1972 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1972 Davis Cup.

33 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]

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

Zone A

Draw

Preliminary round
21–23 April
Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
 Israel1
 Iran4
First Round
1–13 May
Quarterfinals
18–22 May
Semifinals
9–18 June
Final
21–23 July
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
 Romania5
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
  Switzerland0
 Romania5
Tehran, Iran
 Iran0
 Iran4
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
 Egypt1
 Romania4
Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay)
 Italy1
 Italy5
San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy (clay)
 Austria0
 Italy4
Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
 Netherlands1
 Netherlands5
Tbilisi, Soviet Union
 Norway0
 Romania3
Helsinki, Finland (clay)
 Soviet Union2
 Finland2
Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
 Denmark3
 Denmark0
Warsaw, Poland
 Poland5
 Poland3
Warsaw, Poland
 Yugoslavia1
 Poland0
Beirut, Lebanon (clay)
 Soviet Union4
 Lebanon0
Casablanca, Morocco
 Morocco5
 Morocco0
Tbilisi, Soviet Union
 Soviet Union5
 Soviet Union3
 Hungary2

Preliminary round

Israel vs. Iran


Israel
1
Tel Aviv, Israel[4]
21–23 April 1972
Hard

Iran
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Josef Stabholz
Hussain Akbari
2
6
4
6
7
9
     
2
Yehoshua Shalem
Taghi Akbari
1
6
1
6
4
6
     
3
Josef Stabholz / Yair Wertheimer
Hussain Akbari / Nematollah Nemati
6
2
6
3
2
6
6
3
   
4
Yehoshua Shalem
Hussain Akbari
5
7
9
7
5
7
6
2
3
6
 
5
Josef Stabholz
Taghi Akbari
3
6
2
6
0
6
     

First round

Romania vs. Switzerland


Romania
5
Bucharest, Romania[5]
5–7 May 1972
Clay

Switzerland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ion Țiriac
Matthias Werren
6
1
6
2
6
2
     
2
Ilie Năstase
Michel Burgener
6
1
6
2
6
2
     
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Freddy Blatter / Matthias Werren
6
0
6
4
4
6
6
1
   
4
Petre Mărmureanu
Freddy Blatter
6
2
6
2
6
1
     
5
Ion Țiriac
Michel Burgener
6
3
6
2
2
6
6
0
   

Iran vs. Egypt


Iran
4
Tehran, Iran[6]
11–13 May 1972

Egypt
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Taghi Akbari
Ibrahim Mahmoud
6
1
6
4
10
8
     
2
Hussain Akbari
Aly El Dawoudi
6
3
6
3
6
4
     
3
Taghi Akbari / Issa Khodaei
Aly El Dawoudi / Ibrahim Mahmoud
6
4
6
2
4
6
8
6
   
4
Taghi Akbari
Aly El Dawoudi
8
6
4
6
6
8
8
6
3
6
 
5
Hussain Akbari
Ibrahim Mahmoud
4
6
7
5
6
3
6
0
   

Italy vs. Austria


Italy
5
Reggio Calabria, Italy[7]
5–7 May 1972
Clay

Austria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Corrado Barazzutti
Ernst Blanke
6
2
0
6
6
1
6
3
   
2
Paolo Bertolucci
Hans Kary
6
3
6
1
6
3
     
3
Adriano Panatta / Nicola Pietrangeli
Ernst Blanke / Rudolf Hoskowetz
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
4
Corrado Barazzutti
Hans Kary
6
8
6
4
4
6
6
3
6
4
 
5
Paolo Bertolucci
Rudolf Hoskowetz
6
4
6
2
6
3
     

Netherlands vs. Norway


Netherlands
5
Scheveningen, Netherlands[8]
5–7 May 1972
Clay

Norway
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Fred Hemmes
Jon-Erik Ross
6
1
10
8
6
2
     
2
Jan Hordijk
Frithjof Prydz
6
0
6
1
6
0
     
3
Fred Hemmes / Jan Hordijk
Finn Dag Jagge / Jon-Erik Ross
6
1
6
3
6
3
     
4
Fred Hemmes
Frithjof Prydz
6
0
6
2
6
4
     
5
Jan Hordijk
Jon-Erik Ross
6
1
7
5
6
1
     

Finland vs. Denmark


Finland
2
Helsinki, Finland[9]
5–7 May 1972
Clay

Denmark
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pekka Säilä
Tom Christensen
6
1
6
3
6
4
     
2
Matti Timonen
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
1
6
2
6
4
6
     
3
Pekka Säilä / Matti Timonen
Tom Christensen / Knud-Erik Nielsen
2
6
13
11
4
6
3
6
   
4
Rauno Suominen
Tom Christensen
7
9
1
6
2
6
     
5
Pekka Säilä
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
8
6
6
0
10
8
     

Poland vs. Yugoslavia


Poland
3
Warsaw, Poland[10]
4–7 May 1972

Yugoslavia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tadeusz Nowicki
Nikola Špear
4
6
6
3
6
2
6
2
   
2
Wieslaw Gasiorek
Boro Jovanović
3
6
4
6
3
6
     
3
Wieslaw Gasiorek / Tadeusz Nowicki
Boro Jovanović / Nikola Špear
6
4
7
9
6
2
6
3
   
4
Wieslaw Gasiorek
Nikola Špear
6
2
7
5
5
7
6
4
   
5
Tadeusz Nowicki
Boro Jovanović
3
6
3
6
      not
completed

Lebanon vs. Morocco


Lebanon
0
Yarzeh Club, Beirut, Lebanon[11]
1–3 May 1972
Clay

Morocco
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Khoder Issa
Omar Laimina
6
2
6
3
3
6
4
6
9
11
 
2
Samir El Khoury
Ahmed Ben Omar
3
6
0
6
4
6
     
3
Najdo Abou Hassoun / Samir El Khoury
Mohammed-Haibabi Bouchaib / Omar Laimina
6
3
8
10
3
6
2
6
   
4
Khoder Issa
Mohammed-Chinois El Achraoui
6
1
5
7
1
6
2
6
   
5
Samir El Khoury
Omar Laimina
0
6
3
6
4
6
     

Soviet Union vs. Hungary


Soviet Union
3
Tbilisi, Soviet Union[12]
5–8 May 1972

Hungary
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Vladimir Korotkov
Péter Szőke
6
4
3
6
2
6
1
6
   
2
Alex Metreveli
Szabolcs Baranyi
6
3
2
6
6
4
6
0
   
3
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
Szabolcs Baranyi / Péter Szőke
6
3
6
4
10
8
     
4
Vladimir Korotkov
Szabolcs Baranyi
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
5
Alex Metreveli
Péter Szőke
6
3
6
3
6
1
     

Quarterfinals

Romania vs. Iran


Romania
5
Bucharest, Romania[13]
18–20 May 1972
Clay

Iran
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ilie Năstase
Taghi Akbari
6
1
6
1
6
3
     
2
Ion Țiriac
Hussain Akbari
6
2
6
3
6
3
     
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Shirzad Akbari / Issa Khodaei
6
1
6
4
7
5
     
4
Toma Ovici
Hussain Akbari
6
3
6
3
6
1
     
5
Ion Țiriac
Taghi Akbari
6
2
4
6
5
7
6
3
6
1
 

Italy vs. Netherlands


Italy
4
San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy[14]
20–22 May 1972
Clay

Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Adriano Panatta
Jan Hordijk
10
8
6
2
6
3
     
2
Paolo Bertolucci
Fred Hemmes
6
0
6
4
2
6
6
3
   
3
Adriano Panatta / Nicola Pietrangeli
Fred Hemmes / Jan Hordijk
3
6
6
1
6
4
6
2
   
4
Paolo Bertolucci
Jan Hordijk
6
1
6
8
6
1
5
7
6
8
 
5
Adriano Panatta
Fred Hemmes
6
1
6
1
6
1
     

Denmark vs. Poland


Denmark
0
Copenhagen, Denmark[15]
19–21 May 1972
Clay

Poland
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
Wieslaw Gasiorek
4
6
4
6
2
6
     
2
Knud-Erik Nielsen
Tadeusz Nowicki
1
6
3
6
4
6
     
3
Knud-Erik Nielsen / Henrik Nørkjær
Wojciech Fibak / Tadeusz Nowicki
2
6
5
7
5
7
     
4
Knud-Erik Nielsen
Wieslaw Gasiorek
4
6
1
6
4
6
     
5
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
Tadeusz Nowicki
1
6
1
6
2
6
     

Morocco vs. Soviet Union


Morocco
0
Casablanca, Morocco[16]
19–21 May 1972

Soviet Union
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Omar Laimina
Alex Metreveli
3
6
6
3
0
6
2
6
   
2
Ahmed Ben Omar
Vladimir Korotkov
0
6
0
6
2
6
     
3
Mohammed-Haibabi Bouchaib / Omar Laimina
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
2
6
2
6
5
7
     
4
Omar Laimina
Vladimir Korotkov
6
3
1
6
2
6
4
6
   
5
Abdullah Zamjaoui
Alex Metreveli
4
6
5
7
0
6
     

Semifinals

Romania vs. Italy


Romania
4
Bucharest, Romania[17]
16–18 June 1972
Clay

Italy
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ilie Năstase
Corrado Barazzutti
7
5
6
2
6
0
     
2
Ion Țiriac
Adriano Panatta
8
6
7
5
0
6
6
3
   
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Adriano Panatta / Nicola Pietrangeli
6
2
9
7
6
4
     
4
Petre Mărmureanu
Corrado Barazzutti
4
6
5
7
2
6
     
5
Ilie Năstase
Adriano Panatta
4
6
6
0
6
3
6
1
   

Poland vs. Soviet Union


Poland
0
Warsaw, Poland[18]
9–11 June 1972

Soviet Union
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tadeusz Nowicki
Alex Metreveli
3
6
3
6
3
6
     
2
Wieslaw Gasiorek
Teimuraz Kakulia
6
8
7
5
3
6
6
2
1
6
 
3
Wieslaw Gasiorek / Tadeusz Nowicki
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
5
7
4
6
6
4
7
9
   
4
Wieslaw Gasiorek
Alex Metreveli
6
4
5
7
5
7
6
8
   
5
Tadeusz Nowicki
Teimuraz Kakulia
          not
played

Final

Soviet Union vs. Romania


Soviet Union
2
Tbilisi, Soviet Union[2]
21–23 July 1972

Romania
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Alex Metreveli
Ilie Năstase
4
6
0
6
4
6
     
2
Teimuraz Kakulia
Ion Țiriac
6
4
7
5
6
1
     
3
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
2
6
4
6
3
6
     
4
Alex Metreveli
Ion Țiriac
2
6
6
4
1
6
6
4
6
3
 
5
Teimuraz Kakulia
Ilie Năstase
2
6
2
6
3
6
     

Zone B

Draw

First Round
28 April–7 May
Quarterfinals
19–22 May
Semifinals
14–18 June
Final
21–24 July
Brussels, Belgium (clay)
 Czechoslovakia3
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
 Belgium2
 Czechoslovakia3
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 Sweden1
 Sweden4
Düsseldorf, West Germany (clay)
 New Zealand1
 Czechoslovakia3
Athens, Greece
 West Germany2
 Greece0
West Berlin
 West Germany5
 West Germany5
Cork, Ireland
 Ireland0
 Ireland5
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
 Turkey0
 Czechoslovakia2
Paris, France (clay)
 Spain3
 France4
Paris, France (clay)
 Great Britain1
 France2
Sofia, Bulgaria
 Spain3
 Bulgaria0
Avilés, Spain
 Spain5
 Spain5
Monte Carlo, Monaco
 Monaco0
 Monaco3
Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
 Luxembourg2
 Monaco3
 Portugal2
 Portugalw/o
 South Africa

First round

Belgium vs. Czechoslovakia


Belgium
2
Brussels, Belgium[19]
5–7 May 1972
Clay

Czechoslovakia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bernard Mignot
Jan Kodeš
2
6
2
6
4
6
     
2
Patrick Hombergen
František Pála
6
2
3
6
6
3
3
6
8
10
 
3
Eric Drossart / Patrick Hombergen
Jiří Hřebec / Jan Kukal
6
3
10
8
6
4
     
4
Patrick Hombergen
Jan Kodeš
8
10
2
6
2
6
     
5
Bernard Mignot
František Pála
6
3
6
4
7
5
     

Sweden vs. New Zealand


Sweden
4
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[20]
5–7 May 1972
Clay

New Zealand
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Björn Borg
Onny Parun
4
6
3
6
6
3
6
4
6
4
 
2
Ove Bengtson
Jeff Simpson
9
7
6
1
3
6
6
3
   
3
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg
Onny Parun / Jeff Simpson
6
8
3
6
7
9
     
4
Ove Bengtson
Onny Parun
6
4
16
14
13
11
     
5
Björn Borg
Jeff Simpson
9
7
6
4
5
7
6
1
   

Greece vs. West Germany


Greece
0
Athens, Greece[21]
5–7 May 1972

West Germany
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Harald Elschenbroich
7
5
4
6
4
6
2
6
   
2
Periclis Gavrilidis
Christian Kuhnke
0
6
5
7
4
6
     
3
Periclis Gavrilidis / Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
3
6
2
6
4
6
     
4
Periclis Gavrilidis
Harald Elschenbroich
2
6
1
6
0
6
     
5
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Christian Kuhnke
6
3
6
8
1
6
4
6
   

Ireland vs. Turkey


Ireland
5
Rushbrooke Lawn Tennis Club, Cork, Ireland[22]
5–7 May 1972

Turkey
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Peter Jackson
Beyazıt Anbar
4
6
6
2
6
2
6
3
   
2
Michael Hickey
Bülent Altınkaya
6
3
6
3
11
9
     
3
William Brown / Michael Hickey
Bülent Altınkaya / Tahsin Gürsoy
6
2
6
4
6
0
     
4
Kenneth Reid
Beyazıt Anbar
6
4
9
7
7
5
     
5
Peter Jackson
Bülent Altınkaya
8
6
8
6
3
6
6
0
   

France vs. Great Britain


France
4
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[23]
5–7 May 1972
Clay

Great Britain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Patrick Proisy
David Lloyd
6
1
6
3
6
2
     
2
Pierre Barthès
John Paish
6
0
6
1
6
4
     
3
Pierre Barthès / Georges Goven
David Lloyd / John Paish
3
6
6
4
1
6
3
6
   
4
Pierre Barthès
David Lloyd
6
0
6
3
6
1
     
5
Patrick Proisy
John Paish
6
1
6
0
6
4
     

Bulgaria vs. Spain


Bulgaria
0
Sofia, Bulgaria[24]
5–7 May 1972

Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ljuben Genov
Andrés Gimeno
3
6
2
6
1
6
     
2
Bozhidar Pampoulov
Manuel Orantes
4
6
2
6
2
6
     
3
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Matei Pampoulov
Andrés Gimeno / Juan Gisbert
4
6
4
6
5
7
     
4
Bozhidar Pampoulov
Andrés Gimeno
0
6
2
6
5
7
     
5
Ljuben Genov
Antonio Muñoz
4
6
1
6
3
6
     

Monaco vs. Luxembourg


Monaco
3
Monte Carlo, Monaco[25]
28–30 April 1972

Luxembourg
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Patrick Landau
Jean Neuman
8
6
6
2
6
3
     
2
Francis Truchi
Frank Baden
6
4
5
7
3
6
3
6
   
3
Patrick Landau / Francis Truchi
Georges Logelin / Jean Neuman
6
3
6
2
4
6
6
1
   
4
Patrick Landau
Frank Baden
4
6
1
6
6
2
6
4
4
6
 
5
Francis Truchi
Jean Neuman
6
1
6
3
6
3
     

Quarterfinals

Czechoslovakia vs. Sweden


Czechoslovakia
3
Štvanice Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia[26]
19–21 May 1972
Clay

Sweden
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan Kodeš
Björn Borg
6
2
6
3
7
5
     
2
František Pála
Ove Bengtson
8
6
2
6
0
6
3
6
   
3
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg
8
6
6
4
6
3
     
4
František Pála
Björn Borg
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
5
Jan Kodeš
Ove Bengtson
4
6
2
1
      not
completed

West Germany vs. Ireland


West Germany
5
West Berlin[27]
20–22 May 1972

Ireland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Christian Kuhnke
Michael Hickey
6
3
6
3
6
0
     
2
Harald Elschenbroich
Kenneth Reid
6
2
6
0
6
0
     
3
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
William Brown / Michael Hickey
6
3
6
3
6
3
     
4
Christian Kuhnke
Peter Jackson
6
2
6
0
6
3
     
5
Harald Elschenbroich
Michael Hickey
6
2
6
0
6
2
     

France vs. Spain


France
2
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[28]
19–21 May 1972
Clay

Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pierre Barthès
Andrés Gimeno
7
5
4
6
7
5
3
6
3
6
 
2
Patrick Proisy
Manuel Orantes
0
6
3
6
3
6
     
3
Pierre Barthès / Patrick Proisy
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes
4
6
6
8
4
6
     
4
Patrice Dominguez
Antonio Muñoz
6
2
9
7
6
3
     
5
Patrick Proisy
Andrés Gimeno
6
2
6
2
9
11
6
3
   

Monaco vs. Portugal


Monaco
3
Monte Carlo, Monaco[29]
20–22 May 1972
Clay

Portugal
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Francis Truchi
Raúl Peralta
6
4
1
6
4
6
4
6
   
2
Patrick Landau
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
6
3
5
7
6
1
5
7
6
3
 
3
Patrick Landau / Francis Truchi
Raúl Peralta / José Vilela
6
3
3
6
6
3
3
6
6
3
 
4
Francis Truchi
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
6
1
6
3
1
6
6
4
   
5
Bernard Balleret
José Vilela
2
6
6
2
0
6
4
6
   

Semifinals

West Germany vs. Czechoslovakia


West Germany
2
Düsseldorf, West Germany[30]
16–18 June 1972
Clay

Czechoslovakia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Harald Elschenbroich
František Pála
6
3
6
4
4
6
6
4
   
2
Jürgen Fassbender
Jan Kodeš
6
3
3
6
2
6
8
10
   
3
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal
6
4
3
6
6
3
2
6
17
19
 
4
Harald Elschenbroich
Jan Kodeš
4
6
6
4
2
6
6
1
6
8
 
5
Jürgen Fassbender
František Pála
6
4
6
4
6
2
     

Spain vs. Monaco


Spain
5
Club de Tenis Avilés, Avilés, Spain[31]
14–16 June 1972

Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Manuel Orantes
Francis Truchi
6
0
6
1
6
0
     
2
Andrés Gimeno
Patrick Landau
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
3
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes
Patrick Landau / Francis Truchi
6
0
6
2
6
0
     
4
Antonio Muñoz
Patrick Landau
6
1
7
5
6
1
     
5
Juan Gisbert
Bernard Balleret
6
1
6
2
6
0
     

Final

Spain vs. Czechoslovakia


Spain
3
Barcelona, Spain[3]
21–24 July 1972
Clay

Czechoslovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Juan Gisbert
Jan Kodeš
8
6
6
4
5
7
0
6
6
4
 
2
Manuel Orantes
František Pála
5
7
4
6
6
0
7
5
4
6
 
3
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal
10
12
6
2
7
5
6
4
   
4
Juan Gisbert
František Pála
6
3
6
3
4
6
6
0
   
5
Antonio Muñoz
Jiří Hřebec
4
6
0
6
3
6
     

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