1967 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1967 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 America Zone and Eastern Zone.[1]

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

Zone A

Draw

First Round
28 April–8 May
Quarterfinals
19–23 May
Semifinals
7–10 June
Final
14–16 July
Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)
 Bulgaria5
Sofia, Bulgaria (clay)
 Portugal0
 Bulgaria0
Bournemouth, England (clay)
 Great Britain5
 Canada1
Eastbourne, England (grass)
 Great Britain4
 Great Britain2
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
 Spain3
 Romania4
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
 Belgium1
 Romania2
San Sebastián, Spain (clay)
 Spain3
 Egypt0
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
 Spain5
 Spain4
Geneva, Switzerland
 Soviet Union1
  Switzerland2
Athens, Greece
 Greece3
 Greece2
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
 Chile3
 Chile3
Moscow, Soviet Union
 Czechoslovakia2
 Chile0
Helsinki, Finland (clay)
 Soviet Union3
 Finland1
Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
 Denmark4
 Denmark2
Düsseldorf, West Germany
 Soviet Union3
 Soviet Union3
 West Germany2

First round

Bulgaria vs. Portugal


Bulgaria
5
Sofia, Bulgaria[4]
5–7 May 1967
Clay

Portugal
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Kiril Yashmakov
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
6
4
5
7
6
2
6
4
   
2
Rangel Rangelov
João Lagos
6
1
6
2
6
4
     
3
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Rangel Rangelov
João Roquette / Alfredo Vaz Pinto
6
4
6
2
6
2
     
4
Rangel Rangelov
Alfredo Vaz Pinto
6
1
6
1
6
2
     
5
Kiril Yashmakov
João Lagos
6
1
6
2
5
7
6
1
   

Great Britain vs. Canada


Great Britain
4
West Hants Lawn Tennis Club, Bournemouth, England[5]
4–7 May 1967
Clay

Canada
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Mike Sangster
Mike Belkin
2
6
3
6
6
3
1
6
   
2
Roger Taylor
Robert Bédard
6
4
3
6
6
3
1
6
7
5
 
3
Roger Taylor / Bobby Wilson
Keith Carpenter / Mike Belkin
3
6
4
6
8
6
7
5
12
10
 
4
Roger Taylor
Mike Belkin
2
6
2
6
6
4
7
5
6
3
 
5
Mike Sangster
Robert Bédard
6
4
6
4
6
1
     

Romania vs. Belgium


Romania
4
Bucharest, Romania[6]
28–30 April 1967
Clay

Belgium
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ion Țiriac
Eric Drossart
4
6
2
6
7
9
     
2
Ilie Năstase
Patrick Hombergen
6
3
5
7
6
1
6
0
   
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Eric Drossart / Claude De Gronckel
6
4
6
0
6
4
     
4
Ilie Năstase
Eric Drossart
6
2
5
7
10
8
6
2
   
5
Ion Țiriac
Patrick Hombergen
8
6
7
5
6
8
3
1
   
retired

Spain vs. Egypt


Spain
5
Real Club de Tenis, San Sebastián, Spain[7]
5–7 May 1967
Clay

Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
José Luis Arilla
Shaher Mourad
7
5
6
4
6
3
     
2
Manuel Santana
Moataz El Sonbol
6
0
7
5
6
4
     
3
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana
Fathi Mohammed-Ali / Shaher Mourad
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
4
Manuel Santana
Shaher Mourad
7
5
6
2
6
3
     
5
Manuel Orantes
Moataz El Sonbol
6
1
6
2
6
2
     

Switzerland vs. Greece


Switzerland
2
Geneva, Switzerland[8]
4–8 May 1967

Greece
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Matthias Werren
Periclis Gavrilidis
7
5
6
2
6
3
     
2
Dimitri Sturdza
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
6
3
3
6
9
7
2
6
3
6
 
3
Ernst Schori / Dimitri Sturdza
Periclis Gavrilidis / Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
6
3
7
9
2
6
5
7
   
4
Matthias Werren
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
5
Dimitri Sturdza
Periclis Gavrilidis
6
2
6
2
6
2
     

Czechoslovakia vs. Chile


Czechoslovakia
2
Prague, Czechoslovakia[9]
5–7 May 1967
Clay

Chile
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Milan Holeček
Jaime Pinto Bravo
3
6
2
6
1
6
     
2
Jan Kodeš
Patricio Rodríguez
6
3
1
6
3
6
6
4
0
6
 
3
Milan Holeček / Jan Kodeš
Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Pinto Bravo
6
1
6
4
6
3
     
4
Jan Kodeš
Jaime Pinto Bravo
6
2
6
3
6
3
     
5
Milan Holeček
Patricio Rodríguez
6
3
3
6
6
1
3
6
5
7
 

Finland vs. Denmark


Finland
1
Helsinki, Finland[10]
5–7 May 1967
Clay

Denmark
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Pekka Säilä
Torben Ulrich
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
2
Rauno Suominen
Jørgen Ulrich
6
1
1
6
7
5
1
6
5
7
 
3
Pekka Säilä / Rauno Suominen
Jørgen Ulrich / Torben Ulrich
6
2
3
6
1
6
4
6
   
4
Pekka Säilä
Jørgen Ulrich
2
6
6
4
6
4
4
6
6
4
 
5
Rauno Suominen
Torben Ulrich
1
6
4
6
6
4
1
6
   

West Germany vs. Soviet Union


West Germany
2
Düsseldorf, West Germany[11]
4–7 May 1967

Soviet Union
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ingo Buding
Alex Metreveli
5
7
3
6
6
1
7
9
   
2
Wilhelm Bungert
Toomas Leius
6
3
6
2
7
5
     
3
Ingo Buding / Wilhelm Bungert
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
3
6
4
6
11
9
7
9
   
4
Ingo Buding
Toomas Leius
6
4
4
6
8
6
6
2
   
5
Wilhelm Bungert
Alex Metreveli
2
6
6
4
6
4
2
6
5
7
 

Quarterfinals

Bulgaria vs. Great Britain


Bulgaria
0
Sofia, Bulgaria[12]
20–23 May 1967
Clay

Great Britain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Kiril Yashmakov
Roger Taylor
4
6
2
6
0
6
     
2
Rangel Rangelov
Mike Sangster
4
6
2
6
2
6
     
3
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Stojan Velev
Mark Cox / Bobby Wilson
0
6
0
6
0
6
     
4
Kiril Yashmakov
Mike Sangster
4
6
2
6
3
6
     
5
Rangel Rangelov
Roger Taylor
2
6
1
6
0
6
     

Romania vs. Spain


Romania
2
Club Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest, Romania[13]
19–22 May 1967
Clay

Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ion Țiriac
Juan Gisbert
6
1
6
2
5
7
0
6
6
2
 
2
Ilie Năstase
Manuel Santana
6
0
3
6
3
6
3
6
   
3
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana
7
5
7
5
6
4
     
4
Ilie Năstase
Juan Gisbert
3
6
6
4
7
9
4
6
   
5
Ion Țiriac
Manuel Santana
2
6
6
8
5
7
     

Greece vs. Chile


Greece
2
Athens, Greece[14]
19–23 May 1967

Chile
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Patricio Rodríguez
4
6
1
6
1
6
     
2
Periclis Gavrilidis
Jaime Pinto Bravo
1
6
6
8
3
6
     
3
Periclis Gavrilidis / Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Ernesto Aguirre / Jaime Pinto Bravo
7
9
3
6
6
4
6
2
8
6
 
4
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Jaime Pinto Bravo
7
5
8
6
2
6
2
6
6
2
 
5
Periclis Gavrilidis
Patricio Rodríguez
6
3
6
2
1
6
1
6
1
6
 

Denmark vs. Soviet Union


Denmark
2
Copenhagen, Denmark[15]
19–22 May 1967
Clay

Soviet Union
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Torben Ulrich
Toomas Leius
2
6
1
6
6
3
3
6
   
