1973 Davis Cup

The 1973 Davis Cup was the 62nd edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 53 teams would enter the competition, 31 in the Europe Zone, 12 in the Americas Zone, and 10 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 Czechoslovakia won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, the USA defeated Romania and Australia defeated Czechoslovakia. Australia defeated the USA in the final, which was held at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland, OH, United States, on 30 November-2 December. It marked the first time the final was held indoors.

Americas Zone

North & Central America Zone

Preliminary Rounds

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Main draw

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* — advanced to Americas Inter-Zonal Final

outh America Zone

Preliminary Rounds

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Main draw

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* — advanced to Americas Inter-Zonal Final
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Americas Inter-Zonal Final

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team1=United States
team2=Chile
venue=Burns Park Tennis Club, North Little Rock, AR, United States
date=3 August - 5 August 1973
surface=hard
score1=4
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tom Gorman |17 |6 |4 |6 | |T2P1=Jaime Fillol |15 |4 |6 |3 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Stan Smith |7 |2 |8 |4 | |T2P1=Patricio Cornejo |9 |2 |6 |4 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Stan Smith |T1P2=Erik van Dillen |7 |37 |8 |6 |6 |T2P1=Patricio Cornejo |T2P2=Jaime Fillol |9 |39 |6 |1 |3
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tom Gorman |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Patricio Cornejo |3 |1 |1 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Stan Smith | | | | | |T2P1=Jaime Fillol | | | | | |np=
*United States advance to Inter-Zonal Zone"Note:The 39-37 set in the doubles rubber set the Davis Cup record for most games in a set (76). [http://www.daviscup.com/about/records.asp] "

Eastern Zone

Preliminary Rounds

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* — advanced to Main Draw
* — advanced to Main Draw
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Main draw

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Final

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team1=India
team2=Australia
venue=Madras, India
date=4 May - 6 May 1973
surface=
score1=0
score2=4
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Anand Amritraj |2 |1 |0 | | |T2P1=John Newcombe |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vijay Amritraj |1 |2 |1 | | |T2P1=Malcolm Anderson |6 |6 |6 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vijay Amritraj |T1P2=Premjit Lall |6 |2 |5 |3 | |T2P1=Geoff Masters |T2P2=John Newcombe |4 |6 |7 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |6 |0 |6 |1 | |T2P1=John Cooper |4 |6 |8 |6 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vijay Amritraj |10 |6 | | | |T2P1=John Newcombe |12 |3 | | | |nc=3
*Australia advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Europe Zone

Zone A

Preliminary Rounds

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* — advanced to Main Draw
* — advanced to Main Draw
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Main draw

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Final

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team1=Czechoslovakia
team2=Italy
venue=Prague, Czechoslovakia
date=3 August - 5 August 1973
surface=clay
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jan Kodeš |5 |6 |4 |6 |1 |T2P1=Corrado Barazzutti |7 |3 |6 |2 |6
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jiří Hřebec |12 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Antonio Zugarelli |10 |1 |1 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jan Kodeš |T1P2=František Pala |6 |8 |6 | | |T2P1=Giordano Majoli |T2P2=Pietro Marzano |2 |6 |4 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jiří Hřebec |9 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Corrado Barazzutti |7 |1 |4 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jan Kodeš |6 |6 |0 |6 | |T2P1=Antonio Zugarelli |1 |3 |6 |2 |
*Czechoslovakia advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Zone B

Preliminary Rounds

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* — advanced to Main Draw
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Main draw

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Final

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team1=Romania |team1-var=1965
team2=Soviet Union
venue=Bucharest, Romania
date=3 August - 5 August 1973
surface=clay
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Toma Ovici |5 |5 |2 | | |T2P1=Alex Metreveli |7 |7 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ilie Năstase |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Teimuraz Kakulia |0 |3 |0 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ilie Năstase |T1P2=Ionel Santeiu |0 |6 |4 |7 |2 |T2P1=Sergei Likhachev |T2P2=Alex Metreveli |6 |3 |6 |5 |6
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ilie Năstase |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Alex Metreveli |0 |2 |4 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Toma Ovici |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Teimuraz Kakulia |3 |3 |1 | |
*Romania advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=August-November
RD2date=30 November-2 December

RD1T1-loc=Melbourne, Australia
RD1-seed1=EAS | RD1-team1=davis|AUS | RD1-score1=4
RD1-seed2=EUR-A | RD1-team2=davis|TCH | RD1-score2=1

RD1T2-loc=Alamo, CA, United States (hard)
RD1-seed3=EUR-B | RD1-team3=davis|ROU|1965 | RD1-score3=1
RD1-seed4=AME | RD1-team4=davis|USA | RD1-score4=4

RD2T1-loc=Cleveland, OH, United States (indoor carpet)
RD2-seed1=EAS | RD2-team1=davis|AUS | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2=AME | RD2-team2=davis|USA | RD2-score2=0

First round

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team1=Australia
team2=Czechoslovakia
venue=Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne, Australia
date=16 November - 18 November 1973
surface=grass
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Rod Laver |6 |7 |7 | | |T2P1=Jan Kodeš |3 |5 |5 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Newcombe |4 |10 |4 |5 | |T2P1=Jiří Hřebec |6 |8 |6 |7 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Rod Laver |T1P2=Ken Rosewall |6 |14 |7 |8 | |T2P1=Jan Kodeš |T2P2=Vladimir Zednik |4 |12 |9 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Rod Laver |5 |6 |6 |4 |6 |T2P1=Jiří Hřebec |7 |3 |4 |6 |4
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Newcombe |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Jan Kodeš |2 |2 |4 | |

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team1=United States
team2=Romania |team2-var=1965
venue=Round Hill Country Club, Alamo, CA, United States
date=17 August - 19 August 1973
surface=hard
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Marty Riessen |2 |4 |2 | | |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Stan Smith |7 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Toma Ovici |5 |1 |3 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Stan Smith |T1P2=Erik van Dillen |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |T2P2=Ionel Santeiu |2 |5 |2 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Marty Riessen |6 |4 |6 |7 | |T2P1=Toma Ovici |1 |6 |1 |5 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Stan Smith |5 |6 |6 |4 |6 |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |7 |2 |3 |6 |3

Final

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team1=United States
team2=Australia
venue=Public Auditorium, Cleveland, OH, United States
date=30 November - 2 December 1973
surface=carpet (indoors)
score1=0
score2=5
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Stan Smith |1 |6 |3 |6 |4 |T2P1=John Newcombe |6 |4 |6 |4 |6
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tom Gorman |10 |6 |8 |3 |1 |T2P1=Rod Laver |8 |8 |6 |6 |6
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Stan Smith |T1P2=Erik van Dillen |1 |2 |4 | | |T2P1=Rod Laver |T2P2=John Newcombe |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tom Gorman |2 |1 |3 | | |T2P1=John Newcombe |6 |6 |6 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Stan Smith |3 |4 |6 |2 | |T2P1=Rod Laver |6 |6 |3 |6 |