1979 Davis Cup Europe Zone

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

Draw

  First Round
15–17 September 1978
Qualifying Round
16–18 March
                 
  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
       

Draw

  Quarterfinals
15–17 June
Semifinals
13–15 July
Final
14–16 September
                           
 
    Hungary  
   bye     Rome, Italy (clay)
      Hungary 2  
  Warsaw, Poland     Italy 3  
    Poland 1
    Italy 4     Rome, Italy (clay)
      Italy 4
  Vienna, Austria       Great Britain 1
    Austria 1  
    Spain 3     Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass)
      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

Draw

  Pre-Qualifying Round
August 1978
       
  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 / Kanyab 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
 

Draw

  First Round
15–17 September 1978
Qualifying Round
16–18 March
                 
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 / Kanyab 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
   

Draw

  Quarterfinals
15–17 June
Semifinals
13–15 July
Final
14–16 September
                           
 
    Czechoslovakia  
   bye     Paris, France (clay)
      Czechoslovakia 4  
  Paris, France (clay)     France 1  
    France 5
     Switzerland 0     Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
      Czechoslovakia 3
  Bucharest, Romania (clay)       Sweden 2
    Romania 4  
    West Germany 1     Bucharest, Romania (clay)
      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
 

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