1970 Davis Cup
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Duration | 14 March – 31 August 1970 |
Edition | 59th |
Teams | 50 |
Champion | |
Winning nation | ![]() |
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The 1970 Davis Cup was the 59th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 31 teams entered the Europe Zone, 11 teams entered the Americas Zone, and 11 teams entered the Eastern Zone. Hong Kong made its first appearance in the tournament.
Brazil defeated Canada in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, India defeated Australia in the Eastern Inter-Zonal final, and Spain and West Germany were the winners of the two Europe Zones, defeating Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union respectively.
In the Inter-Zonal Zone, West Germany defeated India and Spain defeated Brazil in the semifinals, and then West Germany defeated Spain in the final. West Germany were then defeated by the defending champions United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Harold Clark Courts in Cleveland, Ohio, United States on 29–31 August.[1][2][3]
Americas Zone
[edit]North & Central America Zone
[edit]Semifinals 8–10 May; 6–8 June | Final 13–15 June | |||||||
Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | ||||||||
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Winnipeg, Canada (clay) | ||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||
Winnipeg, Canada (clay) | ||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||
South America Zone
[edit]Quarterfinals 20 March–6 April | Semifinals 5–13 April | Final 14–16 June | |||||||||||
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Bogotá, Colombia | |||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
Bogotá, Colombia (clay) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
São Paulo, Brazil | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
São Paulo, Brazil | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | ||||||||||||
Caracas, Venezuela | |||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | ||||||||||||
Americas Inter-Zonal Final
[edit]Brazil vs. Canada
![]() Brazil 3 |
Esporte Clube Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil[4] 18–20 July 1970 Clay |
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Eastern Zone
[edit]Zone A
[edit]Quarterfinals 14–30 March | Semifinals 3–12 April | Final 17–19 April | |||||||||||
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Manila, Philippines | |||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | ||||||||||||
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Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||
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![]() | 5 | ||||||||||||
Hong Kong | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | ||||||||||||
Saigon, South Vietnam | |||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | ||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||
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Zone B
[edit]Semifinals 14–30 March | Final 17–19 April | |||||||
Patna, India | ||||||||
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Bombay, India | ||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||
Eastern Inter-Zonal Final
[edit]India vs. Australia
![]() India 3 |
Bangalore, India[5] 3–5 May 1970 |
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Europe Zone
[edit]Zone A
[edit]First Round 1–10 May | Quarterfinals 22–25 May | Semifinals 12–15 June | Final 16–18 July | |||||||||||||||
Tehran, Iran | ||||||||||||||||||
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Bucharest, Romania (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Athens, Greece | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Maribor, Yugoslavia (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Maribor, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Barcelona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Barcelona, Spain (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Paris, France (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Geneva, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Paris, France (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Edinburgh, United Kingdom (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Zone A Final
[edit]Spain vs. Yugoslavia
![]() Spain 4 |
Barcelona, Spain[6] 16–18 July 1970 |
![]() Yugoslavia 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zone B
[edit]First Round 1–24 May | Quarterfinals 22–24 May | Semifinals 11–14 June | Final 14–16 July | |||||||||||||||
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bye | ||||||||||||||||||
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Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||
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![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Nuremberg, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Bad Homburg, West Germany (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
West Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Cairo, Egypt (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Düsseldorf, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Turin, Italy (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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![]() | w/o | |||||||||||||||||
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Moscow, Soviet Union (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | w/o | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Lisbon, Portugal (clay) | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Monte Carlo, Monaco | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Zone B Final
[edit]West Germany vs. Soviet Union
![]() West Germany 3 |
Düsseldorf, West Germany[9] 14–16 July 1970 |
![]() Soviet Union 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inter-Zonal Zone
[edit]Draw
[edit]Semifinals 1–4 August | Final 14–17 August | |||||||
Poona, India | ||||||||
EUR-B | ![]() | 5 | ||||||
Düsseldorf, West Germany | ||||||||
EAS | ![]() | 0 | ||||||
EUR-B | ![]() | 4 | ||||||
São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||
EUR-A | ![]() | 1 | ||||||
AME | ![]() | 1 | ||||||
EUR-A | ![]() | 4 | ||||||
Semifinals
[edit]India vs. West Germany
![]() India 0 |
Poona, India[10] 1–3 August 1970 |
![]() West Germany 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brazil vs. Spain
![]() Brazil 1 |
São Paulo, Brazil[11] 2–4 August 1970 |
![]() Spain 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Final
[edit]West Germany vs. Spain
![]() West Germany 4 |
Düsseldorf, West Germany[12] 14–17 August 1970 |
![]() Spain 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Challenge Round
[edit]United States vs. West Germany
![]() United States 5 |
Harold Clark Courts, Cleveland, OH, United States[3] 29–31 August 1970 Hard |
![]() West Germany 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Notes
[edit]- ^ The tie was scratched and Belgium advanced to the semifinals after South Africa were ejected from the tournament on 23 March due to protests over the South African Government's apartheid policies.[7][8]
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 West Germany". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Brazil v Canada". daviscup.com.
- ^ "India v Australia". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Spain v Yugoslavia". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Arthur Ashe - Biography". www.britannica.com. Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ Steve, Tignor (19 November 2014). "The Shots Not Heard Around the World". tennis.com. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
South Africa had been banned from the Davis Cup entirely from 1970 to '73
- ^ "West Germany v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
- ^ "India v West Germany". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Brazil v Spain". daviscup.com.
- ^ "West Germany v Spain". daviscup.com.
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