1970 Davis Cup

The 1970 Davis Cup was the 59th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 53 teams would enter the competition, 31 in the Europe Zone, 11 in the Americas Zone, and 11 in the Eastern Zone.

Brazil defeated Canada in the Americas Zone final, India defeated Australia in the Eastern Zone final, and West Germany and Spain won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, West Germany defeated India, Spain defeated Brazil, and West Germany defeated Spain in the final. West Germany then fell to defending champions the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Harold Clark Courts in Cleveland, OH, United States on 29-31 August.

Americas Zone

North & Central America draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=May-June
RD2date=13-15 June

RD1T1-loc=Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|MEX | RD1-score1=2
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|NZL | RD1-score2=3

RD1T2-loc=Winnipeg, Canada (clay)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|CAN | RD1-score3=5
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=noflag|Caribbean/West Indies | RD1-score4=0

RD2T1-loc=Winnipeg, Canada (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|NZL | RD2-score1=2
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|CAN | RD2-score2=3

outh America draw

8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=20 March-6 April
RD2date=5-13 April
RD3date=14-16 June

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

RD1T2-loc=Bogotá, Colombia (clay)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|ECU | RD1-score3=2
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|COL | RD1-score4=3

RD1T3-loc=Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|CHI | RD1-score5=2
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|ARG | RD1-score6=3

RD1T4-loc=Caracas, Venezuela
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|BRA | RD1-score7=4
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|VEN|1930 | RD1-score8=1

RD2T1-loc=Bogotá, Colombia
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|URU | RD2-score1=0
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|COL | RD2-score2=5

RD2T2-loc=São Paulo, Brazil
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|CHI | RD2-score3=2
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|BRA | RD2-score4=3

RD3T1-loc=São Paulo, Brazil
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|COL | RD3-score1=2
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|BRA | RD3-score2=3

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

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team1=Brazil
team2=Canada
venue=Pinheiros Sports Club, São Paulo, Brazil
date=18 July - 21 July 1970
surface=clay
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomas Koch |9 |7 |5 |8 | |T2P1=John Sharpe |7 |5 |7 |6 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=José Edison Mandarino |2 |4 |2 | | |T2P1=Michael Belkin |6 |6 |6 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomas Koch |T1P2=José Edison Mandarino |6 |3 |0 |6 |6 |T2P1=Michael Belkin |T2P2=John Sharpe |3 |6 |6 |4 |3
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomas Koch |8 |6 |3 |4 | |T2P1=Michael Belkin |6 |8 |6 |6 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=José Edison Mandarino |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=John Sharpe |1 |0 |2 | |

Eastern Zone

Zone A Draw

8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=14-30 March
RD2date=3-12 April
RD3date=17-19 April

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

RD1T2-loc=
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|AUS | RD1-score3=w/o
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|KOR | RD1-score4=

RD1T3-loc=Hong Kong
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|HKG|colonial | RD1-score5=0
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|JPN | RD1-score6=5

RD1T4-loc=Saigon, South Vietnam
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|South Vietnam | RD1-score7=3
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|INA | RD1-score8=0

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

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

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

Zone B Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=14-30 March
RD2date=17-19 April

RD1T1-loc=Patna, India
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|IND | RD1-score1=3
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|PAK | RD1-score2=1

RD1T2-loc=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|MAS | RD1-score3=0
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|Ceylon|1951 | RD1-score4=3

RD2T1-loc=Bombay, India
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|IND | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|Ceylon|1951 | RD2-score2=0

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

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team1=India
team2=Australia
venue=Bangalore, India
date=3 May - 5 May 1970
surface=
score1=3
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |3 |6 |6 |6 |6 |T2P1=Dick Crealy |6 |8 |4 |3 |2
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |6 |6 |6 |3 |14 |T2P1=Ray Ruffels |2 |8 |3 |6 |12
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |T1P2=Jaidip Mukerjea |13 |4 |4 | | |T2P1=John Alexander |T2P2=Allan Stone |15 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |8 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Dick Crealy |6 |2 |2 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |6 |7 |4 |3 |6 |T2P1=Ray Ruffels |3 |5 |6 |6 |6 |nc=5

Europe Zone

Zone A Draw

DCWorld
RD1-date=1-24 May
RD2-date=22-24 May
RD3-date=11-14 June
RD4-date=14-16 July

RD1T1-loc=
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|RSA|1928 | RD1-score1=
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=

RD1T2-loc=Helsinki, Finland
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|FIN | RD1-score3=1
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|BEL | RD1-score4=4

