1972 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1972 Davis Cup.

33 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. The winners of each sub-zone went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Eastern Zone.[1]

Romania defeated the Soviet Union in the Zone A final, and Spain defeated Czechoslovakia in the Zone B final, resulting in both Romania and Spain progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2][3]

Zone A

Draw

  Preliminary Round
21–23 April
       
  Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
    Israel 1
    Iran 4
  First Round
1–13 May
Quarterfinals
18–22 May
Semifinals
9–18 June
Final
21–23 July
                                     
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
  Romania 5  
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
   Switzerland 0  
    Romania 5  
Tehran, Iran
    Iran 0  
  Iran 4
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
  Egypt 1  
    Romania 4  
Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay)
    Italy 1  
  Italy 5  
San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy (clay)
  Austria 0  
    Italy 4
Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
    Netherlands 1  
  Netherlands 5
Tbilisi, Soviet Union
  Norway 0  
    Romania 3
Helsinki, Finland (clay)
    Soviet Union 2
  Finland 2  
Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
  Denmark 3  
    Denmark 0
Warsaw, Poland
    Poland 5  
  Poland 3
Warsaw, Poland
  Yugoslavia 1  
    Poland 0
Beirut, Lebanon (clay)
    Soviet Union 4  
  Lebanon 0  
Casablanca, Morocco
  Morocco 5  
    Morocco 0
Tbilisi, Soviet Union
    Soviet Union 5  
  Soviet Union 3
  Hungary 2  

Preliminary Round

Israel vs. Iran


Israel
1
Tel Aviv, Israel [4]
21–23 April 1972
Hard

Iran
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Josef Stabholz
Hussain Akbari
2
6
4
6
7
9
     
2
Yehoshua Shalem
Taghi Akbari
1
6
1
6
4
6
     
3
Josef Stabholz / Yair Wertheimer
Hussain Akbari / Nematollah Nemati
6
2
6
3
2
6
6
3
   
4
Yehoshua Shalem
Hussain Akbari
5
7
9
7
5
7
6
2
3
6
 
5
Josef Stabholz
Taghi Akbari
3
6
2
6
0
6
     

First Round

Romania vs. Switzerland


Romania
5
Bucharest, Romania [5]
5–7 May 1972
Clay

Switzerland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ion Țiriac
Matthias Werren
6
1
6
2
6
2
     
2
Ilie Năstase
Michel Burgener
6
1
6
2
6
2
     
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Freddy Blatter / Matthias Werren
6
0
6
4
4
6
6
1
   
4
Petre Marmureanu
Freddy Blatter
6
2
6
2
6
1
     
5
Ion Țiriac
Michel Burgener
6
3
6
2
2
6
6
0
   

Iran vs. Egypt


Iran
4
Tehran, Iran [6]
11–13 May 1972

Egypt
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Taghi Akbari
Ibrahim Mahmoud
6
1
6
4
10
8
     
2
Hussain Akbari
Aly El Dawoudi
6
3
6
3
6
4
     
3
Taghi Akbari / Issa Khodaei
Aly El Dawoudi / Ibrahim Mahmoud
6
4
6
2
4
6
8
6
   
4
Taghi Akbari
Aly El Dawoudi
8
6
4
6
6
8
8
6
3
6
 
5
Hussain Akbari
Ibrahim Mahmoud
4
6
7
5
6
3
6
0
   

Italy vs. Austria


Italy
5
Reggio Calabria, Italy [7]
5–7 May 1972
Clay

Austria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Corrado Barazzutti
Ernst Blanke
6
2
0
6
6
1
6
3
   
2
Paolo Bertolucci
Hans Kary
6
3
6
1
6
3
     
3
Adriano Panatta / Nicola Pietrangeli
Ernst Blanke / Rudolf Hoskowetz
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
4
Corrado Barazzutti
Hans Kary
6
8
6
4
4
6
6
3
6
4
 
5
Paolo Bertolucci
Rudolf Hoskowetz
6
4
6
2
6
3
     

Netherlands vs. Norway


Netherlands
5
Scheveningen, Netherlands [8]
5–7 May 1972
Clay

Norway
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Fred Hemmes
Jon-Erik Ross
6
1
10
8
6
2
     
2
Jan Hordijk
Frithjof Prydz
6
0
6
1
6
0
     
3
Fred Hemmes / Jan Hordijk
Finn Dag Jagge / Jon-Erik Ross
6
1
6
3
6
3
     
4
Fred Hemmes
Frithjof Prydz
6
0
6
2
6
4
     
5
Jan Hordijk
Jon-Erik Ross
6
1
7
5
6
1
     

Finland vs. Denmark


Finland
2
Helsinki, Finland [9]
5–7 May 1972
Clay

Denmark
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pekka Säilä
Tom Christensen
6
1
6
3
6
4
     
2
Matti Timonen
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
1
6
2
6
4
6
     
3
Pekka Säilä / Matti Timonen
Tom Christensen / Knud-Erik Nielsen
2
6
13
11
4
6
3
6
   
4
Rauno Suominen
Tom Christensen
7
9
1
6
2
6
     
5
Pekka Säilä
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
8
6
6
0
10
8
     

Poland vs. Yugoslavia


Poland
3
Warsaw, Poland [10]
4–7 May 1972

Yugoslavia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tadeusz Nowicki
Nikola Špear
4
6
6
3
6
2
6
2
   
2
Wieslaw Gasiorek
Boro Jovanović
3
6
4
6
3
6
     
3
Wieslaw Gasiorek / Tadeusz Nowicki
Boro Jovanović / Nikola Špear
6
4
7
9
6
2
6
3
   
4
Wieslaw Gasiorek
Nikola Špear
6
2
7
5
5
7
6
4
   
5
Tadeusz Nowicki
Boro Jovanović
3
6
3
6
      not
completed

Lebanon vs. Morocco


Lebanon
0
Yarzeh Club, Beirut, Lebanon [11]
1–3 May 1972
Clay

Morocco
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Khoder Issa
Omar Laimina
6
2
6
3
3
6
4
6
9
11
 
2
Samir El Khoury
Ahmed Ben Omar
3
6
0
6
4
6
     
3
Najdo Abou Hassoun / Samir El Khoury
Mohammed-Haibabi Bouchaib / Omar Laimina
6
3
8
10
3
6
2
6
   
4
Khoder Issa
Mohammed-Chinois El Achraoui
6
1
5
7
1
6
2
6
   
5
Samir El Khoury
Omar Laimina
0
6
3
6
4
6
     

Soviet Union vs. Hungary


Soviet Union
3
Tbilisi, Soviet Union [12]
5–8 May 1972

Hungary
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Vladimir Korotkov
Péter Szőke
6
4
3
6
2
6
1
6
   
2
Alex Metreveli
Szabolcs Baranyi
6
3
2
6
6
4
6
0
   
3
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
Szabolcs Baranyi / Péter Szőke
6
3
6
4
10
8
     
4
Vladimir Korotkov
Szabolcs Baranyi
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
5
Alex Metreveli
Péter Szőke
6
3
6
3
6
1
     

Quarterfinals

Romania vs. Iran


Romania
5
Bucharest, Romania [13]
18–20 May 1972
Clay

Iran
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ilie Năstase
Taghi Akbari
6
1
6
1
6
3
     
2
Ion Țiriac
Hussain Akbari
6
2
6
3
6
3
     
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Shirzad Akbari / Issa Khodaei
6
1
6
4
7
5
     
4
Toma Ovici
Hussain Akbari
6
3
6
3
6
1
     
5
Ion Țiriac
Taghi Akbari
6
2
4
6
5
7
6
3
6
1
 

Italy vs. Netherlands


Italy
4
San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy [14]
20–22 May 1972
Clay

Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Adriano Panatta
Jan Hordijk
10
8
6
2
6
3
     
2
Paolo Bertolucci
Fred Hemmes
6
0
6
4
2
6
6
3
   
3
Adriano Panatta / Nicola Pietrangeli
Fred Hemmes / Jan Hordijk
3
6
6
1
6
4
6
2
   
4
Paolo Bertolucci
Jan Hordijk
6
1
6
8
6
1
5
7
6
8
 
5
Adriano Panatta
Fred Hemmes
6
1
6
1
6
1
     

Denmark vs. Poland


Denmark
0
Copenhagen, Denmark [15]
19–21 May 1972
Clay

Poland
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
Wieslaw Gasiorek
4
6
4
6
2
6
     
2
Knud-Erik Nielsen
Tadeusz Nowicki
1
6
3
6
4
6
     
3
Knud-Erik Nielsen / Henrik Nørkjær
Wojciech Fibak / Tadeusz Nowicki
2
6
5
7
5
7
     
4
Knud-Erik Nielsen
Wieslaw Gasiorek
4
6
1
6
4
6
     
5
Carl-Edvard Hedelund
Tadeusz Nowicki
1
6
1
6
2
6
     

Morocco vs. Soviet Union


Morocco
0
Casablanca, Morocco [16]
19–21 May 1972

Soviet Union
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Omar Laimina
Alex Metreveli
3
6
6
3
0
6
2
6
   
2
Ahmed Ben Omar
Vladimir Korotkov
0
6
0
6
2
6
     
3
Mohammed-Haibabi Bouchaib / Omar Laimina
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
2
6
2
6
5
7
     
4
Omar Laimina
Vladimir Korotkov
6
3
1
6
2
6
4
6
   
5
Abdullah Zamjaoui
Alex Metreveli
4
6
5
7
0
6
     

Semifinals

Romania vs. Italy


Romania
4
Bucharest, Romania [17]
16–18 June 1972
Clay

Italy
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ilie Năstase
Corrado Barazzutti
7
5
6
2
6
0
     
2
Ion Țiriac
Adriano Panatta
8
6
7
5
0
6
6
3
   
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Adriano Panatta / Nicola Pietrangeli
6
2
9
7
6
4
     
4
Petre Marmureanu
Corrado Barazzutti
4
6
5
7
2
6
     
5
Ilie Năstase
Adriano Panatta
4
6
6
0
6
3
6
1
   

Poland vs. Soviet Union


Poland
0
Warsaw, Poland [18]
9–11 June 1972

Soviet Union
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tadeusz Nowicki
Alex Metreveli
3
6
3
6
3
6
     
2
Wieslaw Gasiorek
Teimuraz Kakulia
6
8
7
5
3
6
6
2
1
6
 
3
Wieslaw Gasiorek / Tadeusz Nowicki
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
5
7
4
6
6
4
7
9
   
4
Wieslaw Gasiorek
Alex Metreveli
6
4
5
7
5
7
6
8
   
5
Tadeusz Nowicki
Teimuraz Kakulia
          not
played

Final

Soviet Union vs. Romania


Soviet Union
2
Tbilisi, Soviet Union [2]
21–23 July 1972

Romania
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Alex Metreveli
Ilie Năstase
4
6
0
6
4
6
     
2
Teimuraz Kakulia
Ion Țiriac
6
4
7
5
6
1
     
3
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
2
6
4
6
3
6
     
4
Alex Metreveli
Ion Țiriac
2
6
6
4
1
6
6
4
6
3
 
5
Teimuraz Kakulia
Ilie Năstase
2
6
2
6
3
6
     

Zone B

Draw

  First Round
28 April–7 May
Quarterfinals
19–22 May
Semifinals
14–18 June
Final
21–24 July
                                     
Brussels, Belgium (clay)
  Czechoslovakia 3  
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
  Belgium 2  
    Czechoslovakia 3  
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
    Sweden 1  
  Sweden 4
Düsseldorf, West Germany (clay)
  New Zealand 1  
    Czechoslovakia 3  
Athens, Greece
    West Germany 2  
  Greece 0  
West Berlin
  West Germany 5  
    West Germany 5
Cork, Ireland
    Ireland 0  
  Ireland 5
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
  Turkey 0  
    Czechoslovakia 2
Paris, France (clay)
    Spain 3
  France 4  
Paris, France (clay)
  Great Britain 1  
    France 2
Sofia, Bulgaria
    Spain 3  
  Bulgaria 0
Avilés, Spain
  Spain 5  
    Spain 5
Monte Carlo, Monaco
    Monaco 0  
  Monaco 3  
Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
  Luxembourg 2  
    Monaco 3
    Portugal 2  
  Portugal w/o
  South Africa  

First Round

Belgium vs. Czechoslovakia


Belgium
2
Brussels, Belgium [19]
5–7 May 1972
Clay

Czechoslovakia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bernard Mignot
Jan Kodeš
2
6
2
6
4
6
     
2
Patrick Hombergen
František Pála
6
2
3
6
6
3
3
6
8
10
 
3
Eric Drossart / Patrick Hombergen
Jiří Hřebec / Jan Kukal
6
3
10
8
6
4
     
4
Patrick Hombergen
Jan Kodeš
8
10
2
6
2
6
     
5
Bernard Mignot
František Pála
6
3
6
4
7
5
     

Sweden vs. New Zealand


Sweden
4
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [20]
5–7 May 1972
Clay

New Zealand
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Björn Borg
Onny Parun
4
6
3
6
6
3
6
4
6
4
 
2
Ove Bengtson
Jeff Simpson
9
7
6
1
3
6
6
3
   
3
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg
Onny Parun / Jeff Simpson
6
8
3
6
7
9
     
4
Ove Bengtson
Onny Parun
6
4
16
14
13
11
     
5
Björn Borg
Jeff Simpson
9
7
6
4
5
7
6
1
   

Greece vs. West Germany


Greece
0
Athens, Greece [21]
5–7 May 1972

West Germany
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Harald Elschenbroich
7
5
4
6
4
6
2
6
   
2
Periclis Gavrilidis
Christian Kuhnke
0
6
5
7
4
6
     
3
Periclis Gavrilidis / Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
3
6
2
6
4
6
     
4
Periclis Gavrilidis
Harald Elschenbroich
2
6
1
6
0
6
     
5
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Christian Kuhnke
6
3
6
8
1
6
4
6
   

Ireland vs. Turkey


Ireland
5
Rushbrooke Lawn Tennis Club, Cork, Ireland [22]
5–7 May 1972

Turkey
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Peter Jackson
Beyazıt Anbar
4
6
6
2
6
2
6
3
   
2
Michael Hickey
Bülent Altınkaya
6
3
6
3
11
9
     
3
William Brown / Michael Hickey
Bülent Altınkaya / Tahsin Gürsoy
6
2
6
4
6
0
     
4
Kenneth Reid
Beyazıt Anbar
6
4
9
7
7
5
     
5
Peter Jackson
Bülent Altınkaya
8
6
8
6
3
6
6
0
   

France vs. Great Britain


France
4
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [23]
5–7 May 1972
Clay

Great Britain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Patrick Proisy
David Lloyd
6
1
6
3
6
2
     
2
Pierre Barthès
John Paish
6
0
6
1
6
4
     
3
Pierre Barthès / Georges Goven
David Lloyd / John Paish
3
6
6
4
1
6
3
6
   
4
Pierre Barthès
David Lloyd
6
0
6
3
6
1
     
5
Patrick Proisy
John Paish
6
1
6
0
6
4
     

Bulgaria vs. Spain


Bulgaria
0
Sofia, Bulgaria [24]
5–7 May 1972

Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ljuben Genov
Andrés Gimeno
3
6
2
6
1
6
     
2
Bozhidar Pampoulov
Manuel Orantes
4
6
2
6
2
6
     
3
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Matei Pampoulov
Andrés Gimeno / Juan Gisbert
4
6
4
6
5
7
     
4
Bozhidar Pampoulov
Andrés Gimeno
0
6
2
6
5
7
     
5
Ljuben Genov
Antonio Muñoz
4
6
1
6
3
6
     

Monaco vs. Luxembourg


Monaco
3
Monte Carlo, Monaco [25]
28–30 April 1972

Luxembourg
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Patrick Landau
Jean Neuman
8
6
6
2
6
3
     
2
Francis Truchi
Frank Baden
6
4
5
7
3
6
3
6
   
3
Patrick Landau / Francis Truchi
Georges Logelin / Jean Neuman
6
3
6
2
4
6
6
1
   
4
Patrick Landau
Frank Baden
4
6
1
6
6
2
6
4
4
6
 
5
Francis Truchi
Jean Neuman
6
1
6
3
6
3
     

Quarterfinals

Czechoslovakia vs. Sweden


Czechoslovakia
3
Štvanice Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia [26]
19–21 May 1972
Clay

Sweden
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan Kodeš
Björn Borg
6
2
6
3
7
5
     
2
František Pála
Ove Bengtson
8
6
2
6
0
6
3
6
   
3
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg
8
6
6
4
6
3
     
4
František Pála
Björn Borg
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
5
Jan Kodeš
Ove Bengtson
4
6
2
1
      not
completed

West Germany vs. Ireland


West Germany
5
West Berlin [27]
20–22 May 1972

Ireland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Christian Kuhnke
Michael Hickey
6
3
6
3
6
0
     
2
Harald Elschenbroich
Kenneth Reid
6
2
6
0
6
0
     
3
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
William Brown / Michael Hickey
6
3
6
3
6
3
     
4
Christian Kuhnke
Peter Jackson
6
2
6
0
6
3
     
5
Harald Elschenbroich
Michael Hickey
6
2
6
0
6
2
     

France vs. Spain


France
2
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [28]
19–21 May 1972
Clay

Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pierre Barthès
Andrés Gimeno
7
5
4
6
7
5
3
6
3
6
 
2
Patrick Proisy
Manuel Orantes
0
6
3
6
3
6
     
3
Pierre Barthès / Patrick Proisy
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes
4
6
6
8
4
6
     
4
Patrice Dominguez
Antonio Muñoz
6
2
9
7
6
3
     
5
Patrick Proisy
Andrés Gimeno
6
2
6
2
9
11
6
3
   

Monaco vs. Portugal


Monaco
3
Monte Carlo, Monaco [29]
20–22 May 1972
Clay

Portugal
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Francis Truchi
Raúl Peralta
6
4
1
6
4
6
4
6
   
2
Patrick Landau
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
6
3
5
7
6
1
5
7
6
3
 
3
Patrick Landau / Francis Truchi
Raúl Peralta / José Vilela
6
3
3
6
6
3
3
6
6
3
 
4
Francis Truchi
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
6
1
6
3
1
6
6
4
   
5
Bernard Balleret
José Vilela
2
6
6
2
0
6
4
6
   

Semifinals

West Germany vs. Czechoslovakia


West Germany
2
Düsseldorf, West Germany [30]
16–18 June 1972
Clay

Czechoslovakia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Harald Elschenbroich
František Pála
6
3
6
4
4
6
6
4
   
2
Jürgen Fassbender
Jan Kodeš
6
3
3
6
2
6
8
10
   
3
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal
6
4
3
6
6
3
2
6
17
19
 
4
Harald Elschenbroich
Jan Kodeš
4
6
6
4
2
6
6
1
6
8
 
5
Jürgen Fassbender
František Pála
6
4
6
4
6
2
     

Spain vs. Monaco


Spain
5
Club de Tenis Avilés, Avilés, Spain [31]
14–16 June 1972

Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Manuel Orantes
Francis Truchi
6
0
6
1
6
0
     
2
Andrés Gimeno
Patrick Landau
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
3
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes
Patrick Landau / Francis Truchi
6
0
6
2
6
0
     
4
Antonio Muñoz
Patrick Landau
6
1
7
5
6
1
     
5
Juan Gisbert
Bernard Balleret
6
1
6
2
6
0
     

Final

Spain vs. Czechoslovakia


Spain
3
Barcelona, Spain [3]
21–24 July 1972
Clay

Czechoslovakia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Juan Gisbert
Jan Kodeš
8
6
6
4
5
7
0
6
6
4
 
2
Manuel Orantes
František Pála
5
7
4
6
6
0
7
5
4
6
 
3
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal
10
12
6
2
7
5
6
4
   
4
Juan Gisbert
František Pála
6
3
6
3
4
6
6
0
   
5
Antonio Muñoz
Jiří Hřebec
4
6
0
6
3
6
     

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