1979 Davis Cup Europe Zone

International tennis competition 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.Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–506 2nd 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. Zone A Preliminary rounds Draw 2 y 15–17 September 1978 16–18 March First Round Qualifying Round POL 1928 bye Helsinki, Finland FIN 5 MAR 0 ITA bye Athens, Greece (clay) GRE old 1 DEN 4 AUT bye Cairo, Egypt (clay) EGY 1972 5 POR 0 ESP 1977 bye Monte Carlo, Monaco MON 1 URS 4 Warsaw, Poland POL 1928 4 FIN 1 Palermo, Italy (clay) ITA 5 DEN 0 Vienna, Austria AUT 5 EGY 1972 0 Barcelona, Spain ESP 1977 5 URS 0 First round Finland vs. Morocco Finland Morocco Helsinki, Finlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-A-PR-FIN-MAR-01 Finland v Morocco daviscup.com 15–17 September 1978 5 0 Leo Palin 6 6 6 Mustapha Dislam 4 2 1 Matti Timonen 6 8 4 6 Omar Laimina 2 6 6 1 Leo Palin Reijo Tuomola 6 6 6 Mustapha Dislam Omar Laimina 3 1 1 Leo Palin 6 6 6 Omar Laimina 2 2 4 Matti Timonen 6 6 6 Mustapha Dislam 1 1 3 Greece vs. Denmark Greece old Denmark Athens, Greecehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-A-PR-GRE-DEN-01 Greece v Denmark daviscup.com 15–17 September 1978 Clay 1 4 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 3 0 Lars Elvstrøm 6 1 2 Nicolas Kelaidis 11 6 1 4 2 Finn Christensen 9 2 6 6 6 George Kalovelonis Pavlos Mamasis 4 11 6 3 7 Finn Christensen Lars Elvstrøm 6 9 3 6 5 Nicolas Kelaidis 0 2 1 Lars Elvstrøm 6 6 6 Pavlos Mamasis 5 5 6 6 Finn Christensen 7 7 4 8 Egypt vs. Portugal Egypt 1972 Portugal Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypthttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-A-PR-EGY-POR-01 Egypt v Portugal daviscup.com 15–17 September 1978 Clay 5 0 Abdel-Gawad Mohammed 2 3 6 6 6 Sergio Cruz 6 6 3 2 1 Ismail El Shafei 4 6 6 6 José Vilela 6 1 1 1 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka Ismail El Shafei 7 6 6 Luís Filipe Silva José Vilela 5 2 2 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 7 6 6 Luís Filipe Silva 5 2 4 Ahmed El-Mehelmy 6 3 6 6 Manuel de Sousa 4 6 3 0 Monaco vs. Soviet Union Monaco Soviet Union Monte Carlo, Monacohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-A-PR-MON-URS-01 Monaco v Soviet Union daviscup.com 15–17 September 1978 1 4 Louis Borfiga 1 6 4 3 Teimuraz Kakulia 6 4 6 6 Bernard Balleret 3 6 5 2 Alex Metreveli 6 3 7 6 Bernard Balleret Michel Borfiga 1 5 4 Teimuraz Kakulia Alex Metreveli 6 7 6 Bernard Balleret 6 2 1 6 6 Teimuraz Kakulia 4 6 6 4 3 Louis Borfiga 2 2 Alex Metreveli 6 6 Qualifying round Poland vs. Finland Poland 1928 Finland Warsaw, Polandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-A-PR-POL-FIN-01 Poland v Finland daviscup.com 16–18 March 1979 4 1 Henryk Drzymalski 2 2 2 Leo Palin 6 6 6 Wojciech Fibak 6 6 6 Matti Timonen 1 2 3 Wojciech Fibak Tadeusz Nowicki 6 6 6 George Berner Leo Palin 3 3 0 Wojciech Fibak 6 6 6 Leo Palin 0 3 3 Henryk Drzymalski 6 6 7 Matti Timonen 3 4 5 Italy vs. Denmark Italy Denmark Palermo, Italyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-A-PR-ITA-DEN-01 Italy v Denmark daviscup.com 16–18 March 1979 Clay 5 0 Adriano Panatta 6 6 6 Michael Mortensen 2 0 2 Corrado Barazzutti 6 6 6 Carl-Edvard Hedelund 1 1 2 Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 6 6 6 6 Carl-Edvard Hedelund Michael Mortensen 0 8 2 2 Corrado Barazzutti 6 6 Michael Mortensen 1 1 Adriano Panatta 6 6 