1958 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1958 Davis Cup.

1958 Davis Cup Europe Zone
Details
Duration25 April 1958 – 3 August 1958
Teams24
Categories1958 Davis Cup America Zone
1958 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
1958 Davis Cup Europe Zone
Champion
Winning nation Italy
Qualified for: 1958 Davis Cup
Inter-Zonal Finals
1957
1959

24 teams entered the Europe Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the America Zone and Eastern Zone. Italy defeated Great Britain in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2]

Draw

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First Round
25 April–4 May
Second Round
15–20 May
Quarterfinals
5–8 June
Semifinals
18–21 July
Final
1–3 August
  ItalyFlorence, Italy (clay)
bye  Italy3
  Monaco0  India2Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
  India5  Italy5
  DenmarkCopenhagen, Denmark (clay)  Denmark0
bye  Denmark3
  Yugoslavia0  Czechoslovakia2Warsaw, Poland
  Czechoslovakia5  Italy4
  MexicoHelsinki, Finland  Poland1
bye  Mexico5
  Luxembourg0  Finland0Warsaw, Poland
  Finland5  Mexico2
  PolandLausanne, Switzerland  Poland3
bye  Poland4
   Switzerland3   Switzerland1Milan, Italy (clay)
  Austria2  Italy4
  Turkey1Paris, France (clay)  Great Britain1
  Chile4  Chile1
bye  France4Paris, France (clay)
  France  France3
  Egypt1Barcelona, Spain (clay)  Sweden2
  Spain4  Spain2
bye  Sweden3Manchester, England (grass)
  Sweden  France0
  Hungary2Eastbourne, England (grass)  Great Britain5
  Brazil3  Brazil0
bye  Great Britain5Scarborough, England (grass)
  Great Britain  Great Britain5
  West Germany4Cologne, West Germany  West Germany0
  Netherlands0  West Germany3
bye  Belgium2
  Belgium

First round

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Monaco vs. India

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Monaco
0
Monte Carlo, Monaco[3]
25–27 April 1958
 
India
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Georges Pasquier
Ramanathan Krishnan
0
6
1
6
0
6
     
2  
 
Roland Borghini
Naresh Kumar
8
6
2
6
3
6
4
6
   
3  
 
Roland Borghini / Georges Pasquier
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar
0
6
1
6
3
6
     
4  
 
Roland Borghini
Ramanathan Krishnan
7
5
3
6
2
6
0
6
   
5  
 
Georges Pasquier
Akhtar Ali
3
6
3
6
4
6
     

Yugoslavia vs. Czechoslovakia

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Yugoslavia
0
Zagreb, Yugoslavia[4]
25–27 April 1958
 
Czechoslovakia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ivko Plećević
Jiří Javorský
4
6
4
6
4
6
     
2  
 
Kamilo Keretić
Pavel Benda
3
6
6
4
6
1
3
6
4
6
 
3  
 
Ilija Panajotović / Ivko Plećević
Jiří Javorský / Milan Nečas
6
4
4
6
3
6
1
6
   
4  
 
Kamilo Keretić
Jiří Javorský
2
6
6
8
6
1
2
6
   
5  
 
Ivko Plećević
Pavel Benda
6
3
7
5
1
6
1
6
5
7
 

Luxembourg vs. Finland

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Luxembourg
0
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg[5]
25–27 April 1958
 
Finland
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Frank Baden
Reino Nyyssönen
3
6
7
5
2
6
6
3
5
7
 
2  
 
Gaston Wampach
Sakari Salo
2
6
2
6
6
8
     
3  
 
Frank Baden / Gaston Wampach
Reino Nyyssönen / Sakari Salo
1
6
7
5
6
4
4
6
4
6
 
4  
 
Frank Baden
Sakari Salo
2
6
2
6
6
2
2
6
   
5  
 
Gaston Wampach
Reino Nyyssönen
6
4
1
6
3
6
2
6
   

Switzerland vs. Austria

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Switzerland
3
Bern, Switzerland[6]
2–4 May 1958
 
Austria
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Martin Froesch
Franz Saiko
3
6
6
4
5
7
4
6
   
2  
 
Erwin Balestra
Franz Hainka
6
4
6
1
7
5
     
3  
 
Paul Blondel / Martin Froesch
Peter Böck / Franz Hainka
6
3
4
6
6
4
10
8
   
4  
 
Erwin Balestra
Franz Saiko
7
5
5
7
1
6
0
6
   
5  
 
Martin Froesch
Franz Hainka
6
0
6
4
6
1
     

Turkey vs. Chile

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Turkey
1
Istanbul, Turkey[7]
26–28 April 1958
 
Chile
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Suzan Gürel
Luis Ayala
1
6
1
6
2
6
     
2  
 
Nazmi Bari
Patricio Rodríguez
2
6
8
10
1
6
     
3  
 
Engin Balas / Nazmi Bari
Luis Ayala / Patricio Rodríguez
2
6
3
6
0
6
     
4  
 
Suzan Gürel
Patricio Rodríguez
2
6
1
6
2
6
     
5  
 
Nazmi Bari
Daniel Achondo
3
6
3
6
6
3
6
3
6
0
 

Egypt vs. Spain

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Egypt
1
Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[8]
25–27 April 1958
Clay
 
Spain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Andrés Gimeno
4
6
3
6
3
6
     
2  
 
Adel Ismail
Manuel Santana
5
7
1
6
6
1
4
6
   
3  
 
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed / Adel Ismail
Juan Manuel Couder / Andrés Gimeno
3
6
3
6
1
6
     
4  
 
Nabil Hassan
Andrés Gimeno
6
3
1
6
0
6
1
6
   
5  
 
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Manuel Santana
6
1
2
6
2
6
8
6
6
4
 

Hungary vs. Brazil

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Hungary
2
Budapest, Hungary[9]
25–27 April 1958
 
Brazil
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
András Ádám-Stolpa
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
2
6
5
7
4
6
     
2  
 
István Gulyás
Ivo Ribeiro
6
3
6
3
5
7
7
5
   
3  
 
András Ádám-Stolpa / István Gulyás
Ronald Barnes / Carlos Alberto Fernandes
4
6
6
2
6
3
2
6
4
6
 
4  
 
István Gulyás
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
2
6
3
6
2
6
     
5  
 
András Ádám-Stolpa
Ivo Ribeiro
5
7
6
8
6
4
6
4
6
4
 

West Germany vs. Netherlands

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West Germany
4
Munich, West Germany[10]
25–27 April 1958
 
Netherlands
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Rupert Huber
Pieter van Eijsden
6
1
7
5
6
1
     
2  
 
Wilhelm Bungert
Hans van Dalsum
7
5
6
4
6
2
     
3  
 
Wilhelm Bungert / Rupert Huber
Willem Maris / Hans van de Weg
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
4  
 
Wilhelm Bungert
Pieter van Eijsden
6
3
9
7
6
8
6
8
7
5
 
5  
 
Rupert Huber
Hans van Dalsum
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Second round

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Italy vs. India

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Italy
3
Florence, Italy[11]
15–18 May 1958
Clay
 
India
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Nicola Pietrangeli
Naresh Kumar
8
6
8
6
10
8
     
2  
 
Orlando Sirola
Ramanathan Krishnan
2
6
7
5
6
3
6
3
   
3  
 
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar
1
6
9
7
4
6
6
2
6
3
 
4  
 
Orlando Sirola
Naresh Kumar
7
5
5
7
6
3
4
6
4
6
 
5  
 
Antonio Maggi
Ramanathan Krishnan
0
6
6
2
4
6
2
6
   

Denmark vs. Czechoslovakia

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Denmark
3
Copenhagen, Denmark[12]
15–17 May 1958
Clay
 
Czechoslovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Torben Ulrich
Pavel Benda
6
1
6
4
6
0
     
2  
 
Kurt Nielsen
Jiří Javorský
6
2
8
10
7
9
12
10
6
1
 
3  
 
Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich
Jiří Javorský / Milan Nečas
4
6
3
6
4
6
     
4  
 
Kurt Nielsen
Pavel Benda
5
7
6
4
6
4
6
2
   
5  
 
Jørgen Ulrich
Jiří Javorský
10
8
3
6
1
6
6
4
5
7
 

Finland vs. Mexico

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Finland
0
Helsinki, Finland[13]
16–18 May 1958
 
