1974 Davis Cup

July 2023 1974 edition of the Davis Cup 1974 Davis Cup 5 October 1973 – 1 December 1974 63rd 55 RSA 1928 1973 1975 The 1974 Davis Cup was the 63rd edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 57 teams would enter the competition, 33 in the Europe Zone, 12 in the Americas Zone, and 12 in the Eastern Zone. Nigeria made its first appearance in the tournament.July 2023 South Africa defeated Colombia in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, India defeated Australia in the Eastern Zone final, and Italy and the Soviet Union were the winners of the two Europe Zones, defeating Romania and Czechoslovakia respectively. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, South Africa defeated Italy and India defeated the Soviet Union in the semifinals. India refused to travel to South Africa for the final due to their government's opposition to South Africa's apartheid policies: therefore, the final was scratched and South Africa were awarded the Davis Cup.https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/sports/tennis/29davis.html The Year the Davis Cup Felt Empty Seminara Dave 2009-11-28 The New York Times 2019-03-25 0362-4331https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-WG-M-RSA-IND-01 South Africa v India daviscup.com South Africa became only the fifth nation to win the Davis Cup, breaking the dominance of the United States, Great Britain, France and Australia teams which had won every tournament before this year.Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–496, 499 2nd Americas Zone 1974 Davis Cup Americas Zone North & Central America Zone Preliminary rounds 2 19–21 October 1973 23–25 November 1973 First Round Qualifying Round Kingston, Jamaica (indoor hard) CAN 3 Caribbean/West Indies 2 MEX bye bye COL bye VEN 1930 Mexico City, Mexico (clay) CAN 1 MEX 4 Bogotá, Colombia COL 3 VEN 1930 2 Main Draw 7–9 December 11–13 January USA bye Cali, Colombia MEX 1 COL 4 Bogotá, Colombia USA 1 COL 4 South America Zone Preliminary rounds 5–7 October; 14–16 December 4–6 January First Round Qualifying Round Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) ECU 1900 5 URU 0 Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) BRA 1968 0 RSA 1928 5 Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) ECU 1900 0 RSA 1928 5 Main Draw 8–10 March Bogotá, Colombia (clay) CHI bye RSA 1928 w/oThe tie between South Africa and Argentina was scratched and South Africa advanced to the South America Zone Final after Argentina refused to travel to South Africa due to their government's opposition to South Africa's apartheid policies. ARG Bogotá, Colombia (clay) CHI 2 RSA 1928 3 Americas Inter-Zonal Final Colombia vs. South Africa Colombia South Africa 1928 Bogotá, Colombiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-AMI-M-COL-RSA-01 Colombia v South Africa daviscup.com 10–12 May 1974 2 3 Iván Molina 8 3 5 4 Ray Moore 6 6 7 6 Jairo Velasco 1 3 2 Bob Hewitt 6 6 6 Iván Molina Jairo Velasco 3 0 3 Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 6 6 6 Jairo Velasco 6 4 6 7 6 Ray Moore 2 6 3 9 2 Álvaro Betancur 6 4 8 8 Byron Bertram 2 6 6 6 Eastern Zone 1974 Davis Cup Eastern Zone Preliminary rounds 2 y 5–7 April 5–21 April First Round Qualifying Round PAK bye MAS bye Manila, Philippines PHI 1936 3 INA 1 HKG 1959 bye bye South Vietnam Tokyo, Japan JPN 1947 3 KOR 1949 0 bye TPE bye SRI Karachi, Pakistan PAK 4 MAS 1 Manila, Philippines PHI 1936 5 HKG 1959 0 Tokyo, Japan South Vietnam 0 JPN 1947 3 TPE w/o SRI Main Draw 26–28 April 3–5 May 10–12 May Rawalpindi, Pakistan AUS bye Lahore, Pakistan PAK 4 PHI 1936 1 Taipei, Taiwan (hard) TPE 0 JPN 1947 3 bye IND Rawalpindi, Pakistan AUS 3 PAK 0 Kanpur, India JPN 1947 1 IND 4 Calcutta, India AUS 2 IND 3 Final India vs. Australia India Australia Calcutta, Indiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-EAS-M-IND-AUS-01 India v Australia daviscup.com 10–12 May 1974 3 2 Jasjit Singh 11 9 12 8 Bob Giltinan 9 11 10 6 Vijay Amritraj 12 15 8 2 John Alexander 14 17 6 6 Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj 17 6 6 16 6 John Alexander Colin Dibley 15 8 3 18 4 Jasjit Singh 6 4 3 John Alexander 8 6 6 Vijay Amritraj 6 5 6 6 Bob Giltinan 1 7 4 4 The Eastern Zone Final set the Davis Cup record for the most games in a tie (327).Davis Cup – General Records https://www.daviscup.com/en/statistics/general-records.aspx daviscup.com 8 June 2019 Europe Zone 1974 Davis Cup Europe Zone Zone A Pre-qualifying rounds 5–7 October 1973 28–30 December 1973 First Round Qualifying Round Istanbul, Turkey (indoor clay) TUR 3 LIB 2 bye LUX Istanbul, Turkey TUR 5 LUX 0 Preliminary rounds 2 y 22 March–21 April 3–19 May First Round Qualifying