1970 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1970 Davis Cup.

31 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. The winners of each sub-zone went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Eastern Zone.[1]

Spain defeated Yugoslavia in the Zone A final, and West Germany defeated the Soviet Union in the Zone B final, resulting in both Spain and West Germany progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2][3]

South Africa were ejected from the tournament on 23 March due to protests over the South African government's apartheid policies.[4][5][6]

Zone A edit

Draw edit

First Round
1–10 May
Quarterfinals
22–25 May
Semifinals
12–15 June
Final
16–18 July
Tehran, Iran
  Romania4
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
  Iran1
  Romania5
Athens, Greece
  Greece0
  Greece4
Maribor, Yugoslavia (clay)
  Netherlands1
  Romania2
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
  Yugoslavia3
  Luxembourg0
Dublin, Ireland
  Ireland3
  Ireland0
Maribor, Yugoslavia
  Yugoslavia5
  Yugoslavia3
Barcelona, Spain
  Poland2
  Yugoslavia1
Stockholm, Sweden (clay)
  Spain4
  Sweden0
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
  Spain5
  Spain5
Istanbul, Turkey
  Bulgaria0
  Turkey0
Paris, France (clay)
  Bulgaria5
  Spain5
Geneva, Switzerland
  France0
   Switzerland1
Paris, France (clay)
  France4
  France5
Edinburgh, United Kingdom (clay)
  Austria0
  Austria3
  Great Britain2

First round edit

Iran vs. Romania

 
Iran
1
Tehran, Iran[7]
7–9 May 1970
 
Romania
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Taghi Akbari
Ilie Năstase
8
10
0
6
8
6
7
5
3
6
 
2  
 
Hussain Akbari
Ion Țiriac
0
6
1
6
4
6
     
3  
 
Hussain Akbari / Taghi Akbari
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
3
6
6
3
3
6
3
6
   
4  
 
Hussain Akbari
Ilie Năstase
2
6
6
4
2
6
3
6
   
5  
 
Taghi Akbari
Petre Mărmureanu
6
1
6
4
6
3
     

Greece vs. Netherlands

 
Greece
4
Athens, Greece[8]
8–10 May 1970
 
Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Periclis Gavrilidis
Jan Hordijk
4
6
8
6
1
6
1
6
   
2  
 
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Pieter Soeters
7
5
8
6
6
2
     
3  
 
Periclis Gavrilidis / Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Niklaus Fleury / Jan Hordijk
4
6
6
2
6
2
6
2
   
4  
 
Periclis Gavrilidis
Pieter Soeters
6
3
6
4
6
2
     
5  
 
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Jan Hordijk
6
1
6
2
6
4
     

Luxembourg vs. Ireland

 
Luxembourg
0
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg[9]
1–3 May 1970
 
Ireland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Georges Logelin
Peter Jackson
6
4
8
6
5
7
1
6
2
6
 
2  
 
Thierry Brasseur
William Brown
6
3
4
6
4
6
11
9
4
6
 
3  
 
Thierry Brasseur / Georges Logelin
William Brown / John McGrath
1
6
1
6
1
6
     
4  
 
Thierry Brasseur
Peter Jackson
          not
played
5  
 
Georges Logelin
William Brown
          not
played

Yugoslavia vs. Poland

 
Yugoslavia
3
Maribor, Yugoslavia[10]
7–9 May 1970
 
Poland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Nikola Špear
Mieczysław Rybarczyk
6
0
3
6
6
0
6
2
   
2  
 
Željko Franulović
Wiesław Gąsiorek
4
6
6
2
2
6
6
3
6
2
 
3  
 
Željko Franulović / Nikola Špear
Tadeusz Nowicki / Mieczysław Rybarczyk
4
6
6
3
3
6
6
1
3
6
 
4  
 
Željko Franulović
Mieczysław Rybarczyk
6
1
6
1
6
2
     
5  
 
Nikola Špear
Wiesław Gąsiorek
6
8
6
4
4
6
6
2
1
6
 

Sweden vs. Spain

 
Sweden
0
Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden[11]
8–10 May 1970
Clay
 
Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ove Bengtson
Manuel Orantes
5
7
4
6
4
6
     
2  
 
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Manuel Santana
2
6
4
6
6
4
0
6
   
3  
 
Ove Bengtson / Hans Nerell
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes
8
10
3
6
6
8
     
4  
 
Ove Bengtson
Manuel Santana
9
11
6
4
4
6
2
6
   
5  
 
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Juan Gisbert
6
4
2
6
0
6
0
6
   

Turkey vs. Bulgaria

 
Turkey
0
Istanbul, Turkey[12]
8–10 May 1970
 
Bulgaria
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Tahsin Gürsoy
Stojan Velev
3
6
2
6
6
4
0
6
   
2  
 
Remzi Aydın
Kiril Yashmakov
3
6
0
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Remzi Aydın / Tahsin Gürsoy
Stojan Velev / Kiril Yashmakov
3
6
4
6
6
4
2
6
   
4  
 
Tahsin Gürsoy
Ljuben Genov
3
6
2
6
1
6
     
5  
 
Beyazıt Anbar
Stojan Velev
3
6
1
6
0
6
     

Switzerland vs. France

 
Switzerland
1
Geneva, Switzerland[13]
8–10 May 1970
 
France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Michel Burgener
François Jauffret
3
6
6
4
3
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Dimitri Sturdza
Georges Goven
10
8
7
5
4
6
6
3
   
3  
 
Dimitri Sturdza / Matthias Werren
Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau / Jean-Loup Rouyer
11
9
2
6
3
6
1
6
   
4  
 
Michel Burgener
Georges Goven
1
6
7
5
3
6
4
6
   
5  
 
Dimitri Sturdza
François Jauffret
3
6
4
6
3
6
     

Great Britain vs. Austria

 
Great Britain
2
Thistle Lawn Tennis Club, Edinburgh, United Kingdom[14]
7–9 May 1970
Clay
 
Austria
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
John Clifton
Peter Pokorny
1
6
6
4
6
8
1
6
   
2  
 
Gerald Battrick
Hans Kary
5
7
3
6
1
6
     
3  
 
Gerald Battrick / Peter Curtis
Rudolf Hoskowetz / Peter Pokorny
2
6
8
6
6
4
6
0
   
4  
 
Gerald Battrick
Peter Pokorny
6
4
6
2
9
7
     
5  
 
John Clifton
Hans Kary
3
6
2
6
4
6
     

Quarterfinals edit

Romania vs. Greece

 
Romania
5
Bucharest, Romania[15]
22–25 May 1970
Clay
 
Greece
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ilie Năstase
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
6
2
7
5
6
4
     
2  
 
Ion Țiriac
Periclis Gavrilidis
6
0
6
1
6
0
     
3  
 
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Epaminondas Argyriou / Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
6
4
6
1
6
2
     
4  
 
Viorel Marcu
Epaminondas Argyriou
6
1
6
3
6
4
     
5  
 
Sever Mureșan
Periclis Gavrilidis
8
6
3
6
6
2
6
3
   

Ireland vs. Yugoslavia

 
Ireland
0
Dublin, Ireland[16]
22–24 May 1970
 
Yugoslavia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
William Brown
Nikola Špear
3
6
2
6
4
6
     
2  
 
Peter Jackson
Željko Franulović
2
6
3
6
6
3
6
3
3
6
 
3  
 
William Brown / John McGrath
Željko Franulović / Nikola Špear
1
6
5
7
4
6
     
4  
 
William Brown
Željko Franulović
3
6
1
6
3
6
     
5  
 
Peter Jackson
Nikola Špear
5
7
1
6
1
6
     

Spain vs. Bulgaria

 
Spain
5
Barcelona, Spain[17]
22–24 May 1970
Clay
 
Bulgaria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Manuel Santana
Kiril Yashmakov
6
1
6
1
7
5
     
2  
 
Juan Gisbert
Ljuben Genov
6
2
6
2
6
2
     
3  
 
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Stojan Velev
6
4
8
6
6
2
     
4  
 
Manuel Santana
Stojan Velev
6
0
6
2
6
0
     
5  
 
Juan Gisbert
Kiril Yashmakov
6
3
6
2
6
0
     

France vs. Austria

 
France
5
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[18]
22–24 May 1970
Clay
 
Austria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Georges Goven
Peter Pokorny
6
4
6
1
6
2
     
2  
 
François Jauffret
Hans Kary
12
10
1
6
6
3
6
4
   
3  
 
Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau / Jean-Loup Rouyer
Hans Kary / Peter Pokorny
6
2
6
4
12
10
     
4  
 
François Jauffret
Peter Pokorny
6
3
6
3
6
4
     
5  
 
Georges Goven
Hans Kary
6
3
6
3
6
1
     

Semifinals edit

Yugoslavia vs. Romania

 
Yugoslavia
3
Maribor, Yugoslavia[19]
12–15 June 1970
Clay
 
Romania
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Nikola Špear
Ion Țiriac
6
1
4
6
4
6
2
6
   
2  
 
Željko Franulović
Ilie Năstase
6
3
3
6
6
2
6
1
   
3  
 
Željko Franulović / Nikola Špear
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
5
7
8
6
1
6
3
6
   
4  
 
Nikola Špear
Ilie Năstase
7
5
8
6
6
2
     
5  
 
Željko Franulović
Ion Țiriac
1
6
5
7
6
4
6
4
6
0
 

France vs. Spain

 
France
0
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[20]
12–14 May 1970
Clay
 
Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Georges Goven
Manuel Santana
1
6
8
6
2
6
6
2
3
6
 
2  
 
François Jauffret
Manuel Orantes
6
3
4
6
1
6
2
6
   
3  
 
Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau / Jean-Loup Rouyer
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Santana
4
6
4
6
6
8
     
4  
 
François Jauffret
Manuel Santana
5
7
3
6
2
6
     
5  
 
Georges Goven
Manuel Orantes
2
6
3
6
2
6
     

Final edit

Spain vs. Yugoslavia

 
Spain
4
Barcelona, Spain[2]
16–18 July 1970
 
Yugoslavia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Manuel Orantes
Nikola Špear
6
4
6
4
6
2
     
2  
 
Manuel Santana
Željko Franulović
6
4
6
4
1
6
6
4
   
3  
 
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Santana
Željko Franulović / Nikola Špear
6
4
6
1
6
2
     
4  
 
Manuel Orantes
Željko Franulović
7
5
6
4
4
6
6
8
2
6
 
5  
 
Manuel Santana
Nikola Špear
6
2
6
1
7
5
     

Zone B edit

Draw edit

First Round
1–24 May
Quarterfinals
22–24 May
Semifinals
11–14 June
Final
14–16 July
  South Africa
bye
  South Africa
Helsinki, Finland
  Belgiumw/o
  Finland1
Nuremberg, West Germany
  Belgium4
  Belgium0
Bad Homburg, West Germany (clay)
  West Germany5
  West Germany4
West Berlin
  Denmark1
  West Germany5
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
  Egypt0
  Egypt3
Düsseldorf, West Germany
  Norway1
  West Germany3
Turin, Italy (clay)
  Soviet Union2
  Italy2
  Czechoslovakia3
  Czechoslovakiaw/o
  Rhodesia
  Israel
Moscow, Soviet Union (clay)
  Rhodesiaw/o
  Czechoslovakia2
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
  Soviet Union3
  Portugal1
Monte Carlo, Monaco
  Monaco4
  Monaco0
Budapest, Hungary
  Soviet Union5
  Hungary2
  Soviet Union3

First round edit

Finland vs. Belgium

 
Finland
1
Helsinki, Finland[21]
22–24 May 1970
 
Belgium
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
George Berner
Patrick Hombergen
4
6
2
6
2
6
     
2  
 
Pekka Säilä
Eric Drossart
5
7
6
2
6
3
6
4
   
3  
 
George Berner / Pekka Säilä
Eric Drossart / Patrick Hombergen
0
6
6
4
3
6
0
6
   
4  
 
George Berner
Eric Drossart
6
2
5
7
3
6
6
8
   
5  
 
Pekka Säilä
Patrick Hombergen
4
6
2
6
7
5
6
3
4
6
 

West Germany vs. Denmark

 
West Germany
4
Bad Homburg, West Germany[22]
8–10 May 1970
Clay
 
Denmark
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Christian Kuhnke
Jørgen Ulrich
6
3
6
2
6
3
     
2  
 
Wilhelm Bungert
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
2
6
4
6
6
3
5
7
   
3  
 
Ingo Buding / Christian Kuhnke
Carl-Edvard Hedelund / Jørgen Ulrich
6
1
6
1
6
4
     
4  
 
Christian Kuhnke
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
6
0
7
5
6
1
     
5  
 
Wilhelm Bungert
Jørgen Ulrich
7
5
6
2
2
6
3
6
6
3
 

Egypt vs. Norway

 
Egypt
3
Cairo, Egypt[23]
8–10 May 1970
Clay
 
Norway
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Moataz El Sonbol
Frithjof Prydz
6
3
6
1
6
4
     
2  
 
Aly El Dawoudi
Jon-Erik Ross
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
3  
 
Aly El Dawoudi / Abdel-Ghani Mohammed
Frithjof Prydz / Jon-Erik Ross
5
7
6
2
4
6
1
6
   
4  
 
Aly El Dawoudi
Frithjof Prydz
7
9
5
7
6
2
9
7
6
4
 
5  
 
Moataz El Sonbol
Jon-Erik Ross
          not
played

Italy vs. Czechoslovakia

 
Italy
2
Turin, Italy[24]
7–11 May 1970
Clay
 
Czechoslovakia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Massimo Di Domenico
Jan Kodeš
3
6
6
1
6
3
4
6
4
6
 
2  
 
Adriano Panatta
Jan Kukal
8
6
6
3
6
3
     
3  
 
Massimo Di Domenico / Adriano Panatta
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal
6
4
2
6
6
2
3
6
6
3
 
4  
 
Massimo Di Domenico
Jan Kukal
9
7
4
6
5
7
7
9
   
5  
 
Adriano Panatta
Jan Kodeš
3
6
2
6
2
6
     

Portugal vs. Monaco

 
Portugal
1
Lisbon, Portugal[25]
1–3 May 1970
Clay
 
Monaco
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
Patrick Landau
4
6
2
6
3
6
     
2  
 
Raúl Peralta
Francis Truchi
6
2
6
0
7
5
     
3  
 
Manuel Dinis / Raúl Peralta
Patrick Landau / Francis Truchi
6
3
4
6
5
7
4
6
   
4  
 
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
Francis Truchi
6
3
6
2
8
10
4
6
2
6
 
5  
 
Raúl Peralta
Patrick Landau
4
6
3
6
6
4
2
6
   

Hungary vs. Soviet Union

 
Hungary
2
Budapest, Hungary[26]
8–10 May 1970
 
Soviet Union
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Szabolcs Baranyi
Vladimir Korotkov
4
6
6
3
1
6
6
1
6
3
 
2  
 
István Gulyás
Alex Metreveli
7
9
2
6
3
6
     
3  
 
Szabolcs Baranyi / Róbert Machán
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
4
6
6
4
3
6
6
8
   
4  
 
Szabolcs Baranyi
Alex Metreveli
4
6
1
6
2
6
     
5  
 
István Gulyás
Vladimir Korotkov
6
3
4
6
6
0
6
4
   

Quarterfinals edit

West Germany vs. Egypt

 
West Germany
5
West Berlin[27]
22–24 May 1970
 
Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Wilhelm Bungert
Abdel-Ghani Mohammed
6
2
6
4
1
6
6
2
   
2  
 
Christian Kuhnke
Moataz El Sonbol
6
0
6
2
6
2
     
3  
 
Ingo Buding / Christian Kuhnke
Moataz El Sonbol / Abdel-Ghani Mohammed
6
0
6
3
6
0
     
4  
 
Wilhelm Bungert
Moataz El Sonbol
10
8
6
2
6
3
     
5  
 
Jürgen Fassbender
Abdel-Ghani Mohammed
6
1
6
1
6
3
     

Monaco vs. Soviet Union

 
Monaco
0
Monte Carlo, Monaco[28]
22–24 May 1970
 
Soviet Union
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
André Vatrican
Alex Metreveli
0
6
1
6
4
6
     
2  
 
Francis Truchi
Vladimir Korotkov
2
6
0
6
1
6
     
3  
 
Francis Truchi / André Vatrican
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
0
6
6
4
3
6
2
6
   
4  
 
André Vatrican
Vladimir Korotkov
0
6
0
6
0
6
     
5  
 
Francis Truchi
Alex Metreveli
2
6
4
6
2
6
     

Semifinals edit

West Germany vs. Belgium

 
West Germany
5
Nuremberg, West Germany[29]
12–14 June 1970
 
Belgium
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Wilhelm Bungert
Patrick Hombergen
6
2
6
1
3
6
6
3
   
2  
 
Christian Kuhnke
Eric Drossart
6
4
6
2
6
3
     
3  
 
Ingo Buding / Christian Kuhnke
Eric Drossart / Patrick Hombergen
4
6
6
3
7
5
4
6
10
8
 
4  
 
Wilhelm Bungert
Eric Drossart
2
6
6
2
6
0
6
3
   
5  
 
Christian Kuhnke
Patrick Hombergen
6
2
6
2
6
0
     

Soviet Union vs. Czechoslovakia

 
Soviet Union
3
Moscow, Soviet Union[30]
11–13 June 1970
Clay
 
Czechoslovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Toomas Leius
Jan Kodeš
6
2
3
6
3
6
5
7
   
2  
 
Alex Metreveli
Jan Kukal
6
1
6
0
6
2
     
3  
 
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal
8
6
1
6
2
6
8
6
6
4
 
4  
 
Toomas Leius
Jan Kukal
6
3
4
6
3
6
2
6
   
5  
 
Alex Metreveli
Jan Kodeš
6
4
4
6
6
3
6
3
   

Final edit

West Germany vs. Soviet Union

 
West Germany
3
Düsseldorf, West Germany[3]
14–16 July 1970
 
Soviet Union
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Wilhelm Bungert
Vladimir Korotkov
6
4
7
9
6
4
6
3
   
2  
 
Christian Kuhnke
Alex Metreveli
1
6
1
6
8
10
     
3  
 
Ingo Buding / Wilhelm Bungert
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
5
7
1
6
8
6
6
2
7
5
 
4  
 
Christian Kuhnke
Vladimir Korotkov
6
1
6
1
5
7
6
2
   
5  
 
Wilhelm Bungert
Alex Metreveli
4
6
5
5
      retired
 

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References edit

  1. ^ a b Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "Spain v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "West Germany v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Arthur Ashe – Biography". www.britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. ^ Steve, Tignor (19 November 2014). "The Shots Not Heard Around the World". tennis.com. Retrieved 29 September 2019. South Africa had been banned from the Davis Cup entirely from 1970 to '73
  6. ^ "Belgium v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Iran v Romania". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Greece v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Luxembourg v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Yugoslavia v Poland". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Sweden v Spain". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Turkey v Bulgaria". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Switzerland v France". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Great Britain v Austria". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Romania v Greece". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Ireland v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Spain v Bulgaria". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "France v Austria". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Yugoslavia v Romania". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "France v Spain". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Finland v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "West Germany v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  23. ^ "Egypt v Norway". daviscup.com.
  24. ^ "Italy v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  25. ^ "Portugal v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  26. ^ "Hungary v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  27. ^ "West Germany v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  28. ^ "Monaco v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  29. ^ "West Germany v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  30. ^ "Soviet Union v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.

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