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1947 Davis Cup Europe Zone

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The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1947 Davis Cup.

1947 Davis Cup Europe Zone
Details
Duration2 May 1947 – 15 July 1947
Teams20
Categories1947 Europe Zone
1947 America Zone
Champion
Winning nation Czechoslovakia
Qualified for: 1947 Davis Cup
Inter-Zonal Final
← 1946
1948 →

20 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] Czechoslovakia defeated Yugoslavia in the final, and went on to face Australia in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

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First Round
2–4 May		Second Round
15–18 May		Quarterfinals
30 May–1 June		Semifinals
13–16 June		Final
13–15 July
  PolandWarsaw, Poland (clay)
bye  Poland2
  Great Britain  Great Britain3Scarborough, England (grass)
bye  Great Britain1
  NetherlandsAmsterdam, Netherlands (clay)  South Africa4
bye  Netherlands1
  South Africa  South Africa4Zagreb, Yugoslavia
bye  South Africa2
  IrelandDublin, Ireland (grass)  Yugoslavia3
bye  Ireland2
  Yugoslavia  Yugoslavia3Brussels, Belgium
bye  Yugoslavia4
  Belgium5Brussels, Belgium  Belgium1
  Luxembourg0  Belgium4
  Spain2  Egypt1Zagreb, Yugoslavia
  Egypt3  Yugoslavia0
  Greece1Prague, Czechoslovakia  Czechoslovakia4
   Switzerland4   Switzerland1
  Sweden2  Czechoslovakia4Prague, Czechoslovakia
  Czechoslovakia3  Czechoslovakia5
byeOslo, Norway (clay)  New Zealand0
  Norway  Norway2
bye  New Zealand3Prague, Czechoslovakia
  New Zealand  Czechoslovakia4
byeParis, France (clay)  France0
  France  France5
bye  India0Paris, France (clay)
  India  France5
bye  Monaco0
  Monaco  Monacow/o
bye  Denmark
  Denmark

First round

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Belgium vs. Luxembourg

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Belgium
5 		Brussels, Belgium[3]
2–4 May 1947
  
Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Philippe Washer
Géza Wertheim 		6
2 		6
2 		6
1 		     
2  
  		Jacques Peten
Gaston Wampach 		4
6 		6
2 		9
7 		3
6 		6
3 		 
3  
  		Pierre Geelhand de Merxem / Philippe Washer
Gaston Wampach / Géza Wertheim 		6
4 		6
3 		6
2 		     
4  
  		Philippe Washer
Gaston Wampach 		7
5 		1
6 		6
2 		6
2 		   
5  
  		Jacques Peten
Géza Wertheim 		6
2 		6
0 		6
0 		     

Spain vs. Egypt

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Spain
2 		Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain[4]
2–4 May 1947
Clay 		 
Egypt
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Mario Szavoszt
Andre Najar 		3
6 		3
6 		9
7 		6
3 		3
6 		 
2  
  		Luis Carles
Adli El Shafei 		6
3 		3
6 		4
6 		5
7 		   
3  
  		Jaime Bartroli / Luis Carles
Marcel Coen / Mahmoud Talaat 		4
6 		6
3 		3
6 		6
3 		4
6 		 
4  
  		Jaime Bartroli
Andre Najar 		6
3 		6
1 		6
3 		     
5  
  		Mario Szavoszt
Adli El Shafei 		6
2 		3
6 		6
4 		3
6 		6
4 		 

Greece vs. Switzerland

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Greece
1 		Athens, Greece[5]
2–4 May 1947
  
Switzerland
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Andreas Manuilidis
Jost Spitzer 		2
6 		5
7 		1
6 		     
2  
  		Lazaros Stalios
Hans Huonder 		2
6 		10
8 		6
3 		6
3 		   
3  
  		Georgios Nikolaides / Lazaros Stalios
Hans Huonder / Jost Spitzer 		7
5 		8
6 		0
6 		7
9 		1
6 		 
4  
  		Andreas Manuilidis
Hans Huonder 		0
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
5  
  		Lazaros Stalios
Jost Spitzer 		6
1 		6
8 		0
6 		1
6 		   

Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia

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Sweden
2 		Malmö Tennisstadion, Malmö, Sweden[6]
2–4 May 1947
Clay 		 
Czechoslovakia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Torsten Johansson
Vladimír Černík 		7
5 		6
4 		6
8 		6
2 		   
2  
  		Lennart Bergelin
Jaroslav Drobný 		6
4 		1
6 		4
6 		4
6 		   
3  
  		Lennart Bergelin / Torsten Johansson
Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný 		1
6 		9
7 		5
7 		2
6 		   
4  
  		Torsten Johansson
Jaroslav Drobný 		1
6 		6
2 		3
6 		6
4 		4
6 		 
5  
  		Lennart Bergelin
Vladimír Černík 		6
4 		6
8 		6
1 		6
1 		   

Second round

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Poland vs. Great Britain

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Poland
2 		Warsaw, Poland[7]
15–17 May 1947
Clay 		 
Great Britain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Józef Hebda
Tony Mottram 		6
2 		1
6 		1
6 		3
6 		   
2  
  		Władysław Skonecki
Derrick Barton 		6
3 		7
5 		13
11 		     
3  
  		Józef Hebda / Władysław Skonecki
Donald Butler / Geoffrey Paish 		2
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
4  
  		Józef Hebda
Derrick Barton 		2
6 		6
3 		6
4 		4
6 		6
4 		 
5  
  		Władysław Skonecki
Tony Mottram 		4
6 		2
6 		5
7 		     

Netherlands vs. South Africa

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Netherlands
1 		Amsterdam, Netherlands[8]
15–17 May 1947
Clay 		 
South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Hubert Wilton
Eric Sturgess 		6
4 		1
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   
2  
  		Hans van Swol
Eustace Fannin 		6
3 		3
6 		5
7 		2
6 		   
3  
  		Ivo Rinkel / Hans van Swol
Eustace Fannin / Eric Sturgess 		6
3 		6
1 		6
0 		     
4  
  		Hans van Swol
Eric Sturgess 		2
6 		5
7 		6
2 		3
6 		   
5  
  		Hubert Wilton
Eustace Fannin 		9
7 		3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		   

Ireland vs. Yugoslavia

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Ireland
2 		Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[9]
16–18 May 1947
Grass 		 
Yugoslavia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Cyril Kemp
Dragutin Mitić 		10
8 		9
7 		3
6 		4
6 		1
6 		 
2  
  		Joseph McHale
Josip Palada 		3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3  
  		Raymond Egan / Cyril Kemp
Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada 		2
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
4  
  		Cyril Kemp
Josip Palada 		4
6 		6
1 		6
0 		6
3 		   
5  
  		Joseph McHale
Josip Šarić 		9
7 		6
1 		7
5 		     

Belgium vs. Egypt

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Belgium
4 		Brussels, Belgium[10]
16–18 May 1947
  
Egypt
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Andre Najar 		4
6 		6
3 		0
6 		6
3 		6
2 		 
2  
  		Philippe Washer
Adli El Shafei 		6
2 		2
6 		6
0 		8
6 		   
3  
  		André Lacroix / Philippe Washer
Marcel Coen / Mahmoud Talaat 		6
4 		6
1 		6
3 		     
4  
  		Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Adli El Shafei 		4
6 		4
6 		5
7 		     
5  
  		Philippe Washer
Andre Najar 		6
2 		6
4 		6
2 		     

Czechoslovakia vs. Switzerland

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Czechoslovakia
4 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[11]
16–18 May 1947
  
Switzerland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jaroslav Drobný
Hans Huonder 		6
1 		6
1 		6
1 		     
2  
  		Vladimír Černík
Jost Spitzer 		2
6 		6
4 		6
0 		5
7 		1
6 		 
3  
  		Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný
Hans Pfaff / Jost Spitzer 		6
1 		6
2 		6
3 		     
4  
  		Vladimír Černík
Hans Huonder 		6
3 		6
3 		6
4 		     
5  
  		Jaroslav Drobný
Jost Spitzer 		6
2 		6
1 		6
2 		     

Norway vs. New Zealand

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Norway
2 		Oslo, Norway[12]
16–18 May 1947
Clay 		 
New Zealand
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Johan Haanes
John Barry 		6
0 		7
5 		6
4 		     
2  
  		Jan Staubo
Ron McKenzie 		6
2 		6
3 		3
6 		6
2 		   
3  
  		Birger Andersen-Brem / Johan Haanes
Ron McKenzie / Jeff Robson 		6
4 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		   
4  
  		Jan Staubo
John Barry 		6
4 		5
7 		6
3 		5
7 		2
6 		 
5  
  		Johan Haanes
Ron McKenzie 		4
6 		6
0 		3
6 		7
9 		   

France vs. India

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France
5 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[13]
16–18 May 1947
Clay 		 
India
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Bernard Destremau
Sumant Misra 		6
0 		6
3 		6
3 		     
2  
  		Marcel Bernard
Ghaus Mohammad Khan 		6
3 		6
2 		6
0 		     
3  
  		Marcel Bernard / Pierre Pellizza
Manek Mehta / Sumant Misra 		6
3 		6
2 		6
3 		     
4  
  		Marcel Bernard
Sumant Misra 		6
4 		6
3 		6
1 		     
5  
  		Bernard Destremau
Dilip Bose 		6
0 		6
1 		6
2 		     

Quarterfinals

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Great Britain vs. South Africa

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Great Britain
1 		Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Club, Scarborough, England[14]
30 May–1 June 1947
Grass 		 
South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Tony Mottram
Eric Sturgess 		7
5 		2
6 		1
6 		3
6 		   
2  
  		Donald Butler
Eustace Fannin 		4
6 		6
4 		7
9 		3
3 		  retired
 
