1972 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Main article: 1972 Davis Cup

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1972 Davis Cup.

33 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. The winners of each sub-zone went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Eastern Zone. ^[1]

Romania defeated the Soviet Union in the Zone A final, and Spain defeated Czechoslovakia in the Zone B final, resulting in both Romania and Spain progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Zone A

Draw

	Preliminary round 21–23 April
	Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
	Israel		1
	Iran		4

First Round 1–13 May

Quarterfinals 18–22 May

Semifinals 9–18 June

Final 21–23 July

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Romania

5

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Switzerland

0

Romania

5

Tehran, Iran

Iran

0

Iran

4

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Egypt

1

Romania

4

Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay)

Italy

1

Italy

5

San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy (clay)

Austria

0

Italy

4

Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)

Netherlands

1

Netherlands

5

Tbilisi, Soviet Union

Norway

0

Romania

3

Helsinki, Finland (clay)

Soviet Union

2

Finland

2

Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)

Denmark

3

Denmark

0

Warsaw, Poland

Poland

5

Poland

3

Warsaw, Poland

Yugoslavia

1

Poland

0

Beirut, Lebanon (clay)

Soviet Union

4

Lebanon

0

Casablanca, Morocco

Morocco

5

Morocco

0

Tbilisi, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

5

Soviet Union

3

Hungary

2

Preliminary round

Israel vs. Iran

Israel 1	Tel Aviv, Israel [4] 21–23 April 1972 Hard		Iran 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Josef Stabholz Hussain Akbari 2 6 4 6 7 9       2 Yehoshua Shalem Taghi Akbari 1 6 1 6 4 6       3 Josef Stabholz  /  Yair Wertheimer Hussain Akbari  /  Nematollah Nemati 6 2 6 3 2 6 6 3     4 Yehoshua Shalem Hussain Akbari 5 7 9 7 5 7 6 2 3 6   5 Josef Stabholz Taghi Akbari 3 6 2 6 0 6

First round

Romania vs. Switzerland

Romania 5	Bucharest, Romania [5] 5–7 May 1972 Clay		Switzerland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ion Țiriac Matthias Werren 6 1 6 2 6 2       2 Ilie Năstase Michel Burgener 6 1 6 2 6 2       3 Ilie Năstase  /  Ion Țiriac Freddy Blatter  /  Matthias Werren 6 0 6 4 4 6 6 1     4 Petre Mărmureanu Freddy Blatter 6 2 6 2 6 1       5 Ion Țiriac Michel Burgener 6 3 6 2 2 6 6 0

Iran vs. Egypt

Iran 4	Tehran, Iran [6] 11–13 May 1972		Egypt 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Taghi Akbari Ibrahim Mahmoud 6 1 6 4 10 8       2 Hussain Akbari Aly El Dawoudi 6 3 6 3 6 4       3 Taghi Akbari  /  Issa Khodaei Aly El Dawoudi  /  Ibrahim Mahmoud 6 4 6 2 4 6 8 6     4 Taghi Akbari Aly El Dawoudi 8 6 4 6 6 8 8 6 3 6   5 Hussain Akbari Ibrahim Mahmoud 4 6 7 5 6 3 6 0

Italy vs. Austria

Italy 5	Reggio Calabria, Italy [7] 5–7 May 1972 Clay		Austria 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Corrado Barazzutti Ernst Blanke 6 2 0 6 6 1 6 3     2 Paolo Bertolucci Hans Kary 6 3 6 1 6 3       3 Adriano Panatta  /  Nicola Pietrangeli Ernst Blanke  /  Rudolf Hoskowetz 6 3 6 4 6 4       4 Corrado Barazzutti Hans Kary 6 8 6 4 4 6 6 3 6 4   5 Paolo Bertolucci Rudolf Hoskowetz 6 4 6 2 6 3

Netherlands vs. Norway

Netherlands 5	Scheveningen, Netherlands [8] 5–7 May 1972 Clay		Norway 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Fred Hemmes Jon-Erik Ross 6 1 10 8 6 2       2 Jan Hordijk Frithjof Prydz 6 0 6 1 6 0       3 Fred Hemmes  /  Jan Hordijk Finn Dag Jagge  /  Jon-Erik Ross 6 1 6 3 6 3       4 Fred Hemmes Frithjof Prydz 6 0 6 2 6 4       5 Jan Hordijk Jon-Erik Ross 6 1 7 5 6 1

Finland vs. Denmark

Finland 2	Helsinki, Finland [9] 5–7 May 1972 Clay		Denmark 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Pekka Säilä Tom Christensen 6 1 6 3 6 4       2 Matti Timonen Carl-Edvard Hedelund 1 6 2 6 4 6       3 Pekka Säilä  /  Matti Timonen Tom Christensen  /  Knud-Erik Nielsen 2 6 13 11 4 6 3 6     4 Rauno Suominen Tom Christensen 7 9 1 6 2 6       5 Pekka Säilä Carl-Edvard Hedelund 8 6 6 0 10 8

Poland vs. Yugoslavia

Poland 3	Warsaw, Poland [10] 4–7 May 1972		Yugoslavia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tadeusz Nowicki Nikola Špear 4 6 6 3 6 2 6 2     2 Wieslaw Gasiorek Boro Jovanović 3 6 4 6 3 6       3 Wieslaw Gasiorek  /  Tadeusz Nowicki Boro Jovanović  /  Nikola Špear 6 4 7 9 6 2 6 3     4 Wieslaw Gasiorek Nikola Špear 6 2 7 5 5 7 6 4     5 Tadeusz Nowicki Boro Jovanović 3 6 3 6       not completed

Lebanon vs. Morocco

Lebanon 0	Yarzeh Club, Beirut, Lebanon [11] 1–3 May 1972 Clay		Morocco 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Khoder Issa Omar Laimina 6 2 6 3 3 6 4 6 9 11   2 Samir El Khoury Ahmed Ben Omar 3 6 0 6 4 6       3 Najdo Abou Hassoun  /  Samir El Khoury Mohammed-Haibabi Bouchaib  /  Omar Laimina 6 3 8 10 3 6 2 6     4 Khoder Issa Mohammed-Chinois El Achraoui 6 1 5 7 1 6 2 6     5 Samir El Khoury Omar Laimina 0 6 3 6 4 6

Soviet Union vs. Hungary

Soviet Union 3	Tbilisi, Soviet Union [12] 5–8 May 1972		Hungary 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vladimir Korotkov Péter Szőke 6 4 3 6 2 6 1 6     2 Alex Metreveli Szabolcs Baranyi 6 3 2 6 6 4 6 0     3 Sergei Likhachev  /  Alex Metreveli Szabolcs Baranyi  /  Péter Szőke 6 3 6 4 10 8       4 Vladimir Korotkov Szabolcs Baranyi 2 6 2 6 2 6       5 Alex Metreveli Péter Szőke 6 3 6 3 6 1

Quarterfinals

Romania vs. Iran

Romania 5	Bucharest, Romania [13] 18–20 May 1972 Clay		Iran 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ilie Năstase Taghi Akbari 6 1 6 1 6 3       2 Ion Țiriac Hussain Akbari 6 2 6 3 6 3       3 Ilie Năstase  /  Ion Țiriac Shirzad Akbari  /  Issa Khodaei 6 1 6 4 7 5       4 Toma Ovici Hussain Akbari 6 3 6 3 6 1       5 Ion Țiriac Taghi Akbari 6 2 4 6 5 7 6 3 6 1

Italy vs. Netherlands

Italy 4	San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy [14] 20–22 May 1972 Clay		Netherlands 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Adriano Panatta Jan Hordijk 10 8 6 2 6 3       2 Paolo Bertolucci Fred Hemmes 6 0 6 4 2 6 6 3     3 Adriano Panatta  /  Nicola Pietrangeli Fred Hemmes  /  Jan Hordijk 3 6 6 1 6 4 6 2     4 Paolo Bertolucci Jan Hordijk 6 1 6 8 6 1 5 7 6 8   5 Adriano Panatta Fred Hemmes 6 1 6 1 6 1

Denmark vs. Poland

Denmark 0	Copenhagen, Denmark [15] 19–21 May 1972 Clay		Poland 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Carl-Edvard Hedelund Wieslaw Gasiorek 4 6 4 6 2 6       2 Knud-Erik Nielsen Tadeusz Nowicki 1 6 3 6 4 6       3 Knud-Erik Nielsen  /  Henrik Nørkjær Wojciech Fibak  /  Tadeusz Nowicki 2 6 5 7 5 7       4 Knud-Erik Nielsen Wieslaw Gasiorek 4 6 1 6 4 6       5 Carl-Edvard Hedelund Tadeusz Nowicki 1 6 1 6 2 6

Morocco vs. Soviet Union

Morocco 0	Casablanca, Morocco [16] 19–21 May 1972		Soviet Union 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Omar Laimina Alex Metreveli 3 6 6 3 0 6 2 6     2 Ahmed Ben Omar Vladimir Korotkov 0 6 0 6 2 6       3 Mohammed-Haibabi Bouchaib  /  Omar Laimina Sergei Likhachev  /  Alex Metreveli 2 6 2 6 5 7       4 Omar Laimina Vladimir Korotkov 6 3 1 6 2 6 4 6     5 Abdullah Zamjaoui Alex Metreveli 4 6 5 7 0 6

Semifinals

Romania vs. Italy

Romania 4	Bucharest, Romania [17] 16–18 June 1972 Clay		Italy 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ilie Năstase Corrado Barazzutti 7 5 6 2 6 0       2 Ion Țiriac Adriano Panatta 8 6 7 5 0 6 6 3     3 Ilie Năstase  /  Ion Țiriac Adriano Panatta  /  Nicola Pietrangeli 6 2 9 7 6 4       4 Petre Mărmureanu Corrado Barazzutti 4 6 5 7 2 6       5 Ilie Năstase Adriano Panatta 4 6 6 0 6 3 6 1

Poland vs. Soviet Union

Poland 0	Warsaw, Poland [18] 9–11 June 1972		Soviet Union 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tadeusz Nowicki Alex Metreveli 3 6 3 6 3 6       2 Wieslaw Gasiorek Teimuraz Kakulia 6 8 7 5 3 6 6 2 1 6   3 Wieslaw Gasiorek  /  Tadeusz Nowicki Sergei Likhachev  /  Alex Metreveli 5 7 4 6 6 4 7 9     4 Wieslaw Gasiorek Alex Metreveli 6 4 5 7 5 7 6 8     5 Tadeusz Nowicki Teimuraz Kakulia           not played

Final

Soviet Union vs. Romania

Soviet Union 2	Tbilisi, Soviet Union [2] 21–23 July 1972		Romania 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Alex Metreveli Ilie Năstase 4 6 0 6 4 6       2 Teimuraz Kakulia Ion Țiriac 6 4 7 5 6 1       3 Sergei Likhachev  /  Alex Metreveli Ilie Năstase  /  Ion Țiriac 2 6 4 6 3 6       4 Alex Metreveli Ion Țiriac 2 6 6 4 1 6 6 4 6 3   5 Teimuraz Kakulia Ilie Năstase 2 6 2 6 3 6

Zone B

Draw

First Round 28 April–7 May

Quarterfinals 19–22 May

Semifinals 14–18 June

Final 21–24 July

Brussels, Belgium (clay)

Czechoslovakia

3

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

Belgium

2

Czechoslovakia

3

Båstad, Sweden (clay)

Sweden

1

Sweden

4

Düsseldorf, West Germany (clay)

New Zealand

1

Czechoslovakia

3

Athens, Greece

West Germany

2

Greece

0

West Berlin

West Germany

5

West Germany

5

Cork, Ireland

Ireland

0

Ireland

5

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Turkey

0

Czechoslovakia

2

Paris, France (clay)

Spain

3

France

4

Paris, France (clay)

Great Britain

1

France

2

Sofia, Bulgaria

Spain

3

Bulgaria

0

Avilés, Spain

Spain

5

Spain

5

Monte Carlo, Monaco

Monaco

0

Monaco

3

Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)

Luxembourg

2

Monaco

3

Portugal

2

Portugal

w/o

South Africa

First round

Belgium vs. Czechoslovakia

Belgium 2	Brussels, Belgium [19] 5–7 May 1972 Clay		Czechoslovakia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bernard Mignot Jan Kodeš 2 6 2 6 4 6       2 Patrick Hombergen František Pála 6 2 3 6 6 3 3 6 8 10   3 Eric Drossart  /  Patrick Hombergen Jiří Hřebec  /  Jan Kukal 6 3 10 8 6 4       4 Patrick Hombergen Jan Kodeš 8 10 2 6 2 6       5 Bernard Mignot František Pála 6 3 6 4 7 5

Sweden vs. New Zealand

Sweden 4	Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [20] 5–7 May 1972 Clay		New Zealand 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Björn Borg Onny Parun 4 6 3 6 6 3 6 4 6 4   2 Ove Bengtson Jeff Simpson 9 7 6 1 3 6 6 3     3 Ove Bengtson  /  Björn Borg Onny Parun  /  Jeff Simpson 6 8 3 6 7 9       4 Ove Bengtson Onny Parun 6 4 16 14 13 11       5 Björn Borg Jeff Simpson 9 7 6 4 5 7 6 1

Greece vs. West Germany

Greece 0	Athens, Greece [21] 5–7 May 1972		West Germany 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Harald Elschenbroich 7 5 4 6 4 6 2 6     2 Periclis Gavrilidis Christian Kuhnke 0 6 5 7 4 6       3 Periclis Gavrilidis  /  Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Jürgen Fassbender  /  Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 3 6 2 6 4 6       4 Periclis Gavrilidis Harald Elschenbroich 2 6 1 6 0 6       5 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Christian Kuhnke 6 3 6 8 1 6 4 6

Ireland vs. Turkey

Ireland 5	Rushbrooke Lawn Tennis Club, Cork, Ireland [22] 5–7 May 1972		Turkey 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Peter Jackson Beyazıt Anbar 4 6 6 2 6 2 6 3     2 Michael Hickey Bülent Altınkaya 6 3 6 3 11 9       3 William Brown  /  Michael Hickey Bülent Altınkaya  /  Tahsin Gürsoy 6 2 6 4 6 0       4 Kenneth Reid Beyazıt Anbar 6 4 9 7 7 5       5 Peter Jackson Bülent Altınkaya 8 6 8 6 3 6 6 0

France vs. Great Britain

France 4	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [23] 5–7 May 1972 Clay		Great Britain 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Patrick Proisy David Lloyd 6 1 6 3 6 2       2 Pierre Barthès John Paish 6 0 6 1 6 4       3 Pierre Barthès  /  Georges Goven David Lloyd  /  John Paish 3 6 6 4 1 6 3 6     4 Pierre Barthès David Lloyd 6 0 6 3 6 1       5 Patrick Proisy John Paish 6 1 6 0 6 4

Bulgaria vs. Spain

Bulgaria 0	Sofia, Bulgaria [24] 5–7 May 1972		Spain 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ljuben Genov Andrés Gimeno 3 6 2 6 1 6       2 Bozhidar Pampoulov Manuel Orantes 4 6 2 6 2 6       3 Bozhidar Pampoulov  /  Matei Pampoulov Andrés Gimeno  /  Juan Gisbert 4 6 4 6 5 7       4 Bozhidar Pampoulov Andrés Gimeno 0 6 2 6 5 7       5 Ljuben Genov Antonio Muñoz 4 6 1 6 3 6

Monaco vs. Luxembourg

Monaco 3	Monte Carlo, Monaco [25] 28–30 April 1972		Luxembourg 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Patrick Landau Jean Neuman 8 6 6 2 6 3       2 Francis Truchi Frank Baden 6 4 5 7 3 6 3 6     3 Patrick Landau  /  Francis Truchi Georges Logelin  /  Jean Neuman 6 3 6 2 4 6 6 1     4 Patrick Landau Frank Baden 4 6 1 6 6 2 6 4 4 6   5 Francis Truchi Jean Neuman 6 1 6 3 6 3

Quarterfinals

Czechoslovakia vs. Sweden

Czechoslovakia 3	Štvanice Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia [26] 19–21 May 1972 Clay		Sweden 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jan Kodeš Björn Borg 6 2 6 3 7 5       2 František Pála Ove Bengtson 8 6 2 6 0 6 3 6     3 Jan Kodeš  /  Jan Kukal Ove Bengtson  /  Björn Borg 8 6 6 4 6 3       4 František Pála Björn Borg 6 4 6 4 6 4       5 Jan Kodeš Ove Bengtson 4 6 2 1       not completed

West Germany vs. Ireland

West Germany 5	West Berlin [27] 20–22 May 1972		Ireland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Christian Kuhnke Michael Hickey 6 3 6 3 6 0       2 Harald Elschenbroich Kenneth Reid 6 2 6 0 6 0       3 Jürgen Fassbender  /  Hans-Jürgen Pohmann William Brown  /  Michael Hickey 6 3 6 3 6 3       4 Christian Kuhnke Peter Jackson 6 2 6 0 6 3       5 Harald Elschenbroich Michael Hickey 6 2 6 0 6 2

France vs. Spain

France 2	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [28] 19–21 May 1972 Clay		Spain 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Pierre Barthès Andrés Gimeno 7 5 4 6 7 5 3 6 3 6   2 Patrick Proisy Manuel Orantes 0 6 3 6 3 6       3 Pierre Barthès  /  Patrick Proisy Juan Gisbert  /  Manuel Orantes 4 6 6 8 4 6       4 Patrice Dominguez Antonio Muñoz 6 2 9 7 6 3       5 Patrick Proisy Andrés Gimeno 6 2 6 2 9 11 6 3

Monaco vs. Portugal

Monaco 3	Monte Carlo, Monaco [29] 20–22 May 1972 Clay		Portugal 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Francis Truchi Raúl Peralta 6 4 1 6 4 6 4 6     2 Patrick Landau Alfredo Vaz Pinto 6 3 5 7 6 1 5 7 6 3   3 Patrick Landau  /  Francis Truchi Raúl Peralta  /  José Vilela 6 3 3 6 6 3 3 6 6 3   4 Francis Truchi Alfredo Vaz Pinto 6 1 6 3 1 6 6 4     5 Bernard Balleret José Vilela 2 6 6 2 0 6 4 6

Semifinals

West Germany vs. Czechoslovakia

West Germany 2	Düsseldorf, West Germany [30] 16–18 June 1972 Clay		Czechoslovakia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Harald Elschenbroich František Pála 6 3 6 4 4 6 6 4     2 Jürgen Fassbender Jan Kodeš 6 3 3 6 2 6 8 10     3 Jürgen Fassbender  /  Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Jan Kodeš  /  Jan Kukal 6 4 3 6 6 3 2 6 17 19   4 Harald Elschenbroich Jan Kodeš 4 6 6 4 2 6 6 1 6 8   5 Jürgen Fassbender František Pála 6 4 6 4 6 2

Spain vs. Monaco

Spain 5	Club de Tenis Avilés, Avilés, Spain [31] 14–16 June 1972		Monaco 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Manuel Orantes Francis Truchi 6 0 6 1 6 0       2 Andrés Gimeno Patrick Landau 6 3 6 2 6 2       3 Juan Gisbert  /  Manuel Orantes Patrick Landau  /  Francis Truchi 6 0 6 2 6 0       4 Antonio Muñoz Patrick Landau 6 1 7 5 6 1       5 Juan Gisbert Bernard Balleret 6 1 6 2 6 0

Final

Spain vs. Czechoslovakia

Spain 3	Barcelona, Spain [3] 21–24 July 1972 Clay		Czechoslovakia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Juan Gisbert Jan Kodeš 8 6 6 4 5 7 0 6 6 4   2 Manuel Orantes František Pála 5 7 4 6 6 0 7 5 4 6   3 Juan Gisbert  /  Manuel Orantes Jan Kodeš  /  Jan Kukal 10 12 6 2 7 5 6 4     4 Juan Gisbert František Pála 6 3 6 3 4 6 6 0     5 Antonio Muñoz Jiří Hřebec 4 6 0 6 3 6

References

1. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN   978-0942257700.
2. "Soviet Union v Romania". daviscup.com.
3. "Spain v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
4. "Israel v Iran". daviscup.com.
5. "Romania v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
6. "Iran v Egypt". daviscup.com.
7. "Italy v Austria". daviscup.com.
8. "Netherlands v Norway". daviscup.com.
9. "Finland v Denmark". daviscup.com.
10. "Poland v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
11. "Lebanon v Morocco". daviscup.com.
12. "Soviet Union v Hungary". daviscup.com.
13. "Romania v Iran". daviscup.com.
14. "Italy v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
15. "Denmark v Poland". daviscup.com.
16. "Morocco v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
17. "Romania v Italy". daviscup.com.
18. "Poland v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
19. "Belgium v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
20. "Sweden v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
21. "Greece v West Germany". daviscup.com.
22. "Ireland v Turkey". daviscup.com.
23. "France v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
24. "Bulgaria v Spain". daviscup.com.
25. "Monaco v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
26. "Czechoslovakia v Sweden". daviscup.com.
27. "West Germany v Ireland". daviscup.com.
28. "France v Spain". daviscup.com.
29. "Monaco v Portugal". daviscup.com.
30. "West Germany v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
31. "Spain v Monaco". daviscup.com.

External links

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