1977 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1977 Davis Cup.

33 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 8 teams entered the competition in the pre-qualifying rounds, competing for 3 spots in the preliminary rounds. The 3 winners in the pre-qualifying rounds joined an additional 21 teams in the preliminary rounds, with 12 teams in each sub-zone competing for 4 places in the main draw, to join the 4 finalists from the 1976 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]

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

Zone A

Pre-Qualifying Rounds

Draw

  First Round
Qualifying Round
25–27 August 1976
                 
 
    Iran  
   bye     Tehran, Iran (clay)
      Iran 5
      Algeria 0
    Algeria w/o
    Morocco  

Qualifying Round

Iran vs. Algeria


Iran
5
Imperial Tennis Club, Tehran, Iran [4]
25–27 August 1976
Clay

Algeria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Taghi Akbari
Abdeslam Mahmoudi
6
0
6
4
6
3
     
2
Kanyab Derafshijavan
Sebti Bounaib
6
2
6
2
7
5
     
3
Moharram-Ali Khodai / Ezzat Nemati
Sebti Bounaib / Abdeslam Mahmoudi
6
2
6
2
6
3
     
4
Moharram-Ali Khodai
Moussa Said
6
0
6
1
6
3
     
5
Ezzat Nemati
Abdeslam Mahmoudi
6
1
6
3
6
2
     

Preliminary Rounds

Draw

  First Round
17–26 September 1976
Qualifying Round
19–21 March; 22 April–1 May
                 
Poznań, Poland (clay)
  Norway 0  
Warsaw, Poland
  Poland 5  
    Poland 3
    West Germany 1
 bye
  West Germany  
Biel, Switzerland
   Switzerland 3  
Zürich, Switzerland
  Rhodesia 2  
     Switzerland 2
    France 3
 bye
  France  
  Romania  
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
 bye  
    Romania 5
Brussels, Belgium
    Belgium 0
  Bulgaria 2
  Belgium 3  
  Czechoslovakia  
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
 bye  
    Czechoslovakia 5
Dublin, Ireland
    Ireland 0
  Iran 2
  Ireland 3  

First Round

Poland vs. Norway


Poland
5
Poznań, Poland [5]
24–26 September 1976
Clay

Norway
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tadeusz Nowicki
Per Hegna
6
3
6
3
6
2
     
2
Wojciech Fibak
Olav Abrahamsen
6
0
6
0
6
0
     
3
Wojciech Fibak / Jacek Niedźwiedzki
Per Hegna / Jan Munch-Søegaard
6
0
8
6
6
3
     
4
Tadeusz Nowicki
Olav Abrahamsen
6
2
6
2
6
1
     
5
Wojciech Fibak
Per Hegna
6
1
5
7
7
5
6
3
   

Switzerland vs. Rhodesia


Switzerland
3
Biel, Switzerland [6]
24–26 September 1976

Rhodesia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Heinz Günthardt
Desmond McKenzie
6
1
6
2
6
0
     
2
Max Hürlimann
Colin Dowdeswell
5
7
5
7
6
0
3
6
   
3
Heinz Günthardt / Petr Kanderal
Colin Dowdeswell / Sheridan Towers
8
6
10
8
6
4
     
4
Heinz Günthardt
Colin Dowdeswell
6
0
7
9
2
6
3
6
   
5
Max Hürlimann
Desmond McKenzie
6
2
6
1
6
0
     

Belgium vs. Bulgaria


Belgium
3
Brussels, Belgium [7]
17–19 September 1976

Bulgaria
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bernard Mignot
Ljuben Genov
6
1
2
6
6
3
1
6
0
6
 
2
Patrick Hombergen
Bozhidar Pampoulov
8
6
6
1
5
7
4
6
6
0
 
3
Patrick Hombergen / Bernard Mignot
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Matei Pampoulov
6
3
6
4
6
2
     
4
Bernard Mignot
Matei Pampoulov
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
5
Patrick Hombergen
Ljuben Genov
6
2
3
6
6
4
3
6
1
6
 

Ireland vs. Iran


Ireland
3
Dublin, Ireland [8]
24–26 September 1976

Iran
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Sean Sorensen
Mansour Bahrami
7
5
9
11
3
6
6
2
2
6
 
2
James McArdle
Kanyab Derafshijavan
6
4
6
2
4
6
15
17
6
3
 
3
Michael Hickey / Sean Sorensen
Mansour Bahrami / Kanyab Derafshijavan
6
2
2
6
6
4
6
4
   
4
Sean Sorensen
Kanyab Derafshijavan
7
5
6
3
6
3
     
5
James McArdle
Mansour Bahrami
3
6
9
11
2
6
     

Qualifying Round

Poland vs. West Germany


Poland
3
Warsaw, Poland [9]
22–24 April 1977

West Germany
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jacek Niedźwiedzki
Ulrich Pinner
9
11
2
6
1
6
     
2
Wojciech Fibak
Karl Meiler
6
0
6
1
6
1
     
3
Wojciech Fibak / Tadeusz Nowicki
Jürgen Fassbender / Karl Meiler
4
6
8
10
6
3
6
4
6
3
 
4
Wojciech Fibak
Ulrich Pinner
10
8
6
3
6
4
     
5
Jacek Niedźwiedzki
Karl Meiler
          not
played

Switzerland vs. France


Switzerland
2
Zürich, Switzerland [10]
19–21 March 1977

France
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Petr Kanderal
Patrice Dominguez
3
6
14
16
4
6
     
2
Heinz Günthardt
Jean-Louis Haillet
3
6
3
6
3
6
     
3
Petr Kanderal / Dimitri Sturdza
Patrice Dominguez / Jean-Louis Haillet
6
4
7
9
6
4
1
6
4
6
 
4
Petr Kanderal
Jean-Louis Haillet
15
13
7
5
2
6
6
3
   
5
Heinz Günthardt
Patrice Dominguez
8
6
6
3
10
8
     

Romania vs. Belgium


Romania
5
Bucharest, Romania [11]
28 April–1 May 1977
Clay

Belgium
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ilie Năstase
Bernard Boileau
6
1
6
4
6
1
     
2
Dumitru Hărădău
Jean-Pierre Richer
6
1
6
3
6
3
     
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Johan De Muynck / Thierry Stevaux
6
2
6
1
6
4
     
4
Dumitru Hărădău
Bernard Boileau
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
5
Ilie Năstase
Jean-Pierre Richer
6
2
6
2
6
2
     

Czechoslovakia vs. Ireland


Czechoslovakia
5
Prague, Czechoslovakia [12]
22–24 April 1977
Clay

Ireland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tomáš Šmíd
Peter Ledbetter
6
0
6
0
6
2
     
2
Jiří Hřebec
James McArdle
6
0
6
1
6
2
     
3
Jiří Granát / Tomáš Šmíd
James McArdle / John O'Brien
6
0
6
0
6
2
     
4
Jiří Hřebec
Peter Ledbetter
6
0
6
1
6
0
     
5
František Pála
James McArdle
6
2
6
3
6
0
     

Main Draw

Draw

  Quarterfinals
6–8 May
Semifinals
9–11 June
Final
23–25 July
                           
 
    Soviet Union  
   bye    
      Soviet Union  
  Warsaw, Poland     France w/o  
    Poland 0
    France 5     Paris, France (clay)
      France 3
  Bucharest, Romania (clay)       Romania 2
    Romania 3  
    Czechoslovakia 1     Bucharest, Romania (clay)
      Romania 4
      Great Britain 1  
   bye
    Great Britain  

Quarterfinals

Poland vs. France


Poland
0
Warsaw, Poland [13]
6–8 May 1977

France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Henryk Drzymalski
Patrice Dominguez
6
8
2
6
4
6
     
2
Tadeusz Nowicki
François Jauffret
0
6
0
6
2
6
     
3
Jacek Niedźwiedzki / Tadeusz Nowicki
Patrice Dominguez / François Jauffret
8
6
8
10
6
1
3
6
2
6
 
4
Tadeusz Nowicki
Patrice Dominguez
6
3
5
7
6
8
7
9
   
5
Henryk Drzymalski
François Jauffret
4
6
0
6
       

Romania vs. Czechoslovakia


Romania
3
Bucharest, Romania [14]
6–8 May 1977
Clay

Czechoslovakia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Dumitru Hărădău
Jan Kodeš
6
2
2
6
2
6
3
6
   
2
Ilie Năstase
Jiří Hřebec
6
1
1
0
       
retired
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Jiří Hřebec / Jan Kodeš
6
1
6
3
6
3
     
4
Ilie Năstase
Jan Kodeš
6
2
6
2
6
4
     
5
Dumitru Hărădău
Jiří Hřebec
1
6
6
3
      not
completed

Semifinals

France vs. Soviet Union

Due to their refusal to play against Chile in the 1976 Inter-Zonal semifinals, the Soviet Union were disqualified from the 1977 tournament. Therefore France were declared winners by default and progressed to the final.[15][16]

Romania vs. Great Britain


Romania
4
Bucharest, Romania [17]
9–11 June 1977
Clay

Great Britain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ilie Năstase
John Feaver
6
1
6
2
4
6
6
4
   
2
Dumitru Hărădău
John Lloyd
2
6
7
5
6
0
6
1
   
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
David Lloyd / John Lloyd
9
7
2
6
6
4
9
7
   
4
Gavorielle Marcu
Richard Lewis
6
4
1
6
1
6
3
6
   
5
Dumitru Hărădău
John Feaver
5
7
6
3
4
6
6
1
6
3
 

Final

France vs. Romania


France
3
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [2]
23–25 July 1977
Clay

Romania
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
François Jauffret
Ilie Năstase
3
6
0
6
6
4
6
3
6
1
 
2
Patrick Proisy
Dumitru Hărădău
6
2
6
4
8
6
     
3
Patrice Dominguez / François Jauffret
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
3
6
4
6
6
3
5
7
   
4
François Jauffret
Dumitru Hărădău
6
1
6
4
6
4
     
5
Patrick Proisy
Ilie Năstase
4
6
6
4
6
8
1
6
   

Zone B

Pre-Qualifying Rounds

Draw

  First Round
Qualifying Round
28 August–19 September 1976
                 
  Israel  
Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
 bye  
    Israel 5
    Turkey 0
  Kenya
  Turkey w/o  
  Luxembourg  
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
 bye  
    Luxembourg 0
    Finland 5
 bye
  Finland  

Qualifying Round

Israel vs. Turkey


Israel
5
Tel Aviv, Israel [18]
17–19 September 1976
Hard

Turkey
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Shlomo Glickstein
Murat Gürler
6
5
6
1
6
0
     
2
Yair Wertheimer
Cahit Ataş
6
0
6
0
6
2
     
3
Ilan Sher / Yair Wertheimer
Murat Gürler / Ali Yenilmez
6
1
6
1
6
0
     
4
Yair Wertheimer
Murat Gürler
6
1
6
3
6
1
     
5
Shlomo Glickstein
Ali Yenilmez
6
0
6
3
6
0
     

Luxembourg vs. Finland


Luxembourg
0
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg [19]
28–30 August 1976

Finland
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Fernand Claude
Leo Palin
3
6
2
6
2
6
     
2
Marc Weitzel
George Berner
0
6
0
6
1
6
     
3
Fernand Claude / Marc Weitzel
George Berner / Pekka Säilä
0
6
3
6
1
6
     
4
Pascal Genevo
Leo Palin
1
6
2
6
1
6
     
5
Fernand Claude
George Berner
2
6
1
6
1
6
     

Preliminary Rounds

Draw

  First Round
24–26 September 1976
Qualifying Round
1–24 April
                 
Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
  Netherlands 5  
Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
  Israel 0  
    Netherlands 0
    Yugoslavia 5
 bye
  Yugoslavia  
Athens, Greece (clay)
  Greece 3  
Athens, Greece
  Denmark 1  
    Greece 0
    Spain 5
 bye
  Spain  
  Sweden  
Uppsala, Sweden (indoor hard)
 bye  
    Sweden 5
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
    Monaco 0
  Portugal 1
  Monaco 4  
Vienna, Austria
  Austria 5  
Vienna, Austria
  Finland 0  
    Austria 5
    Egypt 0
 bye
  Egypt  

First Round

Netherlands vs. Israel


Netherlands
5
Scheveningen, Netherlands [20]
24–26 September 1976
Clay

Israel
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Louk Sanders
Shlomo Glickstein
6
2
6
4
6
1
     
2
Fred Hemmes
Yair Wertheimer
5
7
8
6
1
6
6
4
6
0
 
3
Fred Hemmes / Louk Sanders
Shlomo Glickstein / Yair Wertheimer
4
6
6
2
6
2
6
2
   
4
Fred Hemmes
Shlomo Glickstein
6
4
6
2
6
4
     
5
Louk Sanders
Yair Wertheimer
6
3
6
0
6
1
     

Greece vs. Denmark


Greece
3
Athens, Greece [21]
24–26 September 1976
Clay

Denmark
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicolas Kelaidis
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
6
3
4
6
6
8
6
3
10
8
 
2
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Tom Christensen
6
1
6
3
6
4
     
3
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos / Nicolas Kelaidis
Tom Christensen / Carl-Edvard Hedelund
2
6
4
6
2
6
     
4
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
6
2
6
3
6
4
     
5
Nicolas Kelaidis
Tom Christensen
4
6
6
1
7
5
7
9
  not
completed

Portugal vs. Monaco


Portugal
1
Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal [22]
24–26 September 1976
Clay

Monaco
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
José Vilela
Bernard Balleret
6
0
2
6
3
6
3
6
   
2
Sergio Cruz
Louis Borfiga
2
6
4
6
3
6
     
3
Raúl Peralta / José Vilela
Bernard Balleret / Louis Borfiga
1
6
5
7
2
6
     
4
Sergio Cruz
Bernard Balleret
7
5
5
7
7
5
3
6
2
6
 
5
José Vilela
Louis Borfiga
4
6
2
6
6
4
3
2
   
retired

Austria vs. Finland


Austria
5
Vienna, Austria [23]
24–26 September 1976

Finland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Peter Feigl
Pekka Säilä
6
4
6
2
6
3
     
2
Hans Kary
Matti Timonen
6
4
6
2
6
3
     
3
Hans Kary / Cliff Letcher
George Berner / Pekka Säilä
10
8
6
1
6
2
     
4
Peter Feigl
Matti Timonen
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
5
Hans Kary
Pekka Säilä
6
1
6
1
6
3
     

Qualifying Round

Netherlands vs. Yugoslavia


Netherlands
0
Scheveningen, Netherlands [24]
22–24 April 1977
Clay

Yugoslavia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Fred Hemmes
Nikola Pilić
0
6
3
6
2
6
     
2
Louk Sanders
Željko Franulović
6
3
1
6
4
6
7
5
2
6
 
3
Louk Sanders / Rolf Thung
Željko Franulović / Nikola Pilić
0
6
7
9
6
3
4
6
   
4
Fred Hemmes
Željko Franulović
4
6
2
6
6
4
1
6
   
5
Louk Sanders
Nikola Pilić
5
7
3
6
2
6
     

Greece vs. Spain


Greece
0
Athens, Greece [25]
1–3 April 1977

Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicolas Kelaidis
José Higueras
0
6
0
6
1
6
     
2
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Manuel Orantes
1
6
2
6
0
6
     
3
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos / Nicolas Kelaidis
Antonio Muñoz / Javier Soler
3
6
6
3
2
6
6
8
   
4
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
José Higueras
4
6
0
6
2
6
     
5
Nicolas Kelaidis
Manuel Orantes
2
6
3
6
2
6
     

Sweden vs. Monaco


Sweden
5
Fyrishallen, Uppsala, Sweden [26]
15–17 April 1977
Hard (indoors)

Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Rolf Norberg
Bernard Balleret
9
7
3
6
6
4
6
3
   
2
Kjell Johansson
Louis Borfiga
6
1
6
1
6
1
     
3
Jan Norbäck / Douglas Palm
Bernard Balleret / Louis Borfiga
7
5
6
2
6
2
     
4
Rolf Norberg
Louis Borfiga
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
5
Kjell Johansson
Bernard Balleret
6
1
6
1
6
2
     

Austria vs. Egypt


Austria
5
Vienna, Austria [27]
22–24 April 1977

Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Cliff Letcher
Abdel-Ghani Mohammed
6
0
6
0
6
1
     
2
Hans Kary
Ismail El Shafei
6
2
7
5
3
6
6
3
   
3
Hans Kary / Cliff Letcher
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka / Ismail El Shafei
6
2
6
2
7
9
6
2
   
4
Hans Kary
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka
6
2
6
0
6
2
     
5
Cliff Letcher
Ismail El Shafei
6
2
6
2
6
0
     

Main Draw

Draw

  Quarterfinals
6–8 May
Semifinals
15–25 July
Final
29 July–1 August
                           
 
    Hungary  
   bye     Budapest, Hungary
      Hungary 2  
  Belgrade, Yugoslavia     Spain 3  
    Yugoslavia 1
    Spain 4     Barcelona, Spain
      Spain 2
  Stockholm, Sweden (indoor carpet)       Italy 3
    Sweden 5  
    Austria 0     Båstad, Sweden (clay)
      Sweden 1
      Italy 4  
   bye
    Italy  

Quarterfinals

Yugoslavia vs. Spain


Yugoslavia
1
Belgrade, Yugoslavia [28]
6–8 May 1977

Spain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Zoltan Ilin
Manuel Orantes
1
6
3
6
2
6
     
2
Nikola Pilić
José Higueras
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
3
Zoltan Ilin / Nikola Pilić
Antonio Muñoz / Manuel Orantes
5
7
6
3
2
6
6
8
   
4
Zoltan Ilin
José Higueras
3
6
1
6
6
4
2
6
   
5
Nikola Pilić
Manuel Orantes
5
7
2
6
2
6
     

Sweden vs. Austria


Sweden
5
Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden [29]
6–8 May 1997
Carpet (indoors)

Austria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Rolf Norberg
Cliff Letcher
4
6
4
6
6
3
6
2
6
2
 
2
Kjell Johansson
Hans Kary
4
6
7
5
6
4
6
3
   
3
Ove Bengtson / Rolf Norberg
Hans Kary / Cliff Letcher
6
4
6
4
6
3
     
4
Rolf Norberg
Peter Feigl
9
7
6
4
6
4
     
5
Kjell Johansson
Cliff Letcher
6
1
6
3
6
3
     

Semifinals

Hungary vs. Spain


Hungary
2
Budapest, Hungary [30]
29 July–1 August 1977

Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
János Benyik
José Higueras
4
6
1
6
1
6
     
2
Balázs Taróczy
Manuel Orantes
7
5
4
6
1
6
6
1
6
1
 
3
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy
José Higueras / Manuel Orantes
6
2
6
3
4
6
6
1
   
4
János Benyik
Manuel Orantes
9
11
3
6
2
6
     
5
Balázs Taróczy
José Higueras
6
0
6
8
4
6
4
6
   

Sweden vs. Italy


Sweden
1
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [31]
23–25 July 1977
Clay

Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Birger Andersson
Adriano Panatta
5
7
4
6
4
6
     
2
Rolf Norberg
Corrado Barazzutti
3
6
1
6
2
6
     
3
Jan Norbäck / Rolf Norberg
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
3
6
3
6
6
3
4
6
   
4
Jan Norbäck
Antonio Zugarelli
6
1
3
6
6
2
6
2
   
5
Birger Andersson
Corrado Barazzutti
6
4
2
6
1
6
3
6
   

Final

Spain vs. Italy


Spain
2
Barcelona, Spain [3]
15–17 July 1977

Italy
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
José Higueras
Corrado Barazzutti
6
4
6
4
6
3
     
2
Manuel Orantes
Adriano Panatta
4
6
6
3
3
6
1
6
   
3
José Higueras / Antonio Muñoz
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
4
6
5
7
4
6
     
4
Manuel Orantes
Corrado Barazzutti
5
7
5
7
1
6
     
5
Javier Soler
Adriano Panatta
6
1
6
0
       

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