1970 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1970 Davis Cup.

Main article: 1970 Davis Cup

31 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]

Spain defeated Yugoslavia in the Zone A final, and West Germany defeated the Soviet Union in the Zone B final, resulting in both Spain and West Germany progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2][3]

South Africa were ejected from the tournament on 23 March due to protests over the South African government's apartheid policies.[4][5][6]

Zone A

Draw
  First Round
1–10 May		 Quarterfinals
22–25 May		 Semifinals
12–15 June		 Final
16–18 July
                                     
Tehran, Iran
  Romania 4  
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
  Iran 1  
    Romania 5  
Athens, Greece
    Greece 0  
  Greece 4
Maribor, Yugoslavia (clay)
  Netherlands 1  
    Romania 2  
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
    Yugoslavia 3  
  Luxembourg 0  
Dublin, Ireland
  Ireland 3  
    Ireland 0
Maribor, Yugoslavia
    Yugoslavia 5  
  Yugoslavia 3
Barcelona, Spain
  Poland 2  
    Yugoslavia 1
Stockholm, Sweden (clay)
    Spain 4
  Sweden 0  
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
  Spain 5  
    Spain 5
Istanbul, Turkey
    Bulgaria 0  
  Turkey 0
Paris, France (clay)
  Bulgaria 5  
    Spain 5
Geneva, Switzerland
    France 0  
   Switzerland 1  
Paris, France (clay)
  France 4  
    France 5
Edinburgh, United Kingdom (clay)
    Austria 0  
  Austria 3
  Great Britain 2  

First Round

Iran vs. Romania


Iran
1		 Tehran, Iran [7]
7–9 May 1970
Romania
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Taghi Akbari
Ilie Năstase		 8
10 		0
6 		8
6		 7
5		 3
6 		 
2
Hussain Akbari
Ion Țiriac		 0
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
3
Hussain Akbari / Taghi Akbari
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac		 3
6 		6
3		 3
6 		3
6 		   
4
Hussain Akbari
Ilie Năstase		 2
6 		6
4		 2
6 		3
6 		   
5
Taghi Akbari
Petre Marmureanu		 6
1		 6
4		 6
3		      

Greece vs. Netherlands


Greece
4		 Athens, Greece [8]
8–10 May 1970
Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Periclis Gavrilidis
Jan Hordijk		 4
6 		8
6		 1
6 		1
6 		   
2
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Pieter Soeters		 7
5		 8
6		 6
2		      
3
Periclis Gavrilidis / Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Niklaus Fleury / Jan Hordijk		 4
6 		6
2		 6
2		 6
2		    
4
Periclis Gavrilidis
Pieter Soeters		 6
3		 6
4		 6
2		      
5
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Jan Hordijk		 6
1		 6
2		 6
4		      

Luxembourg vs. Ireland


Luxembourg
0		 Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg [9]
1–3 May 1970
Ireland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Georges Logelin
Peter Jackson		 6
4		 8
6		 5
7 		1
6 		2
6 		 
2
Thierry Brasseur
William Brown		 6
3		 4
6 		4
6 		11
9		 4
6 		 
3
Thierry Brasseur / Georges Logelin
William Brown / John McGrath		 1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
4
Thierry Brasseur
Peter Jackson		           not
played
5
Georges Logelin
William Brown		           not
played

Yugoslavia vs. Poland


Yugoslavia
3		 Maribor, Yugoslavia [10]
7–9 May 1970
Poland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nikola Špear
Mieczysław Rybarczyk		 6
0		 3
6 		6
0		 6
2		    
2
Željko Franulović
Wiesław Gąsiorek		 4
6 		6
2		 2
6 		6
3		 6
2		  
3
Željko Franulović / Nikola Špear
Tadeusz Nowicki / Mieczysław Rybarczyk		 4
6 		6
3		 3
6 		6
1		 3
6 		 
4
Željko Franulović
Mieczysław Rybarczyk		 6
1		 6
1		 6
2		      
5
Nikola Špear
Wiesław Gąsiorek		 6
8 		6
4		 4
6 		6
2		 1
6 		 

Sweden vs. Spain


Sweden
0		 Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden [11]
8–10 May 1970
Clay
Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ove Bengtson
Manuel Orantes		 5
7 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Manuel Santana		 2
6 		4
6 		6
4		 0
6 		   
3
Ove Bengtson / Hans Nerell
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes		 8
10 		3
6 		6
8 		     
4
Ove Bengtson
Manuel Santana		 9
11 		6
4		 4
6 		2
6 		   
5
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Juan Gisbert		 6
4		 2
6 		0
6 		0
6 		   

Turkey vs. Bulgaria


Turkey
0		 Istanbul, Turkey [12]
8–10 May 1970
Bulgaria
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tahsin Gürsoy
Stojan Velev		 3
6 		2
6 		6
4		 0
6 		   
2
Remzi Aydın
Kiril Yashmakov		 3
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
3
Remzi Aydın / Tahsin Gürsoy
Stojan Velev / Kiril Yashmakov		 3
6 		4
6 		6
4		 2
6 		   
4
Tahsin Gürsoy
Ljuben Genov		 3
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
5
Beyazıt Anbar
Stojan Velev		 3
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     

Switzerland vs. France


Switzerland
1		 Geneva, Switzerland [13]
8–10 May 1970
France
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Michel Burgener
François Jauffret		 3
6 		6
4		 3
6 		4
6 		   
2
Dimitri Sturdza
Georges Goven		 10
8		 7
5		 4
6 		6
3		    
3
Dimitri Sturdza / Matthias Werren
Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau / Jean-Loup Rouyer		 11
9		 2
6 		3
6 		1
6 		   
4
Michel Burgener
Georges Goven		 1
6 		7
5		 3
6 		4
6 		   
5
Dimitri Sturdza
François Jauffret		 3
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     

Great Britain vs. Austria


Great Britain
2		 Thistle Lawn Tennis Club, Edinburgh, United Kingdom [14]
7–9 May 1970
Clay
Austria
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
John Clifton
Peter Pokorny		 1
6 		6
4		 6
8 		1
6 		   
2
Gerald Battrick
Hans Kary		 5
7 		3
6 		1
6 		     
3
Gerald Battrick / Peter Curtis
Rudolf Hoskowetz / Peter Pokorny		 2
6 		8
6		 6
4		 6
0		    
4
Gerald Battrick
Peter Pokorny		 6
4		 6
2		 9
7		      
5
John Clifton
Hans Kary		 3
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     

Quarterfinals

Romania vs. Greece


Romania
5		 Bucharest, Romania [15]
22–25 May 1970
Clay
Greece
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ilie Năstase
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos		 6
2		 7
5		 6
4		      
2
Ion Țiriac
Periclis Gavrilidis		 6
0		 6
1		 6
0		      
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Epaminondas Argyriou / Nicholas Kalogeropoulos		 6
4		 6
1		 6
2		      
4
Viorel Marcu
Epaminondas Argyriou		 6
1		 6
3		 6
4		      
5
Sever Mureșan
Periclis Gavrilidis		 8
6		 3
6 		6
2		 6
3		    

Ireland vs. Yugoslavia


Ireland
0		 Dublin, Ireland [16]
22–24 May 1970
Yugoslavia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
William Brown
Nikola Špear		 3
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
2
Peter Jackson
Željko Franulović		 2
6 		3
6 		6
3		 6
3		 3
6 		 
3
William Brown / John McGrath
Željko Franulović / Nikola Špear		 1
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
4
William Brown
Željko Franulović		 3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
5
Peter Jackson
Nikola Špear		 5
7 		1
6 		1
6 		     

Spain vs. Bulgaria


Spain
5		 Barcelona, Spain [17]
22–24 May 1970
Clay
Bulgaria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Manuel Santana
Kiril Yashmakov		 6
1		 6
1		 7
5		      
2
Juan Gisbert
Ljuben Genov		 6
2		 6
2		 6
2		      
3
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Stojan Velev		 6
4		 8
6		 6
2		      
4
Manuel Santana
Stojan Velev		 6
0		 6
2		 6
0		      
5
Juan Gisbert
Kiril Yashmakov		 6
3		 6
2		 6
0		      

France vs. Austria


France
5		 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [18]
22–24 May 1970
Clay
Austria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Georges Goven
Peter Pokorny		 6
4		 6
1		 6
2		      
2
François Jauffret
Hans Kary		 12
10		 1
6 		6
3		 6
4		    
3
Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau / Jean-Loup Rouyer
Hans Kary / Peter Pokorny		 6
2		 6
4		 12
10		      
4
François Jauffret
Peter Pokorny		 6
3		 6
3		 6
4		      
5
Georges Goven
Hans Kary		 6
3		 6
3		 6
1		      

Semifinals

Yugoslavia vs. Romania


Yugoslavia
3		 Maribor, Yugoslavia [19]
12–15 June 1970
Clay
Romania
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nikola Špear
Ion Țiriac		 6
1		 4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		   
2
Željko Franulović
Ilie Năstase		 6
3		 3
6 		6
2		 6
1		    
3
Željko Franulović / Nikola Špear
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac		 5
7 		8
6		 1
6 		3
6 		   
4
Nikola Špear
Ilie Năstase		 7
5		 8
6		 6
2		      
5
Željko Franulović
Ion Țiriac		 1
6 		5
7 		6
4		 6
4		 6
0		  

France vs. Spain


France
0		 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [20]
12–14 May 1970
Clay
Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Georges Goven
Manuel Santana		 1
6 		8
6		 2
6 		6
2		 3
6 		 
2
François Jauffret
Manuel Orantes		 6
3		 4
6 		1
6 		2
6 		   
3
Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau / Jean-Loup Rouyer
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Santana		 4
6 		4
6 		6
8 		     
4
François Jauffret
Manuel Santana		 5
7 		3
6 		2
6 		     
5
Georges Goven
Manuel Orantes		 2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     

Final

Spain vs. Yugoslavia


Spain
4		 Barcelona, Spain [2]
16–18 July 1970
Yugoslavia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Manuel Orantes
Nikola Špear		 6
4		 6
4		 6
2		      
2
Manuel Santana
Željko Franulović		 6
4		 6
4		 1
6 		6
4		    
3
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Santana
Željko Franulović / Nikola Špear		 6
4		 6
1		 6
2		      
4
Manuel Orantes
Željko Franulović		 7
5		 6
4		 4
6 		6
8 		2
6 		 
5
Manuel Santana
Nikola Špear		 6
2		 6
1		 7
5		      

Zone B

Draw
  First Round
1–24 May		 Quarterfinals
22–24 May		 Semifinals
11–14 June		 Final
14–16 July
                                     
  South Africa  
 bye  
    South Africa  
Helsinki, Finland
    Belgium w/o  
  Finland 1
Nuremberg, West Germany
  Belgium 4  
    Belgium 0  
Bad Homburg, West Germany (clay)
    West Germany 5  
  West Germany 4  
West Berlin
  Denmark 1  
    West Germany 5
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
    Egypt 0  
  Egypt 3
Düsseldorf, West Germany
  Norway 1  
    West Germany 3
Turin, Italy (clay)
    Soviet Union 2
  Italy 2  
  Czechoslovakia 3  
    Czechoslovakia w/o
    Rhodesia  
  Israel
Moscow, Soviet Union (clay)
  Rhodesia w/o  
    Czechoslovakia 2
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
    Soviet Union 3  
  Portugal 1  
Monte Carlo, Monaco
  Monaco 4  
    Monaco 0
Budapest, Hungary
    Soviet Union 5  
  Hungary 2
  Soviet Union 3  

First Round

Finland vs. Belgium


Finland
1		 Helsinki, Finland [21]
22–24 May 1970
Belgium
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
George Berner
Patrick Hombergen		 4
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
2
Pekka Säilä
Eric Drossart		 5
7 		6
2		 6
3		 6
4		    
3
George Berner / Pekka Säilä
Eric Drossart / Patrick Hombergen		 0
6 		6
4		 3
6 		0
6 		   
4
George Berner
Eric Drossart		 6
2		 5
7 		3
6 		6
8 		   
5
Pekka Säilä
Patrick Hombergen		 4
6 		2
6 		7
5		 6
3		 4
6 		 

West Germany vs. Denmark


West Germany
4		 Bad Homburg, West Germany [22]
8–10 May 1970
Clay
Denmark
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Christian Kuhnke
Jørgen Ulrich		 6
3		 6
2		 6
3		      
2
Wilhelm Bungert
Carl-Edvard Hedelund		 2
6 		4
6 		6
3		 5
7 		   
3
Ingo Buding / Christian Kuhnke
Carl-Edvard Hedelund / Jørgen Ulrich		 6
1		 6
1		 6
4		      
4
Christian Kuhnke
Carl-Edvard Hedelund		 6
0		 7
5		 6
1		      
5
Wilhelm Bungert
Jørgen Ulrich		 7
5		 6
2		 2
6 		3
6 		6
3		  

Egypt vs. Norway


Egypt
3		 Cairo, Egypt [23]
8–10 May 1970
Clay
Norway
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Moataz El Sonbol
Frithjof Prydz		 6
3		 6
1		 6
4		      
2
Aly El Dawoudi
Jon-Erik Ross		 6
1		 6
2		 6
3		      
3
Aly El Dawoudi / Abdel-Ghani Mohammed
Frithjof Prydz / Jon-Erik Ross		 5
7 		6
2		 4
6 		1
6 		   
4
Aly El Dawoudi
Frithjof Prydz		 7
9 		5
7 		6
2		 9
7		 6
4		  
5
Moataz El Sonbol
Jon-Erik Ross		           not
played

Italy vs. Czechoslovakia


Italy
2		 Turin, Italy [24]
7–11 May 1970
Clay
Czechoslovakia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Massimo Di Domenico
Jan Kodeš		 3
6 		6
1		 6
3		 4
6 		4
6 		 
2
Adriano Panatta
Jan Kukal		 8
6		 6
3		 6
3		      
3
Massimo Di Domenico / Adriano Panatta
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal		 6
4		 2
6 		6
2		 3
6 		6
3		  
4
Massimo Di Domenico
Jan Kukal		 9
7		 4
6 		5
7 		7
9 		   
5
Adriano Panatta
Jan Kodeš		 3
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     

Portugal vs. Monaco


Portugal
1		 Lisbon, Portugal [25]
1–3 May 1970
Clay
Monaco
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
Patrick Landau		 4
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
2
Raúl Peralta
Francis Truchi		 6
2		 6
0		 7
5		      
3
Manuel Dinis / Raúl Peralta
Patrick Landau / Francis Truchi		 6
3		 4
6 		5
7 		4
6 		   
4
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
Francis Truchi		 6
3		 6
2		 8
10 		4
6 		2
6 		 
5
Raúl Peralta
Patrick Landau		 4
6 		3
6 		6
4		 2
6 		   

Hungary vs. Soviet Union


Hungary
2		 Budapest, Hungary [26]
8–10 May 1970
Soviet Union
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Szabolcs Baranyi
Vladimir Korotkov		 4
6 		6
3		 1
6 		6
1		 6
3		  
2
István Gulyás
Alex Metreveli		 7
9 		2
6 		3
6 		     
3
Szabolcs Baranyi / Róbert Machán
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli		 4
6 		6
4		 3
6 		6
8 		   
4
Szabolcs Baranyi
Alex Metreveli		 4
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
5
István Gulyás
Vladimir Korotkov		 6
3		 4
6 		6
0		 6
4		    

Quarterfinals

West Germany vs. Egypt


West Germany
5		 West Berlin [27]
22–24 May 1970
Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Wilhelm Bungert
Abdel-Ghani Mohammed		 6
2		 6
4		 1
6 		6
2		    
2
Christian Kuhnke
Moataz El Sonbol		 6
0		 6
2		 6
2		      
3
Ingo Buding / Christian Kuhnke
Moataz El Sonbol / Abdel-Ghani Mohammed		 6
0		 6
3		 6
0		      
4
Wilhelm Bungert
Moataz El Sonbol		 10
8		 6
2		 6
3		      
5
Jürgen Fassbender
Abdel-Ghani Mohammed		 6
1		 6
1		 6
3		      

Monaco vs. Soviet Union


Monaco
0		 Monte Carlo, Monaco [28]
22–24 May 1970
Soviet Union
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
André Vatrican
Alex Metreveli		 0
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
2
Francis Truchi
Vladimir Korotkov		 2
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     
3
Francis Truchi / André Vatrican
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli		 0
6 		6
4		 3
6 		2
6 		   
4
André Vatrican
Vladimir Korotkov		 0
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     
5
Francis Truchi
Alex Metreveli		 2
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     

Semifinals

West Germany vs. Belgium


West Germany
5		 Nuremberg, West Germany [29]
12–14 June 1970
Belgium
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Wilhelm Bungert
Patrick Hombergen		 6
2		 6
1		 3
6 		6
3		    
2
Christian Kuhnke
Eric Drossart		 6
4		 6
2		 6
3		      
3
Ingo Buding / Christian Kuhnke
Eric Drossart / Patrick Hombergen		 4
6 		6
3		 7
5		 4
6 		10
8		  
4
Wilhelm Bungert
Eric Drossart		 2
6 		6
2		 6
0		 6
3		    
5
Christian Kuhnke
Patrick Hombergen		 6
2		 6
2		 6
0		      

Soviet Union vs. Czechoslovakia


Soviet Union
3		 Moscow, Soviet Union [30]
11–13 June 1970
Clay
Czechoslovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Toomas Leius
Jan Kodeš		 6
2		 3
6 		3
6 		5
7 		   
2
Alex Metreveli
Jan Kukal		 6
1		 6
0		 6
2		      
3
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal		 8
6		 1
6 		2
6 		8
6		 6
4		  
4
Toomas Leius
Jan Kukal		 6
3		 4
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   
5
Alex Metreveli
Jan Kodeš		 6
4		 4
6 		6
3		 6
3		    

Final

West Germany vs. Soviet Union


West Germany
3		 Düsseldorf, West Germany [3]
14–16 July 1970
Soviet Union
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Wilhelm Bungert
Vladimir Korotkov		 6
4		 7
9 		6
4		 6
3		    
2
Christian Kuhnke
Alex Metreveli		 1
6 		1
6 		8
10 		     
3
Ingo Buding / Wilhelm Bungert
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli		 5
7 		1
6 		8
6		 6
2		 7
5		  
4
Christian Kuhnke
Vladimir Korotkov		 6
1		 6
1		 5
7 		6
2		    
5
Wilhelm Bungert
Alex Metreveli		 4
6 		5
5		       retired
 

Notes

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    4. "Arthur Ashe - Biography". www.britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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    7. "Iran v Romania". daviscup.com.
    8. "Greece v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
    9. "Luxembourg v Ireland". daviscup.com.
    10. "Yugoslavia v Poland". daviscup.com.
    11. "Sweden v Spain". daviscup.com.
    12. "Turkey v Bulgaria". daviscup.com.
    13. "Switzerland v France". daviscup.com.
    14. "Great Britain v Austria". daviscup.com.
    15. "Romania v Greece". daviscup.com.
    16. "Ireland v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
    17. "Spain v Bulgaria". daviscup.com.
    18. "France v Austria". daviscup.com.
    19. "Yugoslavia v Romania". daviscup.com.
    20. "France v Spain". daviscup.com.
    21. "Finland v Belgium". daviscup.com.
    22. "West Germany v Denmark". daviscup.com.
    23. "Egypt v Norway". daviscup.com.
    24. "Italy v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
    25. "Portugal v Monaco". daviscup.com.
    26. "Hungary v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
    27. "West Germany v Egypt". daviscup.com.
    28. "Monaco v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
    29. "West Germany v Belgium". daviscup.com.
    30. "Soviet Union v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
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