RD1T3-loc=Bad Homburg, West Germany (clay)
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|FRG | RD1-score5=4
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|DEN | RD1-score6=1

RD1T4-loc=Cairo, Egypt (clay)
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|EGY|UAR | RD1-score7=3
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|NOR | RD1-score8=1

RD1T5-loc=Turin, Italy (clay)
RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9=davis|ITA | RD1-score9=2
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|TCH | RD1-score10=3

RD1T6-loc=
RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|ISR | RD1-score11=
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|Rhodesia | RD1-score12=w/o

RD1T7-loc=Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|POR | RD1-score13=1
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|MON | RD1-score14=4

RD1T8-loc=Budapest, Hungary
RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|HUN | RD1-score15=2
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|URS | RD1-score16=3

RD2T1-loc=
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|RSA|1928 | RD2-score1=
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|BEL | RD2-score2=w/o

RD2T2-loc=West Berlin, West Germany
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|FRG | RD2-score3=5
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|EGY|UAR | RD2-score4=0

RD2T3-loc=
RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=davis|TCH | RD2-score5=w/o
RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=davis|Rhodesia | RD2-score6=

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

RD3T1-loc=Nuremberg, West Germany
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|BEL | RD3-score1=0
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|FRG | RD3-score2=5

RD3T2-loc=Moscow, Soviet Union (clay)
RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=davis|TCH | RD3-score3=2
RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=davis|URS | RD3-score4=3

RD4T1-loc=Düsseldorf, West Germany
RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=davis|FRG | RD4-score1=3
RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=davis|URS | RD4-score2=2

Zone A Final

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team1=West Germany
team2=Soviet Union
venue=Düsseldorf, West Germany
date=14 July - 16 July 1970
surface=
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Wilhelm Bungert |6 |7 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Vladimir Korotkov |4 |9 |4 |3 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Christian Kuhnke |1 |1 |8 | | |T2P1=Alex Metreveli |6 |6 |10 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Inge Buding |T1P2=Wilhelm Bungert |5 |1 |8 |6 |7 |T2P1=Sergei Likhachev |T2P2=Alex Metreveli |7 |6 |6 |2 |5
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Christian Kuhnke |6 |6 |5 |6 | |T2P1=Vladimir Korotkov |1 |1 |7 |2 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Wilhelm Bungert |4 |5 | | | |T2P1=Alex Metreveli |6 |5 | | | |re1=2

Zone B draw

DCWorld
RD1-date=1-10 May
RD2-date=22-24 May
RD3-date=12-15 June
RD4-date=16-18 July

RD1T1-loc=Tehran, Iran
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|ROU|1965 | RD1-score1=4
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|IRI|1964 | RD1-score2=1

RD1T2-loc=Athens, Greece
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|GRE | RD1-score3=4
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|NED | RD1-score4=1

RD1T3-loc=Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|LUX | RD1-score5=0
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|IRL | RD1-score6=3

RD1T4-loc=Maribor, Yugoslavia
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|YUG | RD1-score7=2
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|POL | RD1-score8=3

RD1T5-loc=Stockholm, Sweden (clay)
RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9=davis|SWE | RD1-score9=0
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|ESP|1939 | RD1-score10=5

RD1T6-loc=Istanbul, Turkey
RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|TUR | RD1-score11=0
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|BUL|1946 | RD1-score12=5

RD1T7-loc=Geneva, Switzerland
RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|SUI | RD1-score13=1
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|FRA | RD1-score14=4

RD1T8-loc=Edinburgh, Scotland (clay)
RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|AUT | RD1-score15=3
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|GBR | RD1-score16=2

RD2T1-loc=Bucharest, Romania (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|ROU|1965 | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|GRE | RD2-score2=0

RD2T2-loc=Dublin, Ireland
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|IRL | RD2-score3=0
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|YUG | RD2-score4=5

RD2T3-loc=Barcelona, Spain (clay)
RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=davis|ESP|1939 | RD2-score5=5
RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=davis|BUL|1946 | RD2-score6=0

RD2T4-loc=Paris, France (clay)
RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=davis|FRA | RD2-score7=5
RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=davis|AUT | RD2-score8=0

RD3T1-loc=Maribor, Yugoslavia (clay)
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|ROU|1965 | RD3-score1=2
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|YUG | RD3-score2=3

RD3T2-loc=Paris, France (clay)
RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=davis|ESP|1939 | RD3-score3=5
RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=davis|FRA | RD3-score4=0

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

Zone B Final

DavisCupbox
team1=Spain |team1-var=1939
team2=Yugoslavia
venue=Barcelona, Spain
date=16 July - 18 July 1970
surface=
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Manuel Orantes |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Nikki Spear |4 |4 |2 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Manuel Santana |6 |6 |1 |6 | |T2P1=Željko Franulović |4 |4 |6 |4 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Juan Gisbert |T1P2=Manuel Santana |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Željko Franulović |T2P2=Nikki Spear |4 |1 |2 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Manuel Orantes |6 |7 |4 |6 |2 |T2P1=Zeljko Franulovic |5 |4 |6 |8 |6
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Manuel Santana |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Nikki Spear |2 |1 |5 | |

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=1-4 August
RD2date=14-17 August

RD1T1-loc=Pune, India
RD1-seed1=EAS | RD1-team1=davis|IND | RD1-score1=0
RD1-seed2=EUR-A | RD1-team2=davis|FRG | RD1-score2=5

RD1T2-loc=São Paulo, Brazil
RD1-seed3=EUR-B | RD1-team3=davis|ESP|1939 | RD1-score3=4
RD1-seed4=AME | RD1-team4=davis|BRA | RD1-score4=1

RD2T1-loc=Düsseldorf, West Germany
RD2-seed1=EUR-A | RD2-team1=davis|FRG | RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2=EUR-B | RD2-team2=davis|ESP|1939 | RD2-score2=1

First round

DavisCupbox
team1=India
team2=West Germany
venue=Pune, India
date=1 August - 3 August 1970
surface=
score1=0
score2=5
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |2 |5 |3 | | |T2P1=Wilhelm Bungert |6 |7 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |4 |3 |3 | | |T2P1=Christian Kuhnke |6 |6 |6 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |T1P2=Jaidip Mukerjea |2 |6 |11 |3 | |T2P1=Wilhelm Bungert |T2P2=Christian Kuhnke |6 |4 |13 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |4 |3 |7 |11 | |T2P1=Wilhelm Bungert |6 |6 |5 |13 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |9 |6 |4 | | |T2P1=Christian Kuhnke |11 |8 |6 | |

DavisCupbox
team1=Brazil
team2=Spain |team2-var=1939
venue=São Paulo, Brazil
date=2 August - 4 August 1970
surface=
score1=1
score2=4
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomas Koch |1 |3 |6 |1 | |T2P1=Manuel Orantes |6 |6 |3 |6 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=José Edison Mandarino |6 |3 |6 |0 |4 |T2P1=Manuel Santana |3 |6 |2 |6 |6
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomas Koch |T1P2=José Edison Mandarino |1 |4 |4 | | |T2P1=Juan Gisbert |T2P2=Manuel Santana |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=José Edison Mandarino |6 |1 |3 |3 | |T2P1=Manuel Orantes |3 |6 |6 |6 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomas Koch |7 |10 |4 | | |T2P1=Manuel Santana |5 |8 |6 | | |re2=4

Final

DavisCupbox
team1=West Germany
team2=Spain |team2-var=1939
venue=Düsseldorf, West Germany
date=14 August - 17 August 1970
surface=
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Wilhelm Bungert |4 |8 |9 | | |T2P1=Manuel Orantes |6 |10 |11 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Christian Kuhnke |6 |6 |12 |6 | |T2P1=Manuel Santana |4 |8 |10 |2 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Wilhelm Bungert |T1P2=Christian Kuhnke |6 |12 |6 | | |T2P1=Juan Gisbert |T2P2=Manuel Santana |4 |10 |3 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Christian Kuhnke |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Manuel Orantes |3 |3 |5 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Wilhelm Bungert |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Manuel Santana |4 |1 |3 | |

Challenge Round

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team1=United States
team2=West Germany
venue=Harold Clark Courts, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
date=29 August - 31 August 1970
surface=hard
score1=5
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Arthur Ashe |6 |10 |6 | | |T2P1=Wilhelm Bungert |2 |8 |2 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Cliff Richey |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Christian Kuhnke |3 |4 |2 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bob Lutz |T1P2=Stan Smith |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=Wilhelm Bungert |T2P2=Christian Kuhnke |3 |5 |4 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Cliff Richey |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Wilhelm Bungert |4 |4 |5 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Arthur Ashe |6 |10 |9 |13 |6 |T2P1=Christian Kuhnke |8 |12 |7 |11 |4