1973 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1973 Davis Cup.

31 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 14 teams competed in the preliminary rounds, with the winners progressing to the main draw and joining the remaining 17 teams. The winners of each sub-zone went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Eastern Zone.[1]

Romania defeated the Soviet Union in the Zone A final, and Czechoslovakia defeated Italy in the Zone B final, resulting in both Romania and Czechoslovakia progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2][3]

Zone A

Preliminary Round

Draw

  Preliminary Round
13–22 April
       
  Vienna, Austria
    Austria 3
    Monaco 0
  Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
    Ireland 0
    Norway 5
  Athens, Greece
    Greece 3
    Finland 2

Results

Austria vs. Monaco


Austria
3
Vienna, Austria [4]
20–22 April 1973

Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Peter Pokorny
Louis Borfiga
6
0
6
3
5
7
4
6
7
5
 
2
Hans Kary
Emmanuel van der Pol
6
3
6
2
6
4
     
3
Ernst Walter / Gerhard Wimmer
Bernard Balleret / Louis Borfiga
6
4
4
6
6
1
6
2
   
4
Peter Pokorny
Emmanuel van der Pol
          not
played
5
Hans Kary
Louis Borfiga
          not
played

Ireland vs. Norway


Ireland
0
Dublin, Ireland [5]
13–15 April 1973
Hard (indoors)

Norway
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Michael Hickey
Erik Melander
5
7
2
6
4
6
     
2
William Brown
Per Hegna
5
7
0
6
0
6
     
3
William Brown / Michael Hickey
Erik Melander / Thorvald Moe
6
2
1
6
22
20
4
6
4
6
 
4
Peter Ledbetter
Finn Dag Jagge
6
1
3
6
0
6
2
6
   
5
Peter Jackson
Per Hegna
4
6
5
7
2
6
     

Greece vs. Finland


Greece
3
Athens, Greece [6]
13–15 April 1973

Finland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
George Berner
2
6
8
6
6
4
1
6
6
2
 
2
Nicolas Kelaidis
Matti Timonen
3
6
3
6
5
7
     
3
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos / Nicolas Kelaidis
Pekka Säilä / Matti Timonen
8
6
2
6
6
3
3
6
9
7
 
4
Nicolas Kelaidis
George Berner
2
6
2
6
3
6
     
5
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Matti Timonen
7
5
12
10
6
2
     

Main Draw

Draw

  First Round
3–6 May
Quarterfinals
18–20 May
Semifinals
20–22 July
Final
3–5 August
                                     
  Romania  
Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
 bye  
    Romania 3  
Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
    Netherlands 2  
  Israel 1
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
  Netherlands 4  
    Romania 4  
    New Zealand 1  
  Yugoslavia  
Zagreb, Yugoslavia
 bye  
    Yugoslavia 2
Vienna, Austria
    New Zealand 3  
  Austria 2
Bucharest, Romania
  New Zealand 3  
    Romania 3
Oslo, Norway (clay)
    Soviet Union 2
  Norway 3  
Oslo, Norway (clay)
  Denmark 2  
    Norway 0
    France 5  
 bye
Moscow, Soviet Union
  France  
    France 2
Athens, Greece
    Soviet Union 3  
  Greece 1  
Budapest, Hungary
  Hungary 4  
    Hungary 2
    Soviet Union 3  
 bye
  Soviet Union  

First Round

Israel vs. Netherlands


Israel
1
Tel Aviv, Israel [7]
3–5 May 1973
Hard

Netherlands
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ron Lehrner
Niklaus Fleury
1
6
4
6
7
9
     
2
Yehoshua Shalem
Jan Hordijk
1
6
0
6
2
6
     
3
Josef Stabholz / Yair Wertheimer
Niklaus Fleury / Jan Hordijk
8
10
4
6
2
6
     
4
Yehoshua Shalem
Niklaus Fleury
5
7
7
5
8
6
6
2
   
5
Ron Lehrner
Jan Hordijk
3
6
1
6
4
6
     

Austria vs. New Zealand


Austria
2
Vienna, Austria [8]
4–6 May 1973

New Zealand
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Hans Kary
Onny Parun
3
6
2
6
6
3
6
3
6
1
 
2
Peter Pokorny
Brian Fairlie
1
6
3
6
6
3
0
6
   
3
Hans Kary / Peter Pokorny
Brian Fairlie / Onny Parun
1
6
2
6
4
6
     
4
Peter Pokorny
Onny Parun
4
6
1
6
3
6
     
5
Hans Kary
Brian Fairlie
6
4
6
3
6
3
     

Norway vs. Denmark


Norway
3
Oslo, Norway [9]
4–6 May 1973
Clay

Denmark
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Per Hegna
Lars Elvstrøm
7
5
6
4
6
2
     
2
Erik Melander
Tom Christensen
6
3
6
4
9
11
6
3
   
3
Thorvald Moe / Jon-Erik Ross
Tom Christensen / Lars Elvstrøm
6
8
5
7
6
3
3
6
   
4
Erik Melander
Lars Elvstrøm
6
2
6
4
3
6
4
6
2
6
 
5
Per Hegna
Tom Christensen
5
7
6
1
6
3
6
2
   

Greece vs. Hungary


Greece
1
Athens, Greece [10]
4–6 May 1973

Hungary
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Balázs Taróczy
1
6
7
5
6
8
6
8
   
2
Nicolas Kelaidis
Szabolcs Baranyi
4
6
0
6
1
6
     
3
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos / Nicolas Kelaidis
Róbert Machán / Balázs Taróczy
4
6
1
6
7
9
     
4
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Szabolcs Baranyi
6
1
7
5
6
4
     
5
Nicolas Kelaidis
Balázs Taróczy
1
6
8
6
2
6
3
6
   

Quarterfinals

Netherlands vs. Romania


Netherlands
2
Scheveningen, Netherlands [11]
18–20 May 1973
Clay

Romania
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tom Okker
Toma Ovici
5
7
6
2
6
1
6
1
   
2
Jan Hordijk
Ilie Năstase
3
6
3
6
2
6
     
3
Jan Hordijk / Tom Okker
Dumitru Hărădău / Ilie Năstase
8
6
6
1
6
1
     
4
Niklaus Fleury
Toma Ovici
2
6
3
6
4
6
     
5
Tom Okker
Ilie Năstase
4
6
2
6
4
6
     

Yugoslavia vs. New Zealand


Yugoslavia
2
Zagreb, Yugoslavia [12]
18–20 May 1973

New Zealand
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Boro Jovanović
Onny Parun
6
1
3
6
2
6
2
6
   
2
Željko Franulović
Brian Fairlie
6
2
6
8
2
6
6
2
6
1
 
3
Željko Franulović / Boro Jovanović
Brian Fairlie / Onny Parun
0
6
3
6
4
6
     
4
Željko Franulović
Onny Parun
3
6
6
4
2
6
2
6
   
5
Boro Jovanović
Brian Fairlie
6
3
6
2
6
0
     

Norway vs. France


Norway
0
Oslo, Norway [13]
18–20 May 1973
Clay

France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Per Hegna
Patrick Proisy
1
6
1
6
2
6
     
2
Erik Melander
François Jauffret
0
6
3
6
2
6
     
3
Erik Melander / Thorvald Moe
Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau / Wanaro N'Godrella
5
7
3
6
5
7
     
4
Erik Melander
Patrick Proisy
0
6
0
6
3
6
     
5
Per Hegna
François Jauffret
0
6
3
6
2
6
     

Hungary vs. Soviet Union


Hungary
2
Budapest, Hungary [14]
18–20 May 1973

Soviet Union
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Balázs Taróczy
Teimuraz Kakulia
6
1
0
6
8
6
5
7
5
7
 
2
Szabolcs Baranyi
Alex Metreveli
2
6
2
6
4
6
     
3
Róbert Machán / Balázs Taróczy
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
10
8
6
2
2
6
6
0
   
4
Balázs Taróczy
Alex Metreveli
4
6
4
6
3
6
     
5
Szabolcs Baranyi
Teimuraz Kakulia
4
6
         
retired

Semifinals

Romania vs. New Zealand


Romania
4
Bucharest, Romania [15]
20–22 July 1973
Clay

New Zealand
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Toma Ovici
Brian Fairlie
6
1
3
6
3
6
6
0
6
2
 
2
Ilie Năstase
Onny Parun
6
1
8
6
6
2
     
3
Ilie Năstase / Ionel Sânteiu
Brian Fairlie / Onny Parun
6
1
8
6
6
3
     
4
Ilie Năstase
Brian Fairlie
4
6
6
0
6
3
6
0
   
5
Toma Ovici
Onny Parun
3
6
5
7
2
6
     

Soviet Union vs. France


Soviet Union
3
Moscow, Soviet Union [16]
20–22 July 1973

France
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Teimuraz Kakulia
François Jauffret
4
6
4
6
4
6
     
2
Alex Metreveli
Patrick Proisy
6
3
6
8
7
5
6
2
   
3
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
Pierre Barthès / François Jauffret
4
6
5
7
9
11
     
4
Teimuraz Kakulia
Patrick Proisy
6
3
6
3
6
4
     
5
Alex Metreveli
François Jauffret
6
1
6
3
4
6
4
6
6
4
 

Final

Romania vs. Soviet Union


Romania
3
Bucharest, Romania [2]
3–5 August 1973
Clay

Soviet Union
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Toma Ovici
Alex Metreveli
5
7
5
7
2
6
     
2
Ilie Năstase
Teimuraz Kakulia
6
0
6
3
6
0
     
3
Ilie Năstase / Ionel Sânteiu
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
0
6
6
3
4
6
7
5
2
6
 
4
Ilie Năstase
Alex Metreveli
6
0
6
2
6
4
     
5
Toma Ovici
Teimuraz Kakulia
6
3
6
3
6
1
     

Zone B

Preliminary Round

Draw

  Preliminary Round
10–12 November 1972; 6–22 April
       
  Cairo, Egypt
    Egypt 5
    Turkey 0
  Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
    Portugal 0
     Switzerland 5
  Sofia, Bulgaria
    Bulgaria 5
    Iran 0
  Casablanca, Morocco
    Morocco 5
    Luxembourg 0

Results

Egypt vs. Turkey


Egypt
5
Cairo, Egypt [17]
20–22 April 1973

Turkey
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Aly El Dawoudi
Arif Koçak
8
6
6
2
6
0
     
2
Ibrahim Mahmoud
Bülent Altınkaya
6
3
6
1
6
0
     
3
Aly El Dawoudi / Ibrahim Mahmoud
Bülent Altınkaya / Hasan Özdemir
6
0
6
2
6
3
     
4
Ahmed Hassan
Bülent Altınkaya
6
3
6
3
6
3
     
5
Moataz El Sonbol
Arif Koçak
6
2
6
3
6
1
     

Portugal vs. Switzerland


Portugal
0
Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal [18]
6–8 April 1973
Clay

Switzerland
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Raúl Peralta
Petr Kanderal
2
6
3
6
0
6
     
2
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
Dimitri Sturdza
6
4
1
6
5
7
6
8
   
3
Raúl Peralta / Alfredo Vaz Pinto
Dimitri Sturdza / Matthias Werren
2
6
2
6
8
10
     
4
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
Petr Kanderal
6
8
2
6
3
6
     
5
José Vilela
Dimitri Sturdza
3
6
3
6
3
6
     

Bulgaria vs. Iran


Bulgaria
5
Sofia, Bulgaria [19]
20–22 April 1973

Iran
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bozhidar Pampoulov
Taghi Akbari
6
4
6
2
4
6
8
10
6
3
 
2
Ljuben Genov
Hussain Akbari
6
2
8
6
6
2
     
3
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Matei Pampoulov
Hussain Akbari / Taghi Akbari
6
2
6
3
6
4
     
4
Bozhidar Pampoulov
Hussain Akbari
6
0
6
3
11
9
     
5
Ljuben Genov
Taghi Akbari
6
4
6
4
6
4
     

Morocco vs. Luxembourg


Morocco
5
Casablanca, Morocco [20]
10–12 November 1972

Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ahmed Ben Omar
Jean Brucher
6
1
6
0
6
2
     
2
Omar Laimina
Jean Neuman
8
6
6
1
2
6
6
4
   
3
Mohammed-Haibabi Bouchaib / Omar Laimina
Jean Brucher / Jean Neuman
6
1
6
4
8
6
     
4
Mohammed-Haibabi Bouchaib
Jean Neuman
6
3
6
4
4
6
6
3
   
5
Mohammed-Chinois El Achraoui
Jean Brucher
6
3
6
2
2
6
6
4
   

Main Draw

Draw

  First Round
27 April–6 May
Quarterfinals
18–20 May
Semifinals
20–22 July
Final
3–5 August
                                     
  Czechoslovakia  
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
 bye  
    Czechoslovakia 4  
Cairo, Egypt
    Egypt 1  
  Egypt 4
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
  Poland 1  
    Czechoslovakia 3  
    West Germany 2  
  Great Britain  
Munich, West Germany (clay)
 bye  
    Great Britain 1
Geneva, Switzerland
    West Germany 4  
   Switzerland 0
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
  West Germany 3  
    Czechoslovakia 4
Sofia, Bulgaria
    Italy 1
  Bulgaria 3  
Reggio Emilia, Italy (clay)
  Belgium 2  
    Bulgaria 0
    Italy 5  
 bye
Turin, Italy (clay)
  Italy  
    Italy 3
Rabat, Morocco (clay)
    Spain 2  
  Morocco 1  
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Sweden 4  
    Sweden 2
    Spain 3  
 bye
  Spain  

First Round

Egypt vs. Poland


Egypt
4
Cairo, Egypt [21]
4–6 May 1973

Poland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ibrahim Mahmoud
Tadeusz Nowicki
2
6
7
5
6
3
9
7
   
2
Ismail El Shafei
Jacek Niedźwiedzki
6
3
7
5
6
1
     
3
Aly El Dawoudi / Ismail El Shafei
Jacek Niedźwiedzki / Tadeusz Nowicki
6
1
7
5
4
6
3
6
6
3
 
4
Aly El Dawoudi
Wojciech Fibak
1
6
5
7
6
3
7
5
1
6
 
5
Ibrahim Mahmoud
Jacek Niedźwiedzki
4
6
         
retired

Switzerland vs. West Germany


Switzerland
0
Geneva, Switzerland [22]
27–29 April 1973

West Germany
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Dimitri Sturdza
Jürgen Fassbender
6
0
3
6
2
6
2
6
   
2
Petr Kanderal
Harald Elschenbroich
7
9
4
6
5
7
     
3
Dimitri Sturdza / Matthias Werren
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
4
6
16
18
4
6
     
4
Petr Kanderal
Jürgen Fassbender
          not
played
5
Dimitri Sturdza
Harald Elschenbroich
          not
played

Bulgaria vs. Belgium


Bulgaria
3
Sofia, Bulgaria [23]
4–6 May 1973

Belgium
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Matei Pampoulov
Patrick Hombergen
5
7
3
6
7
9
     
2
Ljuben Genov
Bernard Mignot
6
3
2
6
1
6
2
6
   
3
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Matei Pampoulov
Patrick Hombergen / Bernard Mignot
5
7
6
3
7
5
6
4
   
4
Bozhidar Pampoulov
Bernard Mignot
6
4
9
7
6
2
     
5
Ljuben Genov
Patrick Hombergen
5
7
6
2
3
6
12
10
6
3
 

Morocco vs. Sweden


Morocco
1
Rabat, Morocco [24]
4–6 May 1973
Clay

Sweden
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Omar Laimina
Björn Borg
3
6
2
6
1
6
     
2
Ahmed Ben Omar
Kjell Johansson
0
6
4
6
4
6
     
3
Ahmed Ben Omar / Omar Laimina
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg
5
7
2
6
1
6
     
4
Ahmed Ben Omar
Björn Borg
1
6
0
6
1
6
     
5
Omar Laimina
Kjell Johansson
6
4
6
0
6
1
     

Quarterfinals

Egypt vs. Czechoslovakia


Egypt
1
Cairo, Egypt [25]
18–20 May 1973
Clay

Czechoslovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ibrahim Mahmoud
Jan Kodeš
4
6
4
6
1
6
     
2
Ismail El Shafei
Jiří Hřebec
6
8
4
6
6
3
6
3
11
13
 
3
Aly El Dawoudi / Ismail El Shafei
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal
1
6
4
6
2
6
     
4
Aly El Dawoudi
František Pála
1
6
6
3
2
6
6
4
4
6
 
5
Ibrahim Mahmoud
Jiří Hřebec
1
6
8
6
5
2
     
retired

West Germany vs. Great Britain


West Germany
4
Munich, West Germany [26]
18–20 May 1973
Clay

Great Britain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jürgen Fassbender
Mark Cox
6
3
6
4
1
6
9
7
   
2
Karl Meiler
Roger Taylor
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
3
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
David Lloyd / Roger Taylor
7
5
4
6
6
3
6
4
   
4
Jürgen Fassbender
Roger Taylor
6
4
8
6
6
3
     
5
Karl Meiler
Mark Cox
6
4
0
6
4
6
2
6
   

Italy vs. Bulgaria


Italy
5
Reggio Emilia, Italy [27]
18–20 May 1973
Clay

Bulgaria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Paolo Bertolucci
Bozhidar Pampoulov
8
6
6
1
6
4
     
2
Adriano Panatta
Ljuben Genov
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
3
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Matei Pampoulov
6
2
7
5
6
4
     
4
Paolo Bertolucci
Ljuben Genov
6
3
6
3
6
3
     
5
Adriano Panatta
Bozhidar Pampoulov
6
4
3
6
6
3
6
3
   

Sweden vs. Spain


Sweden
2
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [28]
18–20 May 1973
Clay

Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Björn Borg
Manuel Orantes
1
6
2
6
1
6
     
2
Ove Bengtson
Andrés Gimeno
4
6
4
6
6
3
8
6
1
6
 
3
Ove Bengtson / Rolf Norberg
Antonio Muñoz / Manuel Orantes
6
3
6
3
6
8
6
3
   
4
Ove Bengtson
Manuel Orantes
6
8
4
6
1
6
     
5
Björn Borg
Antonio Muñoz
5
7
6
3
6
3
3
6
7
5
 

Semifinals

Czechoslovakia vs. West Germany


Czechoslovakia
3
Prague, Czechoslovakia [29]
20–22 July 1973
Clay

West Germany
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan Kodeš
Karl Meiler
6
3
6
4
6
1
     
2
Jiří Hřebec
Jürgen Fassbender
6
1
7
9
6
2
6
3
   
3
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
2
6
6
3
6
8
7
9
   
4
Jan Kodeš
Jürgen Fassbender
6
2
6
1
7
5
     
5
Jiří Hřebec
Karl Meiler
1
6
1
6
5
7
     

Italy vs. Spain


Italy
3
Turin, Italy [30]
20–22 July 1973
Clay

Spain
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Corrado Barazzutti
Manuel Santana
7
5
1
6
6
4
6
4
   
2
Antonio Zugarelli
José Higueras
7
5
6
3
6
2
     
3
Giordano Maioli / Pietro Marzano
Juan Gisbert / José Higueras
3
6
1
6
6
4
4
6
   
4
Corrado Barazzutti
José Higueras
6
4
6
3
6
1
     
5
Antonio Zugarelli
Manuel Santana
6
2
3
6
3
6
2
6
   

Final

Czechoslovakia vs. Italy


Czechoslovakia
4
Prague, Czechoslovakia [3]
3–5 August 1973
Clay

Italy
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan Kodeš
Corrado Barazzutti
5
7
6
3
4
6
6
2
1
6
 
2
Jiří Hřebec
Antonio Zugarelli
12
10
6
1
6
1
     
3
Jan Kodeš / František Pála
Giordano Majoli / Pietro Marzano
6
2
8
6
6
4
     
4
Jiří Hřebec
Corrado Barazzutti
9
7
6
1
6
4
     
5
Jan Kodeš
Antonio Zugarelli
6
1
6
3
0
6
6
2
   
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