1960 Davis Cup

The 1960 Davis Cup was the 49th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 40 teams would enter the competition, 28 in the Europe Zone, 6 in the Americas Zone, and 6 in the Eastern Zone.

The United States defeated Venezuela in the Americas Zone final, the Philippines defeated India in the Eastern Zone final, and Italy defeated Sweden in the Europe Zone final. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, the USA defeated the Philippines, and then Italy defeated the USA. Italy then fell to defending champions Australia in the Challenge Round. The final was played at White City Stadium in Sydney, Australia on 26-28 December.

Americas Zone

North/Central America draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=15-17 July
RD2date=6-9 August

RD1T1-loc=
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|MEX|1934 | RD1-score1=
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=

RD1T2-loc=Quebec City, Canada (clay)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|CAN|1957 | RD1-score3=0
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|USA | RD1-score4=5

RD2T1-loc=Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|MEX|1934 | RD2-score1=2
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|USA | RD2-score2=3

outh America draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=16-18 July
RD2date=22-24 July

RD1T1-loc=
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|VEN|1930 | RD1-score1=
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=

RD1T2-loc=Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (clay)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=flagicon Caribbean/West Indies | RD1-score3=0
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|NZL | RD1-score4=5

RD2T1-loc=Caracas, Venezuela
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|VEN|1930 | RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|NZL | RD2-score2=2

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

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team1=United States
team2=Venezuela |team2-var=1930
venue=Cleveland Skating Club, Cleveland, OH, United States
date=16 September - 18 September 1960
surface=clay
score1=5
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tut Bartzen |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Isais Pimentel |0 |1 |1 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Barry MacKay |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Marcos Gambus |1 |1 |0 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Butch Buchholz |T1P2=Chuck McKinley |4 |1 |5 | | |T2P1=Marcos Gambus |T2P2=Isais Pimentel |6 |6 |7 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tut Bartzen |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Marcos Gambus |1 |0 |0 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Barry MacKay |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Isais Pimentel |3 |3 |3 | |

Eastern Zone

Draw

8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=4-6 April
RD2date=22-24 April
RD3date=27-29 May

RD1T1-loc=
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|PHI | RD1-score1=
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=

RD1T2-loc=Tokyo, Japan
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|JPN | RD1-score3=5
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|KOR | RD1-score4=0

RD1T3-loc=Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|IND | RD1-score5=5
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|Ceylon|1951 | RD1-score6=0

RD1T4-loc=
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=bye | RD1-score7=
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|THA | RD1-score8=

RD2T1-loc=Manila, Philippines
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|PHI | RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|JPN | RD2-score2=2

RD2T2-loc=Bangkok, Thailand
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|IND | RD2-score3=5
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|THA | RD2-score4=0

RD3T1-loc=Manila, Philippines
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|PHI | RD3-score1=3
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|IND | RD3-score2=0

Final

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team1=Philippines
team2=India
venue=Manila, Philippines
date=27 May - 29 May 1960
surface=
score1=3
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Raymundo Deyro |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Naresh Kumar |0 |1 |1 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Felicisimo Ampon |6 |8 |6 | | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |3 |6 |1 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Eduardo Dungo |T1P2=Juan-Maria Jose |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |T2P2=Naresh Kumar |2 |2 |2 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Felicisimo Ampon | | | | | |T2P1=Naresh Kumar | | | | | |np=
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Raymundo Deyro | | | | | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan | | | | | |np=

Europe Zone

Draw

32TeamBracket-Compact-info
RD1-date=22 April-2 May
RD2-date=13-15 May
RD3-date=10-12 June
RD4-date=15-17 July
RD5-date=29-31 July

RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01=davis|ITA | RD1-score01=
RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=bye | RD1-score02=

RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=davis|HUN | RD1-score03=5
RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=davis|IRL | RD1-score04=0

RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=davis|LUX | RD1-score05=2
RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=davis|MON | RD1-score06=3

RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=davis|ISR | RD1-score07=1
RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=davis|CHI | RD1-score08=4

RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=davis|SUI | RD1-score09=2
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|BEL | RD1-score10=3

RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|BRA | RD1-score11=w/o
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|TUR | RD1-score12=

RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|NOR | RD1-score13=2
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|NED | RD1-score14=3

RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=bye | RD1-score15=
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|GBR | RD1-score16=

RD1-seed17= | RD1-team17=davis|FRA | RD1-score17=
RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18=bye | RD1-score18=

RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19=davis|FIN | RD1-score19=0
RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20=davis|ARG | RD1-score20=5

RD1-seed21= | RD1-team21=davis|DEN | RD1-score21=3
RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22=davis|YUG | RD1-score22=2

RD1-seed23= | RD1-team23=davis|EGY|UAR | RD1-score23=1
RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24=davis|AUT | RD1-score24=4

RD1-seed25= | RD1-team25=davis|FRG | RD1-score25=3
RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26=davis|TCH | RD1-score26=2

RD1-seed27= | RD1-team27=davis|ROU|1952 | RD1-score27=2
RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28=davis|POL | RD1-score28=3

RD1-seed29= | RD1-team29=davis|SWE | RD1-score29=5
RD1-seed30= | RD1-team30=davis|RSA|1928 | RD1-score30=0

RD1-seed31= | RD1-team31=bye | RD1-score31=
RD1-seed32= | RD1-team32=davis|ESP|1939 | RD1-score32=

RD2T1-loc=Budapest, Hungary
RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=davis|ITA | RD2-score01=3
RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=davis|HUN | RD2-score02=2

RD2T2-loc=Monte Carlo, Monaco
RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=davis|MON | RD2-score03=2
RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=davis|CHI | RD2-score04=3

RD2T3-loc=Brussels, Belgium
RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=davis|BEL | RD2-score05=3
RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=davis|BRA | RD2-score06=2

RD2T4-loc=Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=davis|NED | RD2-score07=0
RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=davis|GBR | RD2-score08=5

RD2T5-loc=Paris, France (clay)
RD2-seed09= | RD2-team09=davis|FRA | RD2-score09=5
RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10=davis|ARG | RD2-score10=0

RD2T6-loc=Vienna, Austria
RD2-seed11= | RD2-team11=davis|DEN | RD2-score11=3
RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12=davis|AUT | RD2-score12=2

RD2T7-loc=Warsaw, Poland
RD2-seed13= | RD2-team13=davis|FRG | RD2-score13=4
RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14=davis|POL | RD2-score14=1

RD2T8-loc=Stockholm, Sweden
RD2-seed15= | RD2-team15=davis|SWE | RD2-score15=3
RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16=davis|ESP|1939 | RD2-score16=2

RD3T1-loc=Turin, Italy (clay)
RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=davis|ITA | RD3-score01=3
RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=davis|CHI | RD3-score02=2

RD3T2-loc=Scarborough, England (grass)
RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=davis|BEL | RD3-score03=0
RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=davis|GBR | RD3-score04=5

RD3T3-loc=Paris, France (clay)
RD3-seed05= | RD3-team05=davis|FRA | RD3-score05=5
RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06=davis|DEN | RD3-score06=0

RD3T4-loc=Düsseldorf, Germany
RD3-seed07= | RD3-team07=davis|FRG | RD3-score07=1
RD3-seed08= | RD3-team08=davis|SWE | RD3-score08=4

RD4T1-loc=Wimbledon, England (grass)
RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=davis|ITA | RD4-score01=4
RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=davis|GBR | RD4-score02=1

RD4T2-loc=Båstad, Sweden (clay)
RD4-seed03= | RD4-team03=davis|FRA | RD4-score03=2
RD4-seed04= | RD4-team04=davis|SWE | RD4-score04=3

RD5T1-loc=Båstad, Sweden (clay)
RD5-seed01= | RD5-team01=davis|ITA | RD5-score01=3
RD5-seed02= | RD5-team02=davis|SWE | RD5-score02=2

Final

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team1=Sweden
team2=Italy
venue=Bastad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden
date=29 July - 31 July 1960
surface=clay
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jan-Erik Lundquist |6 |4 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Orlando Sirola |4 |6 |3 |3 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ulf Schmidt |1 |4 |6 |4 | |T2P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |6 |6 |4 |6 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jan-Erik Lundquist |T1P2=Ulf Schmidt |16 |7 |2 |3 |2 |T2P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |T2P2=Orlando Sirola |14 |5 |6 |6 |6
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ulf Schmidt |4 |2 |1 | | |T2P1=Orlando Sirola |6 |6 |6 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jan-Erik Lundquist |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Sergio Tacchini |2 |1 |1 | |

Inter-Zonal Zone

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=22-24 November
RD2date=9-12 December

RD1T1-loc=
RD1-seed1=EUR | RD1-team1=davis|ITA | RD1-score1=
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=

RD1T2-loc=Brisbane, Australia (grass)
RD1-seed3=AME | RD1-team3=davis|USA | RD1-score3=5
RD1-seed4=EAS | RD1-team4=davis|PHI | RD1-score4=0

RD2T1-loc=Perth, Australia (grass)
RD2-seed1=EUR | RD2-team1=davis|ITA | RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2=AME | RD2-team2=davis|USA | RD2-score2=2

DavisCupbox
team1=United States
team2=Philippines
venue=Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia
date=22 November - 24 November 1960
surface=grass
score1=5
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Barry MacKay |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Eduardo Dungo |1 |2 |0 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Butch Buchholz |5 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Juan-Maria Jose |7 |1 |0 |2 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Chuck McKinley |T1P2=Dennis Ralston |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Eduardo Dungo |T2P2=Juan-Maria Jose |3 |3 |3 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Dennis Ralston |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Raymundo Deyro |2 |0 |5 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Chuck McKinley |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Felicisimo Ampon |3 |4 |2 | |

DavisCupbox
team1=United States
team2=Italy
venue=Royal King's Park, Perth, Australia
date=9 December - 12 December 1960
surface=grass
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Butch Buchholz |6 |7 |11 |6 | |T2P1=Orlando Sirola |8 |5 |9 |2 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Barry MacKay |8 |3 |8 |8 |13 |T2P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |6 |6 |10 |6 |11
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Butch Buchholz |T1P2=Chuck McKinley |6 |8 |4 |11 | |T2P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |T2P2=Orlando Sirola |3 |10 |6 |13 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Butch Buchholz |1 |2 |8 |6 |4 |T2P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |6 |6 |6 |3 |6
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Barry MacKay |7 |3 |6 | | |T2P1=Orlando Sirola |9 |6 |8 | |

Challenge Round

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team1=Australia
team2=Italy
venue=White City Stadium, Sydney, Australia
date=26 December - 28 December 1960
surface=grass
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Neale Fraser |4 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Orlando Sirola |6 |3 |3 |3 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Rod Laver |8 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |6 |4 |3 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Roy Emerson |T1P2=Neale Fraser |10 |5 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |T2P2=Orlando Sirola |8 |7 |2 |4 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Rod Laver |9 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Orlando Sirola |7 |2 |3 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Neale Fraser |9 |3 |6 |2 | |T2P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |11 |6 |1 |6 |