- 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
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*Main draw
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* — advanced to Americas Inter-Zonal Finalouth America Zone
Preliminary Rounds
;Participating Teams
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*Main draw
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*Americas Inter-Zonal Final
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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 ZoneEastern Zone
Qualifying Rounds
;Participating Teams
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*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=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 ZoneEurope Zone
Zone A
Preliminary Rounds
;Participating Teams
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;Participating Teams
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*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 ZoneZone B
Qualifying Round
;Participating Teams
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*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=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 ZoneInter-Zonal Zone
Draw
4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=5-8 October
RD2date=14-16 Decemberteamwidth=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=1RD1T2-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=4RD2T1-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=0First 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
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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
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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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