1936 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

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The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1936 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

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

Draw[edit]

First Round
24 April–3 May
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
 Spain1
 Germany4
Monte Carlo, Monaco
 Netherlands3
 Monaco2
Paris, France (clay)
 France5
 China0

First round[edit]

Spain vs. Germany[edit]


Spain
1
Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain[3]
24–26 April 1936
Clay

Germany
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Germany
Manuel Alonso Areizaga
Gottfried von Cramm
3
6
4
6
3
6
     
2 Spain
Germany
Enrique Maier
Henner Henkel
4
6
5
7
6
8
     
3 Spain
Germany
Juan Manuel Blanc / Enrique Maier
Gottfried von Cramm / Kay Lund
3
6
3
6
7
9
     
4 Spain
Germany
Enrique Maier
Gottfried von Cramm
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
5 Spain
Germany
Manuel Alonso Areizaga
Henner Henkel
2
6
3
6
4
6
     

Monaco vs. Netherlands[edit]


Monaco
2
Monte Carlo, Monaco[4]
1–3 May 1936

Netherlands
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Monaco
Netherlands
Vladimir Landau
Tod Hughan
3
6
7
5
2
6
1
6
   
2 Monaco
Netherlands
René Gallèpe
Hendrik Timmer
3
6
2
6
1
6
     
3 Monaco
Netherlands
René Gallèpe / Vladimir Landau
Tod Hughan / Willem Karsten
6
4
7
5
3
6
7
5
   
4 Monaco
Netherlands
Vladimir Landau
Hendrik Timmer
2
6
3
6
6
8
     
5 Monaco
Netherlands
René Gallèpe
Tod Hughan
6
2
6
4
6
3
     

France vs. China[edit]


France
5
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[5]
1–3 May 1936
Clay

China
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
Taiwan
Christian Boussus
Kho Sin-Kie
6
0
6
0
6
1
     
2 France
Taiwan
Bernard Destremau
Guy Cheng
6
1
6
3
6
8
6
3
   
3 France
Taiwan
Marcel Bernard / Jean Borotra
Kho Sin-Kie / Lum Pao-Hua
6
1
6
3
4
6
6
2
   
4 France
Taiwan
Christian Boussus
Guy Cheng
6
0
6
0
6
2
     
5 France
Taiwan
Bernard Destremau
Kho Sin-Kie
6
3
6
2
4
6
6
2
   

Second round[edit]

Ireland vs. Sweden[edit]


Ireland
4
Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[6]
14–16 May 1936
Grass

Sweden
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Republic of Ireland
Sweden
George Lyttleton-Rogers
Kalle Schröder
9
7
2
6
1
6
6
3
6
4
 
2 Republic of Ireland
Sweden
George McVeagh
Curt Östberg
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
3 Republic of Ireland
Sweden
George Lyttleton-Rogers / George McVeagh
Curt Östberg / Kalle Schröder
6
3
2
6
7
9
5
7
   
4 Republic of Ireland
Sweden
George McVeagh
Kalle Schröder
2
6
7
5
6
3
6
3
   
5 Republic of Ireland
Sweden
George Lyttleton-Rogers
Curt Östberg
0
6
6
2
6
4
6
3
   

Switzerland vs. Denmark[edit]


Switzerland
5
Montreux, Switzerland[7]
15–17 May 1936

Denmark
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Switzerland
Denmark
Max Ellmer
Helge Plougmann
6
1
6
4
6
1
     
2 Switzerland
Denmark
Hector Fisher
Niels Korner
6
2
6
1
6
0
     
3 Switzerland
Denmark
Boris Maneff / Werner Steiner
Helge Plougmann / Einer Ulrich
6
1
6
3
11
9
     
4 Switzerland
Denmark
Max Ellmer
Niels Korner
6
3
6
0
3
6
6
0
   
5 Switzerland
Denmark
Hector Fisher
Helge Plougmann
6
0
7
5
4
6
6
8
6
1
 

Greece vs. Argentina[edit]


Greece
1
Athens, Greece[8]
8–10 May 1936

Argentina
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Greece
Argentina
Lazaros Stalios
Adriano Zappa
6
4
6
3
6
4
     
2 Greece
Argentina
Georgios Nikolaides
Lucilo del Castillo
4
6
0
6
1
6
     
3 Greece
Argentina
Georgios Nikolaides / Lazaros Stalios
Lucilo del Castillo / Adriano Zappa
6
4
1
6
1
6
2
6
   
4 Greece
Argentina
Georgios Nikolaides
Adriano Zappa
3
6
1
6
7
5
1
6
   
5 Greece
Argentina
Lazaros Stalios
Lucilo del Castillo
2
6
4
6
7
9
     

Germany vs. Hungary[edit]


Germany
5
Düsseldorf, Germany[9]
15–17 May 1936

Hungary
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Germany
Hungary
Gottfried von Cramm
Emil Gábori
6
3
6
2
6
3
     
2 Germany
Hungary
Henner Henkel
György Dallos
6
1
6
1
6
2
     
3 Germany
Hungary
Gottfried von Cramm / Kay Lund
Emil Ferenczy / Emil Gábori
6
3
7
5
6
0
     
4 Germany
Hungary
Gottfried von Cramm
György Dallos
6
1
7
5
6
3
     
5 Germany
Hungary
Henner Henkel
Emil Gábori
8
6
6
3
7
5
     

Netherlands vs. France[edit]


Netherlands
1
Scheveningen, Netherlands[10]
9–11 May 1936
Clay

France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Netherlands
France
Hendrik Timmer
Christian Boussus
6
3
6
3
6
1
     
2 Netherlands
France
Tod Hughan
Bernard Destremau
4
6
6
3
6
3
4
6
1
6
 
3 Netherlands
France
Willem Karsten / Hendrik Timmer
Marcel Bernard / Jean Borotra
1
6
3
6
8
6
2
6
   
4 Netherlands
France
Tod Hughan
Christian Boussus
6
3
8
10
2
6
0
6
   
5 Netherlands
France
Hendrik Timmer
Bernard Destremau
6
0
1
6
3
6
2
6
   

Yugoslavia vs. Czechoslovakia[edit]


Yugoslavia
3
Zagreb, Yugoslavia[11]
15–17 May 1936

Czechoslovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Franjo Punčec
Josef Šíba
6
1
6
2
2
6
6
0
   
2 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Josip Palada
Ladislav Hecht
6
8
1
6
6
2
2
6
   
3 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Franjo Kukuljević / Franjo Punčec
Ladislav Hecht / Ferenc Maršálek
6
4
7
9
6
2
3
6
4
6
 
4 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Franjo Punčec
Ladislav Hecht
6
3
4
6
1
6
6
4
6
2
 
5 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Josip Palada
Josef Šíba
6
3
6
2
6
4
     

Norway vs. Belgium[edit]


Norway
2
Oslo, Norway[12]
14–16 May 1936
Clay

Belgium
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Norway
Belgium
Johan Haanes
André Lacroix
6
4
3
6
0
6
2
6
   
2 Norway
Belgium
Fritz Jenssen
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
8
6
4
6
6
2
6
4
   
3 Norway
Belgium
Johan Haanes / Fritz Jenssen
Léopold de Borman / André Lacroix
4
6
2
6
9
7
3
6
   
4 Norway
Belgium
Fritz Jenssen
André Lacroix
5
7
2
6
4
6
     
5 Norway
Belgium
Johan Haanes
Jacques Van den Eynde
6
4
2
6
8
6
6
2
   

Austria vs. Poland[edit]


Austria
3
Vienna, Austria[13]
15–17 May 1936

Poland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
Poland
Adam Baworowski
Ignacy Tłoczyński
6
4
6
3
6
3
     
2 Austria
Poland
Georg von Metaxa
Józef Hebda
4
6
5
7
4
6
     
3 Austria
Poland
Adam Baworowski / Georg von Metaxa
Józef Hebda / Kazimierz Tarlowski
6
1
6
2
6
4
     
4 Austria
Poland
Adam Baworowski
Józef Hebda
0
6
6
2
6
4
1
6
5
7
 
5 Austria
Poland
Georg von Metaxa
Ignacy Tłoczyński
6
4
6
8
3
6
7
5
6
3
 

Quarterfinals[edit]

Ireland vs. Switzerland[edit]


Ireland
3
Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[14]
4–6 June 1936
Grass

Switzerland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Republic of Ireland
Switzerland
George Lyttleton-Rogers
Boris Maneff
6
2
6
3
3
6
3
6
6
0
 
2 Republic of Ireland
Switzerland
George McVeagh
Hector Fisher
1
6
6
3
8
6
0
6
2
6
 
3 Republic of Ireland
Switzerland
George Lyttleton-Rogers / George McVeagh
Hector Fisher / Werner Steiner
5
7
6
4
6
1
6
4
   
4 Republic of Ireland
Switzerland
George Lyttleton-Rogers
Hector Fisher
6
3
2
6
3
6
2
6
   
5 Republic of Ireland
Switzerland
George McVeagh
Max Ellmer
6
3
4
6
6
4
11
9
   

Germany vs. Argentina[edit]


