The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1955 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

Norway vs. South Africa


Norway
1		 Oslo, Norway[3]
6–8 May 1955
Clay
South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Norway
South Africa		 Nils-Erik Hessen
Ian Vermaak		 1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
2 Norway
South Africa		 Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Russell Seymour		 3
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
3 Norway
South Africa		 Finn-Dag Jagge / Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Abe Segal / Ian Vermaak		 3
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
4 Norway
South Africa		 Finn-Dag Jagge
Gordon Forbes		 2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
5 Norway
South Africa		 Finn Søhol
Russell Seymour		 6
3		 6
4		 2
6 		6
4		    

West Germany vs. Ireland


West Germany
4		 Düsseldorf, West Germany[4]
29 April–1 May 1955
Ireland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
Republic of Ireland		 Christoph Biederlack
Alan Haughton		 6
0		 6
0		 7
5		      
2 West Germany
Republic of Ireland		 Ernst Buchholz
Guy Jackson		 7
9 		7
5		 6
2		 6
0		    
3 West Germany
Republic of Ireland		 Ernst Buchholz / Horst Hermann
Vivian Gotto / Guy Jackson		 6
1		 6
2		 6
2		      
4 West Germany
Republic of Ireland		 Christoph Biederlack
Guy Jackson		 3
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
5 West Germany
Republic of Ireland		 Rupert Huber
Alan Haughton		 6
1		 6
2		 6
0		      

Austria vs. Finland


Austria
5		 Vienna, Austria[5]
29 April–1 May 1955
Finland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
Finland		 Alfred Huber
Reino Nyyssönen		 8
6		 6
0		 6
1		      
2 Austria
Finland		 Franz Saiko
Sakari Salo		 6
2		 6
2		 6
2		      
3 Austria
Finland		 Hans Redl / Franz Saiko
Lars-Henrik Krause / Sakari Salo		 7
5		 6
1		 6
0		      
4 Austria
Finland		 Franz Saiko
Reino Nyyssönen		 6
3		 6
3		 6
1		      
5 Austria
Finland		 Alfred Huber
Sakari Salo		 6
4		 6
3		 7
5		      

Turkey vs. Egypt


Turkey
1		 Istanbul, Turkey[6]
29 April–1 May 1955
Egypt
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Turkey
Egypt		 Behbut Cevanşir
Adel Ismail		 6
2		 2
6 		5
7 		5
7 		   
2 Turkey
Egypt		 Nazmi Bari
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed		 1
6 		6
3		 6
4		 5
7 		14
16 		 
3 Turkey
Egypt		 Engin Balas / Behbut Cevanşir
Donald Acobas / Adel Ismail		 6
1		 6
4		 6
4		      
4 Turkey
Egypt		 Nazmi Bari
Adel Ismail		 4
6 		6
4		 8
10 		4
6 		   
5 Turkey
Egypt		 Engin Balas
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed		 3
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     

Monaco vs. Argentina


Monaco
0		 Monte Carlo, Monaco[7]
29 April–1 May 1955
Argentina
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Monaco
Argentina		 Georges Pasquier
Alejo Russell		 6
3		 3
6 		0
6 		0
6 		   
2 Monaco
Argentina		 Yvan Médecin
Enrique Morea		 1
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
3 Monaco
Argentina		 Yvan Médecin / Georges Pasquier
Enrique Morea / Alejo Russell		 3
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
4 Monaco
Argentina		 Yvan Médecin
Alejo Russell		           not
played
5 Monaco
Argentina		 Georges Pasquier
Enrique Morea		           not
played

Switzerland vs. Netherlands


Switzerland
3		 Basel, Switzerland[8]
29 April–1 May 1955
Netherlands
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Switzerland
Netherlands		 Martin Froesch
Hans van Dalsum		 6
0		 6
1		 6
4		      
2 Switzerland
Netherlands		 Paul Blondel
Fred Dehnert		 5
7 		6
2		 4
6 		4
6 		   
3 Switzerland
Netherlands		 René Buser / Bernard du Pont
Hans van Dalsum / Fred Dehnert		 3
6 		6
0		 6
3		 1
6 		2
6 		 
4 Switzerland
Netherlands		 Martin Froesch
Fred Dehnert		 6
3		 6
3		 6
0		      
5 Switzerland
Netherlands		 Paul Blondel
Hans van Swol		 0
6 		6
2		 9
7		 3
6 		12
10		  

Yugoslavia vs. Chile


Yugoslavia
0		 Karlovac, Yugoslavia[9]
29 April–1 May 1955
Chile
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Chile		 Ilija Panajotović
Luis Ayala		 3
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Chile		 Vladimir Petrović
Andrés Hammersley		 3
6 		6
3		 6
4		 5
7 		2
6 		 
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Chile		 Ladislav Jagec / Vladimir Petrović
Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley		 4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Chile		 Ladislav Jagec
Andrés Hammersley		 3
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Chile		 Vladimir Petrović
Luis Ayala		 0
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     

Portugal vs. Czechoslovakia


Portugal
0		 Monsanto Tennis Club, Lisbon, Portugal[10]
29 April–1 May 1955
Clay
Czechoslovakia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Portugal
Czechoslovakia		 David Cohen
Vladimír Zábrodský		 0
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
2 Portugal
Czechoslovakia		 José da Silva
Jiří Javorský		 0
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
3 Portugal
Czechoslovakia		 António Azevedo Gomes / José da Silva
Jiří Javorský / Vladimír Zábrodský		 1
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     
4 Portugal
Czechoslovakia		 José da Silva
Vladimír Zábrodský		 4
6 		2
6 		0
6 		     
5 Portugal
Czechoslovakia		 David Cohen
Jiří Javorský		 2
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     

Second round

Denmark vs. South Africa


Denmark
3		 Copenhagen, Denmark[11]
13–15 May 1955
Clay
South Africa
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
South Africa		 Kurt Nielsen
Ian Vermaak		 4
6 		6
1		 6
2		 1
6 		8
6		  
2 Denmark
South Africa		 Jørgen Ulrich
Abe Segal		 3
6 		6
3		 6
2		 6
4		    
3 Denmark
South Africa		 Søren Højberg / Kurt Nielsen
Abe Segal / Ian Vermaak		 11
9		 13
15 		1
6 		5
7 		   
4 Denmark
South Africa		 Jørgen Ulrich
Gordon Forbes		 6
2		 1
6 		9
11 		3
6 		   
5 Denmark
South Africa		 Kurt Nielsen
Abe Segal		 6
2		 6
3		 9
7		      

West Germany vs. Italy


West Germany
0		 Munich, West Germany[12]
14–17 May 1955
Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
Italy		 Christoph Biederlack
Fausto Gardini		 2
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     
2 West Germany
Italy		 Rupert Huber
Giuseppe Merlo		 2
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3 West Germany
Italy		 Ernst Buchholz / Horst Hermann
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola		 1
6 		4
6 		6
2		 6
8 		   
4 West Germany
Italy		 Rupert Huber
Fausto Gardini		 0
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
5 West Germany
Italy		 Christoph Biederlack
Giuseppe Merlo		 1
6 		6
8 		1
6 		     

Austria vs. Great Britain


Austria
1		 Vienna, Austria[13]
13–15 May 1955
Clay
Great Britain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
United Kingdom		 Alfred Huber
Roger Becker		 6
4		 9
7		 0
6 		6
4		    
2 Austria
United Kingdom		 Franz Saiko
Tony Mottram		 8
10 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3 Austria
United Kingdom		 Alfred Huber / Hans Redl
Tony Mottram / Geoffrey Paish		 2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4 Austria
United Kingdom		 Franz Saiko
Roger Becker		 2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
5 Austria
United Kingdom		 Alfred Huber
Tony Mottram		 3
6 		7
5		 6
2		 4
6 		4
6 		 

Egypt vs. India


Egypt
0		 Cairo, Egypt[14]
13–15 May 1955
India
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Egypt
India		 Adel Ismail
Naresh Kumar		 0
6 		3
6 		6
4		 6
2		 1
6 		 
2 Egypt
India		 Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Ramanathan Krishnan		 0
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3 Egypt
India		 Donald Acobas / Adel Ismail
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar		 3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4 Egypt
India		 Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Naresh Kumar		 1
6 		6
1		 4
6 		7
5		 2
6 		 
5 Egypt
India		 Adli El Shafei
Ramanathan Krishnan		 1
6 		7
9 		3
6 		     

France vs. Argentina


France
3		 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[15]
13–15 May 1955
Clay
Argentina
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
Argentina		 Paul Rémy
Alejo Russell		 6
4		 6
1		 6
4		      
2 France
Argentina		 Robert Haillet
Enrique Morea		 2
6 		4
6 		6
8 		     
3 France
Argentina		 Marcel Bernard / Paul Rémy
Enrique Morea / Alejo Russell		 6
4		 6
3		 6
4		      
4 France
Argentina		 Paul Rémy
Enrique Morea		 7
9 		3
6 		4
6 		     
5 France
Argentina		 Robert Haillet
Alejo Russell		 6
4		 2
6 		6
3		 6
2		    

