1978 Davis Cup

The 1978 Davis Cup was the 67th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 48 teams would enter the competition, 29 in the Europe Zone, 11 in the Eastern Zone, and 8 in the Americas Zone.

The United States defeated Chile in the Americas Zone final, Australia defeated New Zealand in the Eastern Zone final, and Great Britain and Sweden won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Great Britain defeated Australia and the USA defeated Sweden. The USA defeated Great Britain in the final, which was held at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, CA, United States, on 8-10 December.

Americas Zone

North & Central America Zone

Main draw

;Participating Teams
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* — advanced to Americas Inter-Zonal Final

outh America Zone

Preliminary Rounds

;Participating Teams
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*
* — advanced to Main Draw
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* — advanced to Main Draw

Main draw

;Participating Teams
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* — advanced to Americas Inter-Zonal Final
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Americas Inter-Zonal Final

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team1=Chile
team2=United States
venue=Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile
date=15 September - 17 September 1978
surface=
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaime Fillol |4 |5 |2 | | |T2P1=Brian Gottfried |6 |7 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Hans Gildemeister |5 |6 |3 |1 | |T2P1=Harold Solomon |7 |3 |6 |6 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaime Fillol |T1P2=Belus Prajoux |6 |3 |6 |3 | |T2P1=Brian Gottfried |T2P2=John McEnroe |3 |6 |8 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaime Fillol |6 |6 | | | |T2P1=Harold Solomon |3 |2 | | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Hans Gildemeister |4 |7 |12 | | |T2P1=Brian Gottfried |6 |5 |10 | |
*United States advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Eastern Zone

Preliminary Rounds

;Participating Teams
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* — advanced to Main Draw
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*
* — advanced to Main Draw
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Main draw

;Participating Teams
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Final

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team1=Australia
team2=New Zealand
venue=Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, Melbourne, Australia
date=24 February - 26 February 1978
surface=grass
score1=4
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tony Roche |13 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Chris Lewis |11 |3 |2 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Alexander |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Brian Fairlie |4 |4 |4 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Alexander |T1P2=Tony Roche |6 |6 |12 |4 |6 |T2P1=Brian Fairlie |T2P2=Chris Lewis |3 |4 |14 |6 |1
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Alexander |8 |16 |6 |9 | |T2P1=Chris Lewis |10 |14 |1 |7 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Allan Stone |2 |6 | | | |T2P1=Brian Fairlie |6 |1 | | | |nc=3
*Australia advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Europe Zone

Zone A

Qualifying Rounds

;Participating Teams
* — advanced to Preliminary Rounds
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Preliminary Rounds

;Participating Teams
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*
*
* — advanced to Main Draw
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* — advanced to Main Draw
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* — advanced to Main Draw
* — advanced to Main Draw

Main draw

;Participating Teams
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Final

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team1=Sweden
team2=Hungary
venue=Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden
date=15 September - 17 September 1978
surface=clay
score1=3
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Kjell Johansson |7 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Balazs Taroczy |5 |2 |4 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Björn Borg |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Peter Szoke |2 |0 |0 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ove Bengston |T1P2=Tenny Svensson |2 |1 |10 | | |T2P1=Peter Szoke |T2P2=Balazs Taroczy |6 |6 |12 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Kjell Johansson |3 |7 |6 |3 |6 |T2P1=Peter Szoke |6 |5 |1 |6 |1
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tenny Svensson |2 |6 |5 | | |T2P1=Balazs Taroczy |6 |4 |5 | | |nc=3
*Sweden advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Zone B

Preliminary Rounds

;Participating Teams
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* — advanced to Main Draw
* — advanced to Main Draw
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* — advanced to Main Draw
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* — advanced to Main Draw

Main draw

;Participating Teams
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Final

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team1=Great Britain
team2=Czechoslovakia
venue=Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, England
date=15 September - 17 September 1978
surface=grass
score1=5
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Lloyd |9 |6 |4 |5 |12 |T2P1=Jiří Hřebec |7 |3 |6 |7 |10
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Christopher Mottram |6 |7 |7 | | |T2P1=Ivan Lendl |4 |5 |5 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Mark Cox |T1P2=David Lloyd |6 |13 |6 |2 |6 |T2P1=Jan Kodeš |T2P2=Tomáš Šmíd |4 |15 |4 |6 |4
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Mark Cox |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Ivan Lendl |2 |4 |3 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Christopher Mottram |5 |3 |6 |6 |6 |T2P1=Jiří Hřebec |7 |6 |3 |4 |0
*Great Britain advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=6-8 October
RD2date=8-10 December

RD1T1-loc=Gothenburg, Sweden (indoor carpet)
RD1-seed1=EUR-A | RD1-team1=davis|SWE | RD1-score1=2
RD1-seed2=AME | RD1-team2=davis|USA | RD1-score2=3

RD1T2-loc=London, England (indoor carpet)
RD1-seed3=EUR-B | RD1-team3=davis|GBR | RD1-score3=3
RD1-seed4=EAS | RD1-team4=davis|AUS | RD1-score4=2

RD2T1-loc=Rancho Mirage, CA, United States (hard)
RD2-seed1=AME | RD2-team1=davis|USA | RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2=EUR-B | RD2-team2=davis|GBR | RD2-score2=1

First round

weden vs. United States

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team1=Sweden
team2=United States
venue=Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden
date=6 October - 8 October 1978
surface=carpet (indoors)
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Björn Borg |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=Arthur Ashe |4 |5 |3 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Kjell Johansson |2 |1 |4 | | |T2P1=Vitas Gerulaitis |6 |6 |6 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ove Bengston |T1P2=Björn Borg |6 |3 |6 |5 |3 |T2P1=Bob Lutz |T2P2=Stan Smith |2 |6 |3 |7 |6
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Kjell Johansson |2 |0 |5 | | |T2P1=Arthur Ashe |6 |6 |7 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Björn Borg |6 |6 | | | |T2P1=Vitas Gerulaitis |3 |1 | | |

Great Britain vs. Australia

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team1=Great Britain
team2=Australia
venue=National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace, London, England
date=6 October - 8 October 1978
surface=carpet (indoors)
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Christopher Mottram |8 |3 |7 |6 | |T2P1=Tony Roche |6 |3 |5 |4 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Lloyd |7 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=John Alexander |5 |2 |2 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Mark Cox |T1P2=David Lloyd |8 |3 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Ross Case |T2P2=Geoff Masters |6 |6 |4 |3 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Lloyd |3 |3 |2 | | |T2P1=Tony Roche |6 |6 |6 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Christopher Mottram |2 |3 |2 | | |T2P1=John Alexander |6 |6 |6 | |

Final

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team1=United States
team2=Great Britain
venue=Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, CA, United States
date=8 December - 10 December 1978
surface=hard
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=John McEnroe |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=John Lloyd |1 |2 |2 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Brian Gottfried |6 |6 |8 |4 |3 |T2P1=Christopher Mottram |4 |2 |10 |6 |6
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bob Lutz |T1P2=Stan Smith |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Mark Cox |T2P2=David Lloyd |2 |2 |3 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=John McEnroe |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Christopher Mottram |2 |2 |1 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Brian Gottfried |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=John Lloyd |1 |2 |4 | |