1979 Davis Cup

1979 edition of the Davis Cup January 2025 1979 Davis Cup August 1978 – 16 December 1979 68th 49 USA 1978 1980 The 1979 Davis Cup was the 68th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 52 teams would enter the competition, 29 in the Europe Zone, 13 in the Americas Zone, and 10 in the Eastern Zone. Following years of protests from various national sides, South Africa were expelled from the Davis Cup for failing to abandon its apartheid policies. For many years the Davis Cup organisers had been reluctant to let political issues affect the competition, however following several years of defaults by national teams and threats of a boycott, the organisers of the tournament were forced to resolve the political disagreements by expelling the South African side.South Africa Expelled from Cup Play https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19780417&id=FQ9PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bgIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4837,4807800 27 October 2019 Toledo Blade Associated Press 17 April 1978 Canada, Mexico, Venezuela and the Caribbean/West Indies teams had all pulled out of the 1978 tournament, and in 1977 the United States, Great Britain and France had all withdrawn in protest to the continued politicisation of the Cup before eventually re-entering following concessions.Canada heads pullout from 1978 Davis Cup https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bJcuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iaEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6518,604605&dq=davis+cup+canada+1978 26 October 2019 Montreal Gazette Reuters 4 July 1977U.S. Withdraws from Davis Cup https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=edk0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=Kn4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6973,226181&dq=us+withdraws+from+davis+cup&hl=en 27 October 2019 Deseret News Associated Press 1 July 1976 South Africa would not be allowed to participate again in the Davis Cup until 1992, when significant progress had been made to bring about the end of apartheid. The United States defeated Argentina in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, Australia defeated New Zealand in the Eastern Zone final, and Italy and Czechoslovakia were the winners of the two Europe Zones, defeating Great Britain and Sweden respectively. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, the United States defeated Australia and Italy defeated Czechoslovakia in the semifinals. The United States then defeated Italy in the final to win their 26th title overall and their second consecutive title. The final was held at the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, United States on 14–16 December.Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–496, 499 2nd Americas Zone 1979 Davis Cup Americas Zone North & Central America Zone Preliminary rounds 2 6–8 October 1978 27–29 October 1978 First Round Qualifying Round MEX bye bye CAN COL bye Nassau, Bahamas Caribbean/West Indies 2 VEN 1930 3 Mexico City, Mexico (clay) MEX 3 CAN 2 Bogotá, Colombia COL 4 VEN 1930 1 Main Draw 8–10 December 1978 16–18 March USA bye Mexico City, Mexico (clay) MEX 2 COL 3 Cleveland, Ohio, United States (indoor hard) USA 5 COL 0 South America Zone Preliminary rounds 2 22 September–8 October 1978 27 October–1 November 1978 First Round Qualifying Round ARG bye Guayaquil, Ecuador (indoor carpet) ECU 1900 4 PER 1 Cochabamba, Bolivia (clay) BOL 0 BRA 1968 5 bye URU Guayaquil, Ecuador (indoor carpet) ARG 4 ECU 1900 1 Itu, Brazil BRA 1968 4 URU 0 Main Draw 8–10 December 1978 16–18 March Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) ARG 5 BRA 1968 0 bye CHI Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) ARG 3 CHI 2 Americas Inter-Zonal Final United States vs. Argentina United States Argentina Racquet Club of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, United Stateshttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-AMI-M-USA-ARG-01 United States v Argentina daviscup.com 14–16 September 1979 Carpet (indoors) 4 1 Vitas Gerulaitis 6 7 6 José Luis Clerc 1 5 1 John McEnroe 6 6 6 Guillermo Vilas 2 3 2 Bob Lutz Stan Smith 2 4 11 6 6 José Luis Clerc Guillermo Vilas 6 6 9 4 1 John McEnroe 6 6 José Luis Clerc 2 3 Vitas Gerulaitis 7 3 Guillermo Vilas 9 0 2 Eastern Zone 1979 Davis Cup Eastern Zone Preliminary rounds 2 2–4 October 1978 3–5 November 1978 Pre-qualifying round Preliminary round PHI 1936 bye Peshawar, Pakistan PAK 3 KOR 1949 2 TPE w/o MAS bye INA PHI 1936 PAK w/o Jakarta, Indonesia TPE 0 INA 4 Main Draw 5–10 December 1978 9–12 February 16–19 March NZL bye Kasuga, Japan JPN 1947 4 PAK 1 Ahmedabad, India INA 1 IND 4 bye AUS Christchurch, New Zealand (grass) NZL 3 JPN 1947 0 Madras, India (clay) IND 2 AUS 3 Christchurch, New Zealand (grass) NZL 2 AUS 3 Final New Zealand vs. Australia New Zealand Australia Wilding Park, Christchurch, New Zealandhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EAS-M-NZL-AUS-01 New Zealand v Australia daviscup.com 16–19 March 1979 Grass 2 3 Onny Parun 3 6 6 6 Mark Edmondson 6 3 3 2 Russell Simpson 4 6 5 4 John Alexander 6 4 7 6 Onny Parun Russell Simpson 4 7 3 John Alexander Phil Dent 6 9 6 Russell Simpson 3 2 4 Mark Edmondson 6 6 6 Onny Parun 7 6 6 John Alexander 5 3 3 Europe Zone 1979 Davis Cup Europe Zone Zone A Preliminary rounds 2 y 15–17 September 1978 16–18 March First Round Qualifying Round POL 1928 bye Helsinki, Finland FIN 5 MAR 0 ITA bye Athens, Greece (clay) GRE old 1 DEN 4 AUT bye Cairo, Egypt (clay) EGY 1972 5 POR 0 ESP 1977 bye Monte Carlo, Monaco MON 1 URS 4 Warsaw, Poland POL 1928 4 FIN 1 Palermo, Italy (clay) ITA 5 DEN 0 Vienna, Austria AUT 5 EGY 1972 0 Barcelona, Spain ESP 1977 5 URS 0 Main Draw 15–17 June 13–15 July 14–16 September HUN bye Warsaw, Poland POL 1928 1 ITA 4 Vienna, Austria AUT 1 ESP 1977 3 bye GBR Rome, Italy (clay) HUN 2 ITA 3 Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass) ESP 1977 1 GBR 4 Rome, Italy (clay) ITA 4 GBR 1 Final Italy vs. Great Britain Italy Great Britain Foro Italico, Rome, Italyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-A-M-ITA-GBR-01 Italy v Great Britain daviscup.com 14–16 September 1979 Clay 4 1 Adriano Panatta 0 4 4 Buster Mottram 6 6 6 Corrado Barazzutti 6 6 6 John Lloyd 1 4 4 Corrado Barazzutti Antonio Zugarelli 7 10 6 Mark Cox David Lloyd 5 8 1 Adriano Panatta 6 6 6 John Lloyd 3 2 3 Corrado Barazzutti 8 7 Buster Mottram 6 5 Zone B Pre-qualifying round August 1978 Pre-qualifying round Ankara, Turkey TUR 0 IRI 1964 5 Preliminary rounds 2 y 15–17 September 1978 16–18 March First Round Qualifying Round Amersfoort, Netherlands (clay) NED 4 NOR 1 bye FRA Geneva, Switzerland SUI 3 IRI 1964 2 bye YUG ISR w/o NGR bye FRG Brussels, Belgium BEL 5 IRL 0 bye ROU 1965 Amsterdam, Netherlands (indoor carpet) NED 2 FRA 3 Zürich, Switzerland SUI 4 YUG 1 Augsburg, West Germany ISR 2 FRG 3 Brussels, Belgium BEL 1 ROU 1965 4 Main Draw 15–17 June 13–15 July 14–16 September TCH bye Paris, France (clay) FRA 5 SUI 0 Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 1965 4 FRG 1 bye SWE Paris, France (clay) TCH 4 FRA 1 Bucharest, Romania (clay) ROU 1965 2 SWE 3 Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) TCH 3 SWE 2 Final Czechoslovakia vs. Sweden Czechoslovakia Sweden Štvanice Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-EUR-B-M-TCH-SWE-01 Czechoslovakia v Sweden daviscup.com 14–16 September 1979 Clay 3 2 Tomáš Šmíd 6 6 6 Kjell Johansson 4 3 2 Ivan Lendl 4 5 2 Björn Borg 6 7 6 Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd 2 6 6 6 Ove Bengtson Björn Borg 6 3 4 0 Ivan Lendl 8 6 6 4 6 Kjell Johansson 10 4 4 6 1 Tomáš Šmíd 3 Per Hjertquist 5 1 Inter-Zonal Zone Draw 5–8 October 14–16 December 4 Sydney, Australia (grass) AME USA 4 EAS AUS 1 Rome, Italy (clay) EUR-B TCH 1 EUR-A ITA 4 San Francisco, United States (indoor carpet) AME USA 5 EUR-A ITA 0 Semifinals Australia vs. United States Australia United States White City Stadium, Sydney, Australiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-INZ-M-AUS-USA-01 Australia v United States daviscup.com 5–8 October 1979 Grass 1 4 Mark Edmondson 8 16 8 3 3 Vitas Gerulaitis 6 14 10 6 6 John Alexander 7 2 7 John McEnroe 9 6 9 John Alexander Phil Dent 9 6 6 Bob Lutz Stan Smith 7 4 4 John Alexander 7 4 6 2 Vitas Gerulaitis 5 6 8 6 Mark Edmondson 3 4 John McEnroe 6 6 Italy vs. Czechoslovakia Italy Czechoslovakia Foro Italico, Rome, Italyhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-INZ-M-ITA-TCH-01 Italy v Czechoslovakia daviscup.com 5–7 October 1979 Clay 4 1 Corrado Barazzutti 1 6 1 6 5 Tomáš Šmíd 6 3 6 3 7 Adriano Panatta 6 1 6 6 Ivan Lendl 4 6 0 0 Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 6 6 6 6 Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd 8 2 1 2 Corrado Barazzutti 4 6 6 3 7 Ivan Lendl 6 1 2 6 5 Adriano Panatta 6 6 Tomáš Šmíd 3 2 Final United States vs. Italy United States Italy Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, United Stateshttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1979-WG-M-USA-ITA-01 United States v Italy daviscup.com 14–16 December 1979 Carpet (indoors) 5 0 Vitas Gerulaitis 6 3 Corrado Barazzutti 2 2 2 John McEnroe 6 6 6 Adriano Panatta 2 3 4 Bob Lutz Stan Smith 6 12 6 Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta 4 10 2 John McEnroe 6 6 6 Antonio Zugarelli 4 3 1 Vitas Gerulaitis 6 6 6 Adriano Panatta 1 3 3 References Category:Davis Cups by year Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup