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Novembre 1957 / Lebanese Nationals (Championnats du Liban à Beyrouth)

European Zone 1957, Alumni Club Beirut, 18 to 21 April.
New Zealand d Lebanon 5-0 : Jeff E Robson (NZ) d Nadim Hajjar (Leb) 60 61 61; Corbett T.Parker (NZ) d Samir Khoury (Leb) 46 1210 61 62; Robson-Parker d Elie Attieh-S Khoury 46 119 63 63; Robson d Khoury 63 62 62; Lew Gerrard (NZ) d Roy Karaoglan (Leb) 61 60 62;

•   Lebanese Captain : José Chidiac.     ** Alumni : Clay courts;

European Zone 1959, Renaissance club, Beirut, May.

Colombia d Lebanon 4-1 : Bill Alvarez (Col) d Karim Fawaz (Leb) 60 62 63 ; Samir Khoury (Leb) d Hernando Salas (Col) 62 46 64 62; Alvarez-Salas d E Attieh-N Hajjar 75 63 46 63; Salas d Fawaz 86 61 64; Alvarez d Khoury 60 97 61;

•   K Fawaz was only 17 years of age then. He will remain Lebanon's no 1 player till 1969, despite pursuing serious medical studies;
•   Lebanese Team captain: René Khoury, known for having switched from right hander to left hander in Tennis after 20 years of practicing the sport daily, following an injury to his rigt arm. René Khoury will keep on playing tennis deep into his eighties, exclusively at the hillside Yarze country club.
•   The Draw was made in the presence of Pierre Gemayel, Education minister in the famous 4-ministers cabinet of 1958-1960.



European Zone, 1962 Alumni Club, Beirut clay courts
Finland d Lebanon 4-1 Reino Nyssonen (F) d Edouard Samuel (Leb) 61 60 62; Karim Fawaz (Leb) d Sakari Salo (F) 64 63 75; Nyssonen-Salo d Fawaz-E Samuel 62 57 86 97; Salo d Samuel 68 62 62 61; Nyssonen d K Fawaz 36 64 61 60.

• Lebanon captain : José Chidiac
• The Finnish team remained in Beirut to play the Alumni spring tournament (see higher for the results).
• Until the end of the doubles '3d set, the Lebanese Team nurtured serious hopes of victory given Fawaz's high level of competitivity and the stands went from about 150 spectators on Saturday at the beginning of the doubles, to more than 800 fans 3 hours later.

European Zone 1963 Yarzé Club, Beirut. Lebanon captain Nadim Hajjar

United Arab Republic (Egypt) d Lebanon 5-0 B S Ibrahim (Eg) d Ed Samuel (Leb) 61 62 64; Fathi Mohammed Ali (Eg) d K Fawaz (Leb) 16 61 62 62; Ibrahim-Ali d K Fawaz-Attieh 61 62 60

European Zone 1969 Cairo, Egypt Lebanon captain Tarek Kettaneh

U.A.R. (Egypt) d Lebanon 5-0 Ismail el Shafei (Eg) d Khodr Issa (Leb) 60 60 61; Ali el Daoudi (Eg) d Ahmed Ramadan (Leb) 60 62 61; El SHafei-Daoudi d Jihad Kouayess-Tarek Kettaneh (Leb) 60 62 63 ; Daoudi d K Issa 63 63 61 ; Motaz Sonbol (Eg) d J Kouayess (Leb) 61 61 64

European Zone 1972 Renaissance Club then transferred to Yarzé (due to gale sirocco winds in 1st club) May 1 to 3.

Morocco d Lebanon 5-0 Omar Laimina (M) d K Issa (Leb) 26 36 64 63 119; N O Ahmed (M) d S Khoury (Leb) 63 60 64; Laimina-H Bouchaib (M) d S Khoury-Najdo Abouhassoun (Leb) 36 108 63 62; El Acharaoui (M) d K Issa (Leb) 75 61 62; Laimina d S Khoury 60 63 64 Lebanon captain José Chidiac

European Zone, 1973, Istanbul Covered courts

Turkey d Lebanon 3-2 A Kocak (T) d Kh Issa (Leb) 64 63 60; Najdo Abouhassoun (Leb) d H Ozdemir (T) 61 61 75; Gursoy-Kocak (T) d Alan and Eric Wilkinson (Leb) 62 61 63; K Issa (Leb) d Ozdemir (T) 46 108 63 61; Kocak d Abouhassoun (Leb) 36 61 60 64 Lebanon captain Emile Yazbeck

European Zone Qualifying for A group, 1974 Tehran, August

Iran d Lebanon 5-0 Taghi Akbari (I) d Kh Issa (Leb) 61 62 61; Ali Madani (I) d Ahmed Ramadan (Leb) 62 63 62; Madani-Akbari d K Issa-Ramadan (Leb) 108 61 62; Seleh (I) d Ramadan (Leb) 75 119 64; D Javan (I) d K Issa (Leb) 86 63 62

European Zone, 1984, Vienna, Austria, May.

Austria d Lebanon by default, due to total closing of all of Lebanon's Airport and borders because of violent internal strife. Nevertheless, Lebanon captain Nohad Schoucair had to go to Europe to officially withdraw his Team, and avoid disqualification for future participation in the Davis Cup.