6 Carl-Edvard Hedelund 0 3 1 Austria vs. Egypt Austria Egypt 1972 Vienna, Austriahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-A-PR-AUT-EGY-01 Austria v Egypt daviscup.com 16–18 March 1979 5 0 Hans Kary 6 3 6 6 Ismail El Shafei 3 6 4 2 Peter Feigl 11 6 6 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 9 4 3 Peter Feigl Hans Kary 7 6 6 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka Ismail El Shafei 5 4 4 Peter Feigl 11 12 Ismail El Shafei 9 10 3 Hans Kary 6 6 6 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 4 4 2 Spain vs. Soviet Union Spain 1977 Soviet Union Barcelona, Spainhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-A-PR-ESP-URS-01 Spain v Soviet Union daviscup.com 16–18 March 1979 5 0 José Higueras 7 6 6 Alex Metreveli 5 2 0 Manuel Orantes 6 6 6 Vadim Borisov 3 4 0 José Higueras Manuel Orantes 7 6 6 Vadim Borisov Alex Metreveli 5 2 0 Antonio Muñoz 8 6 Ramiz Akhmerov 6 2 Fernando Luna 6 6 Vadim Borisov 1 4 Main draw Draw 15–17 June 13–15 July 14–16 September HUN bye Warsaw, Poland POL 1928 1 ITA 4 Vienna, Austria AUT 1 ESP 1977 3 bye GBR Rome, Italy (clay) HUN 2 ITA 3 Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass) ESP 1977 1 GBR 4 Rome, Italy (clay) ITA 4 GBR 1 Quarterfinals Poland vs. Italy Poland 1928 Italy Warsaw, Polandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-A-M-POL-ITA-01 Poland v Italy daviscup.com 15–17 June 1979 1 4 Wojciech Fibak 6 6 2 6 Adriano Panatta 2 0 6 4 Henryk Drzymalski 3 2 1 Corrado Barazzutti 6 6 6 Wojciech Fibak Tadeusz Nowicki 1 6 12 2 Corrado Barazzutti Adriano Panatta 6 4 14 6 Wojciech Fibak 5 7 6 4 2 Corrado Barazzutti 7 5 3 6 6 Henryk Drzymalski 2 1 Adriano Panatta 6 6 Austria vs. Spain Austria Spain 1977 Vienna, Austriahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-A-M-AUT-ESP-01 Austria v Spain daviscup.com 15–17 June 1979 1 3 Peter Feigl 6 4 7 11 José Higueras 3 6 5 9 Hans Kary 16 8 3 4 Manuel Orantes 14 10 6 6 Peter Feigl Hans Kary 12 6 4 José Higueras Manuel Orantes 14 8 6 Peter Feigl 3 15 2 Manuel Orantes 6 17 6 Hans Kary José Higueras Semifinals Italy vs. Hungary Italy Hungary Foro Italico, Rome, Italyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-A-M-ITA-HUN-01 Italy v Hungary daviscup.com 13–15 July 1979 Clay 3 2 Adriano Panatta 6 6 6 Péter Szőke 2 0 3 Corrado Barazzutti 9 6 3 7 Balázs Taróczy 7 2 6 5 Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 3 6 0 6 Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy 6 3 6 8 Corrado Barazzutti 6 6 6 Péter Szőke 4 1 1 Antonio Zugarelli 4 3 Balázs Taróczy 6 6 Great Britain vs. Spain Great Britain Spain 1977 Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdomhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-A-M-GBR-ESP-01 Great Britain v Spain daviscup.com 13–15 July 1979 Grass 4 1 Buster Mottram 6 6 6 José Higueras 2 3 0 John Lloyd 7 6 3 6 Manuel Orantes 5 1 6 2 Mark Cox David Lloyd 2 6 6 6 José Higueras Manuel Orantes 6 2 4 4 John Lloyd 3 0 4 José Higueras 6 6 6 Mark Cox 6 6 6 Antonio Muñoz 1 3 2 Final Italy vs. Great Britain Italy Great Britain Foro Italico, Rome, Italyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-A-M-ITA-GBR-01 Italy v Great Britain daviscup.com 14–16 September 1979 Clay 4 1 Adriano Panatta 0 4 4 Buster Mottram 6 6 6 Corrado Barazzutti 6 6 6 John Lloyd 1 4 4 Corrado Barazzutti Antonio Zugarelli 7 10 6 Mark Cox David Lloyd 5 8 1 Adriano Panatta 6 6 6 John Lloyd 3 2 3 Corrado