1969 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1969 Davis Cup.

Main article: 1969 Davis Cup

32 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 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]

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

Zone A

Draw
  First Round
24 April–11 May		 Quarterfinals
22–26 May		 Semifinals
12–14 June		 Final
17–19 July
                                     
Cologne, West Germany
  West Germany 4  
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  New Zealand 1  
    West Germany 4  
Helsinki, Finland (clay)
    Sweden 1  
  Finland 1
Birmingham, England (grass)
  Sweden 4  
    West Germany 2  
Zürich, Switzerland (clay)
    Great Britain 3  
   Switzerland 0  
Eastbourne, England (grass)
  Great Britain 5  
    Great Britain 5
Cork, Ireland
    Ireland 0  
  Ireland 5
Bristol, England (grass)
  Luxembourg 0  
    Great Britain 3
Monte Carlo, Monaco
    South Africa 2
  Monaco 3  
Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
  Bulgaria 2  
    Monaco 0
Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
    Czechoslovakia 5  
  Denmark 2
  Czechoslovakia 3  
    Czechoslovakia
Warsaw, Poland
    South Africa w/o  
  Poland 3  
  Hungary 2  
    Poland
Cape Town, South Africa
    South Africa w/o  
  Iran 0
  South Africa 5  

First round

West Germany vs. New Zealand

West Germany
4		 Cologne, West Germany [4]
9–11 May 1969
New Zealand
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Wilhelm Bungert
Onny Parun		 6
4		 9
7		 6
0		      
2
Christian Kuhnke
Brian Fairlie		 6
3		 6
1		 6
4		      
3
Ingo Buding / Christian Kuhnke
Brian Fairlie / Onny Parun		 6
2		 6
3		 6
4		      
4
Wilhelm Bungert
Brian Fairlie		 0
6 		5
7 		0
6 		     
5
Christian Kuhnke
Onny Parun		 7
5		 6
4		 3
6 		6
4		    

Finland vs. Sweden

Finland
1		 Helsingfors Lawn Tennisklubb, Helsinki, Finland [5]
9–11 May 1969
Clay
Sweden
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
George Berner
Ove Bengtson		 7
5		 2
6 		3
6 		4
6 		   
2
Heikki Hedman
Hans Nerell		 2
6 		0
6 		4
6 		     
3
George Berner / Heikki Hedman
Ove Bengtson / Martin Carlstein		 0
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
4
George Berner
Hans Nerell		 3
6 		6
4		 6
1		 6
3		    
5
Heikki Hedman
Ove Bengtson		 4
6 		0
6 		3
6 		     

Switzerland vs. Great Britain

Switzerland
0		 Zürich, Switzerland [6]
9–11 May 1969
Clay
Great Britain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Theodor Stalder
Mark Cox		 4
6 		6
8 		2
6 		     
2
Dimitri Sturdza
Graham Stilwell		 6
8 		4
6 		1
6 		     
3
Dimitri Sturdza / Matthias Werren
Mark Cox / Peter Curtis		 1
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
4
Dimitri Sturdza
Mark Cox		 3
6 		0
6 		6
4		 2
6 		   
5
Theodor Stalder
Graham Stilwell		 2
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     

Ireland vs. Luxembourg

Ireland
5		 Cork, Ireland [7]
9–11 May 1969
Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Michael Hickey
Thierry Brasseur		 5
7 		6
3		 6
4		 6
4		    
2
Peter Jackson
Jean Neuman		 8
6		 7
5		 6
2		      
3
Michael Hickey / Peter Jackson
Frank Baden / Thierry Brasseur		 6
2		 18
16		 8
6		      
4
Peter Jackson
Thierry Brasseur		 6
4		 6
1		 6
3		      
5
Michael Hickey
Jean Neuman		 6
2		 7
5		 6
2		      

Monaco vs. Bulgaria

Monaco
3		 Monte Carlo, Monaco [8]
9–11 May 1969
Bulgaria
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Patrick Landau
Ljuben Genov		 7
5		 10
12 		6
2		 4
6 		6
4		  
2
Adrien Viviani
Kiril Yashmakov		 3
6 		6
3		 6
2		 2
6 		1
6 		 
3
Patrick Landau / Francis Truchi
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Matei Pampoulov		 6
3		 3
6 		2
6 		7
5		 6
2		  
4
Patrick Landau
Kiril Yashmakov		 7
5		 6
2		 3
6 		7
5		    
5
Adrien Viviani
Ljuben Genov		 6
8 		8
6		 6
8 		5
7 		   

Denmark vs. Czechoslovakia

Denmark
2		 Copenhagen, Denmark [9]
9–11 May 1969
Clay
Czechoslovakia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan Leschly
Jan Kodeš		 2
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
2
Jørgen Ulrich
Milan Holeček		 0
6 		6
4		 6
4		 3
6 		7
5		  
3
Jan Leschly / Jørgen Ulrich
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal		 6
8 		11
9		 2
6 		4
6 		   
4
Jørgen Ulrich
Jan Kodeš		 2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
5
Jan Leschly
Milan Holeček		 6
0		 3
6 		7
5		 6
2		    

Poland vs. Hungary

Poland
3		 Warsaw, Poland [10]
9–11 May 1969
Hungary
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Wiesław Gąsiorek
Péter Szőke		 7
9 		6
4		 7
9 		6
0		 6
2		  
2
Mieczysław Rybarczyk
István Gulyás		 6
4		 6
4		 7
5		      
3
Tadeusz Nowicki / Mieczysław Rybarczyk
Szabolcs Baranyi / Róbert Machán		 3
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
4
Mieczysław Rybarczyk
Péter Szőke		 11
9		 6
4		 3
6 		6
4		    
5
Wiesław Gąsiorek
István Gulyás		 6
8 		4
6 		6
1		 6
3		 3
6 		 

South Africa vs. Iran

South Africa
5		 Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa [11]
24–26 April 1969
Iran
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bob Maud
Taghi Akbari		 6
4		 6
3		 8
6		      
2
Bob Hewitt
Issa Khodaei		 6
3		 6
1		 6
1		      
3
Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan
Issa Khodaei / Ezzat Nemati		 6
2		 6
0		 6
1		      
4
Bob Maud
Issa Khodaei		 6
1		 6
0		 6
1		      
5
Bob Hewitt
Taghi Akbari		 6
4		 6
3		 6
3		      

Quarterfinals

Sweden vs. West Germany

Sweden
1		 Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [12]
24–26 May 1969
Clay
West Germany
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ove Bengtson
Christian Kuhnke		 3
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     
2
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Wilhelm Bungert		 3
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
3
Ove Bengtson / Hans Nerell
Ingo Buding / Christian Kuhnke		 6
3		 6
3		 6
3		      
4
Ove Bengtson
Wilhelm Bungert		 11
9		 3
6 		4
6 		1
6 		   
5
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Christian Kuhnke		 6
3		 6
3		 4
6 		7
9 		3
6 		 

Great Britain vs. Ireland

Great Britain
5		 Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England [13]
22–24 May 1969
Grass
Ireland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Graham Stilwell
Peter Jackson		 6
2		 6
2		 6
1		      
2
Mark Cox
Michael Hickey		 6
2		 6
2		 6
3		      
3
Mark Cox / Peter Curtis
Michael Hickey / Peter Jackson		 6
2		 6
3		 6
2		      
4
Mark Cox
Peter Jackson		 6
3		 6
2		 6
1		      
5
Graham Stilwell
Michael Hickey		 8
6		 6
4		 6
1		      

Monaco vs. Czechoslovakia

Monaco
0		 Monte Carlo, Monaco [14]
23–25 May 1969
Clay
Czechoslovakia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
René Ruzic
Jan Kukal		 1
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
2
Francis Truchi
Vladimír Zedník		 1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
3
Francis Truchi / André Vatrican
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal		 0
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
4
Adrien Viviani
Vladimír Zedník		 0
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     
5
André Vatrican
Jan Kukal		 1
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     

Semifinals

Great Britain vs. West Germany

Great Britain
3		 Edgbaston Priory Club, Birmingham, England [15]
12–14 June 1969
Grass
West Germany
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Mark Cox
Christian Kuhnke		 4
6 		6
3		 6
4		 6
2		    
2
Graham Stilwell
Wilhelm Bungert		 9
7		 6
3		 7
5		      
3
Mark Cox / Peter Curtis
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke		 8
10 		19
17		 11
13 		6
3		 2
6 		 
4
Graham Stilwell
Christian Kuhnke		 4
6 		12
14 		5
7 		     
5
Mark Cox
Wilhelm Bungert		 6
3		 2
6 		8
10 		7
5		 6
2		  

Final

Great Britain vs. South Africa

Great Britain
3		 Bristol Lawn Tennis Club, Bristol, England [2]
17–19 July 1969
Grass
South Africa
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Mark Cox
Bob Maud		 3
6 		6
3		 6
4		 3
6 		6
4		  
2
Graham Stilwell
Bob Hewitt		 9
7		 3
6 		6
3		 2
6 		3
6 		 
3
Mark Cox / Peter Curtis
Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan		 6
4		 3
6 		4
6 		6
4		 9
7		  
4
Graham Stilwell
Bob Maud		 8
6		 11
9		 6
3		      
5
Mark Cox
Bob Hewitt		 6
3		 0
6 		6
4		 3
6 		7
9 		 

Zone B

Draw
  First Round
4–12 May		 Quarterfinals
22–25 May		 Semifinals
13–15 June		 Final
18–20 July
                                     
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
  Spain 5  
Zagreb, Yugoslavia (clay)
  Rhodesia 0  
    Spain 5  
Maribor, Yugoslavia
    Yugoslavia 0  
  Yugoslavia 3
Valencia, Spain (clay)
  France 2  
    Spain 1  
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
    Romania 4  
  Romania 3  
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
  Egypt 2  
    Romania 5
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
    Israel 0  
  Portugal 1
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
  Israel 4  
    Romania 4
Athens, Greece
    Soviet Union 1
  Greece 0  
Moscow, Soviet Union (clay)
  Soviet Union 5  
    Soviet Union 4
Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
    Canada 1  
  Netherlands 2
Moscow, Soviet Union
  Canada 3  
    Soviet Union 5
Oslo, Norway (clay)
    Italy 0  
  Norway 0  
Barletta, Italy (clay)
  Austria 5  
    Austria 0
Genoa, Italy (clay)
    Italy 5  
  Belgium 1
  Italy 4  

First round

Rhodesia vs. Spain

Rhodesia
0		 Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal [16]
4–6 May 1969
Clay
Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Frank Saloman
Manuel Orantes		 2
6 		5
7 		6
8 		     
2
Douglas Irvine
Manuel Santana		 2
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
3
Alan Saloman / Frank Saloman
Manuel Orantes / Manuel Santana		 3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4
Douglas Irvine
José María Gisbert		 3
6 		4
6 		5
7 		     
5
Frank Saloman
Manuel Santana		 0
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     

Yugoslavia vs. France

Yugoslavia
3		 Maribor, Yugoslavia [17]
10–12 May 1969
France
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nikola Špear
François Jauffret		 3
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
2
Željko Franulović
Georges Goven		 6
3		 6
3		 7
5		      
3
Željko Franulović / Nikola Špear
Patrice Beust / Daniel Contet		 6
2		 6
2		 6
4		      
4
Nikola Špear
Georges Goven		 3
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
5
Željko Franulović
François Jauffret		 6
3		 6
3		 6
3		      

Romania vs. Egypt

Romania
3		 Bucharest, Romania [18]
9–11 May 1969
Clay
Egypt
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ion Țiriac
Ismail El Shafei		 3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
2
Ilie Năstase
Moataz El Sonbol		 6
4		 6
0		 6
4		      
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Ismail El Shafei / Moataz El Sonbol		 6
3		 6
4		 6
0		      
4
Ion Țiriac
Moataz El Sonbol		 6
4		 3
6 		6
4		 6
3		    
5
Ilie Năstase
Ismail El Shafei		 2
6 		6
1		 3
6 		1
6 		   

Portugal vs. Israel

Portugal
1		 Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal [19]
9–11 May 1969
Clay
Israel
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
João Lagos
Josef Stabholz		 2
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
2
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
Eleazar Davidman		 2
6 		6
4		 6
3		 5
7 		3
6 		 
3
João Roquette / Alfredo Vaz Pinto
Eleazar Davidman / Ian Froman		 3
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     
4
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
Josef Stabholz		 6
1		 6
4		 6
4		      
5
Olivio Silva
Eleazar Davidman		 2
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     

Greece vs. Soviet Union

Greece
0		 Athens, Greece [20]
9–11 May 1969
Soviet Union
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Periclis Gavrilidis
Alex Metreveli		 0
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
2
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Toomas Leius		 7
5		 6
3		 4
6 		2
6 		0
4		 retired
 
3
Epaminondas Argyriou / Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli		 2
6 		2
6 		6
3		 2
6 		   
4
Periclis Gavrilidis
Toomas Leius		 1
6 		6
1		 4
6 		4
6 		   
5
Epaminondas Argyriou
Vladimir Korotkov		 2
6 		3
6 		       

Netherlands vs. Canada

Netherlands
2		 Scheveningen, Netherlands [21]
9–11 May 1969
Clay
Canada
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan Hordijk
François Godbout		 6
1		 6
2		 6
1		      
2
Niklaus Fleury
Mike Belkin		 4
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     
3
Niklaus Fleury / Jan Hordijk
Mike Belkin / Henry Fauquier		 4
6 		4
6 		7
5		 2
6 		   
4
Niklaus Fleury
François Godbout		 7
5		 6
2		 6
8 		6
3		    
5
Jan Hordijk
Mike Belkin		 1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     

Norway vs. Austria

Norway
0		 Oslo, Norway [22]
9–11 May 1969
Clay
Austria
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jon-Erik Ross
Ernst Blanke		 2
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2
Finn-Dag Jagge
Detlef Herdy		 1
6 		4
6 		1
6		      
3
Sjur Lars Galtung-Hansen / Jon-Erik Ross
Ernst Blanke / Detlef Herdy		 2
6 		5
7 		1
6 		     
4
Finn-Dag Jagge
Ernst Blanke		 2
6 		2
6 		6
4		 3
6 		   
5
Jon-Erik Ross
Detlef Herdy		 2
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     

Italy vs. Belgium

Italy
4		 Genoa, Italy [23]
9–11 May 1969
Clay
Belgium
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicola Pietrangeli
Patrick Hombergen		 6
3		 6
2		 6
3		      
2
Eugenio Castigliano
Eric Drossart		 6
4		 4
6 		6
4		 5
7 		6
1		  
3
Vittorio Crotta / Pietro Marzano
Eric Drossart / Patrick Hombergen		 2
6 		3
6 		5
7 		     
4
Nicola Pietrangeli
Eric Drossart		 7
5		 6
4		 7
9 		6
4		    
5
Eugenio Castigliano
Patrick Hombergen		 3
6 		6
3		 6
4		 6
4		    

Quarterfinals

Yugoslavia vs. Spain

Yugoslavia
0		 Zagreb, Yugoslavia [24]
23–25 May 1969
Clay
Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Željko Franulović
Manuel Orantes		 5
7 		4
6 		6
8 		     
2
Boro Jovanović
Manuel Santana		 1
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
3
Željko Franulović / Boro Jovanović
Manuel Orantes / Manuel Santana		 6
8 		1
6 		5
7 		     
4
Željko Franulović
Manuel Santana		 4
6 		6
3		 7
9 		2
6 		   
5
Boro Jovanović
Manuel Orantes		 2
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     

Romania vs. Israel

Romania
5		 Bucharest, Romania [25]
22–24 May 1969
Clay
Israel
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ilie Năstase
Josef Stabholz		 6
2		 6
2		 6
0		      
2
Ion Țiriac
Eleazar Davidman		 6
2		 7
5		 6
2		      
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Eleazar Davidman / Ian Froman		 6
2		 6
0		 6
4		      
4
Ion Țiriac
Josef Stabholz		 6
2		 6
2		 6
0		      
5
Ilie Năstase
Eleazar Davidman		 6
0		 6
2		 6
4		      

Soviet Union vs. Canada

Soviet Union
4		 Moscow, Soviet Union [26]
23–25 May 1969
Clay
Canada
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Alex Metreveli
John Sharpe		 6
0		 6
0		 6
4		      
2
Toomas Leius
Mike Belkin		 9
7		 3
6 		6
4		 2
6 		7
9 		 
3
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
Henry Fauquier / John Sharpe		 6
2		 6
3		 6
2		      
4
Toomas Leius
John Sharpe		 6
4		 6
4		 6
4		      
5
Alex Metreveli
Mike Belkin		 2
6 		8
9		        
retired

Italy vs. Austria

Italy
5		 Barletta, Italy [27]
23–25 May 1969
Clay
Austria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicola Pietrangeli
Detlef Herdy		 6
1		 8
6		 6
3		      
2
Eugenio Castigliano
Ernst Blanke		 1
6 		6
3		 3
6 		4
4		    
retired
3
Vittorio Crotta / Pietro Marzano
Detlef Herdy / Hans Kary		 6
2		 6
2		 6
4		      
4
Nicola Pietrangeli
Ernst Blanke		 3
6 		7
5		 6
2		 1
6 		8
6		  
5
Eugenio Castigliano
Dieter Schultheiss		 3
6 		6
1		 6
2		 6
1		    

Semifinals

Spain vs. Romania

Spain
1		 Club de Tenis Valencia, Valencia, Spain [28]
13–15 June 1969
Clay
Romania
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
José Luis Arilla
Ilie Năstase		 4
6 		6
8 		2
6 		     
2
Manuel Orantes
Ion Țiriac		 4
6 		3
6 		6
4		 6
1		 3
6 		 
3
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Orantes
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac		 4
6 		8
6		 7
9 		9
7		 6
8 		 
4
José Luis Arilla
Ion Țiriac		 2
6 		6
3		 2
6 		4
6 		   
5
Manuel Orantes
Petre Marmureanu		 6
1		 6
1		 6
1		      

Soviet Union vs. Italy

Soviet Union
5		 Moscow, Soviet Union [29]
13–15 June 1969
Italy
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Toomas Leius
Nicola Pietrangeli		 6
4		 6
4		 6
8 		6
3		    
2
Alex Metreveli
Eugenio Castigliano		 6
1		 6
2		 6
3		      
3
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
Vittorio Crotta / Pietro Marzano		 7
5		 6
4		 8
6		      
4
Alex Metreveli
Nicola Pietrangeli		 6
2		 6
2		 6
2		      
5
Toomas Leius
Eugenio Castigliano		 4
6 		3
6 		6
4		 7
5		 6
2		  

Final

Romania vs. Soviet Union

Romania
4		 Bucharest, Romania [3]
18–20 July 1969
Clay
Soviet Union
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ion Țiriac
Toomas Leius		 6
3		 6
3		 8
6		      
2
Ilie Năstase
Alex Metreveli		 6
4		 6
2		 7
5		      
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli		 6
8 		6
1		 6
4		 8
6		    
4
Ilie Năstase
Toomas Leius		 4
6 		6
3		 6
2		 6
2		    
5
Sever Dron
Vladimir Korotkov		 1
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     

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