1969 Davis Cup

1969 Davis Cup
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The 1969 Davis Cup was the 58th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 51 teams would enter the competition, 34 in the Europe Zone, 9 in the Americas Zone, and 8 in the Eastern Zone.[1]

Brazil defeated Mexico in the Americas Zone final, India defeated Japan in the Eastern Zone final, and Romania and Great Britain won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Great Britain defeated Brazil, Romania defeated India, and then Romania defeated Great Britain in the final. Romania then fell to defending champions the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Harold Clark Courts in Cleveland, Ohio, United States on 19-21 September. This marked the first time the final was played on hard courts.

Americas Zone

North & Central America draw

  1st Round
3-5 May		 Final
24-26 May
                 
  Bridgetown, Barbados
    Mexico 4  
    Caribbean/West Indies 1     Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
      Mexico 3
    Australia 2
   bye
    Australia  

South America draw

  1st Round
2-5 May		 Semifinals
16-18 May		 Final
14-16 June
                           
 
    Brazil  
   bye     Bogotá, Colombia
      Brazil 3  
Caracas, Venezuela     Colombia 2  
    Venezuela 2
    Colombia 3     Santiago, Chile
      Brazil 3
  Santiago, Chile       Chile 2
    Chile 3  
    Argentina 2     Santiago, Chile (clay)
      Chile 4
    Ecuador 1  
   bye
    Ecuador  

Americas Inter-Zonal Final


Brazil
4		 Pinheiros Sports Club, São Paulo, Brazil
19 June - 21 June 1969
clay
Mexico
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Brazil
Mexico		 José Edison Mandarino
Marcelo Lara		 4
6 		6
2		 6
4		 5
7 		6
3		  
2 Brazil
Mexico		 Tomas Koch
Joaquin Loyo-Mayo		 7
5		 6
1		 6
3		      
3 Brazil
Mexico		 Tomas Koch / José Edison Mandarino
Luis Augusto García / Joaquin Loyo-Mayo		 19
17		 6
3		 6
4		      
4 Brazil
Mexico		 José Edison Mandarino
Joaquin Loyo-Mayo		 6
2		 7
5		 5
7 		3
6 		5
7 		 
5 Brazil
Mexico		 Tomas Koch
Luis Augusto García		 4
6 		6
1		 6
2		 6
4		    

Eastern Zone

Zone A Draw

  1st Round
28-30 March		 Semifinals
4-20 April		 Final
                           
  Jakarta, Indonesia
    Indonesia 0  
    Philippines 3     Tokyo, Japan
      Philippines 0  
    Japan 5  
    Japan
   bye    
      Japan w/o
        South Vietnam
   bye  
    South Korea     Seoul, South Korea
      South Korea 2
    South Vietnam 3  
   bye
    South Vietnam  

Zone B Draw

  1st Round
1-3 March		 Final
25-27 March
                 
  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Malaysia 0  
    India 5     Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
      India 4
    Ceylon 1
   bye
    Ceylon  

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final


India
5		 Pune, India
10 May - 12 May 1969
Japan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Japan		 Ramanathan Krishnan
Ichizo Konishi		 6
2		 6
4		 6
4		      
2 India
Japan		 Premjit Lall
Koji Watanabe		 6
2		 6
3		 6
4		      
3 India
Japan		 Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
Isao Watanabe / Koji Watanabe		 6
3		 13
11		 7
9 		6
4		    
4 India
Japan		 Premjit Lall
Ichizo Konishi		 6
3		 6
1		 6
1		      
5 India
Japan		 Shiv-Prakash Misra
Koji Watanabe		 6
3		 6
3		 5
7 		6
2		    

Europe Zone

Zone A 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  

Zone A Final


Romania
4		 Bucharest, Romania
18 July - 20 July 1969
clay
Soviet Union
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
Soviet Union		 Ion Ţiriac
Tomas Lejus		 6
3		 6
3		 8
6		      
2 Romania
Soviet Union		 Ilie Năstase
Alex Metreveli		 6
4		 6
2		 7
5		      
3 Romania
Soviet Union		 Ilie Năstase / Ion Ţiriac
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli		 6
8 		6
1		 6
4		 8
6		    
4 Romania
Soviet Union		 Ilie Năstase
Tomas Lejus		 4
6 		6
3		 6
2		 6
2		    
5 Romania
Soviet Union		 Sever Dron
Vladimir Korotkov		 1
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     

Zone B draw

  First round
24 April-11 May		 Quarterfinals
22-26 May		 Semifinals
12-14 June		 Final
17-19 July
                                     
Cologne, 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  

Zone B Final


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

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

  1st Round
31 July-3 August		 Final
14-16 August
                 
  Wimbledon, England (grass)
  EUR-B   Great Britain 3  
  AME   Brazil 2     Wimbledon, England (grass)
    EUR-B   Great Britain 2
Bucharest, Romania (clay)   EUR-A   Romania 3
  EAS   India 0
  EUR-A   Romania 4  

First round


Great Britain
3		 No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, London, England
31 July - 3 August 1969
grass
Brazil
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Brazil		 Graham Stilwell
José Edison Mandarino		 6
3		 8
6		 8
6		      
2 United Kingdom
Brazil		 Mark Cox
Tomas Koch		 6
4		 13
11		 3
6 		6
8 		6
8 		 
3 United Kingdom
Brazil		 Mark Cox / Peter Curtis
Tomas Koch / José Edison Mandarino		 6
4		 4
6 		4
6 		4
6 		   
4 United Kingdom
Brazil		 Graham Stilwell
Tomas Koch		 7
5		 6
4		 6
4		      
5 United Kingdom
Brazil		 Mark Cox
José Edison Mandarino		 6
3		 18
16		 3
6 		6
2		    

Romania
4		 Bucharest, Romania
1 August - 3 August 1969
clay
India
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
India		 Ion Ţiriac
Premjit Lall		 6
2		 6
3		 6
2		      
2 Romania
India		 Ilie Năstase
Jaidip Mukerjea		 6
2		 6
4		 4
6 		4
6 		6
1		  
3 Romania
India		 Ilie Năstase / Ion Ţiriac
Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea		 6
2		 6
2		 6
3		      
4 Romania
India		 Petre Marmureanu
Gaurav Misra		 6
2		 6
2		 6
3		      
5 Romania
India		 Sever Dron
Anand Amritraj		 6
3		 6
2		 9
10 		    not
completed

Final


Great Britain
2		 No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, London, England
14 August - 16 August 1969
grass
Romania
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 United Kingdom
Romania		 Mark Cox
Ion Ţiriac		 4
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
2 United Kingdom
Romania		 Graham Stilwell
Ilie Năstase		 6
4		 4
6 		6
1		 6
2		    
3 United Kingdom
Romania		 Mark Cox / Graham Stilwell
Ilie Năstase / Ion Ţiriac		 8
10 		6
3		 3
6 		4
6 		   
4 United Kingdom
Romania		 Graham Stilwell
Ion Ţiriac		 6
3		 6
2		 6
2		      
5 United Kingdom
Romania		 Mark Cox
Ilie Năstase		 6
3		 1
6 		4
6 		4
6 		   

Challenge Round


United States
5		 Harold Clark Courts, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
19 September - 21 September 1969
hard
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Romania		 Arthur Ashe
Ilie Năstase		 6
2		 15
13		 7
5		      
2 United States
Romania		 Stan Smith
Ion Ţiriac		 6
8 		6
3		 5
7 		6
4		 6
4		  
3 United States
Romania		 Bob Lutz / Stan Smith
Ilie Năstase / Ion Ţiriac		 8
6		 6
1		 11
9		      
4 United States
Romania		 Stan Smith
Ilie Năstase		 4
6 		4
6 		6
4		 6
1		 11
9		  
5 United States
Romania		 Arthur Ashe
Ion Ţiriac		 6
3		 8
6		 3
6 		4
0		    
retired


References

  1. ↑ http://www.daviscup.com/en/teams/teams-a-to-z.aspx

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