1978 Davis Cup Europe Zone

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

Main article: 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
10–12 August 1977
16–18 September 1977		 Qualifying Round
17–19 March
                 
Monte Carlo, Monaco
  Monaco 5  
Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
  Luxembourg 0  
    Monaco 0
    Great Britain 5
 bye
  Great Britain  
Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
  Israel 5  
Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
  Finland 0  
    Israel 2
    Austria 3
 bye
  Austria  
  Czechoslovakia  
Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor clay)
 bye  
    Czechoslovakia 3
Zeist, Netherlands (clay)
    Netherlands 1
  Netherlands 4
  Greece 1  
  Poland  
Warsaw, Poland
 bye  
    Poland 4
Algiers, Algeria (clay)
    Iran 1
  Algeria 1
  Iran 4  

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 / Kanyab 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 / Kanyab 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  
   bye     Paris, France (clay)
      France 2  
  Bristol, United Kingdom (grass)     Great Britain 3  
    Great Britain 5
    Austria 0     Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass)
      Great Britain 5
  Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)       Czechoslovakia 0
    Czechoslovakia 3  
    Poland 2     Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
      Czechoslovakia 5
      Romania 0  
   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
27–29 August 1977
       
  Casablanca, Morocco
    Morocco 5
    Turkey 0

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
16–18 September 1977		 Qualifying Round
17–19 March
                 
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
  Morocco 4  
Casablanca, Morocco
  Norway 1  
    Morocco 0
    Yugoslavia 5
 bye
  Yugoslavia  
Dublin, Ireland (grass)
  Ireland 4  
Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
  Portugal 1  
    Ireland 0
    Sweden 5
 bye
  Sweden  
  Hungary  
Pécs, Hungary
 bye  
    Hungary 4
Brussels, Belgium (clay)
    Belgium 1
  Belgium 3
  Denmark 2  
Lucerne, Switzerland
   Switzerland 5  
Zürich, Switzerland
  Egypt 0  
     Switzerland 0
    West Germany 5
 bye
  West Germany  

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  
   bye     Båstad, Sweden (clay)
      Spain 2  
  Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay)     Sweden 3  
    Yugoslavia 2
    Sweden 3     Båstad, Sweden (clay)
      Sweden 3
  Budapest, Hungary       Hungary 1
    Hungary 3  
    West Germany 2     Budapest, Hungary
      Hungary 4
      Italy 1  
   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

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