Germany
4
Berlin, Germany[15]
5–7 June 1936

Argentina
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Germany
Argentina
Gottfried von Cramm
Lucilo del Castillo
6
0
4
6
6
4
6
1
   
2 Germany
Argentina
Henner Henkel
Adriano Zappa
6
1
6
1
6
3
     
3 Germany
Argentina
Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel
Lucilo del Castillo / Adriano Zappa
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
4 Germany
Argentina
Hans Denker
Adriano Zappa
6
3
0
6
6
2
1
6
1
6
 
5 Germany
Argentina
Henner Henkel
Lucilo del Castillo
6
0
6
1
6
1
     

France vs. Yugoslavia[edit]


France
2
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[16]
5–7 June 1936
Clay

Yugoslavia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Christian Boussus
Josip Palada
2
6
6
2
3
6
2
6
   
2 France
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Bernard Destremau
Franjo Punčec
3
6
6
2
7
5
0
6
9
7
 
3 France
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Marcel Bernard / Jean Borotra
Franjo Kukuljević / Dragutin Mitić
8
6
7
5
4
6
3
6
6
2
 
4 France
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Bernard Destremau
Josip Palada
1
6
6
1
6
8
4
6
   
5 France
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Christian Boussus
Franjo Punčec
6
3
1
6
6
4
5
7
1
6
 

Austria vs. Belgium[edit]


Austria
4
Vienna, Austria[17]
5–7 June 1936

Belgium
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
Belgium
Georg von Metaxa
André Lacroix
3
6
6
3
6
4
2
6
6
3
 
2 Austria
Belgium
Adam Baworowski
Jacques Van den Eynde
6
3
3
6
4
6
6
3
6
2
 
3 Austria
Belgium
Adam Baworowski / Georg von Metaxa
Léopold de Borman / André Lacroix
6
2
6
8
5
7
3
6
   
4 Austria
Belgium
Georg von Metaxa
Jacques Van den Eynde
6
3
4
6
6
3
6
2
   
5 Austria
Belgium
Adam Baworowski
André Lacroix
6
4
6
3
11
9
     

Semifinals[edit]

Germany vs. Ireland[edit]


Germany
5
Berlin, Germany[18]
12–14 June 1936

Ireland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Germany
Republic of Ireland
Gottfried von Cramm
George Lyttleton-Rogers
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
2 Germany
Republic of Ireland
Henner Henkel
George McVeagh
6
1
8
6
6
2
     
3 Germany
Republic of Ireland
Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel
George Lyttleton-Rogers / George McVeagh
6
0
6
1
6
4
     
4 Germany
Republic of Ireland
Henner Henkel
George Lyttleton-Rogers
6
2
6
0
6
0
     
5 Germany
Republic of Ireland
Gottfried von Cramm
George McVeagh
6
2
6
3
6
1
     

Austria vs. Yugoslavia[edit]


Austria
1
Vienna, Austria[19]
13–15 June 1936

Yugoslavia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Georg von Metaxa
Franjo Punčec
4
6
3
6
1
6
     
2 Austria
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Adam Baworowski
Josip Palada
6
3
4
6
3
6
6
3
5
7
 
3 Austria
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Adam Baworowski / Georg von Metaxa
Franjo Kukuljević / Dragutin Mitić
4
6
6
3
6
4
4
6
6
2
 
4 Austria
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Georg von Metaxa
Josip Palada
6
8
3
6
6
2
6
3
4
6
 
5 Austria
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Adam Baworowski
Franjo Kukuljević
7
5
4
6
6
1
2
6
3
6
 

Final[edit]

Yugoslavia vs. Germany[edit]


Yugoslavia
0
Zagreb, Yugoslavia[2]
10–12 July 1936

Germany
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Germany
Josip Palada
Gottfried von Cramm
4
6
2
6
8
6
2
6
   
2 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Germany
Franjo Punčec
Henner Henkel
1
6
2
6
4
6
     
3 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Germany
Franjo Kukuljević / Dragutin Mitić
Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel
6
8
6
4
3
6
6
4
3
6
 
4 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Germany
Franjo Punčec
Gottfried von Cramm
          not
played
5 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Germany
Josip Palada
Henner Henkel
          not
played

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "Yugoslavia v Germany". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Spain v Germany". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Monaco v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "France v China". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Ireland v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Switzerland v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Greece v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Germany v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Netherlands v France". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Yugoslavia v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Norway v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Austria v Poland". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Ireland v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Germany v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "France v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Austria v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Germany v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Austria v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.

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