1966 Davis Cup

The 1966 Davis Cup was the 55th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. For the first time, the Europe Zone was effectively split into two zones, and the winner of each would earn a berth in the Inter-Zonal Zone. 46 teams would enter the competition, 32 in the Europe Zone, 8 in the Eastern Zone, and 6 in the Americas Zone.

The United States defeated Mexico in the Americas Zone final, India defeated Japan in the Eastern Zone final, and Brazil and West Germany won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, India defeated West Germany, Brazil defeated the USA, and then India defeated Brazil in the final. India then fell to defending champions Australia in the Challenge Round. The final was played at Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia on 26-28 December.

Americas Zone

Draw

8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=April-May
RD2date=19-30 May
RD3date=13-15 August

teamwidth=14

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

RD1T2-loc=Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|ARG | RD1-score3=3
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|CHI | RD1-score4=2

RD1T3-loc=Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|VEN|1930 | RD1-score5=2
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=noflag|Caribbean/West Indies | RD1-score6=3

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

RD2T1-loc=Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|MEX|1934 | RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|ARG | RD2-score2=1

RD2T2-loc=Kingston, Jamaica
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=noflag|Caribbean/West Indies | RD2-score3=1
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|USA | RD2-score4=4

RD3T1-loc=Cleveland, OH, United States (hard)
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|MEX|1934 | RD3-score1=0
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|USA | RD3-score2=5

Final

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team1=United States
team2=Mexico |team2-var=1934
venue=Harold Clark Courts, Cleveland, OH, United States
date=13 August - 15 August 1966
surface=hard
score1=5
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Clark Graebner |6 |4 |6 |3 |6 |T2P1=Joaquin Loyo-Mayo |0 |6 |1 |6 |3
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Dennis Ralston |6 |2 |7 |6 | |T2P1=Rafael Osuna |4 |6 |5 |1 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Clark Graebner |T1P2=Dennis Ralston |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Joaquin Loyo-Mayo |T2P2=Rafael Osuna |1 |4 |0 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Cliff Richey |11 |6 |12 |6 | |T2P1=Marcelo Lara |13 |0 |10 |4 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Clark Graebner |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Rafael Osuna |3 |4 |4 | |

Eastern Zone

Zone A Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=17-19 April
RD2date=30 April-2 May

RD1T1-loc=Seoul, South Korea
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|PHI | RD1-score1=3
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|KOR | RD1-score2=2

RD1T2-loc=
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=bye | RD1-score3=
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|JPN | RD1-score4=

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

Zone B Draw

8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=
RD2date=March-April
RD3date=7-9 May

RD1T1-loc=
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|Ceylon|1951 | RD1-score1=w/o
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|South Vietnam | RD1-score2=

RD1T2-loc=
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|MAS | RD1-score3=
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=bye | RD1-score4=

RD1T3-loc=
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=bye | RD1-score5=
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|IRI|1964 | RD1-score6=

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

RD2T1-loc=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|Ceylon|1951 | RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|MAS | RD2-score2=1

RD2T2-loc=Ahmedabad, India
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|IRI|1964 | RD2-score3=0
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|IND | RD2-score4=5

RD3T1-loc=Madras, India
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|Ceylon|1951 | RD3-score1=0
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|IND | RD3-score2=5

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

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team1=Japan
team2=India
venue=Tokyo, Japan
date=30 September - 3 October 1966
surface=
score1=1
score2=4
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Osamu Ishiguro |3 |6 |2 |8 | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |6 |2 |6 |10 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Koji Watanabe |6 |4 |6 |3 |9 |T2P1=Premjit Lall |3 |6 |3 |6 |7
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Osamu Ishiguro |T1P2=Koji Watanabe |2 |3 |3 | | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |T2P2=Premjit Lall |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Osamu Ishiguro |6 |6 |5 |8 | |T2P1=Premjit Lall |2 |8 |7 |10 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Koji Watanabe |2 |5 |0 | | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |6 |7 |6 | |

Europe Zone

Zone A Draw

DCWorld
RD1-date=29 April-2 May
RD2-date=13-17 May
RD3-date=10-12 June
RD4-date=15-17 July

RD1T1-loc=Barcelona, Spain (clay)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|ESP|1939 | RD1-score1=4
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|YUG | RD1-score2=1

RD1T2-loc=Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|DEN | RD1-score3=0
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|BRA | RD1-score4=5

RD1T3-loc=Istanbul, Turkey
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|TUR | RD1-score5=0
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|EGY|UAR | RD1-score6=5

RD1T4-loc=Szczecin, Poland (clay)
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|POL | RD1-score7=3
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|SWE | RD1-score8=2

RD1T5-loc=Helsinki, Finland (clay)
RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9=davis|FIN | RD1-score9=1
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|CAN | RD1-score10=4

RD1T6-loc=Paris, France (clay)
RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|FRA | RD1-score11=4
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|ROU|1965 | RD1-score12=1

RD1T7-loc=Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|POR | RD1-score13=2
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|ISR | RD1-score14=3

RD1T8-loc=Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (clay)
RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|TCH | RD1-score15=5
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|AUT | RD1-score16=0

RD2T1-loc=Barcelona, Spain (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|ESP|1939 | RD2-score1=2
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|BRA | RD2-score2=3

RD2T2-loc=Warsaw, Poland
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|EGY|UAR | RD2-score3=1
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|POL | RD2-score4=4

RD2T3-loc=Paris, France (clay)
RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=davis|CAN | RD2-score5=0
RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=davis|FRA | RD2-score6=5

RD2T4-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=davis|ISR | RD2-score7=0
RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=davis|TCH | RD2-score8=5

RD3T1-loc=Warsaw, Poland
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|BRA | RD3-score1=4
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|POL | RD3-score2=1

RD3T2-loc=Paris, France (clay)
RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=davis|FRA | RD3-score3=4
RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=davis|TCH | RD3-score4=1

RD4T1-loc=Paris, France (clay)
RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=davis|BRA | RD4-score1=4
RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=davis|FRA | RD4-score2=1

Zone A Final

DavisCupbox
team1=France
team2=Brazil
venue=Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France
date=15 July - 17 July 1966
surface=clay
score1=1
score2=4
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Pierre Darmon |6 |3 |2 |1 | |T2P1=José Edison Mandarino |3 |6 |6 |6 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=François Jauffret |6 |1 |3 |2 | |T2P1=Thomaz Koch |2 |6 |6 |6 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Patrice Beust |T1P2=Daniel Contet |6 |4 |7 |3 |4 |T2P1=Thomaz Koch |T2P2=José Edison Mandarino |3 |6 |5 |6 |6
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=François Jauffret |4 |1 |7 |2 | |T2P1=José Edison Mandarino |6 |6 |5 |6 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Pierre Darmon |6 |9 |6 | | |T2P1=Thomaz Koch |4 |7 |2 | |

Zone B draw

DCWorld
RD1-date=22 April-2 May
RD2-date=13-16 May
RD3-date=10-12 June
RD4-date=15-18 July

RD1T1-loc=Brussels, Belgium
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|RSA|1928 | RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|BEL | RD1-score2=0

RD1T2-loc=Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|NED | RD1-score3=5
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|IRL | RD1-score4=0

RD1T3-loc=Bologna, Italy (clay)
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|ITA | RD1-score5=4
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|URS | RD1-score6=1

RD1T4-loc=Monte Carlo, Monaco
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|MON | RD1-score7=1
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|MAR | RD1-score8=4

RD1T5-loc=Freiburg, West Germany (clay)
RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9=davis|FRG | RD1-score9=5
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|NOR | RD1-score10=0

RD1T6-loc=Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|LUX | RD1-score11=0
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|SUI | RD1-score12=5

RD1T7-loc=Budapest, Hungary
RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|HUN | RD1-score13=4
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|GRE|old | RD1-score14=1

RD1T8-loc=London, England (clay)
RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|GBR | RD1-score15=4
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|NZL | RD1-score16=1

RD2T1-loc=Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|RSA|1928 | RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|NED | RD2-score2=1

RD2T2-loc=
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|ITA | RD2-score3=w/o
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|MAR | RD2-score4=

RD2T3-loc=Lugano, Switzerland
RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=davis|FRG | RD2-score5=4
RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=davis|SUI | RD2-score6=1

RD2T4-loc=Budapest, Hungary (clay)
RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=davis|HUN | RD2-score7=2
RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=davis|GBR | RD2-score8=3

RD3T1-loc=Rome, Italy (clay)
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|RSA|1928 | RD3-score1=3
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|ITA | RD3-score2=2

RD3T2-loc=Hanover, West Germany (clay)
RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=davis|FRG | RD3-score3=3
RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=davis|GBR | RD3-score4=2

RD4T1-loc=Munich, West Germany
RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=davis|RSA|1928 | RD4-score1=2
RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=davis|FRG | RD4-score2=3

Zone B Final

DavisCupbox
team1=West Germany
team2=South Africa |team2-var=1928
venue=Munich, West Germany
date=15 July - 18 July 1966
surface=
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Wilhelm Bungert |6 |0 |8 |4 | |T2P1=Cliff Drysdale |3 |6 |6 |4 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Inge Buding |6 |6 |1 |6 | |T2P1=Keith Diepraam |2 |1 |6 |4 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Inge Buding |T1P2=Harald Elschenbroich |1 |7 |6 |5 |5 |T2P1=Keith Diepraam |T2P2=Frew McMillan |6 |5 |1 |7 |7
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Wilhelm Bungert |12 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Keith Diepraam |10 |2 |3 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Inge Buding |4 |9 |5 |0 | |T2P1=Cliff Drysdale |6 |7 |7 |6 |

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=5-14 November
RD2date=4-6 December

RD1T1-loc=Calcutta, India
RD1-seed1=EAS | RD1-team1=davis|IND | RD1-score1=3
RD1-seed2=EUR-B | RD1-team2=davis|FRG | RD1-score2=2

RD1T2-loc=Porto Alegre, Brazil (clay)
RD1-seed3=AME | RD1-team3=davis|USA | RD1-score3=2
RD1-seed4=EUR-A | RD1-team4=davis|BRA | RD1-score4=3

RD2T1-loc=Calcutta, India
RD2-seed1=EAS | RD2-team1=davis|IND | RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2=EUR-A | RD2-team2=davis|BRA | RD2-score2=2

First round

DavisCupbox
team1=India
team2=West Germany
venue=Calcutta, India
date=12 November - 14 November 1966
surface=
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |7 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=Wilhelm Bungert |5 |5 |4 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |2 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Inge Buding |6 |5 |3 |4 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |T1P2=Jaidip Mukerjea |1 |8 |4 | | |T2P1=Inge Buding |T2P2=Wilhelm Bungert |6 |10 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |4 |8 |8 |6 | |T2P1=Wilhelm Bungert |6 |6 |6 |3 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |6 |3 |6 |1 |4 |T2P1=Inge Buding |4 |6 |3 |6 |6

DavisCupbox
team1=Brazil
team2=United States
venue=Club Leopoldina Juvenil, Porto Alegre, Brazil
date=5 November - 7 November 1966
surface=
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Thomaz Koch |4 |4 |0 | | |T2P1=Dennis Ralston |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=José Edison Mandarino |5 |6 |7 |6 | |T2P1=Cliff Richey |7 |3 |5 |3 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Thomaz Koch |T1P2=José Edison Mandarino |5 |4 |6 |2 | |T2P1=Arthur Ashe |T2P2=Dennis Ralston |7 |6 |4 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Thomaz Koch |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=Cliff Richey |1 |5 |1 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=José Edison Mandarino |4 |6 |4 |6 |6 |T2P1=Dennis Ralston |6 |4 |6 |4 |1

Final

DavisCupbox
team1=India
team2=Brazil
venue=Calcutta, India
date=4 December - 6 December 1966
surface=
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |2 |2 |3 | | |T2P1=Thomaz Koch |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |5 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=José Edison Mandarino |7 |2 |2 |3 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |T1P2=Jaidip Mukerjea |7 |3 |6 |3 |6 |T2P1=Thomaz Koch |T2P2=José Edison Mandarino |5 |6 |3 |6 |3
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |7 |6 |4 |6 |5 |T2P1=José Edison Mandarino |9 |3 |6 |3 |7
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |3 |6 |10 |7 |6 |T2P1=Thomaz Koch |6 |4 |12 |5 |2

Challenge Round

DavisCupbox
team1=Australia
team2=India
venue=Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne, Australia
date=26 December - 28 December 1966
surface=grass
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Fred Stolle |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |3 |3 |2 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Roy Emerson |7 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |5 |4 |2 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Newcombe |T1P2=Tony Roche |6 |5 |4 |4 | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |T2P2=Jaidip Mukerjea |4 |7 |6 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Roy Emerson |6 |6 |10 | | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |0 |2 |8 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Fred Stolle |7 |6 |6 |5 |6 |T2P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |5 |8 |3 |7 |3