1968 Davis Cup

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The 1968 Davis Cup was the 57th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 49 teams would enter the competition, 32 in the Europe Zone, 9 in the Americas Zone, and 8 in the Eastern Zone.[1]

The United States defeated Ecuador in the Americas Zone final, India defeated Japan in the Eastern Zone final, and West Germany and Spain won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, the USA defeated Spain, India defeated West Germany, and then the USA defeated India in the final. The USA then defeated defending champions Australia in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre in Adelaide, Australia on 26–28 December.

Americas Zone

North & Central America draw

South America draw

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Caracas, Venezuela
 Venezuela3
Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
 Argentina2
 Venezuela0
 Ecuador3
 Ecuador
Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
bye
 Ecuador3
 Chile1
bye
Lima, Peru
 Peru
 Peru0
 Chile5
bye
 Chile

Americas Inter-Zonal Final


United States
5 		Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC, United States
7–9 June 1968
carpet (indoors)
Ecuador
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Ecuador 		Arthur Ashe
Pancho Guzmán 		6
3 		6
3 		6
2 		     
2 United States
Ecuador 		Clark Graebner
Miguel Olvera 		6
2 		6
1 		6
2 		     
3 United States
Ecuador 		Clark Graebner / Bob Lutz
Pancho Guzmán / Miguel Olvera 		6
3 		6
2 		7
5 		     
4 United States
Ecuador 		Clark Graebner
Pancho Guzmán 		4
6 		6
3 		6
4 		6
4 		   
5 United States
Ecuador 		Arthur Ashe
Miguel Olvera 		6
1 		6
3 		6
0 		     

Eastern Zone

Zone A Draw

Zone B Draw

SemifinalsFinal
Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
 Malaysia1
Guwahati, India
 Ceylon4
 Ceylon2
 India3
bye
 India

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final


Japan
1 		Tokyo, Japan
21–23 September 1968
India
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
India 		Keishiro Yanagi
Premjit Lall 		2
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
2 Japan
India 		Koji Watanabe
Ramanathan Krishnan 		2
6 		6
3 		3
6 		2
6 		   
3 Japan
India 		Isao Watanabe / Koji Watanabe
Ramanathan Krishnan / Jaidip Mukerjea 		2
6 		2
6 		7
5 		6
1 		0
6 		 
4 Japan
India 		Keishiro Yanagi
Ramanathan Krishnan 		4
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
5 Japan
India 		Koji Watanabe
Premjit Lall 		8
6 		6
1 		6
2 		     

Europe Zone

Zone A Draw

  • The Sweden / Rhodesia tie was originally scheduled to be held in Båstad, Sweden, but protests over Rhodesia's participation prevented it from taking place. The Swedish Tennis Federation agreed to move the tie to a neutral site.[2]

Zone A Final


Spain
3 		Real Club de Tenis de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
19–21 July 1968
clay
Italy
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Italy 		Juan Gisbert
Martin Mulligan 		6
4 		2
6 		6
2 		6
4 		   
2 Spain
Italy 		Manuel Santana
Nicola Pietrangeli 		6
3 		3
6 		4
6 		6
4 		6
2 		 
3 Spain
Italy 		José Luis Arilla / Manuel Orantes
Martin Mulligan / Nicola Pietrangeli 		5
7 		2
6 		6
3 		3
6 		   
4 Spain
Italy 		Juan Gisbert
Nicola Pietrangeli 		8
6 		6
4 		6
2 		     
5 Spain
Italy 		Manuel Orantes
Martin Mulligan 		2
4 		6
4 		6
7 		6
6 		   

Zone B draw

Zone B Final


West Germany
3 		Düsseldorf, West Germany
19–21 July 1968
South Africa
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
South Africa 		Wilhelm Bungert
Bob Hewitt 		9
7 		7
5 		7
5 		     
2 West Germany
South Africa 		Inge Buding
Ray Moore 		6
3 		4
6 		10
8 		6
8 		6
4 		 
3 West Germany
South Africa 		Inge Buding / Jürgen Faßbender
Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan 		4
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4 West Germany
South Africa 		Wilhelm Bungert
Ray Moore 		6
1 		6
1 		6
1 		     
5 West Germany
South Africa 		Inge Buding
Bob Hewitt 		7
5 		6
2 		2
6 		6
3 		   

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

First round


West Germany
2 		Munich, West Germany
4–6 October 1968
India
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
India 		Inge Buding
Premjit Lall 		6
2 		2
6 		3
6 		4
6 		   
2 West Germany
India 		Wilhelm Bungert
Ramanathan Krishnan 		4
6 		6
0 		8
6 		7
5 		   
3 West Germany
India 		Wilhelm Bungert / Jürgen Faßbender
Ramanathan Krishnan / Jaidip Mukerjea 		2
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
4 West Germany
India 		Inge Buding
Ramanathan Krishnan 		2
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
5 West Germany
India 		Wilhelm Bungert
Premjit Lall 		6
1 		4
6 		6
4 		6
3 		   

United States
4 		Harold Clark Courts, Cleveland, OH, United States
16–19 August 1968
hard
Spain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
Spain 		Clark Graebner
Manuel Santana 		2
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
2 United States
Spain 		Arthur Ashe
Juan Gisbert 		6
2 		6
4 		6
2 		     
3 United States
Spain 		Clark Graebner / Charlie Pasarell
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Santana 		11
13 		17
15 		7
5 		6
2 		   
4 United States
Spain 		Clark Graebner
Juan Gisbert 		9
7 		6
3 		6
1 		     
5 United States
Spain 		Arthur Ashe
Manuel Santana 		11
13 		7
5 		6
3 		13
15 		6
4 		 

Final


United States
4 		Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico
9–11 November 1968
hard
India
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 United States
India 		Arthur Ashe
Premjit Lall 		6
2 		5
7 		6
2 		6
4 		   
2 United States
India 		Clark Graebner
Ramanathan Krishnan 		5
7 		6
4 		2
6 		1
6 		   
3 United States
India 		Bob Lutz / Stan Smith
Ramanathan Krishnan / Jaidip Mukerjea 		6
2 		6
3 		6
2 		     
4 United States
India 		Arthur Ashe
Ramanathan Krishnan 		6
1 		6
3 		6
3 		     
5 United States
India 		Clark Graebner
Premjit Lall 		9
11 		9
7 		7
5 		6
4 		   

Challenge Round


Australia
1 		Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, Adelaide, Australia
26–28 December 1968
grass
United States
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Australia
United States 		Bill Bowrey
Clark Graebner 		10
8 		4
6 		6
8 		6
3 		1
6 		 
2 Australia
United States 		Ray Ruffels
Arthur Ashe 		8
6 		5
7 		3
6 		3
6 		   
3 Australia
United States 		John Alexander / Ray Ruffels
Bob Lutz / Stan Smith 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
4 Australia
United States 		Ray Ruffels
Clark Graebner 		6
3 		6
8 		6
2 		3
6 		1
6 		 
5 Australia
United States 		Bill Bowrey
Arthur Ashe 		2
6 		6
3 		11
9 		8
6 		   

References

  1. ^ http://www.daviscup.com/en/teams/teams-a-to-z.aspx
  2. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rNVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MuADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4408,2869280&dq=davis+cup+chile&hl=en
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