1956 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1956 Davis Cup.

Main article: 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
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

Poland vs. Austria

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Poland vs. Italy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Italy vs. Denmark

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

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

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

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

France vs. Italy

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

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

Sweden vs. Italy

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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  2. "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.
  17. "Spain v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  18. "Norway v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  19. "Italy v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  20. "West Germany v France". daviscup.com.
  21. "Great Britain v Chile". daviscup.com.
  22. "Belgium v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  23. "France v Italy". daviscup.com.
  24. "Sweden v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
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