1971 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1971 Davis Cup.

30 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]

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

Zone A

Draw

First round
30 April–9 May
Quarterfinals
13–16 May
Semifinals
11–13 June
Final
16–18 July
 Spain
Basel, Switzerland
bye
 Spain4
  Switzerland0
  Switzerland
Barcelona, Spain
bye
 Spain4
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 France1
 Sweden0
Paris, France (clay)
 France5
 France3
Helsinki, Finland
 Finland0
 Finland5
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
 Ireland0
 Spain2
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
 Czechoslovakia3
 Egypt1
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
 Czechoslovakia4
 Czechoslovakia5
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
 Portugal0
 Portugal4
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
 Turkey1
 Czechoslovakia4
Athens, Greece
 Soviet Union1
 Greece1
Brussels, Belgium
 Belgium3
 Belgium1
Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
 Soviet Union4
 Denmark0
 Soviet Union5

First round

Sweden vs. France


Sweden
0
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[4]
7–9 May 1971
Clay

France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ove Bengtson
Patrick Proisy
3
6
2
6
3
6
     
2
Håkan Zahr
Pierre Barthès
1
6
4
6
1
6
     
3
Ove Bengtson / Hans Nerell
Pierre Barthès / François Jauffret
6
3
13
15
6
8
5
7
   
4
Hans Nerell
Patrick Proisy
2
6
3
6
1
6
     
5
Ove Bengtson
Pierre Barthès
3
6
3
6
6
4
6
3
3
6
 

Finland vs. Ireland


Finland
5
Helsinki, Finland[5]
7–9 May 1971

Ireland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
George Berner
William Brown
6
1
6
4
6
3
     
2
Pekka Säilä
Michael Hickey
6
3
6
2
6
8
6
2
   
3
George Berner / Pekka Säilä
Michael Hickey / Peter Jackson
6
4
4
6
13
11
6
0
   
4
George Berner
Michael Hickey
6
3
6
1
6
2
     
5
Pekka Säilä
William Brown
6
3
6
1
6
0
     

Egypt vs. Czechoslovakia


Egypt
1
Cairo, Egypt[6]
30 April–2 May 1971
Clay

Czechoslovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ibrahim Mahmoud
Jan Kodeš
2
6
4
6
1
6
     
2
Moataz El Sonbol
František Pála
2
6
1
6
5
7
     
3
Aly El Dawoudi / Ibrahim Mahmoud
Jan Kukal / Vladimír Zedník
3
6
4
6
2
6
     
4
Ibrahim Mahmoud
František Pála
4
6
2
6
3
6
     
5
Moataz El Sonbol
Vladimír Zedník
7
5
6
3
6
4
     

Portugal vs. Turkey


Portugal
4
Lisbon, Portugal[7]
1–3 May 1971
Clay

Turkey
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
Remzi Aydın
6
3
6
0
6
0
     
2
Raúl Peralta
Tahsin Gürsoy
6
3
6
3
6
0
     
3
Raúl Peralta / Alfredo Vaz Pinto
Remzi Aydın / Tahsin Gürsoy
7
5
6
3
6
0
     
4
José Vilela
Beyazıt Anbar
6
0
6
3
6
4
     
5
Olivio Silva
Remzi Aydın
7
5
6
4
2
6
3
6
2
6
 

Greece vs. Belgium


Greece
1
Athens, Greece[8]
30 April–2 May 1971

Belgium
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Eric Drossart
6
2
2
6
6
4
4
6
6
3
 
2
Periclis Gavrilidis
Patrick Hombergen
1
6
2
6
6
3
3
6
   
3
Periclis Gavrilidis / Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Eric Drossart / Patrick Hombergen
5
7
3
6
3
6
     
4
Periclis Gavrilidis
Eric Drossart
4
6
4
6
1
6
     
5
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Patrick Hombergen
6
3
4
6
2
6
6
3
6
6
not
completed

Denmark vs. Soviet Union


Denmark
0
Copenhagen, Denmark[9]
7–9 May 1971
Clay

Soviet Union
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jørgen Ulrich
Vladimir Korotkov
3
6
2
6
0
6
     
2
Jan Leschly
Alex Metreveli
4
6
3
6
2
6
     
3
Jan Leschly / Jørgen Ulrich
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
0
6
4
6
4
6
     
4
Jørgen Ulrich
Alex Metreveli
2
6
1
6
2
6
     
5
Jan Leschly
Vladimir Korotkov
7
9
6
3
0
6
3
6
   

Quarterfinals

Switzerland vs. Spain


Switzerland
0
Basel, Switzerland[10]
14–16 May 1971

Spain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Matthias Werren
Manuel Orantes
1
6
1
6
4
6
     
2
Dimitri Sturdza
Juan Gisbert
2
6
4
6
3
6
     
3
Leonardo Manta / Matthias Werren
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes
4
6
7
9
2
6
     
4
Dimitri Sturdza
Manuel Orantes
5
7
7
9
9
7
6
8
   
5
Matthias Werren
Antonio Muñoz
21
23
1
3
      not
completed

France vs. Finland


France
3
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[11]
14–16 May 1971
Clay

Finland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
François Jauffret
George Berner
7
5
6
2
6
2
     
2
Patrick Proisy
Pekka Säilä
6
4
6
0
6
2
     
3
Patrice Dominguez / Patrick Proisy
George Berner / Pekka Säilä
6
4
7
5
7
5
     
4
Patrick Proisy
George Berner
6
3
6
3
4
6
3
0
  not
completed
5
François Jauffret
Pekka Säilä
          not
played

Czechoslovakia vs. Portugal


Czechoslovakia
5
Prague, Czechoslovakia[12]
13–15 May 1971
Clay

Portugal
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
František Pála
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
6
1
6
1
6
1
     
2
Jan Kodeš
Raúl Peralta
8
6
6
0
6
2
     
3
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal
Raúl Peralta / Alfredo Vaz Pinto
6
0
6
2
6
1
     
4
Jan Kukal
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
6
2
6
0
6
2
     
5
František Pála
Raúl Peralta
6
1
6
2
6
1
     

Belgium vs. Soviet Union


Belgium
1
Brussels, Belgium[13]
14–16 May 1971

Soviet Union
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Eric Drossart
Alex Metreveli
3
6
2
6
2
6
     
2
Patrick Hombergen
Vladimir Korotkov
6
3
6
3
6
1
     
3
Eric Drossart / Patrick Hombergen
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
5
7
6
4
11
13
3
6
   
4
Patrick Hombergen
Alex Metreveli
0
6
2
6
0
6
     
5
Eric Drossart
Vladimir Korotkov
6
3
3
6
7
5
7
9
6
8
 

Semifinals

Spain vs. France


Spain
4
Barcelona, Spain[14]
11–13 June 1971

France
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Juan Gisbert
François Jauffret
2
6
3
6
2
6
     
2
Manuel Orantes
Patrick Proisy
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
3
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes
Pierre Barthès / François Jauffret
6
3
4
6
6
3
6
2
   
4
Manuel Orantes
François Jauffret
6
4
7
9
6
4
5
7
7
5
 
5
Juan Gisbert
Patrick Proisy
6
2
6
3
6
4
     

Czechoslovakia vs. Soviet Union


Czechoslovakia
4
Prague, Czechoslovakia[15]
11–13 June 1971
Clay

Soviet Union
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan Kodeš
Alex Metreveli
5
7
6
3
6
4
5
7
3
6
 
2
František Pála
Vladimir Korotkov
6
3
6
4
7
5
     
3
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
3
6
6
4
2
6
7
5
6
3
 
4
Jan Kodeš
Vladimir Korotkov
6
0
6
3
7
5
     
5
František Pála
Alex Metreveli
6
0
6
4
2
0
     
retired

Final

Czechoslovakia vs. Spain


Czechoslovakia
3
Prague, Czechoslovakia[2]
16–18 July 1971
Clay

Spain
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
František Pála
Manuel Orantes
6
2
4
6
2
6
5
7
   
2
Jan Kodeš
Juan Gisbert
6
3
4
6
9
7
7
5
   
3
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes
4
6
9
11
4
6
     
4
František Pála
Juan Gisbert
6
0
6
1
6
1
     
5
Jan Kodeš
Manuel Orantes
7
5
4
6
7
5
6
4
   

Zone B

Draw

First round

Hungary vs. Poland


Hungary
5
Budapest, Hungary[16]
30 April–2 May 1971

Poland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
István Gulyás
Tadeusz Nowicki
6
3
6
3
2
6
6
3
   
2
Szabolcs Baranyi
Wiesław Gąsiorek
1
6
6
3
6
1
6
4
   
3
Szabolcs Baranyi / Róbert Machán
Jacek Niedźwiedzki / Tadeusz Nowicki
6
4
6
4
6
2
     
4
Szabolcs Baranyi
Tadeusz Nowicki
6
4
6
4
6
0
     
5
István Gulyás
Wiesław Gąsiorek
6
4
9
7
6
0
     

Luxembourg vs. Monaco


Luxembourg
5
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg[17]
30 April–2 May 1971

Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Frank Baden
Francis Truchi
6
1
6
4
7
5
     
2
Thierry Brasseur
Adrien Viviani
6
3
7
5
6
4
     
3
Frank Baden / Thierry Brasseur
Bernard Balleret / Francis Truchi
6
2
6
3
7
5
     
4
Frank Baden
Adrien Viviani
6
4
3
6
9
7
6
3
   
5
Thierry Brasseur
Francis Truchi
6
4
9
7
6
2
     

Israel vs. Norway


Israel
4
Tel Aviv, Israel[18]
6–8 May 1971
Hard

Norway
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Josef Stabholz
Erik Melander
3
6
6
4
6
4
6
0
   
2
Yehoshua Shalem
Jon-Erik Ross
10
12
6
4
6
3
6
0
   
3
Eleazar Davidman / Ian Froman
Erik Melander / Frithjof Prydz
7
5
4
6
3
6
4
6
   
4
Yehoshua Shalem
Erik Melander
6
1
5
7
6
1
     
retired
5
Josef Stabholz
Jon-Erik Ross
7
5
3
6
6
2
1
6
6
1
 

Romania vs. Netherlands


Romania
5
Bucharest, Romania[19]
30 April–2 May 1971
Clay

Netherlands
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ion Țiriac
Fred Hemmes
7
5
6
1
6
3
     
2
Ilie Năstase
Jan Hordijk
6
2
6
2
6
3
     
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Fred Hemmes / Jan Hordijk
6
2
6
2
6
3
     
4
Ion Țiriac
Jan Hordijk
6
1
6
1
6
1
     
5
Ilie Năstase
Fred Hemmes
6
0
6
2
6
4
     

Italy vs. Bulgaria


Italy
5
Perugia, Italy[20]
30 April–2 May 1971
Clay

Bulgaria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Massimo Di Domenico
Bozhidar Pampoulov
3
6
6
2
6
1
6
3
   
2
Adriano Panatta
Ljuben Genov
6
1
6
3
6
3
     
3
Massimo Di Domenico / Adriano Panatta
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Matei Pampoulov
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
4
Antonio Zugarelli
Ljuben Genov
6
4
6
2
6
3
     
5
Ezio Di Matteo
Bozhidar Pampoulov
6
3
6
3
6
1
     

Yugoslavia vs. Great Britain


Yugoslavia
3
Zagreb, Yugoslavia[21]
28–30 April 1971
Clay

Great Britain
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Željko Franulović
Gerald Battrick
6
2
6
2
6
0
     
2
Boro Jovanović
Stanley Matthews
6
2
6
4
9
11
2
6
6
4
 
3
Željko Franulović / Boro Jovanović
Gerald Battrick / Stanley Matthews
7
5
5
7
0
6
7
5
6
0
 
4
Boro Jovanović
Gerald Battrick
          not
played
5
Željko Franulović
Stanley Matthews
          not
played

Quarterfinals

West Germany vs. Austria


West Germany
4
Augsburg, West Germany[22]
14–16 May 1971

Austria
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Wilhelm Bungert
Peter Pokorny
5
7
1
6
7
5
8
6
6
2
 
2
Christian Kuhnke
Hans Kary
6
4
6
2
0
6
0
6
5
7
 
3
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Ernst Blanke / Rudolf Hoskowetz
6
2
6
4
6
3
     
4
Christian Kuhnke
Peter Pokorny
6
3
6
1
6
4
     
5
Wilhelm Bungert
Hans Kary
6
3
3
6
6
3
2
6
7
5
 

Hungary vs. Luxembourg


Hungary
5
Budapest, Hungary[23]
14–16 May 1971

Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Szabolcs Baranyi
Georges Logelin
6
2
6
1
6
2
     
2
István Gulyás
Joseph Offenheim
6
3
6
2
6
0
     
3
Szabolcs Baranyi / Róbert Machán
Georges Logelin / Joseph Offenheim
6
2
6
2
6
1
     
4
István Gulyás
Georges Logelin
6
2
6
1
6
1
     
5
Szabolcs Baranyi
Joseph Offenheim
6
1
6
1
6
1
     

Israel vs. Romania


Israel
0
Tel Aviv, Israel[24]
14–16 May 1971
Hard

Romania
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Josef Stabholz
Ion Țiriac
0
6
0
6
0
6
     
2
Yehoshua Shalem
Ilie Năstase
1
6
2
6
3
6
     
3
Ian Froman / Josef Stabholz
Sever Dron / Ion Țiriac
2
6
2
6
3
6
     
4
Yehoshua Shalem
Ion Țiriac
2
6
0
6
3
6
     
5
Josef Stabholz
Ilie Năstase
0
6
0
6
1
6
     

Yugoslavia vs. Italy


Yugoslavia
3
Zagreb, Yugoslavia[25]
14–16 May 1971

Italy
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Željko Franulović
Nicola Pietrangeli
7
5
8
6
6
1
     
2
Boro Jovanović
Adriano Panatta
6
0
3
6
4
6
6
3
6
2
 
3
Željko Franulović / Boro Jovanović
Massimo Di Domenico / Adriano Panatta
3
6
6
0
4
6
7
5
6
3
 
4
Boro Jovanović
Nicola Pietrangeli
2
6
2
6
1
6
     
5
Zlatko Ivančić
Antonio Zugarelli
4
6
3
6
2
6
     

Semifinals

West Germany vs. Hungary


West Germany
4
Munich, West Germany[26]
10–12 June 1971

Hungary
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Christian Kuhnke
István Gulyás
3
6
6
4
6
2
2
6
6
3
 
2
Wilhelm Bungert
Szabolcs Baranyi
5
7
6
3
6
3
6
3
   
3
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Szabolcs Baranyi / Péter Szőke
5
7
6
3
6
2
4
6
6
4
 
4
Wilhelm Bungert
István Gulyás
6
3
6
4
7
5
     
5
Christian Kuhnke
Szabolcs Baranyi
1
6
8
10
2
6
     

Romania vs. Yugoslavia


Romania
4
Bucharest, Romania[27]
11–14 June 1971
Clay

Yugoslavia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ilie Năstase
Željko Franulović
7
5
6
2
6
3
     
2
Ion Țiriac
Boro Jovanović
6
4
7
5
2
6
6
4
   
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Željko Franulović / Boro Jovanović
6
0
6
4
9
7
     
4
Ion Țiriac
Željko Franulović
4
6
0
6
6
4
3
6
   
5
Ilie Năstase
Boro Jovanović
4
6
6
4
       
retired

Final

Romania vs. West Germany


Romania
5
Bucharest, Romania[3]
16–18 July 1971
Clay

West Germany
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ion Țiriac
Christian Kuhnke
6
2
3
6
6
2
7
5
   
2
Ilie Năstase
Wilhelm Bungert
6
2
6
3
6
2
     
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
8
6
6
4
6
4
     
4
Ilie Năstase
Christian Kuhnke
6
0
6
4
6
4
     
5
Petre Mărmureanu
Wilhelm Bungert
6
1
7
5
6
1
     

References

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  3. ^ a b "Romania v West Germany". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Sweden v France". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Finland v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Egypt v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Portugal v Turkey". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Greece v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Denmark v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Switzerland v Spain". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "France v Finland". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Belgium v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "Spain v France". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Hungary v Poland". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Luxembourg v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Israel v Norway". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Romania v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Italy v Bulgaria". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Yugoslavia v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "West Germany v Austria". daviscup.com.
  23. ^ "Hungary v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
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