1955 Davis Cup Europe Zone
# 1955 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1955 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 Sweden in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.

## Draw

| First Round 29 April–8 May | First Round 29 April–8 May | First Round 29 April–8 May | Second Round 12–17 May | Second Round 12–17 May | Second Round 12–17 May | Quarterfinals 9–13 June | Quarterfinals 9–13 June | Quarterfinals 9–13 June | Semifinals 14–17 July | Semifinals 14–17 July | Semifinals 14–17 July | Final 29–31 July | Final 29–31 July | Final 29–31 July |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Denmark | Denmark | | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Denmark | Denmark | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Norway | Norway | 1 | South Africa | South Africa | 2 | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | | | | | | |
| South Africa | South Africa | 4 | | | | Denmark | Denmark | 0 | | | | |
| Italy | Italy | | Munich, West Germany | Munich, West Germany | Munich, West Germany | Italy | Italy | 5 | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Italy | Italy | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| West Germany | West Germany | 4 | West Germany | West Germany | 0 | | | | Birmingham, England (grass) | Birmingham, England (grass) | Birmingham, England (grass) | | | |
| Ireland | Ireland | 1 | | | | | | | Italy | Italy | 5 | |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | | Vienna, Austria (clay) | Vienna, Austria (clay) | Vienna, Austria (clay) | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 0 | |
| bye | bye | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Austria | Austria | 5 | Austria | Austria | 1 | Manchester, England (grass) | Manchester, England (grass) | Manchester, England (grass) | | | | | | |
| Finland | Finland | 0 | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 3 | | | | |
| India | India | | Cairo, Egypt | Cairo, Egypt | Cairo, Egypt | India | India | 2 | | | | |
| bye | bye | | India | India | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Turkey | Turkey | 1 | Egypt | Egypt | 0 | | | | | | | Milan, Italy (clay) | Milan, Italy (clay) | Milan, Italy (clay) |
| Egypt | Egypt | 4 | | | | | | | | | | Italy | Italy | 4 |
| Monaco | Monaco | 0 | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | | | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 1 |
| Argentina | Argentina | 3 | Argentina | Argentina | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | France | France | 3 | Saltsjöbaden, Sweden (clay) | Saltsjöbaden, Sweden (clay) | Saltsjöbaden, Sweden (clay) | | | | | | |
| France | France | | | | | France | France | 2 | | | | | | |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | 3 | Montreux, Switzerland (clay) | Montreux, Switzerland (clay) | Montreux, Switzerland (clay) | Sweden | Sweden | 3 | | | | | | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 2 | Switzerland | Switzerland | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Sweden | Sweden | 5 | | | | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | | | |
| Sweden | Sweden | | | | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 3 | | | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 0 | Budapest, Hungary | Budapest, Hungary | Budapest, Hungary | | | | Chile | Chile | 2 | | | |
| Chile | Chile | 5 | Chile | Chile | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Hungary | Hungary | 2 | Brussels, Belgium | Brussels, Belgium | Brussels, Belgium | | | | | | |
| Hungary | Hungary | | | | | Chile | Chile | 3 | | | | | | |
| Portugal | Portugal | 0 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Belgium | Belgium | 2 | | | | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 5 | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Belgium | Belgium | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Belgium | Belgium | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## First round

### Norway vs. South Africa

| Norway 1 | Oslo, Norway 6–8 May 1955 Clay | Oslo, Norway 6–8 May 1955 Clay | South Africa 4 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Nils-Erik Hessen Ian Vermaak 1 6 1 6 2 6       2 Gunnar Høst Sjøwall Russell Seymour 3 6 3 6 0 6       3 Finn-Dag Jagge / Gunnar Høst Sjøwall Abe Segal / Ian Vermaak 3 6 4 6 1 6       4 Finn-Dag Jagge Gordon Forbes 2 6 1 6 2 6       5 Finn Søhol Russell Seymour 6 3 6 4 2 6 6 4 ||||

### West Germany vs. Ireland

| West Germany 4 | Düsseldorf, West Germany 29 April–1 May 1955 | Düsseldorf, West Germany 29 April–1 May 1955 | Ireland 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Christoph Biederlack Alan Haughton 6 0 6 0 7 5       2 Ernst Buchholz Guy Jackson 7 9 7 5 6 2 6 0     3 Ernst Buchholz / Horst Hermann Vivian Gotto / Guy Jackson 6 1 6 2 6 2       4 Christoph Biederlack Guy Jackson 3 6 2 6 2 6       5 Rupert Huber Alan Haughton 6 1 6 2 6 0 ||||

### Austria vs. Finland

| Austria 5 | Vienna, Austria 29 April–1 May 1955 | Vienna, Austria 29 April–1 May 1955 | Finland 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Alfred Huber Reino Nyyssönen 8 6 6 0 6 1       2 Franz Saiko Sakari Salo 6 2 6 2 6 2       3 Hans Redl / Franz Saiko Lars-Henrik Krause / Sakari Salo 7 5 6 1 6 0       4 Franz Saiko Reino Nyyssönen 6 3 6 3 6 1       5 Alfred Huber Sakari Salo 6 4 6 3 7 5 ||||

### Turkey vs. Egypt

| Turkey 1 | Istanbul, Turkey 29 April–1 May 1955 | Istanbul, Turkey 29 April–1 May 1955 | Egypt 4 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Behbut Cevanşir Adel Ismail 6 2 2 6 5 7 5 7     2 Nazmi Bari Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed 1 6 6 3 6 4 5 7 14 16   3 Engin Balas / Behbut Cevanşir Donald Acobas / Adel Ismail 6 1 6 4 6 4       4 Nazmi Bari Adel Ismail 4 6 6 4 8 10 4 6     5 Engin Balas Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed 3 6 0 6 0 6 ||||

### Monaco vs. Argentina

| Monaco 0 | Monte Carlo, Monaco 29 April–1 May 1955 | Monte Carlo, Monaco 29 April–1 May 1955 | Argentina 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Georges Pasquier Alejo Russell 6 3 3 6 0 6 0 6     2 Yvan Médecin Enrique Morea 1 6 1 6 0 6       3 Yvan Médecin / Georges Pasquier Enrique Morea / Alejo Russell 3 6 1 6 2 6       4 Yvan Médecin Alejo Russell           not played 5 Georges Pasquier Enrique Morea           not played ||||

### Switzerland vs. Netherlands

| Switzerland 3 | Basel, Switzerland 29 April–1 May 1955 | Basel, Switzerland 29 April–1 May 1955 | Netherlands 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Martin Froesch Hans van Dalsum 6 0 6 1 6 4       2 Paul Blondel Fred Dehnert 5 7 6 2 4 6 4 6     3 René Buser / Bernard du Pont Hans van Dalsum / Fred Dehnert 3 6 6 0 6 3 1 6 2 6   4 Martin Froesch Fred Dehnert 6 3 6 3 6 0       5 Paul Blondel Hans van Swol 0 6 6 2 9 7 3 6 12 10 ||||

### Yugoslavia vs. Chile

| Yugoslavia 0 | Karlovac, Yugoslavia 29 April–1 May 1955 | Karlovac, Yugoslavia 29 April–1 May 1955 | Chile 5 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ilija Panajotović Luis Ayala 3 6 1 6 4 6       2 Vladimir Petrović Andrés Hammersley 3 6 6 3 6 4 5 7 2 6   3 Ladislav Jagec / Vladimir Petrović Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley 4 6 4 6 4 6       4 Ladislav Jagec Andrés Hammersley 3 6 4 6 2 6       5 Vladimir Petrović Luis Ayala 0 6 4 6 3 6 ||||

### Portugal vs. Czechoslovakia

| Portugal 0 | Monsanto Tennis Club, Lisbon, Portugal 29 April–1 May 1955 Clay | Monsanto Tennis Club, Lisbon, Portugal 29 April–1 May 1955 Clay | Czechoslovakia 5 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 David Cohen Vladimír Zábrodský 0 6 1 6 2 6       2 José da Silva Jiří Javorský 0 6 1 6 3 6       3 António Azevedo Gomes / José da Silva Jiří Javorský / Vladimír Zábrodský 1 6 0 6 0 6       4 José da Silva Vladimír Zábrodský 4 6 2 6 0 6       5 David Cohen Jiří Javorský 2 6 0 6 1 6 ||||

## Second round

### Denmark vs. South Africa

| Denmark 3 | Copenhagen, Denmark 13–15 May 1955 Clay | Copenhagen, Denmark 13–15 May 1955 Clay | South Africa 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Kurt Nielsen Ian Vermaak 4 6 6 1 6 2 1 6 8 6   2 Jørgen Ulrich Abe Segal 3 6 6 3 6 2 6 4     3 Søren Højberg / Kurt Nielsen Abe Segal / Ian Vermaak 11 9 13 15 1 6 5 7     4 Jørgen Ulrich Gordon Forbes 6 2 1 6 9 11 3 6     5 Kurt Nielsen Abe Segal 6 2 6 3 9 7 ||||

### West Germany vs. Italy

| West Germany 0 | Munich, West Germany 14–17 May 1955 | Munich, West Germany 14–17 May 1955 | Italy 5 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Christoph Biederlack Fausto Gardini 2 6 0 6 1 6       2 Rupert Huber Giuseppe Merlo 2 6 3 6 3 6       3 Ernst Buchholz / Horst Hermann Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 1 6 4 6 6 2 6 8     4 Rupert Huber Fausto Gardini 0 6 3 6 3 6       5 Christoph Biederlack Giuseppe Merlo 1 6 6 8 1 6 ||||

### Austria vs. Great Britain

| Austria 1 | Vienna, Austria 13–15 May 1955 Clay | Vienna, Austria 13–15 May 1955 Clay | Great Britain 4 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Alfred Huber Roger Becker 6 4 9 7 0 6 6 4     2 Franz Saiko Tony Mottram 8 10 2 6 4 6       3 Alfred Huber / Hans Redl Tony Mottram / Geoffrey Paish 2 6 2 6 4 6       4 Franz Saiko Roger Becker 2 6 3 6 2 6       5 Alfred Huber Tony Mottram 3 6 7 5 6 2 4 6 4 6 ||||

### Egypt vs. India

| Egypt 0 | Cairo, Egypt 13–15 May 1955 | Cairo, Egypt 13–15 May 1955 | India 5 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Adel Ismail Naresh Kumar 0 6 3 6 6 4 6 2 1 6   2 Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed Ramanathan Krishnan 0 6 2 6 2 6       3 Donald Acobas / Adel Ismail Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar 3 6 3 6 4 6       4 Ibrahim Badreldin-Sayed Naresh Kumar 1 6 6 1 4 6 7 5 2 6   5 Adli El Shafei Ramanathan Krishnan 1 6 7 9 3 6 ||||

### France vs. Argentina

| France 3 | Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France 13–15 May 1955 Clay | Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France 13–15 May 1955 Clay | Argentina 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Paul Rémy Alejo Russell 6 4 6 1 6 4       2 Robert Haillet Enrique Morea 2 6 4 6 6 8       3 Marcel Bernard / Paul Rémy Enrique Morea / Alejo Russell 6 4 6 3 6 4       4 Paul Rémy Enrique Morea 7 9 3 6 4 6       5 Robert Haillet Alejo Russell 6 4 2 6 6 3 6 2 ||||

### Switzerland vs. Sweden

| Switzerland 0 | Montreux, Switzerland 13–15 May 1955 Clay | Montreux, Switzerland 13–15 May 1955 Clay | Sweden 5 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Martin Froesch Sven Davidson 1 6 5 7 0 6       2 Paul Blondel Lennart Bergelin 2 6 1 6 6 0 2 6     3 Paul Blondel / René Buser Sven Davidson / Ulf Schmidt 4 6 2 6 1 6       4 Martin Froesch Lennart Bergelin 6 2 4 6 2 6 0 6     5 Paul Blondel Ulf Schmidt 2 6 3 6 4 6 ||||

### Hungary vs. Chile

| Hungary 2 | Budapest, Hungary 12–14 May 1955 | Budapest, Hungary 12–14 May 1955 | Chile 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 József Asbóth Andrés Hammersley 2 6 3 6 6 4 12 10 4 6   2 András Ádám-Stolpa Luis Ayala 3 6 3 6 3 6       3 András Ádám-Stolpa / József Asbóth Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley 7 5 7 5 6 4       4 József Asbóth Luis Ayala 6 3 3 6 7 5 2 6 0 6   5 András Ádám-Stolpa Andrés Hammersley 3 6 7 5 5 7 7 5 6 1 ||||

### Czechoslovakia vs. Belgium

| Czechoslovakia 0 | Prague, Czechoslovakia 13–15 May 1955 | Prague, Czechoslovakia 13–15 May 1955 | Belgium 5 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jiří Javorský Philippe Washer 0 6 1 6 6 3 4 6     2 Vladimír Zábrodský Jacques Brichant 6 8 3 6 6 2 4 6     3 Jiří Javorský / Vladimír Zábrodský Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer 1 6 6 3 3 6 7 9     4 Vladimír Zábrodský Philippe Washer 2 6 1 6 6 3 4 6     5 Jiří Javorský Jacques Brichant 2 6 9 11 6 3 8 10 ||||

## Quarterfinals

### Denmark vs. Italy

| Denmark 0 | Copenhagen, Denmark 10–12 June 1955 Clay | Copenhagen, Denmark 10–12 June 1955 Clay | Italy 5 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Kurt Nielsen Fausto Gardini 2 6 3 6 1 6       2 Torben Ulrich Giuseppe Merlo 3 6 4 6 6 3 0 6     3 Kurt Nielsen / Torben Ulrich Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 14 16 3 6 1 6       4 Kurt Nielsen Giuseppe Merlo 0 6 6 4 2 6 6 4 5 7   5 Jørgen Ulrich Nicola Pietrangeli 4 6 2 6 3 6 ||||

### Great Britain vs. India

| Great Britain 3 | Northern Lawn Tennis Club, Manchester, England 9–13 June 1955 Grass | Northern Lawn Tennis Club, Manchester, England 9–13 June 1955 Grass | India 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Roger Becker Naresh Kumar 6 2 7 9 6 2 6 3     2 Tony Mottram Ramanathan Krishnan 4 6 0 6 2 6       3 Tony Mottram / Geoffrey Paish Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar 6 2 6 1 3 6 5 7 4 6   4 Roger Becker Ramanathan Krishnan 13 11 6 3 6 3       5 Tony Mottram Naresh Kumar 2 6 9 7 4 6 7 5 6 3 ||||

### Sweden vs. France

| Sweden 3 | Saltsjöbaden, Sweden 10–12 June 1955 Clay | Saltsjöbaden, Sweden 10–12 June 1955 Clay | France 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Lennart Bergelin Robert Haillet 3 6 6 2 6 3 6 3     2 Sven Davidson Paul Rémy 3 6 6 3 6 2 2 6 1 6   3 Sven Davidson / Ulf Schmidt Marcel Bernard / Paul Rémy 4 6 7 5 4 6 6 1 2 6   4 Sven Davidson Robert Haillet 11 9 6 2 9 7       5 Lennart Bergelin Paul Rémy 1 6 6 1 6 2 6 2 ||||

### Belgium vs. Chile

| Belgium 2 | Brussels, Belgium 10–12 June 1955 | Brussels, Belgium 10–12 June 1955 | Chile 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jacques Brichant Andrés Hammersley 5 7 6 4 8 6 8 6     2 Philippe Washer Luis Ayala 1 6 6 8 1 6       3 Jacques Brichant / Philippe Washer Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley 6 4 0 6 6 4 4 6 6 4   4 Jacques Brichant Luis Ayala 6 1 1 6 9 7 1 6 5 7   5 Philippe Washer Andrés Hammersley 2 6 6 4 4 6 6 0 4 6 ||||

## Semifinals

### Great Britain vs. Italy

| Great Britain 0 | Edgbaston Lawn Tennis Club, Birmingham, England 14–16 July 1955 Grass | Edgbaston Lawn Tennis Club, Birmingham, England 14–16 July 1955 Grass | Italy 5 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Billy Knight Fausto Gardini 9 7 2 6 4 6 1 6     2 Roger Becker Nicola Pietrangeli 3 6 9 7 4 6 6 8     3 Mike Davies / Bobby Wilson Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 6 4 9 11 6 8 3 6     4 Billy Knight Nicola Pietrangeli 6 3 6 4 4 6 3 6 4 6   5 Roger Becker Orlando Sirola 8 10 2 6 5 7 ||||

### Sweden vs. Chile

| Sweden 3 | Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden 15–17 July 1955 Clay | Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden 15–17 July 1955 Clay | Chile 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Sven Davidson Luis Ayala 6 1 5 7 5 7 3 6     2 Lennart Bergelin Andrés Hammersley 5 7 7 5 6 2 6 3     3 Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson Luis Ayala / Andrés Hammersley 6 0 6 1 6 4       4 Lennart Bergelin Luis Ayala 4 6 6 4 2 6 1 6     5 Sven Davidson Andrés Hammersley 6 1 6 1 6 3 ||||

## Final

### Italy vs. Sweden

| Italy 4 | Milan, Italy 29–31 July 1955 Clay | Milan, Italy 29–31 July 1955 Clay | Sweden 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Fausto Gardini Sven Davidson 6 4 0 6 3 6 6 1 6 3   2 Giuseppe Merlo Lennart Bergelin 6 1 6 8 6 8 8 6 6 1   3 Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson 6 3 6 4 2 6 2 6 6 1   4 Orlando Sirola Sven Davidson 2 6 6 8 4 6       5 Fausto Gardini Staffan Stockenberg 6 4 6 1 6 4 ||||
