1985 Davis Cup Europe Zone

International tennis competition 1985 Davis Cup The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1985 Davis Cup. 27 teams entered the Europe Zone in total, split across two sub-zones. The winner of each sub-zone was promoted to the following year's World Group.Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–506 2nd Denmark defeated Romania in the Zone A final, and Great Britain defeated Israel in the Zone B final, resulting in both Denmark and Great Britain being promoted to the 1986 World Group. Participating nations Zone A: 15em ALG BEL BUL 1971 CYP 1960 DEN EGY 1972 HUN IRI IRL MON MAR ROU 1965 SEN TUR Zone B: 15em AUT FIN GBR GRE ISR LUX NED NOR POL POR SUI TUN 1959 ZIM Zone A Draw 10–12 May 14–16 June 2–4 August 4–6 October ROU 1965 bye TUR w/o IRI Casablanca, Morocco (clay) HUN 4 MAR 1 Cairo, Egypt (clay) EGY 4 ALG 1 Dakar, Senegal (hard) SEN 1 MON 4 Nicosia, Cyprus (clay) CYP 1960 1 IRL 4 Brussels, Belgium (clay) BUL 1971 1 BEL 3 bye DEN Istanbul, Turkey (clay) ROU 1965 5 TUR 0 Cairo, Egypt (clay) HUN 2 EGY 3 Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay) MON 3 IRL 2 Holte, Denmark (clay) BEL 0 DEN 5 Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 1965 4 EGY 1 Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay) MON 0 DEN 5 Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 1965 2 DEN 3 First round Morocco vs. Hungary Morocco Hungary Al Amal Stadium, Casablanca, Moroccohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-A-M-HUN-MAR-01 Morocco v Hungary daviscup.com 10–12 May 1985 Clay 1 4 Arafat Chekrouni 6 7 6 2 6 Ferenc Zentai 4 9 4 6 1 Houcine Saber 6 3 6 4 2 Balázs Taróczy 3 6 4 6 6 Arafat Chekrouni Houcine Saber 2 2 4 Róbert Machán Balázs Taróczy 6 6 6 Houcine Saber 6 7 4 0 Ferenc Zentai 4 9 6 6 Arafat Chekrouni 12 1 Balázs Taróczy 14 6 Egypt vs. Algeria Egypt Algeria Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypthttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-A-M-EGY-ALG-01 Egypt v Algeria daviscup.com 10–12 May 1985 Clay 4 1 Ahmed El-Mehelmy 6 6 3 2 6 Abdel-Halim Azzi 0 0 6 6 3 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 6 6 6 Djamel Boudjemline 1 4 3 Ahmed El-Mehelmy Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 7 3 6 3 6 Abdel-Halim Azzi Reda Galou 5 6 3 6 2 Ahmed El-Mehelmy 2 7 3 Djamel Boudjemline 6 5 6 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 6 6 Kamel Harrad 3 2 Senegal vs. Monaco Senegal Monaco Iba Mar Diop Stadium, Dakar, Senegalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-A-M-SEN-MON-01 Senegal v Monaco daviscup.com 10–12 May 1985 Hard 1 4 Nagy Kabaz 2 2 1 Bernard Balleret 6 6 6 Yahiya Doumbia 6 6 6 Gilles Ganancia 2 3 1 Yahiya Doumbia Nagy Kabaz 6 11 4 9 3 Bernard Balleret Jacques Vinciléoni 4 9 6 11 6 Nagy Kabaz 2 3 2 Gilles Ganancia 6 6 6 Miloud Doumbia 4 7 4 Albert Viviani 6 5 6 Cyprus vs. Ireland Cyprus 1960 Ireland Field Club, Nicosia, Cyprushttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-A-M-CYP-IRL-01 Cyprus v Ireland daviscup.com 10–12 May 1985 Clay 1 4 Yiannos Hadjigeorgiou 0 1 3 Matt Doyle 6 6 6 Alkis Papamichael 1 4 6 Sean Sorensen 6 6 8 Haig Ashdjian Phivos Zachariades 1 2 4 Matt Doyle Sean Sorensen 6 6 6 Alkis Papamichael 3 7 6 Matt Doyle 6 5 4 Yiannos Hadjigeorgiou 2 1 Sean Sorensen 6 6 Belgium vs. Bulgaria Belgium Bulgaria 1971 Royal Primerose Tennis Club, Brussels, Belgiumhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-A-M-BUL-BEL-01 Belgium v Bulgaria daviscup.com 10–12 May 1985 Clay 3 1 Jan Vanlangendonck 6 2 6 7 Krassimir Lazarov 2 6 4 5 Karel Demuynck 5 6 1 9 4 Julian Stamatov 7 3 6 7 6 Alain Brichant Jan Vanlangendonck 6 6 6 Krassimir Lazarov Marian Lazarov 2 1 0 Karel Demuynck 6 4 6 2 6 Krassimir Lazarov 3 6 4 6 4 Jan Vanlangendonck Julian Stamatov Quarterfinals Turkey vs. Romania Turkey Romania 1965 T.E.D. Club, Istanbul, Turkeyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-A-M-ROU-TUR-01 Turkey v Romania daviscup.com 14–16 June 1985 Clay 0 5 Yavuz Erkangil 3 0 1 Florin Segărceanu 6 6 6 Necvet Demir 2 2 1 Adrian Marcu 6 6 6 Yavuz Erkangil Alaaddin Karagöz 4 3 2 Andrei Dîrzu Florin Segărceanu 6 6 6 Alaaddin Karagöz 0 1 Florin Segărceanu 6 6 Yavuz Erkangil 3 2 Adrian Marcu 6 6 Egypt vs. Hungary Egypt Hungary Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypthttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-A-M-HUN-EGY-01 Egypt v Hungary daviscup.com 14–16 June 1985 Clay 3 2 Ahmed El-Mehelmy 6 6 6 Ferenc Zentai 1 2 4 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 5 4 0 Balázs Taróczy 7 6 6 Ahmed El-Mehelmy Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 5 7 11 3 10 Róbert Machán Balázs Taróczy 7 5 9 6 8 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 6 6 7 Ferenc Zentai 4 4 5 Ahmed El-Mehelmy 5 4 Balázs Taróczy 7 6 Monaco vs. Ireland Monaco Ireland Monte Carlo, Monacohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-A-M-MON-IRL-01 Monaco v Ireland daviscup.com 14–16 June 1985 Clay 3 2 Gilles Ganancia 7 6 4 0 4 Matt Doyle 5 4 6 6 6 Bernard Balleret 7 2 5 2 Sean Sorensen 5 6 7 6 Bernard Balleret Jacques Vinciléoni 6 2 4 6 6 Matt Doyle Sean Sorensen 3 6 6 4 4 Bernard Balleret 6 6 6 Matt Doyle 3 3 3 Gilles Ganancia 8 3 3 6 9 Sean Sorensen 6 6 6 4 7 Denmark vs. Belgium Denmark Belgium Holte, Denmarkhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-A-M-BEL-DEN-01 Denmark v Belgium daviscup.com 14–16 June 1985 Clay 5 0 Peter Bastiansen 6 5 6 6 Bernard Boileau 3 7 4 3 Michael Mortensen 5 1 6 6 6 Jan Vanlangendonck 7 6 1 1 3 Peter Bastiansen Michael Mortensen 6 3 6 6 Alain Brichant Jan Vanlangendonck 4 6 2 3 Michael Mortensen 6 6 Bernard Boileau 2 2 Peter Bastiansen 6 6 Jan Vanlangendonck 3 1 Semifinals Romania vs. Egypt Romania 1965 Egypt Bucharest, Romaniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-A-M-ROU-EGY-01 Romania v Egypt daviscup.com 2–4 August 1985 Clay 4 1 Florin Segărceanu 7 3 6 6 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 5 6 0 2 Andrei Dîrzu 8 6 6 Ahmed El-Mehelmy 6 3 1 Andrei Dîrzu Florin Segărceanu 6 3 6 6 Ahmed El-Mehelmy Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 3 6 3 3 Florin Segărceanu 6 6 Ahmed El-Mehelmy 3 2 Andrei Dîrzu 4 2 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 6 6 Monaco vs. Denmark Monaco Denmark Monte Carlo, Monacohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-A-M-MON-DEN-01 Monaco v Denmark daviscup.com 2–4 August 1985 Clay 0 5 Gilles Ganancia 3 3 1 Michael Mortensen 6 6 6 Bernard Balleret 4 6 6 6 4 Peter Bastiansen 6 8 4 3 6 Bernard Balleret Jacques Vinciléoni 0 6 0 9 Peter Bastiansen Michael Mortensen 6 2 6 11 Gilles Ganancia 1 1 Peter Bastiansen 6 6 Albert Viviani 4 4 Michael Tauson 6 6 Final Romania vs. Denmark Romania 1965 Denmark Bucharest, Romaniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-A-M-ROU-DEN-01 Romania v Denmark daviscup.com 4–6 October 1985 Clay 2 3 Adrian Marcu 6 4 1 2 Peter Bastiansen 1 6 6 6 Florin Segărceanu 6 6 6 Michael Tauson 3 1 3 Ilie Năstase Florin Segărceanu 3 4 7 Peter Bastiansen Michael Mortensen 6 6 9 Florin Segărceanu 8 2 6 6 Peter Bastiansen 6 6 4 2 Adrian Marcu 4 6 1 5 Michael Tauson 6 3 6 7 Zone B Draw 10–12 May 14–16 June 2–4 August 4–6 October ISR bye Hilversum, Netherlands (clay) FIN 1 NED 4 AUT bye Athens, Greece (clay) NOR 1 GRE 4 Warsaw, Poland (clay) POL 2 ZIM 3 Tunis, Tunisia (clay) TUN 1959 0 SUI 5 Lisbon, Portugal (clay) POR 5 LUX 0 bye GBR Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard) ISR 4 NED 1 Athens, Greece (clay) AUT 3 GRE 2 Weggis, Switzerland (clay) ZIM 0 SUI 5 Nottingham, United Kingdom (grass) POR 0 GBR 5 Hartberg, Austria (clay) ISR 3 AUT 2 Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass) SUI 0 GBR 3 Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass) ISR 1 GBR 4 First round Netherlands vs. Finland Netherlands Finland Hilversum, Netherlandshttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-B-M-FIN-NED-01 Netherlands v Finland daviscup.com 10–12 May 1985 Clay 4 1 Menno Oosting 6 6 6 Leo Palin 2 1 2 Michiel Schapers 6 0 1 6 6 Olli Rahnasto 4 6 6 4 2 Huub van Boeckel Menno Oosting 6 6 6 6 Leo Palin Olli Rahnasto 3 4 8 3 Michiel Schapers 4 7 6 Leo Palin 6 5 1 Menno Oosting 6 3 Olli Rahnasto 8 6 Greece vs. Norway Greece Norway Athens, Greecehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-B-M-NOR-GRE-01 Greece v Norway daviscup.com 10–12 May 1985 Clay 4 1 Anastasios Bavelas 3 4 6 6 4 Tony Jønsson 6 6 2 0 6 George Kalovelonis 10 6 6 6 Morten Rønneberg 12 4 2 3 Konstantinos Efraimoglou George Kalovelonis 6 6 6 Morten Rønneberg John Erik Rustad 2 4 4 Anastasios Bavelas 10 6 6 Morten Rønneberg 8 4 2 George Kalovelonis 2 6 6 Tony Jønsson 6 2 2 Poland vs. Zimbabwe Poland Zimbabwe Legia Warsaw, Warsaw, Polandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-B-M-POL-ZIM-01 Poland v Zimbabwe daviscup.com 10–12 May 1985 Clay 2 3 Wojciech Kowalski 6 6 6 Philip Tuckniss 1 2 4 Waldemar Rogowski 1 6 6 6 Haroon Ismail 6 3 3 3 Lech Bieńkowski Wojciech Kowalski 6 2 3 Haroon Ismail Philip Tuckniss 8 6 6 Waldemar Rogowski 1 6 6 1 3 Philip Tuckniss 6 4 4 6 6 Wojciech Kowalski 8 6 3 4 2 Haroon Ismail 6 3 6 6 6 Tunisia vs. Switzerland Tunisia 1959 Switzerland Tennis Club de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-B-M-TUN-SUI-01 Tunisia v Switzerland daviscup.com 10–12 May 1985 Clay 0 5 Hassan Soudani 1 0 0 Roland Stadler 6 6 6 Abdel-Majid Soudani 4 4 1 Dominik Utzinger 6 6 6 Abdel-Majid Soudani Hassan Soudani 2 3 1 Markus Günthardt Dominik Utzinger 6 6 6 Abdel-Majid Soudani 0 2 Roland Stadler 6 6 Elias Bramly 2 2 Dominik Utzinger 6 6 Portugal vs. Luxembourg Portugal Luxembourg Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugalhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-B-M-POR-LUX-01 Portugal v Luxembourg daviscup.com 10–12 May 1985 Clay 5 0 João Cunha e Silva 6 6 6 Johny Goudenbour 2 1 4 Pedro Cordeiro 6 6 6 Mike van Kauvenbergh 1 0 1 Pedro Cordeiro João Cunha e Silva 6 6 6 Georges Faber Johny Goudenbour 3 2 4 Pedro Cordeiro 4 6 6 Johny Goudenbour 6 3 3 João Cunha e Silva 6 6 Mike van Kauvenbergh 1 3 Quarterfinals Israel vs. Netherlands Israel Netherlands Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israelhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-B-M-ISR-NED-01 Israel v Netherlands daviscup.com 14–16 June 1985 Hard 4 1 Shlomo Glickstein 6 6 11 Huub van Boeckel 2 4 9 Amos Mansdorf 2 9 3 Michiel Schapers 6 11 6 Shlomo Glickstein Shahar Perkiss 2 7 6 6 Huub van Boeckel Michiel Schapers 6 5 4 3 Shlomo Glickstein 4 6 3 6 6 Michiel Schapers 6 1 6 0 0 Amos Mansdorf 10 7 Huub van Boeckel 8 5 Greece vs. Austria Greece Austria Athens, Greecehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-B-M-AUT-GRE-01 Greece v Austria daviscup.com 14–16 June 1985 Clay 2 3 George Kalovelonis 4 1 1 Thomas Muster 6 6 6 Anastasios Bavelas 6 6 7 2 2 Bernhard Pils 4 8 5 6 6 Konstantinos Efraimoglou George Kalovelonis 6 3 5 Alex Antonitsch Peter Feigl 8 6 7 Fotis Vazeos 3 6 6 Alex Antonitsch 6 3 4 George Kalovelonis 6 6 Bernhard Pils 4 4 Switzerland vs. Zimbabwe Switzerland Zimbabwe Tennisclub Weggis, Weggis, Switzerlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-B-M-ZIM-SUI-01 Switzerland v Zimbabwe daviscup.com 14–16 June 1985 Clay 5 0 Heinz Günthardt 6 6 6 Haroon Ismail 0 1 1 Jakob Hlasek 6 6 6 Philip Tuckniss 2 2 4 Heinz Günthardt Jakob Hlasek 6 6 6 Haroon Ismail Philip Tuckniss 1 1 1 Jakob Hlasek 6 6 6 Haroon Ismail 3 3 4 Roland Stadler 6 6 6 Philip Tuckniss 2 0 1 Great Britain vs. Portugal Great Britain Portugal Nottingham Lawn Tennis Club, Nottingham, United Kingdomhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-B-M-POR-GBR-01 Great Britain v Portugal daviscup.com 14–16 June 1985 Grass 5 0 Steve Shaw 6 6 6 João Cunha e Silva 3 1 1 Jeremy Bates 6 6 6 Pedro Cordeiro 4 2 0 Jeremy Bates Steve Shaw 6 6 6 Pedro Cordeiro João Cunha e Silva 3 4 2 Steve Shaw 6 8 Pedro Cordeiro 4 6 Jeremy Bates 6 6 João Cunha e Silva 4 4 Semifinals Austria vs. Israel Austria Israel TSV Hartberg Tennis, Hartberg, Austriahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-B-M-ISR-AUT-01 Austria v Israel daviscup.com 2–4 August 1985 Clay 2 3 Thomas Muster 7 1 6 6 Amos Mansdorf 5 6 3 0 Bernhard Pils 8 4 6 4 1 Shlomo Glickstein 6 6 4 6 6 Alex Antonitsch Peter Feigl 5 5 6 Shlomo Glickstein Shahar Perkiss 7 7 8 Bernhard Pils 6 5 1 2 Amos Mansdorf 2 7 6 6 Thomas Muster 3 10 6 Shlomo Glickstein 6 8 2 Great Britain vs. Switzerland Great Britain Switzerland Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdomhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-B-M-SUI-GBR-01 Great Britain v Switzerland daviscup.com 2–4 August 1985 Grass 3 0 John Lloyd 5 2 6 7 7 Jakob Hlasek 7 6 4 5 5 Jeremy Bates 6 6 2 6 Heinz Günthardt 0 3 6 1 Colin Dowdeswell` John Lloyd 7 3 4 6 6 Heinz Günthardt Jakob Hlasek 5 6 6 3 2 John Lloyd Heinz Günthardt Jeremy Bates Jakob Hlasek Final Great Britain vs. Israel Great Britain Israel Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdomhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-EUR-B-M-ISR-GBR-01 Great Britain v Israel daviscup.com 4–6 October 1985 Grass 4 1 Jeremy Bates 7 6 5 6 3 Shlomo Glickstein 9 3 7 3 6 John Lloyd 14 6 4 6 Amos Mansdorf 12 3 6 3 Colin Dowdeswell John Lloyd 6 3 7 2 6 Shlomo Glickstein Shahar Perkiss 4 6 5 6 3 John Lloyd 6 6 3 6 Shlomo Glickstein 1 1 6 3 Jeremy Bates 6 1 6 Amos Mansdorf 2 6 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