1974 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1974 Davis Cup.

33 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 8 teams entered the competition in the pre-qualifying rounds, with 3 teams progressing to the preliminary rounds to join an additional 21 teams. From these 24 teams, 8 teams progressed to the main draw to join the 4 finalists from the 1973 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]

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

Zone A

Pre-qualifying rounds

Draw

First RoundQualifying Round
Istanbul, Turkey (indoor clay)
 Turkey3
Istanbul, Turkey
 Lebanon2
 Turkey5
 Luxembourg0
bye
 Luxembourg

First round

Turkey vs. Lebanon


Turkey
3
Istanbul, Turkey[4]
5–7 October 1973
Clay (indoors)

Lebanon
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Arif Koçak
Khoder Issa
6
4
6
3
6
0
     
2
Hasan Özdemir
Najdo Abou Hassoun
1
6
1
6
5
7
     
3
Tahsin Gürsoy / Arif Koçak
Alan Wilkinson / Eric Wilkinson
6
2
6
1
6
3
     
4
Hasan Özdemir
Khoder Issa
6
4
8
10
3
6
1
6
   
5
Arif Koçak
Najdo Abou Hassoun
3
6
6
1
6
0
6
4
   

Qualifying round

Turkey vs. Luxembourg


Turkey
5
Istanbul, Turkey[5]
28–30 December 1973

Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Remzi Aydın
Jean Neuman
6
0
6
4
6
4
     
2
Tahsin Gürsoy
Georges Logelin
6
4
6
3
7
5
     
3
Remzi Aydın / Tahsin Gürsoy
Georges Logelin / Jean Neuman
6
1
6
4
7
5
     
4
Hasan Özdemir
Georges Logelin
6
3
8
6
6
1
     
5
Arif Koçak
Jean Neuman
6
0
6
2
6
3
     

Preliminary rounds

Draw

First round

Switzerland vs. Austria


Switzerland
2
Zürich, Switzerland[6]
22–24 March 1974

Austria
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Petr Kanderal
Peter Pokorny
6
3
6
3
7
9
8
6
   
2
Michel Burgener
Hans Kary
3
6
7
9
2
6
     
3
Michel Burgener / Petr Kanderal
Hans Kary / Peter Pokorny
5
7
4
6
4
6
     
4
Petr Kanderal
Hans Kary
8
6
7
5
6
3
     
5
Michel Burgener
Peter Pokorny
3
6
4
6
0
6
     

Portugal vs. Ireland


Portugal
4
Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal[7]
12–14 April 1974
Clay

Ireland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
José Vilela
Kevin Menton
6
4
6
4
3
6
6
3
   
2
Raúl Peralta
Michael Hickey
7
5
6
4
6
8
6
8
8
6
 
3
Alfredo Vaz Pinto / José Vilela
Desmond Early / Michael Hickey
3
6
6
4
3
6
6
2
5
7
 
4
José Vilela
Michael Hickey
7
9
6
3
6
2
6
3
   
5
Raúl Peralta
Peter Ledbetter
6
1
2
6
6
2
6
3
   

Poland vs. Hungary


Poland
3
Warsaw, Poland[8]
19–21 April 1974

Hungary
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jacek Niedźwiedzki
Balázs Taróczy
2
6
6
4
3
6
2
6
   
2
Wojciech Fibak
Péter Szőke
6
4
3
6
6
2
6
4
   
3
Wojciech Fibak / Tadeusz Nowicki
Róbert Machán / Balázs Taróczy
4
6
16
14
6
3
7
5
   
4
Jacek Niedźwiedzki
Péter Szőke
6
3
1
6
3
6
4
6
   
5
Wojciech Fibak
Balázs Taróczy
4
6
6
4
5
7
7
5
6
3
 

Finland vs. Turkey


Finland
5
Helsinki, Finland[9]
19–21 April 1974

Turkey
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
George Berner
Hasan Özdemir
6
0
6
1
6
0
     
2
Matti Timonen
Remzi Aydın
6
1
6
1
6
1
     
3
Jukka Narakka / Matti Timonen
Tahsin Gürsoy / Hasan Özdemir
9
7
6
4
6
2
     
4
Matti Timonen
Tahsin Gürsoy
6
2
6
2
6
0
     
5
George Berner
Remzi Aydın
6
2
6
1
6
1
     

Qualifying round

Austria vs. New Zealand


Austria
3
Vienna, Austria[10]
3–5 May 1974

New Zealand
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Peter Pokorny
Onny Parun
4
6
2
6
2
6
     
2
Hans Kary
Jeff Simpson
6
4
6
3
7
5
     
3
Hans Kary / Peter Pokorny
Onny Parun / Jeff Simpson
3
6
7
5
3
6
6
3
6
2
 
4
Peter Pokorny
Jeff Simpson
6
1
6
2
9
11
6
3
   
5
Hans Kary
Onny Parun
6
8
6
4
2
6
7
7
  not
completed

Portugal vs. France


Portugal
0
Lawn Tennis Club da Foz, Porto, Portugal[11]
4–5 May 1974
Clay

France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
José Vilela
François Jauffret
0
6
3
6
1
6
     
2
Sergio Cruz
Georges Goven
1
6
1
6
4
6
     
3
Raúl Peralta / José Vilela
Jean-François Caujolle / Wanaro N'Godrella
6
1
7
9
1
6
6
2
2
6
 
4
Sergio Cruz
François Jauffret
1
6
0
6
2
6
     
5
José Vilela
Georges Goven
2
6
4
6
6
4
6
4
3
6
 

Sweden vs. Poland


Sweden
4
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[12]
17–19 May 1974
Clay

Poland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Björn Borg
Tadeusz Nowicki
2
6
6
2
0
6
6
1
6
1
 
2
Leif Johansson
Wojciech Fibak
6
4
2
6
6
3
7
5
   
3
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg
Wojciech Fibak / Tadeusz Nowicki
6
4
6
8
6
2
6
4
   
4
Björn Borg
Wojciech Fibak
6
0
6
4
6
3
     
5
Leif Johansson
Tadeusz Nowicki
0
6
3
6
11
13
     

Netherlands vs. Finland


Netherlands
4
Scheveningen, Netherlands[13]
10–12 May 1974
Clay

Finland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Rolf Thung
Pekka Säilä
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
2
Jan Hordijk
George Berner
8
6
6
1
7
5
     
3
Fred Hemmes / Rolf Thung
Jukka Narakka / Pekka Säilä
6
3
6
3
8
6
     
4
Rolf Thung
George Berner
4
6
6
2
3
6
6
8
   
5
Jan Hordijk
Pekka Säilä
6
0
6
1
6
1
     

Main Draw

Draw

Quarterfinals
10–12 May; 24–26 May
Semifinals
19–21 July
Final
2–4 August
 Romania
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
bye
 Romania3
Vienna, Austria
 France2
 Austria1
Mestre, Italy (clay)
 France3
 Romania2
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 Italy3
 Sweden4
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 Netherlands1
 Sweden2
 Italy3
bye
 Italy

Quarterfinals

Austria vs. France


Austria
1
Vienna, Austria[14]
10–12 May 1974

France
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Hans Kary
François Jauffret
7
5
6
1
9
7
     
2
Peter Pokorny
Georges Goven
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
3
Hans Kary / Peter Pokorny
Pierre Barthès / François Jauffret
5
7
4
6
2
6
     
4
Peter Pokorny
François Jauffret
4
6
2
6
3
6
     
5
Hans Kary
Georges Goven
6
2
6
4
4
6
6
8
3
5
not
completed

Sweden vs. Netherlands


Sweden
4
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[15]
24–26 May 1974
Clay

Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Björn Borg
Rolf Thung
4
6
6
4
6
1
6
1
   
2
Leif Johansson
Jan Hordijk
5
7
4
6
6
0
6
1
6
2
 
3
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg
Fred Hemmes / Rolf Thung
6
2
7
9
6
1
6
1
   
4
Leif Johansson
Rolf Thung
6
4
6
4
1
6
3
6
3
6
 
5
Björn Borg
Fred Hemmes
6
3
6
3
6
1
     

Semifinals

Romania vs. France


Romania
3
Bucharest, Romania[16]
19–21 July 1974
Clay

France
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ilie Năstase
François Jauffret
6
2
4
6
2
6
3
6
   
2
Toma Ovici
Pierre Barthès
6
1
10
8
6
2
     
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Pierre Barthès / François Jauffret
6
2
6
4
9
7
     
4
Toma Ovici
François Jauffret
2
6
4
6
6
4
5
7
   
5
Ilie Năstase
Pierre Barthès
6
2
6
3
6
3
     

Sweden vs. Italy


Sweden
2
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[17]
19–21 July 1974
Clay

Italy
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Björn Borg
Paolo Bertolucci
7
5
6
1
6
0
     
2
Leif Johansson
Adriano Panatta
6
8
1
6
6
4
1
6
   
3
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
1
6
7
5
5
7
4
6
   
4
Leif Johansson
Paolo Bertolucci
6
3
3
6
7
5
5
7
6
8
 
5
Björn Borg
Adriano Panatta
6
4
4
6
9
7
6
3
   

Final

Italy vs. Romania


Italy
3
Mestre, Italy[2]
2–4 August 1974
Clay

Romania
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Corrado Barazzutti
Ilie Năstase
7
9
0
6
1
6
     
2
Adriano Panatta
Ion Țiriac
6
1
6
3
6
2
     
3
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
6
4
8
6
6
8
4
6
6
2
 
4
Corrado Barazzutti
Ion Țiriac
6
3
6
0
6
0
     
5
Adriano Panatta
Ilie Năstase
0
6
0
6
5
7
     

Zone B

Pre-qualifying rounds

Draw

First RoundQualifying Round
 Egypt
Cairo, Egypt
bye
 Egypt3
Lagos, Nigeria
 Morocco0
 Nigeria2
 Morocco3
bye
Tehran, Iran
 Iran
 Iran4
 Israel1
bye
 Israel

First round

Nigeria vs. Morocco


Nigeria
2
Lagos, Nigeria[18]
17–19 December 1973

Morocco
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Thompson Onibokun
Ahmed Ben Omar
6
3
3
6
6
1
1
6
8
6
 
2
Lawrence Awopegba
Omar Laimina
5
7
2
6
2
6
     
3
Lawrence Awopegba / Thompson Onibokun
Ahmed Ben Omar / Omar Laimina
5
7
4
6
4
6
     
4
Lawrence Awopegba
Ahmed Ben Omar
6
4
6
3
6
1
     
5
Thompson Onibokun
Omar Laimina
1
6
4
6
4
6
     

Qualifying round

Egypt vs. Morocco


Egypt
3
Cairo, Egypt[19]
11–13 January 1974

Morocco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Aly El Dawoudi
Ahmed Ben Omar
6
2
6
1
6
1
     
2
Ismail El Shafei
Omar Laimina
6
3
7
5
6
0
     
3
Aly El Dawoudi / Ismail El Shafei
Ahmed Ben Omar / Omar Laimina
6
1
10
8
6
1
     
4
Aly El Dawoudi
Omar Laimina
          not
played
5
Ismail El Shafei
Ahmed Ben Omar
          not
played

Iran vs. Israel


Iran
4
Tehran, Iran[20]
5–7 April 1974

Israel
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Taghi Akbari
Felix Kaplan
6
1
6
3
6
3
     
2
Hussain Akbari
Yehoshua Shalem
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
3
Kamyab Derafshijavan / Ali Madani
Ruben Porges / Yair Wertheimer
6
4
6
2
3
6
6
3
   
4
Taghi Akbari
Yehoshua Shalem
6
2
6
2
4
6
9
7
   
5
Hussain Akbari
Felix Kaplan
6
3
5
7
1
6
8
6
3
6
 

Preliminary rounds

Draw

First round

Monaco vs. Denmark


Monaco
2
Monte Carlo, Monaco[21]
19–21 April 1974
Clay

Denmark
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Louis Borfiga
Lars Elvstrøm
2
6
4
6
4
6
     
2
Bernard Balleret
Tom Christensen
6
2
7
5
6
3
     
3
Bernard Balleret / Louis Borfiga
Tom Christensen / Knud-Erik Nielsen
6
4
2
6
2
6
7
5
6
8
 
4
Louis Borfiga
Tom Christensen
6
1
6
1
6
2
     
5
Bernard Balleret
Lars Elvstrøm
2
6
4
6
2
6
     

Norway vs. Iran


Norway
4
Oslo, Norway[22]
19–21 April 1974
Hard (indoors)

Iran
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Per Hegna
Hussain Akbari
6
1
7
5
6
1
     
2
Thorvald Moe
Taghi Akbari
2
6
6
3
5
7
5
7
   
3
Per Hegna / Thorvald Moe
Kamyab Derafshijavan / Ali Madani
6
1
6
2
6
2
     
4
Per Hegna
Taghi Akbari
6
2
7
5
4
6
6
2
   
5
Thorvald Moe
Hussain Akbari
6
4
6
2
6
3
     

Egypt vs. Bulgaria


Egypt
3
Cairo, Egypt[23]
19–21 April 1974

Bulgaria
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Aly El Dawoudi
Bozhidar Pampoulov
6
1
2
6
6
2
6
1
   
2
Ibrahim Mahmoud
Ljuben Genov
3
6
3
6
2
6
     
3
Aly El Dawoudi / Ibrahim Mahmoud
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Matei Pampoulov
3
6
6
3
6
3
6
8
6
2
 
4
Aly El Dawoudi
Ljuben Genov
8
6
7
5
6
4
     
5
Ibrahim Mahmoud
Bozhidar Pampoulov
14
12
6
3
4
6
    not
completed

Belgium vs. Greece


Belgium
5
Brussels, Belgium[24]
19–21 April 1974

Greece
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Patrick Hombergen
Nicolas Kelaidis
6
3
6
4
6
1
     
2
Bernard Mignot
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
6
2
7
5
1
6
6
4
   
3
Patrick Hombergen / Bernard Mignot
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos / Nicolas Kelaidis
6
1
6
2
9
7
     
4
Bernard Mignot
Nicolas Kelaidis
6
3
6
1
6
1
     
5
Patrick Hombergen
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
6
1
6
4
6
3
     

Qualifying round

West Germany vs. Denmark


West Germany
5
West Berlin[25]
3–5 May 1974
Clay

Denmark
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Knud-Erik Nielsen
6
0
6
0
6
3
     
2
Karl Meiler
Lars Elvstrøm
4
6
6
0
6
3
6
0
   
3
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Lars Elvstrøm / Knud-Erik Nielsen
6
2
6
0
6
1
     
4
Jürgen Fassbender
Finn Christensen
6
1
6
0
6
1
     
5
Karl Meiler
Knud-Erik Nielsen
1
6
7
5
6
1
6
1
   

Spain vs. Norway


Spain
5
Barcelona, Spain[26]
3–5 May 1974
Clay

Norway
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
José Higueras
Thorvald Moe
6
1
6
2
6
2
     
2
Manuel Orantes
Per Hegna
6
0
6
1
6
1
     
3
José Higueras / Manuel Orantes
Thorvald Moe / Frithjof Prydz
6
4
6
3
6
0
     
4
Manuel Orantes
Thorvald Moe
6
1
6
1
6
1
     
5
José Higueras
Per Hegna
6
3
6
3
6
3
     

Egypt vs. Great Britain


Egypt
5
Cairo, Egypt[27]
3–5 May 1974
Clay

Great Britain
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ismail El Shafei
David Lloyd
6
1
6
4
6
3
     
2
Aly El Dawoudi
John Lloyd
7
5
7
5
4
6
4
6
6
2
 
3
Aly El Dawoudi / Ismail El Shafei
David Lloyd / John Lloyd
10
8
6
4
6
4
     
4
Aly El Dawoudi
David Lloyd
8
6
6
3
6
4
     
5
Ismail El Shafei
John Lloyd
6
1
8
6
6
1
     

Belgium vs. Yugoslavia


Belgium
2
Brussels, Belgium[28]
3–5 May 1974

Yugoslavia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Patrick Hombergen
Željko Franulović
6
3
3
6
2
6
6
3
8
10
 
2
Bernard Mignot
Nikola Pilić
6
8
2
6
2
6
     
3
Patrick Hombergen / Bernard Mignot
Željko Franulović / Nikola Pilić
6
8
6
3
9
7
7
5
   
4
Bernard Mignot
Željko Franulović
6
4
6
1
1
6
6
3
   
5
Patrick Hombergen
Nikola Pilić
5
7
6
8
6
3
2
6
   

Main Draw

Draw

Quarterfinals

West Germany vs. Spain


West Germany
3
Düsseldorf, West Germany[29]
10–12 May 1974

Spain
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Karl Meiler
Manuel Orantes
3
6
4
6
6
4
6
4
6
3
 
2
Jürgen Fassbender
José Higueras
6
8
3
6
6
2
3
6
   
3
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Antonio Muñoz / Manuel Orantes
6
3
6
4
4
6
6
4
   
4
Karl Meiler
José Higueras
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
5
Jürgen Fassbender
Manuel Orantes
4
6
2
6
0
6
     

Egypt vs. Yugoslavia


Egypt
2
Cairo, Egypt[30]
10–12 May 1974

Yugoslavia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ismail El Shafei
Željko Franulović
6
2
6
3
6
2
     
2
Aly El Dawoudi
Nikola Pilić
0
6
4
6
0
6
     
3
Aly El Dawoudi / Ismail El Shafei
Željko Franulović / Nikola Pilić
3
6
1
6
0
6
     
4
Ismail El Shafei
Nikola Pilić
2
6
9
7
2
6
6
3
   
retired
5
Aly El Dawoudi
Željko Franulović
2
6
5
7
3
6
     

Semifinals

West Germany vs. Czechoslovakia


West Germany
2
Munich, West Germany[31]
19–21 July 1974
Clay

Czechoslovakia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Jan Kodeš
4
6
1
6
3
6
     
2
Karl Meiler
Jiří Hřebec
6
3
1
6
3
6
13
11
6
4
 
3
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Jan Kodeš / Vladimír Zedník
6
4
6
0
6
2
     
4
Karl Meiler
Jan Kodeš
1
6
5
7
0
6
     
5
Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Jiří Hřebec
4
6
1
6
8
6
10
12
   

Soviet Union vs. Yugoslavia


Soviet Union
3
Donetsk, Soviet Union[32]
19–21 July 1974

Yugoslavia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Alex Metreveli
Boro Jovanović
6
4
6
1
6
1
     
2
Teimuraz Kakulia
Nikola Pilić
7
5
6
8
5
7
1
6
   
3
Vladimir Korotkov / Alex Metreveli
Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić
6
1
6
1
3
6
6
3
   
4
Teimuraz Kakulia
Boro Jovanović
6
2
6
4
6
0
     
5
Alex Metreveli
Nikola Pilić
          not
played

Final

Soviet Union vs. Czechoslovakia


Soviet Union
3
Donetsk, Soviet Union[3]
26–28 July 1974
Clay

Czechoslovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Alex Metreveli
František Pála
6
2
6
4
3
6
6
2
   
2
Teimuraz Kakulia
Jan Kodeš
4
6
2
6
3
6
     
3
Vladimir Korotkov / Alex Metreveli
Jan Kodeš / Vladimír Zedník
4
6
1
6
3
6
     
4
Alex Metreveli
Jan Kodeš
4
6
6
3
4
6
6
3
7
5
 
5
Teimuraz Kakulia
František Pála
6
3
4
6
6
4
2
6
6
4
 

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