1978 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Regional zone of the 1978 Davis Cup 1978 Davis Cup The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1978 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 1977 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 Great Britain defeated Czechoslovakia in the Zone A final, and Sweden defeated Hungary in the Zone B final, resulting in both Great Britain and Sweden progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone. Zone A Preliminary rounds Draw 2 y 10–12 August 197716–18 September 1977 17–19 March First Round Qualifying Round Monte Carlo, Monaco MON 5 LUX 0 bye GBR Tel Aviv, Israel (hard) ISR 5 FIN 0 bye AUT TCH bye Zeist, Netherlands (clay) NED 4 GRE 1970 1 POL bye Algiers, Algeria (clay) ALG 1 IRI 1964 4 Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay) MON 0 GBR 5 Tel Aviv, Israel (hard) ISR 2 AUT 3 Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor clay) TCH 3 NED 1 Warsaw, Poland POL 4 IRI 1964 1 First round Monaco vs. Luxembourg Monaco Luxembourg Monte Carlo, Monacohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-A-PR-MON-LUX-01 Monaco v Luxembourg daviscup.com 16–18 September 1977 5 0 Louis Borfiga 6 6 6 Jean Brucher 4 1 2 Bernard Balleret 6 6 6 Marc Klensch 1 2 1 Bernard Balleret Louis Borfiga 6 6 6 Fernand Claude Théo Storck 2 0 3 Bernard Balleret 6 6 6 Jean Brucher 0 3 1 Louis Borfiga 6 6 6 Marc Klensch 3 1 2 Israel vs. Finland Israel Finland Tel Aviv, Israelhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-A-PR-ISR-FIN-01 Israel v Finland daviscup.com 16–18 September 1977 Hard 5 0 Yair Wertheimer 3 6 6 6 George Berner 6 0 2 4 Shlomo Glickstein 2 6 6 6 Matti Timonen 6 2 3 2 Shlomo Glickstein Yair Wertheimer 6 6 3 2 6 George Berner Matti Timonen 2 1 6 6 1 Yair Wertheimer 6 6 6 Matti Timonen 2 3 3 Ilan Sher 7 4 6 6 Kristian Tammivuori 5 6 2 3 Netherlands vs. Greece Netherlands Greece 1970 Zeist, Netherlandshttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-A-PR-NED-GRE-01 Netherlands v Greece daviscup.com 16–18 September 1977 Clay 4 1 Louk Sanders 7 6 6 Nicolas Kelaidis 5 1 2 Wouter Fok 4 6 5 6 3 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 6 0 7 3 6 Wouter Fok Louk Sanders 6 6 6 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Nicolas Kelaidis 1 2 3 Wouter Fok 6 4 2 6 6 Nicolas Kelaidis 2 6 6 0 1 Louk Sanders 8 6 3 8 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 6 4 6 6 Algeria vs. Iran Algeria Iran 1964 Hydra Athletic Club, Algiers, Algeriahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-A-PR-ALG-IRI-01 Algeria v Iran daviscup.com 10–12 August 1977 Clay 1 4 Abdeslam Mahmoudi 3 4 4 Mansour Bahrami 6 6 6 Fouad-Kamel Boudjemline 2 1 2 Moharram-Ali Khodai 6 6 6 Fouad-Kamel Boudjemline Abdeslam Mahmoudi 6 4 1 2 Mansour Bahrami Kamyab Derafshijavan 3 6 6 6 Abdeslam Mahmoudi 6 6 6 Moharram-Ali Khodai 4 4 2 Hocine Younes 3 4 6 Mansour Bahrami 6 6 8 Qualifying round Monaco vs. Great Britain Monaco Great Britain Monte Carlo, Monacohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-A-PR-MON-GBR-01 Monaco v Great Britain daviscup.com 17–19 March 1978 Clay 0 5 Louis Borfiga 2 1 4 John Lloyd 6 6 6 Bernard Balleret 6 6 12 5 1 Richard Lewis 8 4 10 7 6 Louis Borfiga Michel Borfiga 2 1 1 David Lloyd John Lloyd 6 6 6 Louis Borfiga 6 6 6 1 1 Richard Lewis 2 2 8 6 6 Bernard Balleret 1 2 John Lloyd 6 6 Israel vs. Austria Israel Austria Tel Aviv, Israelhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-A-PR-ISR-AUT-01 Israel v Austria daviscup.com 17–19 March 1978 Hard 2 3 Shlomo Glickstein 4 3 6 7 Peter Feigl 6 6 1 9 Steve Krulevitz 4 4 6 6 6 Hans Kary 6 6 4 1 2 Steve Krulevitz Yair Wertheimer 6 4 5 Peter Feigl Hans Kary 8 6 7 Steve Krulevitz 6 8 6 Peter Feigl 4 6 3 Shlomo Glickstein 6 9 4 6 3 Hans Kary 3 7 6 8 6 Czechoslovakia vs. Netherlands Czechoslovakia Netherlands Prague, Czechoslovakiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-A-PR-TCH-NED-01 Czechoslovakia v Netherlands daviscup.com 17–19 March 1978 Clay (indoors) 3 1 Jan Kodeš 6 7 6 3 4 Tom Okker 4 9 0 6 6 Jiří Hřebec 6 7 6 Louk Sanders 2 5 3 Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd 9 6 6 Tom Okker Louk Sanders 7 2 2 Jiří Hřebec 6 2 6 6 Tom Okker 3 6 1 4 Tomáš Šmíd 4 3 Louk Sanders 6 6 3 Poland vs. Iran Poland Iran 1964 Warsaw, Polandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-A-PR-POL-IRI-01 Poland v Iran daviscup.com 17–19 March 1978 4 1 Wojciech Fibak 6 7 6 Moharram-Ali Khodai 0 5 0 Czesław Dobrowolski 6 4 6 6 3 Mansour Bahrami 8 6 4 3 6 Wojciech Fibak Tadeusz Nowicki 6 6 6 Mansour Bahrami Kamyab Derafshijavan 1 1 4 Wojciech Fibak 6 6 6 Mansour Bahrami 3 1 2 Czesław Dobrowolski 6 6 6 Moharram-Ali Khodai 1 0 4 Main draw Draw 16–18 June 13–15 July 15–17 September FRA bye Bristol, United Kingdom (grass) GBR 5 AUT 0 Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) TCH 3 POL 2 bye ROU 1965 Paris, France (clay) FRA 2 GBR 3 Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) TCH 5 ROU 1965 0 Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass) GBR 5 TCH 0 Quarterfinals Great Britain vs. Austria Great Britain Austria Bristol Lawn Tennis Club, Bristol, United Kingdomhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-A-M-GBR-AUT-01 Great Britain v Austria daviscup.com 16–18 June 1978 Grass 5 0 John Lloyd 7 6 2 9 Peter Feigl 5 2 6 7 Buster Mottram 6 6 6 Hans Kary 2 3 1 David Lloyd Buster Mottram 4 6 4 6 6 Peter Feigl Cliff Letcher 6 3 6 4 3 Richard Lewis 3 6 8 6 Robert Reininger 6 4 6 4 Buster Mottram 6 6 6 Peter Feigl 4 3 1 Czechoslovakia vs. Poland Czechoslovakia Poland 1928 Prague, Czechoslovakiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-A-M-TCH-POL-01 Czechoslovakia v Poland daviscup.com 16–18 June 1978 Clay 3 2 Jan Kodeš 6 6 7 Henryk Drzymalski 0 3 5 Jiří Hřebec 5 5 4 Wojciech Fibak 7 7 6 Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd 8 6 7 Wojciech Fibak Tadeusz Nowicki 6 3 5 Jan Kodeš 6 4 2 Wojciech Fibak 8 6 6 Jiří Hřebec 6 6 3 6 Henryk Drzymalski 1 1 6 4 Semifinals France vs. Great Britain France Great Britain Stade Roland Garros, Paris, Francehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-A-M-FRA-GBR-01 France v Great Britain daviscup.com 13–15 July 1978 Clay 2 3 Yannick Noah 6 3 7 3 Buster Mottram 3 6 9 6 Éric Deblicker 2 2 6 6 3 John Lloyd 6 6 4 3 6 François Jauffret Yannick Noah 6 6 7 David Lloyd John Lloyd 3 1 5 Éric Deblicker 5 4 1 Buster Mottram 7 6 6 Yannick Noah 6 6 7 John Lloyd 3 2 5 Czechoslovakia vs. Romania Czechoslovakia Romania 1965 Prague, Czechoslovakiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-A-M-TCH-ROU-01 Czechoslovakia v Romania daviscup.com 13–15 July 1978 Clay 5 0 Pavel Složil 6 6 7 Andrei Dîrzu 2 4 5 Tomáš Šmíd 7 6 6 6 Dumitru Hărădău 5 1 8 1 Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd 6 6 6 Andrei Dîrzu Florin Segărceanu 4 2 4 Pavel Složil 6 6 Florin Segărceanu 3 4 Tomáš Šmíd 6 6 Andrei Dîrzu 3 2 Final Great Britain vs. Czechoslovakia Great Britain Czechoslovakia Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, United Kingdomhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-A-M-GBR-TCH-01 Great Britain v Czechoslovakia daviscup.com 15–17 September 1978 Grass 5 0 John Lloyd 9 6 4 5 12 Jiří Hřebec 7 3 6 7 10 Buster Mottram 6 7 7 Ivan Lendl 4 5 5 Mark Cox David Lloyd 6 13 6 2 6 Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd 4 15 4 6 4 Mark Cox 6 6 6 Ivan Lendl 2 4 3 Buster Mottram 5 3 6 6 6 Jiří Hřebec 7 6 3 4 0 Zone B Pre-qualifying round Draw 27–29 August 1977 Pre-qualifying round Casablanca, Morocco MAR 5 TUR 0 Results Morocco vs. Turkey Morocco Turkey Casablanca, Moroccohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-B-PQ-MAR-TUR-01 Morocco v Turkey daviscup.com 27–29 August 1977 5 0 Mustapha Dislam 6 6 6 Ali Yenilmez 3 2 3 Omar Laimina 6 6 6 Remzi Aydın 1 0 1 Mustapha Dislam Omar Laimina 6 6 6 Remzi Aydın Ali Yenilmez 2 0 0 Houcine Saber 6 6 6 Ali Yenilmez 3 4 2 Mohammed Dlimi 6 6 7 Cevdet Cika 0 3 5 Preliminary rounds Draw 2 y 16–18 September 1977 17–19 March First Round Qualifying Round Casablanca, Morocco (clay) MAR 4 NOR 1 bye YUG Dublin, Ireland (grass) IRL 4 POR 1 bye SWE HUN bye Brussels, Belgium (clay) BEL 3 DEN 2 Lucerne, Switzerland SUI 5 EGY 1972 0 bye FRG Casablanca, Morocco MAR 0 YUG 5 Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard) IRL 0 SWE 5 Pécs, Hungary HUN 4 BEL 1 Zürich, Switzerland SUI 0 FRG 5 First round Morocco vs. Norway Morocco Norway Casablanca, Moroccohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-B-PR-MAR-NOR-01 Morocco v Norway daviscup.com 16–18 September 1977 Clay 4 1 Houcine Saber 6 6 6 Frithjof Prydz 2 3 3 Omar Laimina 7 5 6 3 7 Per Hegna 5 7 1 6 5 Mustapha Dislam Mohammed Dlimi 6 6 6 10 7 Frithjof Prydz Erik Ulleberg 3 8 8 8 5 Houcine Saber 3 1 1 Per Hegna 6 6 6 Omar Laimina 6 6 6 Frithjof Prydz 2 2 2 Ireland vs. Portugal Ireland Portugal Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-B-PR-IRL-POR-01 Ireland v Portugal daviscup.com 16–18 September 1977 Grass 4 1 Kevin Menton 6 7 4 4 6 Arsénio Marta 2 5 6 6 3 Sean Sorensen 6 6 10 Sergio Cruz 2 4 8 Michael Hickey Sean Sorensen 6 6 6 Manuel de Sousa Miguel Soares 1 2 2 Kevin Menton 5 4 4 Sergio Cruz 7 6 6 Sean Sorensen 6 6 6 Arsénio Marta 0 2 4 Belgium vs. Denmark Belgium Denmark Brussels, Belgiumhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-B-PR-BEL-DEN-01 Belgium v Denmark daviscup.com 16–18 September 1977 Clay 3 2 Thierry Stevaux 6 6 1 4 6 Lars Elvstrøm 3 0 6 6 8 Bernard Boileau 5 3 6 6 6 Torben Ulrich 7 6 2 3 4 Bernard Boileau Thierry Stevaux 2 7 3 3 Tom Christensen Lars Elvstrøm 6 5 6 6 Thierry Stevaux 6 6 6 Torben Ulrich 3 1 3 Bernard Boileau 6 6 6 Lars Elvstrøm 2 2 1 Switzerland vs. Egypt Switzerland Egypt 1972 Lucerne, Switzerlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-B-PR-SUI-EGY-01 Switzerland v Egypt daviscup.com 16–18 September 1977 5 0 Max Hürlimann 6 6 6 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 0 1 3 Heinz Günthardt 6 6 6 Mohammed-Abdul Fatah 0 1 2 Petr Kanderal Dimitri Sturdza 6 6 6 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka Mohammed-Abdul Fatah 1 1 3 Heinz Günthardt 6 6 6 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 1 0 0 Petr Kanderal 6 4 10 7 Mohammed-Abdul Fatah 0 6 8 5 Qualifying round Morocco vs. Yugoslavia Morocco Yugoslavia Casablanca, Moroccohttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-B-PR-MAR-YUG-01 Morocco v Yugoslavia daviscup.com 17–19 March 1978 0 5 Omar Laimina 6 2 2 4 Dragan Savić 4 6 6 6 Mustapha Dislam 0 4 2 Zoltan Ilin 6 6 6 Mustapha Dislam Mohammed Dlimi 5 4 6 Zoltan Ilin Dragan Savić 7 6 8 Mustapha Dislam 4 2 2 Dragan Savić 6 6 6 Omar Laimina 6 3 1 0 Zoltan Ilin 4 6 6 6 Ireland vs. Sweden Ireland Sweden Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Irelandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-B-PR-IRL-SWE-01 Ireland v Sweden daviscup.com 17–19 March 1978 Hard (indoors) 0 5 Michael Hickey 1 1 0 Björn Borg 6 6 6 Sean Sorensen 6 6 7 3 2 Kjell Johansson 3 3 9 6 6 Michael Hickey Sean Sorensen 6 2 4 1 Ove Bengtson Tenny Svensson 4 6 6 6 Sean Sorensen 0 2 0 Björn Borg 6 6 6 Kevin Menton 0 0 0 Kjell Johansson 6 6 6 Hungary vs. Belgium Hungary Belgium Pécs, Hungaryhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-B-PR-HUN-BEL-01 Hungary v Belgium daviscup.com 17–19 March 1978 4 1 Péter Szőke 7 6 6 Bernard Boileau 5 4 1 Balázs Taróczy 12 6 6 Patrick Hombergen 10 3 3 Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy 6 8 6 6 Bernard Boileau Thierry Stevaux 3 10 2 1 Péter Szőke 6 6 6 Patrick Hombergen 3 2 2 János Benyik 6 4 1 6 3 Bernard Boileau 3 6 6 3 6 Switzerland vs. West Germany Switzerland West Germany Zürich, Switzerlandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-B-PR-SUI-FRG-01 Switzerland v West Germany daviscup.com 17–19 March 1978 0 5 Michel Burgener 4 3 2 Peter Elter 6 6 6 Heinz Günthardt 10 6 2 4 6 Ulrich Pinner 8 4 6 6 8 Petr Kanderal Dimitri Sturdza 4 2 3 Ulrich Pinner Reinhart Probst 6 6 6 Michel Burgener 6 4 4 2 Ulrich Pinner 2 6 6 6 Heinz Günthardt 3 7 6 7 Peter Elter 6 9 2 9 Main draw Draw 13–18 June 13–16 July 15–17 September ESP 1977 bye Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay) YUG 2 SWE 3 Budapest, Hungary HUN 3 FRG 2 bye ITA Båstad, Sweden (clay) ESP 1977 2 SWE 3 Budapest, Hungary HUN 4 ITA 1 Båstad, Sweden (clay) SWE 3 HUN 1 Quarterfinals Yugoslavia vs. Sweden Yugoslavia Sweden Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslaviahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-B-M-YUG-SWE-01 Yugoslavia v Sweden daviscup.com 13–15 June 1978 Clay 2 3 Željko Franulović 3 11 7 7 Kjell Johansson 6 9 5 5 Zoltan Ilin 0 0 2 Björn Borg 6 6 6 Željko Franulović Zoltan Ilin 6 2 0 0 Ove Bengtson Björn Borg 4 6 6 6 Zoltan Ilin 4 6 3 6 6 Tenny Svensson 6 4 6 0 3 Željko Franulović 2 2 7 Björn Borg 6 6 9 Hungary vs. West Germany Hungary West Germany Budapest, Hungaryhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-B-M-HUN-FRG-01 Hungary v West Germany daviscup.com 16–18 June 1978 3 2 Balázs Taróczy 6 6 6 Ulrich Pinner 1 2 1 Péter Szőke 6 4 2 3 Peter Elter 4 6 6 6 Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy 6 4 7 6 Ulrich Pinner Reinhart Probst 1 6 5 2 Balázs Taróczy 6 6 6 Peter Elter 0 1 4 Péter Szőke 2 2 3 Ulrich Pinner 6 6 6 Semifinals Sweden vs. Spain Sweden Spain 1977 Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Swedenhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-B-M-SWE-ESP-01 Sweden v Spain daviscup.com 14–16 July 1978 Clay 3 2 Kjell Johansson 6 6 5 6 José Higueras 2 2 7 2 Björn Borg 6 5 6 6 Manuel Orantes 2 7 3 3 Ove Bengtson Björn Borg 6 2 2 4 José Higueras Manuel Orantes 3 6 6 6 Kjell Johansson 4 4 5 Manuel Orantes 6 6 7 Björn Borg 6 6 6 José Higueras 1 4 2 Hungary vs. Italy Hungary Italy Budapest, Hungaryhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-B-M-HUN-ITA-01 Hungary v Italy daviscup.com 13–15 July 1978 4 1 Péter Szőke 6 1 5 3 Corrado Barazzutti 2 6 7 6 Balázs Taróczy 6 6 11 Adriano Panatta 4 3 9 Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy 6 6 6 Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 3 2 4 Péter Szőke 6 3 6 8 Adriano Panatta 3 6 0 6 Balázs Taróczy 6 6 6 Corrado Barazzutti 3 4 4 Final Sweden vs. Hungary Sweden Hungary Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Swedenhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1978-EUR-B-M-SWE-HUN-01 Sweden v Hungary daviscup.com 15–17 September 1978 Clay 3 1 Kjell Johansson 7 6 6 Balázs Taróczy 5 2 4 Björn Borg 6 6 6 Péter Szőke 2 0 0 Ove Bengtson Tenny Svensson 2 1 10 Péter Szőke Balázs Taróczy 6 6 12 Kjell Johansson 3 7 6 3 6 Péter Szőke 6 5 1 6 1 Tenny Svensson 2 6 5 Balázs Taróczy 6 4 5 3 References Category:Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Europe Zone Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup