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1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

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1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone
Details
Duration16 April – 11 July 1931
Teams22
Categories1931 Europe Zone
1931 America Zone
Champion
Winning nation Great Britain
Qualified for: 1931 Inter-Zonal Final
1930
1932

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

22 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] Great Britain defeated Czechoslovakia in the final, and went on to face the United States in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

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First Round
16 April–5 May
Second Round
8–17 May
Quarterfinals
20 May–6 June
Semifinals
12–18 June
Final
9–11 July
 FinlandHelsinki, Finland
bye Finland1
 Egypt Egypt4Paris, France (clay)
bye Egypt0
 YugoslaviaZagreb, Yugoslavia Japan5
bye Yugoslavia0
 Japan Japan5Eastbourne, England (grass)
bye Japan0
 BelgiumBrussels, Belgium (clay) Great Britain5
bye Belgium0
 Great Britain5 Great Britain5Eastbourne, England (grass)
 Monaco0 Great Britain5
 Germany0Dublin, Ireland (grass) South Africa0
 South Africa5 South Africa4
  Switzerland0 Ireland1Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
 Ireland5 Great Britain4
 Greece3Athens, Greece Czechoslovakia1
 Austria2 Greece1
 Spain2 Czechoslovakia4Prague, Czechoslovakia
 Czechoslovakia3 Czechoslovakia3
 Italy4Turin, Italy (clay) Italy0
 Hungary1 Italy3
bye Netherlands0Copenhagen, Denmark
 Netherlands Czechoslovakia5
byeOslo, Norway (clay) Denmark0
 Norway Norway0
bye Poland3Copenhagen, Denmark
 Poland Poland2
byeCopenhagen, Denmark Denmark3
 Denmark Denmark5
bye Romania0
 Romania

First round

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Great Britain vs. Monaco

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Great Britain
5
Carhullen Lawn Tennis Club, Plymouth, England[3]
23–25 April 1931
Clay

Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Monaco
Bunny Austin
Vladimir Landau
6
0
6
0
6
1
     
2 United Kingdom
Monaco
Fred Perry
René Gallèpe
6
3
6
2
6
5
     
3 United Kingdom
Monaco
Pat Hughes / Charles Kingsley
René Gallèpe / Vladimir Landau
6
0
6
2
6
0
     
4 United Kingdom
Monaco
Bunny Austin
René Gallèpe
6
0
6
1
6
2
     
5 United Kingdom
Monaco
Charles Kingsley
Vladimir Landau
6
0
6
1
6
4
     

Germany vs. South Africa

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Germany
0
Düsseldorf, Germany[4]
1–3 May 1931

South Africa
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Germany
South Africa
Phillip Buss
Vernon Kirby
6
1
1
6
2
6
3
6
   
2 Germany
South Africa
Eberhard Nourney
Louis Raymond
6
3
3
6
6
4
4
6
5
7
 
3 Germany
South Africa
Walter Dessart / Eberhard Nourney
Norman Farquharson / Vernon Kirby
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
4 Germany
South Africa
Eberhard Nourney
Vernon Kirby
6
4
3
6
4
6
3
6
   
5 Germany
South Africa
Phillip Buss
Louis Raymond
6
4
3
6
5
7
6
8
   

Switzerland vs. Ireland

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Switzerland
0
Montreux, Switzerland[5]
2–5 May 1931

Ireland
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Switzerland
Republic of Ireland
Charles Aeschlimann
George Lyttleton-Rogers
2
6
5
7
2
6
     
2 Switzerland
Republic of Ireland
Hector Fisher
Edward McGuire
4
6
5
7
5
7
     
3 Switzerland
Republic of Ireland
Charles Aeschlimann / Hector Fisher
George Lyttleton-Rogers / Charles Scroope
3
6
7
5
11
13
2
6
   
4 Switzerland
Republic of Ireland
Charles Aeschlimann
Edward McGuire
7
5
5
7
6
2
6
8
2
6
 
5 Switzerland
Republic of Ireland
Hector Fisher
George Lyttleton-Rogers
1
6
6
2
2
6
6
8
   

Greece vs. Austria

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Greece
3
Athens, Greece[6]
16–18 April 1931

Austria
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Greece
Austria
Orestis Garangiotis
Franz-Wilhelm Matejka
8
6
3
6
7
5
1
6
6
4
 
2 Greece
Austria
Augustos Zerlendis
Hermann von Artens
1
6
6
3
1
6
6
2
8
6
 
3 Greece
Austria
Max Balli / I. Georgiadis
Hermann von Artens / Michael Haberl
7
5
3
6
4
6
4
6
   
4 Greece
Austria
Orestis Garangiotis
Hermann von Artens
6
1
2
6
6
4
6
8
6
2
 
5 Greece
Austria
Augustos Zerlendis
Franz-Wilhelm Matejka
3
6
2
6
8
6
3
6
   

Czechoslovakia vs. Spain

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Czechoslovakia
3
Prague, Czechoslovakia[7]
1–3 May 1931

Spain
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
Spain
Roderich Menzel
Enrique Maier
6
3
6
2
6
3
     
2 Czechoslovakia
Spain
Ladislav Hecht
Manuel Alonso Areizaga
6
3
4
6
7
5
0
6
6
1
 
3 Czechoslovakia
Spain
Roderich Menzel / Friedrich Rohrer
Manuel Alonso Areizaga / Enrique Maier
1
6
7
9
1
6
     
4 Czechoslovakia
Spain
Ladislav Hecht
Enrique Maier
6
4
3
6
4
6
4
6
   
5 Czechoslovakia
Spain
Roderich Menzel
Manuel Alonso Areizaga
6
8
6
2
6
1
6
3
   

Hungary vs. Italy

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Hungary
1
Budapest, Hungary[8]
1–3 May 1931

Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Hungary
Italy
Imre Takáts
Giorgio de Stefani
3
6
3
6
3
6
     
2 Hungary
Italy
Béla von Kehrling
Uberto De Morpurgo
6
3
6
3
6
4
     
3 Hungary
Italy
Emil Gábori / Béla von Kehrling
Alberto del Bono / Uberto De Morpurgo
6
8
6
3
5
7
5
7
   
4 Hungary
Italy
Imre Takáts
Uberto De Morpurgo
3
6
6
8
1
6
     
5 Hungary
Italy
Béla von Kehrling
Giorgio de Stefani
2
6
6
4
2
6
6
4
2
6
 

Second round

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Finland vs. Egypt

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Finland
1
Helsinki, Finland[9]
8–10 May 1931

Egypt
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Egypt
Arne Grahn
Loutfalla Wahid
8
6
6
3
6
8
6
3
   
2 Finland
Egypt
Bo Grotenfelt
Jacques Grandguillot
6
3
1
6
4
6
2
6
   
3 Finland
Egypt
Arne Grahn / Bo Grotenfelt
Jacques Grandguillot / Ahmed Shukry
4
6
6
2
4
6
6
3
5
7
 
4 Finland
Egypt
Arne Grahn
Jacques Grandguillot
6
3
5
7
5
7
2
6
   
5 Finland
Egypt
Bo Grotenfelt
Loutfalla Wahid
3
6
6
2
4
6
4
6
   

Yugoslavia vs. Japan

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Yugoslavia
0
Zagreb, Yugoslavia[10]
8–10 May 1931

Japan
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Japan
Franjo Kukuljević
Jiro Sato
3
6
3
6
2
6
     
2 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Japan
Franjo Šefer
Hyotaro Sato
3
6
4
6
5
7
     
3 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Japan
Franjo Kukuljević / Franjo Šefer
Minoru Kawachi / Jiro Sato
7
9
6
3
7
9
3
6
   
4 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Japan
Franjo Kukuljević
Hyotaro Sato
3
6
2
6
6
3
7
5
2
6
 
5 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Japan
Franjo Šefer
Jiro Sato
5
7
3
6
0
6
     

Belgium vs. Great Britain

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Belgium
0
Royal Léopold Club, Brussels, Belgium[11]
9–11 May 1931
Clay

Great Britain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belgium
United Kingdom
André Lacroix
Bunny Austin
4
6
4
6
4
6
     
2 Belgium
United Kingdom
Léopold de Borman
Fred Perry
2
6
0
6
2
6
     
3 Belgium
United Kingdom
Léopold de Borman / André Lacroix
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
1
6
4
6
2
6
     
4 Belgium
United Kingdom
Léopold de Borman
Bunny Austin
0
6
1
6
0
6
     
5 Belgium
United Kingdom
André Lacroix
Fred Perry
6
8
4
6
5
7
     

Ireland vs. South Africa

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Ireland
1
Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[12]
14–16 May 1931
Grass

South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Republic of Ireland
South Africa
George Lyttleton-Rogers
Pat Spence
6
4
6
2
4
6
4
6
6
4
 
2 Republic of Ireland
South Africa
Edward McGuire
Vernon Kirby
6
4
3
6
5
7
5
7
   
3 Republic of Ireland
South Africa
George Lyttleton-Rogers / Charles Scroope
Norman Farquharson / Pat Spence
6
1
1
6
5
7
6
2
3
6
 
4 Republic of Ireland
South Africa
Edward McGuire
Pat Spence
3
6
4
6
2
6
     
5 Republic of Ireland
South Africa
George Lyttleton-Rogers
Vernon Kirby
6
3
5
7
8
10
2
6
   

Greece vs. Czechoslovakia

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Greece
1
Athens, Greece[13]
15–17 May 1931

Czechoslovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Greece
Czechoslovakia
Augustos Zerlendis
Roderich Menzel
2
6
2
6
1
6
     
2 Greece
Czechoslovakia
Orestis Garangiotis
Ladislav Hecht
1
6
8
6
6
2
11
9
   
3 Greece
Czechoslovakia
Max Balli / Georgios Nikolaides
Ferenc Maršálek / Roderich Menzel
2
6
2
6
4
6
     
4 Greece
Czechoslovakia
Augustos Zerlendis
Ladislav Hecht
2
6
4
6
6
3
4
6
   
5 Greece
Czechoslovakia
Orestis Garangiotis
Roderich Menzel
1
6
3
6
1
6
     

Italy vs. Netherlands

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Italy
3
Turin Tennis Club, Turin, Italy[14]
15–17 May 1931
Clay

Netherlands
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Netherlands
Uberto De Morpurgo
Aad Knappert
6
3
6
1
6
1
     
2 Italy
Netherlands
Giorgio de Stefani
Jan van der Heide
6
3
6
3
6
3
     
3 Italy
Netherlands
Alberto del Bono / Uberto De Morpurgo
Jan van der Heide / Aad Knappert
2
6
6
2
6
4
6
1
   
4 Italy
Netherlands
Uberto De Morpurgo
Jan van der Heide
          not
played
5 Italy
Netherlands
Giorgio de Stefani
Aad Knappert
          not
played

Norway vs. Poland

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Norway
0
Oslo, Norway[15]
13–15 May 1931
Clay

Poland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Norway
Poland
Jack Nielsen
Józef Hebda
1
6
1
6
2
6
     
2 Norway
Poland
Torleif Torkildsen
Ignacy Tłoczyński
2
6
1
6
5
7
     
3 Norway
Poland
Rolf Christoffersen / Oscar Fagerstrøm
Maksymilian Stolarow / Ignacy Tłoczyński
2
6
2
6
7
5
2
6
   
4 Norway
Poland
Torleif Torkildsen
Józef Hebda
          not
played
5 Norway
Poland
Jack Nielsen
Ignacy Tłoczyński
          not
played

Denmark vs. Romania

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Denmark
5
Copenhagen, Denmark[16]
13–15 May 1931

Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
Romania
Einer Ulrich
Nicolae Mișu
6
4
6
4
9
7
     
2 Denmark
Romania
Povl Henriksen
Ion Bunea
6
0
6
2
6
3
     
3 Denmark
Romania
Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich
Ion Bunea / Nicolae Mișu
6
4
6
2
6
3
     
4 Denmark
Romania
Einer Ulrich
Ion Bunea
6
1
6
1
6
0
     
5 Denmark
Romania
Povl Henriksen
Nicolae Mișu
4
6
6
1
6
4
4
6
6
1
 

Quarterfinals

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Japan vs. Egypt

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Japan
5
Paris, France[17]
2–4 June 1931
Clay

Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Egypt
Jiro Sato
Pierre Grandguillot
6
0
6
1
6
0
     
2 Japan
Egypt
Hyotaro Sato
Loutfalla Wahid
6
4
2
6
6
1
6
8
6
1
 
3 Japan
Egypt
Minoru Kawachi / Jiro Sato
Ahmed Shukry / Loutfalla Wahid
6
2
6
2
6
1
     
4 Japan
Egypt
Minoru Kawachi
Loutfalla Wahid
6
3
4
6
8
6
3
6
6
2
 
5 Japan
Egypt
Hyotaro Sato
Ahmed Shukry
6
0
6
1
6
2
     

Great Britain vs. South Africa

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Great Britain
5
Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[18]
4–6 June 1931
Grass

South Africa
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
South Africa
Bunny Austin
Vernon Kirby
6
2
6
8
2
6
10
8
6
3
 
2 United Kingdom
South Africa
Fred Perry
Norman Farquharson
6
2
6
3
6
3
     
3 United Kingdom
South Africa
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
Norman Farquharson / Pat Spence
8
6
6
4
6
3
     
4 United Kingdom
South Africa
Fred Perry
Vernon Kirby
3
6
6
4
6
1
6
4
   
5 United Kingdom
South Africa
Bunny Austin
Norman Farquharson
6
2
5
7
6
2
6
3
   

Czechoslovakia vs. Italy

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Czechoslovakia
3
Prague, Czechoslovakia[19]
4–6 June 1931

Italy
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
Italy
Ladislav Hecht
Giorgio de Stefani
6
4
7
5
3
6
8
6
   
2 Czechoslovakia
Italy
Roderich Menzel
Uberto De Morpurgo
6
3
6
3
4
6
6
2
   
3 Czechoslovakia
Italy
Ferenc Maršálek / Roderich Menzel
Alberto del Bono / Uberto De Morpurgo
6
3
6
4
6
1
     
4 Czechoslovakia
Italy
Roderich Menzel
Giorgio de Stefani
          not
played
5 Czechoslovakia
Italy
Ladislav Hecht
Uberto De Morpurgo
          not
played

Denmark vs. Poland

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Denmark
3
Copenhagen, Denmark[20]
20–22 May 1931

Poland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
Poland
Povl Henriksen
Józef Hebda
6
3
6
1
6
2
     
2 Denmark
Poland
Einer Ulrich
Ignacy Tłoczyński
6
8
1
6
6
3
8
6
2
6
 
3 Denmark
Poland
Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich
Maksymilian Stolarow / Ignacy Tłoczyński
6
4
7
9
3
6
6
3
6
4
 
4 Denmark
Poland
Einer Ulrich
Józef Hebda
6
2
6
4
6
3
     
5 Denmark
Poland
Povl Henriksen
Ignacy Tłoczyński
2
6
6
4
3
6
2
6
   

Semifinals

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Great Britain vs. Japan

[edit]

Great Britain
5
Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[21]
12–15 June 1931
Grass

Japan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Japan
Fred Perry
Jiro Sato
6
1
4
6
7
5
7
5
   
2 United Kingdom
Japan
Bunny Austin
Hyotaro Sato
0
6
6
2
6
4
6
1
   
3 United Kingdom
Japan
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
Minoru Kawachi / Jiro Sato
6
4
6
4
8
6
     
4 United Kingdom
Japan
Bunny Austin
Minoru Kawachi
6
1
0
6
8
6
6
2
   
5 United Kingdom
Japan
Fred Perry
Hyotaro Sato
6
2
6
3
4
6
6
2
   

Denmark vs. Czechoslovakia

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Denmark
0
Copenhagen, Denmark[22]
16–18 June 1931

Czechoslovakia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
Czechoslovakia
Einer Ulrich
Roderich Menzel
3
6
2
6
5
7
     
2 Denmark
Czechoslovakia
Povl Henriksen
Ladislav Hecht
8
6
0
6
6
3
2
6
9
11
 
3 Denmark
Czechoslovakia
Einer Ulrich / Erik Worm
Ferenc Maršálek / Roderich Menzel
7
9
6
1
3
6
0
6
   
4 Denmark
Czechoslovakia
Erik Worm
Roderich Menzel
6
3
2
6
4
6
1
6
   
5 Denmark
Czechoslovakia
Einer Ulrich
Ladislav Hecht
3
6
2
6
2
6
     

Final

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Czechoslovakia vs. Great Britain

[edit]

Czechoslovakia
1
Prague, Czechoslovakia[2]
9–11 July 1931
Clay

Great Britain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
United Kingdom
Roderich Menzel
Bunny Austin
6
3
2
6
8
6
3
6
3
6
 
2 Czechoslovakia
United Kingdom
Ladislav Hecht
Fred Perry
1
6
6
8
3
6
     
3 Czechoslovakia
United Kingdom
Ferenc Maršálek / Roderich Menzel
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
4
6
6
4
4
6
2
6
   
4 Czechoslovakia
United Kingdom
Ladislav Hecht
Bunny Austin
6
2
7
5
6
4
     
5 Czechoslovakia
United Kingdom
Roderich Menzel
Fred Perry
5
7
3
6
5
7
     

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 "Czechoslovakia v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Great Britain v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Germany v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Switzerland v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Greece v Austria". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Spain". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Hungary v Italy". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Finland v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Yugoslavia v Japan". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Belgium v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Ireland v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Greece v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Italy v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Norway v Poland". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Denmark v Romania". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Japan v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Great Britain v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Italy". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Denmark v Poland". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Great Britain v Japan". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "Denmark v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
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