1968 Davis Cup

The 1968 Davis Cup was the 57th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 49 teams would enter the competition, 32 in the Europe Zone, 9 in the Americas Zone, and 8 in the Eastern Zone.

The United States defeated Ecuador in the Americas Zone final, India defeated Japan in the Eastern Zone final, and West Germany and Spain won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, the USA defeated Spain, India defeated West Germany, and then the USA defeated India in the final. The USA then defeated defending champions Australia in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Memorial Drive Tennis Centre in Adelaide, Australia on 26-28 December.

Americas Zone

North & Central America draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=3-13 May
RD2date=24-26 May

RD1T1-loc=Richmond, VA, United States (hard)
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|CAN | RD1-score3=0
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|MEX|1934 | RD1-score4=5

RD2T1-loc=Berkeley, CA, United States (hard)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|USA | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|MEX|1934 | RD2-score2=0

outh America draw

8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=27-29 April
RD2date=March-May
RD3date=24-27 May

RD1T1-loc=Caracas, Venezuela
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|VEN|1930 | RD1-score1=3
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|ARG | RD1-score2=2

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

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

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

RD2T1-loc=Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|VEN|1930 | RD2-score1=0
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|ECU | RD2-score2=3

RD2T2-loc=Lima, Peru
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|PER | RD2-score3=0
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|CHI | RD2-score4=5

RD3T1-loc=Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|ECU | RD3-score1=3
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|CHI | RD3-score2=1

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

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team1=United States
team2=Ecuador
venue=Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC, United States
date=7 June - 9 June 1968
surface=carpet (indoors)
score1=5
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Arthur Ashe |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Pancho Guzmán |3 |3 |2 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Clark Graebner |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Miguel Olvera |2 |1 |2 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Clark Graebner |T1P2=Bob Lutz |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Pancho Guzmán |T2P2=Miguel Olvera |3 |2 |5 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Clark Graebner |4 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Pancho Guzmán |6 |3 |4 |4 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Arthur Ashe |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Miguel Olvera |1 |3 |0 | |

Eastern Zone

Zone A Draw

8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=
RD2date=March-April
RD3date=10-12 May

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

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

RD1T3-loc=
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=bye | RD1-score5=
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|KOR | 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|INA | RD2-score1=1
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|PHI | RD2-score2=4

RD2T2-loc=Tokyo, Japan
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|KOR | RD2-score3=0
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|JPN | RD2-score4=5

RD3T1-loc=Tokyo, Japan
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|PHI | RD3-score1=1
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|JPN | RD3-score2=4

Zone B Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=20-22 March
RD2date=25-27 March

RD1T1-loc=Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|MAS | RD1-score1=1
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|Ceylon|1951 | RD1-score2=4

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

RD2T1-loc=Guwahati, India
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|Ceylon|1951 | RD2-score1=2
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|IND | RD2-score2=3

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

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team1=Japan
team2=India
venue=Tokyo, Japan
date=21 September - 23 September 1968
surface=
score1=1
score2=4
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Keishiro Yanagi |2 |4 |3 | | |T2P1=Premjit Lall |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Koji Watanabe |2 |6 |3 |2 | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |6 |3 |6 |6 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Isao Watanabe |T1P2=Koji Watanabe |2 |2 |7 |6 |0 |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |T2P2=Jaidip Mukerjea |6 |6 |5 |1 |6
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Keishiro Yanagi |4 |3 |1 | | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |6 |6 |6 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Koji Watanabe |8 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Premjit Lall |6 |1 |2 | |

Europe Zone

Zone A Draw

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RD1-date=26 April-7 May
RD2-date=23-26 May
RD3-date=13-16 June
RD4-date=19-21 July

RD1T1-loc=Valencia, Spain (clay)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|ESP|1939 | RD1-score1=3
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|NED | RD1-score2=2

RD1T2-loc=Bandol, France (clay)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|Rhodesia | RD1-score3=1
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|SWE | RD1-score4=4

RD1T3-loc=Bournemouth, England (clay)
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|GBR | RD1-score5=3
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|FRA | RD1-score6=0

RD1T4-loc=Helsinki, Finland (clay)
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|FIN | RD1-score7=4
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|POR | RD1-score8=1

RD1T5-loc=Cagliari, Italy (clay)
RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9=davis|ITA | RD1-score9=5
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|HUN | RD1-score10=0

RD1T6-loc=Monte Carlo, Monaco
RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|MON | RD1-score11=3
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|IRL | RD1-score12=1

RD1T7-loc=Zagreb, Yugoslavia
RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|YUG | RD1-score13=4
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|NZL | RD1-score14=0

RD1T8-loc=Tbilisi, Soviet Union
RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|GRE|old | RD1-score15=1
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|URS | RD1-score16=4

RD2T1-loc=Barcelona, Spain (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|ESP|1939 | RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|SWE | RD2-score2=1

RD2T2-loc=London, England (grass)
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|GBR | RD2-score3=5
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|FIN | RD2-score4=0

RD2T3-loc=Biella, Italy (clay)
RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=davis|ITA | RD2-score5=5
RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=davis|MON | RD2-score6=0

RD2T4-loc=Moscow, Soviet Union
RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=davis|YUG | RD2-score7=0
RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=davis|URS | RD2-score8=5

RD3T1-loc=Barcelona, Spain (clay)
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|ESP|1939 | RD3-score1=4
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|GBR | RD3-score2=1

RD3T2-loc=Reggio Emilia, Italy (clay)
RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=davis|ITA | RD3-score3=3
RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=davis|URS | RD3-score4=2

RD4T1-loc=Barcelona, Spain (clay)
RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=davis|ESP|1939 | RD4-score1=3
RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=davis|ITA | RD4-score2=2

Zone A Final

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team1=Spain |team1-var=1939
team2=Italy
venue=Real Club de Tenis de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
date=19 July - 21 July 1968
surface=clay
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Juan Gisbert |6 |2 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Martin Mulligan |4 |6 |2 |4 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Manuel Santana |6 |3 |4 |6 |6 |T2P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |3 |6 |6 |4 |2
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=José Luis Arilla |T1P2=Manuel Orantes |5 |2 |6 |3 | |T2P1=Martin Mulligan |T2P2=Nicola Pietrangeli |7 |6 |3 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Juan Gisbert |8 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Nicola Pietrangeli |6 |4 |2 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Manuel Orantes |2 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Martin Mulligan |4 |4 |7 |6 |4

Zone B draw

DCWorld
RD1-date=28 April-6 May
RD2-date=17-26 May
RD3-date=14-16 June
RD4-date=19-21 July

RD1T1-loc=Linz, Austria
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|RSA|1928 | RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|AUT | RD1-score2=0

RD1T2-loc=Tehran, Iran
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|IRI|1964 | RD1-score3=4
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|ISR | RD1-score4=1

RD1T3-loc=Luxembourg, Luxembourg (clay)
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|LUX | RD1-score5=1
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|NOR | RD1-score6=4

RD1T4-loc=Bucharest, Romania (clay)
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|ROU|1965 | RD1-score7=4
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|DEN | RD1-score8=1

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

RD1T6-loc=Freiburg, West Germany
RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|FRG | RD1-score11=4
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|SUI | RD1-score12=1

RD1T7-loc=Brussels, Belgium
RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|BEL | RD1-score13=3
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|POL | RD1-score14=2

RD1T8-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|TCH | RD1-score15=3
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|BRA | RD1-score16=2

RD2T1-loc=Tehran, Iran
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|RSA|1928 | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|IRI|1964 | RD2-score2=0

RD2T2-loc=Oslo, Norway (clay)
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|NOR | RD2-score3=0
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|ROU|1965 | RD2-score4=5

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

RD2T4-loc=Brussels, Belgium (clay)
RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=davis|BEL | RD2-score7=2
RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=davis|TCH | RD2-score8=3

RD3T1-loc=
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|RSA|1928 | RD3-score1=w/o
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|ROU|1965 | RD3-score2=

RD3T2-loc=Munich, Germany (clay)
RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=davis|FRG | RD3-score3=4
RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=davis|TCH | RD3-score4=1

RD4T1-loc=Düsseldorf, 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=Düsseldorf, West Germany
date=19 July - 21 July 1968
surface=
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Wilhelm Bungert |9 |7 |7 | | |T2P1=Bob Hewitt |7 |5 |5 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Inge Buding |6 |4 |10 |6 |6 |T2P1=Ray Moore |3 |6 |8 |8 |4
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Inge Buding |T1P2=Jürgen Faßbender |4 |2 |4 | | |T2P1=Bob Hewitt |T2P2=Frew McMillan |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Wilhelm Bungert |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Ray Moore |1 |1 |1 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Inge Buding |7 |6 |2 |6 | |T2P1=Bob Hewitt |5 |2 |6 |3 |

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=August-October
RD2date=9-11 November

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

RD1T2-loc=Cleveland, OH, United States (hard)
RD1-seed3=AME | RD1-team3=davis|USA | RD1-score3=4
RD1-seed4=EUR-A | RD1-team4=davis|ESP|1939 | RD1-score4=1

RD2T1-loc=San Juan, Puerto Rico (hard)
RD2-seed1=EAS | RD2-team1=davis|IND | RD2-score1=1
RD2-seed2=AME | RD2-team2=davis|USA | RD2-score2=4

First round

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team1=West Germany
team2=India
venue=Munich, West Germany
date=4 October - 6 October 1968
surface=
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Inge Buding |6 |2 |3 |4 | |T2P1=Premjit Lall |2 |6 |6 |6 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Wilhelm Bungert |4 |6 |8 |7 | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |6 |0 |6 |5 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Wilhelm Bungert |T1P2=Jürgen Faßbender |2 |2 |3 | | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |T2P2=Jaidip Mukerjea |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Inge Buding |2 |5 |2 | | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |6 |7 |6 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Wilhelm Bungert |6 |4 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Premjit Lall |1 |6 |4 |3 |

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team1=United States
team2=Spain |team2-var=1939
venue=Harold Clark Courts, Cleveland, OH, United States
date=16 August - 19 August 1968
surface=hard
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Clark Graebner |2 |3 |3 | | |T2P1=Manuel Santana |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Arthur Ashe |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Juan Gisbert |2 |4 |2 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Clark Graebner |T1P2=Charlie Pasarell |11 |17 |7 |6 | |T2P1=Juan Gisbert |T2P2=Manuel Santana |13 |15 |5 |2 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Clark Graebner |9 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Juan Gisbert |7 |3 |1 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Arthur Ashe |11 |7 |6 |13 |6 |T2P1=Manuel Santana |13 |5 |3 |15 |4

Final

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team1=United States
team2=India
venue=Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico
date=9 November - 11 November 1968
surface=hard
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Arthur Ashe |6 |5 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Premjit Lall |2 |7 |2 |4 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Clark Graebner |5 |6 |2 |1 | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |7 |4 |6 |6 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bob Lutz |T1P2=Stan Smith |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |T2P2=Jaidip Mukerjea |2 |3 |2 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Arthur Ashe |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |1 |3 |3 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Clark Graebner |9 |9 |7 |6 | |T2P1=Premjit Lall |11 |7 |5 |4 |

Challenge Round

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team1=Australia
team2=United States
venue=Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, Adelaide, Australia
date=26 December - 28 December 1968
surface=grass
score1=1
score2=4
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bill Bowrey |10 |4 |6 |6 |1 |T2P1=Clark Graebner |8 |6 |8 |3 |6
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ray Ruffels |8 |5 |3 |3 | |T2P1=Arthur Ashe |6 |7 |6 |6 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Alexander |T1P2=Ray Ruffels |4 |4 |2 | | |T2P1=Bob Lutz |T2P2=Stan Smith |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ray Ruffels |6 |6 |6 |3 |1 |T2P1=Clark Graebner |3 |8 |2 |6 |6
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bill Bowrey |2 |6 |11 |8 | |T2P1=Arthur Ashe |6 |3 |9 |6 |