1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

16 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] France defeated the Netherlands in the final, and went on to face Australia in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw edit

First round
8–19 May
Quarterfinals
27 May–14 June
Semifinals
10–14 July
Final
18–20 July
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
  France4
Paris, France (clay)
  Hungary1
  France5
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
  Italy0
  Portugal1
Eastbourne, England (grass)
  Italy4
  France4
London, England (clay)
  Great Britain0
  Romania1
Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
  Denmark4
  Denmark0
Warsaw, Poland (clay)
  Great Britain3
  Poland0
Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)
  Great Britain5
  France4
Vienna, Austria
  Netherlands0
  Austria4
Vienna, Austria
  Ireland1
  Austria0
Brussels, Belgium
  India4
  Belgium2
Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)
  India3
  India1
Bern, Switzerland
  Netherlands4
  Sweden3
Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)
   Switzerland2
  Sweden0
Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)
  Netherlands5
  Netherlands3
  Czechoslovakia2

First round edit

Hungary vs. France edit

 
Hungary
1
Budapest, Hungary[3]
8–10 May 1925
Clay
 
France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Imre Takáts
Jean Borotra
2
6
2
6
1
6
     
2  
 
Béla von Kehrling
René Lacoste
3
6
3
6
3
6
     
3  
 
Béla von Kehrling / Aurél von Kelemen
Jean Borotra / René Lacoste
4
6
2
6
10
8
3
6
   
4  
 
Béla von Kehrling
Jean Borotra
6
8
6
1
6
4
6
2
   
5  
 
Imre Takáts
Paul Féret
1
6
0
6
2
6
     

Portugal vs. Italy edit

 
Portugal
1
Lisbon, Portugal[4]
8–10 May 1925
Clay
 
Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
José de Verda
Clemente Serventi
7
5
1
6
8
6
4
6
  retired
 
2  
 
Antonio Casanovas
Uberto De Morpurgo
0
6
1
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Antonio Casanovas / Fernando Vasconcelos
Uberto De Morpurgo / Placido Gaslini
3
6
1
6
6
3
7
9
   
4  
 
Antonio Casanovas
Clemente Serventi
6
4
4
6
6
2
4
6
8
6
 
5  
 
José de Verda
Uberto De Morpurgo
2
6
1
6
8
6
2
6
   

Denmark vs. Romania edit

 
Denmark
4
Roehampton Lawn Tennis Club, London, England[5]
12–14 May 1925
Clay
 
Romania
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Erik Worm
Nicolae Mișu
3
6
3
6
7
5
3
6
   
2  
 
Einer Ulrich
Gheorghe Lupu
6
1
6
2
8
6
     
3  
 
Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich
Gheorghe Lupu / Nicolae Mișu
7
5
6
0
6
1
     
4  
 
Erik Worm
Gheorghe Lupu
6
2
6
2
6
4
     
5  
 
Einer Ulrich
Nicolae Mișu
7
5
6
1
6
2
     

Poland vs. Great Britain edit

 
Poland
0
Warsaw Lawn Tennis Club, Warsaw, Poland[6]
15–17 May 1925
Clay
 
Great Britain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Wladyslaw Szwede
Gordon Lowe
0
6
1
6
1
6
     
2  
 
Alfons Foerster
Patrick Wheatley
1
6
2
6
1
6
     
3  
 
Władysław Kuchar / Karol Steinert
Leslie Godfree / Charles Kingsley
4
6
2
6
2
6
     
4  
 
Alfons Foerster
Gordon Lowe
0
6
0
6
0
6
     
5  
 
Wladyslaw Szwede
Patrick Wheatley
2
6
0
6
0
6
     

Austria vs. Ireland edit

 
Austria
4
Vienna, Austria[7]
15–19 May 1925
 
Ireland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten
Charles Scroope
0
6
2
6
6
3
6
2
6
3
 
2  
 
Paul Brick
Louis Meldon
6
4
6
2
6
4
     
3  
 
Paul Brick / Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten
Charles Scroope / Simon Scroope
1
6
4
6
6
0
5
7
   
4  
 
Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten
Louis Meldon
8
10
4
6
7
5
8
6
6
1
 
5  
 
Paul Brick
Charles Scroope
5
7
1
6
7
5
     
retired

Belgium vs. India edit

 
Belgium
2
Brussels, Belgium[8]
16–18 May 1925
 
India
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Jean Washer
Sydney Jacob
4
6
6
4
3
6
7
5
4
6
 
2  
 
Georges Watson
Eric Andrea
0
6
3
6
0
6
     
3  
 
Jean Washer / Georges Watson
Syed Mohammad Hadi / Jagat-Mohan Lal
4
6
2
6
6
4
7
5
6
3
 
4  
 
Georges Watson
Sydney Jacob
3
6
1
6
3
6
     
5  
 
Jean Washer
Eric Andrea
7
5
6
1
6
1
     

Switzerland vs. Sweden edit

 
Switzerland
2
Bern, Switzerland[9]
16–18 May 1925
Clay
 
Sweden
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Charles Aeschlimann
Sune Malmström
3
6
3
6
9
7
3
6
   
2  
 
Charles Martin
Marcus Wallenberg
1
6
3
6
3
6
     
3  
 
Charles Aeschlimann / Charles Martin
Sune Malmström / Marcus Wallenberg
3
6
7
5
7
5
7
5
   
4  
 
Charles Martin
Sune Malmström
1
6
2
6
1
6
     
5  
 
Charles Aeschlimann
Marcus Wallenberg
6
3
6
3
5
7
6
4
   

Netherlands vs. Czechoslovakia edit

 
Netherlands
3
Noordwijk, Netherlands[10]
15–18 May 1925
Clay
 
Czechoslovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Arthur Diemer-Kool
Pavel Macenauer
6
3
3
6
2
6
1
6
   
2  
 
Hendrik Timmer
Jan Koželuh
6
3
6
4
6
2
     
3  
 
Arthur Diemer-Kool / Christiaan van Lennep
Jan Koželuh / Ladislav Žemla
6
3
6
1
8
6
     
4  
 
Arthur Diemer-Kool
Jan Koželuh
6
3
3
6
6
3
1
6
1
6
 
5  
 
Hendrik Timmer
Pavel Macenauer
6
1
6
2
6
2
     

Quarterfinals edit

France vs. Italy edit

 
France
5
Racing Club de France, Paris, France[11]
12–14 June 1925
Clay
 
Italy
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
René Lacoste
Uberto De Morpurgo
6
0
6
2
2
6
6
0
   
2  
 
Jean Borotra
Cesare Colombo
6
4
6
1
6
1
     
3  
 
Jacques Brugnon / René Lacoste
Cesare Colombo / Uberto De Morpurgo
6
1
6
1
6
1
     
4  
 
Jean Borotra
Uberto De Morpurgo
6
1
2
6
12
10
6
1
   
5  
 
Paul Féret
Cesare Colombo
8
6
3
6
1
6
6
2
6
3
 

Denmark vs. Great Britain edit

 
Denmark
0
Copenhagen, Denmark[12]
27–29 May 1925
Clay
 
Great Britain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Axel Petersen
Patrick Wheatley
6
4
4
6
6
1
2
6
2
6
 
2  
 
Einer Ulrich
Brian Gilbert
1
6
11
9
6
3
4
6
2
6
 
3  
 
Einer Ulrich / Erik Worm
Leslie Godfree / Charles Kingsley
5
7
5
7
2
6
     
4  
 
Einer Ulrich
Patrick Wheatley
          not
played
5  
 
Axel Petersen
Brian Gilbert
          not
played

Austria vs. India edit

 
Austria
0
Vienna, Austria[13]
12–14 June 1925
 
India
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Paul Brick
Sydney Jacob
6
8
1
6
1
6
     
2  
 
Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten
Eric Andrea
4
6
2
6
6
8
     
3  
 
Otto Relly / Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten
Hassan Ali Fyzee / Jagat-Mohan Lal
0
6
3
6
1
6
     
4  
 
Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten
Sydney Jacob
4
6
4
6
5
7
     
5  
 
Paul Brick
Eric Andrea
2
6
7
5
6
4
2
3
  not
completed

Netherlands vs. Sweden edit

 
Netherlands
5
Noordwijksche Sportverening, Noordwijk, Netherlands[14]
12–14 June 1925
Clay
 
Sweden
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Hendrik Timmer
Carl-Erik von Braun
7
5
6
1
6
0
     
2  
 
Arthur Diemer-Kool
Marcus Wallenberg
6
2
4
6
6
3
6
0
   
3  
 
Arthur Diemer-Kool / Christiaan van Lennep
Carl-Erik von Braun / Marcus Wallenberg
3
6
6
1
6
4
9
7
   
4  
 
Hendrik Timmer
Marcus Wallenberg
6
1
6
4
6
2
     
5  
 
Arthur Diemer-Kool
Carl-Erik von Braun
8
6
6
1
6
2
     

Semifinals edit

Great Britain vs. France edit

 
Great Britain
0
Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[15]
11–14 July 1925
Grass
 
France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Noel Turnbull
René Lacoste
6
3
1
6
5
7
2
6
   
2  
 
Gordon Crole-Rees
Jean Borotra
4
6
8
10
6
4
0
6
   
3  
 
Leslie Godfree / Patrick Wheatley
Jacques Brugnon / René Lacoste
4
6
4
6
3
6
     
4  
 
Gordon Crole-Rees
René Lacoste
2
6
4
6
2
6
     
5  
 
Noel Turnbull
Jean Borotra
          not
played

Netherlands vs. India edit

 
Netherlands
4
Noordwijk, Netherlands[16]
10–12 July 1925
Clay
 
India
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Arthur Diemer-Kool
Jagat-Mohan Lal
3
6
6
3
6
4
6
1
   
2  
 
Christiaan van Lennep
Hassan Ali Fyzee
1
6
4
6
11
9
6
3
4
6
 
3  
 
Arthur Diemer-Kool / Christiaan van Lennep
Hassan Ali Fyzee / Syed Mohammad Hadi
6
4
6
2
6
3
     
4  
 
Arthur Diemer-Kool
Hassan Ali Fyzee
7
5
6
1
6
4
     
5  
 
Christiaan van Lennep
Jagat-Mohan Lal
6
2
6
4
7
5
     

Final edit

Netherlands vs. France edit

 
Netherlands
0
Noordwijk Club, Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay) [2]
18–20 July 1925
Clay
 
France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Hendrik Timmer
René Lacoste
7
5
5
7
2
6
2
6
   
2  
 
Arthur Diemer Kool
Jean Borotra
2
6
4
6
8
10
     
3  
 
Arthur Diemer Kool / Christiaan van Lennep
Jacques Brugnon / René Lacoste
2
6
3
6
8
6
4
6
   
4  
 
Arthur Diemer Kool
René Lacoste
4
6
4
6
1
6
     
5  
 
Hendrik Timmer
Jean Borotra
          not
played

References edit

  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 "Netherlands v France". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Hungary v France". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Portugal v Italy". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Denmark v Romania". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Poland v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "AUstria v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Belgium v India". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Switzerland v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Netherlands v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "France v Italy". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Denmark v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Austria v India". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Netherlands v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Great Britain v France". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Netherlands v India". daviscup.com.

External links edit