1979 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Main article: 1979 Davis Cup

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1979 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 1978 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]

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

Zone A

Preliminary rounds

Draw

	First Round					Qualifying Round
	Poland
						Warsaw, Poland
	bye
						Poland		4
	Helsinki, Finland
						Finland		1
	Finland		5
	Morocco		0
	Italy
						Palermo, Italy (clay)
	bye
						Italy		5
	Athens, Greece (clay)
						Denmark		0
	Greece		1
	Denmark		4
	Austria
						Vienna, Austria
	bye
						Austria		5
	Cairo, Egypt (clay)
						Egypt		0
	Egypt		5
	Portugal		0
	Spain
						Barcelona, Spain
	bye
						Spain		5
	Monte Carlo, Monaco
						Soviet Union		0
	Monaco		1
	Soviet Union		4

First round

Finland vs. Morocco

Finland 5	Helsinki, Finland [4] 15–17 September 1978		Morocco 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Leo Palin Mustapha Dislam 6 4 6 2 6 1       2 Matti Timonen Omar Laimina 6 2 8 6 4 6 6 1     3 Leo Palin  /  Reijo Tuomola Mustapha Dislam  /  Omar Laimina 6 3 6 1 6 1       4 Leo Palin Omar Laimina 6 2 6 2 6 4       5 Matti Timonen Mustapha Dislam 6 1 6 1 6 3

Greece vs. Denmark

Greece 1	Athens, Greece [5] 15–17 September 1978 Clay		Denmark 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Lars Elvstrøm 3 6 0 1       retired   2 Nicolas Kelaidis Finn Christensen 11 9 6 2 1 6 4 6 2 6   3 George Kalovelonis  /  Pavlos Mamasis Finn Christensen  /  Lars Elvstrøm 4 6 11 9 6 3 3 6 7 5   4 Nicolas Kelaidis Lars Elvstrøm 0 6 2 6 1 6       5 Pavlos Mamasis Finn Christensen 5 7 5 7 6 4 6 8

Egypt vs. Portugal

Egypt 5	Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [6] 15–17 September 1978 Clay		Portugal 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Abdel-Gawad Mohammed Sergio Cruz 2 6 3 6 6 3 6 2 6 1   2 Ismail El Shafei José Vilela 4 6 6 1 6 1 6 1     3 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka  /  Ismail El Shafei Luís Filipe Silva  /  José Vilela 7 5 6 2 6 2       4 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka Luís Filipe Silva 7 5 6 2 6 4       5 Ahmed El-Mehelmy Manuel de Sousa 6 4 3 6 6 3 6 0

Monaco vs. Soviet Union

Monaco 1	Monte Carlo, Monaco [7] 15–17 September 1978		Soviet Union 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Louis Borfiga Teimuraz Kakulia 1 6 6 4 4 6 3 6     2 Bernard Balleret Alex Metreveli 3 6 6 3 5 7 2 6     3 Bernard Balleret  /  Michel Borfiga Teimuraz Kakulia  /  Alex Metreveli 1 6 5 7 4 6       4 Bernard Balleret Teimuraz Kakulia 6 4 2 6 1 6 6 4 6 3   5 Louis Borfiga Alex Metreveli 2 6 2 6

Qualifying round

Poland vs. Finland

Poland 4	Warsaw, Poland [8] 16–18 March 1979		Finland 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Henryk Drzymalski Leo Palin 2 6 2 6 2 6       2 Wojciech Fibak Matti Timonen 6 1 6 2 6 3       3 Wojciech Fibak  /  Tadeusz Nowicki George Berner  /  Leo Palin 6 3 6 3 6 0       4 Wojciech Fibak Leo Palin 6 0 6 3 6 3       5 Henryk Drzymalski Matti Timonen 6 3 6 4 7 5

Italy vs. Denmark

Italy 5	Palermo, Italy [9] 16–18 March 1979 Clay		Denmark 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Adriano Panatta Michael Mortensen 6 2 6 0 6 2       2 Corrado Barazzutti Carl-Edvard Hedelund 6 1 6 1 6 2       3 Paolo Bertolucci  /  Adriano Panatta Carl-Edvard Hedelund  /  Michael Mortensen 6 0 6 8 6 2 6 2     4 Corrado Barazzutti Michael Mortensen 6 1 6 1         5 Adriano Panatta Carl-Edvard Hedelund 6 0 6 3 6 1

Austria vs. Egypt

Austria 5	Vienna, Austria [10] 16–18 March 1979		Egypt 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hans Kary Ismail El Shafei 6 3 3 6 6 4 6 2     2 Peter Feigl Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 11 9 6 4 6 3       3 Peter Feigl  /  Hans Kary Tarek-Shawki El Sakka  /  Ismail El Shafei 7 5 6 4 6 4       4 Peter Feigl Ismail El Shafei 11 9 12 10         retired 5 Hans Kary Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 6 4 6 4 6 2

Spain vs. Soviet Union

Spain 5	Barcelona, Spain [11] 16–18 March 1979		Soviet Union 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 José Higueras Alex Metreveli 7 5 6 2 6 0       2 Manuel Orantes Vadim Borisov 6 3 6 4 6 0       3 José Higueras  /  Manuel Orantes Vadim Borisov  /  Alex Metreveli 7 5 6 2 6 0       4 Antonio Muñoz Ramiz Akhmerov 8 6 6 2         5 Fernando Luna Vadim Borisov 6 1 6 4

Main draw

Draw

Quarterfinals 15–17 June

Semifinals 13–15 July

Final 14–16 September

Hungary

Rome, Italy (clay)

bye

Hungary

2

Warsaw, Poland

Italy

3

Poland

1

Rome, Italy (clay)

Italy

4

Italy

4

Vienna, Austria

Great Britain

1

Austria

1

Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass)

Spain

3

Spain

1

Great Britain

4

bye

Great Britain

Quarterfinals

Poland vs. Italy

Poland 1	Warsaw, Poland [12] 15–17 June 1979		Italy 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Wojciech Fibak Adriano Panatta 6 2 6 0 2 6 6 4     2 Henryk Drzymalski Corrado Barazzutti 3 6 2 6 1 6       3 Wojciech Fibak  /  Tadeusz Nowicki Corrado Barazzutti  /  Adriano Panatta 1 6 6 4 12 14 2 6     4 Wojciech Fibak Corrado Barazzutti 5 7 7 5 6 3 4 6 2 6   5 Henryk Drzymalski Adriano Panatta 2 6 1 6

Austria vs. Spain

Austria 1	Vienna, Austria [13] 15–17 June 1979		Spain 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Peter Feigl José Higueras 6 3 4 6 7 5 11 9     2 Hans Kary Manuel Orantes 16 14 8 10 3 6 4 6     3 Peter Feigl  /  Hans Kary José Higueras  /  Manuel Orantes 12 14 6 8 4 6       4 Peter Feigl Manuel Orantes 3 6 15 17 2 6       5 Hans Kary José Higueras           not played

Semifinals

Italy vs. Hungary

Italy 3	Foro Italico, Rome, Italy [14] 13–15 July 1979 Clay		Hungary 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Adriano Panatta Péter Szőke 6 2 6 0 6 3       2 Corrado Barazzutti Balázs Taróczy 9 7 6 2 3 6 7 5     3 Paolo Bertolucci  /  Adriano Panatta Péter Szőke  /  Balázs Taróczy 3 6 6 3 0 6 6 8     4 Corrado Barazzutti Péter Szőke 6 4 6 1 6 1       5 Antonio Zugarelli Balázs Taróczy 4 6 3 6

Great Britain vs. Spain

Great Britain 4	Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdom [15] 13–15 July 1979 Grass		Spain 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Buster Mottram José Higueras 6 2 6 3 6 0       2 John Lloyd Manuel Orantes 7 5 6 1 3 6 6 2     3 Mark Cox  /  David Lloyd José Higueras  /  Manuel Orantes 2 6 6 2 6 4 6 4     4 John Lloyd José Higueras 3 6 0 6 4 6       5 Mark Cox Antonio Muñoz 6 1 6 3 6 2

Final

Italy vs. Great Britain

Italy 4	Foro Italico, Rome, Italy [2] 14–16 September 1979 Clay		Great Britain 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Adriano Panatta Buster Mottram 0 6 4 6 4 6       2 Corrado Barazzutti John Lloyd 6 1 6 4 6 4       3 Corrado Barazzutti  /  Antonio Zugarelli Mark Cox  /  David Lloyd 7 5 10 8 6 1       4 Adriano Panatta John Lloyd 6 3 6 2 6 3       5 Corrado Barazzutti Buster Mottram 8 6 7 5