2
Jan Leschly
Alex Metreveli
7
5
6
8
6
2
8
10
6
3
 
3
Jan Leschly / Jørgen Ulrich
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
6
4
3
6
3
6
1
6
   
4
Jan Leschly
Toomas Leius
6
3
7
5
6
3
     
5
Torben Ulrich
Alex Metreveli
3
6
1
6
2
6
     

Semifinals

Great Britain vs. Spain


Great Britain
2
Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, England[16]
8–10 June 1967
Grass

Spain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Roger Taylor
José Luis Arilla
3
6
6
3
6
4
6
2
   
2
Mike Sangster
Manuel Santana
10
8
3
6
7
5
7
9
0
6
 
3
Mike Sangster / Bobby Wilson
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana
5
7
10
12
4
6
     
4
Roger Taylor
Manuel Santana
4
6
3
6
5
7
     
5
Mike Sangster
José Luis Arilla
6
4
9
11
6
4
6
3
   

Soviet Union vs. Chile


Soviet Union
3
Moscow, Soviet Union[17]
7–9 June 1967

Chile
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Alex Metreveli
Jaime Pinto Bravo
6
3
6
2
5
7
6
1
   
2
Toomas Leius
Patricio Rodríguez
6
4
6
1
6
8
6
0
   
3
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Pinto Bravo
7
5
6
1
6
2
     
4
Alex Metreveli
Patricio Rodríguez
          not
played
5
Toomas Leius
Jaime Pinto Bravo
          not
played

Final

Spain vs. Soviet Union


Spain
4
Real Club de Tenis, Barcelona, Spain[2]
14–16 July 1967
Clay

Soviet Union
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Manuel Santana
Toomas Leius
6
3
6
4
6
1
     
2
Juan Gisbert
Alex Metreveli
3
6
2
6
6
3
7
5
6
2
 
3
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana
Sergei Likhachev / Alex Metreveli
3
6
6
3
4
6
4
6
   
4
Manuel Santana
Alex Metreveli
6
0
6
3
6
3
     
5
Juan Gisbert
Toomas Leius
2
6
6
4
6
3
6
0
   

Zone B

Draw

First Round
28 April–7 May
Quarterfinals
19–21 May
Semifinals
8–11 June
Final
20–22 July
Paris, France (clay)
 France5
Paris, France (clay)
 Norway0
 France5
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
 Hungary0
 Hungary4
Paris, France (clay)
 Sweden1
 France0
Monte Carlo, Monaco
 South Africa5
 Monaco5
Monte Carlo, Monaco
 Turkey0
 Monaco0
Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
 South Africa5
 Netherlands2
Durban, South Africa
 South Africa3
 South Africa5
Verona, Italy (clay)
 Brazil0
 Italy5
Piacenza, Italy (clay)
 Austria0
 Italy5
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
 Luxembourg0
 Luxembourg3
Naples, Italy (clay)
 Ireland2
 Italy1
Warsaw, Poland
 Brazil3
 Poland5
Warsaw, Poland
 Israel0
 Poland0
Zagreb, Yugoslavia
 Brazil5
 Yugoslavia2
 Brazil3

First round

France vs. Norway


France
5
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[18]
4–6 May 1967
Clay

Norway
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Georges Goven
Edvard Raastad
6
0
6
2
6
1
     
2
François Jauffret
Nils Elvik
6
3
6
4
6
2
     
3
Patrice Beust / Daniel Contet
Nils Elvik / Erik Melander
6
2
6
4
6
2
     
4
François Jauffret
Edvard Raastad
6
0
6
4
6
0
     
5
Georges Goven
Nils Elvik
6
0
6
3
6
0
     

Hungary vs. Sweden


Hungary
4
Margaret Island, Budapest, Hungary[19]
5–7 May 1967
Clay

Sweden
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
István Gulyás
Ove Bengtson
6
2
3
6
7
5
6
1
   
2
András Szikszay
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
4
6
2
6
6
4
2
6
   
3
István Gulyás / András Szikszay
Ove Bengtson / Jan-Erik Lundqvist
6
3
4
6
6
3
6
3
   
4
István Gulyás
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
8
6
7
5
6
1
     
5
András Szikszay
Ove Bengtson
6
2
6
4
6
1
     

Monaco vs. Turkey


Monaco
5
Monte Carlo, Monaco[20]
28–30 April 1967

Turkey
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Patrick Landau
Tahsin Gürsoy
6
0
6
1
6
5
     
2
Adrien Viviani
Ziya Kipkizilorenli
6
1
         
retired
3
Patrick Landau / Francis Truchi
Beyazıt Anbar / Tahsin Gürsoy
6
4
6
4
6
0
     
4
André Vatrican
Beyazıt Anbar
7
5
6
4
7
5
     
5
Adrien Viviani
Tahsin Gürsoy
6
4
1
6
3
6
6
4
6
4
 

Netherlands vs. South Africa


Netherlands
2
Scheveningen, Netherlands[21]
4–6 May 1967
Clay

South Africa
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tom Okker
Bob Hewitt
6
4
1
6
0
6
6
2
2
6
 
2
Jan Hajer
Cliff Drysdale
7
5
10
8
6
3
     
3
Jan Hajer / Tom Okker
Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan
3
6
4
6
1
6
     
4
Jan Hajer
Bob Hewitt
1
6
6
4
6
8
1
6
   
5
Tom Okker
Cliff Drysdale
6
2
6
2
0
6
7
5
   

Italy vs. Austria


Italy
5
Verona, Italy[22]
4–6 May 1967
Clay

Austria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicola Pietrangeli
Peter Pokorny
6
0
6
3
6
1
     
2
Giordano Maioli
Dieter Schultheiss
6
0
6
1
6
2
     
3
Vittorio Crotta / Giordano Maioli
Herbert Holzer / Peter Pokorny
7
5
7
5
7
5
     
4
Giordano Maioli
Peter Pokorny
6
3
6
0
6
1
     
5
Nicola Pietrangeli
Dieter Schultheiss
8
6
4
6
6
1
7
5
   

Luxembourg vs. Ireland


Luxembourg
3
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg[23]
29 April–2 May 1967

Ireland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Frank Baden
Peter Jackson
6
3
7
5
6
4
     
2
Thierry Brasseur
Michael Hickey
6
8
1
6
7
5
2
6
   
3
Frank Baden / Thierry Brasseur
Michael Hickey / Peter Jackson
6
3
1
6
1
6
2
6
   
4
Frank Baden
Michael Hickey
10
8
6
2
6
1
     
5
Thierry Brasseur
Peter Jackson
6
3
11
9
5
7
7
5
   

Poland vs. Israel


Poland
5
Warsaw, Poland[24]
5–7 May 1967

Israel
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Mieczysław Rybarczyk
Josef Stabholz
6
1
6
3
6
2
     
2
Wiesław Gąsiorek
Eleazar Davidman
6
3
6
2
6
4
     
3
Bronisław Lewandowski / Tadeusz Nowicki
Eleazar Davidman / Josef Stabholz
6
1
6
1
6
4
     
4
Bronisław Lewandowski
Josef Stabholz
6
3
6
4
6
3
     
5
Mieczysław Rybarczyk
Eleazar Davidman
6
4
6
3
6
1
     

Yugoslavia vs. Brazil


Yugoslavia
2
Zagreb, Yugoslavia[25]
5–7 May 1967

Brazil
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Željko Franulović
José Edison Mandarino
3
6
2
6
4
6
     
2
Nikola Pilić
Thomaz Koch
6
2
6
4
3
6
6
1
   
3
Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić
Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino
7
5
3
6
7
9
5
7
   
4
Nikola Pilić
José Edison Mandarino
6
2
5
7
4
6
4
6
   
5
Željko Franulović
Thomaz Koch
6
2
8
10
6
2
6
4
   

Quarterfinals

France vs. Hungary


France
5
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[26]
19–21 May 1967
Clay

