1979 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1979 Davis Cup.

Main article: 1979 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 1978 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 Great Britain in the Zone A final, and Czechoslovakia defeated Sweden in the Zone B final, resulting in both Italy and Czechoslovakia progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2][3]

Zone A

Preliminary Rounds

Draw
  First Round
15–17 September 1978		 Qualifying Round
16–18 March
                 
  Poland  
Warsaw, Poland
 bye  
    Poland 4
Helsinki, Finland
    Finland 1
  Finland 5
  Morocco 0  
  Italy  
Palermo, Italy (clay)
 bye  
    Italy 5
Athens, Greece (clay)
    Denmark 0
  Greece 1
  Denmark 4  
  Austria  
Vienna, Austria
 bye  
    Austria 5
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
    Egypt 0
  Egypt 5
  Portugal 0  
  Spain  
Barcelona, Spain
 bye  
    Spain 5
Monte Carlo, Monaco
    Soviet Union 0
  Monaco 1
  Soviet Union 4  

First Round

Finland vs. Morocco


Finland
5		 Helsinki, Finland [4]
15–17 September 1978
Morocco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Leo Palin
Mustapha Dislam		 6
4		 6
2		 6
1		      
2
Matti Timonen
Omar Laimina		 6
2		 8
6		 4
6 		6
1		    
3
Leo Palin / Reijo Tuomola
Mustapha Dislam / Omar Laimina		 6
3		 6
1		 6
1		      
4
Leo Palin
Omar Laimina		 6
2		 6
2		 6
4		      
5
Matti Timonen
Mustapha Dislam		 6
1		 6
1		 6
3		      

Greece vs. Denmark


Greece
1		 Athens, Greece [5]
15–17 September 1978
Clay
Denmark
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Lars Elvstrøm		 3
6 		0
1		       retired
 
2
Nicolas Kelaidis
Finn Christensen		 11
9		 6
2		 1
6 		4
6 		2
6 		 
3
George Kalovelonis / Pavlos Mamasis
Finn Christensen / Lars Elvstrøm		 4
6 		11
9		 6
3		 3
6 		7
5		  
4
Nicolas Kelaidis
Lars Elvstrøm		 0
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
5
Pavlos Mamasis
Finn Christensen		 5
7 		5
7 		6
4		 6
8 		   

Egypt vs. Portugal


Egypt
5		 Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt [6]
15–17 September 1978
Clay
Portugal
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Abdel-Gawad Mohammed
Sergio Cruz		 2
6 		3
6 		6
3		 6
2		 6
1		  
2
Ismail El Shafei
José Vilela		 4
6 		6
1		 6
1		 6
1		    
3
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka / Ismail El Shafei
Luís Filipe Silva / José Vilela		 7
5		 6
2		 6
2		      
4
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka
Luís Filipe Silva		 7
5		 6
2		 6
4		      
5
Ahmed El-Mehelmy
Manuel de Sousa		 6
4		 3
6 		6
3		 6
0		    

Monaco vs. Soviet Union


Monaco
1		 Monte Carlo, Monaco [7]
15–17 September 1978
Soviet Union
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Louis Borfiga
Teimuraz Kakulia		 1
6 		6
4		 4
6 		3
6 		   
2
Bernard Balleret
Alex Metreveli		 3
6 		6
3		 5
7 		2
6 		   
3
Bernard Balleret / Michel Borfiga
Teimuraz Kakulia / Alex Metreveli		 1
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
4
Bernard Balleret
Teimuraz Kakulia		 6
4		 2
6 		1
6 		6
4		 6
3		  
5
Louis Borfiga
Alex Metreveli		 2
6 		2
6 		       

Qualifying Round

Poland vs. Finland


Poland
4		 Warsaw, Poland [8]
16–18 March 1979
Finland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Henryk Drzymalski
Leo Palin		 2
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
2
Wojciech Fibak
Matti Timonen		 6
1		 6
2		 6
3		      
3
Wojciech Fibak / Tadeusz Nowicki
George Berner / Leo Palin		 6
3		 6
3		 6
0		      
4
Wojciech Fibak
Leo Palin		 6
0		 6
3		 6
3		      
5
Henryk Drzymalski
Matti Timonen		 6
3		 6
4		 7
5		      

Italy vs. Denmark


Italy
5		 Palermo, Italy [9]
16–18 March 1979
Clay
Denmark
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Adriano Panatta
Michael Mortensen		 6
2		 6
0		 6
2		      
2
Corrado Barazzutti
Carl-Edvard Hedelund		 6
1		 6
1		 6
2		      
3
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
Carl-Edvard Hedelund / Michael Mortensen		 6
0		 6
8 		6
2		 6
2		    
4
Corrado Barazzutti
Michael Mortensen		 6
1		 6
1		        
5
Adriano Panatta
Carl-Edvard Hedelund		 6
0		 6
3		 6
1		      

Austria vs. Egypt


Austria
5		 Vienna, Austria [10]
16–18 March 1979
Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Hans Kary
Ismail El Shafei		 6
3		 3
6 		6
4		 6
2		    
2
Peter Feigl
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka		 11
9		 6
4		 6
3		      
3
Peter Feigl / Hans Kary
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka / Ismail El Shafei		 7
5		 6
4		 6
4		      
4
Peter Feigl
Ismail El Shafei		 11
9		 12
10		        
retired
5
Hans Kary
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka		 6
4		 6
4		 6
2		      

Spain vs. Soviet Union


Spain
5		 Barcelona, Spain [11]
16–18 March 1979
Soviet Union
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
José Higueras
Alex Metreveli		 7
5		 6
2		 6
0		      
2
Manuel Orantes
Vadim Borisov		 6
3		 6
4		 6
0		      
3
José Higueras / Manuel Orantes
Vadim Borisov / Alex Metreveli		 7
5		 6
2		 6
0		      
4
Antonio Muñoz
Ramiz Akhmerov		 8
6		 6
2		        
5
Fernando Luna
Vadim Borisov		 6
1		 6
4		        

Main Draw

Draw
  Quarterfinals
15–17 June		 Semifinals
13–15 July		 Final
14–16 September
                           
 
    Hungary  
   bye     Rome, Italy (clay)
      Hungary 2  
  Warsaw, Poland     Italy 3  
    Poland 1
    Italy 4     Rome, Italy (clay)
      Italy 4
  Vienna, Austria       Great Britain 1
    Austria 1  
    Spain 3     Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass)
      Spain 1
      Great Britain 4  
   bye
    Great Britain  

Quarterfinals

Poland vs. Italy


Poland
1		 Warsaw, Poland [12]
15–17 June 1979
Italy
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Wojciech Fibak
Adriano Panatta		 6
2		 6
0		 2
6 		6
4		    
2
Henryk Drzymalski
Corrado Barazzutti		 3
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
3
Wojciech Fibak / Tadeusz Nowicki
Corrado Barazzutti / Adriano Panatta		 1
6 		6
4		 12
14 		2
6 		   
4
Wojciech Fibak
Corrado Barazzutti		 5
7 		7
5		 6
3		 4
6 		2
6 		 
5
Henryk Drzymalski
Adriano Panatta		 2
6 		1
6 		       

Austria vs. Spain


Austria
1		 Vienna, Austria [13]
15–17 June 1979
Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Peter Feigl
José Higueras		 6
3		 4
6 		7
5		 11
9		    
2
Hans Kary
Manuel Orantes		 16
14		 8
10 		3
6 		4
6 		   
3
Peter Feigl / Hans Kary
José Higueras / Manuel Orantes		 12
14 		6
8 		4
6 		     
4
Peter Feigl
Manuel Orantes		 3
6 		15
17 		2
6 		     
5
Hans Kary
José Higueras		           not
played

Semifinals

Italy vs. Hungary


Italy
3		 Foro Italico, Rome, Italy [14]
13–15 July 1979
Clay
Hungary
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Adriano Panatta
Péter Szőke		 6
2		 6
0		 6
3		      
2
Corrado Barazzutti
Balázs Taróczy		 9
7		 6
2		 3
6 		7
5		    
3
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy		 3
6 		6
3		 0
6 		6
8 		   
4
Corrado Barazzutti
Péter Szőke		 6
4		 6
1		 6
1		      
5
Antonio Zugarelli
Balázs Taróczy		 4
6 		3
6 		       

Great Britain vs. Spain


Great Britain
4		 Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdom [15]
13–15 July 1979
Grass
Spain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Buster Mottram
José Higueras		 6
2		 6
3		 6
0		      
2
John Lloyd
Manuel Orantes		 7
5		 6
1		 3
6 		6
2		    
3
Mark Cox / David Lloyd
José Higueras / Manuel Orantes		 2
6 		6
2		 6
4		 6
4		    
4
John Lloyd
José Higueras		 3
6 		0
6 		4
6 		     
5
Mark Cox
Antonio Muñoz		 6
1		 6
3		 6
2		      

Final

Italy vs. Great Britain


Italy
4		 Foro Italico, Rome, Italy [2]
14–16 September 1979
Clay
Great Britain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Adriano Panatta
Buster Mottram		 0
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2
Corrado Barazzutti
John Lloyd		 6
1		 6
4		 6
4		      
3
Corrado Barazzutti / Antonio Zugarelli
Mark Cox / David Lloyd		 7
5		 10
8		 6
1		      
4
Adriano Panatta
John Lloyd		 6
3		 6
2		 6
3		      
5
Corrado Barazzutti
Buster Mottram		 8
6		 7
5		        

Zone B

Pre-Qualifying Round

Draw
  Pre-Qualifying Round
August 1978
       
  Ankara, Turkey
    Turkey 0
    Iran 5

Results

Turkey vs. Iran


Turkey
0		 Ankara, Turkey [16]
August 1978
Iran
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Hakkı Özgenel
Mansour Bahrami		 0
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
2
Kemal Anbar
Moharram-Ali Khodai		 1
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3
Kemal Anbar / Murat Gürler
Mansour Bahrami / Kanyab Derafshijavan		 4
6 		2
6 		7
9 		     
4
Hakkı Özgenel
Hussain Akbari		 6
4		 3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		   
5
Kemal Anbar
Mansour Bahrami		 0
6 		6
4		 7
5		 2
6 		4
6 		 

Preliminary Rounds

Draw
  First Round
15–17 September 1978		 Qualifying Round
16–18 March
                 
Amersfoort, Netherlands (clay)
  Netherlands 4  
Amsterdam, Netherlands (indoor carpet)
  Norway 1  
    Netherlands 2
    France 3
 bye
  France  
Geneva, Switzerland
   Switzerland 3  
Zürich, Switzerland
  Iran 2  
     Switzerland 4
    Yugoslavia 1
 bye
  Yugoslavia  
  Israel w/o  
Augsburg, West Germany
  Nigeria  
    Israel 2
    West Germany 3
 bye
  West Germany  
Brussels, Belgium
  Belgium 5  
Brussels, Belgium
  Ireland 0  
    Belgium 1
    Romania 4
 bye
  Romania  

First Round

Netherlands vs. Norway


Netherlands
4		 Amersfoort, Netherlands [17]
15–17 September 1978
Clay
Norway
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Rolf Thung
Per Hegna		 8
6		 5
7 		2
6 		2
6 		   
2
Louk Sanders
John Erik Rustad		 6
3		 6
1		 6
1		      
3
Wouter Fok / Louk Sanders
Per Hegna / Frithjof Prydz		 6
2		 6
4		 6
1		      
4
Rolf Thung
John Erik Rustad		 6
3		 6
3		 6
3		      
5
Louk Sanders
Per Hegna		 3
6 		3
6 		6
2		 6
4		 6
0		  

Switzerland vs. Iran


Switzerland
3		 Geneva, Switzerland [18]
15–17 September 1978
Iran
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Heinz Günthardt
Moharram-Ali Khodai		 6
4		 6
2		 1
6 		6
4		    
2
Serge Gramegna
Mansour Bahrami		 6
4		 6
3		 4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		 
3
Serge Gramegna / Heinz Günthardt
Mansour Bahrami / Kanyab Derafshijavan		 6
4		 9
7		 6
0		      
4
Heinz Günthardt
Mansour Bahrami		 6
2		 3
6 		6
2		 12
14 		11
9		  
5
Serge Gramegna
Moharram-Ali Khodai		 2
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     

Belgium vs. Ireland


Belgium
5		 Brussels, Belgium [19]
15–17 September 1978
Ireland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bernard Boileau
Sean Sorensen		 6
1		 8
6		 6
0		      
2
Thierry Stevaux
Kevin Menton		 6
3		 6
1		 6
4		      
3
Bernard Boileau / Thierry Stevaux
John Biscomb / Sean Sorensen		 6
0		 6
2		 6
3		      
4
Bernard Boileau
Kevin Menton		 6
1		 6
1		 6
1		      
5
Thierry Stevaux
Sean Sorensen		 3
6 		7
9 		9
7		 6
2		 6
4		  

Qualifying Round

Netherlands vs. France


Netherlands
2		 Amsterdam, Netherlands [20]
16–18 March 1979
Carpet (indoors)
France
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tom Okker
Pascal Portes		 3
6 		6
4		 6
3		 6
1		    
2
Louk Sanders
Yannick Noah		 2
6 		4
6 		7
5		 3
6 		   
3
Tom Okker / Rolf Thung
Patrice Dominguez / Gilles Moretton		 9
7		 6
8 		6
2		 6
1		    
4
Tom Okker
Yannick Noah		 10
8		 1
6 		9
7		 3
6 		4
6 		 
5
Louk Sanders
Pascal Portes		 6
8 		4
6 		4
6 		     

Switzerland vs. Yugoslavia


Switzerland
4		 Zürich, Switzerland [21]
16–18 March 1979
Yugoslavia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roland Stadler
Marko Ostoja		 3
6 		6
4		 6
2		 6
4		    
2
Heinz Günthardt
Zoltan Ilin		 6
4		 6
0		 6
2		      
3
Serge Gramegna / Heinz Günthardt
Zoltan Ilin / Marko Ostoja		 10
12 		6
3		 7
5		 3
6 		5
7 		 
4
Roland Stadler
Zoltan Ilin		 6
1		 6
2		 6
4		      
5
Heinz Günthardt
Marko Ostoja		 6
1		 6
3		 6
4		      

West Germany vs. Israel


West Germany
3		 Augsburg, West Germany [22]
16–18 March 1979
Israel
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Rolf Gehring
Shlomo Glickstein		 6
4		 2
6 		6
2		 7
9 		2
6 		 
2
Ulrich Pinner
Steve Krulevitz		 6
3		 6
3		 7
5		      
3
Ulrich Pinner / Werner Zirngibl
Shlomo Glickstein / Yair Wertheimer		 3
6 		6
3		 6
4		 6
4		    
4
Ulrich Pinner
Shlomo Glickstein		 6
2		 6
4		 6
2		      
5
Rolf Gehring
Steve Krulevitz		 1
6 		6
4		 3
6 		9
7		 4
6 		 

Belgium vs. Romania


Belgium
1		 Brussels, Belgium [23]
16–18 March 1979
Romania
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Thierry Stevaux
Gavorielle Marcu		 2
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
2
Bernard Boileau
Ilie Năstase		 3
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3
Bernard Boileau / Patrick Hombergen
Gavorielle Marcu / Ilie Năstase		 7
5		 2
6 		4
6 		6
4		 2
6 		 
4
Thierry Stevaux
Ilie Năstase		 0
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
5
Bernard Boileau
Gavorielle Marcu		 4
6 		6
2		 6
3		 6
1		    

Main Draw

Draw
  Quarterfinals
15–17 June		 Semifinals
13–15 July		 Final
14–16 September
                           
 
    Czechoslovakia  
   bye     Paris, France (clay)
      Czechoslovakia 4  
  Paris, France (clay)     France 1  
    France 5
     Switzerland 0     Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
      Czechoslovakia 3
  Bucharest, Romania (clay)       Sweden 2
    Romania 4  
    West Germany 1     Bucharest, Romania (clay)
      Romania 2
      Sweden 3  
   bye
    Sweden  

Quarterfinals

France vs. Switzerland


France
5		 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [24]
15–17 June 1979
Clay
Switzerland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Yannick Noah
Heinz Günthardt		 6
0		 6
3		 6
2		      
2
Dominique Bedel
Roland Stadler		 2
6 		6
2		 7
5		 6
4		    
3
Gilles Moretton / Yannick Noah
Serge Gramegna / Heinz Günthardt		 2
6 		6
2		 7
5		 6
3		    
4
Yannick Noah
Roland Stadler		 6
4		 6
0		 6
2		      
5
Dominique Bedel
Heinz Günthardt		 2
6 		6
4		 4
6 		14
12		 7
5		  

Romania vs. West Germany


Romania
4		 Bucharest, Romania [25]
15–17 June 1979
Clay
West Germany
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Dumitru Hărădău
Max Wünschig		 6
2		 3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		   
2
Ilie Năstase
Peter Elter		 6
4		 6
4		 6
2		      
3
Gavorielle Marcu / Ilie Năstase
Jürgen Fassbender / Ulrich Marten		 6
2		 7
5		 7
5		      
4
Dumitru Hărădău
Peter Elter		 6
3		 6
4		 5
7 		6
1		    
5
Ilie Năstase
Max Wünschig		 6
1		 6
3		 7
5		      

Semifinals

France vs. Czechoslovakia


France
1		 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [26]
13–15 July 1979
Clay
Czechoslovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Yannick Noah
Ivan Lendl		 3
6 		3
6 		6
3		 7
9 		   
2
Gilles Moretton
Tomáš Šmíd		 6
4		 6
4		 3
6 		3
6 		6
8 		 
3
Gilles Moretton / Yannick Noah
Jan Kodeš / Tomáš Šmíd		 5
7 		4
6 		7
5		 2
6 		   
4
Gilles Moretton
Ivan Lendl		 1
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
5
Yannick Noah
Tomáš Šmíd		 7
5		 6
1		 6
2		      

Romania vs. Sweden


Romania
2		 Club Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest, Romania [27]
13–15 July 1979
Clay
Sweden
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ilie Năstase
Stefan Simonsson		 7
9 		5
7 		7
5		 6
3		 6
3		  
2
Dumitru Hărădău
Björn Borg		 3
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     
3
Gavorielle Marcu / Ilie Năstase
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg		 5
7 		4
6 		3
6 		     
4
Ilie Năstase
Björn Borg		 3
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     
5
Dumitru Hărădău
Stefan Simonsson		 6
3		 6
4		 6
3		      

Final

Czechoslovakia vs. Sweden


Czechoslovakia
3		 Štvanice Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia [3]
14–16 September 1979
Clay
Sweden
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tomáš Šmíd
Kjell Johansson		 6
4		 6
3		 6
2		      
2
Ivan Lendl
Björn Borg		 4
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
3
Jan Kodeš / Tomáš Šmíd
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg		 2
6 		6
3		 6
4		 6
0		    
4
Ivan Lendl
Kjell Johansson		 8
10 		6
4		 6
4		 4
6 		6
1		  
5
Tomáš Šmíd
Per Hjertquist		 3
5		         retired
 

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  5. "Greece v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  6. "Egypt v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  7. "Monaco v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  8. "Poland v Finland". daviscup.com.
  9. "Italy v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  10. "Austria v Egypt". daviscup.com.
  11. "Spain v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  12. "Poland v Italy". daviscup.com.
  13. "Austria v Spain". daviscup.com.
  14. "Italy v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  15. "Great Britain v Spain". daviscup.com.
  16. "Turkey v Iran". daviscup.com.
  17. "Netherlands v Norway". daviscup.com.
  18. "Switzerland v Iran". daviscup.com.
  19. "Belgium v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  20. "Netherlands v France". daviscup.com.
  21. "Switzerland v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
  22. "West Germany v Israel". daviscup.com.
  23. "Belgium v Romania". daviscup.com.
  24. "France v Switzerland". daviscup.com.
  25. "Romania v West Germany". daviscup.com.
  26. "France v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
  27. "Romania v Sweden". daviscup.com.
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