1971 Davis Cup

The 1971 Davis Cup was the 60th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 50 teams would enter the competition, 28 in the Europe Zone, 13 in the Americas Zone, and 9 in the Eastern Zone.

Brazil defeated Mexico in the Americas Zone final, India defeated Japan in the Eastern Zone final, and Romania and Czechoslovakia won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Brazil defeated Czechoslovakia, Romania defeated India, and Romania defeated Brazil in the final. Romania then fell to defending champions the United States in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Olde Providence Racquet Club in Charlotte, NC, United States on 8-11 October.

Americas Zone

North & Central America draw

8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=8-10 May
RD2date=May
RD3date=4-6 June

teamwidth=14

RD1T1-loc=Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|MEX | RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|KOR | RD1-score2=0

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

RD1T3-loc=
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=bye | RD1-score5=
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=Caribbean/West Indies | RD1-score6=

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

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

RD2T2-loc=Kingston, Jamaica
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=noflag|Caribbean/West Indies | RD2-score3=1
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|NZL | RD2-score4=4

RD3T1-loc=Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|MEX | RD3-score1=3
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|NZL | RD3-score2=2

outh America draw

8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=19 March-6 April
RD2date=9-18 April
RD3date=22-24 April

RD1T1-loc=Porto Alegre, Brazil
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|BRA | RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|BOL | RD1-score2=0

RD1T2-loc=Guayaquil, Ecuador (hard)
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|ECU | RD1-score3=4
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|VEN|1930 | RD1-score4=1

RD1T3-loc=Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|URU | RD1-score5=0
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|ARG | RD1-score6=5

RD1T4-loc=Bogotá, Colombia
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|CHI | RD1-score7=3
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|COL | RD1-score8=2

RD2T1-loc=Porto Alegre, Brazil (clay)
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|BRA | RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|ECU | RD2-score2=1

RD2T2-loc=Santiago, Chile
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|ARG | RD2-score3=1
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|CHI | RD2-score4=4

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=Mexico
team2=Brazil
venue=Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico
date=17 July - 19 July 1971
surface=clay
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Marcelo Lara |4 |2 |1 | | |T2P1=Tomas Koch |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Joaquin Loyo-Mayo |6 |3 |4 |7 |6 |T2P1=Jose Edison Mandarino |4 |6 |6 |5 |1
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Joaquin Loyo-Mayo |T1P2=Vicente Zarazua |8 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=Tomas Koch |T2P2=Jose Edison Mandarino |6 |5 |2 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Marcelo Lara |4 |3 |7 | | |T2P1=Jose Edison Mandarino |6 |6 |9 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Joaquin Loyo-Mayo |5 |6 |9 |4 |7 |T2P1=Tomas Koch |7 |4 |7 |6 |9

Eastern Zone

Zone A Draw

8TeamBracket-info
RD1date=27-29 March
RD2date=2-5 April
RD3date=23-25 April

RD1T1-loc=Hong Kong
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|AUS | RD1-score1=5
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|HKG|colonial | RD1-score2=0

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

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

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

RD2T1-loc=Jakarta, Indonesia
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|AUS | RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|INA | RD2-score2=2

RD2T2-loc=Manila, Philippines
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|PHI | RD2-score3=1
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|JPN | RD2-score4=4

RD3T1-loc=Tokyo, Japan
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|AUS | RD3-score1=2
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|JPN | RD3-score2=3

Zone B Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=30 March-4 April
RD2date=

RD1T1-loc=Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|IND | RD1-score1=4
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=davis|Ceylon|1951 | RD1-score2=0

RD1T2-loc=Lahore, Pakistan
RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=davis|MAS | RD1-score3=0
RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=davis|PAK | RD1-score4=5

RD2T1-loc=
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|IND | RD2-score1=w/o
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|PAK | RD2-score2=

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

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team1=Japan
team2=India
venue=Tokyo, Japan
date=15 May - 17 May 1971
surface=
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Toshiro Sakai |0 |0 |4 | | |T2P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Keishiro Yanagi |3 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Premjit Lall |6 |3 |1 |2 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jun Kamiwazumi |T1P2=Toshiro Sakai |9 |1 |6 |1 |6 |T2P1=Premjit Lall |T2P2=Jaidip Mukerjea |7 |6 |3 |6 |8
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Toshiro Sakai |2 |2 |4 | | |T2P1=Premjit Lall |6 |6 |6 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Keishiro Yanagi |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |4 |3 |0 | |

Europe Zone

Zone A Draw

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RD1-date=28 April-8 May
RD2-date=14-16 May
RD3-date=10-14 June
RD4-date=16-18 July

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

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

RD1T3-loc=Budapest, Hungary
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|HUN | RD1-score5=5
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|POL | RD1-score6=0

RD1T4-loc=Cairo, Egypt (clay)
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|LUX | RD1-score7=3
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|MON | RD1-score8=1

RD1T5-loc=Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9=davis|ISR | RD1-score9=4
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|NOR | RD1-score10=1

RD1T6-loc=Bucharest, Romania (clay)
RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|ROU|1965 | RD1-score11=5
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|NED | RD1-score12=0

RD1T7-loc=Perugia, Italy (clay)
RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|ITA | RD1-score13=5
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|BUL|1946 | RD1-score14=0

RD1T8-loc=Zagreb, Yugoslavia (clay)
RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|GBR | RD1-score15=0
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|YUG | RD1-score16=3

RD2T1-loc=Augsburg, West Germany
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|FRG | RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|AUT | RD2-score2=1

RD2T2-loc=Budapest, Hungary
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|HUN | RD2-score3=5
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|LUX | RD2-score4=0

RD2T3-loc=Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=davis|ISR | RD2-score5=0
RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=davis|ROU|1965 | RD2-score6=5

RD2T4-loc=Zagreb, Yugoslavia
RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=davis|ITA | RD2-score7=2
RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=davis|YUG | RD2-score8=3

RD3T1-loc=Munich, West Germany
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|FRG | RD3-score1=4
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|HUN | RD3-score2=1

RD3T2-loc=Bucharest, Romania (clay)
RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=davis|ROU|1965 | RD3-score3=4
RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=davis|YUG | RD3-score4=1

RD4T1-loc=Bucharest, Romania (clay)
RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=davis|FRG | RD4-score1=0
RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=davis|ROU|1965 | RD4-score2=5

Zone A Final

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team1=Romania |team1-var=1965
team2=West Germany
venue=Bucharest, Romania
date=16 July - 18 July 1971
surface=clay
score1=5
score2=0
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ion Ţiriac |6 |3 |6 |7 | |T2P1=Christian Kuhnke |2 |6 |2 |5 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ilie Năstase |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Wilhelm Bungert |2 |3 |2 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ilie Năstase |T1P2=Ion Ţiriac |8 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Jürgen Fassbender |T2P2=Hans-Jürgen Pohmann |6 |4 |4 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ilie Năstase |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Christian Kuhnke |0 |4 |4 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Petre Marmureanu |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=Wilhelm Bungert |1 |5 |1 | |

Zone B draw

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RD1-date=30 April-9 May
RD2-date=13-16 May
RD3-date=11-13 June
RD4-date=16-18 July

RD1T1-loc=
RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=davis|ESP|1939 | RD1-score1=
RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=

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

RD1T3-loc=Båstad, Sweden (clay)
RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=davis|SWE | RD1-score5=0
RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=davis|FRA | RD1-score6=5

RD1T4-loc=Helsinki, Finland
RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=davis|FIN | RD1-score7=5
RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8=davis|IRL | RD1-score8=0

RD1T5-loc=Cairo, Egypt (clay)
RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9=davis|EGY|UAR | RD1-score9=1
RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=davis|TCH | RD1-score10=4

RD1T6-loc=Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=davis|POR | RD1-score11=4
RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=davis|TUR | RD1-score12=1

RD1T7-loc=Athens, Greece
RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=davis|GRE | RD1-score13=1
RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=davis|BEL | RD1-score14=3

RD1T8-loc=Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=davis|DEN | RD1-score15=0
RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16=davis|URS | RD1-score16=5

RD2T1-loc=Basel, Switzerland
RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=davis|ESP|1939 | RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=davis|SUI | RD2-score2=0

RD2T2-loc=Paris, France (clay)
RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=davis|FRA | RD2-score3=3
RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=davis|FIN | RD2-score4=0

RD2T3-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5=davis|TCH | RD2-score5=5
RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6=davis|POR | RD2-score6=0

RD2T4-loc=Brussels, Belgium
RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7=davis|BEL | RD2-score7=1
RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8=davis|URS | RD2-score8=4

RD3T1-loc=Barcelona, Spain
RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=davis|ESP|1939 | RD3-score1=4
RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=davis|FRA | RD3-score2=1

RD3T2-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3=davis|TCH | RD3-score3=4
RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4=davis|URS | RD3-score4=1

RD4T1-loc=Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1=davis|ESP|1939 | RD4-score1=2
RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2=davis|TCH | RD4-score2=3

Zone B Final

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team1=Czechoslovakia
team2=Spain |team2-var=1939
venue=Prague, Czechoslovakia
date=16 July - 18 July 1971
surface=clay
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=František Pala |6 |4 |2 |5 | |T2P1=Manuel Orantes |2 |6 |6 |6 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jan Kodeš |6 |4 |9 |7 | |T2P1=Juan Gisbert |3 |6 |7 |5 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jan Kodeš |T1P2=Jan Kukal |4 |9 |4 | | |T2P1=Juan Gisbert |T2P2=Manuel Orantes |6 |11 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=František Pala |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Juan Gisbert |0 |1 |1 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jan Kodeš |7 |4 |7 |6 | |T2P1=Manuel Orantes |5 |6 |5 |4 |

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=1-3 August
RD2date=21-23 August

RD1T1-loc=New Delhi, India
RD1-seed1=EAS | RD1-team1=davis|IND | RD1-score1=1
RD1-seed2=EUR-A | RD1-team2=davis|ROU|1965 | RD1-score2=4

RD1T2-loc=Porto Alegre, Brazil (clay)
RD1-seed3=EUR-B | RD1-team3=davis|TCH | RD1-score3=1
RD1-seed4=AME | RD1-team4=davis|BRA | RD1-score4=4

RD2T1-loc=São Paulo, Brazil
RD2-seed1=EUR-A | RD2-team1=davis|ROU|1965 | RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2=AME | RD2-team2=davis|BRA | RD2-score2=1

First round

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team1=India
team2=Romania |team2-var=1965
venue=New Delhi, India
date=1 August - 3 August 1971
surface=
score1=1
score2=4
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |3 |3 |4 | | |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |14 |6 |9 | | |T2P1=Ion Ţiriac |12 |3 |7 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |T1P2=Jaidip Mukerjea |3 |8 |6 |1 | |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |T2P2=Ion Ţiriac |6 |6 |8 |6 |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jaidip Mukerjea |6 |5 |3 | | |T2P1=Ion Ţiriac |3 |7 |6 | | |re1=4
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |3 |10 |1 |1 | |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |6 |8 |6 |6 |

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team1=Brazil
team2=Czechoslovakia
venue=Porto Alegre, Brazil
date=1 August - 3 August 1971
surface=clay
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jose Edison Mandarino |8 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Jan Kodeš |6 |4 |4 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomas Koch |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=František Pala |4 |4 |2 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomas Koch |T1P2=Jose Edison Mandarino |8 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Jan Kodeš |T2P2=Jan Kukal |6 |2 |4 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Carlos Kirmayr |1 |6 |6 |2 |4 |T2P1=František Pala |6 |2 |4 |6 |6
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Luis Felipe Tavares |9 |5 |4 |4 | |T2P1=Vladimir Zednik |7 |7 |6 |5 | |re2=4

Final

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team1=Brazil
team2=Romania |team2-var=1965
venue=São Paulo, Brazil
date=21 August - 23 August 1971
surface=
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jose Edison Mandarino |4 |1 |1 | | |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomas Koch |4 |6 |6 |9 | |T2P1=Ion Ţiriac |6 |4 |3 |7 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomas Koch |T1P2=Jose Edison Mandarino |1 |6 |6 |3 |6 |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |T2P2=Ion Ţiriac |6 |3 |3 |6 |4
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomas Koch |4 |0 |6 | | |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |6 |6 |8 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Jose Edison Mandarino |0 |2 |4 | | |T2P1=Ion Ţiriac |6 |6 |6 | |

Challenge Round

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team1=United States
team2=Romania |team2-var=1965
venue=Olde Providence Racquet Club, Charlotte, NC, United States
date=8 October - 11 October 1971
surface=clay
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Stan Smith |7 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |5 |3 |1 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Frank Froehling |3 |1 |6 |6 |8 |T2P1=Ion Ţiriac |6 |6 |1 |3 |6
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Stan Smith |T1P2=Erik van Dillen |5 |4 |6 | | |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |T2P2=Ion Ţiriac |7 |6 |8 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Stan Smith |8 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Ion Ţiriac |6 |3 |0 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Frank Froehling |3 |1 |6 |4 | |T2P1=Ilie Năstase |6 |6 |1 |6 |