The 1969 Davis Cup was the 58th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 32 teams entered the Europe Zone, 9 teams entered the Americas Zone, and 8 teams entered the Eastern Zone.

1969 Davis Cup
Details
Duration1 March – 21 September 1969
Edition58th
Teams50
Champion
Winning Nation United States
1968
1970

Brazil defeated Mexico in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, India defeated Japan in the Eastern Inter-Zonal final, and Great Britain and Romania were the winners of the two Europe Zones, defeating South Africa and the Soviet Union respectively.

In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Romania defeated India and Great Britain defeated Brazil in the semifinals, and then Romania defeated Great Britain in the final. Romania were then defeated by the defending champions United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Harold Clark Courts in Cleveland, Ohio, United States on 19–21 September. This marked the first time the final was played on hard courts and the first final since 1937 not to feature Australia.[1][2][3]

Americas Zone edit

North & Central America Zone edit

Semifinals
3–5 May
Final
23–25 May
Bridgetown, Barbados
  Mexico4
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
  Caribbean/West Indies1
  Mexico3
  Australia2
bye
  Australia

South America Zone edit

Quarterfinals
2–5 May
Semifinals
16–18 May
Final
14–16 June
  Brazil
Bogotá, Colombia
bye
  Brazil3
Caracas, Venezuela
  Colombia2
  Venezuela2
Santiago, Chile
  Colombia3
  Brazil3
Santiago, Chile
  Chile2
  Chile3
Santiago, Chile (clay)
  Argentina2
  Chile4
  Ecuador1
bye
  Ecuador

Americas Inter-Zonal Final edit

Brazil vs. Mexico

 
Brazil
4
Esporte Clube Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil[4]
19–21 June 1969
Clay
 
Mexico
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
José Edison Mandarino
Marcelo Lara
4
6
6
2
6
4
5
7
6
3
 
2  
 
Thomaz Koch
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
7
5
6
1
6
3
     
3  
 
Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino
Luis-Augusto García / Joaquín Loyo Mayo
19
17
6
3
6
4
     
4  
 
José Edison Mandarino
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
6
2
7
5
5
7
3
6
5
7
 
5  
 
Thomaz Koch
Luis-Augusto García
4
6
6
1
6
2
6
4
   

Eastern Zone edit

Zone A edit

Quarterfinals
28–30 March
Semifinals
4–20 April
Final
Jakarta, Indonesia
  Indonesia0
Tokyo, Japan
  Philippines3
  Philippines0
  Japan5
  Japan
bye
  Japanw/o
  South Vietnam
bye
Seoul, South Korea
  South Korea
  South Korea2
  South Vietnam3
bye
  South Vietnam

Zone B edit

Semifinals
1–3 March
Final
25–27 March
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Malaysia0
Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
  India5
  India4
  Ceylon1
bye
  Ceylon

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final edit

India vs. Japan

 
India
5
Poona, India[5]
10–12 May 1969
 
Japan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ramanathan Krishnan
Ichizō Konishi
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
2  
 
Premjit Lall
Koji Watanabe
6
2
6
3
6
4
     
3  
 
Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
Isao Watanabe / Koji Watanabe
6
3
13
11
7
9
6
4
   
4  
 
Premjit Lall
Ichizō Konishi
6
3
6
1
6
1
     
5  
 
Shiv Prakash Misra
Koji Watanabe
6
3
6
3
5
7
6
2
   

Europe Zone edit

Zone A edit

First Round
24 April–11 May
Quarterfinals
22–26 May
Semifinals
12–14 June
Final
17–19 July
Cologne, West Germany
  West Germany4
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  New Zealand1
  West Germany4
Helsinki, Finland (clay)
  Sweden1
  Finland1
Birmingham, England (grass)
  Sweden4
  West Germany2
Zürich, Switzerland (clay)
  Great Britain3
   Switzerland0
Eastbourne, England (grass)
  Great Britain5
  Great Britain5
Cork, Ireland
  Ireland0
  Ireland5
Bristol, England (grass)
  Luxembourg0
  Great Britain3
Monte Carlo, Monaco
  South Africa2
  Monaco3
Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
  Bulgaria2
  Monaco0
Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
  Czechoslovakia5
  Denmark2
  Czechoslovakia3
  Czechoslovakia
Warsaw, Poland
  South Africaw/o
  Poland3
  Hungary2
  Poland
Cape Town, South Africa
  South Africaw/o
  Iran0
  South Africa5

Zone A Final edit

Great Britain vs. South Africa

 
Great Britain
3
Bristol Lawn Tennis Club, Bristol, England[6]
17–19 July 1969
Grass
 
South Africa
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Mark Cox
Bob Maud
3
6
6
3
6
4
3
6
6
4
 
2  
 
Graham Stilwell
Bob Hewitt
9
7
3
6
6
3
2
6
3
6
 
3  
 
Mark Cox / Peter Curtis
Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan
6
4
3
6
4
6
6
4
9
7
 
4  
 
Graham Stilwell
Bob Maud
8
6
11
9
6
3
     
5  
 
Mark Cox
Bob Hewitt
6
3
0
6
6
4
3
6
7
9
 

Zone B edit

First Round
4–12 May
Quarterfinals
22–25 May
Semifinals
13–15 June
Final
18–20 July
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
  Spain5
Zagreb, Yugoslavia (clay)
  Rhodesia0
  Spain5
Maribor, Yugoslavia
  Yugoslavia0
  Yugoslavia3
Valencia, Spain (clay)
  France2
  Spain1
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
  Romania4
  Romania3
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
  Egypt2
  Romania5
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
  Israel0
  Portugal1
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
  Israel4
  Romania4
Athens, Greece
  Soviet Union1
  Greece0
Moscow, Soviet Union (clay)
  Soviet Union5
  Soviet Union4
Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
  Canada1
  Netherlands2
Moscow, Soviet Union
  Canada3
  Soviet Union5
Oslo, Norway (clay)
  Italy0
  Norway0
Barletta, Italy (clay)
  Austria5
  Austria0
Genoa, Italy (clay)
  Italy5
  Belgium1
  Italy4

Zone B Final edit

Romania vs. Soviet Union

 
Romania
4
Bucharest, Romania[7]
18–20 July 1969
Clay
 
Soviet Union
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ion Țiriac
Toomas Leius
6
3
6
3
8
6
     
2  
 
Ilie Năstase
Alex Metreveli
6
4
6
2
7
5
     
3  
 
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
6
8
6
1
6
4
8
6
   
4  
 
Ilie Năstase
Toomas Leius
4
6
6
3
6
2
6
2
   
5  
 
Sever Dron
Vladimir Korotkov
1
6
4
6
4
6
     

Inter-Zonal Zone edit

Draw edit

Semifinals
31 July–3 August
Final
14–16 August
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
EUR-B  Romania4
Wimbledon, England (grass)
EAS  India0
EUR-A  Romania3
Wimbledon, England (grass)
EUR-B  Great Britain2
AME  Brazil2
EUR-A  Great Britain3

Semifinals edit

Romania vs. India

 
Romania
4
Bucharest, Romania[8]
1–3 August 1969
Clay
 
India
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ion Țiriac
Premjit Lall
6
2
6
3
6
2
     
2  
 
Ilie Năstase
Jaidip Mukerjea
6
2
6
4
4
6
4
6
6
1
 
3  
 
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
6
2
6
2
6
3
     
4  
 
Petre Mărmureanu
Gaurav Misra
6
2
6
2
6
3
     
5  
 
Sever Dron
Anand Amritraj
6
3
6
2
8
10
    not
completed

Great Britain vs. Brazil

 
Great Britain
3
No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England[9]
31 July–3 August 1969
Grass
 
Brazil
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Graham Stilwell
José Edison Mandarino
6
3
8
6
8
6
     
2  
 
Mark Cox
Thomaz Koch
6
4
13
11
3
6
6
8
6
8
 
3  
 
Mark Cox / Peter Curtis
Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino
6
4
4
6
4
6
4
6
   
4  
 
Graham Stilwell
Thomaz Koch
7
5
6
4
6
4
     
5  
 
Mark Cox
José Edison Mandarino
6
3
18
16
3
6
6
2
   

Final edit

Great Britain vs. Romania

 
Great Britain
2
No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England[10]
14–16 August 1969
Grass
 
Romania
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Mark Cox
Ion Țiriac
4
6
4
6
3
6
     
2  
 
Graham Stilwell
Ilie Năstase
6
4
4
6
6
1
6
2
   
3  
 
Mark Cox / Graham Stilwell
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
8
10
6
3
3
6
4
6
   
4  
 
Graham Stilwell
Ion Țiriac
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
5  
 
Mark Cox
Ilie Năstase
6
3
1
6
4
6
4
6
   

Challenge Round edit

United States vs. Romania

 
United States
5
Harold Clark Courts, Cleveland, Ohio, United States[3]
19–21 September 1969
Hard
 
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Arthur Ashe
Ilie Năstase
6
2
15
13
7
5
     
2  
 
Stan Smith
Ion Țiriac
6
8
6
3
5
7
6
4
6
4
 
3  
 
Bob Lutz / Stan Smith
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
8
6
6
1
11
9
     
4  
 
Stan Smith
Ilie Năstase
4
6
4
6
6
4
6
1
11
9
 
5  
 
Arthur Ashe
Ion Țiriac
6
3
8
6
3
6
4
0
   
retired

References edit

  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ Max Robertson (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 384. ISBN 0047960426.
  3. ^ a b "United States v Romania". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Brazil v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "India v Japan". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Great Britain v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Romania v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Romania v India". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Great Britain v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Great Britain v Romania". daviscup.com.

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