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1958 Davis Cup Europe Zone

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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

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

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 Monaco
India
Georges Pasquier
Ramanathan Krishnan
0
6
1
6
0
6
     
2 Monaco
India
Roland Borghini
Naresh Kumar
8
6
2
6
3
6
4
6
   
3 Monaco
India
Roland Borghini / Georges Pasquier
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar
0
6
1
6
3
6
     
4 Monaco
India
Roland Borghini
Ramanathan Krishnan
7
5
3
6
2
6
0
6
   
5 Monaco
India
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 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Ivko Plećević
Jiří Javorský
4
6
4
6
4
6
     
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Kamilo Keretić
Pavel Benda
3
6
6
4
6
1
3
6
4
6
 
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Ilija Panajotović / Ivko Plećević
Jiří Javorský / Milan Nečas
6
4
4
6
3
6
1
6
   
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Kamilo Keretić
Jiří Javorský
2
6
6
8
6
1
2
6
   
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
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 Luxembourg
Finland
Frank Baden
Reino Nyyssönen
3
6
7
5
2
6
6
3
5
7
 
2 Luxembourg
Finland
Gaston Wampach
Sakari Salo
2
6
2
6
6
8
     
3 Luxembourg
Finland
Frank Baden / Gaston Wampach
Reino Nyyssönen / Sakari Salo
1
6
7
5
6
4
4
6
4
6
 
4 Luxembourg
Finland
Frank Baden
Sakari Salo
2
6
2
6
6
2
2
6
   
5 Luxembourg
Finland
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 Switzerland
Austria
Martin Froesch
Franz Saiko
3
6
6
4
5
7
4
6
   
2 Switzerland
Austria
Erwin Balestra
Franz Hainka
6
4
6
1
7
5
     
3 Switzerland
Austria
Paul Blondel / Martin Froesch
Peter Böck / Franz Hainka
6
3
4
6
6
4
10
8
   
4 Switzerland
Austria
Erwin Balestra
Franz Saiko
7
5
5
7
1
6
0
6
   
5 Switzerland
Austria
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 Turkey
Chile
Suzan Gürel
Luis Ayala
1
6
1
6
2
6
     
2 Turkey
Chile
Nazmi Bari
Patricio Rodríguez
2
6
8
10
1
6
     
3 Turkey
Chile
Engin Balas / Nazmi Bari
Luis Ayala / Patricio Rodríguez
2
6
3
6
0
6
     
4 Turkey
Chile
Suzan Gürel
Patricio Rodríguez
2
6
1
6
2
6
     
5 Turkey
Chile
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 Egypt
Spain
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Andrés Gimeno
4
6
3
6
3
6
     
2 Egypt
Spain
Adel Ismail
Manuel Santana
5
7
1
6
6
1
4
6
   
3 Egypt
Spain
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed / Adel Ismail
Juan Manuel Couder / Andrés Gimeno
3
6
3
6
1
6
     
4 Egypt
Spain
Nabil Hassan
Andrés Gimeno
6
3
1
6
0
6
1
6
   
5 Egypt
Spain
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 Hungary
Brazil
András Ádám-Stolpa
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
2
6
5
7
4
6
     
2 Hungary
Brazil
István Gulyás
Ivo Ribeiro
6
3
6
3
5
7
7
5
   
3 Hungary
Brazil
András Ádám-Stolpa / István Gulyás
Ronald Barnes / Carlos Alberto Fernandes
4
6
6
2
6
3
2
6
4
6
 
4 Hungary
Brazil
István Gulyás
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
2
6
3
6
2
6
     
5 Hungary
Brazil
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 West Germany
Netherlands
Rupert Huber
Pieter van Eijsden
6
1
7
5
6
1
     
2 West Germany
Netherlands
Wilhelm Bungert
Hans van Dalsum
7
5
6
4
6
2
     
3 West Germany
Netherlands
Wilhelm Bungert / Rupert Huber
Willem Maris / Hans van de Weg
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
4 West Germany
Netherlands
Wilhelm Bungert
Pieter van Eijsden
6
3
9
7
6
8
6
8
7
5
 
5 West Germany
Netherlands
Rupert Huber
Hans van Dalsum
          not
played

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 Italy
India
Nicola Pietrangeli
Naresh Kumar
8
6
8
6
10
8
     
2 Italy
India
Orlando Sirola
Ramanathan Krishnan
2
6
7
5
6
3
6
3
   
3 Italy
India
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar
1
6
9
7
4
6
6
2
6
3
 
4 Italy
India
Orlando Sirola
Naresh Kumar
7
5
5
7
6
3
4
6
4
6
 
5 Italy
India
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 Denmark
Czechoslovakia
Torben Ulrich
Pavel Benda
6
1
6
4
6
0
     
2 Denmark
Czechoslovakia
Kurt Nielsen
Jiří Javorský
6
2
8
10
7
9
12
10
6
1
 
3 Denmark
Czechoslovakia
Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich
Jiří Javorský / Milan Nečas
4
6
3
6
4
6
     
4 Denmark
Czechoslovakia
Kurt Nielsen
Pavel Benda
5
7
6
4
6
4
6
2
   
5 Denmark
Czechoslovakia
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 Finland
Mexico
Heikki Hedman
Francisco Contreras
3
6
0
6
2
6
     
2 Finland
Mexico
Sakari Salo
Mario Llamas
3
6
6
4
3
6
7
9
   
3 Finland
Mexico
Matti Kinnunen / Sakari Salo
Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox
2
6
1
6
2
6
     
4 Finland
Mexico
Sakari Salo
Rafael Osuna
11
9
12
10
8
10
3
6
4
6
 
5 Finland
Mexico
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 Switzerland
Poland
Martin Froesch
Władysław Skonecki
4
6
5
7
4
6
     
2 Switzerland
Poland
Erwin Balestra
Andrzej Licis
2
6
1
6
0
6
     
3 Switzerland
Poland
Paul Blondel / Martin Froesch
Józef Piątek / Jan Radzio
6
2
6
4
7
5
     
4 Switzerland
Poland
Martin Froesch
Andrzej Licis
3
6
1
6
4
6
     
5 Switzerland
Poland
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 France
Chile
Robert Haillet
Patricio Rodríguez
6
2
6
4
6
3
     
2 France
Chile
Pierre Darmon
Luis Ayala
7
9
4
6
7
5
1
6
   
3 France
Chile
Pierre Darmon / Paul Rémy
Luis Ayala / Patricio Rodríguez
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
4 France
Chile
Robert Haillet
Luis Ayala
6
0
6
4
6
4
     
5 France
Chile
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 Spain
Sweden
Andrés Gimeno
Sven Davidson
6
3
2
6
3
6
6
3
3
6
 
2 Spain
Sweden
Manuel Santana
Ulf Schmidt
2
6
3
6
5
7
     
3 Spain
Sweden
Alberto Arilla / Andrés Gimeno
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
9
7
8
6
9
7
     
4 Spain
Sweden
Andrés Gimeno
Ulf Schmidt
4
6
6
3
5
7
4
6
   
5 Spain
Sweden
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 United Kingdom
Brazil
Billy Knight
Ronald Barnes
6
0
6
2
6
0
     
2 United Kingdom
Brazil
Mike Davies
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
6
4
6
2
6
3
     
3 United Kingdom
Brazil
Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
Ronald Barnes / Carlos Alberto Fernandes
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
4 United Kingdom
Brazil
Mike Davies
Ivo Ribeiro
6
2
6
1
6
3
     
5 United Kingdom
Brazil
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 West Germany
Belgium
Rupert Huber
André Jamar
6
4
6
2
6
1
     
2 West Germany
Belgium
Wilhelm Bungert
Jacques Brichant
4
6
2
6
8
6
6
8
   
3 West Germany
Belgium
Rupert Huber / Peter Scholl
Jacques Brichant / Jean-Pierre Froment
6
2
6
1
6
0
     
4 West Germany
Belgium
Wilhelm Bungert
André Jamar
6
2
6
3
6
1
     
5 West Germany
Belgium
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 Denmark
Italy
Kurt Nielsen
Orlando Sirola
2
6
6
4
5
7
14
12
5
7
 
2 Denmark
Italy
Torben Ulrich
Nicola Pietrangeli
2
6
3
6
1
6
     
3 Denmark
Italy
Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
2
6
6
2
3
6
2
6
   
4 Denmark
Italy
Torben Ulrich
Orlando Sirola
8
6
3
6
4
6
6
3
3
6
 
5 Denmark
Italy
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 Poland
Mexico
Andrzej Licis
Francisco Contreras
6
2
6
2
8
6
     
2 Poland
Mexico
Władysław Skonecki
Mario Llamas
8
6
4
6
6
3
7
5
   
3 Poland
Mexico
Józef Piątek / Jan Radzio
Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox
3
6
5
7
4
6
     
4 Poland
Mexico
Andrzej Licis
Mario Llamas
3
6
5
7
3
6
     
5 Poland
Mexico
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 France
Sweden
Pierre Darmon
Sven Davidson
3
6
6
3
6
0
6
0
   
2 France
Sweden
Robert Haillet
Ulf Schmidt
6
3
6
3
6
4
     
3 France
Sweden
Pierre Darmon / Paul Rémy
Sven Davidson / Ulf Schmidt
3
6
3
6
6
2
4
6
   
4 France
Sweden
Robert Haillet
Sven Davidson
4
6
4
6
4
6
     
5 France
Sweden
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 United Kingdom
West Germany
Roger Becker
Rupert Huber
6
1
8
6
6
3
     
2 United Kingdom
West Germany
Mike Davies
Wilhelm Bungert
6
2
6
2
6
3
     
3 United Kingdom
West Germany
Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
Rupert Huber / Peter Scholl
6
2
6
4
6
3
     
4 United Kingdom
West Germany
Billy Knight
Rupert Huber
6
2
6
0
6
4
     
5 United Kingdom
West Germany
Roger Becker
Wilhelm Bungert
6
2
4
6
7
5
6
2
   

Semifinals

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Poland vs. Italy

[edit]

Poland
1
Warsaw, Poland[23]
18–20 July 1958

Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Poland
Italy
Władysław Skonecki
Nicola Pietrangeli
3
6
2
6
6
4
1
6
   
2 Poland
Italy
Andrzej Licis
Orlando Sirola
4
6
6
3
4
6
3
6
   
3 Poland
Italy
Józef Piątek / Jan Radzio
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
3
6
1
6
1
6
     
4 Poland
Italy
Andrzej Licis
Nicola Pietrangeli
6
4
6
2
6
1
     
5 Poland
Italy
Władysław Skonecki
Orlando Sirola
6
1
6
3
0
6
2
6
2
6
 

Great Britain vs. France

[edit]

Great Britain
5
Northern Lawn Tennis Club, Manchester, England[24]
19–21 July 1958
Grass

France
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
France
Mike Davies
Paul Rémy
4
6
4
6
6
3
6
4
6
1
 
2 United Kingdom
France
Bobby Wilson
Pierre Darmon
6
1
9
7
6
3
     
3 United Kingdom
France
Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
Pierre Darmon / Jean-Claude Molinari
4
6
6
3
6
4
6
1
   
4 United Kingdom
France
Bobby Wilson
Paul Rémy
6
3
8
6
6
4
     
5 United Kingdom
France
Billy Knight
Pierre Darmon
6
2
4
6
6
3
9
7
   

Final

[edit]

Italy vs. Great Britain

[edit]

Italy
4
Milan, Italy[2]
1–3 August 1958
Clay

Great Britain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
United Kingdom
Nicola Pietrangeli
Mike Davies
4
6
3
6
1
6
     
2 Italy
United Kingdom
Orlando Sirola
Billy Knight
6
3
7
5
6
3
     
3 Italy
United Kingdom
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Mike Davies / Billy Knight
6
3
5
7
6
4
4
6
9
7
 
4 Italy
United Kingdom
Nicola Pietrangeli
Billy Knight
4
6
6
3
6
4
6
1
   
5 Italy
United Kingdom
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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