1960 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1960 Davis Cup.

1960 Davis Cup Europe Zone
Details
Duration22 April 1960 – 31 July 1960
Teams28
Categories1960 Davis Cup America Zone
1960 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
1960 Davis Cup Europe Zone
Champion
Winning nation Italy
Qualified for: 1960 Davis Cup
Inter-Zonal Finals
1959
1961

28 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 Sweden in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2]

Draw

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First Round
22 April–2 May
Second Round
13–15 May
Quarterfinals
10–12 June
Semifinals
15–17 July
Final
29–31 July
  ItalyBudapest, Hungary
bye  Italy3
  Hungary5  Hungary2Turin, Italy (clay)
  Ireland0  Italy3
  Luxembourg2Monte Carlo, Monaco  Chile2
  Monaco3  Monaco2
  Israel1  Chile3Wimbledon, England (grass)
  Chile4  Italy4
   Switzerland2Brussels, Belgium  Great Britain1
  Belgium3  Belgium3
  Brazilw/o  Brazil2Scarborough, England (grass)
  Turkey  Belgium0
  Norway2Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)  Great Britain5
  Netherlands3  Netherlands0
bye  Great Britain5Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Great Britain  Italy3
  FranceParis, France (clay)  Sweden2
bye  France5
  Finland0  Argentina0Paris, France (clay)
  Argentina5  France5
  Denmark3Vienna, Austria (clay)  Denmark0
  Yugoslavia2  Denmark3
  Egypt1  Austria2Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Austria4  France2
  West Germany3Warsaw, Poland  Sweden3
  Czechoslovakia2  West Germany4
  Romania2  Poland1Düsseldorf, West Germany (clay)
  Poland3  West Germany1
  Sweden5Stockholm, Sweden (clay)  Sweden4
  South Africa0  Sweden3
bye  Spain2
  Spain

First round

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Hungary vs. Ireland

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Hungary
5
Budapest, Hungary[3]
28–30 April 1960
 
Ireland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
András Ádám-Stolpa
Guy Jackson
6
3
6
0
6
3
     
2  
 
István Gulyás
Joseph Hackett
6
2
6
2
6
1
     
3  
 
István Gulyás / András Szikszay
Joseph Hackett / Guy Jackson
7
5
6
2
6
2
     
4  
 
István Gulyás
Guy Jackson
6
2
6
3
2
6
6
3
   
5  
 
Ferenc Komáromy
Joseph Hackett
6
1
6
2
7
5
     

Luxembourg v Monaco

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Luxembourg
2
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg[4]
30 April–2 May 1960
 
Monaco
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Joseph Offenheim
Roland Borghini
6
2
1
6
4
6
3
6
   
2  
 
Frank Baden
Georges Pasquier
6
4
6
1
7
5
     
3  
 
Frank Baden / Gaston Wampach
Roland Borghini / Georges Pasquier
6
2
3
6
4
6
7
5
6
2
 
4  
 
Joseph Offenheim
Georges Pasquier
1
6
1
6
1
6
     
5  
 
Frank Baden
Roland Borghini
2
6
2
6
3
6
     

Israel vs. Chile

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Israel
1
Tel Aviv, Israel[5]
29 April–1 May 1960
Hard
 
Chile
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Eleazar Davidman
Patricio Rodríguez
9
7
4
6
6
4
6
2
   
2  
 
Arie Avidan-Weiss
Luis Ayala
1
6
1
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Arie Avidan-Weiss / Eleazar Davidman
Ernesto Aguirre / Luis Ayala
2
6
1
6
0
6
     
4  
 
Arie Avidan-Weiss
Patricio Rodríguez
6
2
5
7
0
6
5
7
   
5  
 
Eleazar Davidman
Luis Ayala
2
6
1
6
1
6
     

Switzerland vs. Belgium

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Switzerland
2
Geneva, Switzerland[6]
29 April–1 May 1960
 
Belgium
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Paul Blondel
Jacques Brichant
2
6
2
6
1
6
     
2  
 
Heinz Grimm
Jean-Pierre Froment
3
6
6
2
6
4
6
2
   
3  
 
Heinz Grimm / Ernst Schori
Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer
2
6
0
6
2
6
     
4  
 
Paul Blondel
Jean-Pierre Froment
3
6
6
2
6
4
1
6
7
5
 
5  
 
Heinz Grimm
Jacques Brichant
1
6
3
6
0
6
     

Norway vs. Netherlands

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Norway
2
Oslo, Norway[7]
29 April–1 May 1960
Clay
 
Netherlands
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Willem Maris
3
6
2
6
4
6
     
2  
 
Thorvald Moe
Pieter van Eijsden
6
4
1
6
4
6
4
6
   
3  
 
Finn-Dag Jagge / Thorvald Moe
Hans van Dalsum / Willem Maris
6
1
6
4
8
6
     
4  
 
Thorvald Moe
Willem Maris
6
4
8
6
6
0
     
5  
 
Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Pieter van Eijsden
2
6
6
4
6
3
3
6
3
6
 

Finland vs. Argentina

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Finland
0
Helsinki, Finland[8]
29 April–1 May 1960
 
Argentina
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Reino Nyyssönen
Eduardo Soriano
4
6
5
7
4
6
     
2  
 
Sakari Salo
Roberto Aubone
7
9
5
7
6
4
3
6
   
3  
 
Matti Kinnunen / Sakari Salo
Roberto Aubone / Eduardo Soriano
2
6
4
6
3
6
     
4  
 
Sakari Salo
Eduardo Soriano
5
7
8
6
6
8
4
6
   
5  
 
Tapio Jokinen
Roberto Aubone
3
6
4
6
3
6
     

Denmark vs. Yugoslavia

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Denmark
3
Copenhagen, Denmark[9]
29 April–1 May 1960
Clay
 
Yugoslavia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Kurt Nielsen
Boro Jovanović
6
1
1
6
1
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Jørgen Ulrich
Ilija Panajotović
7
5
5
7
6
1
6
1
   
3  
 
Jørgen Ulrich / Torben Ulrich
Boro Jovanović / Ilija Panajotović
6
4
4
6
6
1
5
7
7
5
 
4  
 
Jørgen Ulrich
Boro Jovanović
5
7
6
3
4
6
6
0
9
7
 
5  
 
Kurt Nielsen
Ilija Panajotović
4
6
2
6
6
3
6
2
4
6
 

Egypt vs. Austria

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Egypt
1
Cairo, Egypt[10]
29 April–1 May 1960
 
Austria
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Fathi Mohammed-Ali
Franz Saiko
2
6
1
6
6
3
3
6
   
2  
 
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Ladislav Legenstein
6
8
3
6
7
5
5
7
   
3  
 
Fathi Mohammed-Ali / Nabil Hassan
Franz Hainka / Ladislav Legenstein
1
6
5
7
3
6
     
4  
 
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Franz Hainka
6
3
2
6
6
1
7
5
   
5  
 
Fathi Mohammed-Ali
Ladislav Legenstein
10
8
3
6
1
6
4
5
  retired
 

West Germany vs. Czechoslovakia

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West Germany
3
Hanover, West Germany[11]
29 April–1 May 1960
 
Czechoslovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Christian Kuhnke
Pavel Korda
6
4
5
7
6
4
1
6
2
6
 
2  
 
Wolfgang Stuck
Jiří Javorský
5
7
6
8
1
6
     
3  
 
Christian Kuhnke / Wolfgang Stuck
Jiří Javorský / Pavel Korda
6
4
3
6
6
2
6
2
   
4  
 
Wolfgang Stuck
Pavel Korda
6
4
6
0
6
1
     
5  
 
Christian Kuhnke
Jiří Javorský
6
3
6
2
6
4
     

Romania vs. Poland

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Romania
2
Bucharest, Romania[12]
22–24 April 1960
Clay
 
Poland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Gheorghe Viziru
Wiesław Gąsiorek
6
3
3
6
6
4
2
6
6
3
 
2  
 
Ion Țiriac
Władysław Skonecki
5
7
4
6
7
5
3
6
   
3  
 
Ștefan Georgescu / Ion Țiriac
Wiesław Gąsiorek / Józef Piątek
7
5
2
6
4
6
3
6
   
4  
 
Gheorghe Viziru
Władysław Skonecki
6
1
6
2
8
6
     
5  
 
Ion Țiriac
Wiesław Gąsiorek
6
4
4
6
6
8
3
6
   

Sweden vs. South Africa

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Sweden
5
Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden[13]
29 April–1 May 1960
Clay
 
South Africa
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ulf Schmidt
Ian Vermaak
6
0
6
8
6
4
8
6
   
2  
 
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Gaetan Koenig
6
1
6
2
6
4
     
3  
 
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Albert Gaertner / Ian Vermaak
6
4
6
2
6
3
     
4  
 
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Albert Gaertner
6
2
6
8
3
6
6
4
6
1
 
5  
 
Ulf Schmidt
Gaetan Koenig
6
2
2
6
6
3
6
2
   

Second round

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Hungary vs. Italy

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Hungary
2
Budapest, Hungary[14]
13–15 May 1960
 
Italy
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
András Ádám-Stolpa
Orlando Sirola
6
2
2
6
6
8
6
2
6
1
 
2  
 
István Gulyás
Nicola Pietrangeli
6
1
2
6
4
6
4
6
   
3  
 
István Gulyás / András Szikszay
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
6
1
3
6
3
6
3
6
   
