1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge Europe Zone

Main article: 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge

The Europe Zone was one of the two regional zones of the 1925 International Lawn Tennis Challenge.

16 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] France defeated the Netherlands in the final, and went on to face Australia in the Inter-Zonal Final.^[2]

Draw

First round 8–19 May

Quarterfinals 27 May–14 June

Semifinals 10–14 July

Final 18–20 July

Budapest, Hungary (clay)

France

4

Paris, France (clay)

Hungary

1

France

5

Lisbon, Portugal (clay)

Italy

0

Portugal

1

Eastbourne, England (grass)

Italy

4

France

4

London, England (clay)

Great Britain

0

Romania

1

Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)

Denmark

4

Denmark

0

Warsaw, Poland (clay)

Great Britain

3

Poland

0

Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)

Great Britain

5

France

4

Vienna, Austria

Netherlands

0

Austria

4

Vienna, Austria

Ireland

1

Austria

0

Brussels, Belgium

India

4

Belgium

2

Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)

India

3

India

1

Bern, Switzerland

Netherlands

4

Sweden

3

Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)

Switzerland

2

Sweden

0

Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay)

Netherlands

5

Netherlands

3

Czechoslovakia

2

First round

Hungary vs. France

Hungary 1	Budapest, Hungary[3] 8–10 May 1925 Clay		France 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Imre Takáts Jean Borotra 2 6 2 6 1 6       2 Béla von Kehrling René Lacoste 3 6 3 6 3 6       3 Béla von Kehrling / Aurél von Kelemen Jean Borotra / René Lacoste 4 6 2 6 10 8 3 6     4 Béla von Kehrling Jean Borotra 6 8 6 1 6 4 6 2     5 Imre Takáts Paul Féret 1 6 0 6 2 6

Portugal vs. Italy

Portugal 1	Lisbon, Portugal[4] 8–10 May 1925 Clay		Italy 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 José de Verda Clemente Serventi 7 5 1 6 8 6 4 6   retired   2 Antonio Casanovas Uberto De Morpurgo 0 6 1 6 2 6       3 Antonio Casanovas / Fernando Vasconcelos Uberto De Morpurgo / Placido Gaslini 3 6 1 6 6 3 7 9     4 Antonio Casanovas Clemente Serventi 6 4 4 6 6 2 4 6 8 6   5 José de Verda Uberto De Morpurgo 2 6 1 6 8 6 2 6

Denmark vs. Romania

Denmark 4	Roehampton Lawn Tennis Club, London, England[5] 12–14 May 1925 Clay		Romania 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Erik Worm Nicolae Mișu 3 6 3 6 7 5 3 6     2 Einer Ulrich Gheorghe Lupu 6 1 6 2 8 6       3 Povl Henriksen / Einer Ulrich Gheorghe Lupu / Nicolae Mișu 7 5 6 0 6 1       4 Erik Worm Gheorghe Lupu 6 2 6 2 6 4       5 Einer Ulrich Nicolae Mișu 7 5 6 1 6 2

Poland vs. Great Britain

Poland 0	Warsaw Lawn Tennis Club, Warsaw, Poland[6] 15–17 May 1925 Clay		Great Britain 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Wladyslaw Szwede Gordon Lowe 0 6 1 6 1 6       2 Alfons Foerster Patrick Wheatley 1 6 2 6 1 6       3 Władysław Kuchar / Karol Steinert Leslie Godfree / Charles Kingsley 4 6 2 6 2 6       4 Alfons Foerster Gordon Lowe 0 6 0 6 0 6       5 Wladyslaw Szwede Patrick Wheatley 2 6 0 6 0 6

Austria vs. Ireland

Austria 4	Vienna, Austria[7] 15–19 May 1925		Ireland 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten Charles Scroope 0 6 2 6 6 3 6 2 6 3   2 Paul Brick Louis Meldon 6 4 6 2 6 4       3 Paul Brick / Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten Charles Scroope / Simon Scroope 1 6 4 6 6 0 5 7     4 Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten Louis Meldon 8 10 4 6 7 5 8 6 6 1   5 Paul Brick Charles Scroope 5 7 1 6 7 5       retired

Belgium vs. India

Belgium 2	Brussels, Belgium[8] 16–18 May 1925		India 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jean Washer Sydney Jacob 4 6 6 4 3 6 7 5 4 6   2 Georges Watson Eric Andrea 0 6 3 6 0 6       3 Jean Washer / Georges Watson Syed Mohammad Hadi / Jagat-Mohan Lal 4 6 2 6 6 4 7 5 6 3   4 Georges Watson Sydney Jacob 3 6 1 6 3 6       5 Jean Washer Eric Andrea 7 5 6 1 6 1

Switzerland vs. Sweden

Switzerland 2	Bern, Switzerland[9] 16–18 May 1925 Clay		Sweden 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Charles Aeschlimann Sune Malmström 3 6 3 6 9 7 3 6     2 Charles Martin Marcus Wallenberg 1 6 3 6 3 6       3 Charles Aeschlimann / Charles Martin Sune Malmström / Marcus Wallenberg 3 6 7 5 7 5 7 5     4 Charles Martin Sune Malmström 1 6 2 6 1 6       5 Charles Aeschlimann Marcus Wallenberg 6 3 6 3 5 7 6 4

Netherlands vs. Czechoslovakia

Netherlands 3	Noordwijk, Netherlands[10] 15–18 May 1925 Clay		Czechoslovakia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Arthur Diemer-Kool Pavel Macenauer 6 3 3 6 2 6 1 6     2 Hendrik Timmer Jan Koželuh 6 3 6 4 6 2       3 Arthur Diemer-Kool / Christiaan van Lennep Jan Koželuh / Ladislav Žemla 6 3 6 1 8 6       4 Arthur Diemer-Kool Jan Koželuh 6 3 3 6 6 3 1 6 1 6   5 Hendrik Timmer Pavel Macenauer 6 1 6 2 6 2

Quarterfinals

France vs. Italy

France 5	Racing Club de France, Paris, France[11] 12–14 June 1925 Clay		Italy 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 René Lacoste Uberto De Morpurgo 6 0 6 2 2 6 6 0     2 Jean Borotra Cesare Colombo 6 4 6 1 6 1       3 Jacques Brugnon / René Lacoste Cesare Colombo / Uberto De Morpurgo 6 1 6 1 6 1       4 Jean Borotra Uberto De Morpurgo 6 1 2 6 12 10 6 1     5 Paul Féret Cesare Colombo 8 6 3 6 1 6 6 2 6 3

Denmark vs. Great Britain

Denmark 0	Copenhagen, Denmark[12] 27–29 May 1925 Clay		Great Britain 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Axel Petersen Patrick Wheatley 6 4 4 6 6 1 2 6 2 6   2 Einer Ulrich Brian Gilbert 1 6 11 9 6 3 4 6 2 6   3 Einer Ulrich / Erik Worm Leslie Godfree / Charles Kingsley 5 7 5 7 2 6       4 Einer Ulrich Patrick Wheatley           not played 5 Axel Petersen Brian Gilbert           not played

Austria vs. India

Austria 0	Vienna, Austria[13] 12–14 June 1925		India 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Paul Brick Sydney Jacob 6 8 1 6 1 6       2 Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten Eric Andrea 4 6 2 6 6 8       3 Otto Relly / Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten Hassan Ali Fyzee / Jagat-Mohan Lal 0 6 3 6 1 6       4 Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten Sydney Jacob 4 6 4 6 5 7       5 Paul Brick Eric Andrea 2 6 7 5 6 4 2 3   not completed

Netherlands vs. Sweden

Netherlands 5	Noordwijksche Sportverening, Noordwijk, Netherlands[14] 12–14 June 1925 Clay		Sweden 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hendrik Timmer Carl-Erik von Braun 7 5 6 1 6 0       2 Arthur Diemer-Kool Marcus Wallenberg 6 2 4 6 6 3 6 0     3 Arthur Diemer-Kool / Christiaan van Lennep Carl-Erik von Braun / Marcus Wallenberg 3 6 6 1 6 4 9 7     4 Hendrik Timmer Marcus Wallenberg 6 1 6 4 6 2       5 Arthur Diemer-Kool Carl-Erik von Braun 8 6 6 1 6 2

Semifinals

Great Britain vs. France

Great Britain 0	Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[15] 11–14 July 1925 Grass		France 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Noel Turnbull René Lacoste 6 3 1 6 5 7 2 6     2 Gordon Crole-Rees Jean Borotra 4 6 8 10 6 4 0 6     3 Leslie Godfree / Patrick Wheatley Jacques Brugnon / René Lacoste 4 6 4 6 3 6       4 Gordon Crole-Rees René Lacoste 2 6 4 6 2 6       5 Noel Turnbull Jean Borotra           not played

Netherlands vs. India

Netherlands 4	Noordwijk, Netherlands[16] 10–12 July 1925 Clay		India 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Arthur Diemer-Kool Jagat-Mohan Lal 3 6 6 3 6 4 6 1     2 Christiaan van Lennep Hassan Ali Fyzee 1 6 4 6 11 9 6 3 4 6   3 Arthur Diemer-Kool / Christiaan van Lennep Hassan Ali Fyzee / Syed Mohammad Hadi 6 4 6 2 6 3       4 Arthur Diemer-Kool Hassan Ali Fyzee 7 5 6 1 6 4       5 Christiaan van Lennep Jagat-Mohan Lal 6 2 6 4 7 5

Final

Netherlands vs. France

Netherlands 0	Noordwijk Club, Noordwijk, Netherlands (clay) [2] 18–20 July 1925 Clay		France 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hendrik Timmer René Lacoste 7 5 5 7 2 6 2 6     2 Arthur Diemer Kool Jean Borotra 2 6 4 6 8 10       3 Arthur Diemer Kool / Christiaan van Lennep Jacques Brugnon / René Lacoste 2 6 3 6 8 6 4 6     4 Arthur Diemer Kool René Lacoste 4 6 4 6 1 6       5 Hendrik Timmer Jean Borotra           not played