1975 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Main article: 1975 Davis Cup

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1975 Davis Cup.

32 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 4 teams in each sub-zone entered the competition in the pre-qualifying rounds, competing head-to-head for 2 spots in the preliminary rounds. The 4 winners in the pre-qualifying rounds joined an additional 20 teams in the preliminary rounds, with 12 teams in each sub-zone competing for 4 places in the main draw, to join the 4 finalists from the 1974 Europe Zone.

The winners of each sub-zone's main draw went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Eastern Zone. ^[1]

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

Zone A

Pre-qualifying round

Draw

	Pre-qualifying round
	Tehran, Iran
	Iran		5
	Lebanon		0
	Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
	Israel		5
	Luxembourg		0

Results

Iran vs. Lebanon

Iran 5	Tehran, Iran [4] 23–25 August 1974		Lebanon 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Taghi Akbari Khoder Issa 6 1 6 2 6 1       2 Ali Madani Ahmed Ramadan 6 2 6 3 6 2       3 Taghi Akbari  /  Ali Madani Khoder Issa  /  Ahmed Ramadan 10 8 6 1 6 2       4 Habib Saleh Ahmed Ramadan 7 5 11 9 6 4       5 Kamyab Derafshijavan Khoder Issa 8 6 6 3 6 2

Israel vs. Luxembourg

Israel 5	Tel Aviv, Israel [5] 23–25 August 1974 Hard		Luxembourg 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yehoshua Shalem Théo Storck 6 0 6 1 6 1       2 Yair Wertheimer Fernand Claude 6 2 6 2 6 2       3 Ruben Porges  /  Josef Stabholz Fernand Claude  /  Joseph Offenheim 6 1 6 1 10 8       4 Yehoshua Shalem Fernand Claude 6 3 6 1 6 3       5 Yair Wertheimer Théo Storck 6 1 6 3 6 1

Preliminary rounds

Draw

	First Round					Qualifying Round
	Spain
						Murcia, Spain (clay)
	bye
						Spain		5
	Copenhagen, Denmark (indoor carpet)
						Denmark		0
	Denmark		4
	Greece		1
	Austria
						Vienna, Austria (clay)
	bye
						Austria		0
	London, United Kingdom (indoor carpet)
						Great Britain		4
	Great Britain		5
	Iran		0
	Poznań, Poland (clay)
	Poland		5
						Warsaw, Poland (clay)
	Portugal		0
						Poland		1
						Sweden		4
	bye
	Sweden
	Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
	Israel		0
						Freiburg, West Germany
	Switzerland		5
						Switzerland		0
						West Germany		5
	bye
	West Germany

First round

Denmark vs. Greece

Denmark 4	Copenhagen, Denmark [6] 27–29 September 1974 Carpet (indoors)		Greece 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lars Elvstrøm Nicolas Kelaidis 6 3 4 6 4 6 7 5 6 4   2 Tom Christensen Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 6 3 3 6 12 10 4 6 6 3   3 Tom Christensen  /  Lars Elvstrøm Nicholas Kalogeropoulos  /  Nicolas Kelaidis 10 12 2 6 6 1 9 7 8 6   4 Lars Elvstrøm Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 5 7 5 7 6 2 7 9     5 Tom Christensen Nicolas Kelaidis 4 6 6 2 6 3 4 6 6 5   retired

Great Britain vs. Iran

Great Britain 5	Queen's Club, London, United Kingdom [7] 26–28 September 1974 Carpet (indoors)		Iran 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Roger Taylor Mansour Bahrami 6 0 6 0 6 2       2 John Lloyd Ali Madani 6 1 7 5 6 2       3 Mark Farrell  /  John Lloyd Kamyab Derafshijavan  /  Ali Madani 6 1 6 1 6 1       4 John Lloyd Mansour Bahrami 7 5 7 5 6 4       5 Roger Taylor Ali Madani 6 1 6 3 6 1

Poland vs. Portugal

Poland 5	Poznań, Poland [8] 20–22 September 1974 Clay		Portugal 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jacek Niedźwiedzki José Vilela 6 2 6 4 6 0       2 Henryk Drzymalski Sergio Cruz 6 2 6 1 6 4       3 Wojciech Fibak  /  Jacek Niedźwiedzki Sergio Cruz  /  José Vilela 6 1 6 0 6 2       4 Henryk Drzymalski José Vilela 7 5 6 4 7 5       5 Jacek Niedźwiedzki Sergio Cruz 6 1 6 0 6 2

Israel vs. Switzerland

Israel 0	Tel Aviv, Israel [9] 20–22 September 1974 Hard		Switzerland 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yehoshua Shalem Dimitri Sturdza 2 6 3 6 3 6       2 Josef Stabholz Petr Kanderal 2 6 1 6 0 6       3 Josef Stabholz  /  Yair Wertheimer Dimitri Sturdza  /  Matthias Werren 7 9 3 6 5 7       4 Yehoshua Shalem Petr Kanderal 2 6 1 6 6 4 1 6     5 Josef Stabholz Dimitri Sturdza 4 6 3 6 7 5 6 8

Qualifying round

Spain vs. Denmark

Spain 5	Murcia Club de Tenis, Murcia, Spain [10] 2–4 May 1975 Clay		Denmark 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 José Higueras Tom Christensen 6 3 6 4 6 1       2 Manuel Orantes Lars Elvstrøm 6 3 6 3 6 0       3 Juan Gisbert  /  Manuel Orantes Tom Christensen  /  Lars Elvstrøm 6 1 6 4 6 1       4 Antonio Muñoz Tom Christensen 6 0 6 3 6 0       5 José Higueras Lars Elvstrøm 6 3 6 0 6 2

Austria vs. Great Britain

Austria 0	Vienna, Austria [11] 2–4 May 1975 Clay		Great Britain 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hans Kary Roger Taylor 3 6 6 1 6 8 1 6     2 Gerhard Wimmer Buster Mottram 1 6 1 6 0 6       3 Hans Kary  /  Gerhard Wimmer Buster Mottram  /  Roger Taylor 4 6 3 6 1 6       4 Gerhard Wimmer Roger Taylor 2 6 4 6 6 2 6 4 2 6   5 Hans Kary John Lloyd 6 2 3 6 4 6 5 4   not completed

Poland vs. Sweden

Poland 1	Legia Stadium, Warsaw, Poland [12] 2–4 May 1975 Clay		Sweden 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Wojciech Fibak Birger Andersson 6 1 8 6 6 2       2 Henryk Drzymalski Björn Borg 0 6 0 6 2 6       3 Wojciech Fibak  /  Jacek Niedźwiedzki Ove Bengtson  /  Björn Borg 4 6 2 6 4 6       4 Wojciech Fibak Björn Borg 4 6 1 6 6 8       5 Henryk Drzymalski Birger Andersson 3 6 0 6 2 6

West Germany vs. Switzerland

West Germany 5	Freiburg, West Germany [13] 2–4 May 1975		Switzerland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Dimitri Sturdza 4 6 6 4 6 2 6 0     2 Karl Meiler Petr Kanderal 6 2 6 2 6 4       3 Jürgen Fassbender  /  Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Dimitri Sturdza  /  Matthias Werren 6 4 6 2 6 4       4 Karl Meiler Max Hürlimann 6 0 6 2 8 6       5 Harald Elschenbroich Petr Kanderal 6 4 6 0 6 2

Main Draw

Draw

Quarterfinals 9–18 May

Semifinals 18–20 July

Final 25–27 July

Romania

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

bye

Romania

2

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Spain

3

Spain

3

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Great Britain

2

Spain

2

West Berlin (clay)

Sweden

3

West Germany

2

Jūrmala, Soviet Union (clay)

Sweden

3

Sweden

3

Soviet Union

2

bye

Soviet Union

Quarterfinals

Spain vs. Great Britain

Spain 3	Barcelona, Spain [14] 9–11 May 1975 Clay		Great Britain 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Manuel Orantes Buster Mottram 6 4 6 1 6 2       2 José Higueras Roger Taylor 4 6 6 1 3 6 3 6     3 Juan Gisbert  /  Manuel Orantes Buster Mottram  /  Roger Taylor 6 4 6 4 4 6 6 0     4 José Higueras Buster Mottram 1 6 0 6 3 6       5 Manuel Orantes Roger Taylor 6 3 3 6 7 5 5 7 7 5

West Germany vs. Sweden

West Germany 2	Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, West Berlin [15] 16–18 May 1975 Clay		Sweden 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Birger Andersson 1 6 6 0 6 3 6 0     2 Karl Meiler Björn Borg 1 6 12 14 6 8       3 Jürgen Fassbender  /  Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Ove Bengtson  /  Rolf Norberg 6 2 6 3 6 1       4 Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Björn Borg 6 3 0 6 0 6 3 6     5 Karl Meiler Birger Andersson 5 7 1 6 2 6

Semifinals

Spain vs. Romania

Spain 3	Barcelona, Spain [16] 18–20 July 1975 Clay		Romania 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Manuel Orantes Toma Ovici 6 2 6 2 3 6 6 2     2 José Higueras Ilie Năstase 0 6 6 8 6 4 1 6     3 Juan Gisbert  /  Manuel Orantes Ilie Năstase  /  Ion Țiriac 3 6 4 6 6 3 7 5 6 2   4 Manuel Orantes Ilie Năstase 2 6 2 6 4 6       5 José Higueras Toma Ovici 6 2 2 6 6 1 5 7 6 3

Soviet Union vs. Sweden

Soviet Union 2	Lieupe Tennis Club, Jūrmala, Soviet Union [17] 18–20 July 1975 Clay		Sweden 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Anatoli Volkov Birger Andersson 1 6 4 6 4 6       2 Alex Metreveli Björn Borg 5 7 3 6 3 6       3 Teimuraz Kakulia  /  Alex Metreveli Ove Bengtson  /  Björn Borg 6 1 6 4 8 6       4 Alex Metreveli Birger Andersson 6 3 5 7 6 2 6 3     5 Anatoli Volkov Björn Borg 6 8 1 6 0 6

Final

Spain vs. Sweden

Spain 2	Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain [2] 25–27 July 1975 Clay		Sweden 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Manuel Orantes Birger Andersson 6 1 6 3 6 4       2 José Higueras Björn Borg 3 6 1 6 1 6       3 Juan Gisbert  /  Manuel Orantes Ove Bengtson  /  Björn Borg 6 4 6 3 6 1       4 Manuel Orantes Björn Borg 4 6 2 6 2 6       5 José Higueras Birger Andersson 6 3 4 6 3 6 0 6

Zone B

Pre-qualifying round

Draw

	Pre-qualifying round 23 August–14 September 1974
	Lagos, Nigeria (hard)
	Nigeria	5
	Kenya	0
	Istanbul, Turkey
	Turkey	3
	Ireland	2

Results

Nigeria vs. Kenya

Nigeria 5	Lagos, Nigeria [18] 12–14 September 1974 Hard		Kenya 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lawrence Awopegba Selim Rana 6 3 6 4 5 7 6 3     2 Yemisi Allan Yashvin Shretta 6 4 3 6 2 6 6 2 6 4   3 Yemisi Allan  /  Lawrence Awopegba Selim Rana  /  Yashvin Shretta 7 9 6 3 11 13 7 5 10 8   4 Yemisi Allan Selim Rana 6 2 7 5 6 3       5 Kehinde Ajayi Yashvin Shretta 6 0 6 2 6 1

Turkey vs. Ireland

Turkey 3	Istanbul, Turkey [19] 23–25 August 1974		Ireland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bülent Altınkaya Kevin Menton 6 1 6 1 4 6 6 2     2 Remzi Aydın Peter Ledbetter 6 3 6 1 0 6 6 2     3 Bülent Altınkaya  /  Remzi Aydın Michael Hickey  /  Kenneth Reid 2 6 6 2 7 5 6 4     4 Nur Gurak Kenneth Reid 7 5 3 6 3 6 1 6     5 Hasan Özdemir Kevin Menton 0 6 1 6 1 6

Preliminary rounds

Draw

	First Round					Qualifying Round
	Netherlands
						Budapest, Hungary
	bye
						Netherlands		0
	Helsinki, Finland
						Hungary		5
	Finland		1
	Hungary		4
	Egypt
						Monte Carlo, Monaco
	bye
						Egypt		3
	Monte Carlo, Monaco
						Monaco		1
	Monaco		4
	Nigeria		1
	Brussels, Belgium (indoor hard)
	Belgium		5
						Paris, France (clay)
	Norway		0
						Belgium		1
						France		4
	bye
	France
	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Bulgaria		5
						Zagreb, Yugoslavia
	Turkey		0
						Bulgaria		1
						Yugoslavia		4
	bye
	Yugoslavia

First round

Finland vs. Hungary

Finland 1	Helsinki, Finland [20] 27–29 September 1974		Hungary 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 George Berner Róbert Machán 1 6 9 7 6 8 8 6 6 1   2 Pekka Säilä Balázs Taróczy 1 6 3 6 1 6       3 Mikko Horsma  /  Matti Timonen Róbert Machán  /  Balázs Taróczy 6 8 9 7 2 6 3 6     4 Pekka Säilä Róbert Machán 5 7 8 6 4 6 4 6     5 George Berner Balázs Taróczy 6 3 3 6 4 6 2 6

Monaco vs. Nigeria

Monaco 4	Monte Carlo, Monaco [21] 27–29 September 1974		Nigeria 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Louis Borfiga Yemisi Allan 6 3 6 2 6 1       2 Emmanuel van der Pol Lawrence Awopegba 6 3 6 2 6 1       3 Bernard Balleret  /  Emmanuel van der Pol Yemisi Allan  /  Lawrence Awopegba 6 1 6 2 3 6 6 3     4 Louis Borfiga Lawrence Awopegba 7 5 6 4 6 0       5 Emmanuel van der Pol Yemisi Allan 6 1 3 6 3 6 5 7

Belgium vs. Norway

Belgium 5	Brussels, Belgium [22] 13–15 September 1974 Hard (indoors)		Norway 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bernard Mignot Erik Ulleberg 6 0 6 1 6 4       2 Patrick Hombergen Per Hegna 6 3 6 4 6 2       3 Patrick Hombergen  /  Bernard Mignot Per Hegna  /  Erik Ulleberg 6 1 6 4 6 3       4 Bernard Mignot Per Hegna 6 2 6 2 6 0       5 Patrick Hombergen Erik Ulleberg 7 5 6 3 6 2

Bulgaria vs. Turkey

Bulgaria 5	Sofia, Bulgaria [23] 27–29 September 1974		Turkey 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ljuben Genov Remzi Aydın 6 3 6 0 6 1       2 Bozhidar Pampoulov Hasan Özdemir 6 1 6 3 6 1       3 Bozhidar Pampoulov  /  Matei Pampoulov Remzi Aydın  /  Hasan Özdemir 6 0 6 1 6 3       4 Matei Pampoulov Kemal Anbar 6 3 6 0 6 2       5 Lyubomir Petrov Hasan Özdemir 6 3 6 2 7 9 6 0

Qualifying round

Hungary vs. Netherlands

Hungary 5	Budapest, Hungary [24] 2–4 May 1975		Netherlands 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Balázs Taróczy Rolf Thung 7 5 6 0 6 1       2 Szabolcs Baranyi Louk Sanders 6 4 6 2 6 4       3 Róbert Machán  /  Balázs Taróczy Niklaus Fleury  /  Louk Sanders 6 2 8 6 6 1       4 Balázs Taróczy Louk Sanders 6 3 6 4 6 2       5 Szabolcs Baranyi Rolf Thung 6 0 4 6 6 0 6 3

Monaco vs. Egypt

Monaco 1	Monte Carlo, Monaco [25] 2–4 May 1975		Egypt 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Emmanuel van der Pol Aly El Dawoudi 2 6 2 6 5 7       2 Louis Borfiga Ismail El Shafei 4 6 2 6 5 7       3 Bernard Balleret  /  Emmanuel van der Pol Aly El Dawoudi  /  Ismail El Shafei 3 6 1 6 4 6       4 Bernard Balleret Abdel-Ghani Mohammed 7 5 9 7 4 6 6 4     5 Emmanuel van der Pol Ismail El Shafei           not played

France vs. Belgium

France 4	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [26] 9–11 May 1975 Clay		Belgium 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Patrice Dominguez Patrick Hombergen 6 1 7 5 6 1       2 François Jauffret Bernard Mignot 8 6 7 5 6 1       3 Patrice Dominguez  /  François Jauffret Patrick Hombergen  /  Bernard Mignot 1 6 6 4 3 6 14 16     4 Patrice Dominguez Bernard Mignot 6 2 7 5 7 5       5 François Jauffret Patrick Hombergen 2 6 6 1 6 1 10 8

Yugoslavia vs. Bulgaria

Yugoslavia 4	Zagreb, Yugoslavia [27] 2–4 May 1975		Bulgaria 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nikola Pilić Ljuben Genov 6 3 6 4 6 1       2 Nikola Špear Bozhidar Pampoulov 6 0 6 3 3 6 8 10 2 6   3 Nikola Pilić  /  Nikola Špear Bozhidar Pampoulov  /  Matei Pampoulov 6 1 6 3 7 5       4 Nikola Pilić Bozhidar Pampoulov 6 0 6 2 6 0       5 Nikola Špear Ljuben Genov 6 1 6 0 6 1

Main Draw

Draw

Quarterfinals 16–25 May

Semifinals 20–22 June; 18–20 July

Final 25–27 July

Czechoslovakia

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

bye

Czechoslovakia

4

Cairo, Egypt

Hungary

1

Egypt

2

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

Hungary

3

Czechoslovakia

3

Paris, France (clay)

France

2

France

3

Paris, France (clay)

Yugoslavia

0

France

3

Italy

2

bye

Italy

Quarterfinals

Egypt vs. Hungary

Egypt 2	Cairo, Egypt [28] 16–18 May 1975		Hungary 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ismail El Shafei Szabolcs Baranyi 6 2 6 4 2 6 6 4     2 Aly El Dawoudi Balázs Taróczy 2 6 3 6 3 6       3 Aly El Dawoudi  /  Ismail El Shafei Róbert Machán  /  Balázs Taróczy 2 6 4 6 3 6       4 Ismail El Shafei Balázs Taróczy 9 7 6 2 15 13       5 Aly El Dawoudi Szabolcs Baranyi 1 6 7 5 3 6 6 4 2 6

France vs. Yugoslavia

France 3	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [29] 23–25 May 1975 Clay		Yugoslavia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Patrice Dominguez Željko Franulović 12 10 8 6 6 2       2 François Jauffret Nikola Pilić 6 3 7 5 2 6 6 3     3 Patrice Dominguez  /  François Jauffret Željko Franulović  /  Nikola Pilić 9 7 3 6 6 2 6 3     4 Patrice Dominguez Nikola Pilić 3 6 8 6 3 6     not completed 5 François Jauffret Željko Franulović           not played

Semifinals

Czechoslovakia vs. Hungary

Czechoslovakia 4	Prague, Czechoslovakia [30] 18–20 July 1975 Clay		Hungary 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jan Kodeš Balázs Taróczy 6 3 4 6 6 8 7 5 8 6   2 Jiří Hřebec Szabolcs Baranyi 6 2 3 6 6 3 6 3     3 Jiří Hřebec  /  Jan Kodeš Róbert Machán  /  Balázs Taróczy 6 3 6 3 6 4       4 Jiří Hřebec Balázs Taróczy 4 6 1 6 2 6       5 Jan Kodeš Szabolcs Baranyi 8 6 4 6 3 6 7 5 6 4

France vs. Italy

France 3	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [31] 20–22 June 1975 Clay		Italy 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 François Jauffret Adriano Panatta 6 1 6 4 8 6       2 Patrice Dominguez Corrado Barazzutti 6 4 0 6 1 6 3 6     3 Patrice Dominguez  /  François Jauffret Paolo Bertolucci  /  Adriano Panatta 1 6 4 6 1 6       4 Patrice Dominguez Adriano Panatta 6 3 1 6 7 5 6 3     5 François Jauffret Corrado Barazzutti 6 2 4 6 6 3 3 6 6 3

Final

Czechoslovakia vs. France

Czechoslovakia 3	Prague, Czechoslovakia [3] 25–27 July 1975 Clay		France 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jan Kodeš Patrice Dominguez 6 1 6 4 1 6 6 0     2 Jiří Hřebec François Jauffret 6 4 4 6 6 3 2 6 6 0   3 Jiří Hřebec  /  Jan Kodeš Patrice Dominguez  /  Patrick Proisy 3 6 6 3 4 6 6 1 3 6   4 Jiří Hřebec Patrice Dominguez 6 4 3 6 4 6 4 6     5 Jan Kodeš François Jauffret 6 1 7 5 6 1

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