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

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First round

Belgium vs. Chile


Belgium
3
Brussels, Belgium [3]
5–7 May 1961

Chile
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belgium
Chile
Jacques Brichant
Patricio Apey
6
4
6
1
6
1
     
2 Belgium
Chile
Jean-Claude Van der Borght
Patricio Rodríguez
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
3 Belgium
Chile
Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer
Ernesto Aguirre / Patricio Rodríguez
7
5
7
5
4
6
6
4
   
4 Belgium
Chile
Jean-Claude Van der Borght
Patricio Apey
4
6
6
8
2
6
     
5 Belgium
Chile
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 Switzerland
Netherlands
Heinz Grimm
Willem Maris
3
6
1
6
2
6
     
2 Switzerland
Netherlands
Martin Froesch
Pieter van Eijsden
7
5
6
2
6
4
     
3 Switzerland
Netherlands
Heinz Grimm / Ernst Schori
Pieter van Eijsden / Willem Maris
9
11
3
6
7
9
     
4 Switzerland
Netherlands
Martin Froesch
Willem Maris
6
3
6
1
6
3
     
5 Switzerland
Netherlands
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 Czechoslovakia
West Germany
Pavel Korda
Wilhelm Bungert
3
6
8
10
6
2
6
3
5
7
 
2 Czechoslovakia
West Germany
Jiří Javorský
Christian Kuhnke
6
3
7
5
5
7
2
6
3
6
 
3 Czechoslovakia
West Germany
Jiří Javorský / Jiří Parma
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke
6
8
6
3
6
1
3
6
4
6
 
4 Czechoslovakia
West Germany
Pavel Korda
Christian Kuhnke
6
2
6
2
6
1
     
5 Czechoslovakia
West Germany
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 Republic of Ireland
Poland
James Buckley
Władysław Skonecki
4
6
6
4
4
6
4
6
   
2 Republic of Ireland
Poland
Peter Jackson
Wiesław Gąsiorek
3
6
7
5
6
3
6
8
4
6
 
3 Republic of Ireland
Poland
Vivian Gotto / Joseph Hackett
Wiesław Gąsiorek / Władysław Skonecki
3
6
6
3
3
6
6
4
3
6
 
4 Republic of Ireland
Poland
James Buckley
Wiesław Gąsiorek
4
6
4
6
3
6
     
5 Republic of Ireland
Poland
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 Monaco
Luxembourg
Roland Borghini
Joseph Offenheim
6
4
6
0
6
2
     
2 Monaco
Luxembourg
Georges Pasquier
Frank Baden
5
7
2
6
3
6
     
3 Monaco
Luxembourg
Roland Borghini / Georges Pasquier
Joseph Offenheim / Gaston Wampach
6
4
6
8
3
6
6
3
6
2
 
4 Monaco
Luxembourg
Roland Borghini
Frank Baden
9
7
1
6
3
6
2
6
   
5 Monaco
Luxembourg
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 Egypt
Brazil
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
1
6
6
3
4
6
3
6
   
2 Egypt
Brazil
Fathi Mohammed-Ali
José Edison Mandarino
2
6
1
6
3
6
     
3 Egypt
Brazil
Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed / Fathi Mohammed-Ali
Carlos Alberto Fernandes / José Edison Mandarino
3
6
3
6
3
6
     
4 Egypt
Brazil
Fathi Mohammed-Ali
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
8
6
1
6
0
6
1
6
   
5 Egypt
Brazil
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 Austria
Norway
Franz Saiko
Finn-Dag Jagge
6
4
6
1
6
1
     
2 Austria
Norway
Ladislav Legenstein
Thorvald Moe
6
4
6
3
6
2
     
3 Austria
Norway
Ladislav Legenstein / Franz Saiko
Finn-Dag Jagge / Thorvald Moe
6
3
6
1
6
1
     
4 Austria
Norway
Franz Saiko
Thorvald Moe
6
4
6
1
6
3
     
5 Austria
Norway
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 Turkey
Finland
Nazmi Bari
Sakari Salo
6
3
3
6
4
6
4
6
   
2 Turkey
Finland
Engin Balas
Reino Nyyssönen
2
6
1
6
0
6
     
3 Turkey
Finland
Engin Balas / Nazmi Bari
Reino Nyyssönen / Sakari Salo
1
6
10
12
1
6
     
4 Turkey
Finland
Engin Balas
Matti Kinnunen
6
3
6
3
6
2
     
5 Turkey
Finland
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 Romania
South Africa
Ion Țiriac
Julius Mayer
0
6
6
3
2
6
14
12
0
6
 
2 Romania
South Africa
Gheorghe Viziru
Abe Segal
1
6
5
7
4
6
     
3 Romania
South Africa
Ion Țiriac / Gheorghe Viziru
Albert Gaertner / Abe Segal
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
4 Romania
South Africa
Gheorghe Viziru
Julius Mayer
10
8
5
7
6
3
5
7
0
6
 
5 Romania
South Africa
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 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Spain
Vladimir Presečki
Emilio Martínez del Rey
8
6
3
6
9
7
6
0
   
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Spain
Boro Jovanović
Manuel Santana
3
6
6
8
1
6
     
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Spain
Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić
Alberto Arilla / Manuel Santana
3
6
5
7
5
7
     
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Spain
Vladimir Presečki
Manuel Santana
3
6
2
6
1
6
     
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Spain
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 Israel
New Zealand
Gabriel Dubitzky
Mark Otway
2
6
6
8
0
6
     
2 Israel
New Zealand
Eleazar Davidman
Lew Gerrard
1
6
1
6
6
3
4
6
   
3 Israel
New Zealand
Eleazar Davidman / Gabriel Dubitzky
Lew Gerrard / Mark Otway
3
6
2
6
3
6
     
4 Israel
New Zealand
Eleazar Davidman
Mark Otway
4
6
2
6
6
8
     
5 Israel
New Zealand
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 Denmark
Hungary
Jan Leschly
Zoltán Katona
6
4
5
7
5
7
4
6
   
2 Denmark
Hungary
Jørgen Ulrich
István Gulyás
5
7
2
6
6
3
6
2
6
4
 
3 Denmark
Hungary
Jørgen Ulrich / Torben Ulrich
István Gulyás / András Szikszay
2
6
2
6
6
4
9
9
  retired
 
4 Denmark
Hungary
Jørgen Ulrich
Zoltán Katona
6
3
6
0
6
1
     
5 Denmark
Hungary
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 Belgium
Italy
Jacques Brichant
Nicola Pietrangeli
2
6
2
6
6
0
6
1
6
1
 
2 Belgium
Italy
Eric Drossart
Orlando Sirola
6
2
4
6
5
7
2
6
   
3 Belgium
Italy
Jacques Brichant / Jean-Claude Van der Borght
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
5
7
4
6
3
6
     
4 Belgium
Italy
Eric Drossart
Nicola Pietrangeli
3
6
2
6
5
7
     
5 Belgium
Italy
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 Netherlands
West Germany
Willem Maris
Christian Kuhnke
3
6
1
6
5
7
     
2 Netherlands
West Germany
Pieter van Eijsden
Wilhelm Bungert
2
6
4
6
4
6
     
3 Netherlands
West Germany
Pieter van Eijsden / Willem Maris
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke
5
7
2
6
6
3
6
8
   
4 Netherlands
West Germany
Pieter van Eijsden
Dieter Ecklebe
2
6
3
6
1
6
     
5 Netherlands
West Germany
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 Poland
Monaco
Władysław Skonecki
Roland Borghini
6
8
6
3
6
4
6
2
   
2 Poland
Monaco
Wiesław Gąsiorek
Adrien Viviani
6
4
6
1
6
2
     
3 Poland
Monaco
Wiesław Nowicki / Józef Orlikowski
Roland Borghini / Adrien Viviani
6
2
6
1
1
6
3
6
6
1
 
4 Poland
Monaco
Józef Orlikowski
Roland Borghini
8
10
6
3
6
2
6
8
4
6
 
5 Poland
Monaco
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 France
Brazil
Pierre Darmon
Ronald Barnes
1
6
6
0
6
4
6
1
   
2 France
Brazil
Gerard Pilet
Carlos Alberto Fernandes
6
4
6
1
6
1
     
3 France
Brazil
Daniel Contet / Jacques Renavand
Ronald Barnes / Carlos Alberto Fernandes
4
6
3
6
6
4
9
7
3
6
 
4 France
Brazil
Gerard Pilet
Ronald Barnes
6
1
6
4
4
6
2
6
6
4
 
5 France
Brazil
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 Austria
United Kingdom
Ladislav Legenstein
Mike Sangster
5
7
3
6
3
6
     
2 Austria
United Kingdom
Franz Saiko
Bobby Wilson
6
2
9
7
4
6
6
2
   
3 Austria
United Kingdom
Franz Hainka / Ladislav Legenstein
Mike Sangster / Bobby Wilson
6
4
10
12
3
6
5
7
   
4 Austria
United Kingdom
Ladislav Legenstein
Bobby Wilson
4
6
4
6
4
6
     
5 Austria
United Kingdom
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 Finland
South Africa
Reino Nyyssönen
Julius Mayer
1
6
7
5
6
1
6
0
   
2 Finland
South Africa
Sakari Salo
Abe Segal
1
6
2
6
3
6
     
3 Finland
South Africa
Reino Nyyssönen / Sakari Salo
Albert Gaertner / Abe Segal
2
6
0
6
1
6
     
4 Finland
South Africa
Sakari Salo
Julius Mayer
1
6
2
6
3
6
     
5 Finland
South Africa
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 Spain
New Zealand
Emilio Martínez del Rey
Lew Gerrard
3
6
4
6
2
6
     
2 Spain
New Zealand
Manuel Santana
Mark Otway
6
3
6
1
6
3
     
3 Spain
New Zealand
Alberto Arilla / Manuel Santana
Lew Gerrard / Mark Otway
9
7
6
4
6
3
     
4 Spain
New Zealand
Emilio Martínez del Rey
Mark Otway
4
6
3
6
6
8
     
5 Spain
New Zealand
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 Hungary
Sweden
Zoltán Katona
Ulf Schmidt
3
6
3
6
2
6
     
2 Hungary
Sweden
István Gulyás
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
6
0
5
7
6
4
4
6
4
6
 
3 Hungary
Sweden
István Gulyás / András Szikszay
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
6
4
7
5
6
3
     
4 Hungary
Sweden
István Gulyás
Ulf Schmidt
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
5 Hungary
Sweden
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 West Germany
Italy
Christian Kuhnke
Nicola Pietrangeli
1
6
6
3
4
6
6
2
1
6
 
2 West Germany
Italy
Wilhelm Bungert
Orlando Sirola
6
4
6
3
7
5
     
3 West Germany
Italy
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
6
2
5
7
6
3
2
6
1
6
 
4 West Germany
Italy
Christian Kuhnke
Orlando Sirola
9
7
6
3
3
6
11
9
   
5 West Germany
Italy
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 Poland
France
Wiesław Gąsiorek
Pierre Darmon
4
6
7
9
0
6
     
2 Poland
France
Władysław Skonecki
Gerard Pilet
1
6
4
6
6
3
4
6
   
3 Poland
France
Józef Orlikowski / Władysław Skonecki
Pierre Darmon / Jacques Renavand
3
6
4
6
3
6
     
4 Poland
France
Wiesław Gąsiorek
Jacques Renavand
4
6
2
6
6
1
1
6
   
5 Poland
France
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 United Kingdom
South Africa
Mike Sangster
Julius Mayer
6
3
6
2
6
4
     
2 United Kingdom
South Africa
Bobby Wilson
Abe Segal
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
3 United Kingdom
South Africa
Mike Sangster / Bobby Wilson
Albert Gaertner / Abe Segal
9
11
4
6
5
7
     
4 United Kingdom
South Africa
Bobby Wilson
Julius Mayer
6
3
6
3
6
2
     
5 United Kingdom
South Africa
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 Spain
Sweden
Alberto Arilla
Ulf Schmidt
0
6
2
6
2
6
     
2 Spain
Sweden
Manuel Santana
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
3
6
4
6
6
2
6
2
6
2
 
3 Spain
Sweden
Alberto Arilla / Manuel Santana
Sven Davidson / Ulf Schmidt
2
6
3
6
2
6
     
4 Spain
Sweden
Alberto Arilla
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
7
9
4
6
4
6
     
5 Spain
Sweden
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 France
Italy
Pierre Darmon
Nicola Pietrangeli
7
5
0
6
4
6
6
3
2
6
 
2 France
Italy
Gerard Pilet
Fausto Gardini
6
2
3
6
2
6
3
6
   
3 France
Italy
Pierre Darmon / Jean-Noël Grinda
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
6
4
3
6
4
6
5
7
   
4 France
Italy
Jacques Renavand
Giuseppe Merlo
6
3
0
6
4
6
7
5
6
3
 
5 France
Italy
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 Sweden
United Kingdom
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Bobby Wilson
6
4
6
3
5
7
6
4
   
2 Sweden
United Kingdom
Ulf Schmidt
Mike Sangster
6
2
6
4
8
6
     
3 Sweden
United Kingdom
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Tony Pickard / Bobby Wilson
3
6
6
3
1
6
6
8
   
4 Sweden
United Kingdom
Ulf Schmidt
Bobby Wilson
9
7
6
0
6
4
     
5 Sweden
United Kingdom
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 Italy
Sweden
Fausto Gardini
Ulf Schmidt
6
4
4
6
1
6
6
3
6
1
 
2 Italy
Sweden
Nicola Pietrangeli
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
2
6
5
7
6
1
4
6
   
3 Italy
Sweden
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
Thomas Hallberg / Jan-Erik Lundqvist
6
3
3
6
6
3
6
1
   
4 Italy
Sweden
Nicola Pietrangeli
Ulf Schmidt
6
3
6
2
3
6
6
3
   
5 Italy
Sweden
Fausto Gardini
Thomas Hallberg
6
2
6
1
6
0
     

References

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  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.