1969 Davis Cup

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The 1969 Davis Cup was the 58th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 51 teams would enter the competition, 34 in the Europe Zone, 9 in the Americas Zone, and 8 in the Eastern Zone.

Brazil defeated Mexico in the Americas Zone final, India defeated Japan in the Eastern Zone final, and Romania and Great Britain won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Great Britain defeated Brazil, Romania defeated India, and then Romania defeated Great Britain in the final. Romania then fell to defending champions the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Harold Clark Courts in Cleveland, OH, United States on 19-21 September. This marked the first time the final was played on hard courts.

[edit] Americas Zone

[edit] North & Central America draw

	1st Round 3-5 May					Final 24-26 May
	Bridgetown, Barbados
		Mexico	4
		Caribbean/West Indies	1			Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
							Mexico	3
						Australia	2
		bye
		Australia

[edit] South America draw

1st Round 2-5 May

Semifinals 16-18 May

Final 14-16 June

Brazil

bye

Bogotá, Colombia

Brazil

3

Caracas, Venezuela

Colombia

2

Venezuela

2

Colombia

3

Santiago, Chile

Brazil

3

Santiago, Chile

Chile

2

Chile

3

Argentina

2

Santiago, Chile (clay)

Chile

4

Ecuador

1

bye

Ecuador

[edit] Americas Inter-Zonal Final

Brazil 4	Pinheiros Sports Club, São Paulo, Brazil 19 June - 21 June 1969 clay		Mexico 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 José Edison Mandarino Marcelo Lara 4 6 6 2 6 4 5 7 6 3   2 Tomas Koch Joaquin Loyo-Mayo 7 5 6 1 6 3       3 Tomas Koch / José Edison Mandarino Luis Augusto García / Joaquin Loyo-Mayo 19 17 6 3 6 4       4 José Edison Mandarino Joaquin Loyo-Mayo 6 2 7 5 5 7 3 6 5 7   5 Tomas Koch Luis Augusto García 4 6 6 1 6 2 6 4

[edit] Eastern Zone

[edit] Zone A Draw

1st Round 28-30 March

Semifinals 4-20 April

Final

Jakarta, Indonesia

Indonesia

0

Philippines

3

Tokyo, Japan

Philippines

0

Japan

5

Japan

bye

Japan

w/o

South Vietnam

bye

South Korea

Seoul, South Korea

South Korea

2

South Vietnam

3

bye

South Vietnam

[edit] Zone B Draw

	1st Round 1-3 March					Final 25-27 March
	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
		Malaysia	0
		India	5			Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
							India	4
						Ceylon	1
		bye
		Ceylon

[edit] Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

India 5	Pune, India 10 May - 12 May 1969		Japan 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ramanathan Krishnan Ichizo Konishi 6 2 6 4 6 4       2 Premjit Lall Koji Watanabe 6 2 6 3 6 4       3 Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea Isao Watanabe / Koji Watanabe 6 3 13 11 7 9 6 4     4 Premjit Lall Ichizo Konishi 6 3 6 1 6 1       5 Shiv-Prakash Misra Koji Watanabe 6 3 6 3 5 7 6 2

[edit] Europe Zone

[edit] Zone A Draw

First round 4-12 May

Quarterfinals 22-25 May

Semifinals 13-15 June

Finals 18-20 July

Lisbon, Portugal (clay)

Spain

5

Zagreb, Yugoslavia (clay)

Rhodesia

0

Spain

5

Maribor, Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

0

Yugoslavia

3

Valencia, Spain (clay)

France

2

Spain

1

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Romania

4

Romania

3

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Egypt

2

Romania

5

Lisbon, Portugal (clay)

Israel

0

Portugal

1

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Israel

4

Romania

4

Athens, Greece

Soviet Union

1

Greece

0

Moscow, Soviet Union (clay)

Soviet Union

5

Soviet Union

4

Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)

Canada

1

Netherlands

2

Moscow, Soviet Union

Canada

3

Soviet Union

5

Oslo, Norway (clay)

Italy

0

Norway

0

Barletta, Italy (clay)

Austria

5

Austria

0

Genoa, Italy (clay)

Italy

5

Belgium

1

Italy

4

[edit] Zone A Final

Romania 4	Bucharest, Romania 18 July - 20 July 1969 clay		Soviet Union 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ion Ţiriac Tomas Lejus 6 3 6 3 8 6       2 Ilie Năstase Alex Metreveli 6 4 6 2 7 5       3 Ilie Năstase / Ion Ţiriac Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli 6 8 6 1 6 4 8 6     4 Ilie Năstase Tomas Lejus 4 6 6 3 6 2 6 2     5 Sever Dron Vladimir Korotkov 1 6 4 6 4 6

[edit] Zone B draw

First round 24 April-11 May

Quarterfinals 22-26 May

Semifinals 12-14 June

Finals 17-19 July

Cologne, Germany

West Germany

4

Båstad, Sweden (clay)

New Zealand

1

West Germany

4

Helsinki, Finland (clay)

Sweden

1

Finland

1

Birmingham, England (grass)

Sweden

4

West Germany

2

Zürich, Switzerland (clay)

Great Britain

3

Switzerland

0

Eastbourne, England (grass)

Great Britain

5

Great Britain

5

Cork, Ireland

Ireland

0

Ireland

5

Bristol, England (grass)

Luxembourg

0

Great Britain

3

Monte Carlo, Monaco

South Africa

2

Monaco

3

Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)

Bulgaria

2

Monaco

0

Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)

Czechoslovakia

5

Denmark

2

Czechoslovakia

3

Czechoslovakia

Warsaw, Poland

South Africa

w/o

Poland

3

Hungary

2

Poland

Cape Town, South Africa

South Africa

w/o

Iran

0

South Africa

5

[edit] Zone B Final

Great Britain 3	Bristol Lawn Tennis Club, Redland, Bristol, England 17 July - 19 July 1969 grass		South Africa 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mark Cox Bob Maud 3 6 6 3 6 4 3 6 6 4   2 Graham Stilwell Bob Hewitt 9 7 3 6 6 3 2 6 3 6   3 Mark Cox / Peter Curtis Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan 6 4 3 6 4 6 6 4 9 7   4 Graham Stilwell Bob Maud 8 6 11 9 6 3       5 Mark Cox Bob Hewitt 6 3 0 6 6 4 3 6 7 9

[edit] Inter-Zonal Zone

[edit] Draw

	1st Round 31 July-3 August					Final 14-16 August
	Wimbledon, England (grass)
	EUR-B	Great Britain	3
	AME	Brazil	2			Wimbledon, England (grass)
						EUR-B	Great Britain	2
Bucharest, Romania (clay)					EUR-A	Romania	3
	EAS	India	0
	EUR-A	Romania	4

[edit] First round

Great Britain 3	No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, London, England 31 July - 3 August 1969 grass		Brazil 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Graham Stilwell Jose Edison Mandarino 6 3 8 6 8 6       2 Mark Cox Tomas Koch 6 4 13 11 3 6 6 8 6 8   3 Mark Cox / Peter Curtis Tomas Koch / Jose Edison Mandarino 6 4 4 6 4 6 4 6     4 Graham Stilwell Tomas Koch 7 5 6 4 6 4       5 Mark Cox Jose Edison Mandarino 6 3 18 16 3 6 6 2

Romania 4	Bucharest, Romania 1 August - 3 August 1969 clay		India 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ion Ţiriac Premjit Lall 6 2 6 3 6 2       2 Ilie Năstase Jaidip Mukerjea 6 2 6 4 4 6 4 6 6 1   3 Ilie Năstase / Ion Ţiriac Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea 6 2 6 2 6 3       4 Petre Marmureanu Gaurav Misra 6 2 6 2 6 3       5 Sever Dron Anand Amritraj 6 3 6 2 9 10     not completed

[edit] Final

Great Britain 2	No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, London, England 14 August - 16 August 1969 grass		Romania 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Mark Cox Ion Ţiriac 4 6 4 6 3 6       2 Graham Stilwell Ilie Năstase 6 4 4 6 6 1 6 2     3 Mark Cox / Graham Stilwell Ilie Năstase / Ion Ţiriac 8 10 6 3 3 6 4 6     4 Graham Stilwell Ion Ţiriac 6 3 6 2 6 2       5 Mark Cox Ilie Năstase 6 3 1 6 4 6 4 6

[edit] Challenge Round

United States 5	Harold Clark Courts, Cleveland, Ohio, United States 19 September - 21 September 1969 hard		Romania 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Arthur Ashe Ilie Năstase 6 2 15 13 7 5       2 Stan Smith Ion Ţiriac 6 8 6 3 5 7 6 4 6 4   3 Bob Lutz / Stan Smith Ilie Năstase / Ion Ţiriac 8 6 6 1 11 9       4 Stan Smith Ilie Năstase 4 6 4 6 6 4 6 1 11 9   5 Arthur Ashe Ion Ţiriac 6 3 8 6 3 6 4 0     retired

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