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1970 Davis Cup

1970 Davis Cup tennis
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Duration 14 March – 31 August
Edition 59th
Teams 50
Champion
Winning Nation United States
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Americas Zone

North & Central America Zone

  Semifinals
8–10 May; 6–8 June		   Final
13–15 June
                 
  Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
    Mexico 2  
    New Zealand 3     Winnipeg, Canada (clay)
        New Zealand 2
  Winnipeg, Canada (clay)     Canada 3
    Canada 5
    Caribbean/West Indies 0  

South America Zone

  Quarterfinals
20 March–6 April		   Semifinals
5–13 April		   Final
14–16 June
                           
   
    Uruguay    
    bye       Bogotá, Colombia
      Uruguay 0  
  Bogotá, Colombia (clay)     Colombia 5  
    Colombia 3
    Ecuador 2     São Paulo, Brazil
      Colombia 2
  Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)       Brazil 3
    Argentina 2  
    Chile 3     São Paulo, Brazil
      Chile 2
  Caracas, Venezuela     Brazil 3  
    Venezuela 1
    Brazil 4  

Americas Inter-Zonal Final


Brazil
3		 Esporte Clube Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil
18–20 July 1970
Clay
Canada
2
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Thomaz Koch
John Sharpe		 9
7		 7
5		 5
7 		8
6		    
2   José Edison Mandarino
Mike Belkin		 2
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3   Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino
Mike Belkin / John Sharpe		 6
3		 3
6 		0
6 		6
4		 6
3		  
4   Thomaz Koch
Mike Belkin		 8
6		 6
8 		3
6 		4
6 		   
5   José Edison Mandarino
John Sharpe		 6
1		 6
0		 6
2		      
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Thomaz Koch
John Sharpe		 9
7		 7
5		 5
7 		8
6		    
2   José Edison Mandarino
Mike Belkin		 2
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3   Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino
Mike Belkin / John Sharpe		 6
3		 3
6 		0
6 		6
4		 6
3		  
4   Thomaz Koch
Mike Belkin		 8
6		 6
8 		3
6 		4
6 		   
5   José Edison Mandarino
John Sharpe		 6
1		 6
0		 6
2		      

Eastern Zone

Zone A

  Quarterfinals
14–30 March		   Semifinals
3–12 April		   Final
17–19 April
                           
   
    Philippines    
    bye       Manila, Philippines
      Philippines 0  
        Australia 5  
    Australia w/o
    South Korea       Tokyo, Japan
      Australia 5
  Hong Kong       Japan 0
    Hong Kong 0  
    Japan 5     Tokyo, Japan
      Japan 5
  Saigon, South Vietnam     South Vietnam 0  
    South Vietnam 3
    Indonesia 0  

Zone B

  Semifinals
14–30 March		   Final
17–19 April
                 
  Patna, India
    India 3  
    Pakistan 1     Bombay, India
        India 5
  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia     Ceylon 0
    Malaysia 0
    Ceylon 3  

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final


India
3		 Bangalore, India
3–5 May 1970
Australia
1
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Jaidip Mukerjea
Dick Crealy		 3
6 		6
8 		6
4		 6
3		 6
2		  
2   Premjit Lall
Ray Ruffels		 6
2		 6
8 		6
3		 3
6 		14
12		  
3   Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
John Alexander / Allan Stone		 13
15 		4
6 		4
6 		     
4   Premjit Lall
Dick Crealy		 8
6		 6
2		 6
2		      
5   Jaidip Mukerjea
Ray Ruffels		 6
3		 7
5		 4
6 		3
6 		6
6		 not
completed
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Jaidip Mukerjea
Dick Crealy		 3
6 		6
8 		6
4		 6
3		 6
2		  
2   Premjit Lall
Ray Ruffels		 6
2		 6
8 		6
3		 3
6 		14
12		  
3   Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
John Alexander / Allan Stone		 13
15 		4
6 		4
6 		     
4   Premjit Lall
Dick Crealy		 8
6		 6
2		 6
2		      
5   Jaidip Mukerjea
Ray Ruffels		 6
3		 7
5		 4
6 		3
6 		6
6		 not
completed

Europe Zone

Zone A

  First Round
1–10 May		   Quarterfinals
22–25 May		   Semifinals
12–15 June		   Final
16–18 July
                                     
  Tehran, Iran
    Romania 4  
    Bucharest, Romania (clay)
    Iran 1  
      Romania 5  
  Athens, Greece
      Greece 0  
    Greece 4
    Maribor, Yugoslavia (clay)
    Netherlands 1  
        Romania 2  
  Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
      Yugoslavia 3  
    Luxembourg 0  
    Dublin, Ireland
    Ireland 3  
      Ireland 0
  Maribor, Yugoslavia
      Yugoslavia 5  
    Yugoslavia 3
    Barcelona, Spain
    Poland 2  
        Yugoslavia 1
  Stockholm, Sweden (clay)
      Spain 4
    Sweden 0  
    Barcelona, Spain (clay)
    Spain 5  
      Spain 5
  Istanbul, Turkey
      Bulgaria 0  
    Turkey 0
    Paris, France (clay)
    Bulgaria 5  
        Spain 5
  Geneva, Switzerland
      France 0  
    Switzerland 1  
    Paris, France (clay)
    France 4  
      France 5
  Edinburgh, United Kingdom (clay)
      Austria 0  
    Austria 3
 
    Great Britain 2  

Zone A Final


Spain
4		 Barcelona, Spain
16–18 July 1970
Yugoslavia
1
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Manuel Orantes
Nikola Špear		 6
4		 6
4		 6
2		      
2   Manuel Santana
Željko Franulović		 6
4		 6
4		 1
6 		6
4		    
3   Juan Gisbert / Manuel Santana
Željko Franulović / Nikola Špear		 6
4		 6
1		 6
2		      
4   Manuel Orantes
Željko Franulović		 7
5		 6
4		 4
6 		6
8 		2
6 		 
5   Manuel Santana
Nikola Špear		 6
2		 6
1		 7
5		      
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Manuel Orantes
Nikola Špear		 6
4		 6
4		 6
2		      
2   Manuel Santana
Željko Franulović		 6
4		 6
4		 1
6 		6
4		    
3   Juan Gisbert / Manuel Santana
Željko Franulović / Nikola Špear		 6
4		 6
1		 6
2		      
4   Manuel Orantes
Željko Franulović		 7
5		 6
4		 4
6 		6
8 		2
6 		 
5   Manuel Santana
Nikola Špear		 6
2		 6
1		 7
5		      

Zone B

  First Round
1–24 May		   Quarterfinals
22–24 May		   Semifinals
11–14 June		   Final
14–16 July
                                     
   
    South Africa    
     
    bye    
      South Africa    
  Helsinki, Finland
      Belgium w/o  
    Finland 1
    Nuremberg, West Germany
    Belgium 4  
        Belgium 0  
  Bad Homburg, West Germany (clay)
      West Germany 5  
    West Germany 4  
    West Berlin
    Denmark 1  
      West Germany 5
  Cairo, Egypt (clay)
      Egypt 0  
    Egypt 3
    Düsseldorf, West Germany
    Norway 1  
        West Germany 3
  Turin, Italy (clay)
      Soviet Union 2
    Italy 2  
     
    Czechoslovakia 3  
      Czechoslovakia w/o
   
      Rhodesia    
    Israel  
    Moscow, Soviet Union (clay)
    Rhodesia w/o  
        Czechoslovakia 2
  Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
      Soviet Union 3  
    Portugal 1  
    Monte Carlo, Monaco
    Monaco 4  
      Monaco 0
  Budapest, Hungary
      Soviet Union 5  
    Hungary 2
 
    Soviet Union 3  

Zone B Final


West Germany
3		 Düsseldorf, West Germany
14–16 July 1970
Soviet Union
2
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Wilhelm Bungert
Vladimir Korotkov		 6
4		 7
9 		6
4		 6
3		    
2   Christian Kuhnke
Alex Metreveli		 1
6 		1
6 		8
10 		     
3   Ingo Buding / Wilhelm Bungert
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli		 5
7 		1
6 		8
6		 6
2		 7
5		  
4   Christian Kuhnke
Vladimir Korotkov		 6
1		 6
1		 5
7 		6
2		    
5   Wilhelm Bungert
Alex Metreveli		 4
6 		5
5		       retired
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Wilhelm Bungert
Vladimir Korotkov		 6
4		 7
9 		6
4		 6
3		    
2   Christian Kuhnke
Alex Metreveli		 1
6 		1
6 		8
10 		     
3   Ingo Buding / Wilhelm Bungert
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli		 5
7 		1
6 		8
6		 6
2		 7
5		  
4   Christian Kuhnke
Vladimir Korotkov		 6
1		 6
1		 5
7 		6
2		    
5   Wilhelm Bungert
Alex Metreveli		 4
6 		5
5		       retired

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

  Semifinals
1–4 August		   Final
14–17 August
                 
  Poona, India
  EUR-B West Germany 5  
  EAS India 0     Düsseldorf, West Germany
      EUR-B West Germany 4
  São Paulo, Brazil   EUR-A Spain 1
  AME Brazil 1
  EUR-A Spain 4  

Semifinals


India
0		 Poona, India
1–3 August 1970
West Germany
5
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Jaidip Mukerjea
Wilhelm Bungert		 2
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     
2   Premjit Lall
Christian Kuhnke		 4
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3   Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke		 2
6 		6
4		 11
13 		3
6 		   
4   Premjit Lall
Wilhelm Bungert		 4
6 		3
6 		7
5		 11
13 		   
5   Jaidip Mukerjea
Christian Kuhnke		 9
11 		6
8 		4
6 		     
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Jaidip Mukerjea
Wilhelm Bungert		 2
6 		5
7 		3
6 		     
2   Premjit Lall
Christian Kuhnke		 4
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3   Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
Wilhelm Bungert / Christian Kuhnke		 2
6 		6
4		 11
13 		3
6 		   
4   Premjit Lall
Wilhelm Bungert		 4
6 		3
6 		7
5		 11
13 		   
5   Jaidip Mukerjea
Christian Kuhnke		 9
11 		6
8 		4
6 		     
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