1936 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

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

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First Round
24 April–3 May
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
  Spain1
  Germany4
Monte Carlo, Monaco
  Netherlands3
  Monaco2
Paris, France (clay)
  France5
  China0
Second Round
8–17 May
Quarterfinals
4–7 June
Semifinals
12–15 June
Final
10–12 July
Dublin, Ireland (grass)
  Ireland4
Dublin, Ireland (grass)
  Sweden1
  Ireland3
Montreux, Switzerland
   Switzerland2
   Switzerland5
Berlin, Germany
  Denmark0
  Ireland0
Athens, Greece
  Germany5
  Greece1
Berlin, Germany
  Argentina4
  Argentina1
Düsseldorf, Germany
  Germany4
  Hungary0
Zagreb, Yugoslavia
  Germany5
  Germany3
Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
  Yugoslavia0
  Netherlands1
Paris, France (clay)
  France4
  France2
Zagreb, Yugoslavia
  Yugoslavia3
  Yugoslavia3
Vienna, Austria
  Czechoslovakia2
  Yugoslavia4
Oslo, Norway (clay)
  Austria1
  Norway2
Vienna, Austria
  Belgium3
  Belgium1
Vienna, Austria
  Austria4
  Austria3
  Poland2

First round

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Spain vs. Germany

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Spain
1
Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain[3]
24–26 April 1936
Clay
 
Germany
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Manuel Alonso Areizaga
Gottfried von Cramm
3
6
4
6
3
6
     
2  
 
Enrique Maier
Henner Henkel
4
6
5
7
6
8
     
3  
 
Juan Manuel Blanc / Enrique Maier
Gottfried von Cramm / Kay Lund
3
6
3
6
7
9
     
4  
 
Enrique Maier
Gottfried von Cramm
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
5  
 
Manuel Alonso Areizaga
Henner Henkel
2
6
3
6
4
6
     

Monaco vs. Netherlands

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Monaco
2
Monte Carlo, Monaco[4]
1–3 May 1936
 
Netherlands
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Vladimir Landau
Tod Hughan
3
6
7
5
2
6
1
6
   
2  
 
René Gallèpe
Hendrik Timmer
3
6
2
6
1
6
     
3  
 
René Gallèpe / Vladimir Landau
Tod Hughan / Willem Karsten
6
4
7
5
3
6
7
5
   
4  
 
Vladimir Landau
Hendrik Timmer
2
6
3
6
6
8
     
5  
 
René Gallèpe
Tod Hughan
6
2
6
4
6
3
     

France vs. China

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France
5
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[5]
1–3 May 1936
Clay
 
China
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Christian Boussus
Kho Sin-Kie
6
0
6
0
6
1
     
2  
 
Bernard Destremau
Guy Cheng
6
1
6
3
6
8
6
3
   
3  
 
Marcel Bernard / Jean Borotra
Kho Sin-Kie / Lum Pao-Hua
6
1
6
3
4
6
6
2
   
4  
 
Christian Boussus
Guy Cheng
6
0
6
0
6
2
     
5  
 
Bernard Destremau
Kho Sin-Kie
6
3
6
2
4
6
6
2
   

Second round

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Ireland vs. Sweden

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Ireland
4
Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[6]
14–16 May 1936
Grass
 
Sweden
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
George Lyttleton-Rogers
Kalle Schröder
9
7
2
6
1
6
6
3
6
4
 
2  
 
George McVeagh
Curt Östberg
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
3  
 
George Lyttleton-Rogers / George McVeagh
Curt Östberg / Kalle Schröder
6
3
2
6
7
9
5
7
   
4  
 
George McVeagh
Kalle Schröder
2
6
7
5
6
3
6
3
   
5  
 
George Lyttleton-Rogers
Curt Östberg
0
6
6
2
6
4
6
3
   

Switzerland vs. Denmark

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Switzerland
5
Montreux, Switzerland[7]
15–17 May 1936
 
Denmark
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Max Ellmer
Helge Plougmann
6
1
6
4
6
1
     
2  
 
Hector Fisher
Niels Korner
6
2
6
1
6
0
     
3  
 
Boris Maneff / Werner Steiner
Helge Plougmann / Einer Ulrich
6
1
6
3
11
9
     
4  
 
Max Ellmer
Niels Korner
6
3
6
0
3
6
6
0
   
5  
 
Hector Fisher
Helge Plougmann
6
0
7
5
4
6
6
8
6
1
 

Greece vs. Argentina

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Greece
1
Athens, Greece[8]
8–10 May 1936
 