Mexico
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Heikki Hedman
Francisco Contreras
3
6
0
6
2
6
     
2  
 
Sakari Salo
Mario Llamas
3
6
6
4
3
6
7
9
   
3  
 
Matti Kinnunen / Sakari Salo
Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox
2
6
1
6
2
6
     
4  
 
Sakari Salo
Rafael Osuna
11
9
12
10
8
10
3
6
4
6
 
5  
 
Heikki Hedman
Antonio Palafox
5
7
3
6
5
7
     

Switzerland vs. Poland

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Switzerland
1
Lausanne, Switzerland[14]
15–17 May 1958
 
Poland
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Martin Froesch
Władysław Skonecki
4
6
5
7
4
6
     
2  
 
Erwin Balestra
Andrzej Licis
2
6
1
6
0
6
     
3  
 
Paul Blondel / Martin Froesch
Józef Piątek / Jan Radzio
6
2
6
4
7
5
     
4  
 
Martin Froesch
Andrzej Licis
3
6
1
6
4
6
     
5  
 
Erwin Balestra
Władysław Skonecki
7
5
6
3
4
6
3
6
2
6
 

France vs. Chile

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France
4
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[15]
15–17 May 1958
Clay
 
Chile
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Robert Haillet
Patricio Rodríguez
6
2
6
4
6
3
     
2  
 
Pierre Darmon
Luis Ayala
7
9
4
6
7
5
1
6
   
3  
 
Pierre Darmon / Paul Rémy
Luis Ayala / Patricio Rodríguez
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
4  
 
Robert Haillet
Luis Ayala
6
0
6
4
6
4
     
5  
 
Pierre Darmon
Patricio Rodríguez
6
2
6
3
6
2
     

Spain vs. Sweden

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Spain
2
Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain[16]
18–20 May 1958
Clay
 
Sweden
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Andrés Gimeno
Sven Davidson
6
3
2
6
3
6
6
3
3
6
 
2  
 
Manuel Santana
Ulf Schmidt
2
6
3
6
5
7
     
3  
 
Alberto Arilla / Andrés Gimeno
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
9
7
8
6
9
7
     
4  
 
Andrés Gimeno
Ulf Schmidt
4
6
6
3
5
7
4
6
   
5  
 
Manuel Santana
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
1
6
6
4
6
0
6
4
   

Great Britain vs. Brazil

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Great Britain
5
Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[17]
15–17 May 1958
Grass
 
Brazil
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Billy Knight
Ronald Barnes
6
0
6
2
6
0
     
2  
 
Mike Davies
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
6
4
6
2
6
3
     
3  
 
Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
Ronald Barnes / Carlos Alberto Fernandes
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
4  
 
Mike Davies
Ivo Ribeiro
6
2
6
1
6
3
     
5  
 
Roger Becker
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
6
3
6
1
6
1
     

West Germany vs. Belgium

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West Germany
3
Cologne, West Germany[18]
16–18 May 1958
 
Belgium
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Rupert Huber
André Jamar
6
4
6
2
6
1
     
2  
 
Wilhelm Bungert
Jacques Brichant
4
6
2
6
8
6
6
8
   
3  
 
Rupert Huber / Peter Scholl
Jacques Brichant / Jean-Pierre Froment
6
2
6
1
6
0
     
4  
 
Wilhelm Bungert
André Jamar
6
2
6
3
6
1
     
5  
 
Rupert Huber
Jacques Brichant
8
10
2
6
6
2
2
6
   

Quarterfinals

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Denmark vs. Italy

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Denmark
0
Copenhagen, Denmark[19]
5–7 June 1958
Clay
 
Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Kurt Nielsen
Orlando Sirola
2
6
6
4
5
7
14
12
5
7
 
2  
 
Torben Ulrich
Nicola Pietrangeli
2
6
3
6
1
6
     
3  
 
Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
2
6
6
2
3
6
2
6
   
4  
 
Torben Ulrich
Orlando Sirola
8
6
3
6
4
6
6
3
3
6
 
5  
 
Kurt Nielsen
Nicola Pietrangeli
1
6
6
3
4
6
4
6
   

Poland vs. Mexico

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Poland
3
Warsaw, Poland[20]
6–8 June 1958
 
Mexico
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Andrzej Licis
Francisco Contreras
6
2
6
2
8
6
     
2  
 
Władysław Skonecki
Mario Llamas
8
6
4
6
6
3
7
5
   
3  
 
Józef Piątek / Jan Radzio
Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox
3
6
5
7
4
6
     
4  
 
Andrzej Licis
Mario Llamas
3
6
5
7
3
6
     
5  
 
Władysław Skonecki
Francisco Contreras
6
8
6
2
8
6
6
4
   

France vs. Sweden

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France
3
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[21]
6–8 June 1958
Clay
 
Sweden
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Pierre Darmon
Sven Davidson
3
6
6
3
6
0
6
0
   
2  
 
Robert Haillet
Ulf Schmidt
6
3
6
3
6
4
     
3  
 
Pierre Darmon / Paul Rémy
Sven Davidson / Ulf Schmidt
3
6
3
6
6
2
4
6
   
4  
 
Robert Haillet
Sven Davidson
4
6
4
6
4
6
     
5  
 
Pierre Darmon
Ulf Schmidt
6
3
6
2
6
4
     

Great Britain vs. West Germany

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Great Britain
5
Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Club, Scarborough, England[22]
5–7 June 1958
Grass
 
West Germany
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Roger Becker
Rupert Huber
6
1
8
6
6
3
     
2  
 
Mike Davies
Wilhelm Bungert
6
2
6
2
6
3
     
3  
 
Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
Rupert Huber / Peter Scholl
6
2
6
4
6
3
     
4  
 
Billy Knight
Rupert Huber
6
2
6
0
6
4
     
5  
 
Roger Becker
Wilhelm Bungert
6
2
4
6
7
5
6
2
   

Semifinals

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Poland vs. Italy

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Poland
1
Warsaw, Poland[23]
18–20 July 1958
 
Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Władysław Skonecki
Nicola Pietrangeli
3
6
2
6
6
4
1
6
   
2  
 
Andrzej Licis
Orlando Sirola
4
6
6
3
4
6
3
6
   
3  
 
Józef Piątek / Jan Radzio
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
3
6
1
6
1
6
     
4  
 
Andrzej Licis
Nicola Pietrangeli
6
4
6
2
6
1
     
5  
 
Władysław Skonecki
Orlando Sirola
6
1
6
3
0
6
2
6
2
6
 

Great Britain vs. France

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Great Britain
5
Northern Lawn Tennis Club, Manchester, England[24]
19–21 July 1958
Grass
 
France
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Mike Davies
Paul Rémy
4
6
4
6
6
3
6
4
6
1
 
2  
 
Bobby Wilson
Pierre Darmon
6
1
9
7
6
3
     
3  
 
Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
Pierre Darmon / Jean-Claude Molinari
4
6
6
3
6
4
6
1
   
4  
 
Bobby Wilson
Paul Rémy
6
3
8
6
6
4
     
5  
 
Billy Knight
Pierre Darmon
6
2
4
6
6
3
9
7
   

Final

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Italy vs. Great Britain

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Italy
4
Milan, Italy[2]
1–3 August 1958
Clay
 
Great Britain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Nicola Pietrangeli
Mike Davies
4
6
3
6
1
6
     
2  
 
Orlando Sirola
Billy Knight
6
3
7
5
6
3
     
3  
 
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Mike Davies / Billy Knight
6
3
5
7
6
4
4
6
9
7
 
4  
 
Nicola Pietrangeli
Billy Knight
4
6
6
3
6
4
6
1
   
5  
 
Orlando Sirola
Mike Davies
6
3
6
2
6
2
     

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 Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Monaco v India". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Yugoslavia v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Luxembourg v Finland". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Switzerland v Austria". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Turkey v Chile". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Egypt v Spain". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Hungary v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "West Germany v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Italy v India". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Denmark v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Finland v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Switzerland v Poland". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "France v Chile". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Spain v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Great Britain v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "West Germany v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Denmark v Italy". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Poland v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "France v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "Great Britain v West Germany". daviscup.com.
  23. ^ "Poland v Italy". daviscup.com.
  24. ^ "Great Britain v France". daviscup.com.
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