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1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

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1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone
Details
Duration5 May 1939 – 30 July 1939
Teams20
Categories1939 Europe Zone
1939 America Zone
Champion
Winning nation Yugoslavia
Qualified for: 1939 Int'l Lawn Tennis
Challenge Inter-Zonal Final
1938
1946

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1939 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] Yugoslavia defeated Germany in the final, and went on to face Australia in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

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First Round
5–7 May
Second Round
11–21 May
Quarterfinals
25–29 May
Semifinals
2–5 June
Final
28–30 July
 Great BritainBrighton, England (clay)
bye Great Britain3
 New Zealand New Zealand2Wimbledon, England (grass)
bye Great Britain3
 FranceParis, France (clay) France2
bye France4
 China China1Berlin, Germany (clay)
bye Great Britain0
 SwedenStockholm, Sweden (clay) Germany5
bye Sweden4
 Denmark Denmark1Berlin, Germany (clay)
bye Sweden1
 Germany5Warsaw, Poland Germany4
  Switzerland0 Germany3
 Poland4 Poland2Zagreb, Yugoslavia
 Netherlands1 Germany2
 Romania2Budapest, Hungary Yugoslavia3
 Hungary3 Hungary1
 Yugoslavia5 Yugoslavia4Milan, Italy (clay)
 Ireland0 Yugoslavia3
byeNaples, Italy (clay) Italy2
 Italy Italy3
bye Monaco0Zagreb, Yugoslavia
 Monaco Yugoslavia3
byeBrussels, Belgium Belgium2
 Belgium Belgium3
bye India2Brussels, Belgium (clay)
 India Belgium5
bye Norway0
 Norway Norwayw/o
bye Czechoslovakia[a]
 Czechoslovakia

First round

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Germany vs. Switzerland

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Germany
5
Vienna, Germany[3]
5–7 May 1939
Clay

Switzerland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Germany
Switzerland
Roderich Menzel
Boris Maneff
6
8
6
3
5
7
6
2
6
3
 
2 Germany
Switzerland
Henner Henkel
Hector Fisher
6
2
2
6
6
1
6
3
   
3 Germany
Switzerland
Henner Henkel / Georg von Metaxa
Hector Fisher / Boris Maneff
6
2
6
2
6
4
     
4 Germany
Switzerland
Henner Henkel
Boris Maneff
6
1
6
2
6
2
     
5 Germany
Switzerland
Roderich Menzel
Jost Spitzer
8
6
6
4
6
3
     

Poland vs. Netherlands

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Poland
4
Warsaw, Poland[4]
5–7 May 1939

Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Poland
Netherlands
Adam Baworowski
Hans van Swol
9
7
6
3
6
0
     
2 Poland
Netherlands
Ignacy Tłoczyński
Tod Hughan
6
0
6
2
6
1
     
3 Poland
Netherlands
Józef Hebda / Ignacy Tłoczyński
Tod Hughan / Hans van Swol
4
6
4
6
10
12
     
4 Poland
Netherlands
Ignacy Tłoczyński
Hans van Swol
13
11
4
6
6
3
6
2
   
5 Poland
Netherlands
Adam Baworowski
Tod Hughan
0
6
6
3
6
4
6
2
   

Romania vs. Hungary

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Romania
2
Bucharest, Romania[5]
5–7 May 1939
Clay

Hungary
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
Hungary
Arnulf Schmidt
Emil Gábori
6
4
6
4
4
6
2
6
0
1
retired
 
2 Romania
Hungary
Cristea Caralulis
József Asbóth
6
1
3
6
9
7
8
10
4
6
 
3 Romania
Hungary
Cristea Caralulis / Arnulf Schmidt
Mihály Csikós / György Dallos
6
8
4
6
6
2
6
2
6
4
 
4 Romania
Hungary
Cristea Caralulis
Emil Gábori
3
6
6
2
6
3
7
5
   
5 Romania
Hungary
Arnulf Schmidt
József Asbóth
6
1
2
6
3
6
8
6
3
6
 

Yugoslavia vs. Ireland

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Yugoslavia
5
Zagreb, Yugoslavia[6]
5–7 May 1939

Ireland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Republic of Ireland
Dragutin Mitić
George Lyttleton-Rogers
7
5
6
2
3
6
3
6
6
3
 
2 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Republic of Ireland
Franjo Punčec
Raymond Egan
6
2
6
0
6
4
     
3 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Republic of Ireland
Dragutin Mitić / Franjo Punčec
Raymond Egan / George Lyttleton-Rogers
6
1
6
4
6
2
     
4 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Republic of Ireland
Franjo Punčec
George Lyttleton-Rogers
6
4
6
2
6
4
     
5 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Republic of Ireland
Dragutin Mitić
Raymond Egan
7
5
6
3
6
2
     

Second round

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Great Britain vs. New Zealand

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Great Britain
3
Sussex Lawn Tennis Club, Brighton, England[7]
11–13 May 1939
Clay

New Zealand
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
New Zealand
Ronald Shayes
Cam Malfroy
6
4
2
6
2
6
7
5
3
6
 
2 United Kingdom
New Zealand
Charles Hare
Alistair Dewar-Brown
6
3
6
4
6
3
     
3 United Kingdom
New Zealand
Charles Hare / Frank Wilde
Dennis Coombe / Cam Malfroy
3
6
6
2
3
6
2
6
   
4 United Kingdom
New Zealand
Ronald Shayes
Alistair Dewar-Brown
6
3
6
4
7
5
     
5 United Kingdom
New Zealand
Charles Hare
Cam Malfroy
7
5
6
4
6
4
     

France vs. China

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France
4
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[8]
18–20 May 1939
Clay

China
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
Taiwan
Bernard Destremau
Kho Sin-Kie
5
7
6
3
1
6
7
5
6
0
 
2 France
Taiwan
Christian Boussus
Choy Wai-Chuen
1
6
6
4
6
4
6
1
   
3 France
Taiwan
Pierre Pellizza / Yvon Petra
Choy Wai-Chuen / Kho Sin-Kie
6
2
6
0
6
3
     
4 France
Taiwan
Yvon Petra
Kho Sin-Kie
6
2
7
9
3
6
4
6
   
5 France
Taiwan
Pierre Pellizza
Ho Jin
7
5
4
6
6
2
6
4
   

Sweden vs. Denmark

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Sweden
4
Tennisstadion, Stockholm, Sweden[9]
19–21 May 1939
Clay

Denmark
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Denmark
Morgan Hultman
Helge Plougmann
1
6
0
6
3
6
     
2 Sweden
Denmark
Kalle Schröder
Niels Holst
6
4
6
2
6
3
     
3 Sweden
Denmark
Nils Rohlsson / Kalle Schröder
Helge Plougmann / Alfred Wium
6
1
8
6
6
0
     
4 Sweden
Denmark
Kalle Schröder
Helge Plougmann
6
1
6
1
6
1
     
5 Sweden
Denmark
Morgan Hultman
Niels Holst
6
1
6
3
6
1
     

Poland vs. Germany

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Poland
2
Warsaw, Poland[10]
19–21 May 1939

Germany
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Poland
Germany
Adam Baworowski
Roderich Menzel
5
7
3
6
6
2
6
2
4
6
 
2 Poland
Germany
Ignacy Tłoczyński
Henner Henkel
6
4
6
8
6
4
3
6
6
3
 
3 Poland
Germany
Adam Baworowski / Józef Hebda
Henner Henkel / Georg von Metaxa
7
5
4
6
2
6
2
6
   
4 Poland
Germany
Ignacy Tłoczyński
Roderich Menzel
2
6
6
1
5
7
6
2
9
7
 
5 Poland
Germany
Adam Baworowski
Henner Henkel
4
6
2
6
3
6
     

Hungary vs. Yugoslavia

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Hungary
1
Budapest, Hungary[11]
12–14 May 1939

Yugoslavia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Hungary
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Emil Gábori
Dragutin Mitić
3
6
6
0
6
2
1
6
1
6
 
2 Hungary
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
József Asbóth
Franjo Punčec
7
5
4
6
7
5
11
9
   
3 Hungary
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
József Asbóth / Emil Gábori
Dragutin Mitić / Franjo Punčec
1
6
6
4
2
6
5
7
   
4 Hungary
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Emil Gábori
Franjo Punčec
1
6
1
6
4
6
     
5 Hungary
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
József Asbóth
Dragutin Mitić
7
9
6
2
8
10
3
6
   

Italy vs. Monaco

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Italy
3
Naples, Italy[12]
12–14 May 1939
Clay

Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Monaco
Vanni Canepele
Aleco Noghès
6
0
6
3
6
1
     
2 Italy
Monaco
Giorgio de Stefani
Gaston Médécin
6
1
6
2
6
2
     
3 Italy
Monaco
Giovanni Cucelli / Gino Vido
Vladimir Landau / Aleco Noghès
6
3
6
1
6
0
     
4 Italy
Monaco
Giorgio de Stefani
Aleco Noghès
          not
played
5 Italy
Monaco
Vanni Canepele
Gaston Médécin
          not
played

Belgium vs. India

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Belgium
3
Brussels, Belgium[13]
19–21 May 1939

India
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belgium
India
André Lacroix
Ghaus Mohammad Khan
6
1
6
3
5
7
6
0
   
2 Belgium
India
Charles Naeyaert
Yaswanath-Rao Savur
6
0
10
8
1
6
6
3
   
3 Belgium
India
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem / Jacques Van den Eynde
Ghaus Mohammad Khan / Yaswanath-Rao Savur
4
6
4
6
7
5
4
6
   
4 Belgium
India
Charles Naeyaert
Ghaus Mohammad Khan
8
10
2
6
1
6
     
5 Belgium
India
André Lacroix
Yaswanath-Rao Savur
6
2
6
2
6
4
     

Quarterfinals

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Great Britain vs. France

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Great Britain
3
No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England[14]
25–27 May 1939
Grass

France
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
France
Charles Hare
Bernard Destremau
6
2
6
3
3
6
14
12
   
2 United Kingdom
France
Ronald Shayes
Christian Boussus
2
6
4
6
0
6
     
3 United Kingdom
France
Charles Hare / Frank Wilde
Pierre Pellizza / Yvon Petra
6
3
6
3
3
6
4
6
6
3
 
4 United Kingdom
France
Ronald Shayes
Bernard Destremau
6
3
4
6
6
4
7
5
   
5 United Kingdom
France
Laurie Shaffi
Christian Boussus
0
6
2
6
5
7
     

Germany vs. Sweden

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Germany
4
Rot-Weiss-Stadion, Berlin, Germany[15]
27–29 May 1939
Clay

Sweden
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Germany
Sweden
Roderich Menzel
Morgan Hultman
6
0
6
2
6
1
     
2 Germany
Sweden
Henner Henkel
Kalle Schröder
5
7
3
6
6
2
8
6
6
3
 
3 Germany
Sweden
Henner Henkel / Georg von Metaxa
Nils Rohlsson / Kalle Schröder
2
6
6
1
3
6
3
6
   
4 Germany
Sweden
Roderich Menzel
Kalle Schröder
2
6
6
3
6
3
6
3
   
5 Germany
Sweden
Rolf Göpfert
Morgan Hultman
6
2
6
3
6
3
     

Italy vs. Yugoslavia

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Italy
2
Milan, Italy[16]
26–28 May 1939
Clay

Yugoslavia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Vanni Canepele
Dragutin Mitić
6
3
6
3
7
5
     
2 Italy
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Giorgio de Stefani
Franjo Punčec
4
6
1
6
5
7
     
3 Italy
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Giovanni Cucelli / Valentino Taroni
Dragutin Mitić / Franjo Punčec
2
6
2
6
0
6
     
4 Italy
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Giorgio de Stefani
Dragutin Mitić
6
1
6
4
4
6
6
3
   
5 Italy
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Vanni Canepele
Franjo Punčec
11
13
1
6
8
6
3
6
   

Belgium vs. Norway

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Belgium
5
Brussels, Belgium[17]
26–28 May 1939
Clay

Norway
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belgium
Norway
André Lacroix
Johan Haanes
6
1
6
4
6
2
     
2 Belgium
Norway
Charles Naeyaert
Sigurd Rinde
6
1
6
0
6
0
     
3 Belgium
Norway
Léopold de Borman / Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Birger Andersen-Brem / Johan Haanes
6
0
6
1
5
7
6
2
   
4 Belgium
Norway
Charles Naeyaert
Johan Haanes
6
4
6
1
6
3
     
5 Belgium
Norway
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Sigurd Rinde
6
1
6
0
6
0
     

Semifinals

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Germany vs. Great Britain

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Germany
5
Berlin, Germany[18]
3–5 June 1939
Clay

Great Britain
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Germany
United Kingdom
Roderich Menzel
Charles Hare
6
0
6
1
       
retired
2 Germany
United Kingdom
Henner Henkel
Ronald Shayes
6
2
6
3
6
1
     
3 Germany
United Kingdom
Henner Henkel / Georg von Metaxa
Laurie Shaffi / Frank Wilde
6
4
6
2
6
2
     
4 Germany
United Kingdom
Roderich Menzel
Ronald Shayes
6
1
6
1
6
0
     
5 Germany
United Kingdom
Georg von Metaxa
Frank Wilde
3
6
6
0
6
2
6
3
   

Yugoslavia vs. Belgium

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Yugoslavia
3
Zagreb, Yugoslavia[19]
2–4 June 1939

Belgium
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Belgium
Franjo Punčec
André Lacroix
1
6
6
3
6
3
7
5
   
2 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Belgium
Dragutin Mitić
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
6
1
6
4
6
1
     
3 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Belgium
Dragutin Mitić / Franjo Punčec
Léopold de Borman / André Lacroix
2
6
2
6
3
6
     
4 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Belgium
Dragutin Mitić
André Lacroix
3
6
2
6
8
6
2
6
   
5 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Belgium
Franjo Punčec
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
6
3
8
6
6
3
     

Final

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Yugoslavia vs. Germany

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Yugoslavia
3
A.T.K. Stadium, Zagreb, Yugoslavia[2]
28–30 July 1939

Germany
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Germany
Franjo Punčec
Rolf Göpfert
6
3
6
1
6
0
     
2 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Germany
Dragutin Mitić
Henner Henkel
0
6
1
6
6
4
4
6
   
3 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Germany
Franjo Kukuljević / Franjo Punčec
Henner Henkel / Roderich Menzel
7
9
6
4
4
6
6
3
1
4
 
4 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Germany
Dragutin Mitić
Rolf Göpfert
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
5 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Germany
Franjo Punčec
Henner Henkel
10
8
6
3
6
0
     

Notes

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  1. ^ The tie between Norway and Czechoslovakia was abandoned due to the German invasion and partition of Czechoslovakia in March 1939.

References

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  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. ^ "Germany v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Poland v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Romania v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Yugoslavia v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Great Britain v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "France v China". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Sweden v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Poland v Germany". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Hungary v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Italy v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Belgium v India". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Great Britain v France". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Germany v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Italy v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Belgium v Norway". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Germany v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Yugoslavia v Belgium". daviscup.com.
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