1980 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1980 Davis Cup.

30 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 26 teams entered the competition in the qualifying round, competing for 4 places in each sub-zone's main draw to join the 4 finalists from the 1979 Europe Zone. The winners of each sub-zone's main draw went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Eastern Zone.[1]

Italy defeated Sweden in the Zone A final, and Czechoslovakia defeated Romania in the Zone B final, resulting in both Italy and Czechoslovakia progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2][3]

Zone A edit

Pre-qualifying round edit

Draw edit

Pre-qualifying round
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
  Luxembourg1
  Turkey4

Results edit

Luxembourg vs. Turkey

 
Luxembourg
1
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg[4]
August 1979
 
Turkey
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Marc Klensch
Bülent Altınkaya
1
6
2
6
6
4
2
6
   
2  
 
Jan Jilemnicky
Remzi Aydın
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Pascal Genevo / Marc Klensch
Bülent Altınkaya / Kemal Anbar
0
6
5
7
2
6
     
4  
 
Marc Klensch
Remzi Aydın
3
6
2
6
2
6
     
5  
 
Jan Jilemnicky
Bülent Altınkaya
11
9
6
4
4
6
6
4
   

Preliminary rounds edit

Draw edit

First round edit

Israel vs. Monaco

 
Israel
4
Ramat HaSharon, Israel[5]
14–16 September 1979
Hard
 
Monaco
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Steve Krulevitz
Louis Borfiga
6
2
6
1
3
6
6
2
   
2  
 
Shlomo Glickstein
Bernard Balleret
6
3
6
1
6
4
     
3  
 
Shlomo Glickstein / Yair Wertheimer
Bernard Balleret / Michel Borfiga
6
2
6
1
6
0
     
4  
 
Haim Arlozorov
Bernard Balleret
8
6
4
6
1
6
4
6
   
5  
 
Shlomo Glickstein
Louis Borfiga
6
3
6
1
6
0
     

Ireland vs. Bulgaria

 
Ireland
2
Dublin, Ireland[6]
14–16 September 1979
 
Bulgaria
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Sean Sorensen
Ljuben Genov
6
4
3
6
6
4
6
3
   
2  
 
Kevin Menton
Lyubomir Petrov
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
3  
 
James McArdle / Sean Sorensen
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Matei Pampoulov
5
7
6
3
3
6
4
6
   
4  
 
Kevin Menton
Ljuben Genov
0
6
4
6
0
6
     
5  
 
Sean Sorensen
Lyubomir Petrov
6
4
6
4
4
6
6
1
   

Netherlands vs. Denmark

 
Netherlands
3
Hilversum, Netherlands[7]
14–16 September 1979
Clay
 
Denmark
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Louk Sanders
Michael Mortensen
6
3
6
3
6
3
     
2  
 
Rolf Thung
Lars Elvstrøm
1
6
4
6
1
6
     
3  
 
Theo Gorter / Paul van Min
Lars Elvstrøm / Michael Mortensen
4
6
6
2
4
6
4
6
   
4  
 
Rolf Thung
Michael Mortensen
7
5
3
6
7
5
9
7
   
5  
 
Louk Sanders
Lars Elvstrøm
7
5
6
4
3
6
6
0
   

Norway vs. Turkey

 
Norway
4
Oslo, Norway[8]
14–16 September 1979
Clay
 
Turkey
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Thomas Randby
Remzi Aydın
6
4
0
6
3
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Per Hegna
Arif Koçak
6
1
6
1
6
0
     
3  
 
Per Hegna / Jan Munch-Søegaard
Remzi Aydın / Arif Koçak
6
4
6
3
6
2
     
4  
 
Per Hegna
Remzi Aydın
6
1
6
3
6
1
     
5  
 
Thomas Randby
Arif Koçak
6
1
1
6
6
1
6
2
   

Qualifying round edit

Switzerland vs. Israel

 
Switzerland
4
Winterthur, Switzerland[9]
8–10 February 1980
 
Israel
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Roland Stadler
Shlomo Glickstein
6
2
6
4
3
6
3
6
0
6
 
2  
 
Heinz Günthardt
Steve Krulevitz
6
1
6
3
3
6
6
3
   
3  
 
Heinz Günthardt / Markus Günthardt
Shlomo Glickstein / Steve Krulevitz
6
4
6
3
7
5
     
4  
 
Roland Stadler
Steve Krulevitz
5
7
6
2
6
2
8
6
   
5  
 
Heinz Günthardt
Shlomo Glickstein
6
3
6
3
6
1
     

Bulgaria vs. Hungary

 
Bulgaria
1
Sofia, Bulgaria[10]
8–10 February 1980
 
Hungary
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Julian Stamatov
János Benyik
1
6
1
6
5
7
     
2  
 
Matei Pampoulov
Balázs Taróczy
1
6
1
6
3
6
     
3  
 
Matei Pampoulov / Lyubomir Petrov
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy
3
6
4
6
6
3
6
8
   
4  
 
Lyubomir Petrov
János Benyik
3
6
5
7
6
3
7
5
6
3
 
5  
 
Julian Stamatov
Balázs Taróczy
          not
played

Spain vs. Netherlands

 
Spain
4
Real Club Pineda, Seville, Spain[11]
8–10 February 1980
 
Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Fernando Luna
Tom Okker
6
2
6
2
6
3
     
2  
 
José Higueras
Louk Sanders
6
2
6
4
6
3
     
3  
 
Ángel Giménez / Manuel Orantes
Huub van Boeckel / Tom Okker
6
8
6
2
3
6
11
9
6
8
 
4  
 
Ángel Giménez
Tom Okker
6
1
6
1
       
5  
 
Fernando Luna
Louk Sanders
6
4
6
1
6
4
     

West Germany vs. Norway

 
West Germany
4
Hanover, West Germany[12]
8–10 February 1980
Clay
 
Norway
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Rolf Gehring
Jan Munch-Søegaard
6
1
6
1
6
1
     
2  
 
Karl Meiler
Per Hegna
6
1
6
3
6
1
     
3  
 
Andreas Maurer / Karl Meiler
Ragnar Felix / Jan Munch-Søegaard
7
5
6
2
6
1
     
4  
 
Andreas Maurer
Per Hegna
6
1
6
0
6
1
     
5  
 
Rolf Gehring
Jan Munch-Søegaard
          not
played

Main draw edit

Draw edit

Quarterfinals
7–9 March
Semifinals
10–15 June
Final
11–13 July
  Italy
Turin, Italy (clay)
bye
  Italy5
Zürich, Switzerland
   Switzerland0
   Switzerland3
Rome, Italy (clay)
  Hungary2
  Italy4
Valencia, Spain
  Sweden1
  Spain2
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  West Germany3
  West Germany1
  Sweden4
bye
  Sweden

Quarterfinals edit

Switzerland vs. Hungary

 
Switzerland
3
Zürich, Switzerland[13]
7–9 March 1980
 
Hungary
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Heinz Günthardt
János Benyik
3
6
7
5
6
4
4
6
6
1
 
2  
 
Roland Stadler
Zoltán Kuhárszky
6
3
4
6
3
6
8
6
4
6
 
3  
 
Heinz Günthardt / Roland Stadler
Róbert Machán / Péter Szőke
4
6
6
3
8
6
15
13
   
4  
 
Roland Stadler
János Benyik
5
7
5
7
5
7
     
5  
 
Heinz Günthardt
Zoltán Kuhárszky
6
1
6
2
6
4
     

Spain vs. West Germany

 
Spain
2
Club de Tenis Valencia, Valencia, Spain[14]
7–9 March 1980
 
West Germany
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Fernando Luna
Ulrich Pinner
6
0
6
4
6
3
     
2  
 
José Higueras
Rolf Gehring
6
3
6
1
1
6
2
6
1
6
 
3  
 
Ángel Giménez / José Higueras
Rolf Gehring / Karl Meiler
7
5
6
4
11
9
     
4  
 
José Higueras
Ulrich Pinner
4
6
3
6
3
6
     
5  
 
Fernando Luna
Rolf Gehring
6
3
3
6
3
6
3
6
   

Semifinals edit

Italy vs. Switzerland

 
Italy
5
Turin, Italy[15]
13–15 June 1980
Clay
 
Switzerland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Corrado Barazzutti
Heinz Günthardt
6
4
6
1
6
4
     
2  
 
Adriano Panatta
Roland Stadler
6
4
10
8
6
1
     
3  
 
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
Heinz Günthardt / Markus Günthardt
7
9
10
8
1
6
6
4
6
2
 
4  
 
Corrado Barazzutti
Roland Stadler
6
3
6
4
       
5  
 
Gianni Ocleppo
Ivan Dupasquier
6
0
6
3
       

Sweden vs. West Germany

 
Sweden
4
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[16]
10–13 June 1980
Clay
 
West Germany
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Björn Borg
Rolf Gehring
6
1
6
1
6
2
     
2  
 
Kjell Johansson
Klaus Eberhard
6
4
0
6
6
2
6
3
   
3  
 
Per Hjertquist / Stefan Simonsson
Rolf Gehring / Reinhart Probst
5
7
3
6
2
6
     
4  
 
Björn Borg
Klaus Eberhard
6
2
5
7
6
0
6
0
   
5  
 
Stefan Simonsson
Rolf Gehring
3
6
6
1
6
0
     

Final edit

Italy vs. Sweden

 
Italy
4
Foro Italico, Rome, Italy[2]
11–13 July 1980
Clay
 
Sweden
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Corrado Barazzutti
Kjell Johansson
6
3
6
3
6
2
     
2  
 
Adriano Panatta
Stefan Simonsson
6
8
6
1
2
6
6
4
4
6
 
3  
 
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
Hans Simonsson / Stefan Simonsson
6
2
6
3
7
5
     
4  
 
Adriano Panatta
Kjell Johansson
3
6
6
3
6
4
1
6
6
4
 
5  
 
Corrado Barazzutti
Stefan Simonsson
8
6
6
1
       

Zone B edit

Pre-qualifying round edit

Draw edit

Pre-qualifying round
Paris, France (clay)
  Algeria1
  Morocco4

Results edit

Algeria vs. Morocco

 
Algeria
1
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[17]
14–16 September 1979
Clay
 
Morocco
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Djamel Boudjemline
Mustapha Dislam
6
2
9
7
6
4
     
2  
 
Yassine Amier
Omar Laimina
2
6
5
7
1
6
     
3  
 
Yassine Amier / Djamel Boudjemline
Omar Laimina / Houcine Saber
2
6
4
6
3
6
     
4  
 
Yassine Amier
Mustapha Dislam
4
6
5
7
6
8
     
5  
 
Djamel Boudjemline
Omar Laimina
3
6
0
6
1
6
     

Preliminary rounds edit

Draw edit

First RoundQualifying Round
Casablanca, Morocco
  Morocco1
Brussels, Belgium
  Belgium4
  Belgium2
  Austria3
bye
  Austria
Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay)
  Yugoslavia5
Zagreb, Yugoslavia (indoor hard)
  Portugal0
  Yugoslavia0
  Romania5
bye
  Romania
  France
Montpellier, France (indoor carpet)
bye
  France3
Athens, Greece
  Soviet Union2
  Soviet Union5
  Greece0
  Poland
Helsinki, Finland
bye
  Poland0
Helsinki, Finland
  Finland5
  Finland5
  Egypt0

First round edit

Morocco vs. Belgium

 
Morocco
1
Casablanca, Morocco[18]
27–29 October 1979
 
Belgium
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Houcine Saber
Bernard Boileau
3
6
1
6
3
6
     
2  
 
Omar Laimina
Thierry Stevaux
7
9
6
3
6
1
0
6
8
6
 
3  
 
Omar Laimina / Houcine Saber
Bernard Boileau / Thierry Stevaux
3
6
0
6
8
10
     
4  
 
Houcine Saber
Thierry Stevaux
3
6
2
6
1
6
     
5  
 
Omar Laimina
Bernard Boileau
3
6
2
6
1
6
     

Yugoslavia vs. Portugal

 
Yugoslavia
5
Belgrade, Yugoslavia[19]
14–16 September 1979
Clay
 
Portugal
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Zoltan Ilin
José Vilela
6
2
6
1
6
0
     
2  
 
Željko Franulović
José Manuel Cordeiro
6
1
6
0
6
0
     
3  
 
Željko Franulović / Marko Ostoja
José Manuel Cordeiro / Pedro Cordeiro
6
0
6
1
6
2
     
4  
 
Zoltan Ilin
José Manuel Cordeiro
6
0
6
1
6
2
     
5  
 
Marko Ostoja
José Vilela
2
6
7
5
6
4
     

Greece vs. Soviet Union

 
Greece
0
Athens, Greece[20]
14–16 September 1979
 
Soviet Union
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Alexander Zverev
0
6
3
6
3
6
     
2  
 
George Kalovelonis
Alex Metreveli
1
6
4
6
4
6
     
3  
 
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos / George Kalovelonis
Alex Metreveli / Alexander Zverev
4
6
2
6
4
6
     
4  
 
George Kalovelonis
Alexander Zverev
1
6
4
6
4
6
     
5  
 
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Alex Metreveli
3
6
7
5
4
6
5
7
   

Finland vs. Egypt

 
Finland
5
Helsinki, Finland[21]
14–16 September 1979
 
Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Matti Timonen
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka
6
1
6
3
6
3
     
2  
 
Leo Palin
Ahmed El-Mehelmy
6
0
6
2
6
3
     
3  
 
Leo Palin / Matti Timonen
Ahmed El-Mehelmy / Tarek-Shawki El Sakka
6
0
6
2
6
1
     
4  
 
Matti Timonen
Ahmed El-Mehelmy
6
2
6
1
6
0
     
5  
 
Leo Palin
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka
6
4
6
1
6
0
     

Qualifying round edit

Belgium vs. Austria

 
Belgium
2
Brussels, Belgium[22]
8–10 February 1980
 
Austria
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Patrick Hombergen
Hans Kary
6
4
6
8
2
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Bernard Boileau
Peter Feigl
6
4
3
6
7
5
6
3
   
3  
 
Bernard Boileau / Patrick Hombergen
Peter Feigl / Hans Kary
3
6
6
3
13
15
13
15
   
4  
 
Bernard Boileau
Hans Kary
2
6
4
6
6
3
7
5
6
2
 
5  
 
Patrick Hombergen
Peter Feigl
5
7
3
6
4
6
     

Yugoslavia vs. Romania

 
Yugoslavia
0
Zagreb, Yugoslavia[23]
4–6 February 1980
Hard (indoors)
 
Romania
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Zoltan Ilin
Ilie Năstase
10
12
3
6
6
4
3
6
   
2  
 
Željko Franulović
Florin Segărceanu
4
6
5
7
5
7
     
3  
 
Željko Franulović / Zoltan Ilin
Ilie Năstase / Florin Segărceanu
4
6
10
12
6
3
5
7
   
4  
 
Zoltan Ilin
Florin Segărceanu
6
2
4
6
3
6
2
6
   
5  
 
Zoran Petković
Ilie Năstase
2
6
1
6
2
6
     

France vs. Soviet Union

 
France
3
Palais des Sports, Montpellier, France[24]
8–10 February 1980
Carpet (indoors)
 
Soviet Union
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Yannick Noah
Vadim Borisov
6
3
15
13
4
6
3
6
3
6
 
2  
 
Pascal Portes
Sergey Leonyuk
6
3
6
4
6
3
     
3  
 
Yannick Noah / Pascal Portes
Vadim Borisov / Teimuraz Kakulia
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
4  
 
Yannick Noah
Sergey Leonyuk
6
1
6
0
6
2
     
5  
 
Pascal Portes
Vadim Borisov
7
5
2
6
2
6
3
6
   

Finland vs. Poland

 
Finland
5
Helsinki, Finland[25]
8–10 February 1980
 
Poland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Leo Palin
Tadeusz Nowicki
6
3
6
3
7
5
     
2  
 
Matti Timonen
Henryk Drzymalski
6
3
6
1
6
1
     
3  
 
Leo Palin / Matti Timonen
Henryk Drzymalski / Tadeusz Nowicki
7
5
8
10
3
6
6
4
6
4
 
4  
 
Matti Timonen
Tadeusz Nowicki
6
3
6
3
3
6
6
3
   
5  
 
Joakim Berner
Andrzej Wisnieski
6
1
6
1
       

Main draw edit

Draw edit

Quarterfinals
7–9 March
Semifinals
13–16 June
Final
11–13 July
  Great Britain
Bristol, United Kingdom (grass)
bye
  Great Britain2
Bucharest, Romania (indoor hard)
  Romania3
  Austria2
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
  Romania3
  Romania1
Toulouse, France (indoor carpet)
  Czechoslovakia4
  France3
Prague, Czechoslovakia
  Finland2
  France0
  Czechoslovakia5
bye
  Czechoslovakia

Quarterfinals edit

Romania vs. Austria

 
Romania
3
Bucharest, Romania[26]
7–9 March 1980
Hard (indoors)
 
Austria
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ilie Năstase
Hans Kary
6
1
7
5
6
4
     
2  
 
Florin Segărceanu
Robert Reininger
4
6
7
5
5
7
1
6
   
3  
 
Ilie Năstase / Florin Segărceanu
Hans Kary / Robert Reininger
8
6
6
4
6
3
     
4  
 
Florin Segărceanu
Hans Kary
1
6
6
3
6
2
13
15
5
7
 
5  
 
Ilie Năstase
Robert Reininger
6
3
6
3
6
3
     

France vs. Finland

 
France
3
Exhibition Park, Toulouse, France[27]
7–9 March 1980
Carpet (indoors)
 
Finland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Pascal Portes
Leo Palin
6
2
1
6
6
2
6
0
   
2  
 
Jean-Louis Haillet
Matti Timonen
6
1
6
1
6
4
     
3  
 
Jean-Louis Haillet / Gilles Moretton
George Berner / Leo Palin
0
6
6
1
6
4
6
4
   
4  
 
Jean-Louis Haillet
Leo Palin
5
7
2
6
8
6
6
3
7
9
 
5  
 
Pascal Portes
Matti Timonen
5
7
6
3
3
6
     

Semifinals edit

Great Britain vs. Romania

 
Great Britain
2
Bristol Lawn Tennis Club, Bristol, United Kingdom[28]
13–16 June 1980
Grass
 
Romania
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
John Feaver
Andrei Dîrzu
6
1
6
4
3
6
6
8
4
6
 
2  
 
Buster Mottram
Ilie Năstase
3
6
2
6
4
6
     
3  
 
David Lloyd / John Lloyd
Andrei Dîrzu / Ilie Năstase
4
6
7
5
6
4
6
2
   
4  
 
Buster Mottram
Andrei Dîrzu
7
5
6
2
6
2
     
5  
 
John Feaver
Ilie Năstase
5
7
6
8
6
2
6
2
4
6
 

Czechoslovakia vs. France

 
Czechoslovakia
5
Doproavni Podniky Tennis Club, Prague, Czechoslovakia[29]
13–15 June 1980
 
France
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Tomáš Šmíd
Christophe Roger-Vasselin
6
2
6
3
3
6
6
1
   
2  
 
Ivan Lendl
Pascal Portes
6
4
8
6
6
4
     
3  
 
Pavel Složil / Tomáš Šmíd
Dominique Bedel / Pascal Portes
6
3
7
5
6
3
     
4  
 
Ivan Lendl
Christophe Roger-Vasselin
4
6
7
5
6
4
     
5  
 
Tomáš Šmíd
Pascal Portes
6
4
3
6
6
2
     

Final edit

Romania vs. Czechoslovakia

 
Romania
1
Bucharest, Romania[3]
11–13 July 1980
Clay
 
Czechoslovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Dumitru Hărădău
Ivan Lendl
4
6
1
6
3
6
     
2  
 
Florin Segărceanu
Pavel Složil
3
6
3
6
1
6
     
3  
 
Dumitru Hărădău / Florin Segărceanu
Jan Kodeš / Ivan Lendl
3
6
2
6
4
6
     
4  
 
Eduard Pană
Pavel Složil
5
7
0
6
       
5  
 
Florin Segărceanu
Stanislav Birner
2
6
6
2
8
6
     

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