Argentina
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Lazaros Stalios
Adriano Zappa
6
4
6
3
6
4
     
2  
 
Georgios Nikolaides
Lucilo del Castillo
4
6
0
6
1
6
     
3  
 
Georgios Nikolaides / Lazaros Stalios
Lucilo del Castillo / Adriano Zappa
6
4
1
6
1
6
2
6
   
4  
 
Georgios Nikolaides
Adriano Zappa
3
6
1
6
7
5
1
6
   
5  
 
Lazaros Stalios
Lucilo del Castillo
2
6
4
6
7
9
     

Germany vs. Hungary

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Germany
5
Düsseldorf, Germany[9]
15–17 May 1936
 
Hungary
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Gottfried von Cramm
Emil Gábori
6
3
6
2
6
3
     
2  
 
Henner Henkel
György Dallos
6
1
6
1
6
2
     
3  
 
Gottfried von Cramm / Kay Lund
Emil Ferenczy / Emil Gábori
6
3
7
5
6
0
     
4  
 
Gottfried von Cramm
György Dallos
6
1
7
5
6
3
     
5  
 
Henner Henkel
Emil Gábori
8
6
6
3
7
5
     

Netherlands vs. France

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Netherlands
1
Scheveningen, Netherlands[10]
9–11 May 1936
Clay
 
France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Hendrik Timmer
Christian Boussus
6
3
6
3
6
1
     
2  
 
Tod Hughan
Bernard Destremau
4
6
6
3
6
3
4
6
1
6
 
3  
 
Willem Karsten / Hendrik Timmer
Marcel Bernard / Jean Borotra
1
6
3
6
8
6
2
6
   
4  
 
Tod Hughan
Christian Boussus
6
3
8
10
2
6
0
6
   
5  
 
Hendrik Timmer
Bernard Destremau
6
0
1
6
3
6
2
6
   

Yugoslavia vs. Czechoslovakia

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Yugoslavia
3
Zagreb, Yugoslavia[11]
15–17 May 1936
 
Czechoslovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Franjo Punčec
Josef Šíba
6
1
6
2
2
6
6
0
   
2  
 
Josip Palada
Ladislav Hecht
6
8
1
6
6
2
2
6
   
3  
 
Franjo Kukuljević / Franjo Punčec
Ladislav Hecht / Ferenc Maršálek
6
4
7
9
6
2
3
6
4
6
 
4  
 
Franjo Punčec
Ladislav Hecht
6
3
4
6
1
6
6
4
6
2
 
5  
 
Josip Palada
Josef Šíba
6
3
6
2
6
4
     

Norway vs. Belgium

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Norway
2
Oslo, Norway[12]
14–16 May 1936
Clay
 
Belgium
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Johan Haanes
André Lacroix
6
4
3
6
0
6
2
6
   
2  
 
Fritz Jenssen
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
8
6
4
6
6
2
6
4
   
3  
 
Johan Haanes / Fritz Jenssen
Léopold de Borman / André Lacroix
4
6
2
6
9
7
3
6
   
4  
 
Fritz Jenssen
André Lacroix
5
7
2
6
4
6
     
5  
 
Johan Haanes
Jacques Van den Eynde
6
4
2
6
8
6
6
2
   

Austria vs. Poland

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Austria
3
Vienna, Austria[13]
15–17 May 1936
 
Poland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Adam Baworowski
Ignacy Tłoczyński
6
4
6
3
6
3
     
2  
 
Georg von Metaxa
Józef Hebda
4
6
5
7
4
6
     
3  
 
Adam Baworowski / Georg von Metaxa
Józef Hebda / Kazimierz Tarlowski
6
1
6
2
6
4
     
4  
 
Adam Baworowski
Józef Hebda
0
6
6
2
6
4
1
6
5
7
 
5  
 
Georg von Metaxa
Ignacy Tłoczyński
6
4
6
8
3
6
7
5
6
3
 

Quarterfinals

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Ireland vs. Switzerland

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Ireland
3
Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[14]
4–6 June 1936
Grass
 
Switzerland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
George Lyttleton-Rogers
Boris Maneff
6
2
6
3
3
6
3
6
6
0
 
