1978 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Main article: 1978 Davis Cup

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1978 Davis Cup.

29 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 25 teams entered the competition in the qualifying round, competing for 4 places in each sub-zone's main draw to join the 4 finalists from the 1977 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]

Great Britain defeated Czechoslovakia in the Zone A final, and Sweden defeated Hungary in the Zone B final, resulting in both Great Britain and Sweden progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2][3]

Zone A

Preliminary rounds

Draw

First round

Monaco vs. Luxembourg


Monaco
5 		Monte Carlo, Monaco[4]
16–18 September 1977
Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Louis Borfiga
Jean Brucher 		6
4 		6
1 		6
2 		     
2
Bernard Balleret
Marc Klensch 		6
1 		6
2 		6
1 		     
3
Bernard Balleret / Louis Borfiga
Fernand Claude / Théo Storck 		6
2 		6
0 		6
3 		     
4
Bernard Balleret
Jean Brucher 		6
0 		6
3 		6
1 		     
5
Louis Borfiga
Marc Klensch 		6
3 		6
1 		6
2 		     

Israel vs. Finland


Israel
5 		Tel Aviv, Israel[5]
16–18 September 1977
Hard
Finland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Yair Wertheimer
George Berner 		3
6 		6
0 		6
2 		6
4 		   
2
Shlomo Glickstein
Matti Timonen 		2
6 		6
2 		6
3 		6
2 		   
3
Shlomo Glickstein / Yair Wertheimer
George Berner / Matti Timonen 		6
2 		6
1 		3
6 		2
6 		6
1 		 
4
Yair Wertheimer
Matti Timonen 		6
2 		6
3 		6
3 		     
5
Ilan Sher
Kristian Tammivuori 		7
5 		4
6 		6
2 		6
3 		   

Netherlands vs. Greece


Netherlands
4 		Zeist, Netherlands[6]
16–18 September 1977
Clay
Greece
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Louk Sanders
Nicolas Kelaidis 		7
5 		6
1 		6
2 		     
2
Wouter Fok
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 		4
6 		6
0 		5
7 		6
3 		3
6 		 
3
Wouter Fok / Louk Sanders
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos / Nicolas Kelaidis 		6
1 		6
2 		6
3 		     
4
Wouter Fok
Nicolas Kelaidis 		6
2 		4
6 		2
6 		6
0 		6
1 		 
5
Louk Sanders
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 		8
6 		6
4 		3
6 		8
6 		   

Algeria vs. Iran


Algeria
1 		Hydra Athletic Club, Algiers, Algeria[7]
10–12 August 1977
Clay
Iran
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Abdeslam Mahmoudi
Mansour Bahrami 		3
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2
Fouad-Kamel Boudjemline
Moharram-Ali Khodai 		2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
3
Fouad-Kamel Boudjemline / Abdeslam Mahmoudi
Mansour Bahrami / Kamyab Derafshijavan 		6
3 		4
6 		1
6 		2
6 		   
4
Abdeslam Mahmoudi
Moharram-Ali Khodai 		6
4 		6
4 		6
2 		     
5
Hocine Younes
Mansour Bahrami 		3
6 		4
6 		6
8 		     

Qualifying round

Monaco vs. Great Britain


Monaco
0 		Monte Carlo, Monaco[8]
17–19 March 1978
Clay
Great Britain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Louis Borfiga
John Lloyd 		2
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
2
Bernard Balleret
Richard Lewis 		6
8 		6
4 		12
10 		5
7 		1
6 		 
3
Louis Borfiga / Michel Borfiga
David Lloyd / John Lloyd 		2
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
4
Louis Borfiga
Richard Lewis 		6
2 		6
2 		6
8 		1
6 		1
6 		 
5
Bernard Balleret
John Lloyd 		1
6 		2
6 		       

Israel vs. Austria


Israel
2 		Tel Aviv, Israel[9]
17–19 March 1978
Hard
Austria
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Shlomo Glickstein
Peter Feigl 		4
6 		3
6 		6
1 		7
9 		   
2
Steve Krulevitz
Hans Kary 		4
6 		4
6 		6
4 		6
1 		6
2 		 
3
Steve Krulevitz / Yair Wertheimer
Peter Feigl / Hans Kary 		6
8 		4
6 		5
7 		     
4
Steve Krulevitz
Peter Feigl 		6
4 		8
6 		6
3 		     
5
Shlomo Glickstein
Hans Kary 		6
3 		9
7 		4
6 		6
8 		3
6 		 

Czechoslovakia vs. Netherlands


Czechoslovakia
3 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[10]
17–19 March 1978
Clay (indoors)
Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan Kodeš
Tom Okker 		6
4 		7
9 		6
0 		3
6 		4
6 		 
2
Jiří Hřebec
Louk Sanders 		6
2 		7
5 		6
3 		     
3
Jan Kodeš / Tomáš Šmíd
Tom Okker / Louk Sanders 		9
7 		6
2 		6
2 		     
4
Jiří Hřebec
Tom Okker 		6
3 		2
6 		6
1 		6
4 		   
5
Tomáš Šmíd
Louk Sanders 		4
6 		3
6 		      not
completed

Poland vs. Iran


Poland
4 		Warsaw, Poland[11]
17–19 March 1978
Iran
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Wojciech Fibak
Moharram-Ali Khodai 		6
0 		7
5 		6
0 		     
2
Czesław Dobrowolski
Mansour Bahrami 		6
8 		4
6 		6
4 		6
3 		3
6 		 
3
Wojciech Fibak / Tadeusz Nowicki
Mansour Bahrami / Kamyab Derafshijavan 		6
1 		6
1 		6
4 		     
4
Wojciech Fibak
Mansour Bahrami 		6
3 		6
1 		6
2 		     
5
Czesław Dobrowolski
Moharram-Ali Khodai 		6
1 		6
0 		6
4 		     

Main draw

Draw

Quarterfinals
16–18 June		Semifinals
13–15 July		Final
15–17 September
 France
Paris, France (clay)
bye
 France2
Bristol, United Kingdom (grass)
 Great Britain3
 Great Britain5
Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass)
 Austria0
 Great Britain5
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
 Czechoslovakia0
 Czechoslovakia3
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
 Poland2
 Czechoslovakia5
 Romania0
bye
 Romania

Quarterfinals

Great Britain vs. Austria


Great Britain
5 		Bristol Lawn Tennis Club, Bristol, United Kingdom[12]
16–18 June 1978
Grass
Austria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
John Lloyd
Peter Feigl 		7
5 		6
2 		2
6 		9
7 		   
2
Buster Mottram
Hans Kary 		6
2 		6
3 		6
1 		     
3
David Lloyd / Buster Mottram
Peter Feigl / Cliff Letcher 		4
6 		6
3 		4
6 		6
4 		6
3 		 
4
Richard Lewis
Robert Reininger 		3
6 		6
4 		8
6 		6
4 		   
5
Buster Mottram
Peter Feigl 		6
4 		6
3 		6
1 		     

Czechoslovakia vs. Poland


Czechoslovakia
3 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[13]
16–18 June 1978
Clay
Poland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan Kodeš
Henryk Drzymalski 		6
0 		6
3 		7
5 		     
2
Jiří Hřebec
Wojciech Fibak 		5
7 		5
7 		4
6 		     
3
Jan Kodeš / Tomáš Šmíd
Wojciech Fibak / Tadeusz Nowicki 		8
6 		6
3 		7
5 		     
4
Jan Kodeš
Wojciech Fibak 		6
8 		4
6 		2
6 		     
5
Jiří Hřebec
Henryk Drzymalski 		6
1 		6
1 		3
6 		6
4 		   

Semifinals

France vs. Great Britain


France
2 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[14]
13–15 July 1978
Clay
Great Britain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Yannick Noah
Buster Mottram 		6
3 		3
6 		7
9 		3
6 		   
2
Éric Deblicker
John Lloyd 		2
6 		2
6 		6
4 		6
3 		3
6 		 
3
François Jauffret / Yannick Noah
David Lloyd / John Lloyd 		6
3 		6
1 		7
5 		     
4
Éric Deblicker
Buster Mottram 		5
7 		4
6 		1
6 		     
5
Yannick Noah
John Lloyd 		6
3 		6
2 		7
5 		     

Czechoslovakia vs. Romania


Czechoslovakia
5 		Prague, Czechoslovakia[15]
13–15 July 1978
Clay
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pavel Složil
Andrei Dîrzu 		6
2 		6
4 		7
5 		     
2
Tomáš Šmíd
Dumitru Hărădău 		7
5 		6
1 		6
8 		6
1 		   
3
Pavel Složil / Tomáš Šmíd
Andrei Dîrzu / Florin Segărceanu 		6
4 		6
2 		6
4 		     
4
Pavel Složil
Florin Segărceanu 		6
3 		6
4 		       
5
Tomáš Šmíd
Andrei Dîrzu 		6
3 		6
2 		       

Final

Great Britain vs. Czechoslovakia


Great Britain
5 		Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, United Kingdom[2]
15–17 September 1978
Grass
Czechoslovakia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
John Lloyd
Jiří Hřebec 		9
7 		6
3 		4
6 		5
7 		12
10 		 
2
Buster Mottram
Ivan Lendl 		6
4 		7
5 		7
5 		     
3
Mark Cox / David Lloyd
Jan Kodeš / Tomáš Šmíd 		6
4 		13
15 		6
4 		2
6 		6
4 		 
4
Mark Cox
Ivan Lendl 		6
2 		6
4 		6
3 		     
5
Buster Mottram
Jiří Hřebec 		5
7 		3
6 		6
3 		6
4 		6
0 		 

Zone B

Pre-qualifying round

Draw

Pre-qualifying round
Casablanca, Morocco
 Morocco5
 Turkey0

Results

Morocco vs. Turkey


Morocco
5 		Casablanca, Morocco[16]
27–29 August 1977
Turkey
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Mustapha Dislam
Ali Yenilmez 		6
3 		6
2 		6
3 		     
2
Omar Laimina
Remzi Aydın 		6
1 		6
0 		6
1 		     
3
Mustapha Dislam / Omar Laimina
Remzi Aydın / Ali Yenilmez 		6
2 		6
0 		6
0 		     
4
Houcine Saber
Ali Yenilmez 		6
3 		6
4 		6
2 		     
5
Mohammed Dlimi
Cevdet Cika 		6
0 		6
3 		7
5 		     

Preliminary rounds

Draw

First round

Morocco vs. Norway


Morocco
4 		Casablanca, Morocco[17]
16–18 September 1977
Clay
Norway
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Houcine Saber
Frithjof Prydz 		6
2 		6
3 		6
3 		     
2
Omar Laimina
Per Hegna 		7
5 		5
7 		6
1 		3
6 		7
5 		 
3
Mustapha Dislam / Mohammed Dlimi
Frithjof Prydz / Erik Ulleberg 		6
3 		6
8 		6
8 		10
8 		7
5 		 
4
Houcine Saber
Per Hegna 		3
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
5
Omar Laimina
Frithjof Prydz 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     

Ireland vs. Portugal


Ireland
4 		Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[18]
16–18 September 1977
Grass
Portugal
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Kevin Menton
Arsénio Marta 		6
2 		7
5 		4
6 		4
6 		6
3 		 
2
Sean Sorensen
Sergio Cruz 		6
2 		6
4 		10
8 		     
3
Michael Hickey / Sean Sorensen
Manuel de Sousa / Miguel Soares 		6
1 		6
2 		6
2 		     
4
Kevin Menton
Sergio Cruz 		5
7 		4
6 		4
6 		     
5
Sean Sorensen
Arsénio Marta 		6
0 		6
2 		6
4 		     

Belgium vs. Denmark


Belgium
3 		Brussels, Belgium[19]
16–18 September 1977
Clay
Denmark
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Thierry Stevaux
Lars Elvstrøm 		6
3 		6
0 		1
6 		4
6 		6
8 		 
2
Bernard Boileau
Torben Ulrich 		5
7 		3
6 		6
2 		6
3 		6
4 		 
3
Bernard Boileau / Thierry Stevaux
Tom Christensen / Lars Elvstrøm 		2
6 		7
5 		3
6 		3
6 		   
4
Thierry Stevaux
Torben Ulrich 		6
3 		6
1 		6
3 		     
5
Bernard Boileau
Lars Elvstrøm 		6
2 		6
2 		6
1 		     

Switzerland vs. Egypt


Switzerland
5 		Lucerne, Switzerland[20]
16–18 September 1977
Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Max Hürlimann
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 		6
0 		6
1 		6
3 		     
2
Heinz Günthardt
Mohammed-Abdul Fatah 		6
0 		6
1 		6
2 		     
3
Petr Kanderal / Dimitri Sturdza
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka / Mohammed-Abdul Fatah 		6
1 		6
1 		6
3 		     
4
Heinz Günthardt
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka 		6
1 		6
0 		6
0 		     
5
Petr Kanderal
Mohammed-Abdul Fatah 		6
0 		4
6 		10
8 		7
5 		   

Qualifying round

Morocco vs. Yugoslavia


Morocco
0 		Casablanca, Morocco[21]
17–19 March 1978
Yugoslavia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Omar Laimina
Dragan Savić 		6
4 		2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		   
2
Mustapha Dislam
Zoltan Ilin 		0
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3
Mustapha Dislam / Mohammed Dlimi
Zoltan Ilin / Dragan Savić 		5
7 		4
6 		6
8 		     
4
Mustapha Dislam
Dragan Savić 		4
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
5
Omar Laimina
Zoltan Ilin 		6
4 		3
6 		1
6 		0
6 		   

Ireland vs. Sweden


Ireland
0 		Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[22]
17–19 March 1978
Hard (indoors)
Sweden
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Michael Hickey
Björn Borg 		1
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
2
Sean Sorensen
Kjell Johansson 		6
3 		6
3 		7
9 		3
6 		2
6 		 
3
Michael Hickey / Sean Sorensen
Ove Bengtson / Tenny Svensson 		6
4 		2
6 		4
6 		1
6 		   
4
Sean Sorensen
Björn Borg 		0
6 		2
6 		0
6 		     
5
Kevin Menton
Kjell Johansson 		0
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     

Hungary vs. Belgium


Hungary
4 		Pécs, Hungary[23]
17–19 March 1978
Belgium
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Péter Szőke
Bernard Boileau 		7
5 		6
4 		6
1 		     
2
Balázs Taróczy
Patrick Hombergen 		12
10 		6
3 		6
3 		     
3
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy
Bernard Boileau / Thierry Stevaux 		6
3 		8
10 		6
2 		6
1 		   
4
Péter Szőke
Patrick Hombergen 		6
3 		6
2 		6
2 		     
5
János Benyik
Bernard Boileau 		6
3 		4
6 		1
6 		6
3 		3
6 		 

Switzerland vs. West Germany


Switzerland
0 		Zürich, Switzerland[24]
17–19 March 1978
West Germany
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Michel Burgener
Peter Elter 		4
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
2
Heinz Günthardt
Ulrich Pinner 		10
8 		6
4 		2
6 		4
6 		6
8 		 
3
Petr Kanderal / Dimitri Sturdza
Ulrich Pinner / Reinhart Probst 		4
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
4
Michel Burgener
Ulrich Pinner 		6
2 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		   
5
Heinz Günthardt
Peter Elter 		3
6 		7
9 		6
2 		7
9 		   

Main draw

Draw

Quarterfinals
13–18 June		Semifinals
13–16 July		Final
15–17 September
 Spain
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
bye
 Spain2
Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay)
 Sweden3
 Yugoslavia2
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 Sweden3
 Sweden3
Budapest, Hungary
 Hungary1
 Hungary3
Budapest, Hungary
 West Germany2
 Hungary4
 Italy1
bye
 Italy

Quarterfinals

Yugoslavia vs. Sweden


Yugoslavia
2 		Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia[25]
13–15 June 1978
Clay
Sweden
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Željko Franulović
Kjell Johansson 		3
6 		11
9 		7
5 		7
5 		   
2
Zoltan Ilin
Björn Borg 		0
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
3
Željko Franulović / Zoltan Ilin
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg 		6
4 		2
6 		0
6 		0
6 		   
4
Zoltan Ilin
Tenny Svensson 		4
6 		6
4 		3
6 		6
0 		6
3 		 
5
Željko Franulović
Björn Borg 		2
6 		2
6 		7
9 		     

Hungary vs. West Germany


Hungary
3 		Budapest, Hungary[26]
16–18 June 1978
West Germany
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Balázs Taróczy
Ulrich Pinner 		6
1 		6
2 		6
1 		     
2
Péter Szőke
Peter Elter 		6
4 		4
6 		2
6 		3
6 		   
3
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy
Ulrich Pinner / Reinhart Probst 		6
1 		4
6 		7
5 		6
2 		   
4
Balázs Taróczy
Peter Elter 		6
0 		6
1 		6
4 		     
5
Péter Szőke
Ulrich Pinner 		2
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     

Semifinals

Sweden vs. Spain


Sweden
3 		Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[27]
14–16 July 1978
Clay
Spain
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Kjell Johansson
José Higueras 		6
2 		6
2 		5
7 		6
2 		   
2
Björn Borg
Manuel Orantes 		6
2 		5
7 		6
3 		6
3 		   
3
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg
José Higueras / Manuel Orantes 		6
3 		2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		   
4
Kjell Johansson
Manuel Orantes 		4
6 		4
6 		5
7 		     
5
Björn Borg
José Higueras 		6
1 		6
4 		6
2 		     

Hungary vs. Italy


Hungary
4 		Budapest, Hungary[28]
13–15 July 1978
Italy
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Péter Szőke
Corrado Barazzutti 		6
2 		1
6 		5
7 		3
6 		   
2
Balázs Taróczy
Adriano Panatta 		6
4 		6
3 		11
9 		     
3
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		     
4
Péter Szőke
Adriano Panatta 		6
3 		3
6 		6
0 		8
6 		   
5
Balázs Taróczy
Corrado Barazzutti 		6
3 		6
4 		6
4 		     

Final

Sweden vs. Hungary


Sweden
3 		Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[3]
15–17 September 1978
Clay
Hungary
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Kjell Johansson
Balázs Taróczy 		7
5 		6
2 		6
4 		     
2
Björn Borg
Péter Szőke 		6
2 		6
0 		6
0 		     
3
Ove Bengtson / Tenny Svensson
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy 		2
6 		1
6 		10
12 		     
4
Kjell Johansson
Péter Szőke 		3
6 		7
5 		6
1 		3
6 		6
1 		 
5
Tenny Svensson
Balázs Taróczy 		2
6 		6
4 		5
5 		    not
completed

References

  1. ^ a b Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "Great Britain v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Sweden v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Monaco v Luxembourg". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Israel v Finland". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Netherlands v Greece". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Algeria v Iran". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Monaco v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Israel v Austria". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Poland v Iran". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Great Britain v Austria". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Poland". daviscup.com.
  14. ^ "France v Great Britain". daviscup.com.
  15. ^ "Czechoslovakia v Romania". daviscup.com.
  16. ^ "Morocco v Turkey". daviscup.com.
  17. ^ "Morocco v Norway". daviscup.com.
  18. ^ "Ireland v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  19. ^ "Belgium v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  20. ^ "Switzerland v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  21. ^ "Morocco v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  22. ^ "Ireland v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  23. ^ "Hungary v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  24. ^ "Switzerland v West Germany". daviscup.com.
  25. ^ "Yugoslavia v Sweden". daviscup.com.
  26. ^ "Hungary v West Germany". daviscup.com.
  27. ^ "Sweden v Spain". daviscup.com.
  28. ^ "Hungary v Italy". daviscup.com.
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