1973 Davis Cup Europe Zone

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The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1973 Davis Cup.

31 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 14 teams competed in the preliminary rounds, with the winners progressing to the main draw and joining the remaining 17 teams. 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 Czechoslovakia defeated Italy in the Zone B final, resulting in both Romania and Czechoslovakia progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Zone A

Preliminary round

Draw

	Preliminary round 13–22 April
	Vienna, Austria
	Austria		3
	Monaco		0
	Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
	Ireland		0
	Norway		5
	Athens, Greece
	Greece		3
	Finland		2

Results

Austria vs. Monaco

Austria 3	Vienna, Austria [4] 20–22 April 1973		Monaco 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Peter Pokorny Louis Borfiga 6 0 6 3 5 7 4 6 7 5   2 Hans Kary Emmanuel van der Pol 6 3 6 2 6 4       3 Ernst Walter  /  Gerhard Wimmer Bernard Balleret  /  Louis Borfiga 6 4 4 6 6 1 6 2     4 Peter Pokorny Emmanuel van der Pol           not played 5 Hans Kary Louis Borfiga           not played

Ireland vs. Norway

Ireland 0	Dublin, Ireland [5] 13–15 April 1973 Hard (indoors)		Norway 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Michael Hickey Erik Melander 5 7 2 6 4 6       2 William Brown Per Hegna 5 7 0 6 0 6       3 William Brown  /  Michael Hickey Erik Melander  /  Thorvald Moe 6 2 1 6 22 20 4 6 4 6   4 Peter Ledbetter Finn Dag Jagge 6 1 3 6 0 6 2 6     5 Peter Jackson Per Hegna 4 6 5 7 2 6

Greece vs. Finland

Greece 3	Athens, Greece [6] 13–15 April 1973		Finland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos George Berner 2 6 8 6 6 4 1 6 6 2   2 Nicolas Kelaidis Matti Timonen 3 6 3 6 5 7       3 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos  /  Nicolas Kelaidis Pekka Säilä  /  Matti Timonen 8 6 2 6 6 3 3 6 9 7   4 Nicolas Kelaidis George Berner 2 6 2 6 3 6       5 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Matti Timonen 7 5 12 10 6 2

Main Draw

Draw

First Round 3–6 May

Quarterfinals 18–20 May

Semifinals 20–22 July

Final 3–5 August

Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)

Romania

3

Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)

Netherlands

2

Israel

1

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Netherlands

4

Romania

4

New Zealand

1

Zagreb, Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

2

Vienna, Austria

New Zealand

3

Austria

2

Bucharest, Romania

New Zealand

3

Romania

3

Oslo, Norway (clay)

Soviet Union

2

Norway

3

Oslo, Norway (clay)

Denmark

2

Norway

0

France

5

Moscow, Soviet Union

France

2

Athens, Greece

Soviet Union

3

Greece

1

Budapest, Hungary

Hungary

4

Hungary

2

Soviet Union

3

First round

Israel vs. Netherlands

Israel 1	Tel Aviv, Israel [7] 3–5 May 1973 Hard		Netherlands 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ron Lehrner Niklaus Fleury 1 6 4 6 7 9       2 Yehoshua Shalem Jan Hordijk 1 6 0 6 2 6       3 Josef Stabholz  /  Yair Wertheimer Niklaus Fleury  /  Jan Hordijk 8 10 4 6 2 6       4 Yehoshua Shalem Niklaus Fleury 5 7 7 5 8 6 6 2     5 Ron Lehrner Jan Hordijk 3 6 1 6 4 6

Austria vs. New Zealand

Austria 2	Vienna, Austria [8] 4–6 May 1973		New Zealand 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hans Kary Onny Parun 3 6 2 6 6 3 6 3 6 1   2 Peter Pokorny Brian Fairlie 1 6 3 6 6 3 0 6     3 Hans Kary  /  Peter Pokorny Brian Fairlie  /  Onny Parun 1 6 2 6 4 6       4 Peter Pokorny Onny Parun 4 6 1 6 3 6       5 Hans Kary Brian Fairlie 6 4 6 3 6 3