Switzerland vs. Sweden


Switzerland
0		 Montreux, Switzerland[16]
13–15 May 1955
Clay
Sweden
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Switzerland
Sweden		 Martin Froesch
Sven Davidson		 1
6 		5
7 		0
6 		     
2 Switzerland
Sweden		 Paul Blondel
Lennart Bergelin		 2
6 		1
6 		6
0		 2
6 		   
3 Switzerland
Sweden		 Paul Blondel / René Buser
Sven Davidson / Ulf Schmidt		 4
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
4 Switzerland
Sweden		 Martin Froesch
Lennart Bergelin		 6
2		 4
6 		2
6 		0
6 		   
5 Switzerland
Sweden		 Paul Blondel
Ulf Schmidt		 2
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     

Hungary vs. Chile


Hungary
2		 Budapest, Hungary[17]
12–14 May 1955
Chile
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Hungary
Chile		 József Asbóth
Andrés Hammersley		 2
6 		3
6 		6
4		 12
10		 4
6 		 
2 Hungary
Chile		 András Ádám-Stolpa
Luis Ayala		 3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3 Hungary
Chile		 András Ádám-Stolpa / József Asbóth
Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley		 7
5		 7
5		 6
4		      
4 Hungary
Chile		 József Asbóth
Luis Ayala		 6
3		 3
6 		7
5		 2
6 		0
6 		 
5 Hungary
Chile		 András Ádám-Stolpa
Andrés Hammersley		 3
6 		7
5		 5
7 		7
5		 6
1		  

Czechoslovakia vs. Belgium


Czechoslovakia
0		 Prague, Czechoslovakia[18]
13–15 May 1955
Belgium
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
Belgium		 Jiří Javorský
Philippe Washer		 0
6 		1
6 		6
3		 4
6 		   
2 Czechoslovakia
Belgium		 Vladimír Zábrodský
Jacques Brichant		 6
8 		3
6 		6
2		 4
6 		   
3 Czechoslovakia
Belgium		 Jiří Javorský / Vladimír Zábrodský
Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer		 1
6 		6
3		 3
6 		7
9 		   
4 Czechoslovakia
Belgium		 Vladimír Zábrodský
Philippe Washer		 2
6 		1
6 		6
3		 4
6 		   
5 Czechoslovakia
Belgium		 Jiří Javorský
Jacques Brichant		 2
6 		9
11 		6
3		 8
10 		   

Quarterfinals

Denmark vs. Italy


Denmark
0		 Copenhagen, Denmark[19]
10–12 June 1955
Clay
Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
Italy		 Kurt Nielsen
Fausto Gardini		 2
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
2 Denmark
Italy		 Torben Ulrich
Giuseppe Merlo		 3
6 		4
6 		6
3		 0
6 		   
3 Denmark
Italy		 Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola		 14
16 		3
6 		1
6 		     
4 Denmark
Italy		 Kurt Nielsen
Giuseppe Merlo		 0
6 		6
4		 2
6 		6
4		 5
7 		 
5 Denmark
Italy		 Jørgen Ulrich
Nicola Pietrangeli		 4
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     

Great Britain vs. India


Great Britain
3		 Northern Lawn Tennis Club, Manchester, England[20]
9–13 June 1955
Grass
India
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
India		 Roger Becker
Naresh Kumar		 6
2		 7
9 		6
2		 6
3		    
2 United Kingdom
India		 Tony Mottram
Ramanathan Krishnan		 4
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
3 United Kingdom
India		 Tony Mottram / Geoffrey Paish
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar		 6
2		 6
1		 3
6 		5
7 		4
6 		 
4 United Kingdom
India		 Roger Becker
Ramanathan Krishnan		 13
11		 6
3		 6
3		      
5 United Kingdom
India		 Tony Mottram
Naresh Kumar		 2
6 		9
7		 4
6 		7
5		 6
3		  

Sweden vs. France


Sweden
3		 Saltsjöbaden, Sweden[21]
10–12 June 1955
Clay
France
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
France		 Lennart Bergelin
Robert Haillet		 3
6 		6
2		 6
3		 6
3		    
2 Sweden
France		 Sven Davidson
Paul Rémy		 3
6 		6
3		 6
2		 2
6 		1
6 		 
3 Sweden
France		 Sven Davidson / Ulf Schmidt
Marcel Bernard / Paul Rémy		 4
6 		7
5		 4
6 		6
1		 2
6 		 
4 Sweden
France		 Sven Davidson
Robert Haillet		 11
9		 6
2		 9
7		      
5 Sweden
France		 Lennart Bergelin
Paul Rémy		 1
6 		6
1		 6
2		 6
2		    

Belgium vs. Chile


Belgium
2		 Brussels, Belgium[22]
10–12 June 1955
Chile
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belgium
Chile		 Jacques Brichant
Andrés Hammersley		 5
7 		6
4		 8
6		 8
6		    
2 Belgium
Chile		 Philippe Washer
Luis Ayala		 1
6 		6
8 		1
6 		     
3 Belgium
Chile		 Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer
Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley		 6
4		 0
6 		6
4		 4
6 		6
4		  
4 Belgium
Chile		 Jacques Brichant
Luis Ayala		 6
1		 1
6 		9
7		 1
6 		5
7 		 
5 Belgium
Chile		 Philippe Washer
Andrés Hammersley		 2
6 		6
4		 4
6 		6
0		 4
6 		 

Semifinals

Great Britain vs. Italy


Great Britain
0		 Edgbaston Lawn Tennis Club, Birmingham, England[23]
14–16 July 1955
Grass
Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Italy		 Billy Knight
Fausto Gardini		 9
7		 2
6 		4
6 		1
6 		   
2 United Kingdom
Italy		 Roger Becker
Nicola Pietrangeli		 3
6 		9
7		 4
6 		6
8 		   
3 United Kingdom
Italy		 Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola		 6
4		 9
11 		6
8 		3
6 		   
4 United Kingdom
Italy		 Billy Knight
Nicola Pietrangeli		 6
3		 6
4		 4
6 		3
6 		4
6 		 
5 United Kingdom
Italy		 Roger Becker
Orlando Sirola		 8
10 		2
6 		5
7 		     

Sweden vs. Chile


Sweden
3		 Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[24]
15–17 July 1955
Clay
Chile
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Chile		 Sven Davidson
Luis Ayala		 6
1		 5
7 		5
7 		3
6 		   
2 Sweden
Chile		 Lennart Bergelin
Andrés Hammersley		 5
7 		7
5		 6
2		 6
3		    
3 Sweden
Chile		 Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson
Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley		 6
0		 6
1		 6
4		      
4 Sweden
Chile		 Lennart Bergelin
Luis Ayala		 4
6 		6
4		 2
6 		1
6 		   
5 Sweden
Chile		 Sven Davidson
Andrés Hammersley		 6
1		 6
1		 6
3		      

Final

Italy vs. Sweden


Italy
4		 Milan, Italy[2]
29–31 July 1955
Clay
Sweden
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Sweden		 Fausto Gardini
Sven Davidson		 6
4		 0
6 		3
6 		6
1		 6
3		  
2 Italy
Sweden		 Giuseppe Merlo
Lennart Bergelin		 6
1		 6
8 		6
8 		8
6		 6
1		  
3 Italy
Sweden		 Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson		 6
3		 6
4		 2
6 		2
6 		6
1		  
4 Italy
Sweden		 Orlando Sirola
Sven Davidson		 2
6 		6
8 		4
6 		     
5 Italy
Sweden		 Fausto Gardini
Staffan Stockenberg		 6
4		 6
1		 6
4		      

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. 1 2 "Italy v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  3. ↑ "Norway v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  4. ↑ "West Germany v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  5. ↑ "Austria v Finland". daviscup.com.
  6. ↑ "Turkey v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  7. ↑ "Monaco v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  8. ↑ "Switzerland v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  9. ↑ "Yugoslavia v Chile". daviscup.com.
  10. ↑ "Portugal v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  11. ↑ "Denmark v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  12. ↑ "West Germany v Italy". daviscup.com.
  13. ↑ "Austria v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  14. ↑ "Egypt v India". daviscup.com.
  15. ↑ "France v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  16. ↑ "Switzerland v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  17. ↑ "Hungary v Chile". daviscup.com.
  18. ↑ "Czechoslovakia v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  19. ↑ "Denmark v Italy". daviscup.com.
  20. ↑ "Great Britain v India". daviscup.com.
  21. ↑ "Sweden v France". daviscup.com.
  22. ↑ "Belgium v Chile". daviscup.com.
  23. ↑ "Great Britain v Italy". daviscup.com.
  24. ↑ "Sweden v Chile". daviscup.com.
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