1961 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1961 Davis Cup.

Main article: 1961 Davis Cup

28 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–7 May
   Second Round
1–5 June
   Quarterfinals
10–19 June
   Semifinals
21–23 July
   Final
4–6 August
  Italy    
 bye       Italy 3  
  Belgium 3     Belgium 2    
  Chile 2         Italy 3  
   Switzerland 2         West Germany 2  
  Netherlands 3       Netherlands 0
  Czechoslovakia 2     West Germany 5    
Paris, France (clay)
  West Germany 3         Italy 4  
  Ireland 0         France 1  
  Poland 5       Poland 4  
  Monaco 3     Monaco 1    
  Luxembourg 2         Poland 0
  Egypt 0    
Paris, France (clay)
     France 5  
  Brazil 5       Brazil 1
 bye     France 4    
Milan, Italy (clay)
  France         Italy 4
  Great Britain    
Vienna, Austria (clay)
     Sweden 1
 bye       Great Britain 3  
  Austria 5     Austria 2    
  Norway 0         Great Britain 4  
  Turkey 1         South Africa 1  
  Finland 4       Finland 1
  Romania 0     South Africa 4    
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  South Africa 5         Great Britain 1
  Yugoslavia 1    
Madrid, Spain (clay)
     Sweden 4  
  Spain 3       Spain 3  
  Israel 0     New Zealand 2    
Madrid, Spain (clay)
  New Zealand 5         Spain 1
  Denmark 2         Sweden 4  
  Hungary 3       Hungary 2
 bye     Sweden 3  
  Sweden  

First round

Belgium vs. Chile

Belgium
3		 Brussels, Belgium [3]
5–7 May 1961
Chile
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jacques Brichant
Patricio Apey		 6
4		 6
1		 6
1		      
2
Jean-Claude Van der Borght
Patricio Rodríguez		 2
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3
Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer
Ernesto Aguirre / Patricio Rodríguez		 7
5		 7
5		 4
6 		6
4		    
4
Jean-Claude Van der Borght
Patricio Apey		 4
6 		6
8 		2
6 		     
5
Jacques Brichant
Patricio Rodríguez		 6
1		 7
9 		8
6		 6
1		    

Switzerland vs. Netherlands

Switzerland
2		 Lucerne, Switzerland [4]
5–7 May 1961
Netherlands
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Heinz Grimm
Willem Maris		 3
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
2
Martin Froesch
Pieter van Eijsden		 7
5		 6
2		 6
4		      
3
Heinz Grimm / Ernst Schori
Pieter van Eijsden / Willem Maris		 9
11 		3
6 		7
9 		     
4
Martin Froesch
Willem Maris		 6
3		 6
1		 6
3		      
5
Heinz Grimm
Pieter van Eijsden		 7
5		 4
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   

Czechoslovakia vs. West Germany

Czechoslovakia
2		 Prague, Czechoslovakia [5]
4–6 May 1961
West Germany
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pavel Korda
Wilhelm Bungert		 3
6 		8
10 		6
2		 6
3		 5
7 		 
2
Jiří Javorský
Christian Kuhnke		 6
3		 7
5		 5
7 		2
6 		3
6 		 
3
Jiří Javorský / Jiří Parma
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke		 6
8 		6
3		 6
1		 3
6 		4
6 		 
4
Pavel Korda
Christian Kuhnke		 6
2		 6
2		 6
1		      
5
Jiří Javorský
Dieter Ecklebe		 6
4		 2
6 		2
6 		6
4		 6
3		  

Ireland vs. Poland

Ireland
0		 Dublin, Ireland [6]
5–7 May 1961
Poland
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
James Buckley
Władysław Skonecki		 4
6 		6
4		 4
6 		4
6 		   
2
Peter Jackson
Wiesław Gąsiorek		 3
6 		7
5		 6
3		 6
8 		4
6 		 
3
Vivian Gotto / Joseph Hackett
Wiesław Gąsiorek / Władysław Skonecki		 3
6 		6
3		 3
6 		6
4		 3
6 		 
4
James Buckley
Wiesław Gąsiorek		 4
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
5
Peter Jackson
Józef Orlikowski		 4
6 		3
6 		6
8 		     

Monaco vs. Luxembourg

Monaco
3		 Monte Carlo, Monaco [7]
29 April–1 May 1961
Luxembourg
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roland Borghini
Joseph Offenheim		 6
4		 6
0		 6
2		      
2
Georges Pasquier
Frank Baden		 5
7 		2
6 		3
6 		     
3
Roland Borghini / Georges Pasquier
Joseph Offenheim / Gaston Wampach		 6
4		 6
8 		3
6 		6
3		 6
2		  
4
Roland Borghini
Frank Baden		 9
7		 1
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   
5
Georges Pasquier
Joseph Offenheim		 6
2		 6
1		 6
2		      

Egypt vs. Brazil

Egypt
0		 Cairo, Egypt [8]
5–7 May 1961
Brazil
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Carlos Alberto Fernandes		 1
6 		6
3		 4
6 		3
6 		   
2
Fathi Mohammed-Ali
José Edison Mandarino		 2
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
3
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed / Fathi Mohammed-Ali
Carlos Alberto Fernandes / José Edison Mandarino		 3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
4
Fathi Mohammed-Ali
Carlos Alberto Fernandes		 8
6		 1
6 		0
6 		1
6 		   
5
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
José Edison Mandarino		 2
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     

Austria vs. Norway

Austria
5		 Vienna, Austria [9]
5–7 May 1961
Clay
Norway
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Franz Saiko
Finn-Dag Jagge		 6
4		 6
1		 6
1		      
2
Ladislav Legenstein
Thorvald Moe		 6
4		 6
3		 6
2		      
3
Ladislav Legenstein / Franz Saiko
Finn-Dag Jagge / Thorvald Moe		 6
3		 6
1		 6
1		      
4
Franz Saiko
Thorvald Moe		 6
4		 6
1		 6
3		      
5
Franz Hainka
Finn-Dag Jagge		 6
4		 6
1		 6
2		      

Turkey vs. Finland

Turkey
1		 Istanbul, Turkey [10]
5–7 May 1961
Finland
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nazmi Bari
Sakari Salo		 6
3		 3
6 		4
6 		4
6 		   
2
Engin Balas
Reino Nyyssönen		 2
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
3
Engin Balas / Nazmi Bari
Reino Nyyssönen / Sakari Salo		 1
6 		10
12 		1
6 		     
4
Engin Balas
Matti Kinnunen		 6
3		 6
3		 6
2		      
5
Ziya Kipkizilorenli
Reino Nyyssönen		 6
4		 3
6 		0
6 		1
6 		   

Romania vs. South Africa

Romania
0		 Bucharest, Romania [11]
5–7 May 1961
Clay
South Africa
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ion Țiriac
Julius Mayer		 0
6 		6
3		 2
6 		14
12		 0
6 		 
2
Gheorghe Viziru
Abe Segal		 1
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
3
Ion Țiriac / Gheorghe Viziru
Albert Gaertner / Abe Segal		 2
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
4
Gheorghe Viziru
Julius Mayer		 10
8		 5
7 		6
3		 5
7 		0
6 		 
5
Ion Țiriac
Albert Gaertner		 1
6 		6
2		 6
1		 3
6 		5
7 		 

Yugoslavia vs. Spain

Yugoslavia
1		 Split, Yugoslavia [12]
5–7 May 1961
Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Vladimir Presečki
Emilio Martínez del Rey		 8
6		 3
6 		9
7		 6
0		    
2
Boro Jovanović
Manuel Santana		 3
6 		6
8 		1
6 		     
3
Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić
Alberto Arilla / Manuel Santana		 3
6 		5
7 		5
7 		     
4
Vladimir Presečki
Manuel Santana		 3
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
5
Boro Jovanović
Emilio Martínez del Rey		           not
played

Israel vs. New Zealand

Israel
0		 Tel Aviv, Israel [13]
27–29 April 1961
Hard
New Zealand
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Gabriel Dubitzky
Mark Otway		 2
6 		6
8 		0
6 		     
2
Eleazar Davidman
Lew Gerrard		 1
6 		1
6 		6
3		 4
6 		   
3
Eleazar Davidman / Gabriel Dubitzky
Lew Gerrard / Mark Otway		 3
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
4
Eleazar Davidman
Mark Otway		 4
6 		2
6 		6
8 		     
5
Gabriel Dubitzky
Lew Gerrard		 2
6 		6
4		 0
6 		1
6 		   

Denmark vs. Hungary

Denmark
2		 Aarhus, Denmark [14]
5–7 May 1961
Clay
Hungary
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan Leschly
Zoltán Katona		 6
4		 5
7 		5
7 		4
6 		   
2
Jørgen Ulrich
István Gulyás		 5
7 		2
6 		6
3		 6
2		 6
4		  
3
Jørgen Ulrich / Torben Ulrich
István Gulyás / András Szikszay		 2
6 		2
6 		6
4		 9
9		   retired
 
4
Jørgen Ulrich
Zoltán Katona		 6
3		 6
0		 6
1		      
5
Jan Leschly
István Gulyás		 5
7 		6
4		 4
6 		4
6 		   

Second round

Belgium vs. Italy

Belgium
2		 Brussels, Belgium [15]
2–4 June 1961
Clay
Italy
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jacques Brichant
Nicola Pietrangeli		 2
6 		2
6 		6
0		 6
1		 6
1		  
2
Eric Drossart
Orlando Sirola		 6
2		 4
6 		5
7 		2
6 		   
3
Jacques Brichant / Jean-Claude Van der Borght
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola		 5
7 		4
6 		3
6 		     
4
Eric Drossart
Nicola Pietrangeli		 3
6 		2
6 		5
7 		     
5
Jacques Brichant
Orlando Sirola		 6
1		 7
5		 6
0		      

Netherlands vs. West Germany

Netherlands
0		 Scheveningen, Netherlands [16]
2–4 June 1961
Clay
West Germany
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Willem Maris
Christian Kuhnke		 3
6 		1
6 		5
7 		     
2
Pieter van Eijsden
Wilhelm Bungert		 2
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
3
Pieter van Eijsden / Willem Maris
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke		 5
7 		2
6 		6
3		 6
8 		   
4
Pieter van Eijsden
Dieter Ecklebe		 2
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
5
Willem Maris
Ingo Buding		 3
6 		6
4		 0
6 		6
3		 3
6 		 

Poland vs. Monaco

Poland
4		 Warsaw, Poland [17]
2–4 June 1961
Monaco
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Władysław Skonecki
Roland Borghini		 6
8 		6
3		 6
4		 6
2		    
2
Wiesław Gąsiorek
Adrien Viviani		 6
4		 6
1		 6
2		      
3
Wiesław Nowicki / Józef Orlikowski
Roland Borghini / Adrien Viviani		 6
2		 6
1		 1
6 		3
6 		6
1		  
4
Józef Orlikowski
Roland Borghini		 8
10 		6
3		 6
2		 6
8 		4
6 		 
5
Wiesław Nowicki
Adrien Viviani		 6
4		 6
4		 6
2		      

France vs. Brazil

France
4		 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [18]
2–4 June 1961
Clay
Brazil
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pierre Darmon
Ronald Barnes		 1
6 		6
0		 6
4		 6
1		    
2
Gerard Pilet
Carlos Alberto Fernandes		 6
4		 6
1		 6
1		      
3
Daniel Contet / Jacques Renavand
Ronald Barnes / Carlos Alberto Fernandes		 4
6 		3
6 		6
4		 9
7		 3
6 		 
4
Gerard Pilet
Ronald Barnes		 6
1		 6
4		 4
6 		2
6 		6
4		  
5
Pierre Darmon
José Edison Mandarino		 5
7 		6
1		 9
7		 3
3		    
retired

Austria vs. Great Britain

Austria
2		 Vienna, Austria [19]
1–3 June 1961
Clay
Great Britain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ladislav Legenstein
Mike Sangster		 5
7 		3
6 		3
6 		     
2
Franz Saiko
Bobby Wilson		 6
2		 9
7		 4
6 		6
2		    
3
Franz Hainka / Ladislav Legenstein
Mike Sangster / Bobby Wilson		 6
4		 10
12 		3
6 		5
7 		   
4
Ladislav Legenstein
Bobby Wilson		 4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
5
Franz Saiko
Alan Mills		 6
0		 6
0		 6
3		      

Finland vs. South Africa

Finland
1		 Helsinki, Finland [20]
1–3 June 1961
South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Reino Nyyssönen
Julius Mayer		 1
6 		7
5		 6
1		 6
0		    
2
Sakari Salo
Abe Segal		 1
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
3
Reino Nyyssönen / Sakari Salo
Albert Gaertner / Abe Segal		 2
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     
4
Sakari Salo
Julius Mayer		 1
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
5
Reino Nyyssönen
Abe Segal		 2
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     

Spain vs. New Zealand

Spain
3		 Real Madrid Club de Tenis, Madrid, Spain [21]
2–4 June 1961
Clay
New Zealand
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Emilio Martínez del Rey
Lew Gerrard		 3
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
2
Manuel Santana
Mark Otway		 6
3		 6
1		 6
3		      
3
Alberto Arilla / Manuel Santana
Lew Gerrard / Mark Otway		 9
7		 6
4		 6
3		      
4
Emilio Martínez del Rey
Mark Otway		 4
6 		3
6 		6
8 		     
5
Manuel Santana
Lew Gerrard		 6
1		 6
4		 6
2		      

Hungary vs. Sweden

Hungary
2		 Budapest, Hungary [22]
2–5 June 1961
Clay
Sweden
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Zoltán Katona
Ulf Schmidt		 3
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
2
István Gulyás
Jan-Erik Lundqvist		 6
0		 5
7 		6
4		 4
6 		4
6 		 
3
István Gulyás / András Szikszay
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt		 6
4		 7
5		 6
3		      
4
István Gulyás
Ulf Schmidt		 2
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
5
Zoltán Katona
Jan-Erik Lundqvist		 8
6		 2
6 		6
4		      
retired

Quarterfinals

West Germany vs. Italy

West Germany
2		 Munich, West Germany [23]
16–19 June 1961
Clay
Italy
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Christian Kuhnke
Nicola Pietrangeli		 1
6 		6
3		 4
6 		6
2		 1
6 		 
2
Wilhelm Bungert
Orlando Sirola		 6
4		 6
3		 7
5		      
3
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola		 6
2		 5
7 		6
3		 2
6 		1
6 		 
4
Christian Kuhnke
Orlando Sirola		 9
7		 6
3		 3
6 		11
9		    
5
Wilhelm Bungert
Nicola Pietrangeli		 5
7 		11
9		 0
6 		6
3		 4
6 		 

Poland vs. France

Poland
0		 Warsaw, Poland [24]
10–12 June 1961
France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Wiesław Gąsiorek
Pierre Darmon		 4
6 		7
9 		0
6 		     
2
Władysław Skonecki
Gerard Pilet		 1
6 		4
6 		6
3		 4
6 		   
3
Józef Orlikowski / Władysław Skonecki
Pierre Darmon / Jacques Renavand		 3
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
4
Wiesław Gąsiorek
Jacques Renavand		 4
6 		2
6 		6
1		 1
6 		   
5
Józef Orlikowski
Daniel Contet		 6
3		 5
7 		6
4		 6
8 		3
6 		 

Great Britain vs. South Africa

Great Britain
4		 Priory Lawn Tennis Club, Birmingham, England [25]
15–17 June 1961
Grass
South Africa
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Mike Sangster
Julius Mayer		 6
3		 6
2		 6
4		      
2
Bobby Wilson
Abe Segal		 6
4		 6
4		 6
4		      
3
Mike Sangster / Bobby Wilson
Albert Gaertner / Abe Segal		 9
11 		4
6 		5
7 		     
4
Bobby Wilson
Julius Mayer		 6
3		 6
3		 6
2		      
5
Mike Sangster
Abe Segal		 6
1		 13
15 		6
2		 10
8		    

Spain vs. Sweden

Spain
1		 Real Madrid Club de Tenis, Madrid, Spain [26]
16–18 June 1961
Clay
Sweden
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Alberto Arilla
Ulf Schmidt		 0
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
2
Manuel Santana
Jan-Erik Lundqvist		 3
6 		4
6 		6
2		 6
2		 6
2		  
3
Alberto Arilla / Manuel Santana
Sven Davidson / Ulf Schmidt		 2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
4
Alberto Arilla
Jan-Erik Lundqvist		 7
9 		4
6 		4
6 		     
5
Emilio Martínez del Rey
Ulf Schmidt		 2
6 		6
4		 5
7 		2
6 		   

Semifinals

France vs. Italy

France
1		 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [27]
21–23 July 1961
Clay
Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pierre Darmon
Nicola Pietrangeli		 7
5		 0
6 		4
6 		6
3		 2
6 		 
2
Gerard Pilet
Fausto Gardini		 6
2		 3
6 		2
6 		3
6 		   
3
Pierre Darmon / Jean-Noël Grinda
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola		 6
4		 3
6 		4
6 		5
7 		   
4
Jacques Renavand
Giuseppe Merlo		 6
3		 0
6 		4
6 		7
5		 6
3		  
5
Jean-Noël Grinda
Fausto Gardini		 8
10 		2
6 		5
7 		     

Sweden vs. Great Britain

Sweden
4		 Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [28]
21–23 July 1961
Clay
Great Britain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Bobby Wilson		 6
4		 6
3		 5
7 		6
4		    
2
Ulf Schmidt
Mike Sangster		 6
2		 6
4		 8
6		      
3
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Tony Pickard / Bobby Wilson		 3
6 		6
3		 1
6 		6
8 		   
4
Ulf Schmidt
Bobby Wilson		 9
7		 6
0		 6
4		      
5
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Mike Sangster		 6
4		 6
4		 6
2		      

Final

Italy vs. Sweden

Italy
4		 Milan, Italy [2]
4–6 August 1961
Clay
Sweden
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Fausto Gardini
Ulf Schmidt		 6
4		 4
6 		1
6 		6
3		 6
1		  
2
Nicola Pietrangeli
Jan-Erik Lundqvist		 2
6 		5
7 		6
1		 4
6 		   
3
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Thomas Hallberg / Jan-Erik Lundqvist		 6
3		 3
6 		6
3		 6
1		    
4
Nicola Pietrangeli
Ulf Schmidt		 6
3		 6
2		 3
6 		6
3		    
5
Fausto Gardini
Thomas Hallberg		 6
2		 6
1		 6
0		      

References
  1. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. "Italy v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  3. "Belgium v Chile". daviscup.com.
  4. "Switzerland v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  5. "Czechoslovakia v West Germany". daviscup.com.
  6. "Ireland v Poland". daviscup.com.
  7. "Monaco v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
  8. "Egypt v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  9. "Austria v Norway". daviscup.com.
  10. "Turkey v Finland". daviscup.com.
  11. "Romania v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  12. "Yugoslavia v Spain". daviscup.com.
  13. "Israel v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  14. "Denmark v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  15. "Belgium v Italy". daviscup.com.
  16. "Netherlands v West Germany". daviscup.com.
  17. "Poland v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  18. "France v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  19. "Austria v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  20. "Finland v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  21. "Spain v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  22. "Hungary v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  23. "West Germany v Italy". daviscup.com.
  24. "Poland v France". daviscup.com.
  25. "Great Britain v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  26. "Spain v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  27. "France v Italy". daviscup.com.
  28. "Sweden v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
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