Barazzutti 8 7 Buster Mottram 6 5 Zone B Pre-qualifying round Draw August 1978 Pre-qualifying round Ankara, Turkey TUR 0 IRI 1964 5 Results Turkey vs. Iran Turkey Iran 1964 Ankara, Turkeyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-B-PQ-TUR-IRI-01 Turkey v Iran daviscup.com August 1978 0 5 Hakkı Özgenel 0 1 0 Mansour Bahrami 6 6 6 Kemal Anbar 1 4 2 Moharram-Ali Khodai 6 6 6 Kemal Anbar Murat Gürler 4 2 7 Mansour Bahrami Kamyab Derafshijavan 6 6 9 Hakkı Özgenel 6 3 3 4 Hussain Akbari 4 6 6 6 Kemal Anbar 0 6 7 2 4 Mansour Bahrami 6 4 5 6 6 Preliminary rounds Draw 2 y 15–17 September 1978 16–18 March First Round Qualifying Round Amersfoort, Netherlands (clay) NED 4 NOR 1 bye FRA Geneva, Switzerland SUI 3 IRI 1964 2 bye YUG ISR w/o NGR bye FRG Brussels, Belgium BEL 5 IRL 0 bye ROU 1965 Amsterdam, Netherlands (indoor carpet) NED 2 FRA 3 Zürich, Switzerland SUI 4 YUG 1 Augsburg, West Germany ISR 2 FRG 3 Brussels, Belgium BEL 1 ROU 1965 4 First round Netherlands vs. Norway Netherlands Norway Amersfoort, Netherlandshttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-B-PR-NED-NOR-01 Netherlands v Norway daviscup.com 15–17 September 1978 Clay 4 1 Rolf Thung 8 5 2 2 Per Hegna 6 7 6 6 Louk Sanders 6 6 6 John Erik Rustad 3 1 1 Wouter Fok Louk Sanders 6 6 6 Per Hegna Frithjof Prydz 2 4 1 Rolf Thung 6 6 6 John Erik Rustad 3 3 3 Louk Sanders 3 3 6 6 6 Per Hegna 6 6 2 4 0 Switzerland vs. Iran Switzerland Iran 1964 Geneva, Switzerlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-B-PR-SUI-IRI-01 Switzerland v Iran daviscup.com 15–17 September 1978 3 2 Heinz Günthardt 6 6 1 6 Moharram-Ali Khodai 4 2 6 4 Serge Gramegna 6 6 4 4 2 Mansour Bahrami 4 3 6 6 6 Serge Gramegna Heinz Günthardt 6 9 6 Mansour Bahrami Kamyab Derafshijavan 4 7 0 Heinz Günthardt 6 3 6 12 11 Mansour Bahrami 2 6 2 14 9 Serge Gramegna 2 1 4 Moharram-Ali Khodai 6 6 6 Belgium vs. Ireland Belgium Ireland Brussels, Belgiumhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-B-PR-BEL-IRL-01 Belgium v Ireland daviscup.com 15–17 September 1978 5 0 Bernard Boileau 6 8 6 Sean Sorensen 1 6 0 Thierry Stevaux 6 6 6 Kevin Menton 3 1 4 Bernard Boileau Thierry Stevaux 6 6 6 John Biscomb Sean Sorensen 0 2 3 Bernard Boileau 6 6 6 Kevin Menton 1 1 1 Thierry Stevaux 3 7 9 6 6 Sean Sorensen 6 9 7 2 4 Qualifying round Netherlands vs. France Netherlands France Amsterdam, Netherlandshttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-B-PR-NED-FRA-01 Netherlands v France daviscup.com 16–18 March 1979 Carpet (indoors) 2 3 Tom Okker 3 6 6 6 Pascal Portes 6 4 3 1 Louk Sanders 2 4 7 3 Yannick Noah 6 6 5 6 Tom Okker Rolf Thung 9 6 6 6 Patrice Dominguez Gilles Moretton 7 8 2 1 Tom Okker 10 1 9 3 4 Yannick Noah 8 6 7 6 6 Louk Sanders 6 4 4 Pascal Portes 8 6 6 Switzerland vs. Yugoslavia Switzerland Yugoslavia Zürich, Switzerlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-B-PR-SUI-YUG-01 Switzerland v Yugoslavia daviscup.com 16–18 March 1979 4 1 Roland Stadler 3 6 6 6 Marko Ostoja 6 4 2 4 Heinz Günthardt 6 6 6 Zoltan Ilin 4 0 2 Serge Gramegna Heinz Günthardt 10 6 7 3 5 Zoltan Ilin Marko Ostoja 12 3 5 6 7 Roland Stadler 6 6 6 Zoltan Ilin 1 2 4 Heinz Günthardt 6 6 6 Marko Ostoja 1 3 4 West Germany vs. Israel West Germany Israel Augsburg, West Germanyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-B-PR-FRG-ISR-01 West Germany v Israel daviscup.com 16–18 March 1979 3 2 Rolf Gehring 6 2 6 7 2 Shlomo Glickstein 4 6 2 9 6 Ulrich Pinner 6 6 7 Steve Krulevitz 3 3 5 Ulrich Pinner Werner Zirngibl 3 6 6 6 Shlomo Glickstein Yair Wertheimer 6 3 4 4 Ulrich Pinner 6 6 6 Shlomo Glickstein 2 4 2 Rolf Gehring 1 6 3 9 4 Steve Krulevitz 6 4 6 7 6 Belgium vs. Romania Belgium Romania 1965 Brussels, Belgiumhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-B-PR-BEL-ROU-01 Belgium v Romania daviscup.com 16–18 March 1979 1 4 Thierry Stevaux 2 5 4 Gavorielle Marcu 6 7 6 Bernard Boileau 3 4 2 Ilie Năstase 6 6 6 Bernard Boileau Patrick Hombergen 7 2 4 6 2 Gavorielle Marcu Ilie Năstase 5 6 6 4 6 Thierry Stevaux 0 4 4 Ilie Năstase 6 6 6 Bernard Boileau 4 6 6 6 Gavorielle Marcu 6 2 3 1 Main draw Draw 15–17 June 13–15 July 14–16 September TCH bye Paris, France (clay) FRA 5 SUI 0 Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 1965 4 FRG 1 bye SWE Paris, France (clay) TCH 4 FRA 1 Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 1965 2 SWE 3 Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) TCH 3 SWE 2 Quarterfinals France vs. Switzerland France Switzerland Stade Roland Garros, Paris, Francehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-B-M-FRA-SUI-01 France v Switzerland daviscup.com 15–17 June 1979 Clay 5 0 Yannick Noah 6 6 6 Heinz Günthardt 0 3 2 Dominique Bedel 2 6 7 6 Roland Stadler 6 2 5 4 Gilles Moretton Yannick Noah 2 6 7 6 Serge Gramegna Heinz Günthardt 6 2 5 3 Yannick Noah 6 6 6 Roland Stadler 4 0 2 Dominique Bedel 2 6 4 14 7 Heinz Günthardt 6 4 6 12 5 Romania vs. West Germany Romania 1965 West Germany Bucharest, Romaniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-B-M-ROU-FRG-01 Romania v West Germany daviscup.com 15–17 June 1979 Clay 4 1 Dumitru Hărădău 6 3 3 4 Max Wünschig 2 6 6 6 Ilie Năstase 6 6 6 Peter Elter 4 4 2 Gavorielle Marcu Ilie Năstase 6 7 7 Jürgen Fassbender Ulrich Marten 2 5 5 Dumitru Hărădău 6 6 5 6 Peter Elter 3 4 7 1 Ilie Năstase 6 6 7 Max Wünschig 1 3 5 Semifinals France vs. Czechoslovakia France Czechoslovakia Stade Roland Garros, Paris, Francehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-B-M-FRA-TCH-01 France v Czechoslovakia daviscup.com 13–15 July 1979 Clay 1 4 Yannick Noah 3 3 6 7 Ivan Lendl 6 6 3 9 Gilles Moretton 6 6 3 3 6 Tomáš Šmíd 4 4 6 6 8 Gilles Moretton Yannick Noah 5 4 7 2 Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd 7 6 5 6 Gilles Moretton 1 2 2 Ivan Lendl 6 6 6 Yannick Noah 7 6 6 Tomáš Šmíd 5 1 2 Romania vs. Sweden Romania 1965 Sweden Club Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest, Romaniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-B-M-ROU-SWE-01 Romania v Sweden daviscup.com 13–15 July 1979 Clay 2 3 Ilie Năstase 7 5 7 6 6 Stefan Simonsson 9 7 5 3 3 Dumitru Hărădău 3 0 1 Björn Borg 6 6 6 Gavorielle Marcu Ilie Năstase 5 4 3 Ove Bengtson Björn Borg 7 6 6 Ilie Năstase 3 0 0 Björn Borg 6 6 6 Dumitru Hărădău 6 6 6 Stefan Simonsson 3 4 3 Final Czechoslovakia vs. Sweden Czechoslovakia Sweden Štvanice Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-B-M-TCH-SWE-01 Czechoslovakia v Sweden daviscup.com 14–16 September 1979 Clay 3 2 Tomáš Šmíd 6 6 6 Kjell Johansson 4 3 2 Ivan Lendl 4 5 2 Björn Borg 6 7 6 Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd 2 6 6 6 Ove Bengtson Björn Borg 6 3 4 0 Ivan Lendl 8 6 6 4 6 Kjell Johansson 10 4 4 6 1 Tomáš Šmíd 3 Per Hjertquist 5 1 References Category:Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Europe Zone Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup