1980 Davis Cup

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The 1980 Davis Cup was the 69th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 52 teams would enter the competition, 30 in the Europe Zone, 12 in the Americas Zone, and 10 in the Eastern Zone.

Argentina defeated the United States in the Americas Zone final, Australia defeated New Zealand in the Eastern Zone final, and Italy and Czechoslovakia won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Italy defeated Australia and Czechoslovakia defeated Argentina. Czechoslovakia defeated Italy in the final, which was held at Malá Sportovní Hall in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on 5-7 December.

[edit] Americas Zone

Main article: 1980 Davis Cup Americas Zone

[edit] North & Central America Zone

[edit] Preliminary Rounds

Participating Teams

•  Canada
•  Caribbean/West Indies
•  Colombia
•  Mexico — advanced to Main Draw
•  Venezuela — advanced to Main Draw

[edit] Main draw

Participating Teams

•  Mexico
•  United States — advanced to Americas Inter-Zonal Final
•  Venezuela

[edit] South America Zone

[edit] Preliminary Rounds

Participating Teams

•  Brazil — advanced to Main Draw
•  Chile — advanced to Main Draw
•  Ecuador
•  Peru
•  Uruguay

[edit] Main draw

Participating Teams

•  Argentina — advanced to Americas Inter-Zonal Final
•  Brazil
•  Chile

[edit] Americas Inter-Zonal Final

Argentina 4	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina 7 March - 9 March 1980 clay		United States 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 José Luis Clerc John McEnroe 6 3 6 2 4 6 14 12     2 Guillermo Vilas Brian Gottfried 7 5 6 4 6 3       3 Ricardo Cano / Carlos Gattiker Peter Fleming / John McEnroe 0 6 1 6 4 6       4 Guillermo Vilas John McEnroe 6 2 4 6 6 3 2 6 6 4   5 José Luis Clerc Brian Gottfried 7 5 6 4

• Argentina advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

[edit] Eastern Zone

Main article: 1980 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

[edit] Qualifying Rounds

Participating Teams

•  Pakistan
•  Philippines
•  South Korea — advanced to Preliminary Rounds
•  Thailand — advanced to Preliminary Rounds

[edit] Preliminary Rounds

Participating Teams

•  Chinese Taipei — advanced to Main Draw
•  Indonesia
•  South Korea — advanced to Main Draw
•  Thailand

[edit] Main draw

Participating Teams

•  Australia
•  Chinese Taipei
•  India
•  Japan
•  New Zealand
•  South Korea

[edit] Final

Australia 3	Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia 7 March - 9 March 1980 grass		New Zealand 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 John Alexander Chris Lewis 7 5 7 9 10 8 4 6 5 7   2 Phil Dent Onny Parun 6 2 5 7 6 3 3 6 6 2   3 John Alexander / Phil Dent Chris Lewis / Russell Simpson 6 2 8 6 9 7       4 Phil Dent Chris Lewis 6 4 6 3 6 2       5 John Alexander Onny Parun           not played

• Australia advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

[edit] Europe Zone

Main article: 1980 Davis Cup Europe Zone

[edit] Zone A

[edit] Qualifying Round

Participating Teams

•  Luxembourg
•  Turkey — advanced to Preliminary Rounds

[edit] Preliminary Rounds

Participating Teams

•  Bulgaria
•  Denmark
•  Hungary — advanced to Main Draw
•  Ireland
•  Israel
•  Monaco
•  Netherlands
•  Norway
•  Spain — advanced to Main Draw
•  Switzerland — advanced to Main Draw
•  Turkey
•  West Germany — advanced to Main Draw

[edit] Main draw

Participating Teams

•  Hungary
•  Italy
•  Spain
•  Sweden
•  Switzerland
•  West Germany

[edit] Final

Italy 4	Foro Italico, Rome, Italy 11 July - 13 July 1980 clay		Sweden 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Corrado Barazzutti Kjell Johansson 6 3 6 3 6 2       2 Adriano Panatta Stefan Simonsson 6 8 6 1 2 6 6 4 4 6   3 Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta Hans Simonsson / Stefan Simonsson 6 2 6 3 7 5       4 Adriano Panatta Kjell Johansson 3 6 6 2 6 4 1 6 6 4   5 Corrado Barazzutti Stefan Simonsson 8 6 6 1

• Italy advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

[edit] Zone B

[edit] Qualifying Round

Participating Teams

•  Algeria
•  Morocco — advanced to Preliminary Rounds

[edit] Preliminary Rounds

Participating Teams

•  Austria — advanced to Main Draw
•  Belgium
•  Egypt
•  Finland — advanced to Main Draw
•  France — advanced to Main Draw
•  Greece
•  Morocco
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Romania — advanced to Main Draw
•  Soviet Union
•  Yugoslavia

[edit] Main draw

Participating Teams

•  Austria
•  Czechoslovakia
•  Finland
•  France
•  Great Britain
•  Romania

[edit] Final

Romania 1	Bucharest, Romania 11 July - 13 July 1980 clay		Czechoslovakia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dimitru Haradau Ivan Lendl 4 6 1 6 3 6       2 Florin Segarceanu Pavel Složil 3 6 3 6 1 6       3 Dimitru Haradau / Florin Segarceanu Jan Kodeš / Ivan Lendl 3 6 2 6 4 6       4 Eduard Pana Pavel Složil 5 7 0 6         5 Florin Segarceanu Stanislav Birner 2 6 6 2 8 6

• Czechoslovakia advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

[edit] Inter-Zonal Zone

[edit] Draw

	1st Round 19-21 September					Final 5-7 December
	Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
	AME	Argentina	2
	EUR-B	Czechoslovakia	3			Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)
						EUR-B	Czechoslovakia	4
Rome, Italy (clay)					EUR-A	Italy	1
	EAS	Australia	2
	EUR-A	Italy	3

[edit] First round

[edit] Argentina vs. Czechoslovakia

Argentina 2	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina 19 September - 21 September 1980 clay		Czechoslovakia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 José Luis Clerc Pavel Složil 6 3 3 6 4 6 6 2 6 1   2 Guillermo Vilas Ivan Lendl 5 7 6 8 7 9       3 José Luis Clerc / Guillermo Vilas Tomáš Šmíd / Ivan Lendl 2 6 4 6 3 6       4 José Luis Clerc Ivan Lendl 1 6 5 7 8 6 2 6     5 Guillermo Vilas Pavel Složil 6 2 6 2

[edit] Italy vs. Australia

Italy 3	Foro Italico, Rome, Italy 19 September - 21 September 1980 clay		Australia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Adriano Panatta Paul McNamee 5 7 6 4 6 0 6 4     2 Corrado Barazzutti Peter McNamara 8 10 6 1 4 6 2 6     3 Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee 2 6 9 7 9 7 2 6 6 4   4 Adriano Panatta Peter McNamara 6 1 7 5 6 4       5 Corrado Barazzutti Rod Frawley 6 2 4 6 6 8

[edit] Final

Czechoslovakia 4	Malá Sportovní Hall, Prague, Czechoslovakia 5 December - 7 December 1980 carpet (indoors)		Italy 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tomáš Šmíd Adriano Panatta 3 6 3 6 6 3 6 4 6 4   2 Ivan Lendl Corrado Barazzutti 4 6 6 1 6 1 6 2     3 Ivan Lendl / Tomáš Šmíd Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta 3 6 6 3 3 6 6 3 6 4   4 Tomáš Šmíd Corrado Barazzutti 6 3 3 6 2 6       5 Ivan Lendl Gianni Ocleppo 6 3 6 3

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