1972 Davis Cup

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The 1972 Davis Cup was the 61st edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. This year would mark the abolishment of the Challenge Round. The previous year's champion would now play in all matches, rather than advance directly to the Challenge Round. The winner of the Inter-Zonal Zone would be declared the champion. 56 teams would enter the competition, 34 in the Europe Zone, 11 in the Americas Zone, and 11 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 Spain won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, the USA defeated Spain and Romania defeated Australia. The USA defeated Romania in the final, giving the US their 5th straight title. The final was played at the Club Sportiv Progresul in Bucharest, Romania, on 13-15 October.

Contents 1 Americas Zone 1.1 North & Central America draw 1.2 South America draw 1.3 Americas Inter-Zonal Final 2 Eastern Zone 2.1 Zone A Draw 2.2 Zone B Draw 2.3 Eastern Inter-Zonal Final 3 Europe Zone 3.1 Zone A Draw 3.2 Zone A Final 3.3 Zone B draw 3.4 Zone B Final 4 Inter-Zonal Zone 4.1 Draw 4.2 First round 4.3 Final

[edit] Americas Zone

[edit] North & Central America draw

	1st Round March-May					Final 16-18 June
	Kingston, Jamaica (indoor carpet)
		Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	4
		Caribbean/West Indies	1			Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
							Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	5
Vancouver, Canada (clay)						Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	0
		Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada	2
		Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	3

[edit] South America draw

1st Round 20-26 March

Semifinals 8-10 April

Final 21-23 April

Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina

bye

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (clay)

Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina

2

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

3

Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

4

Image:Flag of Venezuela 1930-2006.svg Venezuela

0

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

2

Santiago, Chile

Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile

3

Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile

4

Image:Flag of Peru.svg Peru

1

Santiago, Chile

Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile

4

Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)

Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia

1

Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador

1

Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia

4

[edit] Americas Inter-Zonal Final

Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 0	Stade Francais, Santiago, Chile 21 July - 24 July 1972		Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Image:Flag of Chile.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Jaime Pinto-Bravo Stan Smith 1 6 5 7 2 6       2 Image:Flag of Chile.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Patricio Cornejo Harold Solomon 7 9 6 4 1 6 6 3 2 6   3 Image:Flag of Chile.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol Stan Smith / Erik van Dillen 2 6 4 6 6 4 6 3 3 6   4 Image:Flag of Chile.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Marcelo Lara Harold Solomon 1 6 1 6 2 6       5 Image:Flag of Chile.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Joaquin Loyo-Mayo Stan Smith 4 6 6 1 7 9 1 6

[edit] Eastern Zone

[edit] Zone A Draw

1st Round 24-26 March

Semifinals 8-16 April

Final 28-30 April

Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia

bye

Seoul, South Korea

Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia

5

Image:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea

0

Image:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea

w/o

Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines

Tokyo, Japan

Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia

4

Saigon, South Vietnam

Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan

1

Image:Flag of South Vietnam.svg South Vietnam

5

Image:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei

0

Saigon, South Vietnam

Image:Flag of South Vietnam.svg South Vietnam

2

Hong Kong

Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan

3

Image:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong

0

Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan

5

[edit] Zone B Draw

	1st Round 1-3 April					Final 28-30 April
	Lucknow, India
		Image:Flag of India.svg India	5
		Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka	0			Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
							Image:Flag of India.svg India	5
						Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia	0
		Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia	w/o
		Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan

[edit] Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

Image:Flag of India.svg India 0	Bangalore, India 16 May - 18 May 1972		Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Image:Flag of India.svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Vijay Amritraj Mal Anderson 4 6 4 6 2 6       2 Image:Flag of India.svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Jaidip Mukerjea Geoff Masters 3 6 3 6 6 3 6 1 3 6   3 Image:Flag of India.svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea Colin Dibley / Geoff Masters 2 6 4 6 6 3 3 6     4 Image:Flag of India.svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Anand Amritraj Ross Case 1 6 6 8 5 7       5 Image:Flag of India.svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Vijay Amritraj Colin Dibley 5 7 6 4 3 6 2 6

[edit] Europe Zone

[edit] Zone A Draw

First round 1-13 May

Quarterfinals 18-22 May

Semifinals 9-18 June

Finals 21-23 July

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Romania

5

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland

0

Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Romania

5

Tehran, Iran

Image:Flag of Iran (1964).svg Iran

0

Image:Flag of Iran (1964).svg Iran

4

Bucharest, Romania (clay)

Image:Flag of United Arab Republic.svg Egypt

1

Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Romania

4

Reggio Calabria, Italy (clay)

Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy

1

Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy

5

San Benedetto, Italy (clay)

Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria

0

Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy

4

Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)

Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands

1

Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands

5

Tbilisi, Soviet Union

Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway

0

Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Romania

3

Helsinki, Finland (clay)

Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

2

Image:Flag of Finland.svg Finland

2

Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)

Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark

3

Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark

0

Warsaw, Poland

Image:Flag of Poland.svg Poland

5

Image:Flag of Poland.svg Poland

3

Warsaw, Poland

Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia

1

Image:Flag of Poland.svg Poland

0

Beirut, Lebanon (clay)

Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

4

Image:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon

0

Casablanca, Morocco

Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco

5

Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco

0

Tbilisi, Soviet Union

Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

5

Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

3

Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary

2

[edit] Zone A Final

Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 2	Tbilisi, Soviet Union 21 July - 23 July 1972		Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Romania 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Alex Metreveli Ilie Năstase 4 6 0 6 4 6       2 Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Teimuraz Kakulia Ion Ţiriac 6 4 7 5 6 1       3 Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli Ilie Năstase / Ion Ţiriac 2 6 4 6 3 6       4 Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Alex Metreveli Ion Ţiriac 2 6 6 4 1 6 6 4 6 3   5 Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Teimuraz Kakulia Ilie Năstase 2 6 2 6 3 6

[edit] Zone B draw

First round 28 April-7 May

Quarterfinals 19-22 May

Semifinals 14-18 June

Finals 21-24 July

Brussels, Belgium (clay)

Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia

3

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium

2

Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia

3

Båstad, Sweden (clay)

Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden

1

Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden

4

Düsseldorf, West Germany (clay)

Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand

1

Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia

3

Athens, Greece

Image:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany

2

Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece

0

West Berlin, West Germany

Image:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany

5

Image:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany

5

Cork, Ireland

Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland

0

Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland

5

Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)

Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey

0

Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia

2

Paris, France (clay)

Image:Flag of Spain under Franco.svg Spain

3

Image:Flag of France.svg France

4

Paris, France (clay)

Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain

1

Image:Flag of France.svg France

2

Sofia, Bulgaria

Image:Flag of Spain under Franco.svg Spain

3

Image:Flag of Bulgaria 1971-1990.png Bulgaria

0

Avilés, Spain

Image:Flag of Spain under Franco.svg Spain

5

Image:Flag of Spain under Franco.svg Spain

5

Monte Carlo, Monaco

Image:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco

0

Image:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco

3

Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)

Image:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg

2

Image:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco

3

Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal

2

Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal

w/o

Image:Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg South Africa

[edit] Zone B Final

Image:Flag of Spain under Franco.svg Spain 3	Barcelona, Spain 21 July - 24 July 1972 clay		Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Image:Flag of Spain under Franco.svg Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Juan Gisbert Jan Kodeš 8 6 6 4 5 7 0 6 6 4   2 Image:Flag of Spain under Franco.svg Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Manuel Orantes František Pala 5 7 4 6 6 0 7 5 4 6   3 Image:Flag of Spain under Franco.svg Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal 10 12 6 2 7 5 6 4     4 Image:Flag of Spain under Franco.svg Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Juan Gisbert František Pala 6 3 6 3 4 6 6 0     5 Image:Flag of Spain under Franco.svg Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Antonio Muñoz Jiří Hřebec 4 6 0 6 3 6

[edit] Inter-Zonal Zone

[edit] Draw

	1st Round 4-7 August					Final 13-15 October
	Barcelona, Spain (clay)
	EUR-B	Image:Flag of Spain under Franco.svg Spain	2
	AME	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	3			Bucharest, Romania (clay)
						AME	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	3
Bucharest, Romania (clay)					EUR-A	Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Romania	2
	EUR-A	Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Romania	4
	EAS	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	1

[edit] First round

Image:Flag of Spain under Franco.svg Spain 2	Real Club de Tenis de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 4 August - 7 August 1972 clay		Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Image:Flag of Spain under Franco.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Andres Gimeno Stan Smith 6 8 7 5 6 3 6 4     2 Image:Flag of Spain under Franco.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Juan Gisbert Harold Solomon 7 9 5 7 6 0 6 1 4 6   3 Image:Flag of Spain under Franco.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Andres Gimeno / Juan Gisbert Stan Smith / Erik van Dillen 3 6 6 0 2 6 3 6     4 Image:Flag of Spain under Franco.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Andres Gimeno Harold Solomon 6 3 6 1 2 6 6 2     5 Image:Flag of Spain under Franco.svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Juan Gisbert Stan Smith 9 11 8 10 4 6

Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Romania 4	Bucharest, Romania 4 August - 7 August 1972 clay		Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Ion Ţiriac Mal Anderson 6 2 6 2 6 8 4 6 4 6   2 Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Ilie Năstase Colin Dibley 6 3 6 0 6 2       3 Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Ilie Năstase / Ion Ţiriac Mal Anderson / Colin Dibley 6 2 6 2 6 2       4 Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Ion Ţiriac Colin Dibley 6 3 3 6 11 13 6 3 6 0   5 Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Ilie Năstase Mal Anderson 6 2 6 2 4 6 6 3

[edit] Final

Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Romania 2	Club Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest, Romania 13 October - 15 October 1972 clay		Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Ilie Năstase Stan Smith 9 11 2 6 3 6       2 Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Ion Ţiriac Tom Gorman 4 6 2 6 6 4 6 3 6 2   3 Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Ilie Năstase / Ion Ţiriac Stan Smith / Erik van Dillen 2 6 0 6 3 6       4 Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Ion Ţiriac Stan Smith 6 4 2 6 4 6 6 2 0 6   5 Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Image:Flag of the United States.svg Ilie Năstase Tom Gorman 6 1 6 2 5 7 10 8

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