 6
4		 6
3		 4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		 

References
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  2. "Germany v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  3. "Hungary v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  4. "Switzerland v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  5. "Netherlands v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  6. "China v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  7. "Germany v Austria". daviscup.com.
  8. "Italy v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  9. "Sweden v Greece". daviscup.com.
  10. "Belgium v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  11. "South Africa v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  12. "Yugoslavia v Romania". daviscup.com.
  13. "Poland v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  14. "France v Norway". daviscup.com.
  15. "Italy v Germany". daviscup.com.
  16. "Belgium v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  17. "Yugoslavia v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  18. "Czechoslovakia v France". daviscup.com.
  19. "Germany v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  20. "Czechoslovakia v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
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