Hungary
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
François Jauffret
István Gulyás
6
4
6
8
6
2
6
1
   
2
Pierre Darmon
András Szikszay
6
2
6
4
6
3
     
3
Patrice Beust / Daniel Contet
István Gulyás / András Szikszay
6
2
6
3
6
4
     
4
François Jauffret
Péter Szőke
1
6
4
6
7
5
6
0
6
0
 
5
Pierre Darmon
István Gulyás
6
2
6
2
6
2
     

Monaco vs. South Africa


Monaco
0
Monte Carlo, Monaco[27]
19–21 May 1967

South Africa
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Adrien Viviani
Bob Hewitt
0
6
0
6
0
6
     
2
Patrick Landau
Cliff Drysdale
1
6
4
6
5
7
     
3
Patrick Landau / Francis Truchi
Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan
1
6
1
6
2
6
     
4
Adrien Viviani
Bob Maud
1
6
2
6
4
6
     
5
Patrick Landau
Ray Moore
6
3
2
6
3
6
4
6
   

Italy vs. Luxembourg


Italy
5
Piacenza, Italy[28]
19–21 May 1967
Clay

Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicola Pietrangeli
Frank Baden
6
1
6
3
6
3
     
2
Giordano Maioli
Thierry Brasseur
6
1
6
0
6
2
     
3
Vittorio Crotta / Giordano Maioli
Frank Baden / Thierry Brasseur
6
2
6
3
6
3
     
4
Nicola Pietrangeli
Thierry Brasseur
6
2
6
2
6
0
     
5
Giordano Maioli
Frank Baden
6
2
6
1
6
4
     

Poland vs. Brazil


Poland
0
Warsaw, Poland[29]
19–21 May 1967

Brazil
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Tadeusz Nowicki
José Edison Mandarino
1
6
0
6
4
6
     
2
Wiesław Gąsiorek
Thomaz Koch
2
6
2
6
1
6
     
3
Wiesław Gąsiorek / Tadeusz Nowicki
Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino
6
8
1
6
4
6
     
4
Tadeusz Nowicki
Thomaz Koch
5
7
2
6
4
6
     
5
Wiesław Gąsiorek
José Edison Mandarino
4
6
2
6
4
6
     

Semifinals

France vs. South Africa


France
0
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[30]
9–11 June 1967
Clay

South Africa
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
François Jauffret
Bob Hewitt
1
6
1
6
6
4
7
9
   
2
Pierre Darmon
Cliff Drysdale
1
6
2
6
1
6
     
3
Patrice Beust / Daniel Contet
Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan
11
9
1
6
3
6
1
6
   
4
François Jauffret
Cliff Drysdale
1
6
2
6
5
7
     
5
Daniel Contet
Bob Maud
7
9
2
6
3
6
     

Italy vs. Brazil


Italy
1
Naples, Italy[31]
8–10 June 1967
Clay

Brazil
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Nicola Pietrangeli
José Edison Mandarino
6
2
7
9
4
6
3
6
   
2
Giordano Maioli
Thomaz Koch
0
6
3
6
5
7
     
3
Vittorio Crotta / Giordano Maioli
Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino
3
6
4
6
2
6
     
4
Nicola Pietrangeli
Thomaz Koch
5
7
2
6
6
4
6
0
6
0
 
5
Giordano Maioli
José Edison Mandarino
1
6
1
6
6
4
6
4
5
5
not
completed

Final

South Africa vs. Brazil


South Africa
5
Durban, South Africa[3]
20–22 July 1967

Brazil
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Bob Hewitt
Thomaz Koch
6
4
9
11
11
9
6
2
   
2
Cliff Drysdale
José Edison Mandarino
6
2
8
6
6
2
     
3
Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan
Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino
1
6
4
6
6
3
6
4
6
3
 
4
Bob Hewitt
José Edison Mandarino
1
6
3
6
6
4
6
2
6
0
 
5
Cliff Drysdale
Thomaz Koch
6
3
8
6
6
4
     

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