1970 Davis Cup Europe Zone

International tennis competition 1970 Davis Cup The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1970 Davis Cup. 31 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. The winners of each sub-zone 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 Spain defeated Yugoslavia in the Zone A final, and West Germany defeated the Soviet Union in the Zone B final, resulting in both Spain and West Germany progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone. South Africa were ejected from the tournament on 23 March due to protests over the South African government's apartheid policies.Arthur Ashe – Biography http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory/article-9009817 www.britannica.com Encyclopædia Britannica 13 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20140201222648/http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory/article-9009817 1 February 2014Steve 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"https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-B-M-BEL-RSA-01 Belgium v South Africa daviscup.com Zone A Draw 1–10 May 22–25 May 12–15 June 16–18 July First Round Tehran, Iran ROU 1965 4 IRI 1964 1 Athens, Greece GRE 1970 4 NED 1 Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg LUX 0 IRL 3 Maribor, Yugoslavia YUG 3 POL 1928 2 Stockholm, Sweden (clay) SWE 0 ESP 1945 5 Istanbul, Turkey TUR 0 BUL 1967 5 Geneva, Switzerland SUI 1 FRA 4 Edinburgh, United Kingdom (clay) AUT 3 GBR 2 Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 1965 5 GRE 1970 0 Dublin, Ireland IRL 0 YUG 5 Barcelona, Spain (clay) ESP 1945 5 BUL 1967 0 Paris, France (clay) FRA 5 AUT 0 Maribor, Yugoslavia (clay) ROU 1965 2 YUG 3 Paris, France (clay) ESP 1945 5 FRA 0 Barcelona, Spain YUG 1 ESP 1945 4 First round Iran vs. Romania Iran 1964 Romania 1965 Tehran, Iranhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-A-M-IRI-ROU-01 Iran v Romania daviscup.com 7–9 May 1970 1 4 Taghi Akbari 8 0 8 7 3 Ilie Năstase 10 6 6 5 6 Hussain Akbari 0 1 4 Ion Țiriac 6 6 6 Hussain Akbari Taghi Akbari 3 6 3 3 Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac 6 3 6 6 Hussain Akbari 2 6 2 3 Ilie Năstase 6 4 6 6 Taghi Akbari 6 6 6 Petre Mărmureanu 1 4 3 Greece vs. Netherlands Greece 1970 Netherlands Athens, Greecehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-A-M-GRE-NED-01 Greece v Netherlands daviscup.com 8–10 May 1970 4 1 Periclis Gavrilidis 4 8 1 1 Jan Hordijk 6 6 6 6 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 7 8 6 Pieter Soeters 5 6 2 Periclis Gavrilidis Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 4 6 6 6 Niklaus Fleury Jan Hordijk 6 2 2 2 Periclis Gavrilidis 6 6 6 Pieter Soeters 3 4 2 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 6 6 6 Jan Hordijk 1 2 4 Luxembourg vs. Ireland Luxembourg Ireland Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourghttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-A-M-LUX-IRL-01 Luxembourg v Ireland daviscup.com 1–3 May 1970 0 3 Georges Logelin 6 8 5 1 2 Peter Jackson 4 6 7 6 6 Thierry Brasseur 6 4 4 11 4 William Brown 3 6 6 9 6 Thierry Brasseur Georges Logelin 1 1 1 William Brown John McGrath 6 6 6 Thierry Brasseur Peter Jackson Georges Logelin William Brown Yugoslavia vs. Poland Yugoslavia Poland Maribor, Yugoslaviahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-A-M-YUG-POL-01 Yugoslavia v Poland daviscup.com 7–9 May 1970 3 2 Nikola Špear 6 3 6 6 Mieczysław Rybarczyk 0 6 0 2 Željko Franulović 4 6 2 6 6 Wiesław Gąsiorek 6 2 6 3 2 Željko Franulović Nikola Špear 4 6 3 6 3 Tadeusz Nowicki Mieczysław Rybarczyk 6 3 6 1 6 Željko Franulović 6 6 6 Mieczysław Rybarczyk 1 1 2 Nikola Špear 6 6 4 6 1 Wiesław Gąsiorek 8 4 6 2 6 Sweden vs. Spain Sweden Spain 1945 Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Swedenhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-A-M-SWE-ESP-01 Sweden v Spain daviscup.com 8–10 May 1970 Clay 0 5 Ove Bengtson 5 4 4 Manuel Orantes 7 6 6 Jan-Erik Lundqvist 2 4 6 0 Manuel Santana 6 6 4 6 Ove Bengtson Hans Nerell 8 3 6 Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes 10 6 8 Ove Bengtson 9 6 4 2 Manuel Santana 11 4 6 6 Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6 2 0 0 Juan Gisbert 4 6 6 6 Turkey vs. Bulgaria Turkey Bulgaria 1967 Istanbul, Turkeyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-A-M-TUR-BUL-01 Turkey v Bulgaria daviscup.com 8–10 May 1970 0 5 Tahsin Gürsoy 3 2 6 0 Stojan Velev 6 6 4 6 Remzi Aydın 3 0 2 Kiril Yashmakov 6 6 6 Remzi Aydın Tahsin Gürsoy 3 4 6 2 Stojan Velev Kiril Yashmakov 6 6 4 6 Tahsin Gürsoy 3 2 1 Ljuben Genov 6 6 6 Beyazıt Anbar 3 1 0 Stojan Velev 6 6 6 Switzerland vs. France Switzerland France Geneva, Switzerlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-A-M-SUI-FRA-01 Switzerland v France daviscup.com 8–10 May 1970 1 4 Michel Burgener 3 6 3 4 François Jauffret 6 4 6 6 Dimitri Sturdza 10 7 4 6 Georges Goven 8 5 6 3 Dimitri Sturdza Matthias Werren 11 2 3 1 Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau Jean-Loup Rouyer 9 6 6 6 Michel Burgener 1 7 3 4 Georges Goven 6 5 6 6 Dimitri Sturdza 3 4 3 François Jauffret 6 6 6 Great Britain vs. Austria Great Britain Austria Thistle Lawn Tennis Club, Edinburgh, United Kingdomhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-A-M-GBR-AUT-01 Great Britain v Austria daviscup.com 7–9 May 1970 Clay 2 3 John Clifton 1 6 6 1 Peter Pokorny 6 4 8 6 Gerald Battrick 5 3 1 Hans Kary 7 6 6 Gerald Battrick Peter Curtis 2 8 6 6 Rudolf Hoskowetz Peter Pokorny 6 6 4 0 Gerald Battrick 6 6 9 Peter Pokorny 4 2 7 John Clifton 3 2 4 Hans Kary 6 6 6 Quarterfinals Romania vs. Greece Romania 1965 Greece 1970 Bucharest, Romaniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-A-M-ROU-GRE-01 Romania v Greece daviscup.com 22–25 May 1970 Clay 5 0 Ilie Năstase 6 7 6 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 2 5 4 Ion Țiriac 6 6 6 Periclis Gavrilidis 0 1 0 Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac 6 6 6 Epaminondas Argyriou Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 4 1 2 Viorel Marcu 6 6 6 Epaminondas Argyriou 1 3 4 Sever Mureșan 8 3 6 6 Periclis Gavrilidis 6 6 2 3 Ireland vs. Yugoslavia Ireland Yugoslavia Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-A-M-IRL-YUG-01 Ireland v Yugoslavia daviscup.com 22–24 May 1970 0 5 William Brown 3 2 4 Nikola Špear 6 6 6 Peter Jackson 2 3 6 6 3 Željko Franulović 6 6 3 3 6 William Brown John McGrath 1 5 4 Željko Franulović Nikola Špear 6 7 6 William Brown 3 1 3 Željko Franulović 6 6 6 Peter Jackson 5 1 1 Nikola Špear 7 6 6 Spain vs. Bulgaria Spain 1945 Bulgaria 1967 Barcelona, Spainhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-A-M-ESP-BUL-01 Spain v Bulgaria daviscup.com 22–24 May 1970 Clay 5 0 Manuel Santana 6 6 7 Kiril Yashmakov 1 1 5 Juan Gisbert 6 6 6 Ljuben Genov 2 2 2 Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes 6 8 6 Bozhidar Pampoulov Stojan Velev 4 6 2 Manuel Santana 6 6 6 Stojan Velev 0 2 0 Juan Gisbert 6 6 6 Kiril Yashmakov 3 2 0 France vs. Austria France Austria Stade Roland Garros, Paris, Francehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-A-M-FRA-AUT-01 France v Austria daviscup.com 22–24 May 1970 Clay 5 0 Georges Goven 6 6 6 Peter Pokorny 4 1 2 