1968 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1968 Davis Cup.

32 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. The winners of each sub-zone went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Eastern Zone.[1]

Spain defeated Italy in the Zone A final, and West Germany defeated South Africa in the Zone B final, resulting in both Spain and West Germany progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2][3]

Zone A

Draw

First Round
26 April–7 May
Quarterfinals
23–26 May
Semifinals
13–16 June
Final
19–21 July
Valencia, Spain (clay)
 Spain3
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
 Netherlands2
 Spain4
Bandol, France (hard)
 Sweden1
 Sweden4
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
 Rhodesia1
 Spain4
Bournemouth, England (clay)
 Great Britain1
 Great Britain3
London, England (grass)
 France0
 Great Britain5
Helsinki, Finland (clay)
 Finland0
 Finland4
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
 Portugal1
 Spain3
Tbilisi, Soviet Union
 Italy2
 Soviet Union4
Moscow, Soviet Union
 Greece1
 Soviet Union5
Zagreb, Yugoslavia
 Yugoslavia0
 Yugoslavia4
Reggio Emilia, Italy (clay)
 New Zealand0
 Soviet Union2
Cagliari, Italy (clay)
 Italy3
 Italy5
Biella, Italy (clay)
 Hungary0
 Italy5
Monte Carlo, Monaco
 Monaco0
 Monaco3
 Ireland1

First round

Spain vs. Netherlands


Spain
3
Club de Tenis Valencia, Valencia, Spain[4]
3–6 May 1968
Clay

Netherlands
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Manuel Santana
Jan Hajer
6
4
9
7
6
3
     
2
Juan Gisbert
Tom Okker
5
7
3
6
5
7
     
3
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana
Jan Hajer / Tom Okker
1
6
4
6
6
3
6
4
6
3
 
4
Manuel Santana
Tom Okker
4
6
6
3
3
6
7
5
4
6
 
5
Juan Gisbert
Jan Hajer
7
5
6
1
6
0
     

Sweden vs. Rhodesia


Sweden
4
Buding Hotel, Bandol, France[5]
5–7 May 1968
Hard

Rhodesia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ove Bengtson
Adrian Bey
6
3
6
2
6
4
     
2
Hans Nerell
Frank Saloman
6
2
4
6
5
7
6
1
5
7
 
3
Ove Bengtson / Hans Nerell
Adrian Bey / Frank Saloman
6
2
6
3
6
0
     
4
Ove Bengtson
Frank Saloman
6
1
6
3
6
4
     
5
Hans Nerell
Douglas Irvine
2
6
5
7
6
3
6
3
6
3
 

Great Britain vs. France


Great Britain
3
West Hants Lawn Tennis Club, Bournemouth, England[6]
2–4 May 1968
Clay

France
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bobby Wilson
François Jauffret
6
3
3
6
1
6
6
4
6
1
 
2
Mark Cox
Georges Goven
3
6
4
6
6
1
7
5
7
5
 
3
Mark Cox / Bobby Wilson
Patrice Beust / Daniel Contet
1
6
6
2
3
6
6
4
7
5
 
4
Bobby Wilson
Georges Goven
6
1
6
2
3
3
    not
completed
5
Mark Cox
François Jauffret
          not
played

Finland vs. Portugal


Finland
4
Helsinki, Finland[7]
3–5 May 1968
Clay

Portugal
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pekka Petersen-Dyggve
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
3
6
6
2
7
5
3
6
6
4
 
2
Tarmo Jokinen
João Lagos
5
7
7
5
4
6
7
5
6
3
 
3
Heikki Hedman / Pekka Petersen-Dyggve
João Roquette / Alfredo Vaz Pinto
6
3
6
3
6
3
     
4
Tarmo Jokinen
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
4
6
4
6
2
6
     
5
Pekka Petersen-Dyggve
João Lagos
6
4
6
4
6
4
     

Soviet Union vs. Greece


Soviet Union
4
Tbilisi, Soviet Union[8]
3–5 May 1968

Greece
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Toomas Leius
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
10
8
4
6
4
6
1
6
   
2
Alex Metreveli
Periclis Gavrilidis
6
2
6
4
6
3
     
3
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
Periclis Gavrilidis / Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
6
4
4
6
6
3
7
5
   
4
Toomas Leius
Periclis Gavrilidis
6
2
6
1
6
0
     
5
Alex Metreveli
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
3
6
6
2
1
6
8
6
6
2
 

Yugoslavia vs. New Zealand


Yugoslavia
4
Zagreb, Yugoslavia[9]
3–5 May 1968

New Zealand
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Željko Franulović
Onny Parun
5
7
7
5
6
1
6
3
   
2
Boro Jovanović
Brian Fairlie
2
6
7
5
7
5
6
4
   
3
Željko Franulović / Boro Jovanović
Brian Fairlie / Richard Hawkes
6
1
6
4
6
4
     
4
Boro Jovanović
Onny Parun
6
0
6
1
6
2
     
5
Željko Franulović
Brian Fairlie
6
2
7
5
3
6
1
6
1
2
not
completed

Italy vs. Hungary


Italy
5
Cagliari, Italy[10]
2–4 May 1968
Clay

Hungary
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Martin Mulligan
István Gulyás
6
4
3
6
6
3
2
6
7
5
 
2
Nicola Pietrangeli
Péter Szőke
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
3
Martin Mulligan / Nicola Pietrangeli
István Gulyás / András Szikszay
7
5
9
7
2
6
11
9
   
4
Nicola Pietrangeli
István Gulyás
6
4
6
2
2
6
1
6
7
5
 
5
Martin Mulligan
Péter Szőke
4
6
7
5
6
4
6
1
   

Monaco vs. Ireland


Monaco
3
Monte Carlo, Monaco[11]
26–28 April 1968

Ireland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Patrick Landau
Peter Mockler
6
2
6
3
5
7
6
2
   
2
Adrien Viviani
Michael Hickey
4
6
4
6
2
6
     
3
Patrick Landau / Francis Truchi
Michael Hickey / Peter Jackson
5
7
6
4
6
4
4
6
6
2
 
4
Patrick Landau
Michael Hickey
4
6
6
4
8
6
6
4
   
5
Adrien Viviani
Peter Mockler
          not
played

Quarterfinals

Spain vs. Sweden


Spain
4
Real Club de Tenis, Barcelona, Spain[12]
24–26 May 1968
Clay

Sweden
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Juan Gisbert
Ove Bengtson
6
2
6
2
6
3
     
2
Manuel Santana
Hans Nerell
6
1
6
4
6
2
     
3
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana
Ove Bengtson / Hans Nerell
4
6
5
7
6
4
5
7
   
4
Juan Gisbert
Hans Nerell
10
8
6
0
7
9
3
6
7
5
 
5
Manuel Santana
Ove Bengtson
6
3
6
2
6
4
     

Great Britain vs. Finland


Great Britain
5
Queen's Club, London, England[13]
23–25 May 1968
Grass

Finland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Mike Sangster
Pekka Säilä
6
4
8
6
6
4
     
2
Mark Cox
Pekka Petersen-Dyggve
6
2
6
4
6
0
     
3
Paul Hutchins / Bobby Wilson
Heikki Hedman / Pekka Säilä
6
1
6
2
6
1
     
4
Mike Sangster
Pekka Petersen-Dyggve
7
5
6
2
6
2
     
5
Mark Cox
Pekka Säilä
6
4
4
6
6
1
6
4
   

Soviet Union vs. Yugoslavia


Soviet Union
5
Moscow, Soviet Union[14]
24–26 May 1968

Yugoslavia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Alex Metreveli
Boro Jovanović
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
2
Toomas Leius
Željko Franulović
6
3
2
6
8
6
7
5
   
3
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
Željko Franulović / Boro Jovanović
6
2
11
9
8
6
     
4
Alex Metreveli
Željko Franulović
6
3
6
2
9
7
     
5
Toomas Leius
Boro Jovanović
7
5
4
6
6
3
6
2
   

Italy vs. Monaco


Italy
5
Biella, Italy[15]
23–25 May 1968
Clay

Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicola Pietrangeli
André Vatrican
6
1
6
2
6
1
     
2
Martin Mulligan
Francis Truchi
6
0
6
0
6
1
     
3
Eugenio Castigliano / Ezio Di Matteo
Alain Manigley / Francis Truchi
6
3
6
1
6
3
     
4
Martin Mulligan
Alain Manigley
6
0
6
0
6
0
     
5
Eugenio Castigliano
Francis Truchi
6
2
6
2
6
1
     

Semifinals

Spain vs. Great Britain


Spain
4
Real Club de Tenis, Barcelona, Spain[16]
14–16 June 1968
Clay

Great Britain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Manuel Santana
Mark Cox
6
1
6
3
6
3
     
2
Juan Gisbert
Paul Hutchins
6
1
6
3
6
1
     
3
Manuel Orantes / Manuel Santana
Mark Cox / Bobby Wilson
4
6
6
3
6
3
6
3
   
4
Manuel Santana
Paul Hutchins
6
4
6
3
6
4
     
5
Juan Gisbert
Mark Cox
6
4
3
6
3
6
3
6
   

Italy vs. Soviet Union


Italy
3
Reggio Emilia, Italy[17]
13–16 June 1968
Clay

Soviet Union
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicola Pietrangeli
Toomas Leius
6
4
4
6
6
1
6
2
   
2
Martin Mulligan
Alex Metreveli
3
6
1
6
3
6
     
3
Martin Mulligan / Nicola Pietrangeli
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
6
3
4
6
6
2
6
4
   
4
Nicola Pietrangeli
Alex Metreveli
0
6
0
6
1
6
     
5
Martin Mulligan
Toomas Leius
6
2
6
4
7
5
     

Final

Spain vs. Italy


Spain
3
Real Club de Tenis, Barcelona, Spain[2]
19–21 July 1968
Clay

Italy
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Juan Gisbert
Martin Mulligan
6
4
2
6
6
2
6
4
   
2
Manuel Santana
Nicola Pietrangeli
6
3
3
6
4
6
6
4
6
2
 
3
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Orantes
Martin Mulligan / Nicola Pietrangeli
5
7
2
6
6
3
3
6
   
4
Juan Gisbert
Nicola Pietrangeli
8
6
6
4
6
2
     
5
Manuel Orantes
Martin Mulligan
6
4
6
4
5
7
3
6
4
4
 

Zone B

Draw

First Round
28 April–6 May
Quarterfinals
17–26 May
Semifinals
14–16 June
Final
19–21 July
Sofia, Bulgaria
 Bulgaria5
Sofia, Bulgaria
 Turkey0
 Bulgaria0
Freiburg, West Germany
 West Germany5
  Switzerland1
Munich, West Germany (clay)
 West Germany4
 West Germany4
Brussels, Belgium
 Czechoslovakia1
 Belgium3
Brussels, Belgium (clay)
 Poland2
 Belgium2
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
 Czechoslovakia3
 Czechoslovakia3
Düsseldorf, West Germany
 Brazil2
 West Germany3
Luxembourg, Luxembourg (clay)
 South Africa2
 Luxembourg1
Oslo, Norway (clay)
 Norway4
 Norway0
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
 Romania5
 Romania4
 Denmark1
 Romania
Tehran, Iran
 South Africaw/o
 Iran4
Tehran, Iran
 Israel1
 Iran0
Linz, Austria
 South Africa5
 Austria0
 South Africa5

First round

Bulgaria vs. Turkey


Bulgaria
5
Sofia, Bulgaria[18]
3–5 May 1968

Turkey
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Kiril Yashmakov
Remzi Aydın
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
2
Stojan Velev
Tahsin Gürsoy
6
0
6
0
6
2
     
3
Ljuben Genov / Kiril Yashmakov
Remzi Aydın / Nur Gurak
6
3
3
6
9
11
6
3
6
4
 
4
Ljuben Genov
Tahsin Gürsoy
6
1
6
4
3
6
6
4
   
5
Stojan Velev
Remzi Aydın
6
1
6
1
6
0
     

West Germany vs. Switzerland


West Germany
4
Freiburg, West Germany[19]
3–6 May 1968

Switzerland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Wilhelm Bungert
Theodor Stalder
6
4
6
2
7
5
     
2
Ingo Buding
Dimitri Sturdza
10
8
6
1
6
8
6
1
   
3
Jürgen Fassbender / Karl Meiler
Dimitri Sturdza / Matthias Werren
6
4
2
6
6
4
1
6
4
6
 
4
Ingo Buding
Theodor Stalder
6
1
11
9
6
1
     
5
Wilhelm Bungert
Dimitri Sturdza
1
6
6
2
2
6
6
2
7
5
 

Belgium vs. Poland


Belgium
3
Brussels, Belgium[20]
3–5 May 1968

Poland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Eric Drossart
Bronisław Lewandowski
6
2
6
4
5
7
2
6
7
5
 
2
Patrick Hombergen
Wiesław Gąsiorek
6
4
1
6
1
6
1
6
   
3
Eric Drossart / Patrick Hombergen
Wiesław Gąsiorek / Tadeusz Nowicki
6
3
4
6
6
4
6
2
   
4
Eric Drossart
Wiesław Gąsiorek
1
6
2
6
2
6
     
5
Patrick Hombergen
Bronisław Lewandowski
6
4
4
6
6
3
3
6
6
2
 

Czechoslovakia vs. Brazil


Czechoslovakia
3
Prague, Czechoslovakia[21]
3–5 May 1968
Clay

Brazil
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Jan Kodeš
Thomaz Koch
6
2
6
3
3
6
7
5
   
2
Jan Kukal
José Edison Mandarino
3
6
6
4
2
6
1
6
   
3
Milan Holeček / Jan Kodeš
Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino
6
4
6
4
4
6
7
5
   
4
Jan Kukal
Thomaz Koch
4
6
2
6
4
6
     
5
Jan Kodeš
José Edison Mandarino
8
6
6
4
8
6
     

Luxembourg vs. Norway


Luxembourg
1
Luxembourg, Luxembourg[22]
3–6 May 1968
Clay

Norway
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Thierry Brasseur
Frithjof Prydz
2
6
6
8
4
6
     
2
Frank Baden
Nils Elvik
7
9
4
6
6
1
6
2
8
6
 
3
Frank Baden / Thierry Brasseur
Erik Melander / Jon-Erik Ross
5
7
6
8
5
7
     
4
Thierry Brasseur
Nils Elvik
3
6
3
6
2
6
     
5
Frank Baden
Frithjof Prydz
3
6
3
6
6
3
6
4
2
6
 

Romania vs. Denmark


Romania
4
Bucharest, Romania[23]
28–30 April 1968
Clay

Denmark
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ilie Năstase
Torben Ulrich
6
4
6
4
6
2
     
2
Ion Țiriac
Jørgen Ulrich
6
0
2
6
6
4
9
7
   
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Jan Leschly / Torben Ulrich
6
3
7
9
2
6
3
6
   
4
Ion Țiriac
Torben Ulrich
6
1
6
3
6
1
     
5
Ilie Năstase
Jørgen Ulrich
6
2
11
9
4
6
4
6
6
4
 

Iran vs. Israel


Iran
4
Tehran, Iran[24]
3–5 May 1968

Israel
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Hussain Akbari
Josef Stabholz
6
2
6
2
5
7
6
3
   
2
Taghi Akbari
Eleazar Davidman
7
5
6
4
6
4
     
3
Issa Khodaei / Ezzatollah Nemati
Eleazar Davidman / Ian Froman
6
1
6
4
6
4
     
4
Taghi Akbari
Josef Stabholz
6
1
6
2
8
6
     
5
Hussain Akbari
Eleazar Davidman
1
6
2
6
3
6
     

Austria vs. South Africa


Austria
0
Linz, Austria[25]
3–5 May 1968

South Africa
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Detlef Herdy
Ray Moore
1
6
2
6
4
6
     
2
Dieter Schultheiss
Bob Hewitt
1
6
1
6
3
6
     
3
Detlef Herdy / Fritz Kolbinger
Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan
3
6
1
6
2
6
     
4
Dieter Schultheiss
Ray Moore
0
6
2
6
1
6
     
5
Detlef Herdy
Frew McMillan
4
6
6
4
4
6
0
6
   

Quarterfinals

Bulgaria vs. West Germany


Bulgaria
0
Sofia, Bulgaria[26]
17–19 May 1968

West Germany
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Stojan Velev
Ingo Buding
4
6
1
6
3
6
     
2
Kiril Yashmakov
Wilhelm Bungert
2
6
0
6
5
7
     
3
Stojan Velev / Kiril Yashmakov
Jürgen Fassbender / Karl Meiler
9
11
2
6
2
6
     
4
Kiril Yashmakov
Ingo Buding
3
6
2
6
2
6
     
5
Stojan Velev
Wilhelm Bungert
6
3
1
6
1
6
3
6
   

Belgium vs. Czechoslovakia


Belgium
2
Brussels, Belgium[27]
24–26 May 1968
Clay

Czechoslovakia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Eric Drossart
Jan Kodeš
6
4
3
6
6
4
2
6
1
6
 
2
Patrick Hombergen
Milan Holeček
6
4
7
5
3
6
9
7
   
3
Eric Drossart / Claude De Gronckel
Milan Holeček / Jan Kodeš
3
6
1
6
2
6
     
4
Patrick Hombergen
Jan Kodeš
3
6
2
6
6
4
6
2
6
4
 
5
Eric Drossart
Milan Holeček
3
6
1
6
6
3
7
5
2
6
 

Norway vs. Romania


Norway
0
Oslo, Norway[28]
24–26 May 1968
Clay

Romania
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Frithjof Prydz
Ilie Năstase
6
4
0
6
6
8
0
6
   
2
Nils Elvik
Ion Țiriac
2
6
2
6
4
6
     
3
Erik Melander / Jon-Erik Ross
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
2
6
6
8
3
6
     
4
Nils Elvik
Ilie Năstase
2
6
3
6
1
6
     
5
Frithjof Prydz
Ion Țiriac
1
6
4
6
2
6
     

Iran vs. South Africa


Iran
0
Tehran, Iran[29]
24–26 May 1968

South Africa
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Taghi Akbari
Bob Hewitt
4
6
8
10
3
6
     
2
Issa Khodaei
Bob Maud
4
6
3
6
3
6
     
3
Issa Khodaei / Ezzat Nemati
Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
4
Issa Khodaei
Bob Hewitt
4
6
1
6
2
6
     
5
Taghi Akbari
Bob Maud
5
7
3
6
1
6
     

Semifinals

West Germany vs. Czechoslovakia


West Germany
4
Munich, West Germany[30]
14–16 June 1968
Clay

Czechoslovakia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Wilhelm Bungert
Jan Kodeš
6
2
6
4
6
0
     
2
Ingo Buding
Milan Holeček
6
1
3
6
2
6
3
6
   
3
Ingo Buding / Wilhelm Bungert
Milan Holeček / Jan Kodeš
5
7
6
1
7
5
3
6
12
10
 
4
Ingo Buding
Jan Kodeš
8
6
6
3
6
3
     
5
Wilhelm Bungert
Milan Holeček
8
6
6
3
6
4
     

Final

West Germany vs. South Africa


West Germany
3
Düsseldorf, West Germany[3]
19–21 July 1968

South Africa
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Wilhelm Bungert
Bob Hewitt
9
7
7
5
7
5
     
2
Ingo Buding
Ray Moore
6
3
4
6
10
8
6
8
6
4
 
3
Ingo Buding / Jürgen Fassbender
Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan
4
6
2
6
4
6
     
4
Wilhelm Bungert
Ray Moore
6
1
6
1
6
1
     
5
Ingo Buding
Bob Hewitt
5
7
2
6
6
2
3
6
   

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