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1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

Main article: 1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1927 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

21 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] France defeated Denmark in the final, and went on to face Japan in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

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First Round
29 April–9 May		Second Round
6–22 May		Quarterfinals
9–13 June		Semifinals
8–11 July		Final
21–22 July
  FranceParis, France (clay)
bye  France5
  Romania  Romania0Rome, Italy (clay)
bye  France3
  HungaryBudapest, Hungary  Italy2
bye  Hungary2
  Italy  Italy3Eastbourne, England (grass)
bye  France5
  PortugalLisbon, Portugal (clay)  South Africa0
bye  Portugal0
  Germany  Germany5Berlin, Germany
bye  Germany1
  South Africa5Montreux, Switzerland  South Africa4
  Ireland0  South Africa5
   Switzerland3   Switzerland0Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
  Austria2  France3
  Denmark4Harrogate, England (clay)  Denmark0
  Netherlands1  Denmark3
  Sweden1  Great Britain2Copenhagen, Denmark
  Great Britain4  Denmark5
  Spain2Zagreb, Yugoslavia  India0
  India3  India3
bye  Yugoslavia0Prague, Czechoslovakia
  Yugoslavia  Denmark3
byePrague, Czechoslovakia  Czechoslovakia2
  Czechoslovakia  Czechoslovakia4
bye  Greece1Prague, Czechoslovakia
  Greece  Czechoslovakia4
byeBrussels, Belgium  Belgium1
  Poland  Poland0
bye  Belgium5
  Belgium

First round

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Ireland vs. South Africa

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Ireland
0 		Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[3]
6–9 May 1927
Grass 		 
South Africa
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Cecil Campbell
Jack Condon 		6
3 		6
2 		3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		 
2  
  		Arthur Mahony
Patrick Spence 		2
6 		3
6 		6
8 		     
3  
  		Arthur Mahony / Louis Meldon
Jack Condon / Louis Raymond 		3
6 		2
6 		5
7 		     
4  
  		Arthur Mahony
Jack Condon 		0
6 		6
8 		1
6 		     
5  
  		Louis Meldon
Patrick Spence 		3
6 		1
6 		6
4 		6
3 		4
6 		 

Switzerland vs. Austria

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Switzerland
3 		Basel, Switzerland[4]
29 April–1 May 1927
  
Austria
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Charles Aeschlimann
Franz-Wilhelm Matejka 		4
6 		6
1 		6
1 		6
3 		   
2  
  		Jean Wuarin
Hermann von Artens 		6
1 		6
0 		6
4 		     
3  
  		Charles Aeschlimann / Maurice Ferrier
Hermann von Artens / Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten 		10
8 		6
4 		6
8 		6
2 		   
4  
  		Jean Wuarin
Franz-Wilhelm Matejka 		3
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
5  
  		Charles Aeschlimann
Hermann von Artens 		5
7 		1
6 		1
6 		     

Denmark vs. Netherlands

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Denmark
4 		Copenhagen, Denmark[5]
3–5 May 1927
  
Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Einer Ulrich
Hendrik Timmer 		6
0 		1
6 		6
4 		7
5 		   
2  
  		Axel Petersen
Cornelis Bryan 		6
2 		6
1 		1
6 		3
6 		6
1 		 
3  
  		Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich
Christiaan van Lennep / Hendrik Timmer 		6
1 		3
6 		6
3 		6
4 		   
4  
  		Einer Ulrich
Cornelis Bryan 		6
1 		6
3 		6
0 		     
5  
  		Axel Petersen
Hendrik Timmer 		3
6 		4
6 		6
4 		6
8 		   

Great Britain vs. Sweden

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Great Britain
4 		Tally Ho! Lawn Tennis Club, Birmingham, England[6]
6–9 May 1927
Clay 		 
Sweden
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Charles Kingsley
Ingvar Garell 		6
2 		6
1 		7
5 		     
2  
  		Edward Higgs
Sune Malmström 		3
6 		6
3 		6
0 		3
6 		6
2 		 
3  
  		Leslie Godfree / Colin Gregory
Sune Malmström / Henning Müller 		4
6 		6
3 		6
1 		6
1 		   
4  
  		Charles Kingsley
Sune Malmström 		4
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
5  
  		Edward Higgs
Ingvar Garell 		8
6 		8
6 		3
6 		9
7 		   

Spain vs. India

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Spain
2 		Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain[7]
7–9 May 1927
Clay 		 
India
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Eduardo Flaquer
Sri-Krishna Prasada 		2
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
2  
  		Antonio Juanico
Hassan Ali Fyzee 		3
6 		6
3 		3
6 		6
4 		6
1 		 
3  
  		Eduardo Flaquer / Raimundo Morales Marqués
Hassan Ali Fyzee / Sri-Krishna Prasada 		6
0 		3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		   
4  
  		Antonio Juanico
Sri-Krishna Prasada 		9
11 		4
6 		3
6 		     
5  
  		Eduardo Flaquer
Hassan Ali Fyzee 		7
5 		6
0 		6
2 		     

Second round

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France vs. Romania

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France
5 		Racing Club de France, Paris, France[8]
14–16 May 1927
Clay 		 
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jean Borotra
Ghica Poulieff 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		     
2  
  		René Lacoste
Nicolae Mișu 		6
3 		6
2 		6
2 		     
3  
  		Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon
Nicolae Mișu / Ghica Poulieff 		6
4 		6
1 		8
6 		     
4  
  		Jacques Brugnon
Ghica Poulieff 		6
1 		6
1 		6
0 		     
5  
  		Jean Borotra
Nicolae Mișu 		6
4 		2
6 		6
4 		7
5 		   

Hungary vs. Italy

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Hungary
2 		Budapest, Hungary[9]
13–15 May 1927
  
Italy
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Béla von Kehrling
Uberto De Morpurgo 		7
5 		4
6 		4
6 		7
5 		1
6 		 
2  
  		Imre Takáts
Giorgio de Stefani 		2
6 		1
6 		6
4 		6
3 		6
4 		 
3  
  		Béla von Kehrling / Jenő Péteri
Uberto De Morpurgo / Giorgio de Stefani 		3
6 		5
7 		6
8 		     
4  
  		Imre Takáts
Uberto De Morpurgo 		2
6 		1
6 		5
7 		     
5  
  		Béla von Kehrling
Clemente Serventi 		6
2 		6
1 		6
4 		     

Portugal vs. Germany

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Portugal
0 		Sporting Club, Lisbon, Portugal[10]
13–15 May 1927
Clay 		 
Germany
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		José de Verda
Georg Demasius 		6
4 		0
6 		3
6 		3
6 		   
2  
  		Antonio Casanovas
Hans Moldenhauer 		2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3  
  		Antonio Casanovas / José de Verda
Georg Demasius / Hans Moldenhauer 		4
6 		6
4 		1
6 		2
6 		   
4  
  		Antonio Casanovas
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 		4
6 		4
6 		6
1 		3
6 		   
5  
  		José de Verda
Hans Moldenhauer 		8
6 		3
6 		7
5 		2
6 		1
6 		 

Switzerland vs. South Africa

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Switzerland
0 		Montreux, Switzerland[11]
20–22 May 1927
  
South Africa
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jean Wuarin
Jack Condon 		0
6 		2
6 		6
2 		5
7 		   
2  
  		Charles Aeschlimann
Patrick Spence 		4
6 		4
6 		7
9 		     
3  
  		Charles Aeschlimann / Maurice Ferrier
Louis Raymond / Patrick Spence 		2
6 		7
9 		4
6 		     
4  
  		Charles Aeschlimann
Jack Condon 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
5  
  		Jean Wuarin
Patrick Spence 		1
6 		6
8 		2
6 		     

Great Britain vs. Denmark

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Great Britain
2 		Royal Hall Grounds, Harrogate, England[12]
19–21 May 1927
Clay 		 
Denmark
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Colin Gregory
Einer Ulrich 		0
6 		3
6 		6
3 		6
3 		2
6 		 
2  
  		Edward Higgs
Erik Worm 		6
3 		6
4 		8
10 		10
8 		   
3  
  		Leslie Godfree / Colin Gregory
Einer Ulrich / Erik Worm 		4
6 		6
1 		2
6 		5
7 		   
4  
  		Colin Gregory
Erik Worm 		6
8 		6
4 		10
8 		6
4 		   
5  
  		Edward Higgs
Einer Ulrich 		6
1 		6
3 		2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		 

Yugoslavia vs. India

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Yugoslavia
0 		Zagreb, Yugoslavia[13]
20–22 May 1927
  
India
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Đorđe Dunđerski
Sri-Krishna Prasada 		2
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
2  
  		Iván Balás
Hassan Ali Fyzee 		4
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
3  
  		Iván Balás / Đorđe Dunđerski
Hassan Ali Fyzee / Sri-Krishna Prasada 		1
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4  
  		Đorđe Dunđerski
Hassan Ali Fyzee 		          not
played
5  
  		Iván Balás
Sri-Krishna Prasada 		          not
played

Czechoslovakia vs. Greece

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Czechoslovakia
4 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[14]
6–8 May 1927
  
Greece
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jan Koželuh
Kimon Zachos 		6
0 		6
1 		6
1 		     
2  
  		Ernst Gottlieb
Augustos Zerlendis 		5
7 		7
5 		6
4 		7
9 		2
6 		 
3  
  		Jan Koželuh / Ladislav Žemla
Kimon Zachos / Augustos Zerlendis 		6
2 		6
3 		6
4 		     
4  
  		František Sojka
Kimon Zachos 		6
4 		6
3 		6
2 		     
5  
  		Jan Koželuh
Augustos Zerlendis 		6
2 		6
1 		6
3 		     

Belgium vs. Poland

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Belgium
5 		Brussels, Belgium[15]
20–22 May 1927
  
Poland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jean Washer
Edward Kleinadel 		6
0 		6
0 		6
1 		     
2  
  		Willard Botsford
Stanisław Czetwertyński 		6
2 		7
5 		4
6 		6
2 		   
3  
  		Willard Botsford / Jean Washer
Edward Kleinadel / Jerzy Stolarow 		8
6 		9
7 		6
1 		     
4  
  		Jean Washer
Stanisław Czetwertyński 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     
5  
  		Willard Botsford
Edward Kleinadel 		6
3 		9
7 		6
2 		     

Quarterfinals

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Italy vs. France

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Italy
2 		Rome Lawn Tennis Club, Rome, Italy[16]
11–13 June 1927
Clay 		 
France
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Uberto De Morpurgo
René Lacoste 		6
2 		0
6 		2
6 		6
0 		1
6 		 
2  
  		Giorgio de Stefani
Henri Cochet 		1
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3  
  		Uberto De Morpurgo / Giorgio de Stefani
Jacques Brugnon / Henri Cochet 		6
4 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4  
  		Uberto De Morpurgo
Henri Cochet 		7
5 		5
7 		6
1 		7
5 		   
5  
  		Giorgio de Stefani
René Lacoste 		3
6 		8
6 		1
6 		3
6 		   

Germany vs. South Africa

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Germany
1 		Berlin, Germany[17]
10–12 June 1927
  
South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Heinz Landmann
Louis Raymond 		5
7 		6
8 		2
6 		     
2  
  		Otto Froitzheim
Patrick Spence 		6
2 		4
6 		3
6 		6
4 		5
7 		 
3  
  		Heinrich Kleinschroth / Heinz Landmann
Jack Condon / Louis Raymond 		5
7 		4
6 		11
9 		3
6 		   
4  
  		Hans Moldenhauer
Jack Condon 		4
6 		6
3 		6
3 		3
6 		6
4 		 
5  
  		Heinz Landmann
Patrick Spence 		3
6 		8
6 		4
6 		6
1 		2
6 		 

Denmark vs. India

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Denmark
5 		Copenhagen, Denmark[18]
9–11 June 1927
  
India
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Axel Petersen
Sri-Krishna Prasada 		6
4 		6
4 		6
3 		     
2  
  		Einer Ulrich
Hassan Ali Fyzee 		1
6 		6
3 		9
7 		11
9 		   
3  
  		Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich
Hassan Ali Fyzee / Sri-Krishna Prasada 		6
2 		6
2 		6
3 		     
4  
  		Einer Ulrich
Sri-Krishna Prasada 		6
4 		7
5 		6
4 		     
5  
  		Axel Petersen
Hassan Ali Fyzee 		6
0 		6
2 		6
4 		     

Czechoslovakia vs. Belgium

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Czechoslovakia
4 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[19]
10–12 June 1927
  
Belgium
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jan Koželuh
Jean Washer 		2
6 		3
6 		7
5 		8
6 		6
0 		 
2  
  		Friedrich Rohrer
Willard Botsford 		6
2 		6
3 		4
6 		6
4 		   
3  
  		Jan Koželuh / Ladislav Žemla
Willard Botsford / Jean Washer 		8
6 		10
8 		6
4 		     
4  
  		Jan Koželuh
Willard Botsford 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		     
5  
  		Friedrich Rohrer
Jean Washer 		4
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     

Semifinals

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South Africa vs. France

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South Africa
0 		Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[20]
8–11 July 1927
Grass 		 
France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jack Condon
Henri Cochet 		0
6 		10
8 		2
6 		5
7 		   
2  
  		Louis Raymond
René Lacoste 		2
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
3  
  		Jack Condon / Louis Raymond
Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon 		5
7 		4
6 		6
8 		     
4  
  		Patrick Spence
Jacques Brugnon 		2
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
5  
  		Jack Condon
René Lacoste 		5
7 		3
6 		1
6 		     

Czechoslovakia vs. Denmark

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Czechoslovakia
2 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[21]
8–10 July 1927
  
Denmark
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Friedrich Rohrer
Axel Petersen 		5
7 		1
6 		6
4 		10
8 		3
6 		 
2  
  		Jan Koželuh
Einer Ulrich 		0
6 		6
1 		7
5 		6
4 		   
3  
  		Jan Koželuh / Ladislav Žemla
Axel Petersen / Einer Ulrich 		6
3 		6
4 		6
8 		5
7 		7
9 		 
4  
  		Jan Koželuh
Axel Petersen 		6
4 		12
10 		6
3 		     
5  
  		Friedrich Rohrer
Einer Ulrich 		4
6 		4
6 		8
10 		     

Final

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Denmark vs. France

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Denmark
0 		Copenhagen, Denmark[2]
21–22 July 1927
Clay 		 
France
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Einer Ulrich
Henri Cochet 		7
9 		7
9 		4
6 		     
2  
  		Axel Petersen
Jean Borotra 		8
6 		2
6 		1
6 		0
6 		   
3  
  		Axel Petersen / Einer Ulrich
Jean Borotra / Jacques Brugnon 		4
6 		0
6 		3
6 		     
4  
  		Einer Ulrich
Jean Borotra 		          not
played
5  
  		Axel Petersen
Henri Cochet 		          not
played

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 "Denmark v France". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Ireland v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Switzerland v Austria". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Denmark v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Great Britain v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Spain v India". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "France v Romania". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Hungary v Italy". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Portugal v Germany". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Switzerland v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Great Britain v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "India v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Greece". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Belgium v Poland". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Italy v France". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Germany v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Denmark v India". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "South Africa v France". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Denmark". daviscup.com.
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