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The Davis Cup is the premier international event in men’s tennis. It is the largest annual team competition in sport world and is contested between players from various countries in a knock-out format. Ireland competed in the World Group in 1993. It reached the Semifinals of the Europe zone in 1936. 32 Teams entered the tournament. In the Europe Zone 24 nations played. One among them was Ireland. Ireland at the 1956 Davis Cup defeated Finland with a remarkable score in the first round. But in the second round it lost to Germany.
Performance of Ireland at the 1956 Davis Cup
In the first round Ireland defeated Finland winning four out of five leaving Finland with just one. In the second round Germany bagged 4 and Ireland got just 1. Germany who defeated Ireland in the second round lost to France with the score 4-1. Sweden was the winner of the Europe zone that year. Ireland at the 1956 Davis Cup had to say goodbye to the courts from the second round itself. The host of this event was Ireland. It was held in Dublin, Ireland. It was played from 10 May to 12 May 1956.
Here’s a summary of the performance of Ireland at the 1956 Davis Cup
The official Team nominations were Joseph Hackett and Guy Jackson. In the first round all the winning money had consistent set scores. It was a wonderful performance. In the R2 of the first round it lost to Finland. S. Salo of Finland defeated G. Jackson of Ireland with the score 6-3 3-6 2-6 6-2 6-3. The winning R3 of the second round where Ireland lost to Germany was the doubles game. The Score was 6-2 6-4 6-4. Joseph Hackett and Guy Jackson defeated F. Feldbausch and P. Scholl pair of Germany. Tough Ireland at the 1956 Davis Cup made good first impression; it took a reverse score in the second round and got itself knocked off.
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