1972 Davis Cup

1972 edition of the Davis Cup 1972 Davis Cup 20 March – 15 October 1972 61st 52 USA 1971 1973 The 1972 Davis Cup was the 61st edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 55 teams would enter the competition, 33 in the Europe Zone, 11 in the Americas Zone, and 11 in the Eastern Zone. From this year's tournament onward, the Challenge Round was abolished, meaning the defending champion would now play in all matches rather than receiving a bye to the final, and the winner of the Inter-Zonal Zone would win the Davis Cup. The United States defeated Chile in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, Australia defeated India in the Eastern Inter-Zonal final, and Romania and Spain were the winners of the two Europe Zones, defeating the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia respectively. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, the United States defeated Spain and Romania defeated Australia in the semifinals. The United States then defeated Romania in the final, giving the United States their fifth straight title. The final was played at the Club Sportiv Progresul in Bucharest, Romania on 13–15 October.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 Americas Zone 1972 Davis Cup Americas Zone North & Central America Zone 20–22 March; 12–14 May 16–18 June Kingston, Jamaica (indoor carpet) USA 4 Caribbean/West Indies 1 Vancouver, Canada (clay) CAN 2 MEX 3 Mexico City, Mexico (clay) USA 5 MEX 0 South America Zone 20–26 March 8–10 April 21–23 April ARG bye Rio de Janeiro, Brazil BRA 1968 4 VEN 1930 0 Santiago, Chile CHI 4 PER 1 Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) ECU 1900 1 COL 4 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (clay) ARG 2 BRA 1968 3 Santiago, Chile CHI 4 COL 1 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil BRA 1968 2 CHI 3 Americas Inter-Zonal Final Chile vs. United States Chile United States Stade Français, Santiago, Chilehttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1972-AMI-M-CHI-USA-01 Chile v United States daviscup.com 21–24 July 1972 0 5 Jaime Pinto Bravo 1 5 2 Stan Smith 6 7 6 Patricio Cornejo 7 6 1 6 2 Harold Solomon 9 4 6 3 6 Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol 2 4 6 6 3 Stan Smith Erik van Dillen 6 6 4 3 6 Jaime Pinto Bravo 1 1 2 Harold Solomon 6 6 6 Patricio Cornejo 4 6 7 1 Stan Smith 6 1 9 6 Eastern Zone 1972 Davis Cup Eastern Zone Zone A 24–26 March 8–16 April 28–30 April AUS bye KOR 1949 w/o PHI 1936 Saigon, South Vietnam South Vietnam 5 TPE 0 Hong Kong HKG 1959 0 JPN 1947 5 Seoul, South Korea AUS 5 KOR 1949 0 Saigon, South Vietnam South Vietnam 2 JPN 1947 3 Tokyo, Japan AUS 4 JPN 1947 1 Zone B 1–3 April 28–30 April Lucknow, India IND 5 CEY 1951 0 MAS w/o PAK Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia IND 5 MAS 0 Eastern Inter-Zonal Final India vs. Australia India Australia Bangalore, Indiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1972-EAS-M-IND-AUS-01 India v Australia daviscup.com 16–18 May 1972 0 5 Vijay Amritraj 4 4 2 Mal Anderson 6 6 6 Jaidip Mukerjea 3 3 6 6 3 Geoff Masters 6 6 3 1 6 Premjit Lall Jaidip Mukerjea 2 4 6 3 Colin Dibley Geoff Masters 6 6 3 6 Anand Amritraj 1 6 5 Ross Case 6 8 7 Vijay Amritraj 5 6 3 2 Colin Dibley 7 4 6 6 Europe Zone 1972 Davis Cup Europe Zone Zone A 21–23 April Preliminary Round Tel Aviv, Israel (hard) ISR 1 IRI 1964 4 1–13 May 18–22 May 9–18 June 21–23 July First Round Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 1965 5 SUI 0 Tehran, Iran IRI 1964 4 EGY 1972 1 Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay) ITA 5 AUT 0 Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) NED 5 NOR 0 Helsinki, Finland (clay) FIN 2 DEN 3 Warsaw, Poland POL 1928 3 YUG 1 Beirut, Lebanon (clay) LIB 0 MAR 5 Tbilisi, Soviet Union URS 3 HUN 2 Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 1965 5 IRI 1964 0 San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy (clay) ITA 4 NED 1 Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) DEN 0 POL 1928 5 Casablanca, Morocco MAR 0 URS 5 Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 1965 4 ITA 1 Warsaw, Poland POL 1928 0 URS 4 Tbilisi, Soviet Union ROU 1965 3 URS 2 Zone A Final Soviet Union vs. Romania Soviet Union Romania 1965 Tbilisi, Soviet Unionhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1972-EUR-A-M-URS-ROU-01 Soviet Union v Romania daviscup.com 21–23 July 1972 2 3 Alex Metreveli 4 0 4 Ilie Năstase 6 6 6 Teimuraz Kakulia 6 7 6 Ion Țiriac 4 5 1 Sergei Likhachev Alex Metreveli 2 4 3 Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac 6 6 6 Alex Metreveli 2 6 1 6 6 Ion Țiriac 6 4 6 4 3 Teimuraz Kakulia 2 2 3 Ilie Năstase 6 6 6 Zone B 28 April–7 May 19–22 May 14–18 June 21–24 July First Round Brussels, Belgium (clay) TCH 3 BEL 2 Båstad, Sweden (clay) SWE 4 NZL 1 Athens, Greece GRE 1970 0 FRG 5 Cork, Ireland IRL 5 TUR 0 Paris, France (clay) FRA 4 GBR 1 Sofia, Bulgaria BUL 1971 0 ESP 1945 5 Monte Carlo, Monaco MON 3 LUX 2 POR w/o RSA 1928 Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) TCH 3 SWE 1 West Berlin FRG 5 IRL 0 Paris, France (clay) FRA 2 ESP 1945 3 Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay) MON 3 POR 2 Düsseldorf, West Germany (clay) TCH 3 FRG 2 Avilés, Spain ESP 1945 5 MON 0 Barcelona, Spain (clay) TCH 2 ESP 1945 3 Zone B Final Spain vs. Czechoslovakia Spain 1945 Czechoslovakia Barcelona, Spainhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1972-EUR-B-M-ESP-TCH-01 Spain v Czechoslovakia daviscup.com 21–24 July 1972 Clay 3 2 Juan Gisbert 8 6 5 0 6 Jan Kodeš 6 4 7 6 4 Manuel Orantes 5 4 6 7 4 František Pála 7 6 0 5 6 Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes 10 6 7 6 Jan Kodeš Jan Kukal 12 2 5 4 Juan Gisbert 6 6 4 6 František Pála 3 3 6 0 Antonio Muñoz 4 0 3 Jiří Hřebec 6 6 6 Inter-Zonal Zone Draw 4–7 August 13–15 October 4 Barcelona, Spain (clay) EUR-B ESP 1945 2 AME USA 3 Bucharest, Romania (clay) EAS AUS 1 EUR-A ROU 1965 4 Bucharest, Romania (clay) AME USA 3 EUR-A ROU 1965 2 Semifinals Spain vs. United States Spain 1945 United States Real Club de Tenis, Barcelona, Spainhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1972-INZ-M-ESP-USA-01 Spain v United States daviscup.com 4–7 August 1972 Clay 2 3 Andrés Gimeno 6 7 6 6 Stan Smith 8 5 3 4 Juan Gisbert 7 5 6 6 4 Harold Solomon 9 7 0 1 6 Andrés Gimeno Juan Gisbert 3 6 2 3 Stan Smith Erik van Dillen 6 0 6 6 Andrés Gimeno 6 6 2 6 Harold Solomon 3 1 6 2 Juan Gisbert 9 8 4 Stan Smith 11 10 6 Romania vs. Australia Romania 1965 Australia Bucharest, Romaniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1972-INZ-M-ROU-AUS-01 Romania v Australia daviscup.com 4–7 August 1972 Clay 4 1 Ion Țiriac 6 6 6 4 4 Mal Anderson 2 2 8 6 6 Ilie Năstase 6 6 6 Colin Dibley 3 0 2 Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac 6 6 6 Mal Anderson Colin Dibley 2 2 2 Ion Țiriac 6 3 11 6 6 Colin Dibley 3 6 13 3 0 Ilie Năstase 6 6 4 6 Mal Anderson 2 2 6 3 Final Romania vs. United States Romania 1965 United States Club Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest, Romaniahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1972-WG-M-ROU-USA-01 Romania v United States daviscup.com 13–15 October 1972 Clay 2 3 Ilie Năstase 9 2 3 Stan Smith 11 6 6 Ion Țiriac 4 2 6 6 6 Tom Gorman 6 6 4 3 2 Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac 2 0 3 Stan Smith Erik van Dillen 6 6 6 Ion Țiriac 6 2 4 6 0 Stan Smith 4 6 6 2 6 Ilie Năstase 6 6 5 10 Tom Gorman 1 2 7 8 References External links Davis Cup Official Website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 2010-10-18 Category:Davis Cups by year Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup