1977 Davis Cup Europe Zone

International tennis competition 1977 Davis Cup The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1977 Davis Cup. 33 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 8 teams entered the competition in the pre-qualifying rounds, competing for 3 spots in the preliminary rounds. The 3 winners in the pre-qualifying rounds joined an additional 21 teams in the preliminary rounds, with 12 teams in each sub-zone competing for 4 places in the main draw, to join the 4 finalists from the 1976 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.Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–506 2nd France defeated Romania in the Zone A final, and Italy defeated Spain in the Zone B final, resulting in both France and Italy progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone. Zone A Pre-qualifying rounds Draw 25–27 August 1976 First Round Qualifying Round IRI 1964 bye ALG w/o MAR Tehran, Iran (clay) IRI 1964 5 ALG 0 Qualifying round Iran vs. Algeria Iran 1964 Algeria Imperial Tennis Club, Tehran, Iranhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-A-PQ-IRI-ALG-01 Iran v Algeria daviscup.com 25–27 August 1976 Clay 5 0 Taghi Akbari 6 6 6 Abdeslam Mahmoudi 0 4 3 Kamyab Derafshijavan 6 6 7 Sebti Bounaib 2 2 5 Moharram Ali Khodai Ezzatollah Nemati 6 6 6 Sebti Bounaib Abdeslam Mahmoudi 2 2 3 Moharram Ali Khodai 6 6 6 Moussa Said 0 1 3 Ezzatollah Nemati 6 6 6 Abdeslam Mahmoudi 1 3 2 Preliminary rounds Draw 2 y 17–26 September 1976 19–21 March; 22 April–1 May First Round Qualifying Round Poznań, Poland (clay) NOR 0 POL 1928 5 bye FRG Biel, Switzerland SUI 3 RHO 2 bye FRA ROU 1965 bye Brussels, Belgium BUL 1971 2 BEL 3 TCH bye Dublin, Ireland IRI 1964 2 IRL 3 Warsaw, Poland POL 1928 3 FRG 1 Zürich, Switzerland SUI 2 FRA 3 Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 1965 5 BEL 0 Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) TCH 5 IRL 0 First round Poland vs. Norway Poland 1928 Norway Poznań, Polandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-A-PR-NOR-POL-01 Poland v Norway daviscup.com 24–26 September 1976 Clay 5 0 Tadeusz Nowicki 6 6 6 Per Hegna 3 3 2 Wojciech Fibak 6 6 6 Olav Abrahamsen 0 0 0 Wojciech Fibak Jacek Niedźwiedzki 6 8 6 Per Hegna Jan Munch-Søegaard 0 6 3 Tadeusz Nowicki 6 6 6 Olav Abrahamsen 2 2 1 Wojciech Fibak 6 5 7 6 Per Hegna 1 7 5 3 Switzerland vs. Rhodesia Switzerland Rhodesia Biel, Switzerlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-A-PR-RHO-SUI-01 Switzerland v Rhodesia daviscup.com 24–26 September 1976 3 2 Heinz Günthardt 6 6 6 Desmond McKenzie 1 2 0 Max Hürlimann 5 5 6 3 Colin Dowdeswell 7 7 0 6 Heinz Günthardt Petr Kanderal 8 10 6 Colin Dowdeswell Sheridan Towers 6 8 4 Heinz Günthardt 6 7 2 3 Colin Dowdeswell 0 9 6 6 Max Hürlimann 6 6 6 Desmond McKenzie 2 1 0 Belgium vs. Bulgaria Belgium Bulgaria 1971 Brussels, Belgiumhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-A-PR-BUL-BEL-01 Belgium v Bulgaria daviscup.com 17–19 September 1976 3 2 Bernard Mignot 6 2 6 1 0 Ljuben Genov 1 6 3 6 6 Patrick Hombergen 8 6 5 4 6 Bozhidar Pampoulov 6 1 7 6 0 Patrick Hombergen Bernard Mignot 6 6 6 Bozhidar Pampoulov Matei Pampoulov 3 4 2 Bernard Mignot 6 6 6 Matei Pampoulov 2 4 4 Patrick Hombergen 6 3 6 3 1 Ljuben Genov 2 6 4 6 6 Ireland vs. Iran Ireland Iran 1964 Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-A-PR-IRI-IRL-01 Ireland v Iran daviscup.com 24–26 September 1976 3 2 Sean Sorensen 7 9 3 6 2 Mansour Bahrami 5 11 6 2 6 James McArdle 6 6 4 15 6 Kamyab Derafshijavan 4 2 6 17 3 Michael Hickey Sean Sorensen 6 2 6 6 Mansour Bahrami Kamyab Derafshijavan 2 6 4 4 Sean Sorensen 7 6 6 Kamyab Derafshijavan 5 3 3 James McArdle 3 9 2 Mansour Bahrami 6 11 6 Qualifying round Poland vs. West Germany Poland 1928 West Germany Warsaw, Polandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-A-PR-POL-FRG-01 Poland v West Germany daviscup.com 22–24 April 1977 3 1 Jacek Niedźwiedzki 9 2 1 Ulrich Pinner 11 6 6 Wojciech Fibak 6 6 6 Karl Meiler 0 1 1 Wojciech Fibak Tadeusz Nowicki 4 8 6 6 6 Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler 6 10 3 4 3 Wojciech Fibak 10 6 6 Ulrich Pinner 8 3 4 Jacek Niedźwiedzki Karl Meiler Switzerland vs. France Switzerland France Zürich, Switzerlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-A-PR-SUI-FRA-01 Switzerland v France daviscup.com 19–21 March 1977 2 3 Petr Kanderal 3 14 4 Patrice Dominguez 6 16 6 Heinz Günthardt 3 3 3 Jean-Louis Haillet 6 6 6 Petr Kanderal Dimitri Sturdza 6 7 6 1 4 Patrice Dominguez Jean-Louis Haillet 4 9 4 6 6 Petr Kanderal 15 7 2 6 Jean-Louis Haillet 13 5 6 3 Heinz Günthardt 8 6 10 Patrice Dominguez 6 3 8 Romania vs. Belgium Romania 1965 Belgium Bucharest, Romaniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-A-PR-ROU-BEL-01 Romania v Belgium daviscup.com 28 April–1 May 1977 Clay 5 0 Ilie Năstase 6 6 6 Bernard Boileau 1 4 1 Dumitru Hărădău 6 6 6 Jean-Pierre Richer 1 3 3 Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac 6 6 6 Johan De Muynck Thierry Stevaux 2 1 4 Dumitru Hărădău 6 6 6 Bernard Boileau 1 2 3 Ilie Năstase 6 6 6 Jean-Pierre Richer 2 2 2 Czechoslovakia vs. Ireland Czechoslovakia Ireland Prague, Czechoslovakiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-A-PR-TCH-IRL-01 Czechoslovakia v Ireland daviscup.com 22–24 April 1977 Clay 5 0 Tomáš Šmíd 6 6 6 Peter Ledbetter 0 0 2 Jiří Hřebec 6 6 6 James McArdle 0 1 2 Jiří Granát Tomáš Šmíd 6 6 6 James McArdle John O'Brien 0 0 2 Jiří Hřebec 6 6 6 Peter Ledbetter 0 1 0 František Pála 6 6 6 James McArdle 2 3 0 Main draw Draw 6–8 May 9–11 June 23–25 July URS bye Warsaw, Poland POL 1928 0 FRA 5 Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 1965 3 TCH 1 bye GBR URS FRA w/o Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 1965 4 GBR 1 Paris, France (clay) FRA 3 ROU 1965 2 Quarterfinals Poland vs. France Poland 1928 France Warsaw, Polandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-A-M-POL-FRA-01 Poland v France daviscup.com 6–8 May 1977 0 5 Henryk Drzymalski 6 2 4 Patrice Dominguez 8 6 6 Tadeusz Nowicki 0 0 2 François Jauffret 6 6 6 Jacek Niedźwiedzki Tadeusz Nowicki 8 8 6 3 2 Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret 6 10 1 6 6 Tadeusz Nowicki 6 5 6 7 Patrice Dominguez 3 7 8 9 Henryk Drzymalski 4 0 François Jauffret 6 6 Romania vs. Czechoslovakia Romania 1965 Czechoslovakia Bucharest, Romaniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-A-M-ROU-TCH-01 Romania v Czechoslovakia daviscup.com 6–8 May 1977 Clay 3 1 Dumitru Hărădău 6 2 2 3 Jan Kodeš 2 6 6 6 Ilie Năstase 6 1 Jiří Hřebec 1 0 2 Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac 6 6 6 Jiří Hřebec Jan Kodeš 1 3 3 Ilie Năstase 6 6 6 Jan Kodeš 2 2 4 Dumitru Hărădău 1 6 Jiří Hřebec 6 3 3 Semifinals France vs. Soviet Union Due to their refusal to play against Chile in the 1976 Inter-Zonal semifinals, the Soviet Union were disqualified from the 1977 tournament. Therefore, France were declared winners by default and progressed to the final.Soviets Barred from Davis Cup https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o81DAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pa8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=5596,2335981&dq=davis+cup+chile+soviet&hl=en 26 October 2019 The Daily Sentinel United Press International 8 November 1976https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-A-M-FRA-URS-01 France v Soviet Union daviscup.com Romania vs. Great Britain Romania 1965 Great Britain Bucharest, Romaniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-A-M-ROU-GBR-01 Romania v Great Britain daviscup.com 9–11 June 1977 Clay 4 1 Ilie Năstase 6 6 4 6 John Feaver 1 2 6 4 Dumitru Hărădău 2 7 6 6 John Lloyd 6 5 0 1 Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac 9 2 6 9 David Lloyd John Lloyd 7 6 4 7 Gavorielle Marcu 6 1 1 3 Richard Lewis 4 6 6 6 Dumitru Hărădău 5 6 4 6 6 John Feaver 7 3 6 1 3 Final France vs. Romania France Romania 1965 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, Francehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-A-M-FRA-ROU-01 France v Romania daviscup.com 23–25 July 1977 Clay 3 2 François Jauffret 3 0 6 6 6 Ilie Năstase 6 6 4 3 1 Patrick Proisy 6 6 8 Dumitru Hărădău 2 4 6 Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret 3 4 6 5 Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac 6 6 3 7 François Jauffret 6 6 6 Dumitru Hărădău 1 4 4 Patrick Proisy 4 6 6 1 Ilie Năstase 6 4 8 6 Zone B Pre-qualifying rounds Draw 2 28 August–19 September 1976 First Round Qualifying Round ISR bye KEN TUR w/o LUX bye bye FIN Tel Aviv, Israel (hard) ISR 5 TUR 0 Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg LUX 0 FIN 5 Qualifying round Israel vs. Turkey Israel Turkey Tel Aviv, Israelhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-B-PQ-ISR-TUR-01 Israel v Turkey daviscup.com 17–19 September 1976 Hard 5 0 Shlomo Glickstein 6 6 6 Murat Gürler 5 1 0 Yair Wertheimer 6 6 6 Cahit Ataş 0 0 2 Ilan Sher Yair Wertheimer 6 6 6 Murat Gürler Ali Yenilmez 1 1 0 Yair Wertheimer 6 6 6 Murat Gürler 1 3 1 Shlomo Glickstein 6 6 6 Ali Yenilmez 0 3 0 Luxembourg vs. Finland Luxembourg Finland Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourghttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-B-PQ-LUX-FIN-01 Luxembourg v Finland daviscup.com 28–30 August 1976 0 5 Fernand Claude 3 2 2 Leo Palin 6 6 6 Marc Weitzel 0 0 1 George Berner 6 6 6 Fernand Claude Marc Weitzel 0 3 1 George Berner Pekka Säilä 6 6 6 Pascal Genevo 1 2 1 Leo Palin 6 6 6 Fernand Claude 2 1 1 George Berner 6 6 6 Preliminary rounds Draw 2 y 24–26 September 1976 1–24 April First Round Qualifying Round Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) NED 5 ISR 0 bye YUG Athens, Greece (clay) GRE old 3 DEN 1 bye ESP 1977 SWE bye Lisbon, Portugal (clay) POR 1 MON 4 Vienna, Austria AUT 5 FIN 0 bye EGY 1972 Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) NED 0 YUG 5 Athens, Greece GRE old 0 ESP 1977 5 Uppsala, Sweden (indoor hard) SWE 5 MON 0 Vienna, Austria AUT 5 EGY 1972 0 First round Netherlands vs. Israel Netherlands Israel Scheveningen, Netherlandshttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-B-PR-NED-ISR-01 Netherlands v Israel daviscup.com 24–26 September 1976 Clay 5 0 Louk Sanders 6 6 6 Shlomo Glickstein 2 4 1 Fred Hemmes 5 8 1 6 6 Yair Wertheimer 7 6 6 4 0 Fred Hemmes Louk Sanders 4 6 6 6 Shlomo Glickstein Yair Wertheimer 6 2 2 2 Fred Hemmes 6 6 6 Shlomo Glickstein 4 2 4 Louk Sanders 6 6 6 Yair Wertheimer 3 0 1 Greece vs. Denmark Greece old Denmark Athens, Greecehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-B-PR-GRE-DEN-01 Greece v Denmark daviscup.com 24–26 September 1976 Clay 3 1 Nicolas Kelaidis 6 4 6 6 10 Carl-Edvard Hedelund 3 6 8 3 8 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 6 6 6 Tom Christensen 1 3 4 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Nicolas Kelaidis 2 4 2 Tom Christensen Carl-Edvard Hedelund 6 6 6 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 6 6 6 Carl-Edvard Hedelund 2 3 4 Nicolas Kelaidis 4 6 7 7 Tom Christensen 6 1 5 9 5 Portugal vs. Monaco Portugal Monaco Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-B-PR-POR-MON-01 Portugal v Monaco daviscup.com 24–26 September 1976 Clay 1 4 José Vilela 6 2 3 3 Bernard Balleret 0 6 6 6 Sergio Cruz 2 4 3 Louis Borfiga 6 6 6 Raúl Peralta José Vilela 1 5 2 Bernard Balleret Louis Borfiga 6 7 6 Sergio Cruz 7 5 7 3 2 Bernard Balleret 5 7 5 6 6 José Vilela 4 2 6 3 Louis Borfiga 6 6 4 2 4 Austria vs. Finland Austria Finland Vienna, Austriahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-B-PR-AUT-FIN-01 Austria v Finland daviscup.com 24–26 September 1976 5 0 Peter Feigl 6 6 6 Pekka Säilä 4 2 3 Hans Kary 6 6 6 Matti Timonen 4 2 3 Hans Kary Cliff Letcher 10 6 6 George Berner Pekka Säilä 8 1 2 Peter Feigl 6 6 6 Matti Timonen 2 4 4 Hans Kary 6 6 6 Pekka Säilä 1 1 3 Qualifying round Netherlands vs. Yugoslavia Netherlands Yugoslavia Scheveningen, Netherlandshttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-B-PR-NED-YUG-01 Netherlands v Yugoslavia daviscup.com 22–24 April 1977 Clay 0 5 Fred Hemmes 0 3 2 Nikola Pilić 6 6 6 Louk Sanders 6 1 4 7 2 Željko Franulović 3 6 6 5 6 Louk Sanders Rolf Thung 0 7 6 4 Željko Franulović Nikola Pilić 6 9 3 6 Fred Hemmes 4 2 6 1 Željko Franulović 6 6 4 6 Louk Sanders 5 3 2 Nikola Pilić 7 6 6 Greece vs. Spain Greece old Spain 1977 Athens, Greecehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-B-PR-GRE-ESP-01 Greece v Spain daviscup.com 1–3 April 1977 0 5 Nicolas Kelaidis 0 0 1 José Higueras 6 6 6 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 1 2 0 Manuel Orantes 6 6 6 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Nicolas Kelaidis 3 6 2 6 Antonio Muñoz Javier Soler 6 3 6 8 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 4 0 2 José Higueras 6 6 6 Nicolas Kelaidis 2 3 2 Manuel Orantes 6 6 6 Sweden vs. Monaco Sweden Monaco Fyrishallen, Uppsala, Swedenhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-B-PR-SWE-MON-01 Sweden v Monaco daviscup.com 15–17 April 1977 Hard (indoors) 5 0 Rolf Norberg 9 3 6 6 Bernard Balleret 7 6 4 3 Kjell Johansson 6 6 6 Louis Borfiga 1 1 1 Jan Norbäck Douglas Palm 7 6 6 Bernard Balleret Louis Borfiga 5 2 2 Rolf Norberg 6 6 6 Louis Borfiga 3 2 2 Kjell Johansson 6 6 6 Bernard Balleret 1 1 2 Austria vs. Egypt Austria Egypt 1972 Vienna, Austriahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-B-PR-AUT-EGY-01 Austria v Egypt daviscup.com 22–24 April 1977 5 0 Cliff Letcher 6 6 6 Abdel-Ghani Mohammed 0 0 1 Hans Kary 6 7 3 6 Ismail El Shafei 2 5 6 3 Hans Kary Cliff Letcher 6 6 7 6 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka Ismail El Shafei 2 2 9 2 Hans Kary 6 6 6 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 2 0 2 Cliff Letcher 6 6 6 Ismail El Shafei 2 2 0 Main draw Draw 6–8 May 15–25 July 29 July–1 August HUN bye Belgrade, Yugoslavia YUG 1 ESP 1977 4 Stockholm, Sweden (indoor carpet) SWE 5 AUT 0 bye ITA Budapest, Hungary HUN 2 ESP 1977 3 Båstad, Sweden (clay) SWE 1 ITA 4 Barcelona, Spain ESP 1977 2 ITA 3 Quarterfinals Yugoslavia vs. Spain Yugoslavia Spain 1977 Belgrade, Yugoslaviahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-B-M-YUG-ESP-01 Yugoslavia v Spain daviscup.com 6–8 May 1977 1 4 Zoltan Ilin 1 3 2 Manuel Orantes 6 6 6 Nikola Pilić 6 6 6 José Higueras 3 2 1 Zoltan Ilin Nikola Pilić 5 6 2 6 Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes 7 3 6 8 Zoltan Ilin 3 1 6 2 José Higueras 6 6 4 6 Nikola Pilić 5 2 2 Manuel Orantes 7 6 6 Sweden vs. Austria Sweden Austria Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Swedenhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-B-M-SWE-AUT-01 Sweden v Austria daviscup.com 6–8 May 1997 Carpet (indoors) 5 0 Rolf Norberg 4 4 6 6 6 Cliff Letcher 6 6 3 2 2 Kjell Johansson 4 7 6 6 Hans Kary 6 5 4 3 Ove Bengtson Rolf Norberg 6 6 6 Hans Kary Cliff Letcher 4 4 3 Rolf Norberg 9 6 6 Peter Feigl 7 4 4 Kjell Johansson 6 6 6 Cliff Letcher 1 3 3 Semifinals Hungary vs. Spain Hungary Spain 1977 Budapest, Hungaryhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-B-M-HUN-ESP-01 Hungary v Spain daviscup.com 29 July–1 August 1977 2 3 János Benyik 4 1 1 José Higueras 6 6 6 Balázs Taróczy 7 4 1 6 6 Manuel Orantes 5 6 6 1 1 Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy 6 6 4 6 José Higueras Manuel Orantes 2 3 6 1 János Benyik 9 3 2 Manuel Orantes 11 6 6 Balázs Taróczy 6 6 4 4 José Higueras 0 8 6 6 Sweden vs. Italy Sweden Italy Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Swedenhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-B-M-SWE-ITA-01 Sweden v Italy daviscup.com 23–25 July 1977 Clay 1 4 Birger Andersson 5 4 4 Adriano Panatta 7 6 6 Rolf Norberg 3 1 2 Corrado Barazzutti 6 6 6 Jan Norbäck Rolf Norberg 3 3 6 4 Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 6 6 3 6 Jan Norbäck 6 3 6 6 Antonio Zugarelli 1 6 2 2 Birger Andersson 6 2 1 3 Corrado Barazzutti 4 6 6 6 Final Spain vs. Italy Spain 1977 Italy Barcelona, Spainhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EUR-B-M-ESP-ITA-01 Spain v Italy daviscup.com 15–17 July 1977 2 3 José Higueras 6 6 6 Corrado Barazzutti 4 4 3 Manuel Orantes 4 6 3 1 Adriano Panatta 6 3 6 6 José Higueras Antonio Muñoz 4 5 4 Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 6 7 6 Manuel Orantes 5 5 1 Corrado Barazzutti 7 7 6 Javier Soler 6 6 Adriano Panatta 1 0 References Category:Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Europe Zone Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup