1960 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1960 Davis Cup.

Main article: 1960 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
22 April–2 May
   Second Round
13–15 May
   Quarterfinals
10–12 June
   Semifinals
15–17 July
   Final
29–31 July
  Italy    
 bye       Italy 3  
  Hungary 5     Hungary 2    
Turin, Italy (clay)
  Ireland 0         Italy 3  
  Luxembourg 2         Chile 2  
  Monaco 3       Monaco 2
  Israel 1     Chile 3    
  Chile 4         Italy 4  
   Switzerland 2         Great Britain 1  
  Belgium 3       Belgium 3  
  Brazil w/o     Brazil 2    
  Turkey         Belgium 0
  Norway 2         Great Britain 5  
  Netherlands 3       Netherlands 0
 bye     Great Britain 5    
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Great Britain         Italy 3
  France    
Paris, France (clay)
     Sweden 2
 bye       France 5  
  Finland 0     Argentina 0    
Paris, France (clay)
  Argentina 5         France 5  
  Denmark 3    
Vienna, Austria (clay)
     Denmark 0  
  Yugoslavia 2       Denmark 3
  Egypt 1     Austria 2    
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Austria 4         France 2
  West Germany 3         Sweden 3  
  Czechoslovakia 2       West Germany 4  
  Romania 2     Poland 1    
  Poland 3         West Germany 1
  Sweden 5         Sweden 4  
  South Africa 0       Sweden 3
 bye     Spain 2  
  Spain  

First round

Hungary vs. Ireland

Hungary
5		 Budapest, Hungary [3]
28–30 April 1960
Ireland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
András Ádám-Stolpa
Guy Jackson		 6
3		 6
0		 6
3		      
2
István Gulyás
Joseph Hackett		 6
2		 6
2		 6
1		      
3
István Gulyás / András Szikszay
Joseph Hackett / Guy Jackson		 7
5		 6
2		 6
2		      
4
István Gulyás
Guy Jackson		 6
2		 6
3		 2
6 		6
3		    
5
Ferenc Komáromy
Joseph Hackett		 6
1		 6
2		 7
5		      

Luxembourg v Monaco

Luxembourg
2		 Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg [4]
30 April–2 May 1960
Monaco
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Joseph Offenheim
Roland Borghini		 6
2		 1
6 		4
6 		3
6 		   
2
Frank Baden
Georges Pasquier		 6
4		 6
1		 7
5		      
3
Frank Baden / Gaston Wampach
Roland Borghini / Georges Pasquier		 6
2		 3
6 		4
6 		7
5		 6
2		  
4
Joseph Offenheim
Georges Pasquier		 1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
5
Frank Baden
Roland Borghini		 2
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     

Israel vs. Chile

Israel
1		 Tel Aviv, Israel [5]
29 April–1 May 1960
Hard
Chile
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Eleazar Davidman
Patricio Rodríguez		 9
7		 4
6 		6
4		 6
2		    
2
Arie Avidan-Weiss
Luis Ayala		 1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
3
Arie Avidan-Weiss / Eleazar Davidman
Ernesto Aguirre / Luis Ayala		 2
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
4
Arie Avidan-Weiss
Patricio Rodríguez		 6
2		 5
7 		0
6 		5
7 		   
5
Eleazar Davidman
Luis Ayala		 2
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     

Switzerland vs. Belgium

Switzerland
2		 Geneva, Switzerland [6]
29 April–1 May 1960
Belgium
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Paul Blondel
Jacques Brichant		 2
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
2
Heinz Grimm
Jean-Pierre Froment		 3
6 		6
2		 6
4		 6
2		    
3
Heinz Grimm / Ernst Schori
Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer		 2
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
4
Paul Blondel
Jean-Pierre Froment		 3
6 		6
2		 6
4		 1
6 		7
5		  
5
Heinz Grimm
Jacques Brichant		 1
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     

Norway vs. Netherlands

Norway
2		 Oslo, Norway [7]
29 April–1 May 1960
Clay
Netherlands
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Willem Maris		 3
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
2
Thorvald Moe
Pieter van Eijsden		 6
4		 1
6 		4
6 		4
6 		   
3
Finn-Dag Jagge / Thorvald Moe
Hans van Dalsum / Willem Maris		 6
1		 6
4		 8
6		      
4
Thorvald Moe
Willem Maris		 6
4		 8
6		 6
0		      
5
Gunnar Høst Sjøwall
Pieter van Eijsden		 2
6 		6
4		 6
3		 3
6 		3
6 		 

Finland vs. Argentina

Finland
0		 Helsinki, Finland [8]
29 April–1 May 1960
Argentina
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Reino Nyyssönen
Eduardo Soriano		 4
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
2
Sakari Salo
Roberto Aubone		 7
9 		5
7 		6
4		 3
6 		   
3
Matti Kinnunen / Sakari Salo
Roberto Aubone / Eduardo Soriano		 2
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
4
Sakari Salo
Eduardo Soriano		 5
7 		8
6		 6
8 		4
6 		   
5
Tapio Jokinen
Roberto Aubone		 3
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     

Denmark vs. Yugoslavia

Denmark
3		 Copenhagen, Denmark [9]
29 April–1 May 1960
Clay
Yugoslavia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Kurt Nielsen
Boro Jovanović		 6
1		 1
6 		1
6 		4
6 		   
2
Jørgen Ulrich
Ilija Panajotović		 7
5		 5
7 		6
1		 6
1		    
3
Jørgen Ulrich / Torben Ulrich
Boro Jovanović / Ilija Panajotović		 6
4		 4
6 		6
1		 5
7 		7
5		  
4
Jørgen Ulrich
Boro Jovanović		 5
7 		6
3		 4
6 		6
0		 9
7		  
5
Kurt Nielsen
Ilija Panajotović		 4
6 		2
6 		6
3		 6
2		 4
6 		 

Egypt vs. Austria

Egypt
1		 Cairo, Egypt [10]
29 April–1 May 1960
Austria
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Fathi Mohammed-Ali
Franz Saiko		 2
6 		1
6 		6
3		 3
6 		   
2
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Ladislav Legenstein		 6
8 		3
6 		7
5		 5
7 		   
3
Fathi Mohammed-Ali / Nabil Hassan
Franz Hainka / Ladislav Legenstein		 1
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     
4
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Franz Hainka		 6
3		 2
6 		6
1		 7
5		    
5
Fathi Mohammed-Ali
Ladislav Legenstein		 10
8		 3
6 		1
6 		4
5		   retired
 

West Germany vs. Czechoslovakia

West Germany
3		 Hanover, West Germany [11]
29 April–1 May 1960
Czechoslovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Christian Kuhnke
Pavel Korda		 6
4		 5
7 		6
4		 1
6 		2
6 		 
2
Wolfgang Stuck
Jiří Javorský		 5
7 		6
8 		1
6 		     
3
Christian Kuhnke / Wolfgang Stuck
Jiří Javorský / Pavel Korda		 6
4		 3
6 		6
2		 6
2		    
4
Wolfgang Stuck
Pavel Korda		 6
4		 6
0		 6
1		      
5
Christian Kuhnke
Jiří Javorský		 6
3		 6
2		 6
4		      

Romania vs. Poland

Romania
2		 Bucharest, Romania [12]
22–24 April 1960
Clay
Poland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Gheorghe Viziru
Wiesław Gąsiorek		 6
3		 3
6 		6
4		 2
6 		6
3		  
2
Ion Țiriac
Władysław Skonecki		 5
7 		4
6 		7
5		 3
6 		   
3
Ștefan Georgescu / Ion Țiriac
Wiesław Gąsiorek / Józef Piątek		 7
5		 2
6 		4
6 		3
6 		   
4
Gheorghe Viziru
Władysław Skonecki		 6
1		 6
2		 8
6		      
5
Ion Țiriac
Wiesław Gąsiorek		 6
4		 4
6 		6
8 		3
6 		   

Sweden vs. South Africa

Sweden
5		 Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden [13]
29 April–1 May 1960
Clay
South Africa
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ulf Schmidt
Ian Vermaak		 6
0		 6
8 		6
4		 8
6		    
2
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Gaetan Koenig		 6
1		 6
2		 6
4		      
3
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Albert Gaertner / Ian Vermaak		 6
4		 6
2		 6
3		      
4
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Albert Gaertner		 6
2		 6
8 		3
6 		6
4		 6
1		  
5
Ulf Schmidt
Gaetan Koenig		 6
2		 2
6 		6
3		 6
2		    

Second round

Hungary vs. Italy

Hungary
2		 Budapest, Hungary [14]
13–15 May 1960
Italy
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
András Ádám-Stolpa
Orlando Sirola		 6
2		 2
6 		6
8 		6
2		 6
1		  
2
István Gulyás
Nicola Pietrangeli		 6
1		 2
6 		4
6 		4
6 		   
3
István Gulyás / András Szikszay
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola		 6
1		 3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		   
4
András Ádám-Stolpa
Nicola Pietrangeli		 2
6 		6
3		 2
6 		4
6 		   
5
István Gulyás
Sergio Tacchini		 6
3		 6
2		 4
6 		5
7 		6
3		  

Monaco vs. Chile

Monaco
2		 Monte Carlo, Monaco [15]
13–15 May 1960
Chile
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roland Borghini
Luis Ayala		 0
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
2
Georges Pasquier
Patricio Rodríguez		 1
6 		1
6 		6
3		 4
6 		   
3
Roland Borghini / Adrien Viviani
Ernesto Aguirre / Luis Ayala		 3
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
4
Roland Borghini
Patricio Rodríguez		 6
2		 6
2		 6
1		      
5
Adrien Viviani
Ernesto Aguirre		 6
1		 6
0		        
retired

Belgium vs. Brazil

Belgium
3		 Brussels, Belgium [16]
13–15 May 1960
Brazil
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Claude de Gronckel
Carlos Alberto Fernandes		 3
6 		0
6 		6
8 		     
2
Jacques Brichant
Ronald Barnes		 6
2		 6
3		 5
7 		6
1		    
3
Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer
Ronald Barnes / Carlos Alberto Fernandes		 6
3		 6
2		 4
6 		9
7		    
4
Jacques Brichant
Carlos Alberto Fernandes		 6
1		 6
4		 6
3		      
5
Claude de Gronckel
Ronald Barnes		 5
7 		0
6 		8
10 		     

Netherlands vs. Great Britain

Netherlands
0		 Scheveningen, Netherlands [17]
13–15 May 1960
Clay
Great Britain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Willem Maris
Billy Knight		 0
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
2
Pieter van Eijsden
Mike Davies		 7
9 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3
Pieter van Eijsden / Willem Maris
Mike Davies / Billy Knight		 2
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
4
Pieter van Eijsden
Roger Becker		 1
6 		0
6 		3
6 		     
5
Willem Maris
Mike Sangster		 2
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     

France vs. Argentina

France
5		 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [18]
13–15 May 1960
Clay
Argentina
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Robert Haillet
Eduardo Soriano		 6
3		 6
1		 5
7 		6
2		    
2
Gerard Pilet
Roberto Aubone		 6
0		 6
2		 6
3		      
3
Jean-Noël Grinda / Jean-Claude Molinari
Roberto Aubone / Eduardo Soriano		 6
2		 9
11 		15
13		 6
1		    
4
Robert Haillet
Roberto Aubone		 6
2		 6
1		 6
1		      
5
Gerard Pilet
Eduardo Soriano		 6
4		 6
2		 6
2		      

Austria vs. Denmark

Austria
2		 Vienna, Austria [19]
13–15 May 1960
Clay
Denmark
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Franz Saiko
Kurt Nielsen		 6
1		 1
6 		4
6 		4
6 		   
2
Ladislav Legenstein
Jørgen Ulrich		 6
4		 4
6 		3
6 		6
1		 3
6 		 
3
Franz Hainka / Ladislav Legenstein
Jørgen Ulrich / Torben Ulrich		 1
6 		3
6 		6
0		 6
1		 7
5		  
4
Franz Saiko
Jørgen Ulrich		 3
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
5
Ladislav Legenstein
Kurt Nielsen		 6
4		 6
4		 6
3		      

Poland vs. West Germany

Poland
1		 Warsaw, Poland [20]
13–15 May 1960
West Germany
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Władysław Skonecki
Wolfgang Stuck		 6
8 		1
6 		4
6 		     
2
Wiesław Gąsiorek
Christian Kuhnke		 5
7 		1
6 		7
5		 3
6 		   
3
Wiesław Gąsiorek / Józef Piątek
Christian Kuhnke / Wolfgang Stuck		 1
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
4
Andrzej Licis
Wilhelm Bungert		 2
6 		4
6 		6
3		 6
4		 6
2		  
5
Wiesław Gąsiorek
Wolfgang Stuck		 3
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     

Sweden vs. Spain

Sweden
3		 Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden [21]
13–15 May 1960
Clay
Spain
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Andrés Gimeno		 2
6 		6
4		 3
6 		2
6 		   
2
Ulf Schmidt
Manuel Santana		 6
2		 6
4		 4
6 		3
6 		6
2		  
3
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
José Luis Arilla / Andrés Gimeno		 6
4		 7
5		 6
4		      
4
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Manuel Santana		 9
7		 6
4		 6
3		      
5
Ulf Schmidt
Andrés Gimeno		 5
7 		3
6 		2
6 		     

Quarterfinals

Italy vs. Chile

Italy
3		 Turin, Italy [22]
10–12 June 1960
Clay
Chile
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Orlando Sirola
Luis Ayala		 4
6 		6
3		 3
6 		2
6 		   
2
Nicola Pietrangeli
Patricio Rodríguez		 6
1		 6
4		 6
1		      
3
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Ernesto Aguirre / Luis Ayala		 6
1		 6
3		 8
6		      
4
Nicola Pietrangeli
Luis Ayala		 4
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
5
Orlando Sirola
Patricio Rodríguez		 6
0		 7
5		 6
3		      

Great Britain vs. Belgium

Great Britain
5		 Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Club, Scarborough, England [23]
10–12 June 1960
Grass
Belgium
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Billy Knight
Eric Drossart		 6
0		 6
2		 6
1		      
2
Mike Davies
Jacques Brichant		 3
6 		9
7		 6
1		 8
6		    
3
Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
Jacques Brichant / Eric Drossart		 6
1		 6
3		 6
4		      
4
Bobby Wilson
Eric Drossart		 6
2		 6
1		 6
2		      
5
Billy Knight
Jacques Brichant		 6
4		 6
2		 6
2		      

France vs. Denmark

France
5		 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [24]
10–12 June 1960
Clay
Denmark
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pierre Darmon
Kurt Nielsen		 6
1		 6
2		 6
3		      
2
Robert Haillet
Jørgen Ulrich		 10
8		 6
2		 2
6 		6
3		    
3
Jean-Noël Grinda / Jean-Claude Molinari
Kurt Nielsen / Jørgen Ulrich		 6
3		 9
7		 7
5		      
4
Jean-Noël Grinda
Jan Leschly		 6
2		 6
3		 0
6 		6
3		    
5
Robert Haillet
Kurt Nielsen		 6
1		 10
8		 6
8 		6
1		    

West Germany vs. Sweden

West Germany
1		 Rochusclub, Düsseldorf, West Germany [25]
10–12 June 1960
Clay
Sweden
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Christian Kuhnke
Ulf Schmidt		 6
3		 6
4		 6
4		      
2
Wolfgang Stuck
Jan-Erik Lundqvist		 6
8 		1
6 		2
6 		     
3
Christian Kuhnke / Wolfgang Stuck
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt		 3
6 		3
6 		7
5		 7
9 		   
4
Christian Kuhnke
Jan-Erik Lundqvist		 3
6 		6
8 		4
6 		     
5
Wolfgang Stuck
Ulf Schmidt		 5
7 		2
6 		0
6 		     

Semifinals

Great Britain vs. Italy

Great Britain
1		 No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England [26]
15–17 July 1960
Grass
Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bobby Wilson
Nicola Pietrangeli		 4
6 		3
6 		6
4		 5
7 		   
2
Mike Davies
Orlando Sirola		 7
9 		5
7 		6
1		 6
2		 4
6 		 
3
Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola		 4
6 		6
3		 6
8 		3
6 		   
4
Bobby Wilson
Sergio Tacchini		 3
6 		6
3		 8
6		 6
2		    
5
Mike Davies
Nicola Pietrangeli		 4
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     

Sweden vs. France

Sweden
3		 Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [27]
15–17 July 1960
Clay
France
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Pierre Darmon		 6
0		 6
3		 6
1		      
2
Sven Davidson
Robert Haillet		 4
6 		3
6 		6
2		 6
2		 6
3		  
3
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Jean-Noël Grinda / Jean-Claude Molinari		 2
6 		6
4		 6
4		 6
2		    
4
Sven Davidson
Pierre Darmon		 2
6 		8
6		 7
9 		4
6 		   
5
Torsten Johansson
Robert Haillet		 7
9 		3
6 		1
6 		     

Final

Sweden vs. Italy

Sweden
2		 Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [2]
29–31 July 1960
Clay
Italy
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Orlando Sirola		 6
4
4 		6
6 		6
3		    
2
Ulf Schmidt
Nicola Pietrangeli		 1
6 		4
6 		6
4		 4
6 		   
3
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola		 16
14		 7
5		 2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		 
4
Ulf Schmidt
Orlando Sirola		 4
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
5
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Sergio Tacchini		 6
2		 6
1		 6
1		      

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  2. "Sweden v Italy". daviscup.com.
  3. "Hungary v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  4. "Luxembourg v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  5. "Israel v Chile". daviscup.com.
  6. "Switzerland v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  7. "Norway v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  8. "Finland v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  9. "Denmark v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  10. "Egypt v Austria". daviscup.com.
  11. "West Germany v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  12. "Romania v Poland". daviscup.com.
  13. "Sweden v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  14. "Hungary v Italy". daviscup.com.
  15. "Monaco v Chile". daviscup.com.
  16. "Belgium v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  17. "Netherlands v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  18. "France v Argentina". daviscup.com.
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  21. "Sweden v Spain". daviscup.com.
  22. "Italy v Chile". daviscup.com.
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  24. "France v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  25. "West Germany v Sweden". daviscup.com.
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