4  
 
András Ádám-Stolpa
Nicola Pietrangeli
2
6
6
3
2
6
4
6
   
5  
 
István Gulyás
Sergio Tacchini
6
3
6
2
4
6
5
7
6
3
 

Monaco vs. Chile

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Monaco
2
Monte Carlo, Monaco[15]
13–15 May 1960
 
Chile
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Roland Borghini
Luis Ayala
0
6
2
6
1
6
     
2  
 
Georges Pasquier
Patricio Rodríguez
1
6
1
6
6
3
4
6
   
3  
 
Roland Borghini / Adrien Viviani
Ernesto Aguirre / Luis Ayala
3
6
2
6
3
6
     
4  
 
Roland Borghini
Patricio Rodríguez
6
2
6
2
6
1
     
5  
 
Adrien Viviani
Ernesto Aguirre
6
1
6
0
       
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Belgium vs. Brazil

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Belgium
3
Brussels, Belgium[16]
13–15 May 1960
 
Brazil
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Claude de Gronckel
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
3
6
0
6
6
8
     
2  
 
Jacques Brichant
Ronald Barnes
6
2
6
3
5
7
6
1
   
3  
 
Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer
Ronald Barnes / Carlos Alberto Fernandes
6
3
6
2
4
6
9
7
   
4  
 
Jacques Brichant
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
6
1
6
4
6
3
     
5  
 
Claude de Gronckel
Ronald Barnes
5
7
0
6
8
10
     

Netherlands vs. Great Britain

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Netherlands
0
Scheveningen, Netherlands[17]
13–15 May 1960
Clay
 
Great Britain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Willem Maris
Billy Knight
0
6
4
6
3
6
     
2  
 
Pieter van Eijsden
Mike Davies
7
9
4
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Pieter van Eijsden / Willem Maris
Mike Davies / Billy Knight
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
4  
 
Pieter van Eijsden
Roger Becker
1
6
0
6
3
6
     
5  
 
Willem Maris
Mike Sangster
2
6
3
6
3
6
     

France vs. Argentina

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France
5
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[18]
13–15 May 1960
Clay
 
Argentina
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Robert Haillet
Eduardo Soriano
6
3
6
1
5
7
6
2
   
2  
 
Gérard Pilet
Roberto Aubone
6
0
6
2
6
3
     
3  
 
Jean-Noël Grinda / Jean-Claude Molinari
Roberto Aubone / Eduardo Soriano
6
2
9
11
15
13
6
1
   
4  
 
Robert Haillet
Roberto Aubone
6
2
6
1
6
1
     
5  
 
Gérard Pilet
Eduardo Soriano
6
4
6
2
6
2
     

Austria vs. Denmark

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Austria
2
Vienna, Austria[19]
13–15 May 1960
Clay
 
Denmark
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Franz Saiko
Kurt Nielsen
6
1
1
6
4
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Ladislav Legenstein
Jørgen Ulrich
6
4
4
6
3
6
6
1
3
6
 
3  
 
Franz Hainka / Ladislav Legenstein
Jørgen Ulrich / Torben Ulrich
1
6
3
6
6
0
6
1
7
5
 
4  
 
Franz Saiko
Jørgen Ulrich
3
6
0
6
2
6
     
5  
 
Ladislav Legenstein
Kurt Nielsen
6
4
6
4
6
3
     

Poland vs. West Germany

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Poland
1
Warsaw, Poland[20]
13–15 May 1960
 
West Germany
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Władysław Skonecki
Wolfgang Stuck
6
8
1
6
4
6
     
2  
 
Wiesław Gąsiorek
Christian Kuhnke
5
7
1
6
7
5
3
6
   
3  
 
Wiesław Gąsiorek / Józef Piątek
Christian Kuhnke / Wolfgang Stuck
1
6
5
7
4
6
     
4  
 
Andrzej Licis
Wilhelm Bungert
2
6
4
6
6
3
6
4
6
2
 
5  
 
Wiesław Gąsiorek
Wolfgang Stuck
3
6
5
7
3
6
     

Sweden vs. Spain

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Sweden
3
Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden[21]
13–15 May 1960
Clay
 
Spain
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Andrés Gimeno
2
6
6
4
3
6
2
6
   
2  
 
Ulf Schmidt
Manuel Santana
6
2
6
4
4
6
3
6
6
2
 
3  
 
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
José Luis Arilla / Andrés Gimeno
6
4
7
5
6
4
     
4  
 
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Manuel Santana
9
7
6
4
6
3
     
5  
 
Ulf Schmidt
Andrés Gimeno
5
7
3
6
2
6
     

Quarterfinals

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Italy vs. Chile

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Italy
3
Turin, Italy[22]
10–12 June 1960
Clay
 
Chile
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Orlando Sirola
Luis Ayala
4
6
6
3
3
6
2
6
   
2  
 
Nicola Pietrangeli
Patricio Rodríguez
6
1
6
4
6
1
     
3  
 
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Ernesto Aguirre / Luis Ayala
6
1
6
3
8
6
     
4  
 
Nicola Pietrangeli
Luis Ayala
4
6
1
6
1
6
     
5  
 
Orlando Sirola
Patricio Rodríguez
6
0
7
5
6
3
     

Great Britain vs. Belgium

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Great Britain
5
Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Club, Scarborough, England[23]
10–12 June 1960
Grass
 
Belgium
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Billy Knight
Eric Drossart
6
0
6
2
6
1
     
2  
 
Mike Davies
Jacques Brichant
3
6
9
7
6
1
8
6
   
3  
 
Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
Jacques Brichant / Eric Drossart
6
1
6
3
6
4
     
4  
 
Bobby Wilson
Eric Drossart
6
2
6
1
6
2
     
5  
 
Billy Knight
Jacques Brichant
6
4
6
2
6
2
     

France vs. Denmark

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France
5
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[24]
10–12 June 1960
Clay
 
Denmark
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Pierre Darmon
Kurt Nielsen
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
2  
 
Robert Haillet
Jørgen Ulrich
10
8
6
2
2
6
6
3
   
3  
 
Jean-Noël Grinda / Jean-Claude Molinari
Kurt Nielsen / Jørgen Ulrich
6
3
9
7
7
5
     
4  
 
Jean-Noël Grinda
Jan Leschly
6
2
6
3
0
6
6
3
   
5  
 
Robert Haillet
Kurt Nielsen
6
1
10
8
6
8
6
1
   

West Germany vs. Sweden

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West Germany
1
Rochusclub, Düsseldorf, West Germany[25]
10–12 June 1960
Clay
 
Sweden
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Christian Kuhnke
Ulf Schmidt
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
2  
 
Wolfgang Stuck
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
6
8
1
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Christian Kuhnke / Wolfgang Stuck
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
3
6
3
6
7
5
7
9
   
4  
 
Christian Kuhnke
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
3
6
6
8
4
6
     
5  
 
Wolfgang Stuck
Ulf Schmidt
5
7
2
6
0
6
     

Semifinals

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Great Britain vs. Italy

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Great Britain
1
No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England[26]
15–17 July 1960
Grass
 
Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Bobby Wilson
Nicola Pietrangeli
4
6
3
6
6
4
5
7
   
2  
 
Mike Davies
Orlando Sirola
7
9
5
7
6
1
6
2
4
6
 
3  
 
Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
4
6
6
3
6
8
3
6
   
4  
 
Bobby Wilson
Sergio Tacchini
3
6
6
3
8
6
6
2
   
5  
 
Mike Davies
Nicola Pietrangeli
4
6
3
6
4
6
     

Sweden vs. France

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Sweden
3
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[27]
15–17 July 1960
Clay
 
France
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Pierre Darmon
6
0
6
3
6
1
     
2  
 
Sven Davidson
Robert Haillet
4
6
3
6
6
2
6
2
6
3
 
3  
 
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Jean-Noël Grinda / Jean-Claude Molinari
2
6
6
4
6
4
6
2
   
4  
 
Sven Davidson
Pierre Darmon
2
6
8
6
7
9
4
6
   
5  
 
Torsten Johansson
Robert Haillet
7
9
3
6
1
6
     

Final

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Sweden vs. Italy

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Sweden
2
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[2]
29–31 July 1960
Clay
 
Italy
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Orlando Sirola
6
4
4
6
6
3
6
3
   
2  
 
Ulf Schmidt
Nicola Pietrangeli
1
6
4
6
6
4
4
6
   
3  
 
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
16
14
7
5
2
6
3
6
2
6
 
4  
 
Ulf Schmidt
Orlando Sirola
4
6
2
6
1
6
     
5  
 
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Sergio Tacchini
6
2
6
1
6
1
     

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 Italy". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Hungary v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Luxembourg v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Israel v Chile". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Switzerland v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Norway v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Finland v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Denmark v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Egypt v Austria". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "West Germany v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Romania v Poland". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Sweden v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Hungary v Italy". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Monaco v Chile". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Belgium v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Netherlands v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "France v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Austria v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Poland v West Germany". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Sweden v Spain". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "Italy v Chile". daviscup.com.
  23. ^ "Great Britain v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  24. ^ "France v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  25. ^ "West Germany v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  26. ^ "Great Britain v Italy". daviscup.com.
  27. ^ "Sweden v France". daviscup.com.
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