1971 Davis Cup
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Duration | 19 March – 11 October 1971 |
Edition | 60th |
Teams | 51 |
Champion | |
Winning nation | ![]() |
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The 1971 Davis Cup was the 60th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 28 teams entered the Europe Zone, 13 teams entered the Americas Zone, and 9 teams entered the Eastern Zone. Bolivia made its first appearance in the tournament.
Brazil defeated Mexico in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, India defeated Japan in the Eastern Inter-Zonal final, and Czechoslovakia and Romania were the winners of the two Europe Zones, defeating Spain and West Germany respectively.
In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Brazil defeated Czechoslovakia and Romania defeated India in the semifinals, and then Romania defeated Brazil in the final. Romania were then defeated by the defending champions the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Olde Providence Racquet Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States on 8–11 October.[1][2][3]
1971 was the last year the Davis Cup was played under the Challenge Round format.
South Africa was excluded from the tournament as part of the growing international opposition to its apartheid policies.[4]
Americas Zone
[edit]North & Central America Zone
[edit]Quarterfinals 8–10 May | Semifinals 7–30 May | Final 4–6 June | |||||||||||
Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | ||||||||||||
Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | |||||||||||||
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![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | |||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
Kingston, Jamaica | |||||||||||||
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![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | ||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
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South America Zone
[edit]Quarterfinals 19 March–6 April | Semifinals 9–18 April | Final 22–24 April | |||||||||||
Porto Alegre, Brazil | |||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | ||||||||||||
Porto Alegre, Brazil (clay) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | ||||||||||||
Guayaquil, Ecuador (hard) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | ||||||||||||
Santiago, Chile | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
Santiago, Chile | |||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
Bogotá, Colombia | |||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
Americas Inter-Zonal Final
[edit]Mexico vs. Brazil
![]() Mexico 2 |
Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico[5] 17–19 July 1971 Clay |
![]() Brazil 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Zone
[edit]Zone A
[edit]Quarterfinals 27–29 March | Semifinals 2–5 April | Final 23–25 April | |||||||||||
Hong Kong | |||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | ||||||||||||
Jakarta, Indonesia | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
Manila, Philippines | |||||||||||||
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![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | ||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
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Zone B
[edit]Semifinals 30 March–4 April | Final | |||||||
Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | ||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||
![]() | w/o | |||||||
Lahore, Pakistan | ||||||||
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![]() | 0 | |||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||
Eastern Inter-Zonal Final
[edit]Japan vs. India
![]() Japan 2 |
Denen Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan[6] 15–17 May 1971 Clay |
![]() India 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Europe Zone
[edit]Zone A
[edit]First Round 30 April–9 May | Quarterfinals 13–16 May | Semifinals 11–13 June | Final 16–18 July | |||||||||||||||
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Basel, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
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Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Båstad, Sweden (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Paris, France (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Cairo, Egypt (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Lisbon, Portugal (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Athens, Greece | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Brussels, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Zone A Final
[edit]Czechoslovakia vs. Spain
![]() Czechoslovakia 3 |
Prague, Czechoslovakia[7] 16–18 July 1971 Clay |
![]() Spain 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zone B
[edit]First Round 28 April–8 May | Quarterfinals 14–16 May | Semifinals 10–14 June | Final 16–18 July | |||||||||||||||
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Augsburg, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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Munich, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Bucharest, Romania (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Tel Aviv, Israel (hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Tel Aviv, Israel (hard) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Bucharest, Romania (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Bucharest, Romania (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Perugia, Italy (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Zagreb, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Zagreb, Yugoslavia (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Zone B Final
[edit]Romania vs. West Germany
![]() Romania 5 |
Bucharest, Romania[8] 16–18 July 1971 Clay |
![]() West Germany 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inter-Zonal Zone
[edit]Draw
[edit]Semifinals 1–3 August | Final 21–23 August | |||||||
New Delhi, India | ||||||||
EUR-B | ![]() | 4 | ||||||
São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||
EAS | ![]() | 1 | ||||||
EUR-B | ![]() | 3 | ||||||
Porto Alegre, Brazil (clay) | ||||||||
AME | ![]() | 2 | ||||||
AME | ![]() | 4 | ||||||
EUR-A | ![]() | 1 | ||||||
Semifinals
[edit]India vs. Romania
![]() India 1 |
New Delhi, India[9] 1–3 August 1971 |
![]() Romania 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brazil vs. Czechoslovakia
![]() Brazil 4 |
Porto Alegre, Brazil[10] 1–3 August 1971 Clay |
![]() Czechoslovakia 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Final
[edit]Brazil vs. Romania
![]() Brazil 2 |
São Paulo, Brazil[11] 21–23 August 1971 |
![]() Romania 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Challenge Round
[edit]United States vs. Romania
![]() United States 3 |
Olde Providence Racquet Club, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States[3] 8–11 October 1971 Clay |
![]() Romania 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
[edit]- ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ Max Robertson (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 384. ISBN 0047960426.
- ^ a b "United States v Romania". daviscup.com.
- ^ Steve, Tignor (November 19, 2014). "The Shots Not Heard Around the World". tennis.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
South Africa had been banned from the Davis Cup entirely from 1970 to '73
- ^ "Mexico v Brazil". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Czechoslovakia v Spain". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Romania v West Germany". daviscup.com.
- ^ "India v Romania". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Brazil v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Brazil v Romania". daviscup.com.