1973 Davis Cup

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The 1973 Davis Cup was the 62nd edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 53 teams would enter the competition, 31 in the Europe Zone, 12 in the Americas Zone, and 10 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 Czechoslovakia won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, the USA defeated Romania and Australia defeated Czechoslovakia. Australia defeated the USA in the final, which was held at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland, OH, United States, on 30 November-2 December. It marked the first time the final was held indoors.

Contents 1 Americas Zone 1.1 North & Central America Zone 1.1.1 Preliminary Rounds 1.1.2 Main draw 1.2 South America Zone 1.2.1 Preliminary Rounds 1.2.2 Main draw 1.3 Americas Inter-Zonal Final 2 Eastern Zone 2.1 Preliminary Rounds 2.2 Main draw 2.3 Final 3 Europe Zone 3.1 Zone A 3.1.1 Preliminary Rounds 3.1.2 Main draw 3.1.3 Final 3.2 Zone B 3.2.1 Preliminary Rounds 3.2.2 Main draw 3.2.3 Final 4 Inter-Zonal Zone 4.1 Draw 4.2 First round 4.3 Final

[edit] Americas Zone

Main article: 1973 Davis Cup Americas Zone

[edit] North & Central America Zone

[edit] Preliminary Rounds

Participating Teams

• Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada
•  Caribbean/West Indies
• Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia — advanced to Main Draw
• Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico — advanced to Main Draw
• Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela

[edit] Main draw

Participating Teams

• Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
• Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
• Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States — advanced to Americas Inter-Zonal Final

[edit] South America Zone

[edit] Preliminary Rounds

Participating Teams

• Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina — advanced to Main Draw
• Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
• Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador
• Image:Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg South Africa — advanced to Main Draw
• Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay

[edit] Main draw

Participating Teams

• Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
• Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile — advanced to Americas Inter-Zonal Final
• Image:Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg South Africa

[edit] Americas Inter-Zonal Final

Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States 4	Burns Park Tennis Club, North Little Rock, AR, United States 3 August - 5 August 1973 hard		Image:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Image:Flag of Chile.svg Tom Gorman Jaime Fillol 17 15 6 4 4 6 6 3     2 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Image:Flag of Chile.svg Stan Smith Patricio Cornejo 7 9 2 2 8 6 4 4     3 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Image:Flag of Chile.svg Stan Smith / Erik van Dillen Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol 7 9 37 39 8 6 6 1 6 3   4 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Image:Flag of Chile.svg Tom Gorman Patricio Cornejo 6 3 6 1 6 1       5 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Image:Flag of Chile.svg Stan Smith Jaime Fillol           not played

• United States advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Note:The 39-37 set in the doubles rubber set the Davis Cup record for most games in a set (76). [1]

[edit] Eastern Zone

Main article: 1973 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

[edit] Preliminary Rounds

Participating Teams

• Image:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong
• Image:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia — advanced to Main Draw
• Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan — advanced to Main Draw
• Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
• Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan — advanced to Main Draw
• Image:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
• Image:Flag of South Vietnam.svg South Vietnam — advanced to Main Draw
• Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka

[edit] Main draw

Participating Teams

• Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
• Image:Flag of India.svg India
• Image:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
• Image:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
• Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
• Image:Flag of South Vietnam.svg South Vietnam

[edit] Final

Image:Flag of India.svg India 0	Madras, India 4 May - 6 May 1973		Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Image:Flag of India.svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Anand Amritraj John Newcombe 2 6 1 6 0 6       2 Image:Flag of India.svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Vijay Amritraj Malcolm Anderson 1 6 2 6 1 6       3 Image:Flag of India.svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Vijay Amritraj / Premjit Lall Geoff Masters / John Newcombe 6 4 2 6 5 7 3 6     4 Image:Flag of India.svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Premjit Lall John Cooper 6 4 0 6 6 8 1 6     5 Image:Flag of India.svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Vijay Amritraj John Newcombe 10 12 6 3       not completed

• Australia advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

[edit] Europe Zone

Main article: 1973 Davis Cup Europe Zone

[edit] Zone A

[edit] Preliminary Rounds

Participating Teams

• Image:Flag of Bulgaria 1971-1990.png Bulgaria — advanced to Main Draw
• Image:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt — advanced to Main Draw
• Image:Flag of Iran (1964).svg Iran
• Image:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
• Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco — advanced to Main Draw
• Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
• Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland — advanced to Main Draw
• Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey

[edit] Main draw

Participating Teams

• Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
• Image:Flag of Bulgaria 1971-1990.png Bulgaria
• Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia
• Image:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
• Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
• Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
• Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
• Image:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
• Image:Flag of Spain under Franco.svg Spain
• Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
• Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
• Image:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany

[edit] Final

Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia 4	Prague, Czechoslovakia 3 August - 5 August 1973 clay		Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Image:Flag of Italy.svg Jan Kodeš Corrado Barazzutti 5 7 6 3 4 6 6 2 1 6   2 Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Image:Flag of Italy.svg Jiří Hřebec Antonio Zugarelli 12 10 6 1 6 1       3 Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Image:Flag of Italy.svg Jan Kodeš / František Pala Giordano Majoli / Pietro Marzano 6 2 8 6 6 4       4 Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Image:Flag of Italy.svg Jiří Hřebec Corrado Barazzutti 9 7 6 1 6 4       5 Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Image:Flag of Italy.svg Jan Kodeš Antonio Zugarelli 6 1 6 3 0 6 6 2

• Czechoslovakia advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

[edit] Zone B

[edit] Preliminary Rounds

Participating Teams

• Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria — advanced to Main Draw
• Image:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
• Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece — advanced to Main Draw
• Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
• Image:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco
• Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway — advanced to Main Draw

[edit] Main draw

Participating Teams

• Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
• Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
• Image:Flag of France.svg France
• Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
• Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
• Image:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
• Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
• Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
• Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
• Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Romania
• Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
• Image:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia

[edit] Final

Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Romania 3	Bucharest, Romania 3 August - 5 August 1973 clay		Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Toma Ovici Alex Metreveli 5 7 5 7 2 6       2 Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ilie Năstase Teimuraz Kakulia 6 0 6 3 6 0       3 Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ilie Năstase / Ionel Santeiu Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli 0 6 6 3 4 6 7 5 2 6   4 Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ilie Năstase Alex Metreveli 6 0 6 2 6 4       5 Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Toma Ovici Teimuraz Kakulia 6 3 6 3 6 1

• Romania advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

[edit] Inter-Zonal Zone

[edit] Draw

	1st Round August-November					Final 30 November-2 December
	Melbourne, Australia
	EAS	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	4
	EUR-A	Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia	1			Cleveland, OH, United States (indoor carpet)
						EAS	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	5
Alamo, CA, United States (hard)					AME	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	0
	EUR-B	Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Romania	1
	AME	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	4

[edit] First round

Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 4	Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne, Australia 16 November - 18 November 1973 grass		Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Image:Flag of Australia.svg Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Rod Laver Jan Kodeš 6 3 7 5 7 5       2 Image:Flag of Australia.svg Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg John Newcombe Jiří Hřebec 4 6 10 8 4 6 5 7     3 Image:Flag of Australia.svg Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Rod Laver / Ken Rosewall Jan Kodeš / Vladimir Zednik 6 4 14 12 7 9 8 6     4 Image:Flag of Australia.svg Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Rod Laver Jiří Hřebec 5 7 6 3 6 4 4 6 6 4   5 Image:Flag of Australia.svg Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg John Newcombe Jan Kodeš 6 2 6 2 6 4

Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States 4	Round Hill Country Club, Alamo, CA, United States 17 August - 19 August 1973 hard		Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Romania 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Marty Riessen Ilie Năstase 2 6 4 6 2 6       2 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Stan Smith Toma Ovici 7 5 6 1 6 3       3 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Stan Smith / Erik van Dillen Ilie Năstase / Ionel Santeiu 6 2 7 5 6 2       4 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Marty Riessen Toma Ovici 6 1 4 6 6 1 7 5     5 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Stan Smith Ilie Năstase 5 7 6 2 6 3 4 6 6 3

[edit] Final

Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States 0	Public Auditorium, Cleveland, OH, United States 30 November - 2 December 1973 carpet (indoors)		Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Stan Smith John Newcombe 1 6 6 4 3 6 6 4 4 6   2 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Tom Gorman Rod Laver 10 8 6 8 8 6 3 6 1 6   3 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Stan Smith / Erik van Dillen Rod Laver / John Newcombe 1 6 2 6 4 6       4 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Tom Gorman John Newcombe 2 6 1 6 3 6       5 Image:Flag of the United States.svg Image:Flag of Australia.svg Stan Smith Rod Laver 3 6 4 6 6 3 2 6

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