1978 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Main article: 1978 Davis Cup

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1978 Davis Cup.

29 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 25 teams entered the competition in the qualifying round, competing for 4 places in each sub-zone's main draw to join the 4 finalists from the 1977 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]

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

Zone A

Preliminary rounds

Draw

	First Round					Qualifying Round
	Monte Carlo, Monaco
	Monaco		5
						Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
	Luxembourg		0
						Monaco		0
						Great Britain		5
	bye
	Great Britain
	Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
	Israel		5
						Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
	Finland		0
						Israel		2
						Austria		3
	bye
	Austria
	Czechoslovakia
						Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor clay)
	bye
						Czechoslovakia		3
	Zeist, Netherlands (clay)
						Netherlands		1
	Netherlands		4
	Greece		1
	Poland
						Warsaw, Poland
	bye
						Poland		4
	Algiers, Algeria (clay)
						Iran		1
	Algeria		1
	Iran		4

First round

Monaco vs. Luxembourg

Monaco 5	Monte Carlo, Monaco [4] 16–18 September 1977		Luxembourg 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Louis Borfiga Jean Brucher 6 4 6 1 6 2       2 Bernard Balleret Marc Klensch 6 1 6 2 6 1       3 Bernard Balleret  /  Louis Borfiga Fernand Claude  /  Théo Storck 6 2 6 0 6 3       4 Bernard Balleret Jean Brucher 6 0 6 3 6 1       5 Louis Borfiga Marc Klensch 6 3 6 1 6 2

Israel vs. Finland

Israel 5	Tel Aviv, Israel [5] 16–18 September 1977 Hard		Finland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yair Wertheimer George Berner 3 6 6 0 6 2 6 4     2 Shlomo Glickstein Matti Timonen 2 6 6 2 6 3 6 2     3 Shlomo Glickstein  /  Yair Wertheimer George Berner  /  Matti Timonen 6 2 6 1 3 6 2 6 6 1   4 Yair Wertheimer Matti Timonen 6 2 6 3 6 3       5 Ilan Sher Kristian Tammivuori 7 5 4 6 6 2 6 3

Netherlands vs. Greece

Netherlands 4	Zeist, Netherlands [6] 16–18 September 1977 Clay		Greece 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Louk Sanders Nicolas Kelaidis 7 5 6 1 6 2       2 Wouter Fok Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 4 6 6 0 5 7 6 3 3 6   3 Wouter Fok  /  Louk Sanders Nicholas Kalogeropoulos  /  Nicolas Kelaidis 6 1 6 2 6 3       4 Wouter Fok Nicolas Kelaidis 6 2 4 6 2 6 6 0 6 1   5 Louk Sanders Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 8 6 6 4 3 6 8 6

Algeria vs. Iran

Algeria 1	Hydra Athletic Club, Algiers, Algeria [7] 10–12 August 1977 Clay		Iran 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Abdeslam Mahmoudi Mansour Bahrami 3 6 4 6 4 6       2 Fouad-Kamel Boudjemline Moharram-Ali Khodai 2 6 1 6 2 6       3 Fouad-Kamel Boudjemline  /  Abdeslam Mahmoudi Mansour Bahrami  /  Kamyab Derafshijavan 6 3 4 6 1 6 2 6     4 Abdeslam Mahmoudi Moharram-Ali Khodai 6 4 6 4 6 2       5 Hocine Younes Mansour Bahrami 3 6 4 6 6 8

Qualifying round

Monaco vs. Great Britain

Monaco 0	Monte Carlo, Monaco [8] 17–19 March 1978 Clay		Great Britain 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Louis Borfiga John Lloyd 2 6 1 6 4 6       2 Bernard Balleret Richard Lewis 6 8 6 4 12 10 5 7 1 6   3 Louis Borfiga  /  Michel Borfiga David Lloyd  /  John Lloyd 2 6 1 6 1 6       4 Louis Borfiga Richard Lewis 6 2 6 2 6 8 1 6 1 6   5 Bernard Balleret John Lloyd 1 6 2 6

Israel vs. Austria

Israel 2	Tel Aviv, Israel [9] 17–19 March 1978 Hard		Austria 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Shlomo Glickstein Peter Feigl 4 6 3 6 6 1 7 9     2 Steve Krulevitz Hans Kary 4 6 4 6 6 4 6 1 6 2   3 Steve Krulevitz  /  Yair Wertheimer Peter Feigl  /  Hans Kary 6 8 4 6 5 7       4 Steve Krulevitz Peter Feigl 6 4 8 6 6 3       5 Shlomo Glickstein Hans Kary 6 3 9 7 4 6 6 8 3 6

Czechoslovakia vs. Netherlands

Czechoslovakia 3	Prague, Czechoslovakia [10] 17–19 March 1978 Clay (indoors)		Netherlands 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jan Kodeš Tom Okker 6 4 7 9 6 0 3 6 4 6   2 Jiří Hřebec Louk Sanders 6 2 7 5 6 3       3 Jan Kodeš  /  Tomáš Šmíd Tom Okker  /  Louk Sanders 9 7 6 2 6 2       4 Jiří Hřebec Tom Okker 6 3 2 6 6 1 6 4     5 Tomáš Šmíd Louk Sanders 4 6 3 6       not completed

Poland vs. Iran

Poland 4	Warsaw, Poland [11] 17–19 March 1978		Iran 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Wojciech Fibak Moharram-Ali Khodai 6 0 7 5 6 0       2 Czesław Dobrowolski Mansour Bahrami 6 8 4 6 6 4 6 3 3 6   3 Wojciech Fibak  /  Tadeusz Nowicki Mansour Bahrami  /  Kamyab Derafshijavan 6 1 6 1 6 4       4 Wojciech Fibak Mansour Bahrami 6 3 6 1 6 2       5 Czesław Dobrowolski Moharram-Ali Khodai 6 1 6 0 6 4

Main draw

Draw

Quarterfinals 16–18 June

Semifinals 13–15 July

Final 15–17 September

France

Paris, France (clay)

bye

France

2

Bristol, United Kingdom (grass)

Great Britain

3

Great Britain

5

Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass)

Austria

0

Great Britain

5

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

Czechoslovakia

0

Czechoslovakia

3

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

Poland

2

Czechoslovakia

5

Romania

0

bye

Romania

Quarterfinals

Great Britain vs. Austria

Great Britain 5	Bristol Lawn Tennis Club, Bristol, United Kingdom [12] 16–18 June 1978 Grass		Austria 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 John Lloyd Peter Feigl 7 5 6 2 2 6 9 7     2 Buster Mottram Hans Kary 6 2 6 3 6 1       3 David Lloyd  /  Buster Mottram Peter Feigl  /  Cliff Letcher 4 6 6 3 4 6 6 4 6 3   4 Richard Lewis Robert Reininger 3 6 6 4 8 6 6 4     5 Buster Mottram Peter Feigl 6 4 6 3 6 1

Czechoslovakia vs. Poland

Czechoslovakia 3	Prague, Czechoslovakia [13] 16–18 June 1978 Clay		Poland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jan Kodeš Henryk Drzymalski 6 0 6 3 7 5       2 Jiří Hřebec Wojciech Fibak 5 7 5 7 4 6       3 Jan Kodeš  /  Tomáš Šmíd Wojciech Fibak  /  Tadeusz Nowicki 8 6 6 3 7 5       4 Jan Kodeš Wojciech Fibak 6 8 4 6 2 6       5 Jiří Hřebec Henryk Drzymalski 6 1 6 1 3 6 6 4

Semifinals

France vs. Great Britain

France 2	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [14] 13–15 July 1978 Clay		Great Britain 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yannick Noah Buster Mottram 6 3 3 6 7 9 3 6     2 Éric Deblicker John Lloyd 2 6 2 6 6 4 6 3 3 6   3 François Jauffret  /  Yannick Noah David Lloyd  /  John Lloyd 6 3 6 1 7 5       4 Éric Deblicker Buster Mottram 5 7 4 6 1 6       5 Yannick Noah John Lloyd 6 3 6 2 7 5

Czechoslovakia vs. Romania

Czechoslovakia 5	Prague, Czechoslovakia [15] 13–15 July 1978 Clay		Romania 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Pavel Složil Andrei Dîrzu 6 2 6 4 7 5       2 Tomáš Šmíd Dumitru Hărădău 7 5 6 1 6 8 6 1     3 Pavel Složil  /  Tomáš Šmíd Andrei Dîrzu  /  Florin Segărceanu 6 4 6 2 6 4       4 Pavel Složil Florin Segărceanu 6 3 6 4         5 Tomáš Šmíd Andrei Dîrzu 6 3 6 2

Final

Great Britain vs. Czechoslovakia

Great Britain 5	Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, United Kingdom [2] 15–17 September 1978 Grass		Czechoslovakia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 John Lloyd Jiří Hřebec 9 7 6 3 4 6 5 7 12 10   2 Buster Mottram Ivan Lendl 6 4 7 5 7 5       3 Mark Cox  /  David Lloyd Jan Kodeš  /  Tomáš Šmíd 6 4 13 15 6 4 2 6 6 4   4 Mark Cox Ivan Lendl 6 2 6 4 6 3       5 Buster Mottram Jiří Hřebec 5 7 3 6 6 3 6 4 6 0

Zone B

Pre-qualifying round

Draw

	Pre-qualifying round
	Casablanca, Morocco
	Morocco		5
	Turkey		0

Results

Morocco vs. Turkey

Morocco 5	Casablanca, Morocco [16] 27–29 August 1977		Turkey 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mustapha Dislam Ali Yenilmez 6 3 6 2 6 3       2 Omar Laimina Remzi Aydın 6 1 6 0 6 1       3 Mustapha Dislam  /  Omar Laimina Remzi Aydın  /  Ali Yenilmez 6 2 6 0 6 0       4 Houcine Saber Ali Yenilmez 6 3 6 4 6 2       5 Mohammed Dlimi Cevdet Cika 6 0 6 3 7 5

Preliminary rounds

Draw

	First Round					Qualifying Round
	Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
	Morocco		4
						Casablanca, Morocco
	Norway		1
						Morocco		0
						Yugoslavia		5
	bye
	Yugoslavia
	Dublin, Ireland (grass)
	Ireland		4
						Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
	Portugal		1
						Ireland		0
						Sweden		5
	bye
	Sweden
	Hungary
						Pécs, Hungary
	bye
						Hungary		4
	Brussels, Belgium (clay)
						Belgium		1
	Belgium		3
	Denmark		2
	Lucerne, Switzerland
	Switzerland		5
						Zürich, Switzerland
	Egypt		0
						Switzerland		0
						West Germany		5
	bye
	West Germany

First round

Morocco vs. Norway

Morocco 4	Casablanca, Morocco [17] 16–18 September 1977 Clay		Norway 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Houcine Saber Frithjof Prydz 6 2 6 3 6 3       2 Omar Laimina Per Hegna 7 5 5 7 6 1 3 6 7 5   3 Mustapha Dislam  /  Mohammed Dlimi Frithjof Prydz  /  Erik Ulleberg 6 3 6 8 6 8 10 8 7 5   4 Houcine Saber Per Hegna 3 6 1 6 1 6       5 Omar Laimina Frithjof Prydz 6 2 6 2 6 2

Ireland vs. Portugal

Ireland 4	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland [18] 16–18 September 1977 Grass		Portugal 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kevin Menton Arsénio Marta 6 2 7 5 4 6 4 6 6 3   2 Sean Sorensen Sergio Cruz 6 2 6 4 10 8       3 Michael Hickey  /  Sean Sorensen Manuel de Sousa  /  Miguel Soares 6 1 6 2 6 2       4 Kevin Menton Sergio Cruz 5 7 4 6 4 6       5 Sean Sorensen Arsénio Marta 6 0 6 2 6 4

Belgium vs. Denmark

Belgium 3	Brussels, Belgium [19] 16–18 September 1977 Clay		Denmark 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thierry Stevaux Lars Elvstrøm 6 3 6 0 1 6 4 6 6 8   2 Bernard Boileau Torben Ulrich 5 7 3 6 6 2 6 3 6 4   3 Bernard Boileau  /  Thierry Stevaux Tom Christensen  /  Lars Elvstrøm 2 6 7 5 3 6 3 6     4 Thierry Stevaux Torben Ulrich 6 3 6 1 6 3       5 Bernard Boileau Lars Elvstrøm 6 2 6 2 6 1

Switzerland vs. Egypt

Switzerland 5	Lucerne, Switzerland [20] 16–18 September 1977		Egypt 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Max Hürlimann Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 6 0 6 1 6 3       2 Heinz Günthardt Mohammed-Abdul Fatah 6 0 6 1 6 2       3 Petr Kanderal  /  Dimitri Sturdza Tarek-Shawki El Sakka  /  Mohammed-Abdul Fatah 6 1 6 1 6 3       4 Heinz Günthardt Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 6 1 6 0 6 0       5 Petr Kanderal Mohammed-Abdul Fatah 6 0 4 6 10 8 7 5

Qualifying round

Morocco vs. Yugoslavia

Morocco 0	Casablanca, Morocco [21] 17–19 March 1978		Yugoslavia 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Omar Laimina Dragan Savić 6 4 2 6 2 6 4 6     2 Mustapha Dislam Zoltan Ilin 0 6 4 6 2 6       3 Mustapha Dislam  /  Mohammed Dlimi Zoltan Ilin  /  Dragan Savić 5 7 4 6 6 8       4 Mustapha Dislam Dragan Savić 4 6 2 6 2 6       5 Omar Laimina Zoltan Ilin 6 4 3 6 1 6 0 6

Ireland vs. Sweden

Ireland 0	Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland [22] 17–19 March 1978 Hard (indoors)		Sweden 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Michael Hickey Björn Borg 1 6 1 6 0 6       2 Sean Sorensen Kjell Johansson 6 3 6 3 7 9 3 6 2 6   3 Michael Hickey  /  Sean Sorensen Ove Bengtson  /  Tenny Svensson 6 4 2 6 4 6 1 6     4 Sean Sorensen Björn Borg 0 6 2 6 0 6       5 Kevin Menton Kjell Johansson 0 6 0 6 0 6

