1967 Davis Cup

The 1967 Davis Cup was the 56th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 48 teams would enter the competition, 32 in the Europe Zone, 9 in the Eastern Zone, and 7 in the Americas Zone.

Ecuador defeated the United States in the Americas Zone final, India defeated Japan in the Eastern Zone final, and South Africa and Spain won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Spain defeated Ecuador, South Africa defeated India, and then Spain defeated South Africa in the final. Spain then fell to defending champions Australia in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Milton Courts in Brisbane, Australia on 26-28 December.

Americas Zone

North & Central America draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=15-30 April
RD2date=27-30 May

RD1T1-loc=Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|USA | RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=noflag|Caribbean/West Indies | RD1-score2=0

RD1T2-loc=Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|NZL | RD1-score3=1
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|MEX|1934 | RD1-score4=4

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

outh America draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=30 April-2 May
RD2date=28-30 May

RD1T1-loc=Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|VEN|1930 | RD1-score1=0
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|ARG | RD1-score2=5

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

RD2T1-loc=Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|ARG | RD2-score1=1
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|ECU | RD2-score2=4

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

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team1=Ecuador
team2=United States
venue=Guayaquil Tennis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador
date=17 June - 19 June 1967
surface=clay
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Pancho Guzmán |2 |6 |6 |4 | |T2P1=Cliff Richey |6 |2 |8 |6 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Miguel Olvera |4 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Arthur Ashe |6 |4 |4 |2 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Pancho Guzmán |T1P2=Miguel Olvera |0 |9 |6 |4 |8 |T2P1=Clark Graebner |T2P2=Marty Riessen |6 |7 |3 |6 |6
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Pancho Guzmán |0 |6 |6 |0 |6 |T2P1=Arthur Ashe |6 |4 |2 |6 |3
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Miguel Olvera |7 |4 |5 |6 |0 |T2P1=Cliff Richey |5 |6 |7 |4 |6

Eastern Zone

Zone A Draw

8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=25-27 March
RD2date=14-16 April
RD3date=5-8 May

RD1T1-loc=Manila, Philippines
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|PHI | RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|KOR | RD1-score2=0

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

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

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

RD2T1-loc=Manila, Philippines
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|PHI | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|South Vietnam | RD2-score2=0

RD2T2-loc=Jakarta, Indonesia
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|INA | RD2-score3=0
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|JPN | RD2-score4=5

RD3T1-loc=Tokyo, Japan
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|PHI | RD3-score1=0
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|JPN | RD3-score2=5

Zone B Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=25-27 February
RD2date=28-30 April

RD1T1-loc=Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|IND | RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|Ceylon|1951 | RD1-score2=0

RD1T2-loc=
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|IRI|1964 | RD1-score3=w/o
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|MAS | RD1-score4=

RD2T1-loc=Tehran, Iran
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|IND | RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|IRI|1964 | RD2-score2=1

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

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team1=India
team2=Japan
venue=New Delhi, India
date=29 September - 1 October 1967
surface=
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Koji Watanabe |2 |4 |2 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |3 |6 |5 |9 |6 |T2P1=Ichizo Konishi |6 |3 |7 |7 |3
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |T1P2=Premjit Lall |6 |6 |4 |6 | |T2P1=Isao Watanabe |T2P2=Koji Watanabe |2 |4 |6 |0 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |8 |2 |2 |1 | |T2P1=Koji Watanabe |6 |6 |6 |6 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |6 |9 |6 | | |T2P1=Ichizo Konishi |2 |7 |3 | |

Europe Zone

Zone A Draw

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RD1-date=28 April-7 May
RD2-date=19-21 May
RD3-date=8-11 June
RD4-date=20-22 July

RD1T1-loc=Zagreb, Yugoslavia
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|BRA | RD1-score1=3
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|YUG | RD1-score2=2

RD1T2-loc=Warsaw, Poland
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|POL | RD1-score3=5
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|ISR | RD1-score4=0

RD1T3-loc=Verona, Italy (clay)
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|ITA | RD1-score5=5
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|AUT | RD1-score6=0

RD1T4-loc=Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|LUX | RD1-score7=3
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|IRL | RD1-score8=2

RD1T5-loc=Paris, France (clay)
RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9=davis|FRA | RD1-score9=5
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|NOR | RD1-score10=0

RD1T6-loc=Budapest, Hungary (clay)
RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|HUN | RD1-score11=4
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|SWE | RD1-score12=1

RD1T7-loc=Monte Carlo, Monaco
RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|MON | RD1-score13=5
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|TUR | RD1-score14=0

RD1T8-loc=Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|NED | RD1-score15=2
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|RSA|1928 | RD1-score16=3

RD2T1-loc=Warsaw, Poland
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|BRA | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|POL | RD2-score2=0

RD2T2-loc=Piacenza, Italy (clay)
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|ITA | RD2-score3=5
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|LUX | RD2-score4=0

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

RD2T4-loc=Monte Carlo, Monaco
RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=davis|MON | RD2-score7=0
RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=davis|RSA|1928 | RD2-score8=5

RD3T1-loc=Naples, Italy (clay)
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|BRA | RD3-score1=3
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|ITA | RD3-score2=1

RD3T2-loc=Paris, France (clay)
RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=davis|FRA | RD3-score3=0
RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=davis|RSA|1928 | RD3-score4=5

RD4T1-loc=Durban, South Africa
RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=davis|BRA | RD4-score1=0
RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=davis|RSA|1928 | RD4-score2=5

Zone A Final

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team1=South Africa |team1-var=1928
team2=Brazil
venue=Durban, South Africa
date=20 July - 22 July 1967
surface=
score1=5
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bob Hewitt |6 |9 |11 |6 | |T2P1=Tomas Koch |4 |11 |9 |2 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Cliff Drysdale |6 |8 |2 | | |T2P1=José Edison Mandarino |2 |6 |2 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bob Hewitt |T1P2=Frew McMillan |1 |4 |6 |6 |6 |T2P1=Tomas Koch |T2P2=José Edison Mandarino |6 |6 |2 |4 |2
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bob Hewitt |1 |3 |6 |6 |6 |T2P1=José Edison Mandarino |6 |6 |4 |2 |0
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Cliff Drysdale |6 |8 |6 | | |T2P1=Tomas Koch |3 |6 |4 | |

Zone B draw

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RD1-date=28 April-7 May
RD2-date=19-23 May
RD3-date=7-10 June
RD4-date=14-16 July

RD1T1-loc=Düsseldorf, West Germany
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|FRG | RD1-score1=2
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|URS | RD1-score2=3

RD1T2-loc=Helsinki, Finland (clay)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|FIN | RD1-score3=1
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|DEN | RD1-score4=4

RD1T3-loc=Geneva, Switzerland
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|SUI | RD1-score5=2
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|GRE|old | RD1-score6=3

RD1T4-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|TCH | RD1-score7=2
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|CHI | RD1-score8=3

RD1T5-loc=Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)
RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9=davis|BUL|1946 | RD1-score9=5
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|POR | RD1-score10=0

RD1T6-loc=Bournemouth, England (clay)
RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|GBR | RD1-score11=4
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|CAN | RD1-score12=1

RD1T7-loc=Bucharest, Romania (clay)
RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|ROU|1965 | RD1-score13=4
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|BEL | RD1-score14=1

RD1T8-loc=San Sebastian, Spain (clay)
RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|EGY|UAR | RD1-score15=0
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|ESP|1939 | RD1-score16=5

RD2T1-loc=Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|URS | RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|DEN | RD2-score2=2

RD2T2-loc=Athens, Greece
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|GRE|old | RD2-score3=2
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|CHI | RD2-score4=3

RD2T3-loc=Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)
RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=davis|BUL|1946 | RD2-score5=0
RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=davis|GBR | RD2-score6=5

RD2T4-loc=Bucharest, Romania (clay)
RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=davis|ROU|1965 | RD2-score7=2
RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=davis|ESP|1939 | RD2-score8=3

RD3T1-loc=Moscow, Soviet Union
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|URS | RD3-score1=3
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|CHI | RD3-score2=0

RD3T2-loc=Eastbourne, England (grass)
RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=davis|GBR | RD3-score3=2
RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=davis|ESP|1939 | RD3-score4=3

RD4T1-loc=Barcelona, Spain (clay)
RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=davis|URS | RD4-score1=1
RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=davis|ESP|1939 | RD4-score2=4

Zone B Final

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team1=Spain |team1-var=1939
team2=Soviet Union
venue=Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
date=14 July - 16 July 1967
surface=clay
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Manuel Santana |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Tomas Lejus |3 |4 |1 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Juan Gisbert |3 |2 |6 |7 |6 |T2P1=Alex Metreveli |6 |6 |3 |5 |2
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=José Luis Arilla |T1P2=Manuel Santana |3 |6 |4 |4 | |T2P1=Sergei Likhachev |T2P2=Alex Metreveli |6 |3 |6 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Manuel Santana |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Alex Metreveli |0 |3 |3 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Juan Gisbert |2 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Tomas Lejus |6 |4 |3 |0 |

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=21 September-12 November
RD2date=30 November-4 December

RD1T1-loc=Barcelona, Spain (clay)
RD1-seed1=EUR-B | RD1-team1=davis|ESP|1939 | RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2=AME | RD1-team2=davis|ECU | RD1-score2=0

RD1T2-loc=Barcelona, Spain (clay)
RD1-seed3=EAS | RD1-team3=davis|IND | RD1-score3=0
RD1-seed4=EUR-A | RD1-team4=davis|RSA|1928 | RD1-score4=5

RD2T1-loc=Johannesburg, South Africa (hard)
RD2-seed1=EUR-B | RD2-team1=davis|ESP|1939 | RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2=EUR-A | RD2-team2=davis|RSA|1928 | RD2-score2=2

First round

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team1=Spain |team1-var=1939
team2=Ecuador
venue=Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
date=21 September - 23 September 1967
surface=clay
score1=5
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Manuel Santana |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Pancho Guzmán |2 |2 |1 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Juan Gisbert |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Miguel Olvera |3 |3 |2 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=José Luis Arilla |T1P2=Manuel Santana |7 |6 |3 |9 |6 |T2P1=Pancho Guzmán |T2P2=Miguel Olvera |5 |8 |6 |7 |1
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Manuel Santana |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Miguel Olvera |3 |4 |1 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Juan Gisbert |6 |2 |0 |6 |6 |T2P1=Pancho Guzmán |3 |6 |6 |2 |1

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team1=South Africa |team1-var=1928
team2=India
venue=Barcelona, Spain
date=10 November - 12 November 1967
surface=clay
score1=5
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bob Hewitt |3 |6 |6 |2 |8 |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |6 |3 |2 |6 |6
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Cliff Drysdale |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |1 |0 |0 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bob Hewitt |T1P2=Frew McMillan |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |T2P2=Jaidip Mukerjea |2 |5 |2 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Cliff Drysdale |7 |6 |3 |6 | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |5 |4 |6 |3 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bob Maud |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |1 |2 |3 | |

Final

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team1=South Africa |team1-var=1928
team2=Spain |team2-var=1939
venue=Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
date=30 November - 3 December 1967
surface=hard
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ray Moore |3 |2 |4 | | |T2P1=Manuel Santana |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Cliff Drysdale |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Manuel Orantes |4 |2 |4 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Cliff Drysdale |T1P2=Frew McMillan |4 |3 |11 | | |T2P1=José Luis Arilla |T2P2=Manuel Santana |6 |6 |13 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ray Moore |6 |0 |6 |2 |6 |T2P1=Manuel Orantes |4 |6 |4 |6 |4
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Cliff Drysdale |3 |3 |6 |2 | |T2P1=Manuel Santana |6 |6 |3 |6 |

Challenge Round

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team1=Australia
team2=Spain |team2-var=1939
venue=Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia
date=26 December - 28 December 1967
surface=grass
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Roy Emerson |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Manuel Santana |4 |1 |1 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Newcombe |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Manuel Orantes |3 |3 |2 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Newcombe |T1P2=Tony Roche |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Manuel Orantes |T2P2=Manuel Santana |4 |4 |4 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Newcombe |5 |4 |2 | | |T2P1=Manuel Santana |7 |6 |6 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Roy Emerson |6 |6 |2 |6 | |T2P1=Manuel Orantes |1 |1 |6 |4 |