3  
  		Tony Mottram / Geoffrey Paish
Eustace Fannin / Eric Sturgess 		1
6 		6
4 		6
2 		3
6 		4
6 		 
4  
  		Donald Butler
Eric Sturgess 		1
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
5  
  		Tony Mottram
Eustace Fannin 		6
4 		5
7 		6
2 		7
5 		   

Belgium vs. Yugoslavia

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Belgium
1 		Brussels, Belgium[15]
30 May–1 June 1947
  
Yugoslavia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Philippe Washer
Dragutin Mitić 		6
4 		6
3 		1
6 		6
3 		   
2  
  		Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Josip Palada 		1
6 		6
4 		3
6 		3
6 		   
3  
  		André Lacroix / Philippe Washer
Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada 		6
2 		6
1 		2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		 
4  
  		Pierre Geelhand de Merxem
Dragutin Mitić 		0
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
5  
  		Philippe Washer
Josip Palada 		3
6 		2
6 		0
6 		     

Czechoslovakia vs. New Zealand

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Czechoslovakia
5 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[16]
30 May–1 June 1947
  
New Zealand
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jaroslav Drobný
Jeff Robson 		6
2 		6
2 		8
6 		     
2  
  		Vladimír Černík
Ron McKenzie 		6
3 		6
4 		7
5 		     
3  
  		Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný
Ron McKenzie / Jeff Robson 		6
2 		4
6 		9
7 		3
6 		10
8 		 
4  
  		Vladimír Černík
Jeff Robson 		6
3 		6
0 		6
0 		     
5  
  		Ferdinand Vrba
John Barry 		6
4 		6
2 		6
2 		     

France vs. Monaco

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France
5 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[17]
30 May–1 June 1947
Clay 		 
Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Marcel Bernard
Aleco Noghès 		6
1 		6
2 		6
0 		     
2  
  		Bernard Destremau
Vladimir Landau 		6
3 		6
2 		6
1 		     
3  
  		Robert Abdesselam / Pierre Pellizza
Vladimir Landau / Gaston Médécin 		6
2 		6
1 		6
0 		     
4  
  		Robert Abdesselam
Vladimir Landau 		6
2 		6
1 		6
0 		     
5  
  		Bernard Destremau
Aleco Noghès 		7
5 		6
2 		6
1 		     

Semifinals

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Yugoslavia vs. South Africa

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Yugoslavia
3 		Zagreb, Yugoslavia[18]
13–15 June 1947
  
South Africa
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Dragutin Mitić
Eric Sturgess 		3
6 		7
5 		6
2 		3
6 		6
3 		 
2  
  		Josip Palada
Eustace Fannin 		6
1 		6
4 		7
5 		     
3  
  		Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada
Eustace Fannin / Eric Sturgess 		3
6 		5
7 		5
7 		     
4  
  		Josip Palada
Eric Sturgess 		6
3 		3
6 		0
6 		7
5 		3
6 		 
5  
  		Dragutin Mitić
Eustace Fannin 		6
2 		6
3 		6
4 		     

Czechoslovakia vs. France

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Czechoslovakia
4 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[19]
14–16 June 1947
  
France
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Vladimír Černík
Marcel Bernard 		2
6 		9
7 		6
4 		4
6 		6
4 		 
2  
  		Jaroslav Drobný
Bernard Destremau 		6
2 		6
0 		6
1 		     
3  
  		Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný
Jean Borotra / Yvon Petra 		10
8 		14
12 		6
3 		     
4  
  		Jaroslav Drobný
Marcel Bernard 		6
3 		2
6 		6
4 		4
6 		6
4 		 
5  
  		Vladimír Černík
Bernard Destremau 		          not
played

Final

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Yugoslavia vs. Czechoslovakia

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Yugoslavia
0 		Zagreb, Yugoslavia[2]
13–15 July 1947
  
Czechoslovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Dragutin Mitić
Vladimír Černík 		6
3 		0
6 		6
2 		1
6 		2
6 		 
2  
  		Josip Palada
Jaroslav Drobný 		3
6 		6
8 		6
2 		3
6 		   
3  
  		Dragutin Mitić / Josip Palada
Vladimír Černík / Jaroslav Drobný 		3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
4  
  		Dragutin Mitić
Jaroslav Drobný 		6
1 		3
6 		4
6 		6
4 		1
6 		 
5  
  		Josip Palada
Ján Smolinský 		          not
played

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 "Yugoslavia v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Belgium v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Spain v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Greece v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Sweden v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Poland v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Netherlands v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Ireland v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Belgium v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Norway v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "France v India". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Great Britain v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Belgium v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Czechoslovakia v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "France v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Yugoslavia v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Czechoslovakia v France". daviscup.com.
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