1977 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Main article: 1977 Davis Cup

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1977 Davis Cup.

33 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 8 teams entered the competition in the pre-qualifying rounds, competing for 3 spots in the preliminary rounds. The 3 winners in the pre-qualifying rounds joined an additional 21 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 1976 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]

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

Zone A

Pre-qualifying rounds

Draw

	First Round					Qualifying Round
	Iran
						Tehran, Iran (clay)
	bye
						Iran		5
						Algeria		0
	Algeria		w/o
	Morocco

Qualifying round

Iran vs. Algeria

Iran 5	Imperial Tennis Club, Tehran, Iran [4] 25–27 August 1976 Clay		Algeria 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Taghi Akbari Abdeslam Mahmoudi 6 0 6 4 6 3       2 Kamyab Derafshijavan Sebti Bounaib 6 2 6 2 7 5       3 Moharram Ali Khodai  /  Ezzatollah Nemati Sebti Bounaib  /  Abdeslam Mahmoudi 6 2 6 2 6 3       4 Moharram Ali Khodai Moussa Said 6 0 6 1 6 3       5 Ezzatollah Nemati Abdeslam Mahmoudi 6 1 6 3 6 2

Preliminary rounds

Draw

	First Round					Qualifying Round
	Poznań, Poland (clay)
	Norway		0
						Warsaw, Poland
	Poland		5
						Poland		3
						West Germany		1
	bye
	West Germany
	Biel, Switzerland
	Switzerland		3
						Zürich, Switzerland
	Rhodesia		2
						Switzerland		2
						France		3
	bye
	France
	Romania
						Bucharest, Romania (clay)
	bye
						Romania		5
	Brussels, Belgium
						Belgium		0
	Bulgaria		2
	Belgium		3
	Czechoslovakia
						Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
	bye
						Czechoslovakia		5
	Dublin, Ireland
						Ireland		0
	Iran		2
	Ireland		3

First round

Poland vs. Norway

Poland 5	Poznań, Poland [5] 24–26 September 1976 Clay		Norway 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tadeusz Nowicki Per Hegna 6 3 6 3 6 2       2 Wojciech Fibak Olav Abrahamsen 6 0 6 0 6 0       3 Wojciech Fibak  /  Jacek Niedźwiedzki Per Hegna  /  Jan Munch-Søegaard 6 0 8 6 6 3       4 Tadeusz Nowicki Olav Abrahamsen 6 2 6 2 6 1       5 Wojciech Fibak Per Hegna 6 1 5 7 7 5 6 3

Switzerland vs. Rhodesia

Switzerland 3	Biel, Switzerland [6] 24–26 September 1976		Rhodesia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Heinz Günthardt Desmond McKenzie 6 1 6 2 6 0       2 Max Hürlimann Colin Dowdeswell 5 7 5 7 6 0 3 6     3 Heinz Günthardt  /  Petr Kanderal Colin Dowdeswell  /  Sheridan Towers 8 6 10 8 6 4       4 Heinz Günthardt Colin Dowdeswell 6 0 7 9 2 6 3 6     5 Max Hürlimann Desmond McKenzie 6 2 6 1 6 0

Belgium vs. Bulgaria

Belgium 3	Brussels, Belgium [7] 17–19 September 1976		Bulgaria 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bernard Mignot Ljuben Genov 6 1 2 6 6 3 1 6 0 6   2 Patrick Hombergen Bozhidar Pampoulov 8 6 6 1 5 7 4 6 6 0   3 Patrick Hombergen  /  Bernard Mignot Bozhidar Pampoulov  /  Matei Pampoulov 6 3 6 4 6 2       4 Bernard Mignot Matei Pampoulov 6 2 6 4 6 4       5 Patrick Hombergen Ljuben Genov 6 2 3 6 6 4 3 6 1 6

Ireland vs. Iran

Ireland 3	Dublin, Ireland [8] 24–26 September 1976		Iran 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sean Sorensen Mansour Bahrami 7 5 9 11 3 6 6 2 2 6   2 James McArdle Kamyab Derafshijavan 6 4 6 2 4 6 15 17 6 3   3 Michael Hickey  /  Sean Sorensen Mansour Bahrami  /  Kamyab Derafshijavan 6 2 2 6 6 4 6 4     4 Sean Sorensen Kamyab Derafshijavan 7 5 6 3 6 3       5 James McArdle Mansour Bahrami 3 6 9 11 2 6

Qualifying round

Poland vs. West Germany

Poland 3	Warsaw, Poland [9] 22–24 April 1977		West Germany 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jacek Niedźwiedzki Ulrich Pinner 9 11 2 6 1 6       2 Wojciech Fibak Karl Meiler 6 0 6 1 6 1       3 Wojciech Fibak  /  Tadeusz Nowicki Jürgen Fassbender  /  Karl Meiler 4 6 8 10 6 3 6 4 6 3   4 Wojciech Fibak Ulrich Pinner 10 8 6 3 6 4       5 Jacek Niedźwiedzki Karl Meiler           not played

Switzerland vs. France

Switzerland 2	Zürich, Switzerland [10] 19–21 March 1977		France 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Petr Kanderal Patrice Dominguez 3 6 14 16 4 6       2 Heinz Günthardt Jean-Louis Haillet 3 6 3 6 3 6       3 Petr Kanderal  /  Dimitri Sturdza Patrice Dominguez  /  Jean-Louis Haillet 6 4 7 9 6 4 1 6 4 6   4 Petr Kanderal Jean-Louis Haillet 15 13 7 5 2 6 6 3     5 Heinz Günthardt Patrice Dominguez 8 6 6 3 10 8

Romania vs. Belgium

Romania 5	Bucharest, Romania [11] 28 April–1 May 1977 Clay		Belgium 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ilie Năstase Bernard Boileau 6 1 6 4 6 1       2 Dumitru Hărădău Jean-Pierre Richer 6 1 6 3 6 3       3 Ilie Năstase  /  Ion Țiriac Johan De Muynck  /  Thierry Stevaux 6 2 6 1 6 4       4 Dumitru Hărădău Bernard Boileau 6 1 6 2 6 3       5 Ilie Năstase Jean-Pierre Richer 6 2 6 2 6 2

Czechoslovakia vs. Ireland

Czechoslovakia 5	Prague, Czechoslovakia [12] 22–24 April 1977 Clay		Ireland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tomáš Šmíd Peter Ledbetter 6 0 6 0 6 2       2 Jiří Hřebec James McArdle 6 0 6 1 6 2       3 Jiří Granát  /  Tomáš Šmíd James McArdle  /  John O'Brien 6 0 6 0 6 2       4 Jiří Hřebec Peter Ledbetter 6 0 6 1 6 0       5 František Pála James McArdle 6 2 6 3 6 0

Main draw

Draw

Quarterfinals 6–8 May

Semifinals 9–11 June

Final 23–25 July

Soviet Union

bye

Soviet Union

Warsaw, Poland

France

w/o

Poland

0

Paris, France (clay)

France

5

France

3

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Romania

2

Romania

3

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Czechoslovakia

1

Romania

4

Great Britain

1

bye

Great Britain

Quarterfinals

Poland vs. France

Poland 0	Warsaw, Poland [13] 6–8 May 1977		France 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Henryk Drzymalski Patrice Dominguez 6 8 2 6 4 6       2 Tadeusz Nowicki François Jauffret 0 6 0 6 2 6       3 Jacek Niedźwiedzki  /  Tadeusz Nowicki Patrice Dominguez  /  François Jauffret 8 6 8 10 6 1 3 6 2 6   4 Tadeusz Nowicki Patrice Dominguez 6 3 5 7 6 8 7 9     5 Henryk Drzymalski François Jauffret 4 6 0 6

Romania vs. Czechoslovakia

Romania 3	Bucharest, Romania [14] 6–8 May 1977 Clay		Czechoslovakia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dumitru Hărădău Jan Kodeš 6 2 2 6 2 6 3 6     2 Ilie Năstase Jiří Hřebec 6 1 1 0         retired 3 Ilie Năstase  /  Ion Țiriac Jiří Hřebec  /  Jan Kodeš 6 1 6 3 6 3       4 Ilie Năstase Jan Kodeš 6 2 6 2 6 4       5 Dumitru Hărădău Jiří Hřebec 1 6 6 3       not completed

Semifinals

France vs. Soviet Union

Due to their refusal to play against Chile in the 1976 Inter-Zonal semifinals, the Soviet Union were disqualified from the 1977 tournament. Therefore, France were declared winners by default and progressed to the final. ^{[15] [16]}

Romania vs. Great Britain

Romania 4	Bucharest, Romania [17] 9–11 June 1977 Clay		Great Britain 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ilie Năstase John Feaver 6 1 6 2 4 6 6 4     2 Dumitru Hărădău John Lloyd 2 6 7 5 6 0 6 1     3 Ilie Năstase  /  Ion Țiriac David Lloyd  /  John Lloyd 9 7 2 6 6 4 9 7     4 Gavorielle Marcu Richard Lewis 6 4 1 6 1 6 3 6     5 Dumitru Hărădău John Feaver 5 7 6 3 4 6 6 1 6 3

Final

France vs. Romania

France 3	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [2] 23–25 July 1977 Clay		Romania 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 François Jauffret Ilie Năstase 3 6 0 6 6 4 6 3 6 1   2 Patrick Proisy Dumitru Hărădău 6 2 6 4 8 6       3 Patrice Dominguez  /  François Jauffret Ilie Năstase  /  Ion Țiriac 3 6 4 6 6 3 5 7     4 François Jauffret Dumitru Hărădău 6 1 6 4 6 4       5 Patrick Proisy Ilie Năstase 4 6 6 4 6 8 1 6

Zone B

Pre-qualifying rounds

Draw

	First Round					Qualifying Round
	Israel
						Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
	bye
						Israel		5
						Turkey		0
	Kenya
	Turkey		w/o
	Luxembourg
						Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
	bye
						Luxembourg		0
						Finland		5
	bye
	Finland

Qualifying round

Israel vs. Turkey

Israel 5	Tel Aviv, Israel [18] 17–19 September 1976 Hard		Turkey 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Shlomo Glickstein Murat Gürler 6 5 6 1 6 0       2 Yair Wertheimer Cahit Ataş 6 0 6 0 6 2       3 Ilan Sher  /  Yair Wertheimer Murat Gürler  /  Ali Yenilmez 6 1 6 1 6 0       4 Yair Wertheimer Murat Gürler 6 1 6 3 6 1       5 Shlomo Glickstein Ali Yenilmez 6 0 6 3 6 0

Luxembourg vs. Finland

Luxembourg 0	Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg [19] 28–30 August 1976		Finland 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Fernand Claude Leo Palin 3 6 2 6 2 6       2 Marc Weitzel George Berner 0 6 0 6 1 6       3 Fernand Claude  /  Marc Weitzel George Berner  /  Pekka Säilä 0 6 3 6 1 6       4 Pascal Genevo Leo Palin 1 6 2 6 1 6       5 Fernand Claude George Berner 2 6 1 6 1 6

Preliminary rounds

Draw

	First Round					Qualifying Round
	Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
	Netherlands		5
						Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
	Israel		0
						Netherlands		0
						Yugoslavia		5
	bye
	Yugoslavia
	Athens, Greece (clay)
	Greece		3
						Athens, Greece
	Denmark		1
						Greece		0
						Spain		5
	bye
	Spain
	Sweden
						Uppsala, Sweden (indoor hard)
	bye
						Sweden		5
	Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
						Monaco		0
	Portugal		1
	Monaco		4
	Vienna, Austria
	Austria		5
						Vienna, Austria
	Finland		0
						Austria		5
						Egypt		0
	bye
	Egypt

First round

Netherlands vs. Israel

Netherlands 5	Scheveningen, Netherlands [20] 24–26 September 1976 Clay		Israel 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Louk Sanders Shlomo Glickstein 6 2 6 4 6 1       2 Fred Hemmes Yair Wertheimer 5 7 8 6 1 6 6 4 6 0   3 Fred Hemmes  /  Louk Sanders Shlomo Glickstein  /  Yair Wertheimer 4 6 6 2 6 2 6 2     4 Fred Hemmes Shlomo Glickstein 6 4 6 2 6 4       5 Louk Sanders Yair Wertheimer 6 3 6 0 6 1

Greece vs. Denmark

Greece 3	Athens, Greece [21] 24–26 September 1976 Clay		Denmark 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicolas Kelaidis Carl-Edvard Hedelund 6 3 4 6 6 8 6 3 10 8   2 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Tom Christensen 6 1 6 3 6 4       3 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos  /  Nicolas Kelaidis Tom Christensen  /  Carl-Edvard Hedelund 2 6 4 6 2 6       4 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Carl-Edvard Hedelund 6 2 6 3 6 4       5 Nicolas Kelaidis Tom Christensen 4 6 6 1 7 5 7 9   not completed

Portugal vs. Monaco

Portugal 1	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal [22] 24–26 September 1976 Clay		Monaco 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 José Vilela Bernard Balleret 6 0 2 6 3 6 3 6     2 Sergio Cruz Louis Borfiga 2 6 4 6 3 6       3 Raúl Peralta  /  José Vilela Bernard Balleret  /  Louis Borfiga 1 6 5 7 2 6       4 Sergio Cruz Bernard Balleret 7 5 5 7 7 5 3 6 2 6   5 José Vilela Louis Borfiga 4 6 2 6 6 4 3 2     retired

Austria vs. Finland

Austria 5	Vienna, Austria [23] 24–26 September 1976		Finland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Peter Feigl Pekka Säilä 6 4 6 2 6 3       2 Hans Kary Matti Timonen 6 4 6 2 6 3       3 Hans Kary  /  Cliff Letcher George Berner  /  Pekka Säilä 10 8 6 1 6 2       4 Peter Feigl Matti Timonen 6 2 6 4 6 4       5 Hans Kary Pekka Säilä 6 1 6 1 6 3

Qualifying round

Netherlands vs. Yugoslavia

Netherlands 0	Scheveningen, Netherlands [24] 22–24 April 1977 Clay		Yugoslavia 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Fred Hemmes Nikola Pilić 0 6 3 6 2 6       2 Louk Sanders Željko Franulović 6 3 1 6 4 6 7 5 2 6   3 Louk Sanders  /  Rolf Thung Željko Franulović  /  Nikola Pilić 0 6 7 9 6 3 4 6     4 Fred Hemmes Željko Franulović 4 6 2 6 6 4 1 6     5 Louk Sanders Nikola Pilić 5 7 3 6 2 6

Greece vs. Spain

Greece 0	Athens, Greece [25] 1–3 April 1977		Spain 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicolas Kelaidis José Higueras 0 6 0 6 1 6       2 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Manuel Orantes 1 6 2 6 0 6       3 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos  /  Nicolas Kelaidis Antonio Muñoz  /  Javier Soler 3 6 6 3 2 6 6 8     4 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos José Higueras 4 6 0 6 2 6       5 Nicolas Kelaidis Manuel Orantes 2 6 3 6 2 6

Sweden vs. Monaco

Sweden 5	Fyrishallen, Uppsala, Sweden [26] 15–17 April 1977 Hard (indoors)		Monaco 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rolf Norberg Bernard Balleret 9 7 3 6 6 4 6 3     2 Kjell Johansson Louis Borfiga 6 1 6 1 6 1       3 Jan Norbäck  /  Douglas Palm Bernard Balleret  /  Louis Borfiga 7 5 6 2 6 2       4 Rolf Norberg Louis Borfiga 6 3 6 2 6 2       5 Kjell Johansson Bernard Balleret 6 1 6 1 6 2

Austria vs. Egypt

Austria 5	Vienna, Austria [27] 22–24 April 1977		Egypt 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Cliff Letcher Abdel-Ghani Mohammed 6 0 6 0 6 1       2 Hans Kary Ismail El Shafei 6 2 7 5 3 6 6 3     3 Hans Kary  /  Cliff Letcher Tarek-Shawki El Sakka  /  Ismail El Shafei 6 2 6 2 7 9 6 2     4 Hans Kary Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 6 2 6 0 6 2       5 Cliff Letcher Ismail El Shafei 6 2 6 2 6 0

Main draw

Draw

Quarterfinals 6–8 May

Semifinals 15–25 July

Final 29 July–1 August

Hungary

Budapest, Hungary

bye

Hungary

2

Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Spain

3

Yugoslavia

1

Barcelona, Spain

Spain

4

Spain

2

Stockholm, Sweden (indoor carpet)

Italy

3

Sweden

5

Båstad, Sweden (clay)

Austria

0

Sweden

1

Italy

4

bye

Italy

Quarterfinals

Yugoslavia vs. Spain

Yugoslavia 1	Belgrade, Yugoslavia [28] 6–8 May 1977		Spain 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Zoltan Ilin Manuel Orantes 1 6 3 6 2 6       2 Nikola Pilić José Higueras 6 3 6 2 6 1       3 Zoltan Ilin  /  Nikola Pilić Antonio Muñoz  /  Manuel Orantes 5 7 6 3 2 6 6 8     4 Zoltan Ilin José Higueras 3 6 1 6 6 4 2 6     5 Nikola Pilić Manuel Orantes 5 7 2 6 2 6

Sweden vs. Austria

Sweden 5	Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden [29] 6–8 May 1997 Carpet (indoors)		Austria 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rolf Norberg Cliff Letcher 4 6 4 6 6 3 6 2 6 2   2 Kjell Johansson Hans Kary 4 6 7 5 6 4 6 3     3 Ove Bengtson  /  Rolf Norberg Hans Kary  /  Cliff Letcher 6 4 6 4 6 3       4 Rolf Norberg Peter Feigl 9 7 6 4 6 4       5 Kjell Johansson Cliff Letcher 6 1 6 3 6 3

Semifinals

Hungary vs. Spain

Hungary 2	Budapest, Hungary [30] 29 July–1 August 1977		Spain 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 János Benyik José Higueras 4 6 1 6 1 6       2 Balázs Taróczy Manuel Orantes 7 5 4 6 1 6 6 1 6 1   3 Péter Szőke  /  Balázs Taróczy José Higueras  /  Manuel Orantes 6 2 6 3 4 6 6 1     4 János Benyik Manuel Orantes 9 11 3 6 2 6       5 Balázs Taróczy José Higueras 6 0 6 8 4 6 4 6

Sweden vs. Italy

Sweden 1	Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [31] 23–25 July 1977 Clay		Italy 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Birger Andersson Adriano Panatta 5 7 4 6 4 6       2 Rolf Norberg Corrado Barazzutti 3 6 1 6 2 6       3 Jan Norbäck  /  Rolf Norberg Paolo Bertolucci  /  Adriano Panatta 3 6 3 6 6 3 4 6     4 Jan Norbäck Antonio Zugarelli 6 1 3 6 6 2 6 2     5 Birger Andersson Corrado Barazzutti 6 4 2 6 1 6 3 6

Final

Spain vs. Italy

Spain 2	Barcelona, Spain [3] 15–17 July 1977		Italy 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 José Higueras Corrado Barazzutti 6 4 6 4 6 3       2 Manuel Orantes Adriano Panatta 4 6 6 3 3 6 1 6     3 José Higueras  /  Antonio Muñoz Paolo Bertolucci  /  Adriano Panatta 4 6 5 7 4 6       4 Manuel Orantes Corrado Barazzutti 5 7 5 7 1 6       5 Javier Soler Adriano Panatta 6 1 6 0

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