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1962 Davis Cup

1962 Davis Cup tennis
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Duration 31 March – 28 December
Edition 51st
Teams 42
Champion
Winning Nation Australia
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America Zone

Draw

  Quarterfinals
13–15 July
  Semifinals
4–8 August
  Final
17–19 August
                           
  Cleveland, OH, United States (clay)
    United States 5  
    Canada 0     Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
      United States 2  
        Mexico 3  
    Mexico  
    bye       Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
      Mexico 4
          Yugoslavia 1
    bye    
    Caribbean/West Indies       Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (clay)
      Caribbean/West Indies 1
        Yugoslavia 4  
    bye  
    Yugoslavia    

Final


Mexico
4
Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
17–19 August 1962
Clay

Yugoslavia
1
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Antonio Palafox
Boro Jovanović
6
4
1
6
6
3
6
3
   
2   Rafael Osuna
Nikola Pilić
6
4
6
4
6
2
     
3   Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox
Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić
6
4
2
6
6
3
7
5
   
4   Francisco Contreras
Nikola Pilić
2
6
2
6
7
9
     
5   Mario Llamas
Vladimir Presečki
6
0
6
1
6
1
     
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Antonio Palafox
Boro Jovanović
6
4
1
6
6
3
6
3
   
2   Rafael Osuna
Nikola Pilić
6
4
6
4
6
2
     
3   Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox
Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić
6
4
2
6
6
3
7
5
   
4   Francisco Contreras
Nikola Pilić
2
6
2
6
7
9
     
5   Mario Llamas
Vladimir Presečki
6
0
6
1
6
1
     

Eastern Zone

Draw

  Quarterfinals
17 March–8 April
  Semifinals
13–16 April
  Final
4–6 May
                           
  Lahore, Pakistan
    India 5  
    Pakistan 0     Jaipur, India
      India 4  
  Tehran, Iran     Iran 0  
    Iran 3
    Malaya 2     New Delhi, India
      India 5
  Seoul, South Korea       Philippines 0
    South Korea 0  
    Japan 5     Manila, Philippines
      Japan 2
  Colombo, Ceylon (clay)     Philippines 3  
    Ceylon 0
    Philippines 4  

Final


India
5
New Delhi, India
4–6 May 1962

Philippines
0
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Jaidip Mukerjea
Juan-Johnson José
9
11
7
5
6
0
6
4
   
2   Ramanathan Krishnan
Felicisimo Ampon
6
1
8
6
6
1
     
3   Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
Raymundo Deyro / Juan-Johnson José
6
4
3
6
9
7
6
1
   
4   Premjit Lall
Juan-Johnson José
6
3
6
1
6
0
     
5   Jaidip Mukerjea
Felicisimo Ampon
6
1
6
3
3
6
6
1
   
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Jaidip Mukerjea
Juan-Johnson José
9
11
7
5
6
0
6
4
   
2   Ramanathan Krishnan
Felicisimo Ampon
6
1
8
6
6
1
     
3   Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
Raymundo Deyro / Juan-Johnson José
6
4
3
6
9
7
6
1
   
4   Premjit Lall
Juan-Johnson José
6
3
6
1
6
0
     
5   Jaidip Mukerjea
Felicisimo Ampon
6
1
6
3
3
6
6
1
   

Europe Zone

Draw

First Round
4–7 May
  Second Round
18–21 May
  Quarterfinals
14–17 June
  Semifinals
13–15 July
  Final
27–29 July
                                             
  Italy       Florence, Italy (clay)
  bye         Italy 5  
  Netherlands 0     Soviet Union 0     Brescia, Italy (clay)
  Soviet Union 5         Italy 4  
  Hungary 5     Budapest, Hungary (clay)     Hungary 1  
  Luxembourg 0       Hungary 5
  Denmark 4     Denmark 0     Milan, Italy (clay)
  New Zealand 1         Italy 5  
  Norway 0     Warsaw, Poland     Great Britain 0  
  Poland 5       Poland 0  
  Monaco 0     Brazil 3     Eastbourne, England (grass)
  Brazil 5         Brazil 1
  Ireland 1     Vienna, Austria (clay)     Great Britain 4  
  Austria 4       Austria 1
  bye       Great Britain 4     Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Great Britain           Italy 1
  France       Paris, France (clay)     Sweden 4
  bye         France 2  
  Switzerland 0     South Africa 3     West Berlin
  South Africa 4         South Africa 3  
  Spain 2     Hanover, West Germany     West Germany 2  
  West Germany 3       West Germany 5
  Romania 4     Romania 0     Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Israel 1         South Africa 1
  Lebanon 1     Helsinki, Finland     Sweden 4  
  Finland 4       Finland 0  
  Czechoslovakia 4     Czechoslovakia 5     Stockholm, Sweden (clay)
  Egypt 1         Czechoslovakia 0
  Belgium 4     Brussels, Belgium (clay)     Sweden 5  
  Chile 1       Belgium 0
  bye       Sweden 5  
  Sweden    

Final


Sweden
4
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden
27–29 July 1962
Clay

Italy
1
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Ulf Schmidt
Fausto Gardini
3
6
6
3
5
7
3
6
   
2   Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Nicola Pietrangeli
6
2
6
4
6
1
     
3   Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
6
1
3
6
6
8
6
4
9
7
 
4   Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Fausto Gardini
6
0
6
2
6
1
     
5   Ulf Schmidt
Nicola Pietrangeli
6
1
8
6
6
3
     
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Ulf Schmidt
Fausto Gardini
3
6
6
3
5
7
3
6
   
2   Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Nicola Pietrangeli
6
2
6
4
6
1
     
3   Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola
6
1
3
6
6
8
6
4
9
7
 
4   Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Fausto Gardini
6
0
6
2
6
1
     
5   Ulf Schmidt
Nicola Pietrangeli
6
1
8
6
6
3
     

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

  Semifinals
26–28 October
  Final
3–5 December
                 
   
  EAS India    
    bye       Madras, India
      EAS India 0
  Mexico City, Mexico (clay)   AME Mexico 5
  AME Mexico 3
  EUR Sweden 2  

Semifinals


Mexico
3
Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
26–28 October 1962
Clay

Sweden
2
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Antonio Palafox
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
6
8
6
1
6
8
4
6
   
2   Rafael Osuna
Ulf Schmidt
6
3
16
14
1
6
6
2
   
3   Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
6
8
7
5
12
10
6
1
   
4   Antonio Palafox
Ulf Schmidt
9
11
6
3
3
6
6
1
1
6
 
5   Rafael Osuna
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
3
6
6
4
6
3
1
6
6
3
 
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Antonio Palafox
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
6
8
6
1
6
8
4
6
   
2   Rafael Osuna
Ulf Schmidt
6
3
16
14
1
6
6
2
   
3   Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox
Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt
6
8
7
5
12
10
6
1
   
4   Antonio Palafox
Ulf Schmidt
9
11
6
3
3
6
6
1
1
6
 
5   Rafael Osuna
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
3
6
6
4
6
3
1
6
6
3
 

Final


India
0
Madras, India
3–5 December 1962

Mexico
5
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Jaidip Mukerjea
Antonio Palafox
7
9
2
6
2
6
     
2   Ramanathan Krishnan
Rafael Osuna
6
8
6
2
5
7
8
6
4
6
 
3   Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox
8
10
10
12
4
6
     
4   Premjit Lall
Mario Llamas
2
6
2
6
3
6
     
5   Akhtar Ali
Francisco Contreras
4
6
6
2
7
5
4
6
3
6
 
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Jaidip Mukerjea
Antonio Palafox
7
9
2
6
2
6
     
2   Ramanathan Krishnan
Rafael Osuna
6
8
6
2
5
7
8
6
4
6
 
3   Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox
8
10
10
12
4
6
     
4   Premjit Lall
Mario Llamas
2
6
2
6
3
6
     
5   Akhtar Ali
Francisco Contreras
4
6
6
2
7
5
4
6
3
6
 

Challenge Round


Australia
5
Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia
26–28 December 1962
Grass

Mexico
0
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Rod Laver
Rafael Osuna
6
2
6
1
7
5
     
2   Neale Fraser
Antonio Palafox
7
9
6
2
6
4
11
9
   
3   Roy Emerson / Rod Laver
Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox
7
5
6
2
6
4
     
4   Neale Fraser
Rafael Osuna
3
6
11
9
6
1
3
6
6
4
 
5   Rod Laver
Antonio Palafox
6
1
4
6
6
4
8
6
   
      1 2 3 4 5  
1   Rod Laver
Rafael Osuna
6
2
6
1
7
5
     
2   Neale Fraser
Antonio Palafox
7
9
6
2
6
4
11
9
   
3   Roy Emerson / Rod Laver
Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox
7
5
6
2
6
4
     
4   Neale Fraser
Rafael Osuna
3
6
11
9
6
1
3
6
6
4
 
5   Rod Laver
Antonio Palafox
6
1
4
6
6
4
8
6
   
Milla Backhouse