1975 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Main article: 1975 Davis Cup

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1975 Davis Cup.

32 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 4 teams in each sub-zone entered the competition in the pre-qualifying rounds, competing head-to-head for 2 spots in the preliminary rounds. The 4 winners in the pre-qualifying rounds joined an additional 20 teams in the preliminary rounds, with 12 teams in each sub-zone competing for 4 places in the main draw, to join the 4 finalists from the 1974 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.

Sweden defeated Spain in the Zone A final, and Czechoslovakia defeated France in the Zone B final, resulting in both Sweden and France progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.

Zone A

Pre-Qualifying Round

Draw

	Pre-Qualifying Round 23–25 August 1974					Final
	Tehran, Iran
	Iran		5
	Lebanon		0
	Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
	Israel		5
	Luxembourg		0

Results

Iran vs. Lebanon

Iran 5	Tehran, Iran 23–25 August 1974		Lebanon 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Taghi Akbari Khoder Issa 6 1 6 2 6 1       2 Ali Madani Ahmed Ramadan 6 2 6 3 6 2       3 Taghi Akbari / Ali Madani Khoder Issa / Ahmed Ramadan 10 8 6 1 6 2       4 Habib Saleh Ahmed Ramadan 7 5 11 9 6 4       5 Kanyab Derafshijavan Khoder Issa 8 6 6 3 6 2

Israel vs. Luxembourg

Israel 5	Tel Aviv, Israel 23–25 August 1974 Hard		Luxembourg 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yehoshua Shalem Théo Storck 6 0 6 1 6 1       2 Yair Wertheimer Fernand Claude 6 2 6 2 6 2       3 Ruben Porges / Josef Stabholz Fernand Claude / Joseph Offenheim 6 1 6 1 10 8       4 Yehoshua Shalem Fernand Claude 6 3 6 1 6 3       5 Yair Wertheimer Théo Storck 6 1 6 3 6 1

Preliminary Rounds

Draw

First Round 20–29 September 1974

Qualifying Round 2–4 May

Semifinals

Final

Spain

Murcia, Spain (clay)

bye

Spain

5

Copenhagen, Denmark (indoor carpet)

Denmark

0

Denmark

4

Greece

1

Austria

Vienna, Austria (clay)

bye

Austria

0

London, United Kingdom (indoor carpet)

Great Britain

4

Great Britain

5

Iran

0

Poznań, Poland (clay)

Poland

5

Warsaw, Poland (clay)

Portugal

0

Poland

1

Sweden

4

bye

Sweden

Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)

Israel

0

Freiburg, West Germany

Switzerland

5

Switzerland

0

West Germany

5

bye

West Germany

First Round

Denmark vs. Greece

Denmark 4	Copenhagen, Denmark 27–29 September 1974 Carpet (indoors)		Greece 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lars Elvstrøm Nicolas Kelaidis 6 3 4 6 4 6 7 5 6 4   2 Tom Christensen Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 6 3 3 6 12 10 4 6 6 3   3 Tom Christensen / Lars Elvstrøm Nicholas Kalogeropoulos / Nicolas Kelaidis 10 12 2 6 6 1 9 7 8 6   4 Lars Elvstrøm Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 5 7 5 7 6 2 7 9     5 Tom Christensen Nicolas Kelaidis 4 6 6 2 6 3 4 6 6 5   retired

Great Britain vs. Iran

Great Britain 5	Queen's Club, London, United Kingdom 26–28 September 1974 Carpet (indoors)		Iran 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Roger Taylor Mansour Bahrami 6 0 6 0 6 2       2 John Lloyd Ali Madani 6 1 7 5 6 2       3 Mark Farrell / John Lloyd Kanyab Derafshijavan / Ali Madani 6 1 6 1 6 1       4 John Lloyd Mansour Bahrami 7 5 7 5 6 4       5 Roger Taylor Ali Madani 6 1 6 3 6 1

Poland vs. Portugal

Poland 5	Poznań, Poland 20–22 September 1974 Clay		Portugal 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jacek Niedźwiedzki José Vilela 6 2 6 4 6 0       2 Henryk Drzymalski Sergio Cruz 6 2 6 1 6 4       3 Wojciech Fibak / Jacek Niedźwiedzki Sergio Cruz / José Vilela 6 1 6 0 6 2       4 Henryk Drzymalski José Vilela 7 5 6 4 7 5       5 Jacek Niedźwiedzki Sergio Cruz 6 1 6 0 6 2

Israel vs. Switzerland

Israel 0	Tel Aviv, Israel 20–22 September 1974 Hard		Switzerland 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yehoshua Shalem Dimitri Sturdza 2 6 3 6 3 6       2 Josef Stabholz Petr Kanderal 2 6 1 6 0 6       3 Josef Stabholz / Yair Wertheimer Dimitri Sturdza / Matthias Werren 7 9 3 6 5 7       4 Yehoshua Shalem Petr Kanderal 2 6 1 6 6 4 1 6     5 Josef Stabholz Dimitri Sturdza 4 6 3 6 7 5 6 8

Qualifying Round

Spain vs. Denmark

Spain 5	Murcia Club de Tenis, Murcia, Spain 2–4 May 1975 Clay		Denmark 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 José Higueras Tom Christensen 6 3 6 4 6 1       2 Manuel Orantes Lars Elvstrøm 6 3 6 3 6 0       3 Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes Tom Christensen / Lars Elvstrøm 6 1 6 4 6 1       4 Antonio Muñoz Tom Christensen 6 0 6 3 6 0       5 José Higueras Lars Elvstrøm 6 3 6 0 6 2

Austria vs. Great Britain

Austria 0	Vienna, Austria 2–4 May 1975 Clay		Great Britain 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hans Kary Roger Taylor 3 6 6 1 6 8 1 6     2 Gerhard Wimmer Buster Mottram 1 6 1 6 0 6       3 Hans Kary / Gerhard Wimmer Buster Mottram / Roger Taylor 4 6 3 6 1 6       4 Gerhard Wimmer Roger Taylor 2 6 4 6 6 2 6 4 2 6   5 Hans Kary John Lloyd 6 2 3 6 4 6 5 4   not completed

Poland vs. Sweden

Poland 1	Legia Stadium, Warsaw, Poland 2–4 May 1975 Clay		Sweden 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Wojciech Fibak Birger Andersson 6 1 8 6 6 2       2 Henryk Drzymalski Björn Borg 0 6 0 6 2 6       3 Wojciech Fibak / Jacek Niedźwiedzki Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg 4 6 2 6 4 6       4 Wojciech Fibak Björn Borg 4 6 1 6 6 8       5 Henryk Drzymalski Birger Andersson 3 6 0 6 2 6

West Germany vs. Switzerland

West Germany 5	Freiburg, West Germany 2–4 May 1975		Switzerland 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Dimitri Sturdza 4 6 6 4 6 2 6 0     2 Karl Meiler Petr Kanderal 6 2 6 2 6 4       3 Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Dimitri Sturdza / Matthias Werren 6 4 6 2 6 4       4 Karl Meiler Max Hürlimann 6 0 6 2 8 6       5 Harald Elschenbroich Petr Kanderal 6 4 6 0 6 2

Main Draw

Draw

Quarterfinals 9–18 May

Semifinals 18–20 July

Final 25–27 July

Romania

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

bye

Romania

2

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Spain

3

Spain

3

Barcelona, Spain (clay)

Great Britain

2

Spain

2

West Berlin (clay)

Sweden

3

West Germany

2

Jūrmala, Soviet Union (clay)

Sweden

3

Sweden

3

Soviet Union

2

bye

Soviet Union

Quarterfinals

Spain vs. Great Britain

Spain 3	Barcelona, Spain 9–11 May 1975 Clay		Great Britain 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Manuel Orantes Buster Mottram 6 4 6 1 6 2       2 José Higueras Roger Taylor 4 6 6 1 3 6 3 6     3 Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes Buster Mottram / Roger Taylor 6 4 6 4 4 6 6 0     4 José Higueras Buster Mottram 1 6 0 6 3 6       5 Manuel Orantes Roger Taylor 6 3 3 6 7 5 5 7 7 5

West Germany vs. Sweden

West Germany 2	Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, West Berlin 16–18 May 1975 Clay		Sweden 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Birger Andersson 1 6 6 0 6 3 6 0     2 Karl Meiler Björn Borg 1 6 12 14 6 8       3 Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Ove Bengtson / Rolf Norberg 6 2 6 3 6 1       4 Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Björn Borg 6 3 0 6 0 6 3 6     5 Karl Meiler Birger Andersson 5 7 1 6 2 6

Semifinals

Spain vs. Romania

Spain 3	Barcelona, Spain 18–20 July 1975 Clay		Romania 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Manuel Orantes Toma Ovici 6 2 6 2 3 6 6 2     2 José Higueras Ilie Năstase 0 6 6 8 6 4 1 6     3 Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac 3 6 4 6 6 3 7 5 6 2   4 Manuel Orantes Ilie Năstase 2 6 2 6 4 6       5 José Higueras Toma Ovici 6 2 2 6 6 1 5 7 6 3

Soviet Union vs. Sweden

Soviet Union 2	Lieupe Tennis Club, Jūrmala, Soviet Union 18–20 July 1975 Clay		Sweden 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Anatoli Volkov Birger Andersson 1 6 4 6 4 6       2 Alex Metreveli Björn Borg 5 7 3 6 3 6       3 Teimuraz Kakulia / Alex Metreveli Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg 6 1 6 4 8 6       4 Alex Metreveli Birger Andersson 6 3 5 7 6 2 6 3     5 Anatoli Volkov Björn Borg 6 8 1 6 0 6

Final

Spain vs. Sweden

Spain 2	Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 25–27 July 1975 Clay		Sweden 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Manuel Orantes Birger Andersson 6 1 6 3 6 4       2 José Higueras Björn Borg 3 6 1 6 1 6       3 Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg 6 4 6 3 6 1       4 Manuel Orantes Björn Borg 4 6 2 6 2 6       5 José Higueras Birger Andersson 6 3 4 6 3 6 0 6

Zone B

Pre-Qualifying Round

Draw

	Pre-Qualifying Round 23 August–14 September 1974					Final
	Lagos, Nigeria (hard)
	Nigeria		5
	Kenya		0
	Istanbul, Turkey
	Turkey		3
	Ireland		2

Results

Nigeria vs. Kenya

Nigeria 5	Lagos, Nigeria 12–14 September 1974 Hard		Kenya 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lawrence Awopegba Selim Rana 6 3 6 4 5 7 6 3     2 Yemisi Allan Yashvin Shretta 6 4 3 6 2 6 6 2 6 4   3 Yemisi Allan / Lawrence Awopegba Selim Rana / Yashvin Shretta 7 9 6 3 11 13 7 5 10 8   4 Yemisi Allan Selim Rana 6 2 7 5 6 3       5 Kehinde Ajayi Yashvin Shretta 6 0 6 2 6 1

Turkey vs. Ireland

Turkey 3	Istanbul, Turkey 23–25 August 1974		Ireland 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bülent Altınkaya Kevin Menton 6 1 6 1 4 6 6 2     2 Remzi Aydın Peter Ledbetter 6 3 6 1 0 6 6 2     3 Bülent Altınkaya / Remzi Aydın Michael Hickey / Kenneth Reid 2 6 6 2 7 5 6 4     4 Nur Gurak Kenneth Reid 7 5 3 6 3 6 1 6     5 Hasan Özdemir Kevin Menton 0 6 1 6 1 6

Preliminary Rounds

Draw

First Round 13–29 September 1974

Qualifying Round 2–11 May

Semifinals

Final

Netherlands

Budapest, Hungary

bye

Netherlands

0

Helsinki, Finland

Hungary

5

Finland

1

Hungary

4

Egypt

Monte Carlo, Monaco

bye

Egypt

3

Monte Carlo, Monaco

Monaco

1

Monaco

4

Nigeria

1

Brussels, Belgium (indoor hard)

Belgium

5

Paris, France (clay)

Norway

0

Belgium

4

France

1

bye

France

Sofia, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

5

Zagreb, Yugoslavia

Turkey

0

Bulgaria

1

Yugoslavia

4

bye

Yugoslavia

First Round

Finland vs. Hungary

Finland 1	Helsinki, Finland 27–29 September 1974		Hungary 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 George Berner Róbert Machán 1 6 9 7 6 8 8 6 6 1   2 Pekka Säilä Balázs Taróczy 1 6 3 6 1 6       3 Mikko Horsma / Matti Timonen Róbert Machán / Balázs Taróczy 6 8 9 7 2 6 3 6     4 Pekka Säilä Róbert Machán 5 7 8 6 4 6 4 6     5 George Berner Balázs Taróczy 6 3 3 6 4 6 2 6

Monaco vs. Nigeria

Monaco 4	Monte Carlo, Monaco 27–29 September 1974		Nigeria 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Louis Borfiga Yemisi Allan 6 3 6 2 6 1       2 Emmanuel van der Pol Lawrence Awopegba 6 3 6 2 6 1       3 Bernard Balleret / Emmanuel van der Pol Yemisi Allan / Lawrence Awopegba 6 1 6 2 3 6 6 3     4 Louis Borfiga Lawrence Awopegba 7 5 6 4 6 0       5 Emmanuel van der Pol Yemisi Allan 6 1 3 6 3 6 5 7

Belgium vs. Norway

Belgium 5	Brussels, Belgium 13–15 September 1974 Hard (indoors)		Norway 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bernard Mignot Erik Ulleberg 6 0 6 1 6 4       2 Patrick Hombergen Per Hegna 6 3 6 4 6 2       3 Patrick Hombergen / Bernard Mignot Per Hegna / Erik Ulleberg 6 1 6 4 6 3       4 Bernard Mignot Per Hegna 6 2 6 2 6 0       5 Patrick Hombergen Erik Ulleberg 7 5 6 3 6 2

Bulgaria vs. Turkey

Bulgaria 5	Sofia, Bulgaria 27–29 September 1974		Turkey 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ljuben Genov Remzi Aydın 6 3 6 0 6 1       2 Bozhidar Pampoulov Hasan Özdemir 6 1 6 3 6 1       3 Bozhidar Pampoulov / Matei Pampoulov Remzi Aydın / Hasan Özdemir 6 0 6 1 6 3       4 Matei Pampoulov Kemal Anbar 6 3 6 0 6 2       5 Lyubomir Petrov Hasan Özdemir 6 3 6 2 7 9 6 0

Qualifying Round

Hungary vs. Netherlands

Hungary 5	Budapest, Hungary 2–4 May 1975		Netherlands 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Balázs Taróczy Rolf Thung 7 5 6 0 6 1       2 Szabolcs Baranyi Louk Sanders 6 4 6 2 6 4       3 Róbert Machán / Balázs Taróczy Niklaus Fleury / Louk Sanders 6 2 8 6 6 1       4 Balázs Taróczy Louk Sanders 6 3 6 4 6 2       5 Szabolcs Baranyi Rolf Thung 6 0 4 6 6 0 6 3

Monaco vs. Egypt

Monaco 1	Monte Carlo, Monaco 2–4 May 1975		Egypt 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Emmanuel van der Pol Aly El Dawoudi 2 6 2 6 5 7       2 Louis Borfiga Ismail El Shafei 4 6 2 6 5 7       3 Bernard Balleret / Emmanuel van der Pol Aly El Dawoudi / Ismail El Shafei 3 6 1 6 4 6       4 Bernard Balleret Abdel-Ghani Mohammed 7 5 9 7 4 6 6 4     5 Emmanuel van der Pol Ismail El Shafei           not played

France vs. Belgium

France 4	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France 9–11 May 1975 Clay		Belgium 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Patrice Dominguez Patrick Hombergen 6 1 7 5 6 1       2 François Jauffret Bernard Mignot 8 6 7 5 6 1       3 Patrice Dominguez / François Jauffret Patrick Hombergen / Bernard Mignot 1 6 6 4 3 6 14 16     4 Patrice Dominguez Bernard Mignot 6 2 7 5 7 5       5 François Jauffret Patrick Hombergen 2 6 6 1 6 1 10 8

Yugoslavia vs. Bulgaria

Yugoslavia 4	Zagreb, Yugoslavia 2–4 May 1975		Bulgaria 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nikola Pilić Ljuben Genov 6 3 6 4 6 1       2 Nikola Špear Bozhidar Pampoulov 6 0 6 3 3 6 8 10 2 6   3 Nikola Pilić / Nikola Špear Bozhidar Pampoulov / Matei Pampoulov 6 1 6 3 7 5       4 Nikola Pilić Bozhidar Pampoulov 6 0 6 2 6 0       5 Nikola Špear Ljuben Genov 6 1 6 0 6 1

Main Draw

Draw

Quarterfinals 16–25 May

Semifinals 20–22 June; 18–20 July

Final 25–27 July

Czechoslovakia

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

bye

Czechoslovakia

4

Cairo, Egypt

Hungary

1

Egypt

2

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

Hungary

3

Czechoslovakia

3

Paris, France (clay)

France

2

France

3

Paris, France (clay)

Yugoslavia

0

France

3

Italy

2

bye

Italy

Quarterfinals

Egypt vs. Hungary

Egypt 2	Cairo, Egypt 16–18 May 1975		Hungary 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ismail El Shafei Szabolcs Baranyi 6 2 6 4 2 6 6 4     2 Aly El Dawoudi Balázs Taróczy 2 6 3 6 3 6       3 Aly El Dawoudi / Ismail El Shafei Róbert Machán / Balázs Taróczy 2 6 4 6 3 6       4 Ismail El Shafei Balázs Taróczy 9 7 6 2 15 13       5 Aly El Dawoudi Szabolcs Baranyi 1 6 7 5 3 6 6 4 2 6

France vs. Yugoslavia

France 3	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France 23–25 May 1975 Clay		Yugoslavia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Patrice Dominguez Željko Franulović 12 10 8 6 6 2       2 François Jauffret Nikola Pilić 6 3 7 5 2 6 6 3     3 Patrice Dominguez / François Jauffret Željko Franulović / Nikola Pilić 9 7 3 6 6 2 6 3     4 Patrice Dominguez Nikola Pilić 3 6 8 6 3 6     not completed 5 François Jauffret Željko Franulović           not played

Semifinals

Czechoslovakia vs. Hungary

Czechoslovakia 4	Prague, Czechoslovakia 18–20 July 1975 Clay		Hungary 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jan Kodeš Balázs Taróczy 6 3 4 6 6 8 7 5 8 6   2 Jiří Hřebec Szabolcs Baranyi 6 2 3 6 6 3 6 3     3 Jiří Hřebec / Jan Kodeš Róbert Machán / Balázs Taróczy 6 3 6 3 6 4       4 Jiří Hřebec Balázs Taróczy 4 6 1 6 2 6       5 Jan Kodeš Szabolcs Baranyi 8 6 4 6 3 6 7 5 6 4

France vs. Italy

France 3	Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France 20–22 June 1975 Clay		Italy 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 François Jauffret Adriano Panatta 6 1 6 4 8 6       2 Patrice Dominguez Corrado Barazzutti 6 4 0 6 1 6 3 6     3 Patrice Dominguez / François Jauffret Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta 1 6 4 6 1 6       4 Patrice Dominguez Adriano Panatta 6 3 1 6 7 5 6 3     5 François Jauffret Corrado Barazzutti 6 2 4 6 6 3 3 6 6 3

Final

Czechoslovakia vs. France

Czechoslovakia 3	Prague, Czechoslovakia 25–27 July 1975 Clay		France 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jan Kodeš Patrice Dominguez 6 1 6 4 1 6 6 0     2 Jiří Hřebec François Jauffret 6 4 4 6 6 3 2 6 6 0   3 Jiří Hřebec / Jan Kodeš Patrice Dominguez / Patrick Proisy 3 6 6 3 4 6 6 1 3 6   4 Jiří Hřebec Patrice Dominguez 6 4 3 6 4 6 4 6     5 Jan Kodeš François Jauffret 6 1 7 5 6 1