1971 Davis Cup

1971 edition of the Davis Cup January 2025 1971 Davis Cup 19 March – 11 October 1971 60th 51 USA 1970 1972 The 1971 Davis Cup was the 60th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 28 teams entered the Europe Zone, 13 teams entered the Americas Zone, and 9 teams entered the Eastern Zone. Bolivia made its first appearance in the tournament. Brazil defeated Mexico in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, India defeated Japan in the Eastern Inter-Zonal final, and Czechoslovakia and Romania were the winners of the two Europe Zones, defeating Spain and West Germany respectively. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Brazil defeated Czechoslovakia and Romania defeated India in the semifinals, and then Romania defeated Brazil in the final. Romania were then defeated by the defending champions the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Olde Providence Racquet Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States on 8–11 October.Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–496, 499 2ndThe Encyclopedia of Tennis 1974 Allen & Unwin London 0047960426 Max Robertson 384 1971 was the last year the Davis Cup was played under the Challenge Round format. South Africa was excluded from the tournament as part of the growing international opposition to its apartheid policies.Steve Tignor The Shots Not Heard Around the World https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2014/11/shots-not-heard-around-world/53301/ tennis.com 29 September 2019 19 November 2014 "South Africa had been banned from the Davis Cup entirely from 1970 to ’73" Americas Zone 1971 Davis Cup Americas Zone North & Central America Zone 8–10 May 7–30 May 4–6 June Mexico City, Mexico (clay) MEX 5 KOR 1949 0 CAN bye bye Caribbean/West Indies bye NZL Mexico City, Mexico (clay) MEX 3 CAN 2 Kingston, Jamaica Caribbean/West Indies 1 NZL 4 Mexico City, Mexico (clay) MEX 3 NZL 2 South America Zone 19 March–6 April 9–18 April 22–24 April Porto Alegre, Brazil BRA 1968 5 BOL 0 Guayaquil, Ecuador (hard) ECU 1900 4 VEN 1930 1 Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) URU 0 ARG 5 Bogotá, Colombia COL 2 CHI 3 Porto Alegre, Brazil (clay) BRA 1968 4 ECU 1900 1 Santiago, Chile ARG 1 CHI 4 Santiago, Chile BRA 1968 3 CHI 2 Americas Inter-Zonal Final Mexico vs. Brazil Mexico Brazil 1968 Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexicohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1971-AMI-M-MEX-BRA-01 Mexico v Brazil daviscup.com 17–19 July 1971 Clay 2 3 Marcelo Lara 4 2 1 Thomaz Koch 6 6 6 Joaquín Loyo Mayo 6 3 4 7 6 José Edison Mandarino 4 6 6 5 1 Joaquín Loyo Mayo Vicente Zarazúa 8 7 6 Thomaz Koch José Edison Mandarino 6 5 2 Marcelo Lara 4 3 7 José Edison Mandarino 6 6 9 Joaquín Loyo Mayo 5 6 9 4 7 Thomaz Koch 7 4 7 6 9 Eastern Zone 1971 Davis Cup Eastern Zone Zone A 27–29 March 2–5 April 23–25 April Hong Kong AUS 5 HKG 1959 0 INA bye bye PHI 1936 bye JPN 1947 Jakarta, Indonesia AUS 3 INA 2 Manila, Philippines PHI 1936 1 JPN 1947 4 Tokyo, Japan AUS 2 JPN 1947 3 Zone B 30 March–4 April Colombo, Ceylon (clay) IND 4 CEY 1951 0 Lahore, Pakistan MAS 0 PAK 5 IND w/o PAK Eastern Inter-Zonal Final Japan vs. India Japan India Denen Coliseum, Tokyo, Japanhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1971-EAS-M-JPN-IND-01 Japan v India daviscup.com 15–17 May 1971 Clay 2 3 Toshiro Sakai 0 0 4 Jaidip Mukerjea 6 6 6 Keishiro Yanagi 3 6 6 6 Premjit Lall 6 3 1 2 Jun Kamiwazumi Toshiro Sakai 9 1 6 1 6 Premjit Lall Jaidip Mukerjea 7 6 3 6 8 Toshiro Sakai 2 2 4 Premjit Lall 6 6 6 Keishiro Yanagi 6 6 6 Jaidip Mukerjea 4 3 0 Europe Zone 1971 Davis Cup Europe Zone Zone A 30 April–9 May 13–16 May 11–13 June 16–18 July First Round ESP 1945 bye SUI bye Båstad, Sweden (clay) SWE 0 FRA 5 Helsinki, Finland FIN 5 IRL 0 Cairo, Egypt (clay) EGY 1958 1 TCH 4 Lisbon, Portugal (clay) POR 4 TUR 1 Athens, Greece GRE 1970 1 BEL 3 Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) DEN 0 URS 5 Basel, Switzerland ESP 1945 4 SUI 0 Paris, France (clay) FRA 3 FIN 0 Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) TCH 5 POR 0 Brussels, Belgium BEL 1 URS 4 Barcelona, Spain ESP 1945 4 FRA 1 Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) TCH 4 URS 1 Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) ESP 1945 2 TCH 3 Zone A Final Czechoslovakia vs. Spain Czechoslovakia Spain 1945 Prague, Czechoslovakiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1971-EUR-A-M-TCH-ESP-01 Czechoslovakia v Spain daviscup.com 16–18 July 1971 Clay 3 2 František Pála 6 4 2 5 Manuel Orantes 2 6 6 7 Jan Kodeš 6 4 9 7 Juan Gisbert 3 6 7 5 Jan Kodeš Jan Kukal 4 9 4 Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes 6 11 6 František Pála 6 6 6 Juan Gisbert 0 1 1 Jan Kodeš 7 4 7 6 Manuel Orantes 5 6 5 4 Zone B 28 April–8 May 14–16 May 10–14 June 16–18 July First Round FRG bye AUT bye Budapest, Hungary HUN 5 POL 1928 0 Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg LUX 5 MON 0 Tel Aviv, Israel (hard) ISR 4 NOR 1 Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 1965 5 NED 0 Perugia, Italy (clay) ITA 5 BUL 1946 0 Zagreb, Yugoslavia (clay) GBR 0 YUG 3 Augsburg, West Germany FRG 4 AUT 1 Budapest, Hungary HUN 5 LUX 0 Tel Aviv, Israel (hard) ISR 0 ROU 1965 5 Zagreb, Yugoslavia ITA 2 YUG 3 Munich, West Germany FRG 4 HUN 1 Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 1965 4 YUG 1 Bucharest, Romania (clay) FRG 0 ROU 1965 5 Zone B Final Romania vs. West Germany Romania 1965 West Germany Bucharest, Romaniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1971-EUR-B-M-ROU-FRG-01 Romania v West Germany daviscup.com 16–18 July 1971 Clay 5 0 Ion Țiriac 6 3 6 7 Christian Kuhnke 2 6 2 5 Ilie Năstase 6 6 6 Wilhelm Bungert 2 3 2 Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac 8 6 6 Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 6 4 4 Ilie Năstase 6 6 6 Christian Kuhnke 0 4 4 Petre Mărmureanu 6 7 6 Wilhelm Bungert 1 5 1 Inter-Zonal Zone Draw 1–3 August 21–23 August 4 New Delhi, India EUR-B ROU 1965 4 EAS IND 1 Porto Alegre, Brazil (clay) AME BRA 4 EUR-A TCH 1 São Paulo, Brazil EUR-B ROU 1965 3 AME BRA 2 Semifinals India vs. Romania India Romania 1965 New Delhi, Indiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1971-INZ-M-IND-ROU-01 India v Romania daviscup.com 1–3 August 1971 1 4 Jaidip Mukerjea 3 3 4 Ilie Năstase 6 6 6 Premjit Lall 14 6 9 Ion Țiriac 12 3 7 Premjit Lall Jaidip Mukerjea 3 8 6 1 Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac 6 6 8 6 Jaidip Mukerjea 6 5 3 Ion Țiriac 3 7 6 4 Premjit Lall 3 10 1 1 Ilie Năstase 6 8 6 6 Brazil vs. Czechoslovakia Brazil Czechoslovakia Porto Alegre, Brazilhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1971-INZ-M-BRA-TCH-01 Brazil v Czechoslovakia daviscup.com 1–3 August 1971 Clay 4 1 José Edison Mandarino 8 6 4 6 Jan Kodeš 6 4 6 4 Thomaz Koch 6 6 6 František Pála 4 4 2 Thomaz Koch José Edison Mandarino 8 6 6 Jan Kodeš Jan Kukal 6 2 4 Carlos Kirmayr 1 6 6 2 4 František Pála 6 2 4 6 6 Luis Felipe Tavares 7 7 6 4 Vladimír Zedník 9 5 4 5 4 Final Brazil vs. Romania Brazil Romania 1965 São Paulo, Brazilhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1971-INZ-M-BRA-ROU-01 Brazil v Romania daviscup.com 21–23 August 1971 2 3 José Edison Mandarino 4 1 1 Ilie Năstase 6 6 6 Thomaz Koch 4 6 6 9 Ion Țiriac 6 4 3 7 Thomaz Koch José Edison Mandarino 1 6 6 3 6 Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac 6 3 3 6 4 Thomaz Koch 4 0 6 Ilie Năstase 6 6 8 José Edison Mandarino 0 2 4 Ion Țiriac 6 6 6 Challenge Round United States vs. Romania United States Romania 1965 Olde Providence Racquet Club, Charlotte, North Carolina, United Stateshttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1971-WG-CHR-USA-ROU-01 United States v Romania daviscup.com 8–11 October 1971 Clay 3 2 Stan Smith 7 6 6 Ilie Năstase 5 3 1 Frank Froehling 3 1 6 6 8 Ion Țiriac 6 6 1 3 6 Stan Smith Erik van Dillen 5 4 6 Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac 7 6 8 Stan Smith 8 6 6 Ion Țiriac 6 3 0 Frank Froehling 3 1 6 4 Ilie Năstase 6 6 1 6 References External links Davis Cup Official Website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ October 18, 2010 Category:Davis Cups by year Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup