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1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone
Details
Duration16 April – 11 July 1931
Teams22
Categories1931 Europe Zone
1931 America Zone
Champion
Winning nation Great Britain
Qualified for: 1931 Inter-Zonal Final
← 1930
1932 →

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

22 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] Great Britain defeated Czechoslovakia in the final, and went on to face the United States in the Inter-Zonal Final.[2]

Draw

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First Round
16 April–5 May		Second Round
8–17 May		Quarterfinals
20 May–6 June		Semifinals
12–18 June		Final
9–11 July
 FinlandHelsinki, Finland
bye Finland1
 Egypt Egypt4Paris, France (clay)
bye Egypt0
 YugoslaviaZagreb, Yugoslavia Japan5
bye Yugoslavia0
 Japan Japan5Eastbourne, England (grass)
bye Japan0
 BelgiumBrussels, Belgium (clay) Great Britain5
bye Belgium0
 Great Britain5 Great Britain5Eastbourne, England (grass)
 Monaco0 Great Britain5
 Germany0Dublin, Ireland (grass) South Africa0
 South Africa5 South Africa4
  Switzerland0 Ireland1Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
 Ireland5 Great Britain4
 Greece3Athens, Greece Czechoslovakia1
 Austria2 Greece1
 Spain2 Czechoslovakia4Prague, Czechoslovakia
 Czechoslovakia3 Czechoslovakia3
 Italy4Turin, Italy (clay) Italy0
 Hungary1 Italy3
bye Netherlands0Copenhagen, Denmark
 Netherlands Czechoslovakia5
byeOslo, Norway (clay) Denmark0
 Norway Norway0
bye Poland3Copenhagen, Denmark
 Poland Poland2
byeCopenhagen, Denmark Denmark3
 Denmark Denmark5
bye Romania0
 Romania

First round

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Great Britain vs. Monaco

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Great Britain
5 		Carhullen Lawn Tennis Club, Plymouth, England[3]
23–25 April 1931
Clay
Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Monaco 		Bunny Austin
Vladimir Landau 		6
0 		6
0 		6
1 		     
2 United Kingdom
Monaco 		Fred Perry
René Gallèpe 		6
3 		6
2 		6
5 		     
3 United Kingdom
Monaco 		Pat Hughes / Charles Kingsley
René Gallèpe / Vladimir Landau 		6
0 		6
2 		6
0 		     
4 United Kingdom
Monaco 		Bunny Austin
René Gallèpe 		6
0 		6
1 		6
2 		     
5 United Kingdom
Monaco 		Charles Kingsley
Vladimir Landau 		6
0 		6
1 		6
4 		     

Germany vs. South Africa

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Germany
0 		Düsseldorf, Germany[4]
1–3 May 1931
South Africa
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Germany
South Africa 		Phillip Buss
Vernon Kirby 		6
1 		1
6 		2
6 		3
6 		   
2 Germany
South Africa 		Eberhard Nourney
Louis Raymond 		6
3 		3
6 		6
4 		4
6 		5
7 		 
3 Germany
South Africa 		Walter Dessart / Eberhard Nourney
Norman Farquharson / Vernon Kirby 		2
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
4 Germany
South Africa 		Eberhard Nourney
Vernon Kirby 		6
4 		3
6 		4
6 		3
6 		   
5 Germany
South Africa 		Phillip Buss
Louis Raymond 		6
4 		3
6 		5
7 		6
8 		   

Switzerland vs. Ireland

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Switzerland
0 		Montreux, Switzerland[5]
2–5 May 1931
Ireland
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Switzerland
Republic of Ireland 		Charles Aeschlimann
George Lyttleton-Rogers 		2
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
2 Switzerland
Republic of Ireland 		Hector Fisher
Edward McGuire 		4
6 		5
7 		5
7 		     
3 Switzerland
Republic of Ireland 		Charles Aeschlimann / Hector Fisher
George Lyttleton-Rogers / Charles Scroope 		3
6 		7
5 		11
13 		2
6 		   
4 Switzerland
Republic of Ireland 		Charles Aeschlimann
Edward McGuire 		7
5 		5
7 		6
2 		6
8 		2
6 		 
5 Switzerland
Republic of Ireland 		Hector Fisher
George Lyttleton-Rogers 		1
6 		6
2 		2
6 		6
8 		   

Greece vs. Austria

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Greece
3 		Athens, Greece[6]
16–18 April 1931
Austria
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Greece
Austria 		Orestis Garangiotis
Franz-Wilhelm Matejka 		8
6 		3
6 		7
5 		1
6 		6
4 		 
2 Greece
Austria 		Augustos Zerlendis
Hermann von Artens 		1
6 		6
3 		1
6 		6
2 		8
6 		 
3 Greece
Austria 		Max Balli / I. Georgiadis
Hermann von Artens / Michael Haberl 		7
5 		3
6 		4
6 		4
6 		   
4 Greece
Austria 		Orestis Garangiotis
Hermann von Artens 		6
1 		2
6 		6
4 		6
8 		6
2 		 
5 Greece
Austria 		Augustos Zerlendis
Franz-Wilhelm Matejka 		3
6 		2
6 		8
6 		3
6 		   

Czechoslovakia vs. Spain

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Czechoslovakia
3 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[7]
1–3 May 1931
Spain
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
Spain 		Roderich Menzel
Enrique Maier 		6
3 		6
2 		6
3 		     
2 Czechoslovakia
Spain 		Ladislav Hecht
Manuel Alonso Areizaga 		6
3 		4
6 		7
5 		0
6 		6
1 		 
3 Czechoslovakia
Spain 		Roderich Menzel / Friedrich Rohrer
Manuel Alonso Areizaga / Enrique Maier 		1
6 		7
9 		1
6 		     
4 Czechoslovakia
Spain 		Ladislav Hecht
Enrique Maier 		6
4 		3
6 		4
6 		4
6 		   
5 Czechoslovakia
Spain 		Roderich Menzel
Manuel Alonso Areizaga 		6
8 		6
2 		6
1 		6
3 		   

Hungary vs. Italy

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Hungary
1 		Budapest, Hungary[8]
1–3 May 1931
Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Hungary
Italy 		Imre Takáts
Giorgio de Stefani 		3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
2 Hungary
Italy 		Béla von Kehrling
Uberto De Morpurgo 		6
3 		6
3 		6
4 		     
3 Hungary
Italy 		Emil Gábori / Béla von Kehrling
Alberto del Bono / Uberto De Morpurgo 		6
8 		6
3 		5
7 		5
7 		   
4 Hungary
Italy 		Imre Takáts
Uberto De Morpurgo 		3
6 		6
8 		1
6 		     
5 Hungary
Italy 		Béla von Kehrling
Giorgio de Stefani 		2
6 		6
4 		2
6 		6
4 		2
6 		 

Second round

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Finland vs. Egypt

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Finland
1 		Helsinki, Finland[9]
8–10 May 1931
Egypt
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Egypt 		Arne Grahn
Loutfalla Wahid 		8
6 		6
3 		6
8 		6
3 		   
2 Finland
Egypt 		Bo Grotenfelt
Jacques Grandguillot 		6
3 		1
6 		4
6 		2
6 		   
3 Finland
Egypt 		Arne Grahn / Bo Grotenfelt
Jacques Grandguillot / Ahmed Shukry 		4
6 		6
2 		4
6 		6
3 		5
7 		 
4 Finland
Egypt 		Arne Grahn
Jacques Grandguillot 		6
3 		5
7 		5
7 		2
6 		   
5 Finland
Egypt 		Bo Grotenfelt
Loutfalla Wahid 		3
6 		6
2 		4
6 		4
6 		   

Yugoslavia vs. Japan

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Yugoslavia
0 		Zagreb, Yugoslavia[10]
8–10 May 1931
Japan
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Japan 		Franjo Kukuljević
Jiro Sato 		3
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
2 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Japan 		Franjo Šefer
Hyotaro Sato 		3
6 		4
6 		5
7 		     
3 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Japan 		Franjo Kukuljević / Franjo Šefer
Minoru Kawachi / Jiro Sato 		7
9 		6
3 		7
9 		3
6 		   
4 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Japan 		Franjo Kukuljević
Hyotaro Sato 		3
6 		2
6 		6
3 		7
5 		2
6 		 
5 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Japan 		Franjo Šefer
Jiro Sato 		5
7 		3
6 		0
6 		     

Belgium vs. Great Britain

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Belgium
0 		Royal Léopold Club, Brussels, Belgium[11]
9–11 May 1931
Clay
Great Britain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belgium
United Kingdom 		André Lacroix
Bunny Austin 		4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2 Belgium
United Kingdom 		Léopold de Borman
Fred Perry 		2
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
3 Belgium
United Kingdom 		Léopold de Borman / André Lacroix
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry 		1
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
4 Belgium
United Kingdom 		Léopold de Borman
Bunny Austin 		0
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
5 Belgium
United Kingdom 		André Lacroix
Fred Perry 		6
8 		4
6 		5
7 		     

Ireland vs. South Africa

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Ireland
1 		Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[12]
14–16 May 1931
Grass
South Africa
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Republic of Ireland
South Africa 		George Lyttleton-Rogers
Pat Spence 		6
4 		6
2 		4
6 		4
6 		6
4 		 
2 Republic of Ireland
South Africa 		Edward McGuire
Vernon Kirby 		6
4 		3
6 		5
7 		5
7 		   
3 Republic of Ireland
South Africa 		George Lyttleton-Rogers / Charles Scroope
Norman Farquharson / Pat Spence 		6
1 		1
6 		5
7 		6
2 		3
6 		 
4 Republic of Ireland
South Africa 		Edward McGuire
Pat Spence 		3
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
5 Republic of Ireland
South Africa 		George Lyttleton-Rogers
Vernon Kirby 		6
3 		5
7 		8
10 		2
6 		   

Greece vs. Czechoslovakia

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Greece
1 		Athens, Greece[13]
15–17 May 1931
Czechoslovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Greece
Czechoslovakia 		Augustos Zerlendis
Roderich Menzel 		2
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
2 Greece
Czechoslovakia 		Orestis Garangiotis
Ladislav Hecht 		1
6 		8
6 		6
2 		11
9 		   
3 Greece
Czechoslovakia 		Max Balli / Georgios Nikolaides
Ferenc Maršálek / Roderich Menzel 		2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4 Greece
Czechoslovakia 		Augustos Zerlendis
Ladislav Hecht 		2
6 		4
6 		6
3 		4
6 		   
5 Greece
Czechoslovakia 		Orestis Garangiotis
Roderich Menzel 		1
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     

Italy vs. Netherlands

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Italy
3 		Turin Tennis Club, Turin, Italy[14]
15–17 May 1931
Clay
Netherlands
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Netherlands 		Uberto De Morpurgo
Aad Knappert 		6
3 		6
1 		6
1 		     
2 Italy
Netherlands 		Giorgio de Stefani
Jan van der Heide 		6
3 		6
3 		6
3 		     
3 Italy
Netherlands 		Alberto del Bono / Uberto De Morpurgo
Jan van der Heide / Aad Knappert 		2
6 		6
2 		6
4 		6
1 		   
4 Italy
Netherlands 		Uberto De Morpurgo
Jan van der Heide 		          not
played
5 Italy
Netherlands 		Giorgio de Stefani
Aad Knappert 		          not
played

Norway vs. Poland

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Norway
0 		Oslo, Norway[15]
13–15 May 1931
Clay
Poland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Norway
Poland 		Jack Nielsen
Józef Hebda 		1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
2 Norway
Poland 		Torleif Torkildsen
Ignacy Tłoczyński 		2
6 		1
6 		5
7 		     
3 Norway
Poland 		Rolf Christoffersen / Oscar Fagerstrøm
Maksymilian Stolarow / Ignacy Tłoczyński 		2
6 		2
6 		7
5 		2
6 		   
4 Norway
Poland 		Torleif Torkildsen
Józef Hebda 		          not
played
5 Norway
Poland 		Jack Nielsen
Ignacy Tłoczyński 		          not
played

Denmark vs. Romania

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Denmark
5 		Copenhagen, Denmark[16]
13–15 May 1931
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
Romania 		Einer Ulrich
Nicolae Mișu 		6
4 		6
4 		9
7 		     
2 Denmark
Romania 		Povl Henriksen
Ion Bunea 		6
0 		6
2 		6
3 		     
3 Denmark
Romania 		Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich
Ion Bunea / Nicolae Mișu 		6
4 		6
2 		6
3 		     
4 Denmark
Romania 		Einer Ulrich
Ion Bunea 		6
1 		6
1 		6
0 		     
5 Denmark
Romania 		Povl Henriksen
Nicolae Mișu 		4
6 		6
1 		6
4 		4
6 		6
1 		 

Quarterfinals

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Japan vs. Egypt

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Japan
5 		Paris, France[17]
2–4 June 1931
Clay
Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Egypt 		Jiro Sato
Pierre Grandguillot 		6
0 		6
1 		6
0 		     
2 Japan
Egypt 		Hyotaro Sato
Loutfalla Wahid 		6
4 		2
6 		6
1 		6
8 		6
1 		 
3 Japan
Egypt 		Minoru Kawachi / Jiro Sato
Ahmed Shukry / Loutfalla Wahid 		6
2 		6
2 		6
1 		     
4 Japan
Egypt 		Minoru Kawachi
Loutfalla Wahid 		6
3 		4
6 		8
6 		3
6 		6
2 		 
5 Japan
Egypt 		Hyotaro Sato
Ahmed Shukry 		6
0 		6
1 		6
2 		     

Great Britain vs. South Africa

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Great Britain
5 		Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[18]
4–6 June 1931
Grass
South Africa
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
South Africa 		Bunny Austin
Vernon Kirby 		6
2 		6
8 		2
6 		10
8 		6
3 		 
2 United Kingdom
South Africa 		Fred Perry
Norman Farquharson 		6
2 		6
3 		6
3 		     
3 United Kingdom
South Africa 		Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
Norman Farquharson / Pat Spence 		8
6 		6
4 		6
3 		     
4 United Kingdom
South Africa 		Fred Perry
Vernon Kirby 		3
6 		6
4 		6
1 		6
4 		   
5 United Kingdom
South Africa 		Bunny Austin
Norman Farquharson 		6
2 		5
7 		6
2 		6
3 		   

Czechoslovakia vs. Italy

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Czechoslovakia
3 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[19]
4–6 June 1931
Italy
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
Italy 		Ladislav Hecht
Giorgio de Stefani 		6
4 		7
5 		3
6 		8
6 		   
2 Czechoslovakia
Italy 		Roderich Menzel
Uberto De Morpurgo 		6
3 		6
3 		4
6 		6
2 		   
3 Czechoslovakia
Italy 		Ferenc Maršálek / Roderich Menzel
Alberto del Bono / Uberto De Morpurgo 		6
3 		6
4 		6
1 		     
4 Czechoslovakia
Italy 		Roderich Menzel
Giorgio de Stefani 		          not
played
5 Czechoslovakia
Italy 		Ladislav Hecht
Uberto De Morpurgo 		          not
played

Denmark vs. Poland

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Denmark
3 		Copenhagen, Denmark[20]
20–22 May 1931
Poland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
Poland 		Povl Henriksen
Józef Hebda 		6
3 		6
1 		6
2 		     
2 Denmark
Poland 		Einer Ulrich
Ignacy Tłoczyński 		6
8 		1
6 		6
3 		8
6 		2
6 		 
3 Denmark
Poland 		Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich
Maksymilian Stolarow / Ignacy Tłoczyński 		6
4 		7
9 		3
6 		6
3 		6
4 		 
4 Denmark
Poland 		Einer Ulrich
Józef Hebda 		6
2 		6
4 		6
3 		     
5 Denmark
Poland 		Povl Henriksen
Ignacy Tłoczyński 		2
6 		6
4 		3
6 		2
6 		   

Semifinals

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Great Britain vs. Japan

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Great Britain
5 		Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[21]
12–15 June 1931
Grass
Japan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Japan 		Fred Perry
Jiro Sato 		6
1 		4
6 		7
5 		7
5 		   
2 United Kingdom
Japan 		Bunny Austin
Hyotaro Sato 		0
6 		6
2 		6
4 		6
1 		   
3 United Kingdom
Japan 		Pat Hughes / Fred Perry
Minoru Kawachi / Jiro Sato 		6
4 		6
4 		8
6 		     
4 United Kingdom
Japan 		Bunny Austin
Minoru Kawachi 		6
1 		0
6 		8
6 		6
2 		   
5 United Kingdom
Japan 		Fred Perry
Hyotaro Sato 		6
2 		6
3 		4
6 		6
2 		   

Denmark vs. Czechoslovakia

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Denmark
0 		Copenhagen, Denmark[22]
16–18 June 1931
Czechoslovakia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
Czechoslovakia 		Einer Ulrich
Roderich Menzel 		3
6 		2
6 		5
7 		     
2 Denmark
Czechoslovakia 		Povl Henriksen
Ladislav Hecht 		8
6 		0
6 		6
3 		2
6 		9
11 		 
3 Denmark
Czechoslovakia 		Einer Ulrich / Erik Worm
Ferenc Maršálek / Roderich Menzel 		7
9 		6
1 		3
6 		0
6 		   
4 Denmark
Czechoslovakia 		Erik Worm
Roderich Menzel 		6
3 		2
6 		4
6 		1
6 		   
5 Denmark
Czechoslovakia 		Einer Ulrich
Ladislav Hecht 		3
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     

Final

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Czechoslovakia vs. Great Britain

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Czechoslovakia
1 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[2]
9–11 July 1931
Clay
Great Britain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
United Kingdom 		Roderich Menzel
Bunny Austin 		6
3 		2
6 		8
6 		3
6 		3
6 		 
2 Czechoslovakia
United Kingdom 		Ladislav Hecht
Fred Perry 		1
6 		6
8 		3
6 		     
3 Czechoslovakia
United Kingdom 		Ferenc Maršálek / Roderich Menzel
Pat Hughes / Fred Perry 		4
6 		6
4 		4
6 		2
6 		   
4 Czechoslovakia
United Kingdom 		Ladislav Hecht
Bunny Austin 		6
2 		7
5 		6
4 		     
5 Czechoslovakia
United Kingdom 		Roderich Menzel
Fred Perry 		5
7 		3
6 		5
7 		     

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 "Czechoslovakia v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Great Britain v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Germany v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Switzerland v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Greece v Austria". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Spain". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Hungary v Italy". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Finland v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Yugoslavia v Japan". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Belgium v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Ireland v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Greece v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Italy v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Norway v Poland". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Denmark v Romania". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Japan v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Great Britain v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Italy". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Denmark v Poland". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Great Britain v Japan". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "Denmark v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
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