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

First round

Great Britain vs. Monaco


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


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


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


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


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


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

Finland vs. Egypt


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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

Japan vs. Egypt


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


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


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


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

Great Britain vs. Japan


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


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

Czechoslovakia vs. Great Britain


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

  1. ↑ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. 1 2 "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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