Round NZL bye Zürich, Switzerland SUI 2 AUT 3 FRA bye Lisbon, Portugal (clay) POR 4 IRL 1 Warsaw, Poland POL 1928 3 HUN 2 bye SWE Helsinki, Finland FIN 5 TUR 0 bye NED Vienna, Austria NZL 1 AUT 3 Porto, Portugal (clay) FRA 5 POR 0 Båstad, Sweden (clay) POL 1928 1 SWE 4 Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) FIN 1 NED 4 Main Draw 10–12 May; 24–26 May 19–21 July 2–4 August ROU 1965 bye Vienna, Austria AUT 1 FRA 3 Båstad, Sweden (clay) SWE 4 NED 1 bye ITA Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 1965 3 FRA 2 Båstad, Sweden (clay) SWE 2 ITA 3 Mestre, Italy (clay) ROU 1965 2 ITA 3 Final Italy vs. Romania Italy Romania 1965 Mestre, Italyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-EUR-A-M-ITA-ROU-01 Italy v Romania daviscup.com 2–4 August 1974 Clay 3 2 Corrado Barazzutti 7 0 1 Ilie Năstase 9 6 6 Adriano Panatta 6 6 6 Ion Țiriac 1 3 2 Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 6 8 6 4 6 Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac 4 6 8 6 2 Corrado Barazzutti 6 6 6 Ion Țiriac 3 0 0 Adriano Panatta 0 0 5 Ilie Năstase 6 6 7 Zone B Pre-qualifying rounds 2 17–19 December 1973 11–13 January; 5–7 April First Round Qualifying Round EGY 1972 bye Lagos, Nigeria NGR 2 MAR 3 bye IRI 1964 bye ISR Cairo, Egypt EGY 1972 3 MAR 0 Tehran, Iran IRI 1964 4 ISR 1 Preliminary rounds 2 y 19–21 April 3–5 May First Round Qualifying Round FRG bye Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay) MON 2 DEN 3 ESP 1945 bye Oslo, Norway (indoor hard) NOR 4 IRI 1964 1 Cairo, Egypt EGY 1972 3 BUL 1971 1 bye GBR Brussels, Belgium BEL 5 GRE 1970 0 bye YUG West Berlin (clay) FRG 5 DEN 0 Barcelona, Spain (clay) ESP 1945 5 NOR 0 Cairo, Egypt (clay) EGY 1972 5 GBR 0 Brussels, Belgium BEL 2 YUG 3 Main Draw 10–12 May 19–21 July 26–28 July TCH bye Düsseldorf, West Germany FRG 3 ESP 1945 2 Cairo, Egypt EGY 1972 2 YUG 3 bye URS Munich, West Germany (clay) TCH 3 FRG 2 Donetsk, Soviet Union YUG 1 URS 3 Donetsk, Soviet Union (clay) TCH 2 URS 3 Final Soviet Union vs. Czechoslovakia Soviet Union Czechoslovakia Donetsk, Soviet Unionhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-EUR-B-M-URS-TCH-01 Soviet Union v Czechoslovakia daviscup.com 26–28 July 1974 Clay 3 2 Alex Metreveli 6 6 3 6 František Pála 2 4 6 2 Teimuraz Kakulia 4 2 3 Jan Kodeš 6 6 6 Vladimir Korotkov Alex Metreveli 4 1 3 Jan Kodeš Vladimír Zedník 6 6 6 Alex Metreveli 4 6 4 6 7 Jan Kodeš 6 3 6 3 5 Teimuraz Kakulia 6 4 6 2 6 František Pála 3 6 4 6 4 Inter-Zonal Zone Draw 20 September–5 October 4 Poona, India EUR-B URS 1 EAS IND 3 Johannesburg, South Africa AME RSA 1928 4 EUR-A ITA 1 EAS IND AME RSA 1928 w/o Semifinals India vs. Soviet Union India Soviet Union Poona, Indiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-INZ-M-IND-URS-01 India v Soviet Union daviscup.com 20–22 September 1974 3 1 Vijay Amritraj 6 11 6 Teimuraz Kakulia 4 9 3 Anand Amritraj 4 7 3 Alex Metreveli 6 9 6 Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj 13 7 19 6 Vladimir Korotkov Alex Metreveli 15 5 17 3 Anand Amritraj 6 8 4 6 6 Teimuraz Kakulia 2 10 6 3 3 Vijay Amritraj Alex Metreveli South Africa vs. Italy South Africa 1928 Italy Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-INZ-M-RSA-ITA-01 South Africa v Italy daviscup.com 3–5 October 1974 rsa The South Africa vs. Italy tie was originally scheduled to be played from 22 September, but was postponed due to disagreements over the venue: Italy originally refused to travel to South Africa, while South Africa rejected Italy's request to play the match in Rome.Defaults seen as possibility in Davis Cup https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19740813&id=oiMqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cycEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3215,4401552 Spokane Daily Chronicle AP 13 August 1974 13 Google News Archive The match eventually went ahead in South Africa on 3 October. 4 1 Bob Hewitt 4 6 9 4 6 Antonio Zugarelli 6 0 7 6 1 Ray Moore 4 6 6 6 Adriano Panatta 6 4 3 4 Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 7 6 10 Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 5 4 8 Ray Moore 6 7 6 Antonio Zugarelli 3 5 3 Bob Hewitt 3 6 2 Adriano Panatta 6 8 6 Final The final between South Africa and India was scheduled to be completed by 1 December 1974, but India refused to travel to South Africa due to their government's opposition to South Africa's apartheid policies: therefore, the final was scratched and South Africa were awarded the Davis Cup. Notes References External links Davis Cup Official Website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 18 October 2010 Category:Davis Cups by year Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup