1980 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1980 Davis Cup.

Main article: 1980 Davis Cup

30 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 26 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 1979 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 Sweden in the Zone A final, and Czechoslovakia defeated Romania in the Zone B final, resulting in both Italy and Czechoslovakia progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2][3]

Zone A

Draw
  Pre-Qualifying Round
August 1979
       
  Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
    Luxembourg 1
    Turkey 4

Results

Luxembourg vs. Turkey


Luxembourg
1		 Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg [4]
August 1979
Turkey
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Marc Klensch
Bülent Altınkaya		 1
6 		2
6 		6
4		 2
6 		   
2
Jan Jilemnicky
Remzi Aydın		 2
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3
Pascal Genevo / Marc Klensch
Bülent Altınkaya / Kemal Anbar		 0
6 		5
7 		2
6 		     
4
Marc Klensch
Remzi Aydın		 3
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
5
Jan Jilemnicky
Bülent Altınkaya		 11
9		 6
4		 4
6 		6
4		    

Draw
  First Round
14–16 September 1979		 Qualifying Round
8–10 February
                 
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
  Israel 4  
Winterthur, Switzerland
  Monaco 1  
    Israel 1
     Switzerland 4
 bye
   Switzerland  
Dublin, Ireland
  Ireland 2  
Sofia, Bulgaria
  Bulgaria 3  
    Bulgaria 1
    Hungary 3
 bye
  Hungary  
  Spain  
Seville, Spain
 bye  
    Spain 4
Hilversum, Netherlands (clay)
    Netherlands 1
  Netherlands 3
  Denmark 2  
  West Germany  
Hanover, West Germany (clay)
 bye  
    West Germany 4
Oslo, Norway (clay)
    Norway 0
  Norway 4
  Turkey 1  

First Round

Israel vs. Monaco


Israel
4		 Ramat HaSharon, Israel [5]
14–16 September 1979
Hard
Monaco
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Steve Krulevitz
Louis Borfiga		 6
2		 6
1		 3
6 		6
2		    
2
Shlomo Glickstein
Bernard Balleret		 6
3		 6
1		 6
4		      
3
Shlomo Glickstein / Yair Wertheimer
Bernard Balleret / Michel Borfiga		 6
2		 6
1		 6
0		      
4
Haim Arlozorov
Bernard Balleret		 8
6		 4
6 		1
6 		4
6 		   
5
Shlomo Glickstein
Louis Borfiga		 6
3		 6
1		 6
0		      

Ireland vs. Bulgaria


Ireland
2		 Dublin, Ireland [6]
14–16 September 1979
Bulgaria
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Sean Sorensen
Ljuben Genov		 6
4		 3
6 		6
4		 6
3		    
2
Kevin Menton
Lyubomir Petrov		 2
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3
James McArdle / Sean Sorensen
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Matei Pampoulov		 5
7 		6
3		 3
6 		4
6 		   
4
Kevin Menton
Ljuben Genov		 0
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     
5
Sean Sorensen
Lyubomir Petrov		 6
4		 6
4		 4
6 		6
1		    

Netherlands vs. Denmark


Netherlands
3		 Hilversum, Netherlands [7]
14–16 September 1979
Clay
Denmark
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Louk Sanders
Michael Mortensen		 6
3		 6
3		 6
3		      
2
Rolf Thung
Lars Elvstrøm		 1
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
3
Theo Gorter / Paul van Min
Lars Elvstrøm / Michael Mortensen		 4
6 		6
2		 4
6 		4
6 		   
4
Rolf Thung
Michael Mortensen		 7
5		 3
6 		7
5		 9
7		    
5
Louk Sanders
Lars Elvstrøm		 7
5		 6
4		 3
6 		6
0		    

Norway vs. Turkey


Norway
4		 Oslo, Norway [8]
14–16 September 1979
Clay
Turkey
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Thomas Randby
Remzi Aydın		 6
4		 0
6 		3
6 		4
6 		   
2
Per Hegna
Arif Koçak		 6
1		 6
1		 6
0		      
3
Per Hegna / Jan Munch-Søegaard
Remzi Aydın / Arif Koçak		 6
4		 6
3		 6
2		      
4
Per Hegna
Remzi Aydın		 6
1		 6
3		 6
1		      
5
Thomas Randby
Arif Koçak		 6
1		 1
6 		6
1		 6
2		    

Qualifying Round

Switzerland vs. Israel


Switzerland
4		 Winterthur, Switzerland [9]
8–10 February 1980
Israel
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roland Stadler
Shlomo Glickstein		 6
2		 6
4		 3
6 		3
6 		0
6 		 
2
Heinz Günthardt
Steve Krulevitz		 6
1		 6
3		 3
6 		6
3		    
3
Heinz Günthardt / Markus Günthardt
Shlomo Glickstein / Steve Krulevitz		 6
4		 6
3		 7
5		      
4
Roland Stadler
Steve Krulevitz		 5
7 		6
2		 6
2		 8
6		    
5
Heinz Günthardt
Shlomo Glickstein		 6
3		 6
3		 6
1		      

Bulgaria vs. Hungary


Bulgaria
1		 Sofia, Bulgaria [10]
8–10 February 1980
Hungary
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Julian Stamatov
János Benyik		 1
6 		1
6 		5
7 		     
2
Matei Pampoulov
Balázs Taróczy		 1
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
3
Matei Pampoulov / Lyubomir Petrov
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy		 3
6 		4
6 		6
3		 6
8 		   
4
Lyubomir Petrov
János Benyik		 3
6 		5
7 		6
3		 7
5		 6
3		  
5
Julian Stamatov
Balázs Taróczy		           not
played

Spain vs. Netherlands


Spain
4		 Real Club Pineda, Seville, Spain [11]
8–10 February 1980
Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Fernando Luna
Tom Okker		 6
2		 6
2		 6
3		      
2
José Higueras
Louk Sanders		 6
2		 6
4		 6
3		      
3
Ángel Giménez / Manuel Orantes
Huub van Boeckel / Tom Okker		 6
8 		6
2		 3
6 		11
9		 6
8 		 
4
Ángel Giménez
Tom Okker		 6
1		 6
1		        
5
Fernando Luna
Louk Sanders		 6
4		 6
1		 6
4		      

West Germany vs. Norway


West Germany
4		 Hanover, West Germany [12]
8–10 February 1980
Clay
Norway
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Rolf Gehring
Jan Munch-Søegaard		 6
1		 6
1		 6
1		      
2
Karl Meiler
Per Hegna		 6
1		 6
3		 6
1		      
3
Andreas Maurer / Karl Meiler
Ragnar Felix / Jan Munch-Søegaard		 7
5		 6
2		 6
1		      
4
Andreas Maurer
Per Hegna		 6
1		 6
0		 6
1		      
5
Rolf Gehring
Jan Munch-Søegaard		           not
played

Draw
  Quarterfinals
7–9 March		 Semifinals
10–15 June		 Final
11–13 July
                           
 
    Italy  
   bye     Turin, Italy (clay)
      Italy 5  
  Zürich, Switzerland      Switzerland 0  
     Switzerland 3
    Hungary 2     Rome, Italy (clay)
      Italy 4
  Valencia, Spain       Sweden 1
    Spain 2  
    West Germany 3     Båstad, Sweden (clay)
      West Germany 1
      Sweden 4  
   bye
    Sweden  

Quarterfinals

Switzerland vs. Hungary


Switzerland
3		 Zürich, Switzerland [13]
7–9 March 1980
Hungary
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Heinz Günthardt
János Benyik		 3
6 		7
5		 6
4		 4
6 		6
1		  
2
Roland Stadler
Zoltán Kuhárszky		 6
3		 4
6 		3
6 		8
6		 4
6 		 
3
Heinz Günthardt / Roland Stadler
Róbert Machán / Péter Szőke		 4
6 		6
3		 8
6		 15
13		    
4
Roland Stadler
János Benyik		 5
7 		5
7 		5
7 		     
5
Heinz Günthardt
Zoltán Kuhárszky		 6
1		 6
2		 6
4		      

Spain vs. West Germany


Spain
2		 Club de Tenis Valencia, Valencia, Spain [14]
7–9 March 1980
West Germany
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Fernando Luna
Ulrich Pinner		 6
0		 6
4		 6
3		      
2
José Higueras
Rolf Gehring		 6
3		 6
1		 1
6 		2
6 		1
6 		 
3
Ángel Giménez / José Higueras
Rolf Gehring / Karl Meiler		 7
5		 6
4		 11
9		      
4
José Higueras
Ulrich Pinner		 4
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
5
Fernando Luna
Rolf Gehring		 6
3		 3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		   

Semifinals

Italy vs. Switzerland


Italy
5		 Turin, Italy [15]
13–15 June 1980
Clay
Switzerland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Corrado Barazzutti
Heinz Günthardt		 6
4		 6
1		 6
4		      
2
Adriano Panatta
Roland Stadler		 6
4		 10
8		 6
1		      
3
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
Heinz Günthardt / Markus Günthardt		 7
9 		10
8		 1
6 		6
4		 6
2		  
4
Corrado Barazzutti
Roland Stadler		 6
3		 6
4		        
5
Gianni Ocleppo
Ivan Dupasquier		 6
0		 6
3		        

Sweden vs. West Germany


Sweden
4		 Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden [16]
10–13 June 1980
Clay
West Germany
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Björn Borg
Rolf Gehring		 6
1		 6
1		 6
2		      
2
Kjell Johansson
Klaus Eberhard		 6
4		 0
6 		6
2		 6
3		    
3
Per Hjertquist / Stefan Simonsson
Rolf Gehring / Reinhart Probst		 5
7 		3
6 		2
6 		     
4
Björn Borg
Klaus Eberhard		 6
2		 5
7 		6
0		 6
0		    
5
Stefan Simonsson
Rolf Gehring		 3
6 		6
1		 6
0		      

Final

Italy vs. Sweden


Italy
4		 Foro Italico, Rome, Italy [2]
11–13 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
3		 6
4		 1
6 		6
4		  
5
Corrado Barazzutti
Stefan Simonsson		 8
6		 6
1		        

Zone B

Draw
  Pre-Qualifying Round
14–16 September 1979
       
  Paris, France (clay)
    Algeria 1
    Morocco 4

Results

Algeria vs. Morocco


Algeria
1		 Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France [17]
14–16 September 1979
Clay
Morocco
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Djamel Boudjemline
Mustapha Dislam		 6
2		 9
7		 6
4		      
2
Yassine Amier
Omar Laimina		 2
6 		5
7 		1
6 		     
3
Yassine Amier / Djamel Boudjemline
Omar Laimina / Houcine Saber		 2
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
4
Yassine Amier
Mustapha Dislam		 4
6 		5
7 		6
8 		     
5
Djamel Boudjemline
Omar Laimina		 3
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     

Draw
  First Round
14–16 September 1979
27–29 October 1979		 Qualifying Round
4–10 February
                 
Casablanca, Morocco
  Morocco 1  
Brussels, Belgium
  Belgium 4  
    Belgium 2
    Austria 3
 bye
  Austria  
Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay)
  Yugoslavia 5  
Zagreb, Yugoslavia (indoor hard)
  Portugal 0  
    Yugoslavia 0
    Romania 5
 bye
  Romania  
  France  
Montpellier, France (indoor carpet)
 bye  
    France 3
Athens, Greece
    Soviet Union 2
  Soviet Union 5
  Greece 0  
  Poland  
Helsinki, Finland
 bye  
    Poland 0
Helsinki, Finland
    Finland 5
  Finland 5
  Egypt 0  

First Round

Morocco vs. Belgium


Morocco
1		 Casablanca, Morocco [18]
27–29 October 1979
Belgium
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Houcine Saber
Bernard Boileau		 3
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
2
Omar Laimina
Thierry Stevaux		 7
9 		6
3		 6
1		 0
6 		8
6		  
3
Omar Laimina / Houcine Saber
Bernard Boileau / Thierry Stevaux		 3
6 		0
6 		8
10 		     
4
Houcine Saber
Thierry Stevaux		 3
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
5
Omar Laimina
Bernard Boileau		 3
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     

Yugoslavia vs. Portugal


Yugoslavia
5		 Belgrade, Yugoslavia [19]
14–16 September 1979
Clay
Portugal
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Zoltan Ilin
José Vilela		 6
2		 6
1		 6
0		      
2
Željko Franulović
José Manuel Cordeiro		 6
1		 6
0		 6
0		      
3
Željko Franulović / Marko Ostoja
José Manuel Cordeiro / Pedro Cordeiro		 6
0		 6
1		 6
2		      
4
Zoltan Ilin
José Manuel Cordeiro		 6
0		 6
1		 6
2		      
5
Marko Ostoja
José Vilela		 2
6 		7
5		 6
4		      

Greece vs. Soviet Union


Greece
0		 Athens, Greece [20]
14–16 September 1979
Soviet Union
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Alexander Zverev		 0
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
2
George Kalovelonis
Alex Metreveli		 1
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
3
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos / George Kalovelonis
Alex Metreveli / Alexander Zverev		 4
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4
George Kalovelonis
Alexander Zverev		 1
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
5
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Alex Metreveli		 3
6 		7
5		 4
6 		5
7 		   

Finland vs. Egypt


Finland
5		 Helsinki, Finland [21]
14–16 September 1979
Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Matti Timonen
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka		 6
1		 6
3		 6
3		      
2
Leo Palin
Ahmed El-Mehelmy		 6
0		 6
2		 6
3		      
3
Leo Palin / Matti Timonen
Ahmed El-Mehelmy / Tarek-Shawki El Sakka		 6
0		 6
2		 6
1		      
4
Matti Timonen
Ahmed El-Mehelmy		 6
2		 6
1		 6
0		      
5
Leo Palin
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka		 6
4		 6
1		 6
0		      

Qualifying Round

Belgium vs. Austria


Belgium
2		 Brussels, Belgium [22]
8–10 February 1980
Austria
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Patrick Hombergen
Hans Kary		 6
4		 6
8 		2
6 		4
6 		   
2
Bernard Boileau
Peter Feigl		 6
4		 3
6 		7
5		 6
3		    
3
Bernard Boileau / Patrick Hombergen
Peter Feigl / Hans Kary		 3
6 		6
3		 13
15 		13
15 		   
4
Bernard Boileau
Hans Kary		 2
6 		4
6 		6
3		 7
5		 6
2		  
5
Patrick Hombergen
Peter Feigl		 5
7 		3
6 		4
6 		     

Yugoslavia vs. Romania


Yugoslavia
0		 Zagreb, Yugoslavia [23]
4–6 February 1980
Hard (indoors)
Romania
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Zoltan Ilin
Ilie Năstase		 10
12 		3
6 		6
4		 3
6 		   
2
Željko Franulović
Florin Segărceanu		 4
6 		5
7 		5
7 		     
3
Željko Franulović / Zoltan Ilin
Ilie Năstase / Florin Segărceanu		 4
6 		10
12 		6
3		 5
7 		   
4
Zoltan Ilin
Florin Segărceanu		 6
2		 4
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   
5
Zoran Petković
Ilie Năstase		 2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     

France vs. Soviet Union


France
3		 Palais des Sports, Montpellier, France [24]
8–10 February 1980
Carpet (indoors)
Soviet Union
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Yannick Noah
Vadim Borisov		 6
3		 15
13		 4
6 		3
6 		3
6 		 
2
Pascal Portes
Sergey Leonyuk		 6
3		 6
4		 6
3		      
3
Yannick Noah / Pascal Portes
Vadim Borisov / Teimuraz Kakulia		 6
4		 6
4		 6
4		      
4
Yannick Noah
Sergey Leonyuk		 6
1		 6
0		 6
2		      
5
Pascal Portes
Vadim Borisov		 7
5		 2
6 		2
6 		3
6 		   

Finland vs. Poland


Finland
5		 Helsinki, Finland [25]
8–10 February 1980
Poland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Leo Palin
Tadeusz Nowicki		 6
3		 6
3		 7
5		      
2
Matti Timonen
Henryk Drzymalski		 6
3		 6
1		 6
1		      
3
Leo Palin / Matti Timonen
Henryk Drzymalski / Tadeusz Nowicki		 7
5		 8
10 		3
6 		6
4		 6
4		  
4
Matti Timonen
Tadeusz Nowicki		 6
3		 6
3		 3
6 		6
3		    
5
Joakim Berner
Andrzej Wisnieski		 6
1		 6
1		        

Draw
  Quarterfinals
7–9 March		 Semifinals
13–16 June		 Final
11–13 July
                           
 
    Great Britain  
   bye     Bristol, United Kingdom (grass)
      Great Britain 2  
  Bucharest, Romania (indoor hard)     Romania 3  
    Austria 2
    Romania 3     Bucharest, Romania (clay)
      Romania 1
  Toulouse, France (indoor carpet)       Czechoslovakia 4
    France 3  
    Finland 2     Prague, Czechoslovakia
      France 0
      Czechoslovakia 5  
   bye
    Czechoslovakia  

Quarterfinals

Romania vs. Austria


Romania
3		 Bucharest, Romania [26]
7–9 March 1980
Hard (indoors)
Austria
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ilie Năstase
Hans Kary		 6
1		 7
5		 6
4		      
2
Florin Segărceanu
Robert Reininger		 4
6 		7
5		 5
7 		1
6 		   
3
Ilie Năstase / Florin Segărceanu
Hans Kary / Robert Reininger		 8
6		 6
4		 6
3		      
4
Florin Segărceanu
Hans Kary		 1
6 		6
3		 6
2		 13
15 		5
7 		 
5
Ilie Năstase
Robert Reininger		 6
3		 6
3		 6
3		      

France vs. Finland


France
3		 Exhibition Park, Toulouse, France [27]
7–9 March 1980
Carpet (indoors)
Finland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pascal Portes
Leo Palin		 6
2		 1
6 		6
2		 6
0		    
2
Jean-Louis Haillet
Matti Timonen		 6
1		 6
1		 6
4		      
3
Jean-Louis Haillet / Gilles Moretton
George Berner / Leo Palin		 0
6 		6
1		 6
4		 6
4		    
4
Jean-Louis Haillet
Leo Palin		 5
7 		2
6 		8
6		 6
3		 7
9 		 
5
Pascal Portes
Matti Timonen		 5
7 		6
3		 3
6 		     

Semifinals

Great Britain vs. Romania


Great Britain
2		 Bristol Lawn Tennis Club, Bristol, United Kingdom [28]
13–16 June 1980
Grass
Romania
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
John Feaver
Andrei Dîrzu		 6
1		 6
4		 3
6 		6
8 		4
6 		 
2
Buster Mottram
Ilie Năstase		 3
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
3
David Lloyd / John Lloyd
Andrei Dîrzu / Ilie Năstase		 4
6 		7
5		 6
4		 6
2		    
4
Buster Mottram
Andrei Dîrzu		 7
5		 6
2		 6
2		      
5
John Feaver
Ilie Năstase		 5
7 		6
8 		6
2		 6
2		 4
6 		 

Czechoslovakia vs. France


Czechoslovakia
5		 Doproavni Podniky Tennis Club, Prague, Czechoslovakia [29]
13–15 June 1980
France
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tomáš Šmíd
Christophe Roger-Vasselin		 6
2		 6
3		 3
6 		6
1		    
2
Ivan Lendl
Pascal Portes		 6
4		 8
6		 6
4		      
3
Pavel Složil / Tomáš Šmíd
Dominique Bedel / Pascal Portes		 6
3		 7
5		 6
3		      
4
Ivan Lendl
Christophe Roger-Vasselin		 4
6 		7
5		 6
4		      
5
Tomáš Šmíd
Pascal Portes		 6
4		 3
6 		6
2		      

Final

Romania vs. Czechoslovakia


Romania
1		 Bucharest, Romania [3]
11–13 July 1980
Clay
Czechoslovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Dumitru Hărădău
Ivan Lendl		 4
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
2
Florin Segărceanu
Pavel Složil		 3
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
3
Dumitru Hărădău / Florin Segărceanu
Jan Kodeš / Ivan Lendl		 3
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4
Eduard Pană
Pavel Složil		 5
7 		0
6 		       
5
Florin Segărceanu
Stanislav Birner		 2
6 		6
2		 8
6		      

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