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1971 Davis Cup

1971 Davis Cup tennis
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Duration 19 March – 11 October
Edition 60th
Teams 51
Champion
Winning Nation United States
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Americas Zone

North & Central America Zone

  Quarterfinals
8–10 May		   Semifinals
7–30 May		   Final
4–6 June
                           
  Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
    Mexico 5  
    South Korea 0     Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
      Mexico 3  
        Canada 2  
    Canada  
    bye       Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
      Mexico 3
          New Zealand 2
    bye    
    Caribbean/West Indies       Kingston, Jamaica
      Caribbean/West Indies 1
        New Zealand 4  
    bye  
    New Zealand    

South America Zone

  Quarterfinals
19 March–6 April		   Semifinals
9–18 April		   Final
22–24 April
                           
  Porto Alegre, Brazil
    Brazil 5  
    Bolivia 0     Porto Alegre, Brazil (clay)
      Brazil 4  
  Guayaquil, Ecuador (hard)     Ecuador 1  
    Ecuador 4
    Venezuela 1     Santiago, Chile
      Brazil 3
  Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)       Chile 2
    Uruguay 0  
    Argentina 5     Santiago, Chile
      Argentina 1
  Bogotá, Colombia     Chile 4  
    Colombia 2
    Chile 3  

Americas Inter-Zonal Final


Mexico
2		 Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico
17–19 July 1971
Clay
Brazil
3
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Marcello Lara
Thomaz Koch		 4
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
2   Joaquín Loyo Mayo
José Edison Mandarino		 6
4		 3
6 		4
6 		7
5		 6
1		  
3   Joaquín Loyo Mayo / Vicente Zarazúa
Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino		 8
6		 7
5		 6
2		      
4   Marcello Lara
José Edison Mandarino		 4
6 		3
6 		7
9 		     
5   Joaquín Loyo Mayo
Thomaz Koch		 5
7 		6
4		 9
7		 4
6 		7
9 		 
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Marcello Lara
Thomaz Koch		 4
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
2   Joaquín Loyo Mayo
José Edison Mandarino		 6
4		 3
6 		4
6 		7
5		 6
1		  
3   Joaquín Loyo Mayo / Vicente Zarazúa
Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino		 8
6		 7
5		 6
2		      
4   Marcello Lara
José Edison Mandarino		 4
6 		3
6 		7
9 		     
5   Joaquín Loyo Mayo
Thomaz Koch		 5
7 		6
4		 9
7		 4
6 		7
9 		 

Eastern Zone

Zone A

  Quarterfinals
27–29 March		   Semifinals
2–5 April		   Final
23–25 April
                           
  Hong Kong
    Australia 5  
    Hong Kong 0     Jakarta, Indonesia
      Australia 3  
        Indonesia 2  
    Indonesia  
    bye       Tokyo, Japan
      Australia 2
          Japan 3
    bye    
    Philippines       Manila, Philippines
      Philippines 1
        Japan 4  
    bye  
    Japan    

Zone B

  Semifinals
30 March–4 April		   Final
                 
  Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
    India 4  
    Ceylon 0      
        India w/o
  Lahore, Pakistan     Pakistan  
    Malaysia 0
    Pakistan 5  

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final


Japan
2		 Denen Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan
15–17 May 1971
Clay
India
3
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Toshiro Sakai
Jaidip Mukerjea		 0
6 		0
6 		4
6 		     
2   Keishiro Yanagi
Premjit Lall		 3
6 		6
3		 6
1		 6
2		    
3   Jun Kamiwazumi / Toshiro Sakai
Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea		 9
7		 1
6 		6
3		 1
6 		6
8 		 
4   Toshiro Sakai
Premjit Lall		 2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
5   Keishiro Yanagi
Jaidip Mukerjea		 6
4		 6
3		 6
0		      
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Toshiro Sakai
Jaidip Mukerjea		 0
6 		0
6 		4
6 		     
2   Keishiro Yanagi
Premjit Lall		 3
6 		6
3		 6
1		 6
2		    
3   Jun Kamiwazumi / Toshiro Sakai
Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea		 9
7		 1
6 		6
3		 1
6 		6
8 		 
4   Toshiro Sakai
Premjit Lall		 2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
5   Keishiro Yanagi
Jaidip Mukerjea		 6
4		 6
3		 6
0		      

Europe Zone

Zone A

  First Round
30 April–9 May		   Quarterfinals
13–16 May		   Semifinals
11–13 June		   Final
16–18 July
                                     
   
    Spain    
    Basel, Switzerland
    bye    
      Spain 4  
   
      Switzerland 0  
    Switzerland  
    Barcelona, Spain
    bye    
        Spain 4  
  Båstad, Sweden (clay)
      France 1  
    Sweden 0  
    Paris, France (clay)
    France 5  
      France 3
  Helsinki, Finland
      Finland 0  
    Finland 5
    Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
    Ireland 0  
        Spain 2
  Cairo, Egypt (clay)
      Czechoslovakia 3
    Egypt 1  
    Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
    Czechoslovakia 4  
      Czechoslovakia 5
  Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
      Portugal 0  
    Portugal 4
    Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
    Turkey 1  
        Czechoslovakia 4
  Athens, Greece
      Soviet Union 1  
    Greece 1  
    Brussels, Belgium
    Belgium 3  
      Belgium 1
  Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
      Soviet Union 4  
    Denmark 0
 
    Soviet Union 5  

Zone A Final


Czechoslovakia
3		 Prague, Czechoslovakia
16–18 July 1971
Clay
Spain
2
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   František Pála
Manuel Orantes		 6
2		 4
6 		2
6 		5
7 		   
2   Jan Kodeš
Juan Gisbert		 6
3		 4
6 		9
7		 7
5		    
3   Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes		 4
6 		9
11 		4
6 		     
4   František Pála
Juan Gisbert		 6
0		 6
1		 6
1		      
5   Jan Kodeš
Manuel Orantes		 7
5		 4
6 		7
5		 6
4		    
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   František Pála
Manuel Orantes		 6
2		 4
6 		2
6 		5
7 		   
2   Jan Kodeš
Juan Gisbert		 6
3		 4
6 		9
7		 7
5		    
3   Jan Kodeš / Jan Kukal
Juan Gisbert / Manuel Orantes		 4
6 		9
11 		4
6 		     
4   František Pála
Juan Gisbert		 6
0		 6
1		 6
1		      
5   Jan Kodeš
Manuel Orantes		 7
5		 4
6 		7
5		 6
4		    

Zone B

  First Round
28 April–8 May		   Quarterfinals
14–16 May		   Semifinals
10–14 June		   Final
16–18 July
                                     
   
    West Germany    
    Augsburg, West Germany
    bye    
      West Germany 4  
   
      Austria 1  
    Austria  
    Munich, West Germany
    bye    
        West Germany 4  
  Budapest, Hungary
      Hungary 1  
    Hungary 5  
    Budapest, Hungary
    Poland 0  
      Hungary 5
  Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
      Luxembourg 0  
    Luxembourg 5
    Bucharest, Romania (clay)
    Monaco 0  
        West Germany 0
  Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
      Romania 5
    Israel 4  
    Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
    Norway 1  
      Israel 0
  Bucharest, Romania (clay)
      Romania 5  
    Romania 5
    Bucharest, Romania (clay)
    Netherlands 0  
        Romania 4
  Perugia, Italy (clay)
      Yugoslavia 1  
    Italy 5  
    Zagreb, Yugoslavia
    Bulgaria 0  
      Italy 2
  Zagreb, Yugoslavia (clay)
      Yugoslavia 3  
    Great Britain 0
 
    Yugoslavia 3  

Zone B Final


Romania
5		 Bucharest, Romania
16–18 July 1971
Clay
West Germany
0
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Ion Țiriac
Christian Kuhnke		 6
2		 3
6 		6
2		 7
5		    
2   Ilie Năstase
Wilhelm Bungert		 6
2		 6
3		 6
2		      
3   Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann		 8
6		 6
4		 6
4		      
4   Ilie Năstase
Christian Kuhnke		 6
0		 6
4		 6
4		      
5   Petre Marmureanu
Wilhelm Bungert		 6
1		 7
5		 6
1		      
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Ion Țiriac
Christian Kuhnke		 6
2		 3
6 		6
2		 7
5		    
2   Ilie Năstase
Wilhelm Bungert		 6
2		 6
3		 6
2		      
3   Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Jürgen Fassbender / Hans-Jürgen Pohmann		 8
6		 6
4		 6
4		      
4   Ilie Năstase
Christian Kuhnke		 6
0		 6
4		 6
4		      
5   Petre Marmureanu
Wilhelm Bungert		 6
1		 7
5		 6
1		      

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

  Semifinals
1–3 August		   Final
21–23 August
                 
  New Delhi, India
  EUR-B Romania 4  
  EAS India 1     São Paulo, Brazil
      EUR-B Romania 3
  Porto Alegre, Brazil (clay)   AME Brazil 2
  AME Brazil 4
  EUR-A Czechoslovakia 1  

Semifinals


India
1		 New Delhi, India
1–3 August 1971
Romania
4
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Jaidip Mukerjea
Ilie Năstase		 3
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
2   Premjit Lall
Ion Țiriac		 14
12		 6
3		 9
7		      
3   Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac		 3
6 		8
6		 6
8 		1
6 		   
4   Jaidip Mukerjea
Ion Țiriac		 6
3		 5
7 		3
6 		    retired
5   Premjit Lall
Ilie Năstase		 3
6 		10
8		 1
6 		1
6 		   
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