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1963 Davis Cup

1963 Davis Cup tennis
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Duration 17 March – 28 December
Edition 52nd
Teams 49
Champion
Winning Nation United States
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America Zone

Draw

  Quarterfinals
13–17 June; 26–28 July		   Semifinals
28–30 July; 16–18 August		   Final
13–15 September
                           
   
    Venezuela    
    bye       Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
      Venezuela 3  
  Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)     Ecuador 1  
    Ecuador 3
    Caribbean/West Indies 2     Denver, CO, United States (hard)
      Venezuela 0
  Tehran, Iran       United States 5
    Iran 0  
    United States 5     Los Angeles, CA, United States (hard)
      United States 4
  Vancouver, Canada (hard)     Mexico 1  
    Canada 1
    Mexico 4  

Final


United States
5		 Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver, CO, United States
13–15 September 1963
Hard
Venezuela
0
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Dennis Ralston
Orlando Bracamonte		 6
2		 6
1		 6
2		      
2   Marty Riessen
Isaías Pimentel		 8
6		 6
4		 6
4		      
3   Dennis Ralston / Marty Riessen
Orlando Bracamonte / Isaías Pimentel		 7
5		 8
6		 6
3		      
4   Arthur Ashe
Orlando Bracamonte		 6
1		 6
1		 6
0		      
5   Dennis Ralston
Isaías Pimentel		 18
16		 9
7		 6
4		      
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Dennis Ralston
Orlando Bracamonte		 6
2		 6
1		 6
2		      
2   Marty Riessen
Isaías Pimentel		 8
6		 6
4		 6
4		      
3   Dennis Ralston / Marty Riessen
Orlando Bracamonte / Isaías Pimentel		 7
5		 8
6		 6
3		      
4   Arthur Ashe
Orlando Bracamonte		 6
1		 6
1		 6
0		      
5   Dennis Ralston
Isaías Pimentel		 18
16		 9
7		 6
4		      

Eastern Zone

Draw

  First Round
17–19 March
       
  Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
    Ceylon 0
    Pakistan 4
  Quarterfinals
27 March–7 April		   Semifinals
19–22 April		   Final
4–6 May
                           
  Poona, India
    Pakistan 1  
    India 4     Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
      India 4  
  Kuala Lumpur, Malaya     Malaya 0  
    Malaya 3
    Burma 2     Tokyo, Japan
      India 3
  Fukuoka, Japan       Japan 2
    Japan 5  
    South Korea 0     Tokyo, Japan
      Japan 4
  Manila, Philippines     Philippines 1  
    New Zealand 1
    Philippines 3  

Final


Japan
2		 Tokyo, Japan
3–7 May 1963
India
3
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Atsushi Miyagi
Ramanathan Krishnan		 5
7 		6
4		 0
6 		0
6 		   
2   Osamu Ishiguro
Jaidip Mukerjea		 6
2		 6
3		 6
2		      
3   Michio Fujii / Atsushi Miyagi
Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea		 6
4		 3
6 		2
6 		5
7 		   
4   Osamu Ishiguro
Ramanathan Krishnan		 2
6 		5
7 		       
5   Atsushi Miyagi
Jaidip Mukerjea		 6
3		 6
2		 3
6 		7
5		    
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Atsushi Miyagi
Ramanathan Krishnan		 5
7 		6
4		 0
6 		0
6 		   
2   Osamu Ishiguro
Jaidip Mukerjea		 6
2		 6
3		 6
2		      
3   Michio Fujii / Atsushi Miyagi
Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea		 6
4		 3
6 		2
6 		5
7 		   
4   Osamu Ishiguro
Ramanathan Krishnan		 2
6 		5
7 		       
5   Atsushi Miyagi
Jaidip Mukerjea		 6
3		 6
2		 3
6 		7
5		    

Europe Zone

Draw

  Preliminary Round
12–22 April
       
  Istanbul, Turkey
    Turkey 1
    Israel 4
  Estoril, Portugal (clay)
    Portugal 3
    Luxembourg 2
  Beirut, Lebanon (clay)
    Lebanon 0
    Egypt 5
  Dublin, Ireland
    Ireland 2
    Greece 3
First Round
3–5 May		   Second Round
24 May–4 June		   Quarterfinals
13–16 June		   Semifinals
18–21 July		   Final
1–5 August
                                             
  Sweden       Stockholm, Sweden (clay)
  bye         Sweden 3  
  Rhodesia 4     Rhodesia 2     Stockholm, Sweden (clay)
  Netherlands 1         Sweden 4  
  Yugoslavia 5     Zagreb, Yugoslavia     Yugoslavia 1  
  Monaco 0       Yugoslavia 5
  Austria 5     Austria 0     Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Israel 0         Sweden 5  
  South Africa       Bucharest, Romania (clay)     South Africa 0  
  bye         South Africa 3  
  Romania 5     Romania 2     Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
  Switzerland 0         South Africa 4
  Denmark 4     Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)     Denmark 1  
  Czechoslovakia 1       Denmark 4
  Norway 5     Norway 1     Wimbledon, England (grass)
  Portugal 0         Sweden 2
  Egypt 0     Moscow, Soviet Union     Great Britain 3
  Chile 5       Chile 1  
  Soviet Union 5     Soviet Union 4     Eastbourne, England (grass)
  Finland 0         Soviet Union 1  
  Hungary 2     Brussels, Belgium (clay)     Great Britain 4  
  Belgium 3       Belgium 0
  bye       Great Britain 5     Bristol, England (grass)
  Great Britain           Great Britain 4
  Greece 2     Paris, France (clay)     Spain 1  
  Brazil 3       Brazil 1  
  Poland 0     France 4     Barcelona, Spain (clay)
  France 5         France 1
  Spain 3     Barcelona, Spain (clay)     Spain 4  
  West Germany 2       Spain 4
  bye       Italy 1  
  Italy    

Final


Great Britain
3		 No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, England
1–5 August 1963
Grass
Sweden
2
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Mike Sangster
Jan-Erik Lundqvist		 3
6 		6
2		 4
6 		12
10		 9
7		  
2   Bobby Wilson
Ulf Schmidt		 4
6 		6
4		 4
6 		6
4		 4
6 		 
3   Mike Sangster / Bobby Wilson
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt		 22
20		 6
4		 6
3		      
4   Bobby Wilson
Jan-Erik Lundqvist		 6
3		 6
2		 2
6 		2
6 		1
6 		 
5   Mike Sangster
Ulf Schmidt		 7
5		 6
2		 9
11 		3
6 		6
3		  
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Mike Sangster
Jan-Erik Lundqvist		 3
6 		6
2		 4
6 		12
10		 9
7		  
2   Bobby Wilson
Ulf Schmidt		 4
6 		6
4		 4
6 		6
4		 4
6 		 
3   Mike Sangster / Bobby Wilson
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt		 22
20		 6
4		 6
3		      
4   Bobby Wilson
Jan-Erik Lundqvist		 6
3		 6
2		 2
6 		2
6 		1
6 		 
5   Mike Sangster
Ulf Schmidt		 7
5		 6
2		 9
11 		3
6 		6
3		  

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

  Semifinals
26–28 September		   Final
2–4 November
                 
   
  EAS India    
    bye       Bombay, India
      EAS India 0
  Bournemouth, England (clay)   AME United States 5
  AME United States 5
  EUR Great Britain 0  

Semifinals


Great Britain
0		 West Hants Lawn Tennis Club, Bournemouth, England
26–28 September 1963
Clay
United States
5
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Mike Sangster
Chuck McKinley		 5
7 		2
6 		5
7 		     
2   Billy Knight
Frank Froehling		 6
4		 6
8 		4
6 		4
6 		   
3   Mike Sangster / Bobby Wilson
Chuck McKinley / Dennis Ralston		 4
6 		8
6		 7
9 		2
6 		   
4   Billy Knight
Chuck McKinley		 6
8 		2
6 		3
6 		     
5   Mike Sangster
Frank Froehling		 1
6 		6
4		 0
6 		4
6 		   
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Mike Sangster
Chuck McKinley		 5
7 		2
6 		5
7 		     
2   Billy Knight
Frank Froehling		 6
4		 6
8 		4
6 		4
6 		   
3   Mike Sangster / Bobby Wilson
Chuck McKinley / Dennis Ralston		 4
6 		8
6		 7
9 		2
6 		   
4   Billy Knight
Chuck McKinley		 6
8 		2
6 		3
6 		     
5   Mike Sangster
Frank Froehling		 1
6 		6
4		 0
6 		4
6 		   

Final


India
0		 Cricket Club of India, Bombay, India
2–4 November 1963
United States
5
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Premjit Lall
Chuck McKinley		 4
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
2   Ramanathan Krishnan
Dennis Ralston		 4
6 		1
6 		11
13 		     
3   Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
Chuck McKinley / Dennis Ralston		 8
6		 3
6 		10
12 		4
6 		   
4   Premjit Lall
Marty Riessen		 3
6 		6
2		 0
6 		1
6 		   
5   Ramanathan Krishnan
Chuck McKinley		 8
10 		8
6		 2
6 		6
2		 0
6 		 
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Premjit Lall
Chuck McKinley		 4
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
2   Ramanathan Krishnan
Dennis Ralston		 4
6 		1
6 		11
13 		     
3   Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
Chuck McKinley / Dennis Ralston		 8
6		 3
6 		10
12 		4
6 		   
4   Premjit Lall
Marty Riessen		 3
6 		6
2		 0
6 		1
6 		   
5   Ramanathan Krishnan
Chuck McKinley		 8
10 		8
6		 2
6 		6
2		 0
6 		 

Challenge Round


Australia
2		 Memorial Drive Park, Adelaide, Australia
26–28 December 1963
Grass
United States
3
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   John Newcombe
Dennis Ralston		 4
6 		1
6 		6
3		 6
4		 5
7 		 
2   Roy Emerson
Chuck McKinley		 6
3		 3
6 		7
5		 7
5		    
3   Roy Emerson / Neale Fraser
Chuck McKinley / Dennis Ralston		 3
6 		6
4		 9
11 		9
11 		   
4   Roy Emerson
Dennis Ralston		 6
2		 6
3		 3
6 		6
2		    
5   John Newcombe
Chuck McKinley		 12
10		 2
6 		7
9 		2
6 		   
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   John Newcombe
Dennis Ralston		 4
6 		1
6 		6
3		 6
4		 5
7 		 
2   Roy Emerson
Chuck McKinley		 6
3		 3
6 		7
5		 7
5		    
3   Roy Emerson / Neale Fraser
Chuck McKinley / Dennis Ralston		 3
6 		6
4		 9
11 		9
11 		   
4   Roy Emerson
Dennis Ralston		 6
2		 6
3		 3
6 		6
2		    
5   John Newcombe
Chuck McKinley		 12
10		 2
6 		7
9 		2
6 		   
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