1967 Davis Cup

1967 edition of the Davis Cup July 2023 1967 Davis Cup 25 March – 28 December 1967 56th 48 AUS 1966 1968 The 1967 Davis Cup was the 56th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 32 teams entered the Europe Zone, 9 teams entered the Eastern Zone, and 7 teams entered the America Zone. Ecuador defeated the United States in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, India defeated Japan in the Eastern Inter-Zonal final, and Spain and South Africa were the winners of the two Europe sub-zones, defeating the Soviet Union and Brazil respectively. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Spain defeated Ecuador and South Africa defeated India in the semifinals, and then Spain defeated South Africa in the final. Spain were then defeated by the defending champions Australia in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Milton Courts in Brisbane, Australia on 26–28 December.Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–496, 499 2ndThe Encyclopedia of Tennis 1974 Allen & Unwin London 0047960426 Max Robertson 384 America Zone 1967 Davis Cup America Zone North & Central America Zone 15–30 April 27–30 May Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago USA 5 Caribbean/West Indies 0 Mexico City, Mexico (clay) NZL 1 MEX 1934 4 Mexico City, Mexico (clay) USA 4 MEX 1934 1 South America Zone 30 April–2 May 28–30 May Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) VEN 1930 0 ARG 5 bye ECU 1900 Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) ARG 1 ECU 1900 4 Americas Inter-Zonal Final Ecuador vs. United States Ecuador 1900 United States Guayaquil Tennis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuadorhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1967-AMI-M-ECU-USA-01 Ecuador v United States daviscup.com 17–19 June 1967 Clay 3 2 Pancho Guzmán 2 6 6 4 Cliff Richey 6 2 8 6 Miguel Olvera 4 6 6 6 Arthur Ashe 6 4 4 2 Pancho Guzmán Miguel Olvera 0 9 6 4 8 Clark Graebner Marty Riessen 6 7 3 6 6 Pancho Guzmán 0 6 6 0 6 Arthur Ashe 6 4 2 6 3 Miguel Olvera 7 4 5 6 0 Cliff Richey 5 6 7 4 6 Eastern Zone 1967 Davis Cup Eastern Zone Zone A 25–27 March 14–16 April 5–8 May Manila, Philippines PHI 1936 5 KOR 1949 0 South Vietnam bye bye INA bye JPN 1947 Manila, Philippines PHI 1936 5 South Vietnam 0 Jakarta, Indonesia INA 0 JPN 1947 5 Tokyo, Japan PHI 1936 0 JPN 1947 5 Zone B 25–27 February 28–30 April Colombo, Ceylon (clay) IND 5 CEY 1951 0 IRI 1964 w/o MAS Tehran, Iran IND 4 IRI 1964 1 Eastern Inter-Zonal Final India vs. Japan India Japan 1947 New Delhi, Indiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1967-EAS-M-IND-JPN-01 India v Japan daviscup.com 29 September–1 October 1967 4 1 Premjit Lall 6 6 6 Koji Watanabe 2 4 2 Jaidip Mukerjea 3 6 5 9 6 Ichizō Konishi 6 3 7 7 3 Ramanathan Krishnan Premjit Lall 6 6 4 6 Isao Watanabe Koji Watanabe 2 4 6 0 Jaidip Mukerjea 8 2 2 1 Koji Watanabe 6 6 6 6 Premjit Lall 6 9 6 Ichizō Konishi 2 7 3 Europe Zone 1967 Davis Cup Europe Zone Zone A 28 April–8 May 19–23 May 7–10 June 14–16 July First Round Sofia, Bulgaria (clay) BUL 1946 5 POR 0 Bournemouth, England (clay) CAN 1 GBR 4 Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 1965 4 BEL 1 San Sebastián, Spain (clay) EGY 1958 0 ESP 1945 5 Geneva, Switzerland SUI 2 GRE old 3 Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) CHI 3 TCH 2 Helsinki, Finland (clay) FIN 1 DEN 4 Düsseldorf, West Germany URS 3 FRG 2 Sofia, Bulgaria (clay) BUL 1946 0 GBR 5 Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 1965 2 ESP 1945 3 Athens, Greece GRE old 2 CHI 3 Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) DEN 2 URS 3 Eastbourne, England (grass) GBR 2 ESP 1945 3 Moscow, Soviet Union CHI 0 URS 3 Barcelona, Spain (clay) ESP 1945 4 URS 1 Zone A Final Spain vs. Soviet Union Spain 1945 Soviet Union Real Club de Tenis, Barcelona, Spainhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1967-EUR-A-M-ESP-URS-01 Spain v Soviet Union daviscup.com 14–16 July 1967 Clay 4 1 Manuel Santana 6 6 6 Toomas Leius 3 4 1 Juan Gisbert 3 2 6 7 6 Alex Metreveli 6 6 3 5 2 José Luis Arilla Manuel Santana 3 6 4 4 Sergei Likhachev Alex Metreveli 6 3 6 6 Manuel Santana 6 6 6 Alex Metreveli 0 3 3 Juan Gisbert 2 6 6 6 Toomas Leius 6 4 3 0 Zone B 28 April–7 May 19–21 May 8–11 June 20–22 July First Round Paris, France (clay) FRA 5 NOR 0 Budapest, Hungary (clay) HUN 4 SWE 1 Monte Carlo, Monaco MON 5 TUR 0 Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) NED 2 RSA 1928 3 Verona, Italy (clay) ITA 5 AUT 0 Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg LUX 3 IRL 2 Warsaw, Poland POL 1928 5 ISR 0 Zagreb, Yugoslavia YUG 2 BRA 1960 3 Paris, France (clay) FRA 5 HUN 0 Monte Carlo, Monaco MON 0 RSA 1928 5 Piacenza, Italy (clay) ITA 5 LUX 0 Warsaw, Poland POL 1928 0 BRA 1960 5 Paris, France (clay) FRA 0 RSA 1928 5 Naples, Italy (clay) ITA 1 BRA 1960 3 Durban, South Africa RSA 1928 5 BRA 1960 0 Zone B Final South Africa vs. Brazil South Africa 1928 Brazil Durban, South Africahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1967-EUR-B-M-RSA-BRA-01 South Africa v Brazil daviscup.com 20–22 July 1967 5 0 Bob Hewitt 6 9 11 6 Thomaz Koch 4 11 9 2 Cliff Drysdale 6 8 6 José Edison Mandarino 2 6 2 Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 1 4 6 6 6 Thomaz Koch José Edison Mandarino 6 6 3 4 3 Bob Hewitt 1 3 6 6 6 José Edison Mandarino 6 6 4 2 0 Cliff Drysdale 6 8 6 Thomaz Koch 3 6 4 Inter-Zonal Zone Draw 21 September–12 November 30 November–4 December 4 Barcelona, Spain (clay) EUR-B RSA 1928 5 EAS IND 0 Barcelona, Spain (clay) AME ECU 1900 0 EUR-A ESP 1945 5 Johannesburg, South Africa (hard) EUR-B RSA 1928 2 EUR-A ESP 1945 3 Semifinals India vs. South Africa India South Africa 1928 Barcelona, Spainhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1967-INZ-M-IND-RSA-01 India v South Africa daviscup.com 10–12 November 1967 Clay 0 5 Ramanathan Krishnan 6 3 2 6 6 Bob Hewitt 3 6 6 2 8 Jaidip Mukerjea 1 0 0 Cliff Drysdale 6 6 6 Ramanathan Krishnan Jaidip Mukerjea 2 5 2 Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 6 7 6 Ramanathan Krishnan 5 4 6 3 Cliff Drysdale 7 6 3 6 Jaidip Mukerjea 1 2 3 Bob Maud 6 6 6 Spain vs. Ecuador Spain 1945 Ecuador 1900 Real Club de Tenis, Barcelona, Spainhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1967-INZ-M-ESP-ECU-01 Spain v Ecuador daviscup.com 21–23 September 1967 Clay 5 0 Manuel Santana 6 6 6 Pancho Guzmán 2 1 1 Juan Gisbert 3 6 6 6 Miguel Olvera 6 3 3 2 José Luis Arilla Manuel Santana 7 6 3 9 6 Pancho Guzmán Miguel Olvera 5 8 6 7 1 Manuel Santana 6 6 6 Miguel Olvera 3 4 1 Juan Gisbert 6 2 0 6 6 Pancho Guzmán 3 6 6 2 1 Final South Africa vs. Spain South Africa 1928 Spain 1945 Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1967-INZ-M-RSA-ESP-01 South Africa v Spain daviscup.com 30 November–4 December 1967 Hard 2 3 Ray Moore 3 2 4 Manuel Santana 6 6 6 Cliff Drysdale 6 6 6 Manuel Orantes 4 2 4 Cliff Drysdale Frew McMillan 4 3 11 José Luis Arilla Manuel Santana 6 6 13 Ray Moore 6 0 6 2 6 Manuel Orantes 4 6 4 6 4 Cliff Drysdale 3 3 6 2 Manuel Santana 6 6 3 6 Challenge Round Australia vs. Spain Australia Spain 1945 Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1967-WG-CHR-AUS-ESP-01 Australia v Spain daviscup.com 26–28 December 1967 Grass 4 1 Roy Emerson 6 6 6 Manuel Santana 4 1 1 John Newcombe 6 6 6 Manuel Orantes 3 3 2 John Newcombe Tony Roche 6 6 6 Manuel Orantes Manuel Santana 4 4 4 John Newcombe 5 4 2 Manuel Santana 7 6 6 Roy Emerson 6 6 2 6 Manuel Orantes 1 1 6 4 References External links Davis Cup Official Website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 18 October 2010 Category:Davis Cups by year Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup