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1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

Main article: 1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1928 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

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

Draw

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First Round
7 April–12 May		Second Round
11–26 May		Quarterfinals
7–11 June		Semifinals
20–24 June		Final
13–15 July
   SwitzerlandZürich, Switzerland
bye   Switzerland2
  India  India3Turin, Italy (clay)
bye  India1
  Romania5Rome, Italy (clay)  Italy4
  Belgium0  Romania0
  Italy4  Italy4Felixstowe, England (grass)
  Australia1  Italy4
  Yugoslavia1Helsinki, Finland (clay)  Great Britain1
  Finland4  Finland0
  Great Britain4  Great Britain5Birmingham, England (grass)
  Argentina1  Great Britain4
  Germany4Berlin, Germany (clay)  Germany1
  Greece1  Germany3
  Spain3  Spain2Milan, Italy (clay)
  Chile2  Italy3
  Poland0Copenhagen, Denmark  Czechoslovakia2
  Denmark5  Denmark1
  Austria4  Austria4The Hague, Netherlands (clay)
  Philippines1  Austria0
  Norway0Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)  Netherlands3
  Hungary5  Hungary2
  Ireland0  Netherlands3Prague, Czechoslovakia
  Netherlands5  Netherlands2
  Sweden [3]w/oStockholm, Sweden  Czechoslovakia3
  South Africa  Sweden1
bye  Czechoslovakia4
  Czechoslovakia  Czechoslovakia [4]w/o
byeLisbon, Portugal (clay)  New Zealand
  Portugal  Portugal1
bye  New Zealand4
  New Zealand

First round

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Romania vs. Belgium

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Romania
5 		Bucharest, Romania[5]
4–6 May 1928
Clay 		 
Belgium
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Gheorghe Lupu
Andre Ewbank 		6
3 		7
9 		7
5 		7
9 		6
3 		 
2  
  		Nicolae Mișu
Maurice Iwiens-d'Eeckhoutte 		6
3 		8
6 		3
6 		6
3 		   
3  
  		Laszlo Dorner / Nicolae Mișu
Andre Ewbank / André Lacroix 		6
4 		4
6 		6
2 		7
5 		   
4  
  		Nicolae Mișu
Andre Ewbank 		6
4 		6
1 		6
4 		     
5  
  		Gheorghe Lupu
Maurice Iwiens-d'Eeckhoutte 		3
6 		4
6 		6
4 		6
4 		6
0 		 

Italy vs. Australia

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Italy
4 		Genoa, Italy[6]
4–9 May 1928
Clay 		 
Australia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Uberto De Morpurgo
Jack Crawford 		7
5 		6
3 		6
2 		     
2  
  		Giorgio de Stefani
Gerald Patterson 		1
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3  
  		Placido Gaslini / Uberto De Morpurgo
Harry Hopman / Gerald Patterson 		6
3 		6
4 		1
6 		1
6 		6
2 		 
4  
  		Uberto De Morpurgo
Gerald Patterson 		1
6 		6
4 		6
3 		2
6 		6
1 		 
5  
  		Giorgio de Stefani
Harry Hopman 		7
5 		8
6 		10
8 		     

Yugoslavia vs. Finland

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Yugoslavia
1 		Zagreb, Yugoslavia[7]
4–6 May 1928
  
Finland
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Franjo Šefer
Arne Grahn 		2
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     
2  
  		Aleksandar Popović
Bo Grotenfelt 		4
6 		6
1 		3
6 		5
7 		   
3  
  		Aleksandar Popović / Franjo Šefer
Arne Grahn / Bo Grotenfelt 		2
6 		2
6 		6
8 		     
4  
  		Aleksandar Popović
Arne Grahn 		2
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
5  
  		Franjo Šefer
Bo Grotenfelt 		6
3 		2
6 		9
7 		7
5 		   

Great Britain vs. Argentina

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Great Britain
4 		Abbey Park Gardens, Torquay, England[8]
3–5 May 1928
Clay 		 
Argentina
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Colin Gregory
Guillermo Robson 		10
12 		13
11 		6
3 		8
6 		   
2  
  		Edward Higgs
Ronaldo Boyd 		3
6 		6
4 		3
6 		3
6 		   
3  
  		Gordon Crole-Rees / Cyril Eames
Ronaldo Boyd / Guillermo Robson 		6
4 		6
1 		9
11 		1
6 		7
5 		 
4  
  		Colin Gregory
Ronaldo Boyd 		6
4 		11
9 		6
2 		     
5  
  		Edward Higgs
Guillermo Robson 		7
5 		6
2 		2
6 		7
5 		   

Germany vs. Greece

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Germany
4 		Munich, Germany[9]
4–6 May 1928
  
Greece
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Phillip Buss
Augustos Zerlendis 		7
5 		6
4 		4
6 		6
2 		   
2  
  		Otto Froitzheim
Max Balli 		3
6 		6
3 		6
1 		9
7 		   
3  
  		Curt Bergmann / Heinrich Kleinschroth
Max Balli / Augustos Zerlendis 		6
1 		6
3 		6
4 		     
4  
  		Phillip Buss
Max Balli 		6
1 		6
4 		6
4 		     
5  
  		Otto Froitzheim
Augustos Zerlendis 		1
6 		3
6 		6
4 		6
4 		1
6 		 

Spain vs. Chile

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Spain
3 		Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain[10]
7–9 April 1928
Clay 		 
Chile
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Francisco Sindreu
Domingo Torralva Ponsa 		6
3 		6
2 		3
6 		6
3 		   
2  
  		Antonio Juanico
Luis Torralva Ponsa 		4
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3  
  		Eduardo Flaquer / Raimundo Morales Marqués
Domingo Torralva Ponsa / Luis Torralva Ponsa 		6
4 		2
6 		6
3 		7
9 		2
6 		 
4  
  		Francisco Sindreu
Luis Torralva Ponsa 		6
4 		7
5 		6
4 		     
5  
  		Antonio Juanico
Domingo Torralva Ponsa 		6
4 		4
6 		6
3 		3
6 		6
1 		 

Poland vs. Denmark

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Poland
0 		Warsaw, Poland[11]
4–6 May 1928
  
Denmark
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jerzy Stolarow
Einer Ulrich 		6
3 		4
6 		0
6 		4
6 		   
2  
  		Przemyslaw Warminski
Axel Petersen 		2
6 		6
3 		4
6 		2
6 		   
3  
  		Jerzy Stolarow / Maksymilian Stolarow
Axel Petersen / Einer Ulrich 		1
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4  
  		Przemyslaw Warminski
Einer Ulrich 		4
6 		4
6 		6
8 		     
5  
  		Jerzy Stolarow
Axel Petersen 		1
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     

Austria vs. Philippines

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Austria
4 		Vienna, Austria[12]
4–6 May 1928
  
Philippines
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Hermann von Artens
Guillermo Aragon 		6
3 		6
3 		6
3 		     
2  
  		Franz-Wilhelm Matejka
Lope Yngayo 		6
2 		6
2 		6
4 		     
3  
  		Hermann von Artens / Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten
Guillermo Aragon / Lope Yngayo 		6
2 		11
13 		6
0 		6
3 		   
4  
  		Hermann von Artens
Lope Yngayo 		4
6 		2
6 		6
1 		    retired
 
5  
  		Franz-Wilhelm Matejka
Guillermo Aragon 		6
0 		6
2 		6
3 		     

Norway vs. Hungary

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Norway
0 		Oslo, Norway[13]
4–6 May 1928
Clay 		 
Hungary
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Rolf Christoffersen
Béla von Kehrling 		1
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
2  
  		Torleif Torkildsen
Imre Takáts 		5
7 		9
7 		4
6 		6
1 		2
6 		 
3  
  		Rolf Christoffersen / Torleif Torkildsen
Béla von Kehrling / Jenő Péteri 		2
6 		2
6 		6
4 		0
6 		   
4  
  		Torleif Torkildsen
Béla von Kehrling 		5
7 		6
3 		3
6 		1
6 		   
5  
  		Rolf Christoffersen
Imre Takáts 		1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     

Ireland vs. Netherlands

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Ireland
0 		Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[14]
10–12 May 1928
Grass 		 
Netherlands
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Denis O'Callaghan
Arthur Diemer-Kool 		2
6 		7
5 		1
6 		2
6 		   
2  
  		Charles Scroppe
Hendrik Timmer 		2
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3  
  		Denis O'Callaghan / Charles Scroppe
Arthur Diemer-Kool / Hendrik Timmer 		4
6 		6
8 		6
8 		     
4  
  		Charles Scroppe
Arthur Diemer-Kool 		6
3 		3
6 		7
5 		1
6 		1
6 		 
5  
  		Denis O'Callaghan
Hendrik Timmer 		1
6 		2
6 		0
6 		     

Second round

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Switzerland vs. India

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Switzerland
2 		Zürich, Switzerland[15]
12–14 May 1928
  
India
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Charles Aeschlimann
Mohammed Sleem 		3
6 		7
9 		2
6 		     
2  
  		Jean Wuarin
E.V. Bobb 		3
6 		1
6 		9
7 		3
6 		   
3  
  		Charles Aeschlimann / Maurice Ferrier
Dudley Pitt / Hira-Lal Soni 		4
6 		8
10 		6
3 		6
4 		6
1 		 
4  
  		Jean Wuarin
Mohammed Sleem 		1
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
5  
  		Charles Aeschlimann
E.V. Bobb 		6
4 		1
6 		6
4 		6
2 		   

Italy vs. Romania

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Italy
4 		Rome, Italy[16]
17–19 May 1928
Clay 		 
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Uberto De Morpurgo
Gheorghe Lupu 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     
2  
  		Giorgio de Stefani
Laszlo Dorner 		6
3 		6
2 		6
2 		     
3  
  		Placido Gaslini / Uberto De Morpurgo
Laszlo Dorner / Gheorghe Lupu 		6
2 		6
4 		4
6 		3
6 		6
4 		 
4  
  		Giorgio de Stefani
Gheorghe Lupu 		3
6 		6
4 		6
4 		5
7 		9
7 		 
5  
  		Uberto De Morpurgo
Laszlo Dorner 		          not
played

Finland vs. Great Britain

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Finland
0 		Helsinki Tennis Club, Helsinki, Finland[17]
18–20 May 1928
Clay 		 
Great Britain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Arne Grahn
Colin Gregory 		0
6 		6
1 		1
6 		1
6 		   
2  
  		Bo Grotenfelt
Edward Higgs 		2
6 		1
6 		6
2 		0
6 		   
3  
  		Arne Grahn / Bo Grotenfelt
Gordon Crole-Rees / Cyril Eames 		3
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
4  
  		Runar Granholm
Colin Gregory 		2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
5  
  		Arne Grahn
Edward Higgs 		6
4 		1
6 		4
6 		4
6 		   

Germany vs. Spain

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Germany
3 		Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, Berlin, Germany[18]
17–19 May 1928
Clay 		 
Spain
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Hans Moldenhauer
Eduardo Flaquer 		6
4 		3
6 		7
5 		6
3 		   
2  
  		Daniel Prenn
Francisco Sindreu 		5
7 		6
2 		2
6 		6
3 		6
4 		 
3  
  		Curt Bergmann / Heinrich Kleinschroth
Eduardo Flaquer / Raimundo Morales Marqués 		5
7 		3
6 		6
2 		9
7 		1
6 		 
4  
  		Hans Moldenhauer
Francisco Sindreu 		4
6 		1
6 		7
5 		6
1 		3
6 		 
5  
  		Daniel Prenn
Eduardo Flaquer 		4
6 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		   

Denmark vs. Austria

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Denmark
1 		Copenhagen, Denmark[19]
23–26 May 1928
  
Austria
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Axel Petersen
Hermann von Artens 		4
6 		2
6 		5
7 		     
2  
  		Einer Ulrich
Franz-Wilhelm Matejka 		1
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3  
  		Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich
Hermann von Artens / Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten 		8
6 		6
0 		11
9 		     
4  
  		Einer Ulrich
Hermann von Artens 		4
6 		4
6 		6
3 		7
9 		   
5  
  		Axel Petersen
Franz-Wilhelm Matejka 		6
8 		2
6 		7
5 		6
2 		3
6 		 

Netherlands vs. Hungary

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Netherlands
3 		Noordwijk, Netherlands[20]
18–20 May 1928
Clay 		 
Hungary
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Hendrik Timmer
Imre Takáts 		6
2 		6
0 		6
1 		     
2  
  		Arthur Diemer-Kool
Béla von Kehrling 		5
7 		6
4 		6
2 		1
6 		1
1 		retired
 
3  
  		Ody Koopman / Hendrik Timmer
Béla von Kehrling / Jenő Péteri 		1
6 		6
4 		6
2 		7
5 		   
4  
  		Hendrik Timmer
Béla von Kehrling 		6
3 		6
4 		6
3 		     
5  
  		Ody Koopman
Imre Takáts 		4
6 		2
6 		5
7 		     

Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia

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Sweden
1 		East Malm Athletic/Soccer Fields, Stockholm, Sweden[21]
17–19 May 1928
Clay 		 
Czechoslovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Ingvar Garell
Jan Koželuh 		6
8 		0
6 		1
6 		     
2  
  		Sune Malmström
Roderich Menzel 		3
6 		3
6 		6
3 		5
7 		   
3  
  		Sune Malmström / Charles Wennergren
Jan Koželuh / Pavel Macenauer 		0
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4  
  		Ingvar Garell
Roderich Menzel 		2
6 		0
6 		7
5 		6
8 		   
5  
  		Sune Malmström
Pavel Macenauer 		10
8 		1
6 		7
5 		6
3 		   

Portugal vs. New Zealand

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Portugal
1 		Sporting Club, Lisbon, Portugal[22]
11–13 May 1928
Clay 		 
New Zealand
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		José de Verda
Russell Young 		6
2 		6
2 		6
3 		     
2  
  		Antonio Pinto-Coelho
Eskell Andrews 		3
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     
3  
  		Antonio Casanovas / Fernando Vasconcelos
Eskell Andrews / Russell Young 		7
5 		4
6 		2
6 		2
6 		   
4  
  		Antonio Pinto-Coelho
Russell Young 		6
4 		1
6 		3
6 		0
6 		   
5  
  		José de Verda
Eskell Andrews 		4
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     

Quarterfinals

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Italy vs. India

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Italy
4 		Turin, Italy[23]
9–11 June 1928
Clay 		 
India
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Uberto De Morpurgo
Mohammed Sleem 		6
3 		6
3 		6
1 		     
2  
  		Giorgio de Stefani
E.V. Bobb 		6
4 		6
1 		6
3 		     
3  
  		Placido Gaslini / Uberto De Morpurgo
E.V. Bobb / Mohammed Sleem 		6
3 		6
3 		3
6 		6
3 		   
4  
  		Uberto De Morpurgo
E.V. Bobb 		6
2 		6
4 		6
4 		     
5  
  		Giorgio de Stefani
Mohammed Sleem 		4
6 		6
8 		6
4 		3
6 		   

Great Britain vs. Germany

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Great Britain
4 		Edgbaston Lawn Tennis Society, Birmingham, England[24]
7–9 June 1928
Grass 		 
Germany
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Edward Higgs
Hans Moldenhauer 		6
4 		4
6 		6
2 		0
6 		6
4 		 
2  
  		Colin Gregory
Otto Froitzheim 		6
4 		4
6 		6
0 		     
retired
3  
  		Gordon Crole-Rees / Cyril Eames
Heinrich Kleinschroth / Daniel Prenn 		7
5 		6
2 		6
4 		     
4  
  		Colin Gregory
Hans Moldenhauer 		2
6 		6
4 		3
6 		6
1 		6
2 		 
5  
  		Edward Higgs
Daniel Prenn 		6
3 		1
6 		5
7 		6
2 		3
6 		 

Netherlands vs. Austria

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Netherlands
3 		The Hague, Netherlands[25]
7–9 June 1928
Clay 		 
Austria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Hendrik Timmer
Franz-Wilhelm Matejka 		2
6 		5
7 		6
0 		6
3 		6
4 		 
2  
  		Arthur Diemer-Kool
Hermann von Artens 		6
3 		4
6 		6
3 		3
6 		6
0 		 
3  
  		Arthur Diemer-Kool / Hendrik Timmer
Hermann von Artens / Franz-Wilhelm Matejka 		6
2 		6
3 		6
0 		     
4  
  		Hendrik Timmer
Hermann von Artens 		          not
played
5  
  		Arthur Diemer-Kool
Franz-Wilhelm Matejka 		          not
played

Semifinals

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Great Britain vs. Italy

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Great Britain
1 		Felixstowe Lawn Tennis Club, Felixstowe, England[26]
20–22 June 1928
Grass 		 
Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Edward Higgs
Uberto De Morpurgo 		5
7 		4
6 		5
7 		     
2  
  		Colin Gregory
Giorgio de Stefani 		6
3 		3
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   
3  
  		Gordon Crole-Rees / Cyril Eames
Placido Gaslini / Uberto De Morpurgo 		4
6 		6
3 		6
4 		7
9 		5
7 		 
4  
  		Colin Gregory
Uberto De Morpurgo 		0
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
5  
  		Edward Higgs
Giorgio de Stefani 		6
1 		3
6 		6
3 		5
7 		6
2 		 

Czechoslovakia vs. Netherlands

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Czechoslovakia
3 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[27]
22–24 June 1928
  
Netherlands
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Pavel Macenauer
Hendrik Timmer 		6
2 		0
6 		6
0 		6
4 		   
2  
  		Jan Koželuh
Christiaan van Lennep 		6
2 		6
0 		6
2 		     
3  
  		Jan Koželuh / Roderich Menzel
Christiaan van Lennep / Hendrik Timmer 		3
6 		6
3 		2
6 		4
6 		   
4  
  		Jan Koželuh
Hendrik Timmer 		3
6 		6
1 		1
6 		4
6 		   
5  
  		Pavel Macenauer
Christiaan van Lennep 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     

Final

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Italy vs. Czechoslovakia

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Italy
3 		Milan, Italy[2]
13–15 July 1928
Clay 		 
Czechoslovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Uberto De Morpurgo
Pavel Macenauer 		6
3 		6
3 		6
4 		     
2  
  		Placido Gaslini
Jan Koželuh 		1
6 		7
9 		6
3 		4
6 		   
3  
  		Placido Gaslini / Uberto De Morpurgo
Jan Koželuh / Pavel Macenauer 		6
8 		6
4 		4
6 		4
6 		   
4  
  		Uberto De Morpurgo
Jan Koželuh 		6
1 		6
2 		6
0 		     
5  
  		Placido Gaslini
Pavel Macenauer 		0
6 		6
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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 "Italy v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Sweden v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Czechoslovakia v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Romania v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Italy v Australia". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Yugoslavia v Finland". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Great Britain v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Germany v Greece". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Spain v Chile". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Poland v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Austria v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Norway v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Ireland v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Switzerland v India". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Italy v Romania". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Finland v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Germany v Spain". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Denmark v Austria". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Netherlands v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Sweden v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "Portugal v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  23. ^ "Italy v India". daviscup.com.
  24. ^ "Great Britain v Germany". daviscup.com.
  25. ^ "Netherlands v Austria". daviscup.com.
  26. ^ "Great Britain v Italy". daviscup.com.
  27. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
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