- 1961 Davis Cup
The 1961 Davis Cup was the 50th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's
tennis . 42 teams would enter the competition, 28 in the Europe Zone, 7 in the Americas Zone, and 7 in the Eastern Zone.The United States defeated Mexico in the Americas Zone final, the India defeated Japan in the Eastern Zone final, and Italy defeated Sweden in the Europe Zone final. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, the USA defeated India, and then Italy defeated the USA. Italy then fell to defending champions Australia in the Challenge Round. The final was played at
Kooyong Stadium inMelbourne ,Australia on 26-28 December.Americas Zone
Draw
8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=April-July
RD2date=July-August
RD3date=18-20 Augustteamwidth=13
RD1T1-loc=
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|MAR | RD1-score1=
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=RD1T2-loc=
Quebec City ,Canada (clay)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|CAN|1957 | RD1-score3=2
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|MEX|1934 | RD1-score4=3RD1T3-loc=
Guayaquil ,Ecuador (clay)
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|ECU | RD1-score5=5
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|COL | RD1-score6=0RD1T4-loc=
Bridgetown ,Barbados (grass)
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=flagicon Caribbean/West Indies | RD1-score7=0
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|USA | RD1-score8=5RD2T1-loc=
Casablanca ,Morocco
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|MAR | RD2-score1=0
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|MEX|1934 | RD2-score2=5RD2T2-loc=St. Louis, MO,
United States (clay)
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|ECU | RD2-score3=0
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|USA | RD2-score4=5RD3T1-loc=Cleveland, OH,
United States (clay)
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|MEX|1934 | RD3-score1=2
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|USA | RD3-score2=3Final
DavisCupbox
team1=United States
team2=Mexico |team2-var=1934
venue=Cleveland Skating Club, Cleveland, OH,United States
date=18 August - 20 August 1961
surface=clay
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Chuck McKinley |3 |3 |3 | | |T2P1=Rafael Osuna |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tut Bartzen |4 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Mario Llamas |6 |4 |4 |4 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Chuck McKinley |T1P2=Dennis Ralston |4 |6 |4 |3 | |T2P1=Rafael Osuna |T2P2=Tony Palafox |6 |2 |6 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Chuck McKinley |6 |7 |10 | | |T2P1=Mario Llamas |4 |5 |8 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tut Bartzen |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Rafael Osuna |3 |3 |5 | |Eastern Zone
Draw
8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=18-28 March
RD2date=April
RD3date=6-8 MayRD1T1-loc=
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|PHI | RD1-score1=
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=RD1T2-loc=
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|JPN | RD1-score3=w/o
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|KOR | RD1-score4=RD1T3-loc=
Colombo , Ceylon (clay)
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|Ceylon|1951 | RD1-score5=2
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|THA | RD1-score6=3RD1T4-loc=
Bandung ,Indonesia
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|INA | RD1-score7=1
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|IND | RD1-score8=4RD2T1-loc=
Tokyo ,Japan
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|PHI | RD2-score1=2
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|JPN | RD2-score2=3RD2T2-loc=
Lucknow ,India
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|THA | RD2-score3=0
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|IND | RD2-score4=5RD3T1-loc=
New Delhi ,India
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|JPN | RD3-score1=1
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|IND | RD3-score2=4Final
DavisCupbox
team1=India
team2=Japan
venue=New Delhi ,India
date=6 May - 8 May 1961
surface=
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |2 |7 |6 |2 | |T2P1=Atsushi Miyagi |6 |9 |2 |6 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |4 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Osamu Ishiguro |6 |3 |3 |3 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |T1P2=Premjit Lall |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Atsushi Miyagi |T2P2=Masao Nagasaki |4 |3 |4 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Atsushi Miyagi |4 |1 |4 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Akhtar Ali |4 |6 |6 |2 |6 |T2P1=Osamu Ishiguro |6 |4 |0 |6 |4Europe Zone
Draw
32TeamBracket-Compact-info
RD1-date=27 April-7 May
RD2-date=1-4 June
RD3-date=10-19 June
RD4-date=21-23 July
RD5-date=4-6 AugustRD1-seed01= | RD1-team01=davis|ITA | RD1-score01=
RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=bye | RD1-score02=RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=davis|BEL | RD1-score03=3
RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=davis|CHI | RD1-score04=2RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=davis|SUI | RD1-score05=2
RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=davis|NED | RD1-score06=3RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=davis|TCH | RD1-score07=2
RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=davis|FRG | RD1-score08=3RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=davis|IRL | RD1-score09=0
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|POL | RD1-score10=5RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|MON | RD1-score11=3
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|LUX | RD1-score12=2RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|EGY|UAR | RD1-score13=0
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|BRA | RD1-score14=5RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=bye | RD1-score15=
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|FRA | RD1-score16=RD1-seed17= | RD1-team17=davis|GBR | RD1-score17=
RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18=bye | RD1-score18=RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19=davis|AUT | RD1-score19=5
RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20=davis|NOR | RD1-score20=0RD1-seed21= | RD1-team21=davis|TUR | RD1-score21=1
RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22=davis|FIN | RD1-score22=4RD1-seed23= | RD1-team23=davis|ROU|1952 | RD1-score23=0
RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24=davis|RSA|1928 | RD1-score24=5RD1-seed25= | RD1-team25=davis|YUG | RD1-score25=1
RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26=davis|ESP|1939 | RD1-score26=3RD1-seed27= | RD1-team27=davis|ISR | RD1-score27=0
RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28=davis|NZL | RD1-score28=5RD1-seed29= | RD1-team29=davis|DEN | RD1-score29=2
RD1-seed30= | RD1-team30=davis|HUN | RD1-score30=3RD1-seed31= | RD1-team31=bye | RD1-score31=
RD1-seed32= | RD1-team32=davis|SWE | RD1-score32=RD2T1-loc=
Brussels ,Belgium (clay)
RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=davis|ITA | RD2-score01=3
RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=davis|BEL | RD2-score02=2RD2T2-loc=
Scheveningen ,Netherlands (clay)
RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=davis|NED | RD2-score03=0
RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=davis|FRG | RD2-score04=5RD2T3-loc=
Warsaw ,Poland
RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=davis|POL | RD2-score05=4
RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=davis|MON | RD2-score06=1RD2T4-loc=
Paris ,France (clay)
RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=davis|BRA | RD2-score07=1
RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08=davis|FRA | RD2-score08=4RD2T5-loc=
Vienna ,Austria (clay)
RD2-seed09= | RD2-team09=davis|GBR | RD2-score09=3
RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10=davis|AUT | RD2-score10=2RD2T6-loc=
Helsinki ,Finland
RD2-seed11= | RD2-team11=davis|FIN | RD2-score11=1
RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12=davis|RSA|1928 | RD2-score12=4RD2T7-loc=
Madrid ,Spain (clay)
RD2-seed13= | RD2-team13=davis|ESP|1939 | RD2-score13=3
RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14=davis|NZL | RD2-score14=2RD2T8-loc=
Budapest ,Hungary (clay)
RD2-seed15= | RD2-team15=davis|HUN | RD2-score15=2
RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16=davis|SWE | RD2-score16=3RD3T1-loc=
Munich ,West Germany (clay)
RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=davis|ITA | RD3-score01=3
RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=davis|FRG | RD3-score02=2RD3T2-loc=
Warsaw ,Poland
RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=davis|POL | RD3-score03=0
RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=davis|FRA | RD3-score04=5RD3T3-loc=
Birmingham ,England (grass)
RD3-seed05= | RD3-team05=davis|GBR | RD3-score05=4
RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06=davis|RSA|1928 | RD3-score06=1RD3T4-loc=
Madrid ,Spain (clay)
RD3-seed07= | RD3-team07=davis|ESP|1939 | RD3-score07=1
RD3-seed08= | RD3-team08=davis|SWE | RD3-score08=4RD4T1-loc=
Paris ,France (clay)
RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=davis|ITA | RD4-score01=4
RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=davis|FRA | RD4-score02=1RD4T2-loc=Båstad,
Sweden (clay)
RD4-seed03= | RD4-team03=davis|GBR | RD4-score03=1
RD4-seed04= | RD4-team04=davis|SWE | RD4-score04=4RD5T1-loc=
Milan ,Italy (clay)
RD5-seed01= | RD5-team01=davis|ITA | RD5-score01=4
RD5-seed02= | RD5-team02=davis|SWE | RD5-score02=1Final
DavisCupbox
team1=Italy
team2=Sweden
venue=Milan ,Italy
date=4 August - 6 August 1961
surface=clay
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Fausto Gardini |6 |4 |1 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Ulf Schmidt |4 |6 |6 |3 |1
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |2 |5 |6 |4 | |T2P1=Jan-Erik Lundquist |6 |7 |1 |6 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |T1P2=Orlando Sirola |6 |3 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Thomas Hallberg |T2P2=Jan-Erik Lundquist |3 |6 |3 |1 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |6 |6 |3 |6 | |T2P1=Ulf Schmidt |3 |2 |6 |3 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Fausto Gardini |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Thomas Hallberg |2 |1 |0 | |Inter-Zonal Zone
4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=30 September-2 October
RD2date=13-16 OctoberRD1T1-loc=
RD1-seed1=EUR | RD1-team1=davis|ITA | RD1-score1=
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=RD1T2-loc=
New Delhi ,India
RD1-seed3=AME | RD1-team3=davis|USA | RD1-score3=3
RD1-seed4=EAS | RD1-team4=davis|IND | RD1-score4=2RD2T1-loc=
Rome ,Italy (clay)
RD2-seed1=EUR | RD2-team1=davis|ITA | RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2=AME | RD2-team2=davis|USA | RD2-score2=1DavisCupbox
team1=India
team2=United States
venue=National Sports Club,New Delhi ,India
date=30 September - 2 October 1961
surface=
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |4 |4 |7 | | |T2P1=Chuck McKinley |6 |6 |9 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Whitney Reed |4 |1 |5 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |T1P2=Premjit Lall |7 |0 |3 |2 | |T2P1=Donald Dell |T2P2=Chuck McKinley |5 |6 |6 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |2 |3 |3 | | |T2P1=Whitney Reed |6 |6 |6 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |6 |4 |1 |6 |6 |T2P1=Chuck McKinley |3 |6 |6 |3 |4DavisCupbox
team1=Italy
team2=United States
venue=Foro Italico,Rome ,Italy
date=13 October - 16 October 1961
surface=clay
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Fausto Gardini |6 |6 |5 |8 |0 |T2P1=Jon Douglas |4 |4 |7 |10 |6
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |2 |6 |6 |6 |6 |T2P1=Whitney Reed |6 |8 |4 |4 |4
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |T1P2=Orlando Sirola |6 |3 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Donald Dell |T2P2=Whitney Reed |4 |6 |3 |2 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |9 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Jon Douglas |7 |3 |2 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Fausto Gardini |3 |7 |3 |8 |6 |T2P1=Whitney Reed |6 |5 |6 |6 |4Challenge Round
DavisCupbox
team1=Australia
team2=Italy
venue=Kooyong Stadium ,Melbourne ,Australia
date=26 December - 28 December 1961
surface=grass
score1=5
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Roy Emerson |8 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |6 |4 |3 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Rod Laver |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Orlando Sirola |1 |4 |3 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Roy Emerson |T1P2=Neale Fraser |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |T2P2=Orlando Sirola |2 |3 |4 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Rod Laver |6 |3 |4 |6 |8 |T2P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |3 |6 |6 |3 |6
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Roy Emerson |6 |6 |4 |6 | |T2P1=Orlando Sirola |3 |3 |6 |2 |
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