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1956 Davis Cup Europe Zone

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1956 Davis Cup Europe Zone
Details
Duration27 April 1956 – 22 July 1956
Teams24
Categories1956 Davis Cup America Zone
1956 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
1956 Davis Cup Europe Zone
Champion
Winning nation Italy
Qualified for: 1956 Davis Cup
Inter-Zonal Finals
1955
1957

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1956 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 Sweden in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2]

Draw

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First round
27 April–1 May
Second round
10–15 May
Quarterfinals
31 May-4 June
Semifinals
15–17 July
Final
20–22 July
 ItalyWarsaw, Poland
bye Italy5
 Poland3 Poland0Bologna, Italy (clay)
 Austria2 Italy4
 DenmarkPrague, Czechoslovakia (clay) Denmark1
bye Denmark4
 Czechoslovakia5 Czechoslovakia1Paris, France (clay)
 Pakistan0 Italy3
 FranceLausanne, Switzerland France2
bye France5
 Luxembourg2  Switzerland0Duisburg, West Germany (clay)
  Switzerland3 France4
 West GermanyDublin, Ireland West Germany1
bye West Germany4
 Ireland4 Ireland1Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 Finland1 Italy5
 Turkey0Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) Sweden0
 Netherlands5 Netherlands0
bye Chile5Bristol, England (grass)
 Chile Chile2
 Yugoslavia4Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay) Great Britain3
 Egypt1 Yugoslavia0
bye Great Britain5Solna, Sweden (clay)
 Great Britain Great Britain1
 Monaco2Barcelona, Spain (clay) Sweden4
 Spain3 Spain1
bye Belgium4Brussels, Belgium (clay)
 Belgium Belgium1
 Norway4Oslo, Norway (clay) Sweden4
 Israel1 Norway0
bye Sweden5
 Sweden

First round

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Poland vs. Austria

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Poland
3
Warsaw, Poland[3]
27–29 April 1956

Austria
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Poland
Austria
Władysław Skonecki
Alfred Huber
6
2
6
3
6
4
     
2 Poland
Austria
Andrzej Licis
Franz Saiko
6
2
4
6
4
6
4
6
   
3 Poland
Austria
Józef Piątek / Władysław Skonecki
Alfred Huber / Franz Saiko
3
6
3
6
1
6
     
4 Poland
Austria
Władysław Skonecki
Franz Saiko
6
3
5
7
6
2
6
3
   
5 Poland
Austria
Andrzej Licis
Alfred Huber
2
6
6
0
6
4
6
3
   

Czechoslovakia vs. Pakistan

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Czechoslovakia
5
Prague, Czechoslovakia[4]
27–30 April 1956

Pakistan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
Pakistan
Jiří Parma
Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed
4
6
11
9
6
3
2
6
6
4
 
2 Czechoslovakia
Pakistan
Jiří Javorský
Khwaja Saeed Hai
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
3 Czechoslovakia
Pakistan
Jiří Javorský / Vladimír Zábrodský
Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed / Khwaja Saeed Hai
6
3
10
8
5
7
6
2
   
4 Czechoslovakia
Pakistan
Jiří Parma
Khwaja Saeed Hai
6
2
6
2
8
6
     
5 Czechoslovakia
Pakistan
Jiří Javorský
Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed
6
3
4
6
6
3
6
2
   

Luxembourg vs. Switzerland

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Luxembourg
2
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg[5]
27 April–1 May 1956

Switzerland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Luxembourg
Switzerland
Géza Wertheim
Paul Blondel
4
6
3
6
4
6
     
2 Luxembourg
Switzerland
Gaston Wampach
Bernard du Pont
6
4
6
4
5
7
1
6
6
0
 
3 Luxembourg
Switzerland
Gaston Wampach / Géza Wertheim
Paul Blondel / René Buser
2
6
1
6
1
6
     
4 Luxembourg
Switzerland
Géza Wertheim
Bernard du Pont
1
6
1
6
1
6
     
5 Luxembourg
Switzerland
Gaston Wampach
Erwin Balestra
6
4
6
1
4
6
6
2
   

Ireland vs. Finland

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Ireland
4
Dublin, Ireland[6]
27–30 April 1956

Finland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Republic of Ireland
Finland
Joseph Hackett
Reino Nyyssönen
6
3
6
3
6
1
     
2 Republic of Ireland
Finland
Guy Jackson
Sakari Salo
3
6
6
3
6
2
2
6
3
6
 
3 Republic of Ireland
Finland
Joseph Hackett / Guy Jackson
Reino Nyyssönen / Sakari Salo
6
3
12
10
3
6
6
3
   
4 Republic of Ireland
Finland
Guy Jackson
Reino Nyyssönen
6
2
6
3
6
2
     
5 Republic of Ireland
Finland
Joseph Hackett
Sakari Salo
6
2
6
3
6
1
     

Turkey vs. Netherlands

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Turkey
0
Ankara, Turkey[7]
27–29 April 1956

Netherlands
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Turkey
Netherlands
Nazmi Bari
Fred Dehnert
9
11
6
2
5
7
4
6
   
2 Turkey
Netherlands
Şefik Fenmen
Hans van Dalsum
3
6
2
6
3
6
     
3 Turkey
Netherlands
Nazmi Bari / Şefik Fenmen
Hans van Dalsum / Fred Dehnert
5
7
2
6
3
6
     
4 Turkey
Netherlands
Şefik Fenmen
Fred Dehnert
7
9
1
6
6
8
     
5 Turkey
Netherlands
Nazmi Bari
Hans van Dalsum
6
0
3
6
4
6
6
8
   

Yugoslavia vs. Egypt

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Yugoslavia
4
Belgrade, Yugoslavia[8]
27–30 April 1956

Egypt
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Egypt
Ivko Plećević
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
2
6
6
1
6
1
2
6
6
3
 
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Egypt
Josip Palada
Adel Ismail
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Egypt
Ilija Panajotović / Ivko Plećević
Donald Acobas / Adel Ismail
6
2
6
3
4
6
6
3
   
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Egypt
Ilija Panajotović
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
6
2
6
1
6
2
     
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Egypt
Ivko Plećević
Adel Ismail
6
1
6
1
4
6
6
8
2
6
 

Monaco vs. Spain

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Monaco
2
Monte Carlo Country Club, Monte Carlo, Monaco[9]
27–30 April 1956
Clay

Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Monaco
Spain
Roland Borghini
Emilio Martínez del Rey
4
6
5
7
7
5
5
7
   
2 Monaco
Spain
Georges Pasquier
José María Draper
3
6
6
4
1
6
6
2
6
4
 
3 Monaco
Spain
Roland Borghini / Georges Pasquier
Emilio Martínez del Rey / Fernando Olózaga
6
8
3
6
0
6
     
4 Monaco
Spain
Georges Pasquier
Emilio Martínez del Rey
6
3
10
8
0
6
6
1
   
5 Monaco
Spain
Roland Borghini
José María Draper
7
5
3
6
5
7
1
6
   

Norway vs. Israel

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Norway
4
Oslo, Norway[10]
27 April–1 May 1956
Clay

Israel
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Norway
Israel
Finn Søhol
Arie Avidan-Weiss
6
1
6
3
6
3
     
2 Norway
Israel
Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Eleazar Davidman
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
3 Norway
Israel
Gunnar Høst Sjøwall / Finn Søhol
Arie Avidan-Weiss / Eleazar Davidman
4
6
6
2
3
6
6
8
   
4 Norway
Israel
Finn Søhol
Eleazar Davidman
7
5
6
8
2
6
6
3
6
4
 
5 Norway
Israel
Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Arie Avidan-Weiss
6
2
6
0
6
1
     

Second round

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Poland vs. Italy

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Poland
0
Warsaw, Poland[11]
12–14 May 1956

Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Poland
Italy
Władysław Skonecki
Giuseppe Merlo
0
6
2
6
3
6
     
2 Poland
Italy
Andrzej Licis
Nicola Pietrangeli
4
6
4
6
5
7
     
3 Poland
Italy
Józef Piątek / Jan Radzio
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
3
6
2
6
4
6
     
4 Poland
Italy
Andrzej Licis
Giuseppe Merlo
3
6
3
6
5
7
     
5 Poland
Italy
Władysław Skonecki
Nicola Pietrangeli
2
6
2
6
1
6
     

Czechoslovakia vs. Denmark

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Czechoslovakia
1
Prague, Czechoslovakia[12]
11–13 May 1956
Clay

Denmark
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Jiří Parma
Kurt Nielsen
6
8
2
6
6
8
     
2 Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Jiří Javorský
Torben Ulrich
4
6
3
6
5
7
     
3 Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Jiří Javorský / Vladimír Zábrodský
Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich
6
8
4
6
7
5
5
7
   
4 Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Jiří Parma
Torben Ulrich
6
3
3
6
6
8
4
6
   
5 Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Jiří Javorský
Kurt Nielsen
7
5
2
6
5
7
6
4
7
5
 

Switzerland vs. France

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Switzerland
0
Lausanne, Switzerland[13]
10–12 May 1956

France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Switzerland
France
Paul Blondel
Robert Haillet
2
6
4
6
1
6
     
2 Switzerland
France
Martin Froesch
Pierre Darmon
9
11
6
1
2
6
8
6
2
6
 
3 Switzerland
France
Paul Blondel / René Buser
Marcel Bernard / Paul Rémy
1
6
3
6
3
6
     
4 Switzerland
France
Martin Froesch
Robert Haillet
6
8
3
6
4
6
     
5 Switzerland
France
Paul Blondel
Pierre Darmon
1
6
1
6
2
6
     

Ireland vs. West Germany

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Ireland
1
Dublin, Ireland[14]
10–12 May 1956

West Germany
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Republic of Ireland
West Germany
Guy Jackson
Rupert Huber
6
8
4
6
7
9
     
2 Republic of Ireland
West Germany
Joseph Hackett
Franz Feldbausch
0
6
7
5
3
6
6
3
1
6
 
3 Republic of Ireland
West Germany
Joseph Hackett / Guy Jackson
Franz Feldbausch / Peter Scholl
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
4 Republic of Ireland
West Germany
Guy Jackson
Franz Feldbausch
0
6
4
6
6
3
6
4
1
6
 
5 Republic of Ireland
West Germany
Joseph Hackett
Rupert Huber
4
6
6
3
3
6
4
6
   

Netherlands vs. Chile

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Netherlands
0
Scheveningen, Netherlands[15]
11–13 May 1956
Clay

Chile
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Netherlands
Chile
Hans van Dalsum
Andrés Hammersley
6
8
4
6
2
6
     
2 Netherlands
Chile
Fred Dehnert
Luis Ayala
3
6
1
6
0
6
     
3 Netherlands
Chile
Hans van Dalsum / Fred Dehnert
Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley
1
6
8
6
3
6
2
6
   
4 Netherlands
Chile
Hans van Dalsum
Luis Ayala
5
7
4
6
4
6
     
5 Netherlands
Chile
Fred Dehnert
Andrés Hammersley
1
6
2
6
2
6
     

Yugoslavia vs. Great Britain

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Yugoslavia
0
Belgrade, Yugoslavia[16]
13–15 May 1956
Clay

Great Britain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
United Kingdom
Josip Palada
Roger Becker
4
6
0
6
2
6
     
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
United Kingdom
Ilija Panajotović
Billy Knight
4
6
4
6
2
6
     
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
United Kingdom
Ilija Panajotović / Ivko Plećević
Mike Davies / Billy Knight
2
6
6
8
2
6
     
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
United Kingdom
Ilija Panajotović
Roger Becker
1
6
3
6
0
6
     
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
United Kingdom
Ivko Plećević
Mike Davies
1
6
3
6
1
6
     

Spain vs. Belgium

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Spain
1
Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain[17]
10–13 May 1956
Clay

Belgium
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Belgium
Juan Manuel Couder
Jacques Brichant
3
6
5
7
1
6
     
2 Spain
Belgium
Emilio Martínez del Rey
Gino Mezzi
4
6
2
6
4
6
     
3 Spain
Belgium
Juan Manuel Couder / Fernando Olózaga
Jacques Brichant / Gino Mezzi
2
6
1
6
4
6
     
4 Spain
Belgium
Emilio Martínez del Rey
Jacques Brichant
2
6
2
6
6
8
     
5 Spain
Belgium
Juan Manuel Couder
Gino Mezzi
8
6
2
6
6
3
6
4
   

Norway vs. Sweden

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Norway
0
Oslo Tennis Club, Oslo, Norway[18]
11–13 May 1956
Clay

Sweden
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Norway
Sweden
Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Sven Davidson
7
9
6
4
2
6
3
6
   
2 Norway
Sweden
Nils-Erik Hessen
Ulf Schmidt
1
6
1
6
3
6
     
3 Norway
Sweden
Nils-Erik Hessen / Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson
2
6
3
6
5
7
     
4 Norway
Sweden
Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Ulf Schmidt
6
2
3
6
0
6
2
6
   
5 Norway
Sweden
Nils-Erik Hessen
Bengt Axelsson
3
6
3
6
2
6
     

Quarterfinals

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Italy vs. Denmark

[edit]

Italy
4
Bologna, Italy[19]
2-4 June 1956
Clay

Denmark
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Denmark
Giuseppe Merlo
Kurt Nielsen
7
9
6
1
3
6
4
6
   
2 Italy
Denmark
Nicola Pietrangeli
Torben Ulrich
4
6
6
2
6
1
6
0
   
3 Italy
Denmark
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich
6
4
6
2
3
6
6
3
   
4 Italy
Denmark
Giuseppe Merlo
Torben Ulrich
6
0
6
4
6
2
     
5 Italy
Denmark
Nicola Pietrangeli
Kurt Nielsen
8
6
6
4
4
6
2
6
6
4
 

West Germany vs. France

[edit]

West Germany
1
Duisburg, West Germany[20]
1-3 June 1956
Clay

France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
France
Peter Scholl
Robert Haillet
6
8
1
6
5
7
     
2 West Germany
France
Rupert Huber
Paul Rémy
4
6
2
6
6
3
3
6
   
3 West Germany
France
Franz Feldbausch / Peter Scholl
Marcel Bernard / Paul Rémy
3
6
2
6
2
6
     
4 West Germany
France
Peter Scholl
Pierre Darmon
6
2
6
0
6
4
     
5 West Germany
France
Franz Feldbausch
Robert Haillet
2
6
3
6
2
6
     

Great Britain vs. Chile

[edit]

Great Britain
3
Bristol Lawn Tennis Club, Bristol, England[21]
31 May-2 June 1956
Grass

Chile
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Chile
Roger Becker
Luis Ayala
6
3
4
6
3
6
6
3
3
6
 
2 United Kingdom
Chile
Billy Knight
Andrés Hammersley
6
3
6
3
6
4
     
3 United Kingdom
Chile
John Barrett / Roger Becker
Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley
6
1
6
4
9
7
     
4 United Kingdom
Chile
Roger Becker
Andrés Hammersley
6
4
6
1
6
1
     
5 United Kingdom
Chile
Billy Knight
Luis Ayala
6
1
3
6
3
6
0
6
   

Belgium vs. Sweden

[edit]

Belgium
1
Royal Léopold Club, Brussels, Belgium[22]
1-3 June 1956
Clay

Sweden
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belgium
Sweden
Jacques Brichant
Sven Davidson
3
6
6
2
9
7
1
6
3
6
 
2 Belgium
Sweden
Gino Mezzi
Torsten Johansson
6
2
4
6
0
6
4
6
   
3 Belgium
Sweden
Jacques Brichant / Gino Mezzi
Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson
3
6
7
5
4
6
6
2
4
6
 
4 Belgium
Sweden
Gino Mezzi
Sven Davidson
3
6
1
6
1
6
     
5 Belgium
Sweden
Jacques Brichant
Ulf Schmidt
6
0
6
2
6
3
     

Semifinals

[edit]

France vs. Italy

[edit]

France
2
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[23]
15–17 July 1956
Clay

Italy
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
Italy
Pierre Darmon
Nicola Pietrangeli
3
6
6
3
6
3
2
6
6
3
 
2 France
Italy
Paul Rémy
Giuseppe Merlo
7
5
6
8
6
2
6
2
   
3 France
Italy
Marcel Bernard / Paul Rémy
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
2
6
2
6
6
2
1
6
   
4 France
Italy
Pierre Darmon
Giuseppe Merlo
3
6
6
4
7
9
4
6
   
5 France
Italy
Paul Rémy
Nicola Pietrangeli
3
6
6
8
2
6
     

Sweden vs. Great Britain

[edit]

Sweden
4
Solna Tennisstadion, Solna, Sweden[24]
15–17 July 1956
Clay

Great Britain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
United Kingdom
Sven Davidson
Billy Knight
6
1
6
3
10
8
     
2 Sweden
United Kingdom
Ulf Schmidt
Roger Becker
3
6
1
6
6
2
6
1
6
2
 
3 Sweden
United Kingdom
Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson
Roger Becker / Mike Davies
6
3
8
6
7
5
     
4 Sweden
United Kingdom
Sven Davidson
Mike Davies
4
6
1
6
1
6
     
5 Sweden
United Kingdom
Ulf Schmidt
Billy Knight
6
0
6
8
4
6
6
3
6
4
 

Final

[edit]

Sweden vs. Italy

[edit]

Sweden
0
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[2]
20–22 July 1956
Clay

Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Italy
Sven Davidson
Nicola Pietrangeli
4
6
6
3
1
6
4
6
   
2 Sweden
Italy
Ulf Schmidt
Giuseppe Merlo
7
5
2
6
5
7
1
6
   
3 Sweden
Italy
Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
4
6
7
5
2
6
3
6
   
4 Sweden
Italy
Torsten Johansson
Orlando Sirola
4
6
6
1
2
6
1
6
   
5 Sweden
Italy
Ulf Schmidt
Nicola Pietrangeli
5
7
3
6
6
1
3
6
   

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. ^ "Poland v Austria". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Luxembourg v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Ireland v Finland". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Turkey v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Yugoslavia v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Monaco v Spain". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Norway v Israel". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Poland v Italy". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Switzerland v France". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Ireland v West Germany". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Netherlands v Chile". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Yugoslavia v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
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