1972 Davis Cup

The 1972 Davis Cup was the 61st edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. This year would mark the abolishment of the Challenge Round. The previous year's champion would now play in all matches, rather than advance directly to the Challenge Round. The winner of the Inter-Zonal Zone would be declared the champion. 56 teams would enter the competition, 34 in the Europe Zone, 11 in the Americas Zone, and 11 in the Eastern Zone.

The United States defeated Chile in the Americas Zone final, Australia defeated India in the Eastern Zone final, and Romania and Spain won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, the USA defeated Spain and Romania defeated Australia. The USA defeated Romania in the final, giving the US their 5th straight title. The final was played at the Club Sportiv Progresul in Bucharest, Romania, on 13-15 October.

Americas Zone

North & Central America draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=March-May
RD2date=16-18 June

teamwidth=14

RD1T1-loc=Kingston, Jamaica (indoor carpet)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|USA | RD1-score1=4
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=noflag|Caribbean/West Indies | RD1-score2=1

RD1T2-loc=Vancouver, Canada (clay)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|CAN | RD1-score3=2
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|MEX | RD1-score4=3

RD2T1-loc=Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|USA | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|MEX | RD2-score2=0

outh America draw

8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=20-26 March
RD2date=8-10 April
RD3date=21-23 April

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

RD1T2-loc=Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|BRA | RD1-score3=4
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|VEN|1930 | RD1-score4=0

RD1T3-loc=Santiago, Chile
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|CHI | RD1-score5=4
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|PER | RD1-score6=1

RD1T4-loc=Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|ECU | RD1-score7=1
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|COL | RD1-score8=4

RD2T1-loc=Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|ARG | RD2-score1=2
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|BRA | RD2-score2=3

RD2T2-loc=Santiago, Chile
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|CHI | RD2-score3=4
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|COL | RD2-score4=1

RD3T1-loc=Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|BRA | RD3-score1=2
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|CHI | RD3-score2=3

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

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team1=Chile
team2=United States
venue=Stade Francais, Santiago, Chile
date=21 July - 24 July 1972
surface=
score1=0
score2=5
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaime Pinto-Bravo |1 |5 |2 | | |T2P1=Stan Smith |6 |7 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Patricio Cornejo |7 |6 |1 |6 |2 |T2P1=Harold Solomon |9 |4 |6 |3 |6
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Patricio Cornejo |T1P2=Jaime Fillol |2 |4 |6 |6 |3 |T2P1=Stan Smith |T2P2=Erik van Dillen |6 |6 |4 |3 |6
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Marcelo Lara |1 |1 |2 | | |T2P1=Harold Solomon |6 |6 |6 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Joaquin Loyo-Mayo |4 |6 |7 |1 | |T2P1=Stan Smith |6 |1 |9 |6 |

Eastern Zone

Zone A Draw

8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=24-26 March
RD2date=8-16 April
RD3date=28-30 April

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

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

RD1T3-loc=Saigon, South Vietnam
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|South Vietnam | RD1-score5=5
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|TPE | RD1-score6=0

RD1T4-loc=Hong Kong
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|HKG|colonial | RD1-score7=0
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|JPN | RD1-score8=5

RD2T1-loc=Seoul, South Korea
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|AUS | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|KOR | RD2-score2=0

RD2T2-loc=Saigon, South Vietnam
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|South Vietnam | RD2-score3=2
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|JPN | RD2-score4=3

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

Zone B Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=1-3 April
RD2date=28-30 April

RD1T1-loc=Lucknow, India
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|IND | RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|SRI | RD1-score2=0

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

RD2T1-loc=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|IND | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|MAS | RD2-score2=0

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

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team1=India
team2=Australia
venue=Bangalore, India
date=16 May - 18 May 1972
surface=
score1=0
score2=5
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vijay Amritraj |4 |4 |2 | | |T2P1=Mal Anderson |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |3 |3 |6 |6 |3 |T2P1=Geoff Masters |6 |6 |3 |1 |6
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |T1P2=Jaidip Mukerjea |2 |4 |6 |3 | |T2P1=Colin Dibley |T2P2=Geoff Masters |6 |6 |3 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Anand Amritraj |1 |6 |5 | | |T2P1=Ross Case |6 |8 |7 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vijay Amritraj |5 |6 |3 |2 | |T2P1=Colin Dibley |7 |4 |6 |6 |

Europe Zone

Zone A Draw

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RD1-date=1-13 May
RD2-date=18-22 May
RD3-date=9-18 June
RD4-date=21-23 July

RD1T1-loc=Bucharest, Romania (clay)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|ROU|1965 | RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|SUI | RD1-score2=0

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

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

RD1T4-loc=Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|NED | RD1-score7=5
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|NOR | RD1-score8=0

RD1T5-loc=Helsinki, Finland (clay)
RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9=davis|FIN | RD1-score9=2
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|DEN | RD1-score10=3

RD1T6-loc=Warsaw, Poland
RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|POL | RD1-score11=3
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|YUG | RD1-score12=1

RD1T7-loc=Beirut, Lebanon (clay)
RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|LIB | RD1-score13=0
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|MAR | RD1-score14=5

RD1T8-loc=Tbilisi, Soviet Union
RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|URS | RD1-score15=3
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|HUN | RD1-score16=2

RD2T1-loc=Bucharest, Romania (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|ROU|1965 | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|IRI|1964 | RD2-score2=0

RD2T2-loc=San Benedetto, Italy (clay)
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|ITA | RD2-score3=4
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|NED | RD2-score4=1

RD2T3-loc=Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=davis|DEN | RD2-score5=0
RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=davis|POL | RD2-score6=5

RD2T4-loc=Casablanca, Morocco
RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=davis|MAR | RD2-score7=0
RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=davis|URS | RD2-score8=5

RD3T1-loc=Bucharest, Romania (clay)
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|ROU|1965 | RD3-score1=4
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|ITA | RD3-score2=1

RD3T2-loc=Warsaw, Poland
RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=davis|POL | RD3-score3=0
RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=davis|URS | RD3-score4=4

RD4T1-loc=Tbilisi, Soviet Union
RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=davis|ROU|1965 | RD4-score1=3
RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=davis|URS | RD4-score2=2

Zone A Final

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team1=Soviet Union
team2=Romania |team2-var=1965
venue=Tbilisi, Soviet Union
date=21 July - 23 July 1972
surface=
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Alex Metreveli |4 |0 |4 | | |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Teimuraz Kakulia |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=Ion Ţiriac |4 |5 |1 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Sergei Likhachev |T1P2=Alex Metreveli |2 |4 |3 | | |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |T2P2=Ion Ţiriac |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Alex Metreveli |2 |6 |1 |6 |6 |T2P1=Ion Ţiriac |6 |4 |6 |4 |3
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Teimuraz Kakulia |2 |2 |3 | | |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |6 |6 |6 | |

Zone B draw

DCWorld
RD1-date=28 April-7 May
RD2-date=19-22 May
RD3-date=14-18 June
RD4-date=21-24 July

RD1T1-loc=Brussels, Belgium (clay)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|TCH | RD1-score1=3
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|BEL | RD1-score2=2

RD1T2-loc=Båstad, Sweden (clay)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|SWE | RD1-score3=4
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|NZL | RD1-score4=1

RD1T3-loc=Athens, Greece
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|GRE | RD1-score5=0
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|FRG | RD1-score6=5

RD1T4-loc=Cork, Ireland
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|IRL | RD1-score7=5
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|TUR | RD1-score8=0

RD1T5-loc=Paris, France (clay)
RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9=davis|FRA | RD1-score9=4
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|GBR | RD1-score10=1

RD1T6-loc=Sofia, Bulgaria
RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|BUL|1971 | RD1-score11=0
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|ESP|1939 | RD1-score12=5

RD1T7-loc=Monte Carlo, Monaco
RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|MON | RD1-score13=3
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|LUX | RD1-score14=2

RD1T8-loc=
RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|POR | RD1-score15=w/o
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|RSA|1928 | RD1-score16=

RD2T1-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|TCH | RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|SWE | RD2-score2=1

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

RD2T3-loc=Paris, France (clay)
RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=davis|FRA | RD2-score5=2
RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=davis|ESP|1939 | RD2-score6=3

RD2T4-loc=Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=davis|MON | RD2-score7=3
RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=davis|POR | RD2-score8=2

RD3T1-loc=Düsseldorf, West Germany (clay)
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|TCH | RD3-score1=3
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|FRG | RD3-score2=2

RD3T2-loc=Avilés, Spain
RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=davis|ESP|1939 | RD3-score3=5
RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=davis|MON | RD3-score4=0

RD4T1-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=davis|TCH | RD4-score1=2
RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=davis|ESP|1939 | RD4-score2=3

Zone B Final

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team1=Spain |team1-var=1939
team2=Czechoslovakia
venue=Barcelona, Spain
date=21 July - 24 July 1972
surface=clay
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Juan Gisbert |8 |6 |5 |0 |6 |T2P1=Jan Kodeš |6 |4 |7 |6 |4
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Manuel Orantes |5 |4 |6 |7 |4 |T2P1=František Pala |7 |6 |0 |5 |6
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Juan Gisbert |T1P2=Manuel Orantes |10 |6 |7 |6 | |T2P1=Jan Kodeš |T2P2=Jan Kukal |12 |2 |5 |4 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Juan Gisbert |6 |6 |4 |6 | |T2P1=František Pala |3 |3 |6 |0 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Antonio Muñoz |4 |0 |3 | | |T2P1=Jiří Hřebec |6 |6 |6 | |

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=4-7 August
RD2date=13-15 October

RD1T1-loc=Barcelona, Spain (clay)
RD1-seed1=EUR-B | RD1-team1=davis|ESP|1939 | RD1-score1=2
RD1-seed2=AME | RD1-team2=davis|USA | RD1-score2=3

RD1T2-loc=Bucharest, Romania (clay)
RD1-seed3=EUR-A | RD1-team3=davis|ROU|1965 | RD1-score3=4
RD1-seed4=EAS | RD1-team4=davis|AUS | RD1-score4=1

RD2T1-loc=Bucharest, Romania (clay)
RD2-seed1=AME | RD2-team1=davis|USA | RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2=EUR-A | RD2-team2=davis|ROU|1965 | RD2-score2=2

First round

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team1=Spain |team1-var=1939
team2=United States
venue=Real Club de Tenis de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
date=4 August - 7 August 1972
surface=clay
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Andres Gimeno |6 |7 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Stan Smith |8 |5 |3 |4 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Juan Gisbert |7 |5 |6 |6 |4 |T2P1=Harold Solomon |9 |7 |0 |1 |6
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Andres Gimeno |T1P2=Juan Gisbert |3 |6 |2 |3 | |T2P1=Stan Smith |T2P2=Erik van Dillen |6 |0 |6 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Andres Gimeno |6 |6 |2 |6 | |T2P1=Harold Solomon |3 |1 |6 |2 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Juan Gisbert |9 |8 |4 | | |T2P1=Stan Smith |11 |10 |6 | |

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team1=Romania |team1-var=1965
team2=Australia
venue=Bucharest, Romania
date=4 August - 7 August 1972
surface=clay
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ion Ţiriac |6 |6 |6 |4 |4 |T2P1=Mal Anderson |2 |2 |8 |6 |6
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ilie Năstase |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Colin Dibley |3 |0 |2 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ilie Năstase |T1P2=Ion Ţiriac |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Mal Anderson |T2P2=Colin Dibley |2 |2 |2 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ion Ţiriac |6 |3 |11 |6 |6 |T2P1=Colin Dibley |3 |6 |13 |3 |0
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ilie Năstase |6 |6 |4 |6 | |T2P1=Mal Anderson |2 |2 |6 |3 |

Final

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team1=Romania |team1-var=1965
team2=United States
venue=Club Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest, Romania
date=13 October - 15 October 1972
surface=clay
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ilie Năstase |9 |2 |3 | | |T2P1=Stan Smith |11 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ion Ţiriac |4 |2 |6 |6 |6 |T2P1=Tom Gorman |6 |6 |4 |3 |2
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ilie Năstase |T1P2=Ion Ţiriac |2 |0 |3 | | |T2P1=Stan Smith |T2P2=Erik van Dillen |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ion Ţiriac |6 |2 |4 |6 |0 |T2P1=Stan Smith |4 |6 |6 |2 |6
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ilie Năstase |6 |6 |5 |10 | |T2P1=Tom Gorman |1 |2 |7 |8 |