1979 Davis Cup

1979 Davis Cup

The 1979 Davis Cup was the 68th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 53 teams would enter the competition, 29 in the Europe Zone, 13 in the Americas Zone, and 10 in the Eastern Zone.

The United States defeated Argentina in the Americas Zone final, Australia defeated New Zealand in the Eastern Zone final, and Italy and Czechoslovakia won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, the USA defeated Australia and Italy defeated Czechoslovakia. The USA defeated Italy in the final, which was held at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, CA, United States, on 14-16 December.

Americas Zone

North & Central America Zone

Preliminary Rounds

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

Main draw

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

outh America Zone

Preliminary Rounds

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

Main draw

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

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

DavisCupbox
team1=United States
team2=Argentina
venue=Racquet Club of Memphis, Memphis, TN, United States
date=14 September - 16 September 1979
surface=carpet (indoors)
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vitas Gerulaitis |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=José Luis Clerc |1 |5 |1 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=John McEnroe |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Guillermo Vilas |2 |3 |2 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bob Lutz |T1P2=Stan Smith |2 |4 |11 |6 |6 |T2P1=José Luis Clerc |T2P2=Guillermo Vilas |6 |6 |9 |4 |1
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=John McEnroe |6 |6 | | | |T2P1=José Luis Clerc |2 |3 | | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vitas Gerulaitis |7 |3 | | | |T2P1=Guillermo Vilas |9 |0 | | | |re1=2

*United States advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Eastern Zone

Qualifying Rounds

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

Preliminary Rounds

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

Main draw

;Participating Teams
*
*
*
*
*
*

Final

DavisCupbox
team1=New Zealand
team2=Australia
venue=Wilding Park, Christchurch, New Zealand
date=16 March - 19 March 1979
surface=grass
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Onny Parun |3 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Mark Edmondson |6 |3 |3 |2 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Russell Simpson |4 |6 |5 |4 | |T2P1=John Alexander |6 |4 |7 |6 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Onny Parun |T1P2=Russell Simpson |4 |7 |3 | | |T2P1=John Alexander |T2P2=Phil Dent |6 |9 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Russell Simpson |3 |2 |4 | | |T2P1=Mark Edmondson |6 |6 |6 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Onny Parun |7 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=John Alexander |5 |3 |3 | |

*Australia advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Europe Zone

Zone A

Preliminary Rounds

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

Main draw

;Participating Teams
*
*
*
*
*
*

Final

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team1=Italy
team2=Great Britain
venue=Foro Italico, Rome, Italy
date=14 September - 16 September 1979
surface=clay
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Adriano Panatta |0 |4 |4 | | |T2P1=Christopher Mottram |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Corrado Barazzutti |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=John Lloyd |1 |4 |4 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Corrado Barazzutti |T1P2=Antonio Zugarelli |7 |10 |6 | | |T2P1=Mark Cox |T2P2=David Lloyd |5 |8 |1 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Adriano Panatta |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=John Lloyd |3 |2 |3 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Corrado Barazzutti |8 |7 | | | |T2P1=Christopher Mottram |6 |5 | | |

*Italy advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Zone B

Qualifying Round

;Participating Teams
* — advanced to Preliminary Rounds
*

Preliminary Rounds

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

Main draw

;Participating Teams
*
*
*
*
*
*

Final

DavisCupbox
team1=Czechoslovakia
team2=Sweden
venue=Prague, Czechoslovakia
date=14 September - 16 September 1979
surface=clay
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomáš Šmíd |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Kjell Johansson |4 |3 |2 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ivan Lendl |4 |5 |2 | | |T2P1=Björn Borg |6 |7 |6 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jan Kodeš |T1P2=Tomáš Šmíd |2 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Ove Bengston |T2P2=Björn Borg |6 |3 |4 |0 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ivan Lendl |8 |6 |6 |4 |6 |T2P1=Kjell Johansson |10 |4 |4 |6 |1
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomáš Šmíd |3 | | | | |T2P1=Per Hjertquist |5 | | | | |re1=1

*Czechoslovakia advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=5-8 October
RD2date=14-16 December

teamwidth=14

RD1T1-loc=Sydney, Australia (grass)
RD1-seed1=AME | RD1-team1=davis|USA | RD1-score1=4
RD1-seed2=EAS | RD1-team2=davis|AUS | RD1-score2=1

RD1T2-loc=Rome, Italy (clay)
RD1-seed3=EUR-B | RD1-team3=davis|TCH | RD1-score3=1
RD1-seed4=EUR-A | RD1-team4=davis|ITA | RD1-score4=4

RD2T1-loc=San Francisco, CA, United States (indoor carpet)
RD2-seed1=AME | RD2-team1=davis|USA | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2=EUR-A | RD2-team2=davis|ITA | RD2-score2=0

First round

Australia vs. United States

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team1=Australia
team2=United States
venue=White City Stadium, Sydney, Australia
date=5 October - 8 October 1979
surface=grass
score1=1
score2=4
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Mark Edmondson |8 |16 |8 |3 |3 |T2P1=Vitas Gerulaitis |6 |14 |10 |6 |6
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Alexander |7 |2 |7 | | |T2P1=John McEnroe |9 |6 |9 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Alexander |T1P2=Phil Dent |9 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Bob Lutz |T2P2=Stan Smith |7 |4 |4 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Alexander |7 |4 |6 |2 | |T2P1=Vitas Gerulaitis |5 |6 |8 |6 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Mark Edmondson |3 |4 | | | |T2P1=John McEnroe |6 |6 | | |

Italy vs. Czechoslovakia

DavisCupbox
team1=Italy
team2=Czechoslovakia
venue=Foro Italico, Rome, Italy
date=5 October - 7 October 1979
surface=clay
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Corrado Barazzutti |1 |6 |1 |6 |5 |T2P1=Tomáš Šmíd |6 |3 |6 |3 |7
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Adriano Panatta |6 |1 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Ivan Lendl |4 |6 |0 |0 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Paolo Bertolucci |T1P2=Adriano Panatta |6 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Jan Kodeš |T2P2=Tomáš Šmíd |8 |2 |1 |2 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Corrado Barazzutti |4 |6 |6 |3 |7 |T2P1=Ivan Lendl |6 |1 |2 |6 |5
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Adriano Panatta |6 |6 | | | |T2P1=Tomáš Šmíd |3 |2 | | |

Final

DavisCupbox
team1=United States
team2=Italy
venue=San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, United States
date=14 December - 16 December 1979
surface=carpet (indoors)
score1=5
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vitas Gerulaitis |6 |3 | | | |T2P1=Corrado Barazzutti |2 |2 | | | |re2=2
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=John McEnroe |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Adriano Panatta |2 |3 |4 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bob Lutz |T1P2=Stan Smith |6 |12 |6 | | |T2P1=Paolo Bertolucci |T2P2=Adriano Panatta |4 |10 |2 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=John McEnroe |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Antonio Zugarelli |4 |3 |1 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Vitas Gerulaitis |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Adriano Panatta |1 |3 |3 | |


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