2  
 
George McVeagh
Hector Fisher
1
6
6
3
8
6
0
6
2
6
 
3  
 
George Lyttleton-Rogers / George McVeagh
Hector Fisher / Werner Steiner
5
7
6
4
6
1
6
4
   
4  
 
George Lyttleton-Rogers
Hector Fisher
6
3
2
6
3
6
2
6
   
5  
 
George McVeagh
Max Ellmer
6
3
4
6
6
4
11
9
   

Germany vs. Argentina

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Germany
4
Berlin, Germany[15]
5–7 June 1936
 
Argentina
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Gottfried von Cramm
Lucilo del Castillo
6
0
4
6
6
4
6
1
   
2  
 
Henner Henkel
Adriano Zappa
6
1
6
1
6
3
     
3  
 
Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel
Lucilo del Castillo / Adriano Zappa
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
4  
 
Hans Denker
Adriano Zappa
6
3
0
6
6
2
1
6
1
6
 
5  
 
Henner Henkel
Lucilo del Castillo
6
0
6
1
6
1
     

France vs. Yugoslavia

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France
2
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[16]
5–7 June 1936
Clay
 
Yugoslavia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Christian Boussus
Josip Palada
2
6
6
2
3
6
2
6
   
2  
 
Bernard Destremau
Franjo Punčec
3
6
6
2
7
5
0
6
9
7
 
3  
 
Marcel Bernard / Jean Borotra
Franjo Kukuljević / Dragutin Mitić
8
6
7
5
4
6
3
6
6
2
 
4  
 
Bernard Destremau
Josip Palada
1
6
6
1
6
8
4
6
   
5  
 
Christian Boussus
Franjo Punčec
6
3
1
6
6
4
5
7
1
6
 

Austria vs. Belgium

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Austria
4
Vienna, Austria[17]
5–7 June 1936
 
Belgium
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Georg von Metaxa
André Lacroix
3
6
6
3
6
4
2
6
6
3
 
2  
 
Adam Baworowski
Jacques Van den Eynde
6
3
3
6
4
6
6
3
6
2
 
3  
 
Adam Baworowski / Georg von Metaxa
Léopold de Borman / André Lacroix
6
2
6
8
5
7
3
6
   
4  
 
Georg von Metaxa
Jacques Van den Eynde
6
3
4
6
6
3
6
2
   
5  
 
Adam Baworowski
André Lacroix
6
4
6
3
11
9
     

Semifinals

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Germany vs. Ireland

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Germany
5
Berlin, Germany[18]
12–14 June 1936
 
Ireland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Gottfried von Cramm
George Lyttleton-Rogers
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
2  
 
Henner Henkel
George McVeagh
6
1
8
6
6
2
     
3  
 
Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel
George Lyttleton-Rogers / George McVeagh
6
0
6
1
6
4
     
4  
 
Henner Henkel
George Lyttleton-Rogers
6
2
6
0
6
0
     
5  
 
Gottfried von Cramm
George McVeagh
6
2
6
3
6
1
     

Austria vs. Yugoslavia

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Austria
1
Vienna, Austria[19]
13–15 June 1936
 
Yugoslavia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Georg von Metaxa
Franjo Punčec
4
6
3
6
1
6
     
2  
 
Adam Baworowski
Josip Palada
6
3
4
6
3
6
6
3
5
7
 
3  
 
Adam Baworowski / Georg von Metaxa
Franjo Kukuljević / Dragutin Mitić
4
6
6
3
6
4
4
6
6
2
 
4  
 
Georg von Metaxa
Josip Palada
6
8
3
6
6
2
6
3
4
6
 
5  
 
Adam Baworowski
Franjo Kukuljević
7
5
4
6
6
1
2
6
3
6
 

Final

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Yugoslavia vs. Germany

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Yugoslavia
0
Zagreb, Yugoslavia[2]
10–12 July 1936
 
Germany
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Josip Palada
Gottfried von Cramm
4
6
2
6
8
6
2
6
   
2  
 
Franjo Punčec
Henner Henkel
1
6
2
6
4
6
     
3  
 
Franjo Kukuljević / Dragutin Mitić
Gottfried von Cramm / Henner Henkel
6
8
6
4
3
6
6
4
3
6
 
4  
 
Franjo Punčec
Gottfried von Cramm
          not
played
5  
 
Josip Palada
Henner Henkel
          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 "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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