1981 Davis Cup Europe Zone

International tennis competition 1981 Davis Cup The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1981 Davis Cup. 23 teams entered the Europe Zone in total, split across two sub-zones. With the introduction of a new tiered format, the previous year's sub-zonal semifinalists bypassed Zonal competition and qualified directly for the new 16-team World Group. The remaining teams would now compete for two places in the following year's World Group.ITF Events - Davis Cup https://www.itftennis.com/about/itf-events/davis-cup.aspx itftennis.com International Tennis Federation 12 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191112195458/https://www.itftennis.com/about/itf-events/davis-cup.aspx 12 November 2019 liveDavis Cup History https://www.daviscup.com/en/organisation/davis-cup-history.aspx daviscup.com 12 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191112195331/https://www.daviscup.com/en/organisation/davis-cup-history.aspx 12 November 2019 liveBud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–506 2nd Spain defeated Hungary in the Zone A final, and the Soviet Union defeated the Netherlands in the Zone B final, resulting in both Spain and the Soviet Union being promoted to the 1982 World Group. Participating nations Zone A: 15em ALG EGY 1972 GRE HUN ISR MON MAR POL ESP 1977 YUG ZIM Zone B: 15em AUT BEL BUL 1971 DEN FIN IRL LUX NED NOR POR URS TUR Zone A Draw 8–10 May 12-14 June 10-12 July 18-20 September ESP 1977 bye ZIM ALG w/o POL bye Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay) MAR 1 MON 3 HUN bye Cairo, Egypt (clay) EGY 1972 5 GRE 0 YUG bye bye ISR Algiers, Algeria (clay) ESP 1977 5 ALG 0 Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay) POL 2 MON 3 Cairo, Egypt (clay) HUN 4 EGY 1972 1 Skopje, Yugoslavia (clay) YUG 1 ISR 4 Lleida, Spain (clay) ESP 1977 5 MON 0 Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) HUN 3 ISR 2 Avilés, Spain (clay) ESP 1977 3 HUN 2 First round Monaco vs. Morocco Monaco Morocco Monte Carlo, Monacohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-A-M-MAR-MON-01 Monaco v Morocco daviscup.com 8–10 May 1981 Clay 3 1 Bernard Balleret 6 1 6 6 Mustapha Dislam 4 6 4 1 Louis Borfiga 6 6 6 5 Mohammed Dlimi 8 2 8 7 Bernard Balleret Michel Borfiga 13 8 6 Mohammed Dlimi Houcine Saber 11 6 4 Louis Borfiga 2 6 1 7 6 Mustapha Dislam 6 4 6 5 1 Bernard Balleret 3 5 Mohammed Dlimi 6 2 2 Egypt vs. Greece Egypt 1972 Greece Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypthttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-A-M-EGY-GRE-01 Egypt v Greece daviscup.com 8–10 May 1981 Clay 5 0 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 6 6 6 6 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 4 3 8 2 Ismail El Shafei 6 6 6 George Kalovelonis 4 4 4 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka Ismail El Shafei 6 6 3 6 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos George Kalovelonis 3 4 6 3 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 11 7 George Kalovelonis 9 5 Ismail El Shafei 6 6 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 1 3 Quarterfinals Algeria vs. Spain Algeria Spain 1977 Tennis Club Bachdjarah, Algiers, Algeriahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-A-M-ESP-ALG-01 Algeria v Spain daviscup.com 12-14 June 1981 Clay 0 5 Yassine Amier 1 2 0 José García Requena 6 6 6 Djamel Boudjemline 6 1 1 José López-Maeso 8 6 6 Yassine Amier Djamel Boudjemline 4 1 6 José López-Maeso Miguel Mir 6 6 8 Djamel Boudjemline 3 1 6 José García Requena 6 6 8 Yassine Amier 0 4 0 Sergio Casal 6 6 6 Monaco vs. Poland Monaco Poland Monte Carlo, Monacohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-A-M-POL-MON-01 Monaco v Poland daviscup.com 12–14 June 1981 Clay 3 2 Bernard Balleret 2 6 7 3 6 Tadeusz Nowicki 6 3 5 6 4 Louis Borfiga 5 6 2 6 6 Czesław Dobrowolski 7 1 6 1 0 Bernard Balleret Louis Borfiga 2 5 1 Henryk Drzymalski Tadeusz Nowicki 6 7 6 Louis Borfiga 8 2 0 4 Tadeusz Nowicki 6 6 6 6 Bernard Balleret 2 9 6 6 Czesław Dobrowolski 6 7 3 1 Egypt vs. Hungary Egypt 1972 Hungary Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypthttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-A-M-HUN-EGY-01 Egypt v Hungary daviscup.com 12–14 June 1981 Clay 1 4 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 3 1 5 Róbert Machán 6 6 7 Ismail El Shafei 7 4 4 Balázs Taróczy 9 6 6 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka Ismail El Shafei 4 6 4 Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy 6 8 6 Khaled Baligh 1 1 Róbert Machán 6 6 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 3 6 6 János Benyik 6 1 3 Yugoslavia vs. Israel Yugoslavia Israel Tennis Club Jug, Skopje, Yugoslaviahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-A-M-YUG-ISR-01 Yugoslavia v Israel daviscup.com 12–14 June 1981 Clay 1 4 Zoltan Ilin 1 4 4 Shlomo Glickstein 6 6 6 Slobodan Živojinović 4 4 8 David Schneider 6 6 10 Dragan Savić Slobodan Živojinović 3 4 5 Shlomo Glickstein David Schneider 6 6 7 Zoltan Ilin 6 6 3 3 6 Shahar Perkiss 3 2 6 6 0 Branko Horvat 6 2 1 2 Shlomo Glickstein 3 6 6 6 Semifinals Spain vs. Monaco Spain 1977 Monaco Club Tennis Lleida, Lleida, Spainhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-A-M-ESP-MON-01 Spain v Monaco daviscup.com 10-12 July 1981 Clay 5 0 Ángel Giménez 6 6 6 Bernard Balleret 3 4 1 Fernando Luna 6 6 6 Louis Borfiga 0 1 2 Sergio Casal José López-Maeso 7 6 6 Bernard Balleret Michel Borfiga 5 1 1 José López-Maeso 6 6 6 Louis Borfiga 2 4 0 Fernando Luna 6 6 Jacques Vinciléoni 1 4 Israel vs. Hungary Israel Hungary Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israelhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-A-M-HUN-ISR-01 Israel v Hungary daviscup.com 10-12 July 1981 Hard 2 3 David Schneider 6 2 2 8 5 Róbert Machán 3 6 6 6 7 Shlomo Glickstein 7 6 6 6 Balázs Taróczy 9 1 3 1 Shlomo Glickstein David Schneider 6 7 6 4 4 Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy 3 9 3 6 6 David Schneider 3 3 2 Balázs Taróczy 6 6 6 Shlomo Glickstein 6 6 Róbert Machán 0 4 Final Spain vs. Hungary Spain Hungary Club de Tenis Avilés, Avilés, Spainhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-A-M-ESP-HUN-01 Spain v Hungary daviscup.com 18-20 September 1981 Clay 3 2 Fernando Luna 4 3 3 Balázs Taróczy 6 6 6 José López-Maeso 6 4 6 9 Róbert Machán 1 6 1 7 Sergio Casal Ángel Giménez 4 8 10 6 Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy 6 6 8 3 José López-Maeso 6 1 5 3 Balázs Taróczy 3 6 7 6 Fernando Luna 3 10 6 6 Róbert Machán 6 8 0 2 Zone B Draw 8–10 May 12–14 June 9–11 July 25–27 September AUT bye Aarhus, Denmark (clay) DEN 5 POR 0 URS bye BEL w/o TUR FIN bye Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay) LUX 0 BUL 1971 5 NED bye Oslo, Norway (clay) NOR 2 IRL 3 Salzburg, Austria (clay) AUT 3 DEN 2 Jūrmala, Soviet Union (clay) URS 4 BEL 1 Helsinki, Finland (clay) FIN 3 BUL 1971 2 Eindhoven, Netherlands (clay) NED 4 IRL 1 Pörtschach, Austria (clay) AUT 0 URS 4 Helsinki, Finland (clay) FIN 0 NED 5 Jūrmala, Soviet Union (clay) URS 5 NED 0 First round Denmark vs. Portugal Denmark Portugal Aarhus, Denmarkhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-B-M-DEN-POR-01 Denmark v Portugal daviscup.com 8–10 May 1981 Clay 5 0 Peter Bastiansen 6 6 6 Miguel Soares 2 0 2 Michael Mortensen 4 6 6 4 10 José Manuel Cordeiro 6 4 0 6 8 Peter Bastiansen Michael Mortensen 6 11 6 José Manuel Cordeiro Pedro Cordeiro 1 9 4 Peter Bastiansen 6 6 6 José Manuel Cordeiro 0 1 0 Michael Mortensen 6 6 6 Miguel Soares 3 1 0 Luxembourg vs. Bulgaria Luxembourg Bulgaria 1971 Tennis Club de Mondorf, Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourghttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-B-M-LUX-BUL-01 Luxembourg v Bulgaria daviscup.com 8–10 May 1981 Clay 0 5 Anatol Navrotchi 1 1 3 Julian Stamatov 6 6 6 Johny Goudenbour 6 2 2 Bozhidar Pampoulov 8 6 6 Johny Goudenbour Anatol Navrotchi 2 3 9 Bozhidar Pampoulov Matei Pampoulov 6 6 11 Johny Goudenbour 6 5 2 Julian Stamatov 8 7 6 Fernand Claude 5 0 1 Matei Pampoulov 7 6 6 Norway vs. Ireland Norway Ireland Oslo Tennisklubb, Oslo, Norwayhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-B-M-NOR-IRL-01 Norway v Ireland daviscup.com 8–10 May 1981 Clay 2 3 Per Hegna 6 6 6 Peter Hannon 3 1 4 Thomas Randby 2 3 0 Matt Doyle 6 6 6 Per Hegna Bjørn Naume 1 0 2 Matt Doyle Sean Sorensen 6 6 6 Per Hegna 2 2 4 Matt Doyle 6 6 6 Thomas Randby 3 6 2 7 6 Peter Hannon 6 3 6 5 2 Quarterfinals Austria vs. Denmark Austria Denmark Salzburg, Austriahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-B-M-AUT-DEN-01 Austria v Denmark daviscup.com 12–14 June 1981 Clay 3 2 Peter Feigl 6 10 6 Michael Mortensen 3 8 3 Hans Kary 4 6 6 6 Peter Bastiansen 6 3 2 1 Peter Feigl Hans Kary 6 6 1 6 Peter Bastiansen Michael Mortensen 3 4 6 1 Robert Reininger 3 4 3 Michael Mortensen 6 6 6 Peter Feigl 4 6 4 5 Peter Bastiansen 6 2 6 7 Soviet Union vs. Belgium Soviet Union Belgium Jūrmala, Soviet Unionhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-B-M-URS-BEL-01 Soviet Union v Belgium daviscup.com 12–14 June 1981 Clay 4 1 Konstantin Pugaev 4 6 6 6 Bernard Boileau 6 4 4 1 Vadim Borisov 2 6 6 4 6 Thierry Stevaux 6 4 2 6 3 Vadim Borisov Konstantin Pugaev 6 7 1 4 Bernard Boileau Alain Brichant 4 9 6 6 Konstantin Pugaev 5 3 6 6 6 Thierry Stevaux 7 6 4 0 4 Alexander Zverev 6 6 6 Alain Brichant 1 2 4 Finland vs. Bulgaria Finland Bulgaria 1971 Helsinki, Finlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-B-M-FIN-BUL-01 Finland v Bulgaria daviscup.com 12–14 June 1981 Clay 3 2 Leo Palin 6 6 6 Lyubomir Petrov 1 2 0 Matti Timonen 8 6 6 5 0 Julian Stamatov 10 1 2 7 6 Joakim Berner Leo Palin 7 6 3 5 0 Lyubomir Petrov Julian Stamatov 5 1 6 7 6 Leo Palin 9 6 6 6 Julian Stamatov 11 2 1 0 Matti Timonen 6 6 4 3 6 Lyubomir Petrov 3 2 6 6 0 Netherlands vs. Ireland Netherlands Ireland Eindhoven, Netherlandshttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-B-M-NED-IRL-01 Netherlands v Ireland daviscup.com 12–14 June 1981 Clay 4 1 Louk Sanders 8 2 2 6 6 Matt Doyle 6 6 6 2 2 Eric Wilborts 4 7 6 6 Sean Sorensen 6 5 4 1 Marc Albert Huub van Boeckel 3 6 1 2 Matt Doyle Sean Sorensen 6 4 6 6 Eric Wilborts 6 6 12 6 Matt Doyle 4 8 10 4 Louk Sanders 6 6 Sean Sorensen 3 2 Semifinals Austria vs. Soviet Union Austria Soviet Union Werzer Arena, Pörtschach, Austriahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-B-M-AUT-URS-01 Austria v Soviet Union daviscup.com 9–11 July 1981 Clay 0 4 Hans Kary 4 3 1 Konstantin Pugaev 6 6 6 Ingo Wimmer 6 4 4 Vadim Borisov 8 6 6 Hans Kary Bernhard Pils 4 2 2 Vadim Borisov Sergey Leonyuk 6 6 6 Ingo Wimmer 4 2 6 3 Konstantin Pugaev 6 6 3 6 Hans Kary Vadim Borisov Finland vs. Netherlands Finland Netherlands Helsinki, Finlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-B-M-FIN-NED-01 Finland v Netherlands daviscup.com 9–11 July 1981 Clay 0 5 Kimmo Alkio 3 1 1 Louk Sanders 6 6 6 Matti Timonen 2 2 7 Eric Wilborts 6 6 9 George Berner Leo Palin 5 5 2 Marc Albert Huub van Boeckel 7 7 6 Matti Timonen 6 3 5 4 Louk Sanders 4 6 7 6 Kimmo Alkio 6 6 0 2 4 Eric Wilborts 3 2 6 6 6 Final Soviet Union vs. Netherlands Soviet Union Netherlands Jūrmala, Soviet Unionhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EUR-B-M-URS-NED-01 Soviet Union v Netherlands daviscup.com 25–27 September 1981 Clay 5 0 Vadim Borisov 7 4 6 6 Eric Wilborts 5 6 1 3 Alexander Zverev 6 7 1 9 6 Louk Sanders 4 9 6 7 3 Vadim Borisov Konstantin Pugaev 6 6 6 Marc Albert Tom Okker 4 4 2 Sergey Leonyuk 4 9 6 4 6 Marc Albert 6 7 4 6 4 Alexander Zverev 6 6 Eric Wilborts 1 3 References External links Davis Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 2010-10-18 Category:Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Europe Zone