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Davis Cup is managed by International Tennis Federation (ITF). The first match was played between United States and Great Britain in 1900 at Boston, Massachusetts. Davis cup is one of the knock-out type prestigious tournaments in the tennis field. The initial name was International Lawn Tennis Championship. It gained the name of one of the finest tennis players in the tennis history Dwight F. Davis after his death in 1945. The four members of the Harvard University framed the structure for this tournament in the year 1899. Initially there were only two zones namely America zone and Europe Zone. But from 1955, the contestants from Asia started participating in the tournament, so another zone Eastern Zone was added to the list. Finland at the 1955 Davis Cup was one of the participants. 1955 Davis Cup was 44th tournament.
Performance of Finland at the 1955 Davis Cup
Finland was one of the Europe Zone contestants. The performance of Finland at the 1955 Davis Cup was very bad. It was defeated by Austria in the very first round of the Europe Zone with a score line of 0-5 score. At the early round of the tournament it had to face very difficult challenge with Austria. Thus Austria completely dominated the first round resulting into the elimination of Finland from the tournament as per the knock-out norms. There was no chance to Finland to qualify to the second round as Austria was counted as one of the strongest teams.
Here’s a summary of the performance of Finland at the 1955 Davis Cup
Finland at the 1955 Davis Cup said good bye to the tournament at the first round only. Players faced difficulty to get over the challenge with their competitors. The outcome was poor performance and low efficiency as compared to other strong contestants. Due to lack of dedication and determination, and also due to poor training, Finland got into trouble to face the championship. Finland became one of the weakest teams that could not qualify to other rounds.
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