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1979 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Main article: 1979 Davis Cup

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1979 Davis Cup.

29 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 25 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 1978 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 Great Britain in the Zone A final, and Czechoslovakia defeated Sweden in the Zone B final, resulting in both Italy and Czechoslovakia progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2][3]

Zone A edit

Preliminary rounds edit

Draw edit

First RoundQualifying Round
  Poland
Warsaw, Poland
bye
  Poland4
Helsinki, Finland
  Finland1
  Finland5
  Morocco0
  Italy
Palermo, Italy (clay)
bye
  Italy5
Athens, Greece (clay)
  Denmark0
  Greece1
  Denmark4
  Austria
Vienna, Austria
bye
  Austria5
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
  Egypt0
  Egypt5
  Portugal0
  Spain
Barcelona, Spain
bye
  Spain5
Monte Carlo, Monaco
  Soviet Union0
  Monaco1
  Soviet Union4

First round edit

Finland vs. Morocco

 
Finland
5 		Helsinki, Finland[4]
15–17 September 1978
  
Morocco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Leo Palin
Mustapha Dislam 		6
4 		6
2 		6
1 		     
2  
  		Matti Timonen
Omar Laimina 		6
2 		8
6 		4
6 		6
1 		   
3  
  		Leo Palin / Reijo Tuomola
Mustapha Dislam / Omar Laimina 		6
3 		6
1 		6
1 		     
4  
  		Leo Palin
Omar Laimina 		6
2 		6
2 		6
4 		     
5  
  		Matti Timonen
Mustapha Dislam 		6
1 		6
1 		6
3 		     

Greece vs. Denmark

 
Greece
1 		Athens, Greece[5]
15–17 September 1978
Clay 		 
Denmark
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Lars Elvstrøm 		3
6 		0
1 		      retired
 
2  
  		Nicolas Kelaidis
Finn Christensen 		11
9 		6
2 		1
6 		4
6 		2
6 		 
3  
  		George Kalovelonis / Pavlos Mamasis
Finn Christensen / Lars Elvstrøm 		4
6 		11
9 		6
3 		3
6 		7
5 		 
4  
  		Nicolas Kelaidis
Lars Elvstrøm 		0
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
5  
  		Pavlos Mamasis
Finn Christensen 		5
7 		5
7 		6
4 		6
8 		   

Egypt vs. Portugal

 
Egypt
5 		Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[6]
15–17 September 1978
Clay 		 
Portugal
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Abdel-Gawad Mohammed
Sergio Cruz 		2
6 		3
6 		6
3 		6
2 		6
1 		 
2  
  		Ismail El Shafei
José Vilela 		4
6 		6
1 		6
1 		6
1 		   
3  
  		Tarek-Shawki El Sakka / Ismail El Shafei
Luís Filipe Silva / José Vilela 		7
5 		6
2 		6
2 		     
4  
  		Tarek-Shawki El Sakka
Luís Filipe Silva 		7
5 		6
2 		6
4 		     
5  
  		Ahmed El-Mehelmy
Manuel de Sousa 		6
4 		3
6 		6
3 		6
0 		   

Monaco vs. Soviet Union

 
Monaco
1 		Monte Carlo, Monaco[7]
15–17 September 1978
  
Soviet Union
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Louis Borfiga
Teimuraz Kakulia 		1
6 		6
4 		4
6 		3
6 		   
2  
  		Bernard Balleret
Alex Metreveli 		3
6 		6
3 		5
7 		2
6 		   
3  
  		Bernard Balleret / Michel Borfiga
Teimuraz Kakulia / Alex Metreveli 		1
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
4  
  		Bernard Balleret
Teimuraz Kakulia 		6
4 		2
6 		1
6 		6
4 		6
3 		 
5  
  		Louis Borfiga
Alex Metreveli 		2
6 		2
6 		       

Qualifying round edit

Poland vs. Finland

 
Poland
4 		Warsaw, Poland[8]
16–18 March 1979
  
Finland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Henryk Drzymalski
Leo Palin 		2
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
2  
  		Wojciech Fibak
Matti Timonen 		6
1 		6
2 		6
3 		     
3  
  		Wojciech Fibak / Tadeusz Nowicki
George Berner / Leo Palin 		6
3 		6
3 		6
0 		     
4  
  		Wojciech Fibak
Leo Palin 		6
0 		6
3 		6
3 		     
5  
  		Henryk Drzymalski
Matti Timonen 		6
3 		6
4 		7
5 		     

Italy vs. Denmark

 
Italy
5 		Palermo, Italy[9]
16–18 March 1979
Clay 		 
Denmark
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Adriano Panatta
Michael Mortensen 		6
2 		6
0 		6
2 		     
2  
  		Corrado Barazzutti
Carl-Edvard Hedelund 		6
1 		6
1 		6
2 		     
3  
  		Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
Carl-Edvard Hedelund / Michael Mortensen 		6
0 		6
8 		6
2 		6
2 		   
4  
  		Corrado Barazzutti
Michael Mortensen 		6
1 		6
1 		       
5  
  		Adriano Panatta
Carl-Edvard Hedelund 		6
0 		6
3 		6
1 		     

Austria vs. Egypt

 
Austria
5 		Vienna, Austria[10]
16–18 March 1979
  
Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Hans Kary
Ismail El Shafei 		6
3 		3
6 		6
4 		6
2 		   
2  
  		Peter Feigl
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 		11
9 		6
4 		6
3 		     
3  
  		Peter Feigl / Hans Kary
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka / Ismail El Shafei 		7
5 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4  
  		Peter Feigl
Ismail El Shafei 		11
9 		12
10 		       
retired
5  
  		Hans Kary
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 		6
4 		6
4 		6
2 		     

Spain vs. Soviet Union

 
Spain
5 		Barcelona, Spain[11]
16–18 March 1979
  
Soviet Union
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		José Higueras
Alex Metreveli 		7
5 		6
2 		6
0 		     
2  
  		Manuel Orantes
Vadim Borisov 		6
3 		6
4 		6
0 		     
3  
  		José Higueras / Manuel Orantes
Vadim Borisov / Alex Metreveli 		7
5 		6
2 		6
0 		     
4  
  		Antonio Muñoz
Ramiz Akhmerov 		8
6 		6
2 		       
5  
  		Fernando Luna
Vadim Borisov 		6
1 		6
4 		       

Main draw edit

Draw edit

Quarterfinals
15–17 June		Semifinals
13–15 July		Final
14–16 September
  Hungary
Rome, Italy (clay)
bye
  Hungary2
Warsaw, Poland
  Italy3
  Poland1
Rome, Italy (clay)
  Italy4
  Italy4
Vienna, Austria
  Great Britain1
  Austria1
Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass)
  Spain3
  Spain1
  Great Britain4
bye
  Great Britain

Quarterfinals edit

Poland vs. Italy

 
Poland
1 		Warsaw, Poland[12]
15–17 June 1979
  
Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Wojciech Fibak
Adriano Panatta 		6
2 		6
0 		2
6 		6
4 		   
2  
  		Henryk Drzymalski
Corrado Barazzutti 		3
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
3  
  		Wojciech Fibak / Tadeusz Nowicki
Corrado Barazzutti / Adriano Panatta 		1
6 		6
4 		12
14 		2
6 		   
4  
  		Wojciech Fibak
Corrado Barazzutti 		5
7 		7
5 		6
3 		4
6 		2
6 		 
5  
  		Henryk Drzymalski
Adriano Panatta 		2
6 		1
6 		       

Austria vs. Spain

 
Austria
1 		Vienna, Austria[13]
15–17 June 1979
  
Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Peter Feigl
José Higueras 		6
3 		4
6 		7
5 		11
9 		   
2  
  		Hans Kary
Manuel Orantes 		16
14 		8
10 		3
6 		4
6 		   
3  
  		Peter Feigl / Hans Kary
José Higueras / Manuel Orantes 		12
14 		6
8 		4
6 		     
4  
  		Peter Feigl
Manuel Orantes 		3
6 		15
17 		2
6 		     
5  
  		Hans Kary
José Higueras 		          not
played

Semifinals edit

Italy vs. Hungary

 
Italy
3 		Foro Italico, Rome, Italy[14]
13–15 July 1979
Clay 		 
Hungary
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Adriano Panatta
Péter Szőke 		6
2 		6
0 		6
3 		     
2  
  		Corrado Barazzutti
Balázs Taróczy 		9
7 		6
2 		3
6 		7
5 		   
3  
  		Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy 		3
6 		6
3 		0
6 		6
8 		   
4  
  		Corrado Barazzutti
Péter Szőke 		6
4 		6
1 		6
1 		     
5  
  		Antonio Zugarelli
Balázs Taróczy 		4
6 		3
6 		       

Great Britain vs. Spain

 
Great Britain
4 		Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdom[15]
13–15 July 1979
Grass 		 
Spain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Buster Mottram
José Higueras 		6
2 		6
3 		6
0 		     
2  
  		John Lloyd
Manuel Orantes 		7
5 		6
1 		3
6 		6
2 		   
3  
  		Mark Cox / David Lloyd
José Higueras / Manuel Orantes 		2
6 		6
2 		6
4 		6
4 		   
4  
  		John Lloyd
José Higueras 		3
6 		0
6 		4
6 		     
5  
  		Mark Cox
Antonio Muñoz 		6
1 		6
3 		6
2 		     

Final edit

Italy vs. Great Britain

 
Italy
4 		Foro Italico, Rome, Italy[2]
14–16 September 1979
Clay 		 
Great Britain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Adriano Panatta
Buster Mottram 		0
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2  
  		Corrado Barazzutti
John Lloyd 		6
1 		6
4 		6
4 		     
3  
  		Corrado Barazzutti / Antonio Zugarelli
Mark Cox / David Lloyd 		7
5 		10
8 		6
1 		     
4  
  		Adriano Panatta
John Lloyd 		6
3 		6
2 		6
3 		     
5  
  		Corrado Barazzutti
Buster Mottram 		8
6 		7
5 		       

Zone B edit

Pre-qualifying round edit

Draw edit

Pre-qualifying round
Ankara, Turkey
  Turkey0
  Iran5

Results edit

Turkey vs. Iran

 
Turkey
0 		Ankara, Turkey[16]
August 1978
  
Iran
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Hakkı Özgenel
Mansour Bahrami 		0
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
2  
  		Kemal Anbar
Moharram-Ali Khodai 		1
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3  
  		Kemal Anbar / Murat Gürler
Mansour Bahrami / Kamyab Derafshijavan 		4
6 		2
6 		7
9 		     
4  
  		Hakkı Özgenel
Hussain Akbari 		6
4 		3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		   
5  
  		Kemal Anbar
Mansour Bahrami 		0
6 		6
4 		7
5 		2
6 		4
6 		 

Preliminary rounds edit

Draw edit

First RoundQualifying Round
Amersfoort, Netherlands (clay)
  Netherlands4
Amsterdam, Netherlands (indoor carpet)
  Norway1
  Netherlands2
  France3
bye
  France
Geneva, Switzerland
   Switzerland3
Zürich, Switzerland
  Iran2
   Switzerland4
  Yugoslavia1
bye
  Yugoslavia
  Israelw/o
Augsburg, West Germany
  Nigeria
  Israel2
  West Germany3
bye
  West Germany
Brussels, Belgium
  Belgium5
Brussels, Belgium
  Ireland0
  Belgium1
  Romania4
bye
  Romania

First round edit

Netherlands vs. Norway

 
Netherlands
4 		Amersfoort, Netherlands[17]
15–17 September 1978
Clay 		 
Norway
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Rolf Thung
Per Hegna 		8
6 		5
7 		2
6 		2
6 		   
2  
  		Louk Sanders
John Erik Rustad 		6
3 		6
1 		6
1 		     
3  
  		Wouter Fok / Louk Sanders
Per Hegna / Frithjof Prydz 		6
2 		6
4 		6
1 		     
4  
  		Rolf Thung
John Erik Rustad 		6
3 		6
3 		6
3 		     
5  
  		Louk Sanders
Per Hegna 		3
6 		3
6 		6
2 		6
4 		6
0 		 

Switzerland vs. Iran

 
Switzerland
3 		Geneva, Switzerland[18]
15–17 September 1978
  
Iran
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Heinz Günthardt
Moharram-Ali Khodai 		6
4 		6
2 		1
6 		6
4 		   
2  
  		Serge Gramegna
Mansour Bahrami 		6
4 		6
3 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		 
3  
  		Serge Gramegna / Heinz Günthardt
Mansour Bahrami / Kamyab Derafshijavan 		6
4 		9
7 		6
0 		     
4  
  		Heinz Günthardt
Mansour Bahrami 		6
2 		3
6 		6
2 		12
14 		11
9 		 
5  
  		Serge Gramegna
Moharram-Ali Khodai 		2
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     

Belgium vs. Ireland

 
Belgium
5 		Brussels, Belgium[19]
15–17 September 1978
  
Ireland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Bernard Boileau
Sean Sorensen 		6
1 		8
6 		6
0 		     
2  
  		Thierry Stevaux
Kevin Menton 		6
3 		6
1 		6
4 		     
3  
  		Bernard Boileau / Thierry Stevaux
John Biscomb / Sean Sorensen 		6
0 		6
2 		6
3 		     
4  
  		Bernard Boileau
Kevin Menton 		6
1 		6
1 		6
1 		     
5  
  		Thierry Stevaux
Sean Sorensen 		3
6 		7
9 		9
7 		6
2 		6
4 		 

Qualifying round edit

Netherlands vs. France

 
Netherlands
2 		Amsterdam, Netherlands[20]
16–18 March 1979
Carpet (indoors) 		 
France
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Tom Okker
Pascal Portes 		3
6 		6
4 		6
3 		6
1 		   
2  
  		Louk Sanders
Yannick Noah 		2
6 		4
6 		7
5 		3
6 		   
3  
  		Tom Okker / Rolf Thung
Patrice Dominguez / Gilles Moretton 		9
7 		6
8 		6
2 		6
1 		   
4  
  		Tom Okker
Yannick Noah 		10
8 		1
6 		9
7 		3
6 		4
6 		 
5  
  		Louk Sanders
Pascal Portes 		6
8 		4
6 		4
6 		     

Switzerland vs. Yugoslavia

 
Switzerland
4 		Zürich, Switzerland[21]
16–18 March 1979
  
Yugoslavia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Roland Stadler
Marko Ostoja 		3
6 		6
4 		6
2 		6
4 		   
2  
  		Heinz Günthardt
Zoltan Ilin 		6
4 		6
0 		6
2 		     
3  
  		Serge Gramegna / Heinz Günthardt
Zoltan Ilin / Marko Ostoja 		10
12 		6
3 		7
5 		3
6 		5
7 		 
4  
  		Roland Stadler
Zoltan Ilin 		6
1 		6
2 		6
4 		     
5  
  		Heinz Günthardt
Marko Ostoja 		6
1 		6
3 		6
4 		     

West Germany vs. Israel

 
West Germany
3 		Augsburg, West Germany[22]
16–18 March 1979
  
Israel
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Rolf Gehring
Shlomo Glickstein 		6
4 		2
6 		6
2 		7
9 		2
6 		 
2  
  		Ulrich Pinner
Steve Krulevitz 		6
3 		6
3 		7
5 		     
3  
  		Ulrich Pinner / Werner Zirngibl
Shlomo Glickstein / Yair Wertheimer 		3
6 		6
3 		6
4 		6
4 		   
4  
  		Ulrich Pinner
Shlomo Glickstein 		6
2 		6
4 		6
2 		     
5  
  		Rolf Gehring
Steve Krulevitz 		1
6 		6
4 		3
6 		9
7 		4
6 		 

Belgium vs. Romania

 
Belgium
1 		Brussels, Belgium[23]
16–18 March 1979
  
Romania
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Thierry Stevaux
Gavorielle Marcu 		2
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
2  
  		Bernard Boileau
Ilie Năstase 		3
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3  
  		Bernard Boileau / Patrick Hombergen
Gavorielle Marcu / Ilie Năstase 		7
5 		2
6 		4
6 		6
4 		2
6 		 
4  
  		Thierry Stevaux
Ilie Năstase 		0
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
5  
  		Bernard Boileau
Gavorielle Marcu 		4
6 		6
2 		6
3 		6
1 		   

Main draw edit

Draw edit

Quarterfinals
15–17 June		Semifinals
13–15 July		Final
14–16 September
  Czechoslovakia
Paris, France (clay)
bye
  Czechoslovakia4
Paris, France (clay)
  France1
  France5
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
   Switzerland0
  Czechoslovakia3
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
  Sweden2
  Romania4
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
  West Germany1
  Romania2
  Sweden3
bye
  Sweden

Quarterfinals edit

France vs. Switzerland

 
France
5 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[24]
15–17 June 1979
Clay 		 
Switzerland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Yannick Noah
Heinz Günthardt 		6
0 		6
3 		6
2 		     
2  
  		Dominique Bedel
Roland Stadler 		2
6 		6
2 		7
5 		6
4 		   
3  
  		Gilles Moretton / Yannick Noah
Serge Gramegna / Heinz Günthardt 		2
6 		6
2 		7
5 		6
3 		   
4  
  		Yannick Noah
Roland Stadler 		6
4 		6
0 		6
2 		     
5  
  		Dominique Bedel
Heinz Günthardt 		2
6 		6
4 		4
6 		14
12 		7
5 		 

Romania vs. West Germany

 
Romania
4 		Bucharest, Romania[25]
15–17 June 1979
Clay 		 
West Germany
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Dumitru Hărădău
Max Wünschig 		6
2 		3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		   
2  
  		Ilie Năstase
Peter Elter 		6
4 		6
4 		6
2 		     
3  
  		Gavorielle Marcu / Ilie Năstase
Jürgen Fassbender / Ulrich Marten 		6
2 		7
5 		7
5 		     
4  
  		Dumitru Hărădău
Peter Elter 		6
3 		6
4 		5
7 		6
1 		   
5  
  		Ilie Năstase
Max Wünschig 		6
1 		6
3 		7
5 		     

Semifinals edit

France vs. Czechoslovakia

 
France
1 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[26]
13–15 July 1979
Clay 		 
Czechoslovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Yannick Noah
Ivan Lendl 		3
6 		3
6 		6
3 		7
9 		   
2  
  		Gilles Moretton
Tomáš Šmíd 		6
4 		6
4 		3
6 		3
6 		6
8 		 
3  
  		Gilles Moretton / Yannick Noah
Jan Kodeš / Tomáš Šmíd 		5
7 		4
6 		7
5 		2
6 		   
4  
  		Gilles Moretton
Ivan Lendl 		1
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
5  
  		Yannick Noah
Tomáš Šmíd 		7
5 		6
1 		6
2 		     

Romania vs. Sweden

 
Romania
2 		Club Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest, Romania[27]
13–15 July 1979
Clay 		 
Sweden
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Ilie Năstase
Stefan Simonsson 		7
9 		5
7 		7
5 		6
3 		6
3 		 
2  
  		Dumitru Hărădău
Björn Borg 		3
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     
3  
  		Gavorielle Marcu / Ilie Năstase
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg 		5
7 		4
6 		3
6 		     
4  
  		Ilie Năstase
Björn Borg 		3
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     
5  
  		Dumitru Hărădău
Stefan Simonsson 		6
3 		6
4 		6
3 		     

Final edit

Czechoslovakia vs. Sweden

 
Czechoslovakia
3 		Štvanice Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia[3]
14–16 September 1979
Clay 		 
Sweden
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Tomáš Šmíd
Kjell Johansson 		6
4 		6
3 		6
2 		     
2  
  		Ivan Lendl
Björn Borg 		4
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
3  
  		Jan Kodeš / Tomáš Šmíd
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg 		2
6 		6
3 		6
4 		6
0 		   
4  
  		Ivan Lendl
Kjell Johansson 		8
10 		6
4 		6
4 		4
6 		6
1 		 
5  
  		Tomáš Šmíd
Per Hjertquist 		3
5 		        retired
 

References edit

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  2. ^ a b "Italy v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Czechoslovakia v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Finland v Morocco". daviscup.com.
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  16. ^ "Turkey v Iran". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Netherlands v Norway". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Switzerland v Iran". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Belgium v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Netherlands v France". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Switzerland v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
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