Zone B

Pre-qualifying round

Draw

	Pre-qualifying round
	Ankara, Turkey
	Turkey		0
	Iran		5

Results

Turkey vs. Iran

Turkey 0	Ankara, Turkey [16] August 1978		Iran 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hakkı Özgenel Mansour Bahrami 0 6 1 6 0 6       2 Kemal Anbar Moharram-Ali Khodai 1 6 4 6 2 6       3 Kemal Anbar  /  Murat Gürler Mansour Bahrami  /  Kamyab Derafshijavan 4 6 2 6 7 9       4 Hakkı Özgenel Hussain Akbari 6 4 3 6 3 6 4 6     5 Kemal Anbar Mansour Bahrami 0 6 6 4 7 5 2 6 4 6

Preliminary rounds

Draw

	First Round					Qualifying Round
	Amersfoort, Netherlands (clay)
	Netherlands		4
						Amsterdam, Netherlands (indoor carpet)
	Norway		1
						Netherlands		2
						France		3
	bye
	France
	Geneva, Switzerland
	Switzerland		3
						Zürich, Switzerland
	Iran		2
						Switzerland		4
						Yugoslavia		1
	bye
	Yugoslavia
	Israel		w/o
						Augsburg, West Germany
	Nigeria
						Israel		2
						West Germany		3
	bye
	West Germany
	Brussels, Belgium
	Belgium		5
						Brussels, Belgium
	Ireland		0
						Belgium		1
						Romania		4
	bye
	Romania

First round

Netherlands vs. Norway

Netherlands 4	Amersfoort, Netherlands [17] 15–17 September 1978 Clay		Norway 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rolf Thung Per Hegna 8 6 5 7 2 6 2 6     2 Louk Sanders John Erik Rustad 6 3 6 1 6 1       3 Wouter Fok  /  Louk Sanders Per Hegna  /  Frithjof Prydz 6 2 6 4 6 1       4 Rolf Thung John Erik Rustad 6 3 6 3 6 3       5 Louk Sanders Per Hegna 3 6 3 6 6 2 6 4 6 0

Switzerland vs. Iran

Switzerland 3	Geneva, Switzerland [18] 15–17 September 1978		Iran 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Heinz Günthardt Moharram-Ali Khodai 6 4 6 2 1 6 6 4     2 Serge Gramegna Mansour Bahrami 6 4 6 3 4 6 4 6 2 6   3 Serge Gramegna  /  Heinz Günthardt Mansour Bahrami  /  Kamyab Derafshijavan 6 4 9 7 6 0       4 Heinz Günthardt Mansour Bahrami 6 2 3 6 6 2 12 14 11 9   5 Serge Gramegna Moharram-Ali Khodai 2 6 1 6 4 6

Belgium vs. Ireland

Belgium 5	Brussels, Belgium [19] 15–17 September 1978		Ireland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bernard Boileau Sean Sorensen 6 1 8 6 6 0       2 Thierry Stevaux Kevin Menton 6 3 6 1 6 4       3 Bernard Boileau  /  Thierry Stevaux John Biscomb  /  Sean Sorensen 6 0 6 2 6 3       4 Bernard Boileau Kevin Menton 6 1 6 1 6 1       5 Thierry Stevaux Sean Sorensen 3 6 7 9 9 7 6 2 6 4

Qualifying round

Netherlands vs. France

Netherlands 2	Amsterdam, Netherlands [20] 16–18 March 1979 Carpet (indoors)		France 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tom Okker Pascal Portes 3 6 6 4 6 3 6 1     2 Louk Sanders Yannick Noah 2 6 4 6 7 5 3 6     3 Tom Okker  /  Rolf Thung Patrice Dominguez  /  Gilles Moretton 9 7 6 8 6 2 6 1     4 Tom Okker Yannick Noah 10 8 1 6 9 7 3 6 4 6   5 Louk Sanders Pascal Portes 6 8 4 6 4 6

Switzerland vs. Yugoslavia

Switzerland 4	Zürich, Switzerland [21] 16–18 March 1979		Yugoslavia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Roland Stadler Marko Ostoja 3 6 6 4 6 2 6 4     2 Heinz Günthardt Zoltan Ilin 6 4 6 0 6 2       3 Serge Gramegna  /  Heinz Günthardt Zoltan Ilin  /  Marko Ostoja 10 12 6 3 7 5 3 6 5 7   4 Roland Stadler Zoltan Ilin 6 1 6 2 6 4       5 Heinz Günthardt Marko Ostoja 6 1 6 3 6 4

West Germany vs. Israel

West Germany 3	Augsburg, West Germany [22] 16–18 March 1979		Israel 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Rolf Gehring Shlomo Glickstein 6 4 2 6 6 2 7 9 2 6   2 Ulrich Pinner Steve Krulevitz 6 3 6 3 7 5       3 Ulrich Pinner  /  Werner Zirngibl Shlomo Glickstein  /  Yair Wertheimer 3 6 6 3 6 4 6 4     4 Ulrich Pinner Shlomo Glickstein 6 2 6 4 6 2       5 Rolf Gehring Steve Krulevitz 1 6 6 4 3 6 9 7 4 6

Belgium vs. Romania

Belgium 1	Brussels, Belgium [23] 16–18 March 1979		Romania 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Thierry Stevaux Gavorielle Marcu 2 6 5 7 4 6       2 Bernard Boileau Ilie Năstase 3 6 4 6 2 6       3 Bernard Boileau  /  Patrick Hombergen Gavorielle Marcu  /  Ilie Năstase 7 5 2 6 4 6 6 4 2 6   4 Thierry Stevaux Ilie Năstase 0 6 4 6 4 6       5 Bernard Boileau Gavorielle Marcu 4 6 6 2 6 3 6 1

Main draw

Draw

Quarterfinals 15–17 June

Semifinals 13–15 July

Final 14–16 September

Czechoslovakia

Paris, France (clay)

bye

Czechoslovakia

4

Paris, France (clay)

France

1

France

5

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

Switzerland

0

Czechoslovakia

3

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Sweden

2

Romania

4

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

West Germany

1

Romania

2

Sweden

3

bye

Sweden

Quarterfinals

France vs. Switzerland

France 5	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [24] 15–17 June 1979 Clay		Switzerland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yannick Noah Heinz Günthardt 6 0 6 3 6 2       2 Dominique Bedel Roland Stadler 2 6 6 2 7 5 6 4     3 Gilles Moretton  /  Yannick Noah Serge Gramegna  /  Heinz Günthardt 2 6 6 2 7 5 6 3     4 Yannick Noah Roland Stadler 6 4 6 0 6 2       5 Dominique Bedel Heinz Günthardt 2 6 6 4 4 6 14 12 7 5

Romania vs. West Germany

Romania 4	Bucharest, Romania [25] 15–17 June 1979 Clay		West Germany 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dumitru Hărădău Max Wünschig 6 2 3 6 3 6 4 6     2 Ilie Năstase Peter Elter 6 4 6 4 6 2       3 Gavorielle Marcu  /  Ilie Năstase Jürgen Fassbender  /  Ulrich Marten 6 2 7 5 7 5       4 Dumitru Hărădău Peter Elter 6 3 6 4 5 7 6 1     5 Ilie Năstase Max Wünschig 6 1 6 3 7 5

Semifinals

France vs. Czechoslovakia

France 1	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [26] 13–15 July 1979 Clay		Czechoslovakia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yannick Noah Ivan Lendl 3 6 3 6 6 3 7 9     2 Gilles Moretton Tomáš Šmíd 6 4 6 4 3 6 3 6 6 8   3 Gilles Moretton  /  Yannick Noah Jan Kodeš  /  Tomáš Šmíd 5 7 4 6 7 5 2 6     4 Gilles Moretton Ivan Lendl 1 6 2 6 2 6       5 Yannick Noah Tomáš Šmíd 7 5 6 1 6 2

Romania vs. Sweden

Romania 2	Club Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest, Romania [27] 13–15 July 1979 Clay		Sweden 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ilie Năstase Stefan Simonsson 7 9 5 7 7 5 6 3 6 3   2 Dumitru Hărădău Björn Borg 3 6 0 6 1 6       3 Gavorielle Marcu  /  Ilie Năstase Ove Bengtson  /  Björn Borg 5 7 4 6 3 6       4 Ilie Năstase Björn Borg 3 6 0 6 0 6       5 Dumitru Hărădău Stefan Simonsson 6 3 6 4 6 3

Final

Czechoslovakia vs. Sweden

Czechoslovakia 3	Štvanice Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia [3] 14–16 September 1979 Clay		Sweden 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tomáš Šmíd Kjell Johansson 6 4 6 3 6 2       2 Ivan Lendl Björn Borg 4 6 5 7 2 6       3 Jan Kodeš  /  Tomáš Šmíd Ove Bengtson  /  Björn Borg 2 6 6 3 6 4 6 0     4 Ivan Lendl Kjell Johansson 8 10 6 4 6 4 4 6 6 1   5 Tomáš Šmíd Per Hjertquist 3 5         retired

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