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1958 Davis Cup Europe Zone
Details
Duration25 April 1958 – 3 August 1958
Teams24
Categories1958 Davis Cup America Zone
1958 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
1958 Davis Cup Europe Zone
Champion
Winning nation Italy
Qualified for: 1958 Davis Cup
Inter-Zonal Finals
← 1957
1959 →

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1958 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 Great Britain in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2]

Draw

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First Round
25 April–4 May		Second Round
15–20 May		Quarterfinals
5–8 June		Semifinals
18–21 July		Final
1–3 August
 ItalyFlorence, Italy (clay)
bye Italy3
 Monaco0 India2Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
 India5 Italy5
 DenmarkCopenhagen, Denmark (clay) Denmark0
bye Denmark3
 Yugoslavia0 Czechoslovakia2Warsaw, Poland
 Czechoslovakia5 Italy4
 MexicoHelsinki, Finland Poland1
bye Mexico5
 Luxembourg0 Finland0Warsaw, Poland
 Finland5 Mexico2
 PolandLausanne, Switzerland Poland3
bye Poland4
  Switzerland3  Switzerland1Milan, Italy (clay)
 Austria2 Italy4
 Turkey1Paris, France (clay) Great Britain1
 Chile4 Chile1
bye France4Paris, France (clay)
 France France3
 Egypt1Barcelona, Spain (clay) Sweden2
 Spain4 Spain2
bye Sweden3Manchester, England (grass)
 Sweden France0
 Hungary2Eastbourne, England (grass) Great Britain5
 Brazil3 Brazil0
bye Great Britain5Scarborough, England (grass)
 Great Britain Great Britain5
 West Germany4Cologne, West Germany West Germany0
 Netherlands0 West Germany3
bye Belgium2
 Belgium

First round

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Monaco vs. India

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Monaco
0 		Monte Carlo, Monaco[3]
25–27 April 1958
India
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Monaco
India 		Georges Pasquier
Ramanathan Krishnan 		0
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
2 Monaco
India 		Roland Borghini
Naresh Kumar 		8
6 		2
6 		3
6 		4
6 		   
3 Monaco
India 		Roland Borghini / Georges Pasquier
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar 		0
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
4 Monaco
India 		Roland Borghini
Ramanathan Krishnan 		7
5 		3
6 		2
6 		0
6 		   
5 Monaco
India 		Georges Pasquier
Akhtar Ali 		3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     

Yugoslavia vs. Czechoslovakia

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Yugoslavia
0 		Zagreb, Yugoslavia[4]
25–27 April 1958
Czechoslovakia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia 		Ivko Plećević
Jiří Javorský 		4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia 		Kamilo Keretić
Pavel Benda 		3
6 		6
4 		6
1 		3
6 		4
6 		 
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia 		Ilija Panajotović / Ivko Plećević
Jiří Javorský / Milan Nečas 		6
4 		4
6 		3
6 		1
6 		   
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia 		Kamilo Keretić
Jiří Javorský 		2
6 		6
8 		6
1 		2
6 		   
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia 		Ivko Plećević
Pavel Benda 		6
3 		7
5 		1
6 		1
6 		5
7 		 

Luxembourg vs. Finland

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Luxembourg
0 		Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg[5]
25–27 April 1958
Finland
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Luxembourg
Finland 		Frank Baden
Reino Nyyssönen 		3
6 		7
5 		2
6 		6
3 		5
7 		 
2 Luxembourg
Finland 		Gaston Wampach
Sakari Salo 		2
6 		2
6 		6
8 		     
3 Luxembourg
Finland 		Frank Baden / Gaston Wampach
Reino Nyyssönen / Sakari Salo 		1
6 		7
5 		6
4 		4
6 		4
6 		 
4 Luxembourg
Finland 		Frank Baden
Sakari Salo 		2
6 		2
6 		6
2 		2
6 		   
5 Luxembourg
Finland 		Gaston Wampach
Reino Nyyssönen 		6
4 		1
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   

Switzerland vs. Austria

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Switzerland
3 		Bern, Switzerland[6]
2–4 May 1958
Austria
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Switzerland
Austria 		Martin Froesch
Franz Saiko 		3
6 		6
4 		5
7 		4
6 		   
2 Switzerland
Austria 		Erwin Balestra
Franz Hainka 		6
4 		6
1 		7
5 		     
3 Switzerland
Austria 		Paul Blondel / Martin Froesch
Peter Böck / Franz Hainka 		6
3 		4
6 		6
4 		10
8 		   
4 Switzerland
Austria 		Erwin Balestra
Franz Saiko 		7
5 		5
7 		1
6 		0
6 		   
5 Switzerland
Austria 		Martin Froesch
Franz Hainka 		6
0 		6
4 		6
1 		     

Turkey vs. Chile

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Turkey
1 		Istanbul, Turkey[7]
26–28 April 1958
Chile
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Turkey
Chile 		Suzan Gürel
Luis Ayala 		1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
2 Turkey
Chile 		Nazmi Bari
Patricio Rodríguez 		2
6 		8
10 		1
6 		     
3 Turkey
Chile 		Engin Balas / Nazmi Bari
Luis Ayala / Patricio Rodríguez 		2
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
4 Turkey
Chile 		Suzan Gürel
Patricio Rodríguez 		2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
5 Turkey
Chile 		Nazmi Bari
Daniel Achondo 		3
6 		3
6 		6
3 		6
3 		6
0 		 

Egypt vs. Spain

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Egypt
1 		Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[8]
25–27 April 1958
Clay
Spain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Egypt
Spain 		Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Andrés Gimeno 		4
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
2 Egypt
Spain 		Adel Ismail
Manuel Santana 		5
7 		1
6 		6
1 		4
6 		   
3 Egypt
Spain 		Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed / Adel Ismail
Juan Manuel Couder / Andrés Gimeno 		3
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
4 Egypt
Spain 		Nabil Hassan
Andrés Gimeno 		6
3 		1
6 		0
6 		1
6 		   
5 Egypt
Spain 		Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Manuel Santana 		6
1 		2
6 		2
6 		8
6 		6
4 		 

Hungary vs. Brazil

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Hungary
2 		Budapest, Hungary[9]
25–27 April 1958
Brazil
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Hungary
Brazil 		András Ádám-Stolpa
Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		2
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
2 Hungary
Brazil 		István Gulyás
Ivo Ribeiro 		6
3 		6
3 		5
7 		7
5 		   
3 Hungary
Brazil 		András Ádám-Stolpa / István Gulyás
Ronald Barnes / Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		4
6 		6
2 		6
3 		2
6 		4
6 		 
4 Hungary
Brazil 		István Gulyás
Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
5 Hungary
Brazil 		András Ádám-Stolpa
Ivo Ribeiro 		5
7 		6
8 		6
4 		6
4 		6
4 		 

West Germany vs. Netherlands

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West Germany
4 		Munich, West Germany[10]
25–27 April 1958
Netherlands
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
Netherlands 		Rupert Huber
Pieter van Eijsden 		6
1 		7
5 		6
1 		     
2 West Germany
Netherlands 		Wilhelm Bungert
Hans van Dalsum 		7
5 		6
4 		6
2 		     
3 West Germany
Netherlands 		Wilhelm Bungert / Rupert Huber
Willem Maris / Hans van de Weg 		6
2 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4 West Germany
Netherlands 		Wilhelm Bungert
Pieter van Eijsden 		6
3 		9
7 		6
8 		6
8 		7
5 		 
5 West Germany
Netherlands 		Rupert Huber
Hans van Dalsum 		          not
played

Second round

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Italy vs. India

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Italy
3 		Florence, Italy[11]
15–18 May 1958
Clay
India
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
India 		Nicola Pietrangeli
Naresh Kumar 		8
6 		8
6 		10
8 		     
2 Italy
India 		Orlando Sirola
Ramanathan Krishnan 		2
6 		7
5 		6
3 		6
3 		   
3 Italy
India 		Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar 		1
6 		9
7 		4
6 		6
2 		6
3 		 
4 Italy
India 		Orlando Sirola
Naresh Kumar 		7
5 		5
7 		6
3 		4
6 		4
6 		 
5 Italy
India 		Antonio Maggi
Ramanathan Krishnan 		0
6 		6
2 		4
6 		2
6 		   

Denmark vs. Czechoslovakia

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Denmark
3 		Copenhagen, Denmark[12]
15–17 May 1958
Clay
Czechoslovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
Czechoslovakia 		Torben Ulrich
Pavel Benda 		6
1 		6
4 		6
0 		     
2 Denmark
Czechoslovakia 		Kurt Nielsen
Jiří Javorský 		6
2 		8
10 		7
9 		12
10 		6
1 		 
3 Denmark
Czechoslovakia 		Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich
Jiří Javorský / Milan Nečas 		4
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4 Denmark
Czechoslovakia 		Kurt Nielsen
Pavel Benda 		5
7 		6
4 		6
4 		6
2 		   
5 Denmark
Czechoslovakia 		Jørgen Ulrich
Jiří Javorský 		10
8 		3
6 		1
6 		6
4 		5
7 		 

Finland vs. Mexico

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Finland
0 		Helsinki, Finland[13]
16–18 May 1958
Mexico
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Mexico 		Heikki Hedman
Francisco Contreras 		3
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
2 Finland
Mexico 		Sakari Salo
Mario Llamas 		3
6 		6
4 		3
6 		7
9 		   
3 Finland
Mexico 		Matti Kinnunen / Sakari Salo
Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox 		2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
4 Finland
Mexico 		Sakari Salo
Rafael Osuna 		11
9 		12
10 		8
10 		3
6 		4
6 		 
5 Finland
Mexico 		Heikki Hedman
Antonio Palafox 		5
7 		3
6 		5
7 		     

