1975 Davis Cup

The 1975 Davis Cup was the 64th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 53 teams would enter the competition, 32 in the Europe Zone, 12 in the Americas Zone, and 9 in the Eastern Zone.

Chile defeated South Africa in the Americas Zone final, Australia defeated New Zealand in the Eastern Zone final, and Czechoslovakia and Sweden won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Sweden defeated Chile and Czechoslovakia defeated Australia. Sweden defeated Czechoslovakia in the final, which was held at the Kungliga Tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden, on 19-21 December.

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

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

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team1=Chile
team2=South Africa |team2-var=1928
venue=Santiago, Chile
date=18 July - 20 July 1975
surface=
score1=5
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Patricio Cornejo |4 |6 |6 |7 | |T2P1=Bernie Mitton |6 |4 |2 |5 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaime Fillol |6 |6 |0 |3 |6 |T2P1=Ray Moore |3 |3 |6 |6 |3
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Patricio Cornejo |T1P2=Jaime Fillol |7 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Frew McMillan |T2P2=Ray Moore |5 |2 |4 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaime Fillol |2 |6 |3 |6 |7 |T2P1=Bernie Mitton |6 |2 |6 |1 |5
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Patricio Cornejo |6 |6 |4 |6 | |T2P1=Ray Moore |3 |4 |6 |3 |
*Chile advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Eastern Zone

Preliminary Rounds

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

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Final

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team1=New Zealand
team2=Australia
venue=Stanley Street, Auckland, New Zealand
date=28 February - 2 March 1975
surface=grass
score1=0
score2=4
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Brian Fairlie |5 |3 |5 | | |T2P1=John Newcombe |7 |6 |7 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Onny Parun |2 |4 |2 | | |T2P1=Ken Rosewall |6 |6 |6 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Brian Fairlie |T1P2=Onny Parun |4 |4 |5 | | |T2P1=Geoff Masters |T2P2=John Newcombe |6 |6 |7 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Brian Fairlie |1 |11 |5 |7 | |T2P1=Ken Rosewall |6 |9 |7 |9 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Onny Parun |6 |10 | | | |T2P1=Geoff Masters |3 |8 | | | |nc=3
*Australia advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Europe Zone

Zone A

Qualifying Rounds

;Participating Teams
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* — advanced to Preliminary Rounds
* — advanced to Preliminary Rounds

Preliminary Rounds

;Participating Teams
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* — advanced to Main Draw
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Main draw

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Final

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team1=Czechoslovakia
team2=France
venue=Prague, Czechoslovakia
date=25 July - 27 July 1975
surface=clay
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jan Kodeš |6 |6 |1 |6 | |T2P1=Patrice Domniguez |1 |4 |6 |0 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jiří Hřebec |6 |4 |6 |2 |6 |T2P1=François Jauffret |4 |6 |3 |6 |0
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jiří Hřebec |T1P2=Jan Kodeš |3 |6 |4 |6 |3 |T2P1=Patrice Dominguez |T2P2=Patrick Proisy |6 |3 |6 |1 |6
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jiří Hřebec |6 |3 |4 |4 | |T2P1=Patrice Domniguez |4 |6 |6 |6 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jan Kodeš |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=François Jauffret |1 |5 |1 | |
*Czechoslovakia advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Zone B

Qualifying Rounds

;Participating Teams
* — advanced to Preliminary Rounds
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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=Spain |team1-var=1939
team2=Sweden
venue=Barcelona, Spain
date=25 July - 27 July 1975
surface=clay
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Manuel Orantes |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Birger Andersson |1 |3 |4 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=José Higueras |3 |1 |1 | | |T2P1=Björn Borg |6 |6 |6 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Juan Gisbert |T1P2=Manuel Orantes |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Ove Bengtson |T2P2=Björn Borg |4 |3 |1 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Manuel Orantes |4 |2 |2 | | |T2P1=Björn Borg |6 |6 |6 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=José Higueras |6 |4 |3 |0 | |T2P1=Birger Andersson |3 |6 |6 |6 |
*Sweden advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=19-28 September
RD2date=19-21 December

RD1T1-loc=Båstad, Sweden (clay)
RD1-seed1=AME | RD1-team1=davis|CHI | RD1-score1=1
RD1-seed2=EUR-B | RD1-team2=davis|SWE | RD1-score2=4

RD1T2-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
RD1-seed3=EUR-A | RD1-team3=davis|TCH | RD1-score3=3
RD1-seed4=EAS | RD1-team4=davis|AUS | RD1-score4=1

RD2T1-loc=Stockholm, Sweden (indoor carpet)
RD2-seed1=EUR-B | RD2-team1=davis|SWE | RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2=EUR-A | RD2-team2=davis|TCH | RD2-score2=2

First round

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team1=Sweden
team2=Chile
venue=Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden
date=19 September - 21 September 1975
surface=clay
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Björn Borg |3 |6 |7 |6 | |T2P1=Patricio Cornejo |6 |4 |5 |3 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Birger Andersson |3 |2 |3 | | |T2P1=Jaime Fillol |6 |6 |6 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ove Bengtson |T1P2=Björn Borg |7 |6 |3 |6 | |T2P1=Patricio Cornejo |T2P2=Jaime Fillol |5 |2 |6 |3 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Birger Andersson |6 |14 |6 | | |T2P1=Patricio Cornejo |3 |12 |1 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Björn Borg |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Jaime Fillol |1 |2 |1 | |

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team1=Czechoslovakia
team2=Australia
venue=Stvanice Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia
date=26 September - 28 September 1975
surface=clay
score1=3
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jan Kodeš |6 |2 |7 |6 | |T2P1=John Alexander |4 |6 |5 |4 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jiří Hřebec |3 |4 |6 |6 |6 |T2P1=Tony Roche |6 |6 |1 |3 |3
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=František Pala |T1P2=Vladimír Zedník |3 |6 |2 |3 | |T2P1=John Alexander |T2P2=Phil Dent |6 |3 |6 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jan Kodeš |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Tony Roche |3 |1 |4 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jiří Hřebec |6 |3 |6 |6 | |T2P1=John Alexander |8 |6 |1 |6 | |nc=4

Final

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team1=Sweden
team2=Czechoslovakia
venue=Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden
date=19 December - 21 December 1975
surface=carpet (indoors)
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Björn Borg |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Jiří Hřebec |1 |3 |0 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ove Bengtson |6 |2 |5 |4 | |T2P1=Jan Kodeš |4 |6 |7 |6 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ove Bengtson |T1P2=Björn Borg |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Jan Kodeš |T2P2=Vladimír Zedník |4 |4 |4 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Björn Borg |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Jan Kodeš |4 |2 |2 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ove Bengtson |6 |3 |1 |4 | |T2P1=Jiří Hřebec |2 |6 |6 |6 |

port and politics

The semifinal in Båstad, Sweden, between Sweden and Chile was played on September 19-21. This was two years after Augusto Pinochet's military coup in Chile and many wanted the match to be cancelled, in protest of the junta's violations of human rights, while others wanted sport and politics to remain separated. The Swedish government tried to stop the match, but on September 12 negotiations ended with a decision to play. A protest march was organized in Båstad by the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League on September 18, ending at the town square, where former prime minister Tage Erlander and Sweden's former ambassador to Chile Harald Edelstam addressed a crowd of some 3,000. During game on September 20, which was guarded by 1,300 police, over 7,000 demonstrants gathered on the square, peacefully. ["Anno 75" (1976), Årskalender utgiven av Förlagshuset Norden AB, Malmö, och Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, pp. 35, 36.]