1969 Davis Cup

The 1969 Davis Cup was the 58th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 51 teams would enter the competition, 34 in the Europe Zone, 9 in the Americas Zone, and 8 in the Eastern Zone.

Brazil defeated Mexico in the Americas Zone final, India defeated Japan in the Eastern Zone final, and Romania and Great Britain won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Great Britain defeated Brazil, Romania defeated India, and then Romania defeated Great Britain in the final. Romania then fell to defending champions the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Harold Clark Courts in Cleveland, OH, United States on 19-21 September. This marked the first time the final was played on hard courts.

Americas Zone

North & Central America draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=3-5 May
RD2date=24-26 May

RD1T1-loc=Bridgetown, Barbados
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|MEX | RD1-score1=4
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=noflag|Caribbean/West Indies | RD1-score2=1

RD1T2-loc=
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=bye | RD1-score3=
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|AUS | RD1-score4=

RD2T1-loc=Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|MEX | RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|AUS | RD2-score2=2

outh America draw

8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=2-5 May
RD2date=16-18 May
RD3date=14-16 June

RD1T1-loc=
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|BRA | RD1-score1=
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=

RD1T2-loc=Caracas, Venezuela
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|VEN|1930 | RD1-score3=2
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|COL | RD1-score4=3

RD1T3-loc=Santiago, Chile
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|CHI | RD1-score5=3
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|ARG | RD1-score6=2

RD1T4-loc=
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=bye | RD1-score7=
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|ECU | RD1-score8=

RD2T1-loc=Bogotá, Colombia
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|BRA | RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|COL | RD2-score2=2

RD2T2-loc=Santiago, Chile (clay)
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|CHI | RD2-score3=4
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|ECU | RD2-score4=1

RD3T1-loc=Santiago, Chile
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|BRA | RD3-score1=3
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|CHI | RD3-score2=2

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

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team1=Brazil
team2=Mexico
venue=Pinheiros Sports Club, São Paulo, Brazil
date=19 June - 21 June 1969
surface=clay
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=José Edison Mandarino |4 |6 |6 |5 |6 |T2P1=Marcelo Lara |6 |2 |4 |7 |3
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomas Koch |7 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Joaquin Loyo-Mayo |5 |1 |3 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomas Koch |T1P2=José Edison Mandarino |19 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Luis Augusto García |T2P2=Joaquin Loyo-Mayo |17 |3 |4 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=José Edison Mandarino |6 |7 |5 |3 |5 |T2P1=Joaquin Loyo-Mayo |2 |5 |7 |6 |7
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomas Koch |4 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Luis Augusto García |6 |1 |2 |4 |

Eastern Zone

Zone A Draw

8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=28-30 March
RD2date=4-20 April
RD3date=

RD1T1-loc=Jakarta, Indonesia
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|INA | RD1-score1=0
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|PHI | RD1-score2=3

RD1T2-loc=
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|JPN | RD1-score3=
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=bye | RD1-score4=

RD1T3-loc=
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=bye | RD1-score5=
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|KOR | RD1-score6=

RD1T4-loc=
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=bye | RD1-score7=
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|South Vietnam | RD1-score8=

RD2T1-loc=Tokyo, Japan
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|PHI | RD2-score1=0
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|JPN | RD2-score2=5

RD2T2-loc=Seoul, South Korea
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|KOR | RD2-score3=2
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|South Vietnam | RD2-score4=3

RD3T1-loc=
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|JPN | RD3-score1=w/o
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|South Vietnam | RD3-score2=

Zone B Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=1-3 March
RD2date=25-27 March

RD1T1-loc=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|MAS | RD1-score1=0
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|IND | RD1-score2=5

RD1T2-loc=
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=bye | RD1-score3=
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|Ceylon|1951 | RD1-score4=

RD2T1-loc=Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|IND | RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|Ceylon|1951 | RD2-score2=1

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

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team1=India
team2=Japan
venue=Pune, India
date=10 May - 12 May 1969
surface=
score1=5
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Ichizo Konishi |2 |4 |4 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Koji Watanabe |2 |3 |4 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |T1P2=Jaidip Mukerjea |6 |13 |7 |6 | |T2P1=Isao Watanabe |T2P2=Koji Watanabe |3 |11 |9 |4 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Ichizo Konishi |3 |1 |1 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Shiv-Prakash Misra |6 |6 |5 |6 | |T2P1=Koji Watanabe |3 |3 |7 |2 |

Europe Zone

Zone A Draw

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RD1-date=4-12 May
RD2-date=22-25 May
RD3-date=13-15 June
RD4-date=18-20 July

RD1T1-loc=Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|ESP|1939 | RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|Rhodesia | RD1-score2=0

RD1T2-loc=Maribor, Yugoslavia
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|YUG | RD1-score3=3
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|FRA | RD1-score4=2

RD1T3-loc=Bucharest, Romania (clay)
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|ROU|1965 | RD1-score5=3
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|EGY|UAR | RD1-score6=2

RD1T4-loc=Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|POR | RD1-score7=1
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|ISR | RD1-score8=4

RD1T5-loc=Athens, Greece
RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9=davis|GRE|old | RD1-score9=0
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|URS | RD1-score10=5

RD1T6-loc=Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|NED | RD1-score11=2
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|CAN | RD1-score12=3

RD1T7-loc=Oslo, Norway (clay)
RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|NOR | RD1-score13=0
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|AUT | RD1-score14=5

RD1T8-loc=Genoa, Italy (clay)
RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|BEL | RD1-score15=1
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|ITA | RD1-score16=4

RD2T1-loc=Zagreb, Yugoslavia (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|ESP|1939 | RD2-score1=5
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|YUG | RD2-score2=0

RD2T2-loc=Bucharest, Romania (clay)
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|ROU|1965 | RD2-score3=5
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|ISR | RD2-score4=0

RD2T3-loc=Moscow, Soviet Union (clay)
RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=davis|URS | RD2-score5=4
RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=davis|CAN | RD2-score6=1

RD2T4-loc=Barletta, Italy (clay)
RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=davis|AUT | RD2-score7=0
RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=davis|ITA | RD2-score8=5

RD3T1-loc=Valencia, Spain (clay)
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|ESP|1939 | RD3-score1=1
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|ROU|1965 | RD3-score2=4

RD3T2-loc=Moscow, Soviet Union
RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=davis|URS | RD3-score3=5
RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=davis|ITA | RD3-score4=0

RD4T1-loc=Bucharest, Romania (clay)
RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=davis|ROU|1965 | RD4-score1=4
RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=davis|URS | RD4-score2=1

Zone A Final

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team1=Romania |team1-var=1965
team2=Soviet Union
venue=Bucharest, Romania
date=18 July - 20 July 1969
surface=clay
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ion Ţiriac |6 |6 |8 | | |T2P1=Tomas Lejus |3 |3 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ilie Năstase |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Alex Metreveli |4 |2 |5 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ilie Năstase |T1P2=Ion Ţiriac |6 |6 |6 |8 | |T2P1=Sergei Likhachev |T2P2=Alex Metreveli |8 |1 |4 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ilie Năstase |4 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Tomas Lejus |6 |3 |2 |2 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Sever Dron |1 |4 |4 | | |T2P1=Vladimir Korotkov |6 |6 |6 | |

Zone B draw

DCWorld
RD1-date=24 April-11 May
RD2-date=22-26 May
RD3-date=12-14 June
RD4-date=17-19 July

RD1T1-loc=Cologne, Germany
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|FRG | RD1-score1=4
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|NZL | RD1-score2=1

RD1T2-loc=Helsinki, Finland (clay)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|FIN | RD1-score3=1
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|SWE | RD1-score4=4

RD1T3-loc=Zürich, Switzerland (clay)
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|SUI | RD1-score5=0
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|GBR | RD1-score6=5

RD1T4-loc=Cork, Ireland
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|IRL | RD1-score7=5
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|LUX | RD1-score8=0

RD1T5-loc=Monte Carlo, Monaco
RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9=davis|MON | RD1-score9=3
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|BUL|1946 | RD1-score10=2

RD1T6-loc=Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|DEN | RD1-score11=2
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|TCH | RD1-score12=3

RD1T7-loc=Warsaw, Poland
RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|POL | RD1-score13=3
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|HUN | RD1-score14=2

RD1T8-loc=Cape Town, South Africa
RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|IRI|1964 | RD1-score15=0
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|RSA|1928 | RD1-score16=5

RD2T1-loc=Båstad, Sweden (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|FRG | RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|SWE | RD2-score2=1

RD2T2-loc=Eastbourne, England (grass)
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|GBR | RD2-score3=5
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|IRL | RD2-score4=0

RD2T3-loc=Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=davis|MON | RD2-score5=0
RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=davis|TCH | RD2-score6=5

RD2T4-loc=
RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=davis|POL | RD2-score7=
RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=davis|RSA|1928 | RD2-score8=w/o

RD3T1-loc=Birmingham, England (grass)
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|FRG | RD3-score1=2
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|GBR | RD3-score2=3

RD3T2-loc=
RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=davis|TCH | RD3-score3=
RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=davis|RSA|1928 | RD3-score4=w/o

RD4T1-loc=Bristol, England (grass)
RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=davis|GBR | RD4-score1=3
RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=davis|RSA|1928 | RD4-score2=2

Zone B Final

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team1=Great Britain
team2=South Africa |team2-var=1928
venue=Bristol Lawn Tennis Club, Redland, Bristol, England
date=17 July - 19 July 1969
surface=grass
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Mark Cox |3 |6 |6 |3 |6 |T2P1=Bob Maud |6 |3 |4 |6 |4
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Graham Stilwell |9 |3 |6 |2 |3 |T2P1=Bob Hewitt |7 |6 |3 |6 |6
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Mark Cox |T1P2=Peter Curtis |6 |3 |4 |6 |9 |T2P1=Bob Hewitt |T2P2=Frew McMillan |4 |6 |6 |4 |7
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Graham Stilwell |8 |11 |6 | | |T2P1=Bob Maud |6 |9 |3 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Mark Cox |6 |0 |6 |3 |7 |T2P1=Bob Hewitt |3 |6 |4 |6 |9

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=31 July-3 August
RD2date=14-16 August

RD1T1-loc=Wimbledon, England (grass)
RD1-seed1=EUR-B | RD1-team1=davis|GBR | RD1-score1=3
RD1-seed2=AME | RD1-team2=davis|BRA | RD1-score2=2

RD1T2-loc=Bucharest, Romania (clay)
RD1-seed3=EAS | RD1-team3=davis|IND | RD1-score3=0
RD1-seed4=EUR-A | RD1-team4=davis|ROU|1965 | RD1-score4=4

RD2T1-loc=Wimbledon, England (grass)
RD2-seed1=EUR-B | RD2-team1=davis|GBR | RD2-score1=2
RD2-seed2=EUR-A | RD2-team2=davis|ROU|1965 | RD2-score2=3

First round

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team1=Great Britain
team2=Brazil
venue=No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, London, England
date=31 July - 3 August 1969
surface=grass
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Graham Stilwell |6 |8 |8 | | |T2P1=Jose Edison Mandarino |3 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Mark Cox |6 |13 |3 |6 |6 |T2P1=Tomas Koch |4 |11 |6 |8 |8
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Mark Cox |T1P2=Peter Curtis |6 |4 |4 |4 | |T2P1=Tomas Koch |T2P2=Jose Edison Mandarino |4 |6 |6 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Graham Stilwell |7 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Tomas Koch |5 |4 |4 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Mark Cox |6 |18 |3 |6 | |T2P1=Jose Edison Mandarino |3 |16 |6 |2 |

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team1=Romania |team1-var=1965
team2=India
venue=Bucharest, Romania
date=1 August - 3 August 1969
surface=clay
score1=4
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ion Ţiriac |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Premjit Lall |2 |3 |2 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ilie Năstase |6 |6 |4 |4 |6 |T2P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |2 |4 |6 |6 |1
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ilie Năstase |T1P2=Ion Ţiriac |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Premjit Lall |T2P2=Jaidip Mukerjea |2 |2 |3 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Petre Marmureanu |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Gaurav Misra |2 |2 |3 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Sever Dron |6 |6 |9 | | |T2P1=Anand Amritraj |3 |2 |10 | | |nc=4

Final

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team1=Great Britain
team2=Romania |team2-var=1965
venue=No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, London, England
date=14 August - 16 August 1969
surface=grass
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Mark Cox |4 |4 |3 | | |T2P1=Ion Ţiriac |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Graham Stilwell |6 |4 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |4 |6 |1 |2 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Mark Cox |T1P2=Graham Stilwell |8 |6 |3 |4 | |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |T2P2=Ion Ţiriac |10 |3 |6 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Graham Stilwell |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Ion Ţiriac |3 |2 |2 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Mark Cox |6 |1 |4 |4 | |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |3 |6 |6 |6 |

Challenge Round

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team1=United States
team2=Romania |team2-var=1965
venue=Harold Clark Courts, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
date=19 September - 21 September 1969
surface=hard
score1=5
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Arthur Ashe |6 |15 |7 | | |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |2 |13 |5 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Stan Smith |6 |6 |5 |6 |6 |T2P1=Ion Ţiriac |8 |3 |7 |4 |4
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Bob Lutz |T1P2=Stan Smith |8 |6 |11 | | |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |T2P2=Ion Ţiriac |6 |1 |9 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Stan Smith |4 |4 |6 |6 |11 |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |6 |6 |4 |1 |9
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Arthur Ashe |6 |8 |3 |4 | |T2P1=Ion Ţiriac |3 |6 |6 |0 | |re2=4