Hungary vs. Belgium

Hungary 4	Pécs, Hungary [23] 17–19 March 1978		Belgium 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Péter Szőke Bernard Boileau 7 5 6 4 6 1       2 Balázs Taróczy Patrick Hombergen 12 10 6 3 6 3       3 Péter Szőke  /  Balázs Taróczy Bernard Boileau  /  Thierry Stevaux 6 3 8 10 6 2 6 1     4 Péter Szőke Patrick Hombergen 6 3 6 2 6 2       5 János Benyik Bernard Boileau 6 3 4 6 1 6 6 3 3 6

Switzerland vs. West Germany

Switzerland 0	Zürich, Switzerland [24] 17–19 March 1978		West Germany 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Michel Burgener Peter Elter 4 6 3 6 2 6       2 Heinz Günthardt Ulrich Pinner 10 8 6 4 2 6 4 6 6 8   3 Petr Kanderal  /  Dimitri Sturdza Ulrich Pinner  /  Reinhart Probst 4 6 2 6 3 6       4 Michel Burgener Ulrich Pinner 6 2 4 6 4 6 2 6     5 Heinz Günthardt Peter Elter 3 6 7 9 6 2 7 9

Main draw

Draw

Quarterfinals 13–18 June

Semifinals 13–16 July

Final 15–17 September

Spain

Båstad, Sweden (clay)

bye

Spain

2

Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay)

Sweden

3

Yugoslavia

2

Båstad, Sweden (clay)

Sweden

3

Sweden

3

Budapest, Hungary

Hungary

1

Hungary

3

Budapest, Hungary

West Germany

2

Hungary

4

Italy

1

bye

Italy

Quarterfinals

Yugoslavia vs. Sweden

Yugoslavia 2	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia [25] 13–15 June 1978 Clay		Sweden 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Željko Franulović Kjell Johansson 3 6 11 9 7 5 7 5     2 Zoltan Ilin Björn Borg 0 6 0 6 2 6       3 Željko Franulović  /  Zoltan Ilin Ove Bengtson  /  Björn Borg 6 4 2 6 0 6 0 6     4 Zoltan Ilin Tenny Svensson 4 6 6 4 3 6 6 0 6 3   5 Željko Franulović Björn Borg 2 6 2 6 7 9

Hungary vs. West Germany

Hungary 3	Budapest, Hungary [26] 16–18 June 1978		West Germany 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Balázs Taróczy Ulrich Pinner 6 1 6 2 6 1       2 Péter Szőke Peter Elter 6 4 4 6 2 6 3 6     3 Péter Szőke  /  Balázs Taróczy Ulrich Pinner  /  Reinhart Probst 6 1 4 6 7 5 6 2     4 Balázs Taróczy Peter Elter 6 0 6 1 6 4       5 Péter Szőke Ulrich Pinner 2 6 2 6 3 6

Semifinals

Sweden vs. Spain

Sweden 3	Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [27] 14–16 July 1978 Clay		Spain 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kjell Johansson José Higueras 6 2 6 2 5 7 6 2     2 Björn Borg Manuel Orantes 6 2 5 7 6 3 6 3     3 Ove Bengtson  /  Björn Borg José Higueras  /  Manuel Orantes 6 3 2 6 2 6 4 6     4 Kjell Johansson Manuel Orantes 4 6 4 6 5 7       5 Björn Borg José Higueras 6 1 6 4 6 2

Hungary vs. Italy

Hungary 4	Budapest, Hungary [28] 13–15 July 1978		Italy 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Péter Szőke Corrado Barazzutti 6 2 1 6 5 7 3 6     2 Balázs Taróczy Adriano Panatta 6 4 6 3 11 9       3 Péter Szőke  /  Balázs Taróczy Paolo Bertolucci  /  Adriano Panatta 6 3 6 2 6 4       4 Péter Szőke Adriano Panatta 6 3 3 6 6 0 8 6     5 Balázs Taróczy Corrado Barazzutti 6 3 6 4 6 4

Final

Sweden vs. Hungary

Sweden 3	Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [3] 15–17 September 1978 Clay		Hungary 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kjell Johansson Balázs Taróczy 7 5 6 2 6 4       2 Björn Borg Péter Szőke 6 2 6 0 6 0       3 Ove Bengtson  /  Tenny Svensson Péter Szőke  /  Balázs Taróczy 2 6 1 6 10 12       4 Kjell Johansson Péter Szőke 3 6 7 5 6 1 3 6 6 1   5 Tenny Svensson Balázs Taróczy 2 6 6 4 5 5     not completed

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18. "Ireland v Portugal". daviscup.com.
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23. "Hungary v Belgium". daviscup.com.
24. "Switzerland v West Germany". daviscup.com.
25. "Yugoslavia v Sweden". daviscup.com.
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