François Jauffret 12 1 6 6 Hans Kary 10 6 3 4 Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau Jean-Loup Rouyer 6 6 12 Hans Kary Peter Pokorny 2 4 10 François Jauffret 6 6 6 Peter Pokorny 3 3 4 Georges Goven 6 6 6 Hans Kary 3 3 1 Semifinals Yugoslavia vs. Romania Yugoslavia Romania 1965 Maribor, Yugoslaviahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-A-M-YUG-ROU-01 Yugoslavia v Romania daviscup.com 12–15 June 1970 Clay 3 2 Nikola Špear 6 4 4 2 Ion Țiriac 1 6 6 6 Željko Franulović 6 3 6 6 Ilie Năstase 3 6 2 1 Željko Franulović Nikola Špear 5 8 1 3 Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac 7 6 6 6 Nikola Špear 7 8 6 Ilie Năstase 5 6 2 Željko Franulović 1 5 6 6 6 Ion Țiriac 6 7 4 4 0 France vs. Spain France Spain 1945 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, Francehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-A-M-FRA-ESP-01 France v Spain daviscup.com 12–14 May 1970 Clay 0 5 Georges Goven 1 8 2 6 3 Manuel Santana 6 6 6 2 6 François Jauffret 6 4 1 2 Manuel Orantes 3 6 6 6 Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau Jean-Loup Rouyer 4 4 6 Juan Gisbert Manuel Santana 6 6 8 François Jauffret 5 3 2 Manuel Santana 7 6 6 Georges Goven 2 3 2 Manuel Orantes 6 6 6 Final Spain vs. Yugoslavia Spain 1945 Yugoslavia Barcelona, Spainhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-A-M-ESP-YUG-01 Spain v Yugoslavia daviscup.com 16–18 July 1970 4 1 Manuel Orantes 6 6 6 Nikola Špear 4 4 2 Manuel Santana 6 6 1 6 Željko Franulović 4 4 6 4 Juan Gisbert Manuel Santana 6 6 6 Željko Franulović Nikola Špear 4 1 2 Manuel Orantes 7 6 4 6 2 Željko Franulović 5 4 6 8 6 Manuel Santana 6 6 7 Nikola Špear 2 1 5 Zone B Draw 1–24 May 22–24 May 11–14 June 14–16 July First Round RSA 1928 bye Helsinki, Finland FIN 1 BEL 4 Bad Homburg, West Germany (clay) FRG 4 DEN 1 Cairo, Egypt (clay) EGY 1958 3 NOR 1 Turin, Italy (clay) ITA 2 TCH 3 ISR RHO w/o Lisbon, Portugal (clay) POR 1 MON 4 Budapest, Hungary HUN 2 URS 3 RSA 1928 BEL w/o West Berlin FRG 5 EGY 1958 0 TCH w/o RHO Monte Carlo, Monaco MON 0 URS 5 Nuremberg, West Germany BEL 0 FRG 5 Moscow, Soviet Union (clay) TCH 2 URS 3 Düsseldorf, West Germany FRG 3 URS 2 First round Finland vs. Belgium Finland Belgium Helsinki, Finlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-B-M-FIN-BEL-01 Finland v Belgium daviscup.com 22–24 May 1970 1 4 George Berner 4 2 2 Patrick Hombergen 6 6 6 Pekka Säilä 5 6 6 6 Eric Drossart 7 2 3 4 George Berner Pekka Säilä 0 6 3 0 Eric Drossart Patrick Hombergen 6 4 6 6 George Berner 6 5 3 6 Eric Drossart 2 7 6 8 Pekka Säilä 4 2 7 6 4 Patrick Hombergen 6 6 5 3 6 West Germany vs. Denmark West Germany Denmark Bad Homburg, West Germanyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-B-M-DEN-FRG-01 West Germany v Denmark daviscup.com 8–10 May 1970 Clay 4 1 Christian Kuhnke 6 6 6 Jørgen Ulrich 3 2 3 Wilhelm Bungert 2 4 6 5 Carl-Edvard Hedelund 6 6 3 7 Ingo Buding Christian Kuhnke 6 6 6 Carl-Edvard Hedelund Jørgen Ulrich 1 1 4 Christian Kuhnke 6 7 6 Carl-Edvard Hedelund 0 5 1 Wilhelm Bungert 7 6 2 3 6 Jørgen Ulrich 5 2 6 6 3 Egypt vs. Norway Egypt 1958 Norway Cairo, Egypthttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-B-M-EGY-NOR-01 Egypt v Norway daviscup.com 8–10 May 1970 Clay 3 1 Moataz El Sonbol 6 6 6 Frithjof Prydz 3 1 4 Aly El Dawoudi 6 6 6 Jon-Erik Ross 1 2 3 Aly El Dawoudi Abdel-Ghani Mohammed 5 6 4 1 Frithjof Prydz Jon-Erik Ross 7 2 6 6 Aly El Dawoudi 7 5 6 9 6 Frithjof Prydz 9 7 2 7 4 Moataz El Sonbol Jon-Erik Ross Italy vs. Czechoslovakia Italy Czechoslovakia Turin, Italyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-B-M-ITA-TCH-01 Italy v Czechoslovakia daviscup.com 7–11 May 1970 Clay 2 3 Massimo Di Domenico 3 6 6 4 4 Jan Kodeš 6 1 3 6 6 Adriano Panatta 8 6 6 Jan Kukal 6 3 3 Massimo Di Domenico Adriano Panatta 6 2 6 3 6 Jan Kodeš Jan Kukal 4 6 2 6 3 Massimo Di Domenico 9 4 5 7 Jan Kukal 7 6 7 9 Adriano Panatta 3 2 2 Jan Kodeš 6 6 6 Portugal vs. Monaco Portugal Monaco Lisbon, Portugalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-B-M-POR-MON-01 Portugal v Monaco daviscup.com 1–3 May 1970 Clay 1 4 Alfredo Vaz Pinto 4 2 3 Patrick Landau 6 6 6 Raúl Peralta 6 6 7 Francis Truchi 2 0 5 Manuel Dinis Raúl Peralta 6 4 5 4 Patrick Landau Francis Truchi 3 6 7 6 Alfredo Vaz Pinto 6 6 8 4 2 Francis Truchi 3 2 10 6 6 Raúl Peralta 4 3 6 2 Patrick Landau 6 6 4 6 Hungary vs. Soviet Union Hungary Soviet Union Budapest, Hungaryhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-B-M-HUN-URS-01 Hungary v Soviet Union daviscup.com 8–10 May 1970 2 3 Szabolcs Baranyi 4 6 1 6 6 Vladimir Korotkov 6 3 6 1 3 István Gulyás 7 2 3 Alex Metreveli 9 6 6 Szabolcs Baranyi Róbert Machán 4 6 3 6 Sergei Likhachev Alex Metreveli 6 4 6 8 Szabolcs Baranyi 4 1 2 Alex Metreveli 6 6 6 István Gulyás 6 4 6 6 Vladimir Korotkov 3 6 0 4 Quarterfinals West Germany vs. Egypt West Germany Egypt 1958 West Berlinhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-B-M-EGY-FRG-01 West Germany v Egypt daviscup.com 22–24 May 1970 5 0 Wilhelm Bungert 6 6 1 6 Abdel-Ghani Mohammed 2 4 6 2 Christian Kuhnke 6 6 6 Moataz El Sonbol 0 2 2 Ingo Buding Christian Kuhnke 6 6 6 Moataz El Sonbol Abdel-Ghani Mohammed 0 3 0 Wilhelm Bungert 10 6 6 Moataz El Sonbol 8 2 3 Jürgen Fassbender 6 6 6 Abdel-Ghani Mohammed 1 1 3 Monaco vs. Soviet Union Monaco Soviet Union Monte Carlo, Monacohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-B-M-MON-URS-01 Monaco v Soviet Union daviscup.com 22–24 May 1970 0 5 André Vatrican 0 1 4 Alex Metreveli 6 6 6 Francis Truchi 2 0 1 Vladimir Korotkov 6 6 6 Francis Truchi André Vatrican 0 6 3 2 Sergei Likhachev Alex Metreveli 6 4 6 6 André Vatrican 0 0 0 Vladimir Korotkov 6 6 6 Francis Truchi 2 4 2 Alex Metreveli 6 6 6 Semifinals West Germany vs. Belgium West Germany Belgium Nuremberg, West Germanyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-B-M-FRG-BEL-01 West Germany v Belgium daviscup.com 12–14 June 1970 5 0 Wilhelm Bungert 6 6 3 6 Patrick Hombergen 2 1 6 3 Christian Kuhnke 6 6 6 Eric Drossart 4 2 3 Ingo Buding Christian Kuhnke 4 6 7 4 10 Eric Drossart Patrick Hombergen 6 3 5 6 8 Wilhelm Bungert 2 6 6 6 Eric Drossart 6 2 0 3 Christian Kuhnke 6 6 6 Patrick Hombergen 2 2 0 Soviet Union vs. Czechoslovakia Soviet Union Czechoslovakia Moscow, Soviet Unionhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-B-M-URS-TCH-01 Soviet Union v Czechoslovakia daviscup.com 11–13 June 1970 Clay 3 2 Toomas Leius 6 3 3 5 Jan Kodeš 2 6 6 7 Alex Metreveli 6 6 6 Jan Kukal 1 0 2 Sergei Likhachev Alex Metreveli 8 1 2 8 6 Jan Kodeš Jan Kukal 6 6 6 6 4 Toomas Leius 6 4 3 2 Jan Kukal 3 6 6 6 Alex Metreveli 6 4 6 6 Jan Kodeš 4 6 3 3 Final West Germany vs. Soviet Union West Germany Soviet Union Düsseldorf, West Germanyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1970-EUR-B-M-URS-FRG-01 West Germany v Soviet Union daviscup.com 14–16 July 1970 3 2 Wilhelm Bungert 6 7 6 6 Vladimir Korotkov 4 9 4 3 Christian Kuhnke 1 1 8 Alex Metreveli 6 6 10 Ingo Buding Wilhelm Bungert 5 1 8 6 7 Sergei Likhachev Alex Metreveli 7 6 6 2 5 Christian Kuhnke 6 6 5 6 Vladimir Korotkov 1 1 7 2 Wilhelm Bungert 4 5 Alex Metreveli 6 5 2 Notes 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 Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup