1978 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 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

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
     

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

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
     

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
   

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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