Norway vs. Denmark

Norway 3	Oslo, Norway [9] 4–6 May 1973 Clay		Denmark 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Per Hegna Lars Elvstrøm 7 5 6 4 6 2       2 Erik Melander Tom Christensen 6 3 6 4 9 11 6 3     3 Thorvald Moe  /  Jon-Erik Ross Tom Christensen  /  Lars Elvstrøm 6 8 5 7 6 3 3 6     4 Erik Melander Lars Elvstrøm 6 2 6 4 3 6 4 6 2 6   5 Per Hegna Tom Christensen 5 7 6 1 6 3 6 2

Greece vs. Hungary

Greece 1	Athens, Greece [10] 4–6 May 1973		Hungary 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Balázs Taróczy 1 6 7 5 6 8 6 8     2 Nicolas Kelaidis Szabolcs Baranyi 4 6 0 6 1 6       3 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos  /  Nicolas Kelaidis Róbert Machán  /  Balázs Taróczy 4 6 1 6 7 9       4 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Szabolcs Baranyi 6 1 7 5 6 4       5 Nicolas Kelaidis Balázs Taróczy 1 6 8 6 2 6 3 6

Quarterfinals

Netherlands vs. Romania

Netherlands 2	Scheveningen, Netherlands [11] 18–20 May 1973 Clay		Romania 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tom Okker Toma Ovici 5 7 6 2 6 1 6 1     2 Jan Hordijk Ilie Năstase 3 6 3 6 2 6       3 Jan Hordijk  /  Tom Okker Dumitru Hărădău  /  Ilie Năstase 8 6 6 1 6 1       4 Niklaus Fleury Toma Ovici 2 6 3 6 4 6       5 Tom Okker Ilie Năstase 4 6 2 6 4 6

Yugoslavia vs. New Zealand

Yugoslavia 2	Zagreb, Yugoslavia [12] 18–20 May 1973		New Zealand 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Boro Jovanović Onny Parun 6 1 3 6 2 6 2 6     2 Željko Franulović Brian Fairlie 6 2 6 8 2 6 6 2 6 1   3 Željko Franulović  /  Boro Jovanović Brian Fairlie  /  Onny Parun 0 6 3 6 4 6       4 Željko Franulović Onny Parun 3 6 6 4 2 6 2 6     5 Boro Jovanović Brian Fairlie 6 3 6 2 6 0

Norway vs. France

Norway 0	Oslo, Norway [13] 18–20 May 1973 Clay		France 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Per Hegna Patrick Proisy 1 6 1 6 2 6       2 Erik Melander François Jauffret 0 6 3 6 2 6       3 Erik Melander  /  Thorvald Moe Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau  /  Wanaro N'Godrella 5 7 3 6 5 7       4 Erik Melander Patrick Proisy 0 6 0 6 3 6       5 Per Hegna François Jauffret 0 6 3 6 2 6

Hungary vs. Soviet Union

Hungary 2	Budapest, Hungary [14] 18–20 May 1973		Soviet Union 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Balázs Taróczy Teimuraz Kakulia 6 1 0 6 8 6 5 7 5 7   2 Szabolcs Baranyi Alex Metreveli 2 6 2 6 4 6       3 Róbert Machán  /  Balázs Taróczy Sergei Likhachev  /  Alex Metreveli 10 8 6 2 2 6 6 0     4 Balázs Taróczy Alex Metreveli 4 6 4 6 3 6       5 Szabolcs Baranyi Teimuraz Kakulia 4 6           retired

Semifinals

Romania vs. New Zealand

Romania 4	Bucharest, Romania [15] 20–22 July 1973 Clay		New Zealand 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Toma Ovici Brian Fairlie 6 1 3 6 3 6 6 0 6 2   2 Ilie Năstase Onny Parun 6 1 8 6 6 2       3 Ilie Năstase  /  Ionel Sânteiu Brian Fairlie  /  Onny Parun 6 1 8 6 6 3       4 Ilie Năstase Brian Fairlie 4 6 6 0 6 3 6 0     5 Toma Ovici Onny Parun 3 6 5 7 2 6

Soviet Union vs. France

Soviet Union 3	Moscow, Soviet Union [16] 20–22 July 1973		France 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Teimuraz Kakulia François Jauffret 4 6 4 6 4 6       2 Alex Metreveli Patrick Proisy 6 3 6 8 7 5 6 2     3 Sergei Likhachev  /  Alex Metreveli Pierre Barthès  /  François Jauffret 4 6 5 7 9 11       4 Teimuraz Kakulia Patrick Proisy 6 3 6 3 6 4       5 Alex Metreveli François Jauffret 6 1 6 3 4 6 4 6 6 4

Final

Romania vs. Soviet Union

Romania 3	Bucharest, Romania [2] 3–5 August 1973 Clay		Soviet Union 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Toma Ovici Alex Metreveli 5 7 5 7 2 6       2 Ilie Năstase Teimuraz Kakulia 6 0 6 3 6 0       3 Ilie Năstase  /  Ionel Sânteiu Sergei Likhachev  /  Alex Metreveli 0 6 6 3 4 6 7 5 2 6   4 Ilie Năstase Alex Metreveli 6 0 6 2 6 4       5 Toma Ovici Teimuraz Kakulia 6 3 6 3 6 1

Zone B

Preliminary round

Draw

	Preliminary round 10–12 November 1972; 6–22 April
	Cairo, Egypt
	Egypt		5
	Turkey		0
	Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
	Portugal		0
	Switzerland		5
	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Bulgaria		5
	Iran		0
	Casablanca, Morocco
	Morocco		5
	Luxembourg		0

Results

Egypt vs. Turkey

Egypt 5	Cairo, Egypt [17] 20–22 April 1973		Turkey 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Aly El Dawoudi Arif Koçak 8 6 6 2 6 0       2 Ibrahim Mahmoud Bülent Altınkaya 6 3 6 1 6 0       3 Aly El Dawoudi  /  Ibrahim Mahmoud Bülent Altınkaya  /  Hasan Özdemir 6 0 6 2 6 3       4 Ahmed Hassan Bülent Altınkaya 6 3 6 3 6 3       5 Moataz El Sonbol Arif Koçak 6 2 6 3 6 1

Portugal vs. Switzerland

Portugal 0	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal [18] 6–8 April 1973 Clay		Switzerland 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Raúl Peralta Petr Kanderal 2 6 3 6 0 6       2 Alfredo Vaz Pinto Dimitri Sturdza 6 4 1 6 5 7 6 8     3 Raúl Peralta  /  Alfredo Vaz Pinto Dimitri Sturdza  /  Matthias Werren 2 6 2 6 8 10       4 Alfredo Vaz Pinto Petr Kanderal 6 8 2 6 3 6       5 José Vilela Dimitri Sturdza 3 6 3 6 3 6

Bulgaria vs. Iran

Bulgaria 5	Sofia, Bulgaria [19] 20–22 April 1973		Iran 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bozhidar Pampoulov Taghi Akbari 6 4 6 2 4 6 8 10 6 3   2 Ljuben Genov Hussain Akbari 6 2 8 6 6 2       3 Bozhidar Pampoulov  /  Matei Pampoulov Hussain Akbari  /  Taghi Akbari 6 2 6 3 6 4       4 Bozhidar Pampoulov Hussain Akbari 6 0 6 3 11 9       5 Ljuben Genov Taghi Akbari 6 4 6 4 6 4

Morocco vs. Luxembourg

Morocco 5	Casablanca, Morocco [20] 10–12 November 1972		Luxembourg 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ahmed Ben Omar Jean Brucher 6 1 6 0 6 2       2 Omar Laimina Jean Neuman 8 6 6 1 2 6 6 4     3 Mohammed-Haibabi Bouchaib  /  Omar Laimina Jean Brucher  /  Jean Neuman 6 1 6 4 8 6       4 Mohammed-Haibabi Bouchaib Jean Neuman 6 3 6 4 4 6 6 3     5 Mohammed-Chinois El Achraoui Jean Brucher 6 3 6 2 2 6 6 4

Main Draw

Draw

First Round 27 April–6 May

Quarterfinals 18–20 May

Semifinals 20–22 July

Final 3–5 August

Cairo, Egypt (clay)

Czechoslovakia

4

Cairo, Egypt

Egypt

1

Egypt

4

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

Poland

1

Czechoslovakia

3

West Germany

2

Munich, West Germany (clay)

Great Britain

1

Geneva, Switzerland

West Germany

4

Switzerland

0

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

West Germany

3

Czechoslovakia

4

Sofia, Bulgaria

Italy

1

Bulgaria

3

Reggio Emilia, Italy (clay)

Belgium

2

Bulgaria

0

Italy

5

Turin, Italy (clay)

Italy

3

Rabat, Morocco (clay)

Spain

2

Morocco

1

Båstad, Sweden (clay)

Sweden

4

Sweden

2

Spain

3

First round

Egypt vs. Poland

Egypt 4	Cairo, Egypt [21] 4–6 May 1973		Poland 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ibrahim Mahmoud Tadeusz Nowicki 2 6 7 5 6 3 9 7     2 Ismail El Shafei Jacek Niedźwiedzki 6 3 7 5 6 1       3 Aly El Dawoudi  /  Ismail El Shafei Jacek Niedźwiedzki  /  Tadeusz Nowicki 6 1 7 5 4 6 3 6 6 3   4 Aly El Dawoudi Wojciech Fibak 1 6 5 7 6 3 7 5 1 6   5 Ibrahim Mahmoud Jacek Niedźwiedzki 4 6           retired

Switzerland vs. West Germany

Switzerland 0	Geneva, Switzerland [22] 27–29 April 1973		West Germany 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dimitri Sturdza Jürgen Fassbender 6 0 3 6 2 6 2 6     2 Petr Kanderal Harald Elschenbroich 7 9 4 6 5 7       3 Dimitri Sturdza  /  Matthias Werren Jürgen Fassbender  /  Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 4 6 16 18 4 6       4 Petr Kanderal Jürgen Fassbender           not played 5 Dimitri Sturdza Harald Elschenbroich           not played

Bulgaria vs. Belgium

Bulgaria 3	Sofia, Bulgaria [23] 4–6 May 1973		Belgium 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Matei Pampoulov Patrick Hombergen 5 7 3 6 7 9       2 Ljuben Genov Bernard Mignot 6 3 2 6 1 6 2 6     3 Bozhidar Pampoulov  /  Matei Pampoulov Patrick Hombergen  /  Bernard Mignot 5 7 6 3 7 5 6 4     4 Bozhidar Pampoulov Bernard Mignot 6 4 9 7 6 2       5 Ljuben Genov Patrick Hombergen 5 7 6 2 3 6 12 10 6 3

Morocco vs. Sweden

Morocco 1	Rabat, Morocco [24] 4–6 May 1973 Clay		Sweden 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Omar Laimina Björn Borg 3 6 2 6 1 6       2 Ahmed Ben Omar Kjell Johansson 0 6 4 6 4 6       3 Ahmed Ben Omar  /  Omar Laimina Ove Bengtson  /  Björn Borg 5 7 2 6 1 6       4 Ahmed Ben Omar Björn Borg 1 6 0 6 1 6       5 Omar Laimina Kjell Johansson 6 4 6 0 6 1

Quarterfinals

Egypt vs. Czechoslovakia

Egypt 1	Cairo, Egypt [25] 18–20 May 1973 Clay		Czechoslovakia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ibrahim Mahmoud Jan Kodeš 4 6 4 6 1 6       2 Ismail El Shafei Jiří Hřebec 6 8 4 6 6 3 6 3 11 13   3 Aly El Dawoudi  /  Ismail El Shafei Jan Kodeš  /  Jan Kukal 1 6 4 6 2 6       4 Aly El Dawoudi František Pála 1 6 6 3 2 6 6 4 4 6   5 Ibrahim Mahmoud Jiří Hřebec 1 6 8 6 5 2       retired

West Germany vs. Great Britain

West Germany 4	Munich, West Germany [26] 18–20 May 1973 Clay		Great Britain 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jürgen Fassbender Mark Cox 6 3 6 4 1 6 9 7     2 Karl Meiler Roger Taylor 6 3 6 4 6 4       3 Jürgen Fassbender  /  Hans-Jürgen Pohmann David Lloyd  /  Roger Taylor 7 5 4 6 6 3 6 4     4 Jürgen Fassbender Roger Taylor 6 4 8 6 6 3       5 Karl Meiler Mark Cox 6 4 0 6 4 6 2 6

Italy vs. Bulgaria

Italy 5	Reggio Emilia, Italy [27] 18–20 May 1973 Clay		Bulgaria 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Paolo Bertolucci Bozhidar Pampoulov 8 6 6 1 6 4       2 Adriano Panatta Ljuben Genov 6 1 6 2 6 3       3 Paolo Bertolucci  /  Adriano Panatta Bozhidar Pampoulov  /  Matei Pampoulov 6 2 7 5 6 4       4 Paolo Bertolucci Ljuben Genov 6 3 6 3 6 3       5 Adriano Panatta Bozhidar Pampoulov 6 4 3 6 6 3 6 3

Sweden vs. Spain

Sweden 2	Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [28] 18–20 May 1973 Clay		Spain 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Björn Borg Manuel Orantes 1 6 2 6 1 6       2 Ove Bengtson Andrés Gimeno 4 6 4 6 6 3 8 6 1 6   3 Ove Bengtson  /  Rolf Norberg Antonio Muñoz  /  Manuel Orantes 6 3 6 3 6 8 6 3     4 Ove Bengtson Manuel Orantes 6 8 4 6 1 6       5 Björn Borg Antonio Muñoz 5 7 6 3 6 3 3 6 7 5

Semifinals

Czechoslovakia vs. West Germany

Czechoslovakia 3	Prague, Czechoslovakia [29] 20–22 July 1973 Clay		West Germany 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jan Kodeš Karl Meiler 6 3 6 4 6 1       2 Jiří Hřebec Jürgen Fassbender 6 1 7 9 6 2 6 3     3 Jan Kodeš  /  Jan Kukal Jürgen Fassbender  /  Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 2 6 6 3 6 8 7 9     4 Jan Kodeš Jürgen Fassbender 6 2 6 1 7 5       5 Jiří Hřebec Karl Meiler 1 6 1 6 5 7

Italy vs. Spain

Italy 3	Turin, Italy [30] 20–22 July 1973 Clay		Spain 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Corrado Barazzutti Manuel Santana 7 5 1 6 6 4 6 4     2 Antonio Zugarelli José Higueras 7 5 6 3 6 2       3 Giordano Maioli  /  Pietro Marzano Juan Gisbert  /  José Higueras 3 6 1 6 6 4 4 6     4 Corrado Barazzutti José Higueras 6 4 6 3 6 1       5 Antonio Zugarelli Manuel Santana 6 2 3 6 3 6 2 6

Final

Czechoslovakia vs. Italy

Czechoslovakia 4	Prague, Czechoslovakia [3] 3–5 August 1973 Clay		Italy 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jan Kodeš Corrado Barazzutti 5 7 6 3 4 6 6 2 1 6   2 Jiří Hřebec Antonio Zugarelli 12 10 6 1 6 1       3 Jan Kodeš  /  František Pála Giordano Majoli  /  Pietro Marzano 6 2 8 6 6 4       4 Jiří Hřebec Corrado Barazzutti 9 7 6 1 6 4       5 Jan Kodeš Antonio Zugarelli 6 1 6 3 0 6 6 2

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. "Romania v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
3. "Czechoslovakia v Italy". daviscup.com.
4. "Austria v Monaco". daviscup.com.
5. "Ireland v Norway". daviscup.com.
6. "Greece v Finland". daviscup.com.
7. "Israel v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
8. "Austria v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
9. "Norway v Denmark". daviscup.com.
10. "Greece v Hungary". daviscup.com.
11. "Netherlands v Romania". daviscup.com.
12. "Yugoslavia v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
13. "Norway v France". daviscup.com.
14. "Hungary v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
15. "Romania v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
16. "Soviet Union v France". daviscup.com.
17. "Egypt v Turkey". daviscup.com.
18. "Portugal v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
19. "Bulgaria v Iran". daviscup.com.
20. "Morocco v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
21. "Egypt v Poland". daviscup.com.
22. "Switzerland v West Germany". daviscup.com.
23. "Bulgaria v Belgium". daviscup.com.
24. "Morocco v Sweden". daviscup.com.
25. "Egypt v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
26. "West Germany v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
27. "Italy v Bulgaria". daviscup.com.
28. "Sweden v Spain". daviscup.com.
29. "Czechoslovakia v West Germany". daviscup.com.
30. "Italy v Spain". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website