Switzerland vs. Poland

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Switzerland
1 		Lausanne, Switzerland[14]
15–17 May 1958
Poland
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Switzerland
Poland 		Martin Froesch
Władysław Skonecki 		4
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
2 Switzerland
Poland 		Erwin Balestra
Andrzej Licis 		2
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
3 Switzerland
Poland 		Paul Blondel / Martin Froesch
Józef Piątek / Jan Radzio 		6
2 		6
4 		7
5 		     
4 Switzerland
Poland 		Martin Froesch
Andrzej Licis 		3
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
5 Switzerland
Poland 		Erwin Balestra
Władysław Skonecki 		7
5 		6
3 		4
6 		3
6 		2
6 		 

France vs. Chile

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France
4 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[15]
15–17 May 1958
Clay
Chile
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
Chile 		Robert Haillet
Patricio Rodríguez 		6
2 		6
4 		6
3 		     
2 France
Chile 		Pierre Darmon
Luis Ayala 		7
9 		4
6 		7
5 		1
6 		   
3 France
Chile 		Pierre Darmon / Paul Rémy
Luis Ayala / Patricio Rodríguez 		6
2 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4 France
Chile 		Robert Haillet
Luis Ayala 		6
0 		6
4 		6
4 		     
5 France
Chile 		Pierre Darmon
Patricio Rodríguez 		6
2 		6
3 		6
2 		     

Spain vs. Sweden

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Spain
2 		Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain[16]
18–20 May 1958
Clay
Sweden
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Sweden 		Andrés Gimeno
Sven Davidson 		6
3 		2
6 		3
6 		6
3 		3
6 		 
2 Spain
Sweden 		Manuel Santana
Ulf Schmidt 		2
6 		3
6 		5
7 		     
3 Spain
Sweden 		Alberto Arilla / Andrés Gimeno
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt 		9
7 		8
6 		9
7 		     
4 Spain
Sweden 		Andrés Gimeno
Ulf Schmidt 		4
6 		6
3 		5
7 		4
6 		   
5 Spain
Sweden 		Manuel Santana
Jan-Erik Lundqvist 		1
6 		6
4 		6
0 		6
4 		   

Great Britain vs. Brazil

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Great Britain
5 		Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[17]
15–17 May 1958
Grass
Brazil
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Brazil 		Billy Knight
Ronald Barnes 		6
0 		6
2 		6
0 		     
2 United Kingdom
Brazil 		Mike Davies
Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		6
4 		6
2 		6
3 		     
3 United Kingdom
Brazil 		Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
Ronald Barnes / Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		6
2 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4 United Kingdom
Brazil 		Mike Davies
Ivo Ribeiro 		6
2 		6
1 		6
3 		     
5 United Kingdom
Brazil 		Roger Becker
Carlos Alberto Fernandes 		6
3 		6
1 		6
1 		     

West Germany vs. Belgium

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West Germany
3 		Cologne, West Germany[18]
16–18 May 1958
Belgium
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
Belgium 		Rupert Huber
André Jamar 		6
4 		6
2 		6
1 		     
2 West Germany
Belgium 		Wilhelm Bungert
Jacques Brichant 		4
6 		2
6 		8
6 		6
8 		   
3 West Germany
Belgium 		Rupert Huber / Peter Scholl
Jacques Brichant / Jean-Pierre Froment 		6
2 		6
1 		6
0 		     
4 West Germany
Belgium 		Wilhelm Bungert
André Jamar 		6
2 		6
3 		6
1 		     
5 West Germany
Belgium 		Rupert Huber
Jacques Brichant 		8
10 		2
6 		6
2 		2
6 		   

Quarterfinals

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Denmark vs. Italy

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Denmark
0 		Copenhagen, Denmark[19]
5–7 June 1958
Clay
Italy
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
Italy 		Kurt Nielsen
Orlando Sirola 		2
6 		6
4 		5
7 		14
12 		5
7 		 
2 Denmark
Italy 		Torben Ulrich
Nicola Pietrangeli 		2
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
3 Denmark
Italy 		Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 		2
6 		6
2 		3
6 		2
6 		   
4 Denmark
Italy 		Torben Ulrich
Orlando Sirola 		8
6 		3
6 		4
6 		6
3 		3
6 		 
5 Denmark
Italy 		Kurt Nielsen
Nicola Pietrangeli 		1
6 		6
3 		4
6 		4
6 		   

Poland vs. Mexico

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Poland
3 		Warsaw, Poland[20]
6–8 June 1958
Mexico
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Poland
Mexico 		Andrzej Licis
Francisco Contreras 		6
2 		6
2 		8
6 		     
2 Poland
Mexico 		Władysław Skonecki
Mario Llamas 		8
6 		4
6 		6
3 		7
5 		   
3 Poland
Mexico 		Józef Piątek / Jan Radzio
Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox 		3
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
4 Poland
Mexico 		Andrzej Licis
Mario Llamas 		3
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     
5 Poland
Mexico 		Władysław Skonecki
Francisco Contreras 		6
8 		6
2 		8
6 		6
4 		   

France vs. Sweden

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France
3 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[21]
6–8 June 1958
Clay
Sweden
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
Sweden 		Pierre Darmon
Sven Davidson 		3
6 		6
3 		6
0 		6
0 		   
2 France
Sweden 		Robert Haillet
Ulf Schmidt 		6
3 		6
3 		6
4 		     
3 France
Sweden 		Pierre Darmon / Paul Rémy
Sven Davidson / Ulf Schmidt 		3
6 		3
6 		6
2 		4
6 		   
4 France
Sweden 		Robert Haillet
Sven Davidson 		4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
5 France
Sweden 		Pierre Darmon
Ulf Schmidt 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		     

Great Britain vs. West Germany

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Great Britain
5 		Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Club, Scarborough, England[22]
5–7 June 1958
Grass
West Germany
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
West Germany 		Roger Becker
Rupert Huber 		6
1 		8
6 		6
3 		     
2 United Kingdom
West Germany 		Mike Davies
Wilhelm Bungert 		6
2 		6
2 		6
3 		     
3 United Kingdom
West Germany 		Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
Rupert Huber / Peter Scholl 		6
2 		6
4 		6
3 		     
4 United Kingdom
West Germany 		Billy Knight
Rupert Huber 		6
2 		6
0 		6
4 		     
5 United Kingdom
West Germany 		Roger Becker
Wilhelm Bungert 		6
2 		4
6 		7
5 		6
2 		   

Semifinals

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Poland vs. Italy

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Poland
1 		Warsaw, Poland[23]
18–20 July 1958
Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Poland
Italy 		Władysław Skonecki
Nicola Pietrangeli 		3
6 		2
6 		6
4 		1
6 		   
2 Poland
Italy 		Andrzej Licis
Orlando Sirola 		4
6 		6
3 		4
6 		3
6 		   
3 Poland
Italy 		Józef Piątek / Jan Radzio
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 		3
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
4 Poland
Italy 		Andrzej Licis
Nicola Pietrangeli 		6
4 		6
2 		6
1 		     
5 Poland
Italy 		Władysław Skonecki
Orlando Sirola 		6
1 		6
3 		0
6 		2
6 		2
6 		 

Great Britain vs. France

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Great Britain
5 		Northern Lawn Tennis Club, Manchester, England[24]
19–21 July 1958
Grass
France
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
France 		Mike Davies
Paul Rémy 		4
6 		4
6 		6
3 		6
4 		6
1 		 
2 United Kingdom
France 		Bobby Wilson
Pierre Darmon 		6
1 		9
7 		6
3 		     
3 United Kingdom
France 		Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson
Pierre Darmon / Jean-Claude Molinari 		4
6 		6
3 		6
4 		6
1 		   
4 United Kingdom
France 		Bobby Wilson
Paul Rémy 		6
3 		8
6 		6
4 		     
5 United Kingdom
France 		Billy Knight
Pierre Darmon 		6
2 		4
6 		6
3 		9
7 		   

Final

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Italy vs. Great Britain

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Italy
4 		Milan, Italy[2]
1–3 August 1958
Clay
Great Britain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
United Kingdom 		Nicola Pietrangeli
Mike Davies 		4
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
2 Italy
United Kingdom 		Orlando Sirola
Billy Knight 		6
3 		7
5 		6
3 		     
3 Italy
United Kingdom 		Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Mike Davies / Billy Knight 		6
3 		5
7 		6
4 		4
6 		9
7 		 
4 Italy
United Kingdom 		Nicola Pietrangeli
Billy Knight 		4
6 		6
3 		6
4 		6
1 		   
5 Italy
United Kingdom 		Orlando Sirola
Mike Davies 		6
3 		6
2 		6
2 		     

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 "Italy v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Monaco v India". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Yugoslavia v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Luxembourg v Finland". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Switzerland v Austria". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Turkey v Chile". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Egypt v Spain". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Hungary v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "West Germany v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Italy v India". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Denmark v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Finland v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Switzerland v Poland". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "France v Chile". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Spain v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Great Britain v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "West Germany v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Denmark v Italy". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Poland v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "France v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "Great Britain v West Germany". daviscup.com.
  23. ^ "Poland v Italy". daviscup.com.
  24. ^ "Great Britain v France". daviscup.com.
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