1962 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1962 Davis Cup.

Main article: 1962 Davis Cup

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

Draw
First Round
4–7 May
   Second Round
18–21 May
   Quarterfinals
14–17 June
   Semifinals
13–15 July
   Final
27–29 July
  Italy    
Florence, Italy (clay)
 bye       Italy 5  
  Netherlands 0     Soviet Union 0    
Brescia, Italy (clay)
  Soviet Union 5         Italy 4  
  Hungary 5         Hungary 1  
  Luxembourg 0       Hungary 5
  Denmark 4     Denmark 0    
Milan, Italy (clay)
  New Zealand 1         Italy 5  
  Norway 0         Great Britain 0  
  Poland 5       Poland 0  
  Monaco 0     Brazil 3    
  Brazil 5         Brazil 1
  Ireland 1    
Vienna, Austria (clay)
     Great Britain 4  
  Austria 4       Austria 1
 bye     Great Britain 4    
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Great Britain         Italy 1
  France    
Paris, France (clay)
     Sweden 4
 bye       France 2  
   Switzerland 0     South Africa 3    
  South Africa 4         South Africa 3  
  Spain 2         West Germany 2  
  West Germany 3       West Germany 5
  Romania 4     Romania 0    
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Israel 1         South Africa 1
  Lebanon 1         Sweden 4  
  Finland 4       Finland 0  
  Czechoslovakia 4     Czechoslovakia 5    
  Egypt 1         Czechoslovakia 0
  Belgium 4         Sweden 5  
  Chile 1       Belgium 0
 bye     Sweden 5  
  Sweden  

First round

Netherlands vs. Soviet Union

Netherlands
0		 Scheveningen, Netherlands [3]
5–7 May 1962
Clay
Soviet Union
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Willem Maris
Toomas Leius		 1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
2
Evert Schneider
Sergei Likhachev		 3
6 		1
6 		6
4		 4
6 		   
3
Willem Maris / Evert Schneider
Toomas Leius / Sergei Likhachev		 1
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
4
Pieter van Eijsden
Sergei Likhachev		 1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
5
Evert Schneider
Rudolf Sivokhin		 5
7 		5
7 		2
6 		     

Hungary vs. Luxembourg

Hungary
5		 Budapest, Hungary [4]
4–6 May 1962
Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Zoltán Katona
Jean Neuman		 6
0		 6
2		 6
3		      
2
István Gulyás
Joseph Offenheim		 6
3		 6
1		 6
1		      
3
István Gulyás / András Szikszay
Joseph Offenheim / Gaston Wampach		 6
1		 6
1		 6
3		      
4
István Gulyás
Jean Neuman		 6
1		 6
2		 6
3		      
5
Zoltán Katona
Joseph Offenheim		 6
1		 6
2		 6
2		      

Denmark vs. New Zealand

Denmark
4		 Copenhagen, Denmark [5]
4–6 May 1962
Clay
New Zealand
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan Leschly
John Souter		 6
2		 7
5		 6
4		      
2
Jørgen Ulrich
Ian Crookenden		 6
2		 1
6 		10
8		 2
6 		10
8		  
3
Jan Leschly / Jørgen Ulrich
Ian Crookenden / John Souter		 8
6		 6
3		 6
4		      
4
Jan Leschly
Ian Crookenden		 6
2		 3
6 		8
6		 6
0		    
5
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
John Souter		 3
6 		2
6 		6
4		 0
6 		   

Norway vs. Poland

Norway
0		 Oslo, Norway [6]
4–7 May 1962
Clay
Poland
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Per Hegna
Władysław Skonecki		 3
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
2
Finn Søhol
Wiesław Gąsiorek		 2
6 		6
3		 2
6 		2
6 		   
3
Sjur Lars Galtung-Hansen / Finn Søhol
Wiesław Gąsiorek / Józef Orlikowski		 4
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
4
Per Hegna
Wiesław Gąsiorek		 2
6 		6
4		 1
6 		4
6 		   
5
Finn Søhol
Józef Orlikowski		 6
1		 6
2		 3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		 

Monaco vs. Brazil

Monaco
0		 Monte Carlo, Monaco [7]
4–6 May 1962
Brazil
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Adrien Viviani
José Edison Mandarino		 0
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
2
Roland Borghini
Carlos Alberto Fernandes		 4
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3
Roland Borghini / René Ruzic
Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino		 0
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
4
Adrien Viviani
Carlos Alberto Fernandes		 1
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
5
Roland Borghini
Thomaz Koch		 5
7 		3
6 		1
6 		     

Ireland vs. Austria

Ireland
1		 Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland [8]
4–6 May 1962
Grass
Austria
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Peter Jackson
Franz Saiko		 5
7 		2
6 		1
6 		     
2
Robin Condy
Ladislav Legenstein		 0
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3
Derek Arthurs / Michael Hickey
Detlef Herdy / Ladislav Legenstein		 3
6 		3
6 		7
9 		     
4
Derek Arthurs
Franz Saiko		 1
6 		2
6 		       
5
Peter Jackson
Detlef Herdy		 6
4		 1
6 		6
4		      

Switzerland vs. South Africa

Switzerland
0		 Lausanne, Switzerland [9]
4–6 May 1962
South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Martin Froesch
Abe Segal		 2
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
2
Jorge Paulo Lemann
Gordon Forbes		 3
6 		7
5		 6
3		 5
7 		1
6 		 
3
Paul Blondel / Bruno Spielmann
Gordon Forbes / Abe Segal		 3
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
4
Jorge Paulo Lemann
Cliff Drysdale		 9
11 		2
6 		4
6 		     
5
Martin Froesch
Gordon Forbes		           not
played

Spain vs. West Germany

Spain
2		 Real Madrid Club de Tenis, Madrid, Spain [10]
4–6 May 1962
Clay
West Germany
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Manuel Santana
Ingo Buding		 6
3		 1
6 		2
6 		6
2		 5
7 		 
2
Juan Manuel Couder
Wilhelm Bungert		 1
6 		6
4		 6
2		 4
6 		7
5		  
3
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke		 7
9 		4
6 		6
3		 9
11 		   
4
Manuel Santana
Wilhelm Bungert		 2
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     
5
Juan Manuel Couder
Ingo Buding		 6
4		 6
3		 6
2		      

Romania vs. Israel

Romania
4		 Bucharest, Romania [11]
4–6 May 1962
Clay
Israel
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ion Țiriac
Eleazar Davidman		 6
0		 6
3		 6
3		      
2
Constantin Năstase
Gabriel Dubitzky		 6
0		 6
1		 6
1		      
3
Petre Marmureanu / Ion Țiriac
Eleazar Davidman / Gabriel Dubitzky		 6
4		 6
1		 6
4		      
4
Constantin Năstase
Eleazar Davidman		 6
4		 6
1		 1
6 		3
6 		4
6 		 
5
Ion Țiriac
Gabriel Dubitzky		 6
3		 6
1		 6
1		      

Lebanon vs. Finland

Lebanon
1		 Alumni Club, Beirut, Lebanon [12]
4–6 May 1962
Clay
Finland
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Édouard Samuel
Reino Nyyssonen		 1
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
2
Karim Fawaz
Sakari Salo		 6
4		 6
3		 7
5		      
3
Karim Fawaz / Édouard Samuel
Reino Nyyssonen / Sakari Salo		 2
6 		7
5		 6
8 		7
9 		   
4
Édouard Samuel
Sakari Salo		 8
6		 2
6 		2
6 		1
6 		   
5
Karim Fawaz
Reino Nyyssonen		 6
3		 4
6 		1
6 		0
6 		   

Czechoslovakia vs. Egypt

Czechoslovakia
4		 Prague, Czechoslovakia [13]
4–6 May 1962
Egypt
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Petr Štrobl
Kamel Moubarek		 6
1		 6
4		 4
6 		3
6 		6
4		  
2
Jiří Javorský
Fathi Mohammed-Ali		 6
3		 6
2		 6
4		      
3
Jiří Javorský / Petr Štrobl
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed / Fathi Mohammed-Ali		 6
2		 3
6 		6
0		 6
3		    
4
Petr Štrobl
Fathi Mohammed-Ali		 4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
5
Pavel Korda
Kamel Moubarek		 6
2		 6
1		 6
2		      

Belgium vs. Chile

Belgium
4		 Brussels, Belgium [14]
4–6 May 1962
Chile
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Eric Drossart
Patricio Apey		 7
5		 6
2		 6
2		      
2
Jacques Brichant
Patricio Rodríguez		 6
0		 7
5		 6
4		      
3
Jacques Brichant / Eric Drossart
Ernesto Aguirre / Patricio Rodríguez		 4
6 		3
6 		6
3		 6
0		 6
2		  
4
Claude de Gronckel
Patricio Apey		 3
6 		5
7 		6
4		 7
9 		   
5
Eric Drossart
Patricio Rodríguez		 6
4		 4
6 		7
5		 2
6 		6
2		  

Second round

Italy vs. Soviet Union

Italy
5		 Florence, Italy [15]
18–20 May 1962
Clay
Soviet Union
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicola Pietrangeli
Toomas Leius		 6
4		 1
6 		6
3		 6
1		    
2
Fausto Gardini
Sergei Likhachev		 6
0		 6
2		 6
3		      
3
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Toomas Leius / Sergei Likhachev		 7
5		 6
2		 6
3		      
4
Nicola Pietrangeli
Sergei Likhachev		 0
6 		8
6		 8
6		 6
1		    
5
Fausto Gardini
Toomas Leius		 6
4		 2
6 		6
3		 6
3		    

Hungary vs. Denmark

Hungary
5		 Budapest, Hungary [16]
18–20 May 1962
Clay
Denmark
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
András Szikszay
Carl-Edvard Hedelund		 6
2		 7
5		 6
4		      
2
István Gulyás
Thorkild Larsen		 6
3		 6
0		 6
2		      
3
István Gulyás / András Szikszay
Carl-Edvard Hedelund / Thorkild Larsen		 6
3		 6
2		 6
2		      
4
András Szikszay
Thorkild Larsen		 6
2		 6
4		 6
4		      
5
István Gulyás
Carl-Edvard Hedelund		 6
0		 6
3		 6
4		      

Poland vs. Brazil

Poland
0		 Warsaw, Poland [17]
18–20 May 1962
Brazil
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Władysław Skonecki
Carlos Alberto Fernandes		 4
6 		6
2		 6
8 		4
6 		   
2
Wiesław Gąsiorek
José Edison Mandarino		 5
7 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3
Wiesław Biełanowicz / Wiesław Nowicki
Ronald Barnes / Carlos Alberto Fernandes		 3
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
4
Wiesław Gąsiorek
Carlos Alberto Fernandes		           not
played
5
Władysław Skonecki
José Edison Mandarino		           not
played

Austria vs. Great Britain

Austria
1		 Vienna, Austria [18]
19–21 May 1962
Clay
Great Britain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ladislav Legenstein
Billy Knight		 0
6 		6
3		 2
6 		3
6 		   
2
Franz Saiko
Mike Sangster		 6
3		 3
6 		2
6 		6
4		 6
3		  
3
Ladislav Legenstein / Franz Saiko
Billy Knight / Tony Pickard		 0
6 		2
6 		6
3		 6
4		 0
6 		 
4
Franz Saiko
Billy Knight		 2
6 		4
6 		7
9 		     
5
Detlef Herdy
Mike Sangster		 8
10 		4
6 		6
3		 5
7 		   

France vs. South Africa

France
2		 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [19]
18–20 May 1962
Clay
South Africa
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Gerard Pilet
Cliff Drysdale		 5
7 		6
2		 3
6 		10
12 		   
2
Pierre Darmon
Gordon Forbes		 6
3		 6
1		 6
2		      
3
Jean-Claude Barclay / Jacques Renavand
Gordon Forbes / Abe Segal		 4
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
4
Pierre Darmon
Cliff Drysdale		 6
4		 7
5		 6
2		      
5
Gerard Pilet
Gordon Forbes		 1
6 		1
6 		7
9 		     

West Germany vs. Romania

West Germany
5		 Hanover, West Germany [20]
18–20 May 1962
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Wilhelm Bungert
Constantin Năstase		 6
1		 8
6		 6
2		      
2
Ingo Buding
Ion Țiriac		 6
4		 6
0		 6
3		      
3
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke
Constantin Năstase / Ion Țiriac		 6
0		 6
3		 6
4		      
4
Wilhelm Bungert
Ion Țiriac		 6
1		 6
2		 6
2		      
5
Ingo Buding
Constantin Năstase		 6
2		 6
2		 6
1		      

Finland vs. Czechoslovakia

Finland
0		 Helsinki, Finland [21]
18–20 May 1962
Czechoslovakia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Reino Nyyssönen
Jiří Javorský		 6
8 		2
6 		4
6 		     
2
Pekka Säilä
Pavel Korda		 0
6 		7
9 		4
6 		     
3
Reino Nyyssönen / Sakari Salo
Jiří Javorský / Petr Štrobl		 0
6 		6
3		 6
8 		4
6 		   
4
Pekka Säilä
Petr Štrobl		 2
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
5
Reino Nyyssönen
Pavel Korda		 6
4		 6
4		 4
6 		1
6 		3
6 		 

Belgium vs. Sweden

Belgium
0		 Royal Léopold Club, Brussels, Belgium [22]
18–20 May 1962
Clay
Sweden
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jacques Brichant
Jan-Erik Lundqvist		 6
2		 3
6 		4
6 		3
6 		   
2
Eric Drossart
Ulf Schmidt		 2
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
3
Jacques Brichant / Eric Drossart
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt		 0
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
4
Jacques Brichant
Ulf Schmidt		 2
6 		6
4		 4
6 		2
6 		   
5
Eric Drossart
Jan-Erik Lundqvist		 1
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     

Quarterfinals

Italy vs. Hungary

Italy
4		 Brescia, Italy [23]
15–17 June 1962
Clay
Hungary
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Fausto Gardini
Zoltán Katona		 6
1		 6
3		 6
1		      
2
Nicola Pietrangeli
István Gulyás		 6
1		 4
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   
3
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
István Gulyás / András Szikszay		 1
6 		6
2		 6
1		 4
6 		6
3		  
4
Nicola Pietrangeli
Zoltán Katona		 6
0		 6
2		 6
3		      
5
Fausto Gardini
István Gulyás		 6
1		 2
6 		6
3		 6
2		    

Great Britain vs. Brazil

Great Britain
4		 Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England [24]
14–16 June 1962
Grass
Brazil
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Mike Sangster
Carlos Alberto Fernandes		 6
4		 6
4		 6
4		      
2
Billy Knight
Thomaz Koch		 6
3		 6
3		 6
1		      
3
Billy Knight / Tony Pickard
Ronald Barnes / José Edison Mandarino		 17
19 		6
1		 4
6 		7
9 		   
4
Billy Knight
Carlos Alberto Fernandes		 10
8		 6
3		 3
6 		7
5		    
5
Mike Sangster
José Edison Mandarino		 4
6 		6
3		 6
3		 2
6 		7
5		  

West Germany vs. South Africa

West Germany
2		 West Berlin [25]
15–17 June 1962
South Africa
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ingo Buding
Cliff Drysdale		 4
6 		7
5		 6
4		 9
11 		6
3		  
2
Wilhelm Bungert
Gordon Forbes		 6
3		 6
8 		4
6 		6
3		 6
4		  
3
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke
Gordon Forbes / Abe Segal		 6
4		 4
6 		2
6 		6
3		 3
6 		 
4
Ingo Buding
Gordon Forbes		 3
6 		2
6 		7
5		 4
6 		   
5
Wilhelm Bungert
Cliff Drysdale		 2
6 		6
0		 6
8 		2
6 		   

Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia

Sweden
5		 Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden [26]
15–17 June 1962
Clay
Czechoslovakia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ulf Schmidt
Pavel Korda		 6
2		 6
4		 6
2		      
2
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Jiří Javorský		 6
0		 10
8		 6
2		      
3
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Jiří Javorský / Petr Štrobl		 8
6		 6
3		 6
0		      
4
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Pavel Korda		 6
2		 6
0		 6
4		      
5
Ulf Schmidt
Jiří Javorský		 6
4		 3
6 		6
3		 6
2		    

Semifinals

Italy vs. Great Britain

Italy
5		 Milan, Italy [27]
13–15 July 1962
Clay
Great Britain
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicola Pietrangeli
Mike Sangster		 6
3		 4
6 		7
5		 8
6		    
2
Fausto Gardini
Billy Knight		 6
1		 6
8 		6
3		 6
1		    
3
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Billy Knight / Tony Pickard		 6
3		 6
4		 6
8 		6
3		    
4
Nicola Pietrangeli
Tony Pickard		 8
6		 6
0		 6
1		      
5
Fausto Gardini
Mike Sangster		 6
1		 6
3		 6
0		      

Sweden vs. South Africa

Sweden
4		 Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [28]
13–15 July 1962
Clay
South Africa
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ulf Schmidt
Cliff Drysdale		 3
6 		2
6 		6
3		 3
6 		   
2
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Gordon Forbes		 6
2		 6
4		 6
1		      
3
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Cliff Drysdale / Abe Segal		 6
4		 6
2		 9
7		      
4
Ulf Schmidt
Abe Segal		 11
9		 6
4		 6
1		      
5
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Cliff Drysdale		 6
4		 6
4		 6
2		      

Final

Sweden vs. Italy

Sweden
4		 Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [2]
27–29 July 1962
Clay
Italy
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ulf Schmidt
Fausto Gardini		 3
6 		6
3		 5
7 		3
6 		   
2
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Nicola Pietrangeli		 6
2		 6
4		 6
1		      
3
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola		 6
1		 3
6 		6
8 		6
4		 9
7		  
4
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Fausto Gardini		 6
0		 6
2		 6
1		      
5
Ulf Schmidt
Nicola Pietrangeli		 6
1		 8
6		 6
3		      

References
  1. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. "Sweden v Italy". daviscup.com.
  3. "Netherlands v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  4. "Hungary v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
  5. "Denmark v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  6. "Norway v Poland". daviscup.com.
  7. "Monaco v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  8. "Ireland v Austria". daviscup.com.
  9. "Switzerland v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  10. "Spain v West Germany". daviscup.com.
  11. "Romania v Israel". daviscup.com.
  12. "Lebanon v Finland". daviscup.com.
  13. "Czechoslovakia v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  14. "Belgium v Chile". daviscup.com.
  15. "Italy v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  16. "Hungary v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  17. "Poland v Brazil". daviscup.com.
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  19. "France v South Africa". daviscup.com.
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