1971 Davis Cup Europe Zone

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The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1971 Davis Cup.

30 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]

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

Zone A[]

Draw[]

  First Round
30 April–9 May
Quarterfinals
13–16 May
Semifinals
11–13 June
Final
16–18 July
                                     
  Spain  
Basel, Switzerland
 bye  
    Spain 4  
     Switzerland 0  
   Switzerland
Barcelona, Spain
 bye  
    Spain 4  
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
    France 1  
  Sweden 0  
Paris, France (clay)
  France 5  
    France 3
Helsinki, Finland
    Finland 0  
  Finland 5
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
  Ireland 0  
    Spain 2
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
    Czechoslovakia 3
  Egypt 1  
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
  Czechoslovakia 4  
    Czechoslovakia 5
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
    Portugal 0  
  Portugal 4
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
  Turkey 1  
    Czechoslovakia 4
Athens, Greece
    Soviet Union 1  
  Greece 1  
Brussels, Belgium
  Belgium 3  
    Belgium 1
Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
    Soviet Union 4  
  Denmark 0
  Soviet Union 5  

First Round[]

Sweden vs. France


Sweden
0
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[4]
7–9 May 1971
Clay

France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
France
Ove Bengtson
Patrick Proisy
3
6
2
6
3
6
     
2 Sweden
France
Håkan Zahr
Pierre Barthès
1
6
4
6
1
6
     
3 Sweden
France
Ove Bengtson / Hans Nerell
Pierre Barthès / François Jauffret
6
3
13
15
6
8
5
7
   
4 Sweden
France
Hans Nerell
Patrick Proisy
2
6
3
6
1
6
     
5 Sweden
France
Ove Bengtson
Pierre Barthès
3
6
3
6
6
4
6
3
3
6
 

Finland vs. Ireland


Finland
5
Helsinki, Finland[5]
7–9 May 1971

Ireland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Republic of Ireland
George Berner
6
1
6
4
6
3
     
2 Finland
Republic of Ireland
Pekka Säilä
6
3
6
2
6
8
6
2
   
3 Finland
Republic of Ireland
George Berner / Pekka Säilä
 / Peter Jackson
6
4
4
6
13
11
6
0
   
4 Finland
Republic of Ireland
George Berner
6
3
6
1
6
2
     
5 Finland
Republic of Ireland
Pekka Säilä
6
3
6
1
6
0
     

Egypt vs. Czechoslovakia


Egypt
1
Cairo, Egypt[6]
30 April–2 May 1971
Clay

Czechoslovakia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Egypt
Czechoslovakia

Jan Kodeš
2
6
4
6
1
6
     
2 Egypt
Czechoslovakia

František Pála
2
6
1
6
5
7
     
3 Egypt
Czechoslovakia
Aly El Dawoudi / 
Jan Kukal / Vladimír Zedník
3
6
4
6
2
6
     
4 Egypt
Czechoslovakia

František Pála
4
6
2
6
3
6
     
5 Egypt
Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Zedník
7
5
6
3
6
4
     

Portugal vs. Turkey


Portugal
4
Lisbon, Portugal[7]
1–3 May 1971
Clay

Turkey
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Portugal
Turkey

6
3
6
0
6
0
     
2 Portugal
Turkey
Raúl Peralta
6
3
6
3
6
0
     
3 Portugal
Turkey
Raúl Peralta / 
 / 
7
5
6
3
6
0
     
4 Portugal
Turkey

6
0
6
3
6
4
     
5 Portugal
Turkey

7
5
6
4
2
6
3
6
2
6
 

Greece vs. Belgium


Greece
1
Athens, Greece[8]
30 April–2 May 1971

Belgium
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Greece
Belgium
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Eric Drossart
6
2
2
6
6
4
4
6
6
3
 
2 Greece
Belgium

Patrick Hombergen
1
6
2
6
6
3
3
6
   
3 Greece
Belgium
 / Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Eric Drossart / Patrick Hombergen
5
7
3
6
3
6
     
4 Greece
Belgium

Eric Drossart
4
6
4
6
1
6
     
5 Greece
Belgium
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Patrick Hombergen
6
3
4
6
2
6
6
3
6
6
not
completed

Denmark vs. Soviet Union


Denmark
0
Copenhagen, Denmark[9]
7–9 May 1971
Clay

Soviet Union
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
Soviet Union
Jørgen Ulrich
Vladimir Korotkov
3
6
2
6
0
6
     
2 Denmark
Soviet Union
Jan Leschly
Alex Metreveli
4
6
3
6
2
6
     
3 Denmark
Soviet Union
Jan Leschly / Jørgen Ulrich
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
0
6
4
6
4
6
     
4 Denmark
Soviet Union
Jørgen Ulrich
Alex Metreveli
2
6
1
6
2
6
     
5 Denmark
Soviet Union
Jan Leschly
Vladimir Korotkov
7
9
6
3
0
6
3
6
   

Quarterfinals[]

Switzerland vs. Spain


Switzerland
0
Basel, Switzerland[10]
14–16 May 1971

Spain
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Switzerland
Spain

Manuel Orantes
1
6
1
6
4
6
     
2 Switzerland
Spain
Dimitri Sturdza
Juan Gisbert
2
6
4
6
3
6
     
3 Switzerland
Spain
Leonardo Manta / 
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes
4
6
7
9
2
6
     
4 Switzerland
Spain
Dimitri Sturdza
Manuel Orantes
5
7
7
9
9
7
6
8
   
5 Switzerland
Spain

Antonio Muñoz
21
23
1
3
      not
completed

France vs. Finland


France
3
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[11]
14–16 May 1971
Clay

Finland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 France
Finland
François Jauffret
George Berner
7
5
6
2
6
2
     
2 France
Finland
Patrick Proisy
Pekka Säilä
6
4
6
0
6
2
     
3 France
Finland
Patrice Dominguez / Patrick Proisy
George Berner / Pekka Säilä
6
4
7
5
7
5
     
4 France
Finland
Patrick Proisy
George Berner
6
3
6
3
4
6
3
0
  not
completed
5 France
Finland
François Jauffret
Pekka Säilä
          not
played

Czechoslovakia vs. Portugal


Czechoslovakia
5
Prague, Czechoslovakia[12]
13–15 May 1971
Clay

Portugal
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
Portugal
František Pála
6
1
6
1
6
1
     
2 Czechoslovakia
Portugal
Jan Kodeš
Raúl Peralta
8
6
6
0
6
2
     
3 Czechoslovakia
Portugal
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal
Raúl Peralta / 
6
0
6
2
6
1
     
4 Czechoslovakia
Portugal
Jan Kukal
6
2
6
0
6
2
     
5 Czechoslovakia
Portugal
František Pála
Raúl Peralta
6
1
6
2
6
1
     

Belgium vs. Soviet Union


Belgium
1
Brussels, Belgium[13]
14–16 May 1971

Soviet Union
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Belgium
Soviet Union
Eric Drossart
Alex Metreveli
3
6
2
6
2
6
     
2 Belgium
Soviet Union
Patrick Hombergen
Vladimir Korotkov
6
3
6
3
6
1
     
3 Belgium
Soviet Union
Eric Drossart / Patrick Hombergen
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
5
7
6
4
11
13
3
6
   
4 Belgium
Soviet Union
Patrick Hombergen
Alex Metreveli
0
6
2
6
0
6
     
5 Belgium
Soviet Union
Eric Drossart
Vladimir Korotkov
6
3
3
6
7
5
7
9
6
8
 

Semifinals[]

Spain vs. France


Spain
4
Barcelona, Spain[14]
11–13 June 1971

France
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
France
Juan Gisbert
François Jauffret
2
6
3
6
2
6
     
2 Spain
France
Manuel Orantes
Patrick Proisy
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
3 Spain
France
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes
Pierre Barthès / François Jauffret
6
3
4
6
6
3
6
2
   
4 Spain
France
Manuel Orantes
François Jauffret
6
4
7
9
6
4
5
7
7
5
 
5 Spain
France
Juan Gisbert
Patrick Proisy
6
2
6
3
6
4
     

Czechoslovakia vs. Soviet Union


Czechoslovakia
4
Prague, Czechoslovakia[15]
11–13 June 1971
Clay

Soviet Union
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Jan Kodeš
Alex Metreveli
5
7
6
3
6
4
5
7
3
6
 
2 Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
František Pála
Vladimir Korotkov
6
3
6
4
7
5
     
3 Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
3
6
6
4
2
6
7
5
6
3
 
4 Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Jan Kodeš
Vladimir Korotkov
6
0
6
3
7
5
     
5 Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
František Pála
Alex Metreveli
6
0
6
4
2
0
     
retired

Final[]

Czechoslovakia vs. Spain


Czechoslovakia
3
Prague, Czechoslovakia[2]
16–18 July 1971
Clay

Spain
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Czechoslovakia
Spain
František Pála
Manuel Orantes
6
2
4
6
2
6
5
7
   
2 Czechoslovakia
Spain
Jan Kodeš
Juan Gisbert
6
3
4
6
9
7
7
5
   
3 Czechoslovakia
Spain
Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes
4
6
9
11
4
6
     
4 Czechoslovakia
Spain
František Pála
Juan Gisbert
6
0
6
1
6
1
     
5 Czechoslovakia
Spain
Jan Kodeš
Manuel Orantes
7
5
4
6
7
5
6
4
   

Zone B[]

Draw[]

  First Round
28 April–8 May
Quarterfinals
14–16 May
Semifinals
10–14 June
Final
16–18 July
                                     
  West Germany  
Augsburg, West Germany
 bye  
    West Germany 4  
    Austria 1  
  Austria
Munich, West Germany
 bye  
    West Germany 4  
Budapest, Hungary
    Hungary 1  
  Hungary 5  
Budapest, Hungary
  Poland 0  
    Hungary 5
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
    Luxembourg 0  
  Luxembourg 5
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
  Monaco 0  
    West Germany 0
Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
    Romania 5
  Israel 4  
Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
  Norway 1  
    Israel 0
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
    Romania 5  
  Romania 5
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
  Netherlands 0  
    Romania 4
Perugia, Italy (clay)
    Yugoslavia 1  
  Italy 5  
Zagreb, Yugoslavia
  Bulgaria 0  
    Italy 2
Zagreb, Yugoslavia (clay)
    Yugoslavia 3  
  Great Britain 0
  Yugoslavia 3  

First Round[]

Hungary vs. Poland


Hungary
5
Budapest, Hungary[16]
30 April–2 May 1971

Poland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Hungary
Poland
István Gulyás
Tadeusz Nowicki
6
3
6
3
2
6
6
3
   
2 Hungary
Poland
Szabolcs Baranyi
Wiesław Gąsiorek
1
6
6
3
6
1
6
4
   
3 Hungary
Poland
Szabolcs Baranyi / Róbert Machán
Jacek Niedźwiedzki / Tadeusz Nowicki
6
4
6
4
6
2
     
4 Hungary
Poland
Szabolcs Baranyi
Tadeusz Nowicki
6
4
6
4
6
0
     
5 Hungary
Poland
István Gulyás
Wiesław Gąsiorek
6
4
9
7
6
0
     

Luxembourg vs. Monaco


Luxembourg
5
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg[17]
30 April–2 May 1971

Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Luxembourg
Monaco

6
1
6
4
7
5
     
2 Luxembourg
Monaco

6
3
7
5
6
4
     
3 Luxembourg
Monaco
 / 
Bernard Balleret / 
6
2
6
3
7
5
     
4 Luxembourg
Monaco

6
4
3
6
9
7
6
3
   
5 Luxembourg
Monaco

6
4
9
7
6
2
     

Israel vs. Norway


Israel
4
Tel Aviv, Israel[18]
6–8 May 1971
Hard

Norway
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Israel
Norway

3
6
6
4
6
4
6
0
   
2 Israel
Norway

10
12
6
4
6
3
6
0
   
3 Israel
Norway
Eleazar Davidman / Ian Froman
 / Frithjof Prydz
7
5
4
6
3
6
4
6
   
4 Israel
Norway

6
1
5
7
6
1
     
retired
5 Israel
Norway

7
5
3
6
6
2
1
6
6
1
 

Romania vs. Netherlands


Romania
5
Bucharest, Romania[19]
30 April–2 May 1971
Clay

Netherlands
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
Netherlands
Ion Țiriac
Fred Hemmes
7
5
6
1
6
3
     
2 Romania
Netherlands
Ilie Năstase
Jan Hordijk
6
2
6
2
6
3
     
3 Romania
Netherlands
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Fred Hemmes / Jan Hordijk
6
2
6
2
6
3
     
4 Romania
Netherlands
Ion Țiriac
Jan Hordijk
6
1
6
1
6
1
     
5 Romania
Netherlands
Ilie Năstase
Fred Hemmes
6
0
6
2
6
4
     

Italy vs. Bulgaria


Italy
5
Perugia, Italy[20]
30 April–2 May 1971
Clay

Bulgaria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Bulgaria
Massimo Di Domenico
Bozhidar Pampoulov
3
6
6
2
6
1
6
3
   
2 Italy
Bulgaria
Adriano Panatta
6
1
6
3
6
3
     
3 Italy
Bulgaria
Massimo Di Domenico / Adriano Panatta
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Matei Pampoulov
6
4
6
4
6
4
     
4 Italy
Bulgaria
Antonio Zugarelli
6
4
6
2
6
3
     
5 Italy
Bulgaria
Ezio Di Matteo
Bozhidar Pampoulov
6
3
6
3
6
1
     

Yugoslavia vs. Great Britain


Yugoslavia
3
Zagreb, Yugoslavia[21]
28–30 April 1971
Clay

Great Britain
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
United Kingdom
Željko Franulović
Gerald Battrick
6
2
6
2
6
0
     
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
United Kingdom
Boro Jovanović
Stanley Matthews
6
2
6
4
9
11
2
6
6
4
 
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
United Kingdom
Željko Franulović / Boro Jovanović
Gerald Battrick / Stanley Matthews
7
5
5
7
0
6
7
5
6
0
 
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
United Kingdom
Boro Jovanović
Gerald Battrick
          not
played
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
United Kingdom
Željko Franulović
Stanley Matthews
          not
played

Quarterfinals[]

West Germany vs. Austria


West Germany
4
Augsburg, West Germany[22]
14–16 May 1971

Austria
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
Austria
Wilhelm Bungert
Peter Pokorny
5
7
1
6
7
5
8
6
6
2
 
2 West Germany
Austria
Christian Kuhnke
Hans Kary
6
4
6
2
0
6
0
6
5
7
 
3 West Germany
Austria
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
 / 
6
2
6
4
6
3
     
4 West Germany
Austria
Christian Kuhnke
Peter Pokorny
6
3
6
1
6
4
     
5 West Germany
Austria
Wilhelm Bungert
Hans Kary
6
3
3
6
6
3
2
6
7
5
 

Hungary vs. Luxembourg


Hungary
5
Budapest, Hungary[23]
14–16 May 1971

Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Hungary
Luxembourg
Szabolcs Baranyi
6
2
6
1
6
2
     
2 Hungary
Luxembourg
István Gulyás
6
3
6
2
6
0
     
3 Hungary
Luxembourg
Szabolcs Baranyi / Róbert Machán
 / 
6
2
6
2
6
1
     
4 Hungary
Luxembourg
István Gulyás
6
2
6
1
6
1
     
5 Hungary
Luxembourg
Szabolcs Baranyi
6
1
6
1
6
1
     

Israel vs. Romania


Israel
0
Tel Aviv, Israel[24]
14–16 May 1971
Hard

Romania
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Israel
Romania

Ion Țiriac
0
6
0
6
0
6
     
2 Israel
Romania

Ilie Năstase
1
6
2
6
3
6
     
3 Israel
Romania
Ian Froman / 
Sever Dron / Ion Țiriac
2
6
2
6
3
6
     
4 Israel
Romania

Ion Țiriac
2
6
0
6
3
6
     
5 Israel
Romania

Ilie Năstase
0
6
0
6
1
6
     

Yugoslavia vs. Italy


Yugoslavia
3
Zagreb, Yugoslavia[25]
14–16 May 1971

Italy
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Italy
Željko Franulović
Nicola Pietrangeli
7
5
8
6
6
1
     
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Italy
Boro Jovanović
Adriano Panatta
6
0
3
6
4
6
6
3
6
2
 
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Italy
Željko Franulović / Boro Jovanović
Massimo Di Domenico / Adriano Panatta
3
6
6
0
4
6
7
5
6
3
 
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Italy
Boro Jovanović
Nicola Pietrangeli
2
6
2
6
1
6
     
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Italy

Antonio Zugarelli
4
6
3
6
2
6
     

Semifinals[]

West Germany vs. Hungary


West Germany
4
Munich, West Germany[26]
10–12 June 1971

Hungary
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 West Germany
Hungary
Christian Kuhnke
István Gulyás
3
6
6
4
6
2
2
6
6
3
 
2 West Germany
Hungary
Wilhelm Bungert
Szabolcs Baranyi
5
7
6
3
6
3
6
3
   
3 West Germany
Hungary
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Szabolcs Baranyi / Péter Szőke
5
7
6
3
6
2
4
6
6
4
 
4 West Germany
Hungary
Wilhelm Bungert
István Gulyás
6
3
6
4
7
5
     
5 West Germany
Hungary
Christian Kuhnke
Szabolcs Baranyi
1
6
8
10
2
6
     

Romania vs. Yugoslavia


Romania
4
Bucharest, Romania[27]
11–14 June 1971
Clay

Yugoslavia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Ilie Năstase
Željko Franulović
7
5
6
2
6
3
     
2 Romania
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Ion Țiriac
Boro Jovanović
6
4
7
5
2
6
6
4
   
3 Romania
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Željko Franulović / Boro Jovanović
6
0
6
4
9
7
     
4 Romania
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Ion Țiriac
Željko Franulović
4
6
0
6
6
4
3
6
   
5 Romania
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Ilie Năstase
Boro Jovanović
4
6
6
4
       
retired

Final[]

Romania vs. West Germany


Romania
5
Bucharest, Romania[3]
16–18 July 1971
Clay

West Germany
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
West Germany
Ion Țiriac
Christian Kuhnke
6
2
3
6
6
2
7
5
   
2 Romania
West Germany
Ilie Năstase
Wilhelm Bungert
6
2
6
3
6
2
     
3 Romania
West Germany
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
8
6
6
4
6
4
     
4 Romania
West Germany
Ilie Năstase
Christian Kuhnke
6
0
6
4
6
4
     
5 Romania
West Germany
Petre Marmureanu
Wilhelm Bungert
6
1
7
5
6
1
     

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