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1946 Davis Cup Europe Zone

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The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1946 Davis Cup.

1946 Davis Cup Europe Zone
Details
Duration2 May 1946 – 17 July 1946
Teams15
Categories1946 Europe Zone
1946 America Zone
Champion
Winning nation Sweden
Qualified for: 1946 Davis Cup
Inter-Zonal Final
← 1939
1947 →

15 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] Sweden defeated Yugoslavia in the final, and went on to face the United States in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

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First round
2–12 May		Quarterfinals
24–26 May		Semifinals
9–14 June		Final
14–17 July
  Ireland
Stockholm, Sweden (clay)
bye
  Ireland0
Stockholm, Sweden (clay)
  Sweden5
  Sweden5
Stockholm, Sweden (clay)
  Netherlands0
  Sweden4
Brussels, Belgium
  Belgium1
  Belgium5
Brussels, Belgium
  Monaco0
  Belgium3
Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
  China2
  Denmark1
Varberg, Sweden (clay)
  China4
  Sweden3
Paris, France (clay)
  Yugoslavia2
  France5
Montreux, Switzerland
  Great Britain0
  France3
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
   Switzerland2
  Spain2
Paris, France (clay)
   Switzerland3
  France2
Zagreb, Yugoslavia
  Yugoslavia3
  Yugoslavia5
Prague, Czechoslovakia
  Egypt0
  Yugoslavia3
  Czechoslovakia2
  Turkey
  Czechoslovakiaw/o

First round

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Sweden vs. Netherlands

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Sweden
5 		Tennisstadion, Stockholm, Sweden[3]
10–12 May 1946
Clay 		 
Netherlands
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Lennart Bergelin
Ivo Rinkel 		5
7 		6
0 		6
4 		6
2 		   
2  
  		Torsten Johansson
Hans van Swol 		8
6 		6
4 		7
5 		     
3  
  		Lennart Bergelin / Torsten Johansson
Ivo Rinkel / Hans van Swol 		6
4 		5
7 		4
6 		7
5 		6
2 		 
4  
  		Lennart Bergelin
Hans van Swol 		7
5 		6
3 		6
1 		     
5  
  		Torsten Johansson
Ivo Rinkel 		9
7 		6
1 		6
1 		     

Belgium vs. Monaco

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Belgium
5 		Brussels, Belgium[4]
10–12 May 1946
  
Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jacques Van den Eynde
René Gallèpe 		6
0 		6
0 		6
2 		     
2  
  		Philippe Washer
Vladimir Landau 		6
1 		6
1 		6
1 		     
3  
  		Pierre Geelhand de Merxem / Philippe Washer
René Gallèpe / Vladimir Landau 		6
1 		6
2 		6
1 		     
4  
  		Jacques Van den Eynde
Vladimir Landau 		6
2 		6
3 		6
1 		     
5  
  		Philippe Washer
René Gallèpe 		6
1 		6
0 		6
2 		     

Denmark vs. China

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Denmark
1 		Copenhagen, Denmark[5]
10–12 May 1946
Clay 		 
China
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Arne Velschow-Rasmussen
Kho Sin-Kie 		0
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
2  
  		Jannik Ipsen
Choy Wai-Chuen 		2
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
3  
  		Jannik Ipsen / Per Thielsen
Choy Wai-Chuen / Kho Sin-Kie 		7
5 		2
6 		4
6 		5
7 		   
4  
  		Jannik Ipsen
Kho Sin-Kie 		0
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
5  
  		Erik Bjerre
Kenneth Lo 		3
6 		6
4 		6
1 		6
3 		   

France vs. Great Britain

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France
5 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[6]
10–12 May 1946
Clay 		 
Great Britain
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Pierre Pellizza
Donald MacPhail 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		     
2  
  		Yvon Petra
Derrick Barton 		6
4 		6
4 		6
3 		     
3  
  		Marcel Bernard / Bernard Destremau
Henry Billington / John Olliff 		13
11 		4
6 		7
5 		6
1 		   
4  
  		Pierre Pellizza
Derrick Barton 		6
2 		6
3 		6
1 		     
5  
  		Yvon Petra
Donald MacPhail 		6
0 		6
2 		6
1 		     

Spain vs. Switzerland

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Spain
2 		Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain[7]
2–6 May 1946
Clay 		 
Switzerland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Luis Carles
Hans Huonder 		6
3 		6
4 		6
3 		     
2  
  		Pedro Castella
Jost Spitzer 		0
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
3  
  		Jaime Bartroli / Luis Carles
René Buser / Jost Spitzer 		7
5 		6
8 		9
11 		7
9 		   
4  
  		Luis Carles
Jost Spitzer 		7
9 		7
5 		7
5 		3
6 		6
2 		 
5  
  		Pedro Castella
Hans Huonder 		6
3 		3
6 		1
6 		6
4 		4
6 		 

Yugoslavia vs. Egypt

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Yugoslavia
5 		Zagreb, Yugoslavia[8]
10–12 May 1946
  
Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Franjo Punčec
Adli El Shafei 		6
0 		6
1 		6
3 		     
2  
  		Dragutin Mitić
Andre Najar 		7
5 		6
1 		6
3 		     
3  
  		Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada
Jacques Grandguillot / Mahmoud Talaat 		6
2 		6
4 		3
6 		10
8 		   
4  
  		Josip Palada
Andre Najar 		6
0 		6
1 		6
2 		     
5  
  		Dragutin Mitić
Adli El Shafei 		6
0 		6
1 		6
3 		     

Quarterfinals

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Sweden vs. Ireland

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Sweden
5 		Tennisstadion, Stockholm, Sweden[9]
24–26 May 1946
Clay 		 
Ireland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Lennart Bergelin
Cyril Kemp 		2
6 		6
2 		6
2 		6
4 		   
2  
  		Torsten Johansson
Raymond Egan 		6
2 		7
5 		1
6 		3
6 		6
3 		 
3  
  		Lennart Bergelin / Torsten Johansson
Raymond Egan / Cyril Kemp 		3
6 		6
1 		6
3 		2
6 		6
3 		 
4  
  		Torsten Johansson
Cyril Kemp 		3
6 		6
1 		6
3 		2
6 		6
3 		 
5  
  		Lennart Bergelin
Raymond Egan 		6
4 		6
2 		6
0 		     

Belgium vs. China

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Belgium
3 		Brussels, Belgium[10]
24–26 May 1946
  
China
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jacques Van den Eynde
Kho Sin-Kie 		3
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     
2  
  		Philippe Washer
Choy Wai-Chuen 		7
5 		6
4 		6
2 		     
3  
  		Pierre Geelhand de Merxem / Philippe Washer
Choy Wai-Chuen / Kho Sin-Kie 		5
7 		6
3 		6
0 		3
6 		6
2 		 
4  
  		Jacques Van den Eynde
Choy Wai-Chuen 		4
6 		6
1 		6
3 		6
4 		   
5  
  		Philippe Washer
Kho Sin-Kie 		6
1 		7
5 		3
6 		4
6 		1
6 		 

Switzerland vs. France

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Switzerland
2 		Montreux, Switzerland[11]
24–26 May 1946
  
France
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Hans Huonder
Yvon Petra 		8
10 		0
6 		1
6 		     
2  
  		Jost Spitzer
Pierre Pellizza 		6
2 		6
3 		6
2 		     
3  
  		René Buser / Jost Spitzer
Marcel Bernard / Yvon Petra 		0
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
4  
  		Jost Spitzer
Yvon Petra 		3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
5  
  		Hans Huonder
Pierre Pellizza 		7
5 		6
4 		7
5 		     

Czechoslovakia vs. Yugoslavia

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Czechoslovakia
2 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[12]
24–26 May 1946
  
Yugoslavia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Vojtěch Vodička
Franjo Punčec 		3
6 		5
7 		5
7 		     
2  
  		Jaroslav Drobný
Dragutin Mitić 		6
3 		4
6 		6
0 		1
6 		3
6 		 
3  
  		Josef Caska / Jaroslav Drobný
Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada 		10
8 		6
2 		6
4 		     
4  
  		Vojtěch Vodička
Dragutin Mitić 		2
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     
5  
  		Jaroslav Drobný
Franjo Punčec 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		     

Semifinals

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Sweden vs. Belgium

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Sweden
4 		Tennisstadion, Stockholm, Sweden[13]
12–14 June 1946
Clay 		 
Belgium
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Lennart Bergelin
Jacques Peten 		3
6 		6
3 		6
1 		6
1 		   
2  
  		Torsten Johansson
Philippe Washer 		2
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
3  
  		Lennart Bergelin / Torsten Johansson
Pierre Geelhand de Merxem / Philippe Washer 		4
6 		6
2 		6
4 		6
4 		   
4  
  		Torsten Johansson
Jacques Peten 		6
3 		6
3 		6
0 		     
5  
  		Lennart Bergelin
Philippe Washer 		7
5 		3
6 		6
3 		9
7 		   

France vs. Yugoslavia

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France
2 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[14]
9–11 June 1946
Clay 		 
Yugoslavia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Yvon Petra
Dragutin Mitić 		2
6 		8
6 		6
4 		3
6 		8
6 		 
2  
  		Marcel Bernard
Franjo Punčec 		2
6 		6
1 		0
6 		7
5 		6
3 		 
3  
  		Bernard Destremau / Pierre Pellizza
Dragutin Mitić / Franjo Punčec 		10
8 		6
8 		3
6 		7
5 		8
10 		 
4  
  		Marcel Bernard
Dragutin Mitić 		3
6 		6
4 		6
3 		0
6 		3
6 		 
5  
  		Yvon Petra
Franjo Punčec 		3
6 		6
3 		4
6 		9
7 		0
6 		 

Final

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Sweden vs. Yugoslavia

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Sweden
3 		Centercourt, Varberg, Sweden[2]
14–17 July 1946
Clay 		 
Yugoslavia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Torsten Johansson
Dragutin Mitić 		6
4 		6
1 		1
6 		2
6 		0
6 		 
2  
  		Lennart Bergelin
Josip Palada 		2
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
3  
  		Lennart Bergelin / Torsten Johansson
Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada 		6
1 		3
6 		3
6 		8
6 		6
2 		 
4  
  		Torsten Johansson
Josip Palada 		6
3 		6
4 		6
4 		     
5  
  		Lennart Bergelin
Dragutin Mitić 		5
7 		3
6 		6
3 		6
1 		10
8 		 

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 "Sweden v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Sweden v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Belgium v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Denmark v China". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "France v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Spain v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Yugoslavia v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Sweden v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Belgium v China". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Switzerland v France". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Sweden v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "France v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
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