1971 Davis Cup

1971 Davis Cup
Details
Duration	19 March – 11 October 1971
Edition	60th
Teams	51
Champion
Winning Nation	United States
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Last updated June 19, 2023

The 1971 Davis Cup was the 60th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 28 teams entered the Europe Zone, 13 teams entered the Americas Zone, and 9 teams entered the Eastern Zone. Bolivia made its first appearance in the tournament.

In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Brazil defeated Czechoslovakia and Romania defeated India in the semifinals, and then Romania defeated Brazil in the final. Romania were then defeated by the defending champions the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Olde Providence Racquet Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States on 8–11 October.^[1]^[2]^[3]

1971 was the last year the Davis Cup was played under the Challenge Round format.

South Africa was excluded from the tournament as part of the growing international opposition to its apartheid policies.^[4]

Americas Zone

North & Central America Zone

Quarterfinals
8–10 May

Semifinals
7–30 May

Final
4–6 June

Mexico City, Mexico (clay)

Mexico

5

Mexico City, Mexico (clay)

South Korea

0

Mexico

3

Canada

2

Canada

Mexico City, Mexico (clay)

bye

Mexico

3

New Zealand

2

bye

Kingston, Jamaica

Caribbean/West Indies

1

New Zealand

4

bye

New Zealand

South America Zone

Quarterfinals
19 March–6 April

Semifinals
9–18 April

Final
22–24 April

Porto Alegre, Brazil

Brazil

5

Porto Alegre, Brazil (clay)

Bolivia

0

Brazil

4

Guayaquil, Ecuador (hard)

Ecuador

1

Ecuador

4

Santiago, Chile

Venezuela

1

Brazil

3

Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)

Chile

2

Uruguay

0

Santiago, Chile

Argentina

5

Argentina

1

Bogotá, Colombia

Chile

4

Colombia

2

Chile

3

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

Mexico vs. Brazil

Mexico
2

Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico^[5]
17–19 July 1971
Clay

Brazil
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Marcelo Lara Thomaz Koch	4 6	2 6	1 6
2	Joaquín Loyo Mayo José Edison Mandarino	6 4	3 6	4 6	7 5	6 1
3	Joaquín Loyo Mayo / Vicente Zarazúa Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino	8 6	7 5	6 2
4	Marcelo Lara José Edison Mandarino	4 6	3 6	7 9
5	Joaquín Loyo Mayo Thomaz Koch	5 7	6 4	9 7	4 6	7 9

Eastern Zone

Zone A

Quarterfinals
27–29 March

Semifinals
2–5 April

Final
23–25 April

Hong Kong

Australia

5

Jakarta, Indonesia

Hong Kong

0

Australia

3

Indonesia

2

Indonesia

Tokyo, Japan

bye

Australia

2

Japan

3

bye

Manila, Philippines

Philippines

1

Japan

4

bye

Japan

Zone B


Semifinals 30 March–4 April		Final

Colombo, Ceylon (clay)

India	4

Ceylon	0
		India	w/o
Lahore, Pakistan
		Pakistan
Malaysia	0

Pakistan	5

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

Japan vs. India

Japan
2

Denen Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan^[6]
15–17 May 1971
Clay

India
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Toshiro Sakai Jaidip Mukerjea	0 6	0 6	4 6
2	Keishiro Yanagi Premjit Lall	3 6	6 3	6 1	6 2
3	Jun Kamiwazumi / Toshiro Sakai Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea	9 7	1 6	6 3	1 6	6 8
4	Toshiro Sakai Premjit Lall	2 6	2 6	4 6
5	Keishiro Yanagi Jaidip Mukerjea	6 4	6 3	6 0

Europe Zone

Zone A

First Round
30 April–9 May

Quarterfinals
13–16 May

Semifinals
11–13 June

Final
16–18 July

Spain

Basel, Switzerland

bye

Spain

4

Switzerland

0

Switzerland

Barcelona, Spain

bye

Spain

4

Båstad, Sweden (clay)

France

1

Sweden

0

Paris, France (clay)

France

5

France

3

Helsinki, Finland

Finland

0

Finland

5

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

Ireland

0

Spain

2

Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Czechoslovakia

3

Egypt

1

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

Czechoslovakia

4

Czechoslovakia

5

Lisbon, Portugal (clay)

Portugal

0

Portugal

4

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

Turkey

1

Czechoslovakia

4

Athens, Greece

Soviet Union

1

Greece

1

Brussels, Belgium

Belgium

3

Belgium

1

Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)

Soviet Union

4

Denmark

0

Soviet Union

5

Zone A Final

Czechoslovakia vs. Spain

Czechoslovakia
3

Prague, Czechoslovakia ^[7]
16–18 July 1971
Clay

Spain
2

		1	2	3	4
1	František Pála Manuel Orantes	6 2	4 6	2 6	5 7
2	Jan Kodeš Juan Gisbert	6 3	4 6	9 7	7 5
3	Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes	4 6	9 11	4 6
4	František Pála Juan Gisbert	6 0	6 1	6 1
5	Jan Kodeš Manuel Orantes	7 5	4 6	7 5	6 4

Zone B

First Round
28 April–8 May

Quarterfinals
14–16 May

Semifinals
10–14 June

Final
16–18 July

West Germany

Augsburg, West Germany

bye

West Germany

4

Austria

1

Austria

Munich, West Germany

bye

West Germany

4

Budapest, Hungary

Hungary

1

Hungary

5

Budapest, Hungary

Poland

0

Hungary

5

Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg

Luxembourg

0

Luxembourg

5

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Monaco

0

West Germany

0

Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)

Romania

5

Israel

4

Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)

Norway

1

Israel

0

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Romania

5

Romania

5

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Netherlands

0

Romania

4

Perugia, Italy (clay)

Yugoslavia

1

Italy

5

Zagreb, Yugoslavia

Bulgaria

0

Italy

2

Zagreb, Yugoslavia (clay)

Yugoslavia

3

Great Britain

0

Yugoslavia

3

Zone B Final

Romania vs. West Germany

Romania
5

Bucharest, Romania ^[8]
16–18 July 1971
Clay

West Germany
0

		1	2	3	4
1	Ion Țiriac Christian Kuhnke	6 2	3 6	6 2	7 5
2	Ilie Năstase Wilhelm Bungert	6 2	6 3	6 2
3	Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	8 6	6 4	6 4
4	Ilie Năstase Christian Kuhnke	6 0	6 4	6 4
5	Petre Mărmureanu Wilhelm Bungert	6 1	7 5	6 1

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw


Semifinals 1–3 August			Final 21–23 August

New Delhi, India

EUR-B	Romania	4
			São Paulo, Brazil
EAS	India	1
			EUR-B	Romania	3
Porto Alegre, Brazil (clay)
			AME	Brazil	2
AME	Brazil	4

EUR-A	Czechoslovakia	1

Semifinals

India vs. Romania

India
1

New Delhi, India^[9]
1–3 August 1971

Romania
4

		1	2	3	4
1	Jaidip Mukerjea Ilie Năstase	3 6	3 6	4 6
2	Premjit Lall Ion Țiriac	14 12	6 3	9 7
3	Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac	3 6	8 6	6 8	1 6
4	Jaidip Mukerjea Ion Țiriac	6 3	5 7	3 6		retired
5	Premjit Lall Ilie Năstase	3 6	10 8	1 6	1 6

Brazil vs. Czechoslovakia

Brazil
4

Porto Alegre, Brazil^[10]
1–3 August 1971
Clay

Czechoslovakia
1

		1	2	3	4	5
1	José Edison Mandarino Jan Kodeš	8 6	6 4	4 6	6 4
2	Thomaz Koch František Pála	6 4	6 4	6 2
3	Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal	8 6	6 2	6 4
4	Carlos Kirmayr František Pála	1 6	6 2	6 4	2 6	4 6
5	Luis Felipe Tavares Vladimír Zedník	7 9	7 5	6 4	4 5		retired

Final

Brazil vs. Romania

Brazil
2

São Paulo, Brazil^[11]
21–23 August 1971

Romania
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	José Edison Mandarino Ilie Năstase	4 6	1 6	1 6
2	Thomaz Koch Ion Țiriac	4 6	6 4	6 3	9 7
3	Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac	1 6	6 3	6 3	3 6	6 4
4	Thomaz Koch Ilie Năstase	4 6	0 6	6 8
5	José Edison Mandarino Ion Țiriac	0 6	2 6	4 6

Challenge Round

United States vs. Romania

United States
3

Olde Providence Racquet Club, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States^[3]
8–11 October 1971
Clay

Romania
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Stan Smith Ilie Năstase	7 5	6 3	6 1
2	Frank Froehling Ion Țiriac	3 6	1 6	6 1	6 3	8 6
3	Stan Smith / Erik van Dillen Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac	5 7	4 6	6 8
4	Stan Smith Ion Țiriac	8 6	6 3	6 0
5	Frank Froehling Ilie Năstase	3 6	1 6	6 1	4 6

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References

↑ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
↑ Max Robertson (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 384. ISBN 0047960426.
1 2 "United States v Romania". daviscup.com.
↑ Steve, Tignor (19 November 2014). "The Shots Not Heard Around the World". tennis.com. Retrieved 29 September 2019. South Africa had been banned from the Davis Cup entirely from 1970 to '73
↑ "Mexico v Brazil". daviscup.com.
↑ "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
↑ "Czechoslovakia v Spain". daviscup.com.
↑ "Romania v West Germany". daviscup.com.
↑ "India v Romania". daviscup.com.
↑ "Brazil v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
↑ "Brazil v Romania". daviscup.com.

External links

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[Collins-1] Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.

[2] Max Robertson (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 384. ISBN 0047960426.

[Challenge-3] 1 2 "United States v Romania". daviscup.com.

[4] Steve, Tignor (19 November 2014). "The Shots Not Heard Around the World". tennis.com. Retrieved 29 September 2019. South Africa had been banned from the Davis Cup entirely from 1970 to '73

[5] "Mexico v Brazil". daviscup.com.

[6] "Japan v India". daviscup.com.

[7] "Czechoslovakia v Spain". daviscup.com.

[8] "Romania v West Germany". daviscup.com.

[9] "India v Romania". daviscup.com.

[10] "Brazil v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.

[11] "Brazil v Romania". daviscup.com.

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1971 Davis Cup

Contents

Americas Zone

North & Central America Zone

South America Zone

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

Eastern Zone

Zone A

Zone B

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

Europe Zone

Zone A

Zone A Final

Zone B

Zone B Final

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

Semifinals

Final

Challenge Round

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