1977 Davis Cup

1977 edition of the Davis Cup 1977 Davis Cup 25 August 1976 – 4 December 1977 66th 55 AUS 1976 1978 The 1977 Davis Cup was the 66th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 59 teams would enter the competition, 33 in the Europe Zone, 14 in the Americas Zone, and 12 in the Eastern Zone. Algeria made its first appearance in the tournament. Argentina defeated the United States in the Americas Zone final, Australia defeated New Zealand in the Eastern Zone final, and France and Italy were the winners of the two Europe Zones, defeating Romania and Spain respectively. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Australia defeated Argentina and Italy defeated France in the semifinals. Australia then defeated the defending champions Italy in the final to win their 24th title overall and their first since 1973. The final was held at the White City Stadium in Sydney, Australia on 2–4 December.Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–496, 499 2nd Politics in the Davis Cup Throughout the 1960s and 1970s the Davis Cup had been affected by a number of protests and defaults by teams showing their opposition to the apartheid policies and white minority rule in South Africa and Rhodesia, and the human rights violations which occurred in Chile under Augusto Pinochet's military junta. Several high-profile incidents included Mexico's refusal to play South Africa in the 1975 and 1976 Americas Zones, widespread protests in Sweden against the Pinochet junta during the 1975 Inter-Zonal semifinal between Sweden and Chile, and South Africa being awarded the Cup by default in 1974 after India refused to travel to South Africa for the final.Mexicans Shun Davis Cup Foe https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19750308&id=2ZJYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W_gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5784,2106036 13 October 2019 Spokane Daily Chronicle Associated Press 8 March 1975Anno 75 (1976), Årskalender utgiven av Förlagshuset Norden AB, Malmö, och Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, pp. 35, 36.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 en-US 0362-4331 This show of political will in a sporting context was not welcomed by some, and for a brief time the United States, the inaugural winner of the cup, announced their decision to withdraw from the competition due to the apparent lenience of the tournament's organisers to prevent defaults by teams. In a show of solidarity, Great Britain and France also announced their intention to withdraw.U.S. Pulls Out of Davis Cup In Protest https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19760702&id=2H00AAAAIBAJ&sjid=EBMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1190,463733 22 October 2019 Star-News United Press International 2 July 1976 In response to these withdrawals, the Davis Cup committee made a greater commitment to keep politics out of the competition. The committee subsequently disqualified the Soviet Union as punishment for refusing to play Chile in the 1976 Inter-Zonal semifinals - the Soviets had already been barred from competing in the Federation Cup for refusing to play against South Africa and Rhodesia - from the tournament. The Soviet Union would have their entry rejected in 1978 after informing officials they would refuse to compete against South Africa. Proposals were also brought forward to bring in an automatic one-year ban for any nation which pulled out of the tournament after the draw had been made, in an effort to prevent teams from defaulting on political grounds: 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 1976 The United States, Great Britain and France all returned and competed in the 1977 tournament. Americas Zone 1977 Davis Cup Americas Zone Preliminary rounds 2 y 8 October–1 November 1976 3–14 November 1976 First Round Qualifying Round BRA 1968 bye La Paz, Bolivia (clay) BOL 4 PER 1 ARG bye Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) URU 2 ECU 1900 3 Caracas, Venezuela VEN 1930 4 COL 0 bye USA Ottawa, Canada (indoor carpet) CAN 5 Caribbean/West Indies 0 bye MEX São Paulo, Brazil BRA 1968 4 BOL 0 Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) ARG 4 ECU 1900 1 Caracas, Venezuela VEN 1930 1 USA 4 Ottawa, Canada (indoor carpet) CAN 2 MEX 3 Main Draw 17–19 December 1976 18–20 March; 15–17 April 28 April–1 May CHI bye São Paulo, Brazil (clay) BRA 1968 2 ARG 3 Tucson, AZ, United States (hard) USA 4 MEX 1 bye RSA 1928 Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) CHI 1 ARG 4 Newport Beach, CA, United States (hard) USA 4 RSA 1928 1 Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) ARG 3 USA 2 Final Argentina vs. United States Argentina United States Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentinahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-AME-M-ARG-USA-01 Argentina v United States daviscup.com 28 April–1 May 1977 Clay 3 2 Ricardo Cano 3 6 8 6 Dick Stockton 6 4 6 4 Guillermo Vilas 6 6 6 Brian Gottfried 4 0 2 Lito Álvarez Ricardo Cano 3 3 3 Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart 6 6 6 Guillermo Vilas 5 6 6 6 Dick Stockton 7 2 2 2 Ricardo Cano 5 5 0 Brian Gottfried 7 7 6 Eastern Zone 1977 Davis Cup Eastern Zone Preliminary rounds 2 1–17 October 1976 12–14 November 1976 First Round Qualifying Round Manila, Philippines PHI 1936 4 SRI 0 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia MAS 1 THA 4 KOR 1949 w/o PAK Tokyo, Japan (hard) JPN 1947 5 TPE 0 PHI 1936 THA w/o Seoul, South Korea KOR 1949 2 JPN 1947 3 Main Draw 2–12 December 1976 21–23 January 11–13 February NZL bye Jakarta, Indonesia INA 5 THA 0 New Delhi, India JPN 1947 2 IND 3 bye AUS Auckland, New Zealand (grass) NZL 5 INA 0 Perth, Australia (grass) IND 0 AUS 5 Auckland, New Zealand (grass) NZL 0 AUS 4 Final New Zealand vs. Australia New Zealand Australia Stanley Street, Auckland, New Zealandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-EAS-M-NZL-AUS-01 Argentina v Australia daviscup.com 11–13 February 1977 Grass 0 4 Onny Parun 3 5 7 4 Mark Edmondson 6 7 5 6 Brian Fairlie 3 2 3 John Alexander 6 6 6 Brian Fairlie Onny Parun 1 6 6 1 4 John Alexander Phil Dent 6 3 4 6 6 Onny Parun 11 6 4 3 4 John Alexander 9 4 6 6 6 Chris Lewis 4 6 4 Mark Edmondson 6 4 6 4 Europe Zone 1977 Davis Cup Europe Zone Zone A Pre-qualifying rounds 25–27 August 1976 First Round Qualifying Round IRI 1964 bye ALG w/o MAR Algiers, Algeria (clay) IRI 1964 4 ALG 1 Preliminary rounds 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 Main 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 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 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 Preliminary rounds 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 (clay) GRE old 0 ESP 1977 5 Uppsala, Sweden (indoor hard) SWE 5 MON 0 Vienna, Austria AUT 5 EGY 1972 0 Main Draw 6–8 May 15–25 July 29 July–1 August HUN bye Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay) YUG 1 ESP 1977 4 Stockholm, Sweden (indoor carpet) SWE 5 AUT 0 bye ITA Budapest, Hungary (clay) HUN 2 ESP 1977 3 Båstad, Sweden (clay) SWE 1 ITA 4 Barcelona, Spain (clay) ESP 1977 2 ITA 3 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 29 July–1 August 1977 Clayhttps://www.atptour.com/en/players/atp-head-2-head/manuel-orantes-vs-adriano-panatta/O017/P059 Manuel Orantes vs Adriano Panatta atptour.com 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 Inter-Zonal Zone Draw 14–16 September 2–4 December 4 Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) AME ARG 2 EAS AUS 3 Rome, Italy (clay) EUR-B ITA 4 EUR-A FRA 1 Sydney, Australia (grass) EAS AUS 3 EUR-A ITA 1 Semifinals Argentina vs. Australia Argentina Australia Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentinahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-INZ-M-ARG-AUS-01 Argentina v Australia daviscup.com 14–16 September 1977 Clay 2 3 Guillermo Vilas 6 4 7 6 Phil Dent 2 6 5 3 Ricardo Cano 4 0 0 John Alexander 6 6 6 Ricardo Cano Guillermo Vilas 2 6 7 6 2 John Newcombe Phil Dent 6 4 9 4 6 Ricardo Cano 4 4 3 Phil Dent 6 6 6 Guillermo Vilas 6 7 4 6 John Alexander 4 5 6 2 Italy vs. France Italy France Foro Italico, Rome, Italyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-INZ-M-ITA-FRA-01 Italy v France daviscup.com 14–16 September 1977 Clay 4 1 Adriano Panatta 6 4 6 3 6 Patrice Dominguez 4 6 4 6 3 Corrado Barazzutti 6 2 2 6 6 François Jauffret 4 6 6 2 1 Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 6 3 9 6 Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret 1 6 7 1 Adriano Panatta 6 6 François Jauffret 2 1 Corrado Barazzutti 2 6 6 Patrice Dominguez 6 0 8 Final Australia vs. Italy Australia Italy White City Stadium, Sydney, Australiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1977-WG-M-AUS-ITA-01 Australia v Italy daviscup.com 2–4 December 1977 Grass 3 1 Tony Roche 6 6 6 Adriano Panatta 3 4 4 John Alexander 6 8 4 6 Corrado Barazzutti 2 6 6 2 John Alexander Phil Dent 4 4 5 Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 6 6 7 John Alexander 6 4 2 8 11 Adriano Panatta 4 6 6 6 9 Tony Roche 12 Corrado Barazzutti 12 1 References External links Davis Cup Official Website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 2010-10-18 Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup