1974 Davis Cup Europe Zone

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The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1974 Davis Cup.

33 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 8 teams entered the competition in the pre-qualifying rounds, with 3 teams progressing to the preliminary rounds to join an additional 21 teams. From these 24 teams, 8 teams progressed to the main draw to join the 4 finalists from the 1973 Europe Zone.

The winners of each sub-zone's main draw went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Eastern Zone.[1]

Italy defeated Romania in the Zone A final, and the Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia in the Zone B final, resulting in both Italy and the Soviet Union progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2][3]

Pre-qualifying rounds

Draw

First RoundQualifying Round
Istanbul, Turkey (indoor clay)
 Turkey3
Istanbul, Turkey
 Lebanon2
 Turkey5
 Luxembourg0
bye
 Luxembourg

First round

Turkey vs. Lebanon


Turkey
3
Istanbul, Turkey[4]
5–7 October 1973
Clay (indoors)

Lebanon
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Turkey
Lebanon
Arif Koçak
Khoder Issa
6
4
6
3
6
0
     
2 Turkey
Lebanon
Hasan Özdemir
Najdo Abou Hassoun
1
6
1
6
5
7
     
3 Turkey
Lebanon
Tahsin Gürsoy / Arif Koçak
Alan Wilkinson / Eric Wilkinson
6
2
6
1
6
3
     
4 Turkey
Lebanon
Hasan Özdemir
Khoder Issa
6
4
8
10
3
6
1
6
   
5 Turkey
Lebanon
Arif Koçak
Najdo Abou Hassoun
3
6
6
1
6
0
6
4
   

Qualifying round

Turkey vs. Luxembourg


Turkey
5
Istanbul, Turkey[5]
28–30 December 1973

Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Turkey
Luxembourg
Remzi Aydın
Jean Neuman
6
0
6
4
6
4
     
2 Turkey
Luxembourg
Tahsin Gürsoy
Georges Logelin
6
4
6
3
7
5
     
3 Turkey
Luxembourg
Remzi Aydın / Tahsin Gürsoy
Georges Logelin / Jean Neuman
6
1
6
4
7
5
     
4 Turkey
Luxembourg
Hasan Özdemir
Georges Logelin
6
3
8
6
6
1
     
5 Turkey
Luxembourg
Arif Koçak
Jean Neuman
6
0
6
2
6
3
     

Preliminary rounds

Draw

First RoundQualifying Round
 New Zealand
Vienna, Austria
bye
 New Zealand1
Zürich, Switzerland
 Austria3
  Switzerland2
 Austria3
 France
Porto, Portugal (clay)
bye
 France5
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
 Portugal0
 Portugal4
 Ireland1
Warsaw, Poland
 Poland3
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 Hungary2
 Poland1
 Sweden4
bye
 Sweden
Helsinki, Finland
 Finland5
Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
 Turkey0
 Finland1
 Netherlands4
bye
 Netherlands

First round

Switzerland vs. Austria


Switzerland
2
Zürich, Switzerland[6]
22–24 March 1974

Austria
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Switzerland
Austria
Petr Kanderal
Peter Pokorny
6
3
6
3
7
9
8
6
   
2 Switzerland
Austria
Michel Burgener
Hans Kary
3
6
7
9
2
6
     
3 Switzerland
Austria
Michel Burgener / Petr Kanderal
Hans Kary / Peter Pokorny
5
7
4
6
4
6
     
4 Switzerland
Austria
Petr Kanderal
Hans Kary
8
6
7
5
6
3
     
5 Switzerland
Austria
Michel Burgener
Peter Pokorny
3
6
4
6
0
6
     

Portugal vs. Ireland


Portugal
4
Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal[7]
12–14 April 1974
Clay

Ireland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Portugal
Republic of Ireland
José Vilela
Kevin Menton
6
4
6
4
3
6
6
3
   
2 Portugal
Republic of Ireland
Raúl Peralta
Michael Hickey
7
5
6
4
6
8
6
8
8
6
 
3 Portugal
Republic of Ireland
Alfredo Vaz Pinto / José Vilela
Desmond Early / Michael Hickey
3
6
6
4
3
6
6
2
5
7
 
4 Portugal
Republic of Ireland
José Vilela
Michael Hickey
7
9
6
3
6
2
6
3
   
5 Portugal
Republic of Ireland
Raúl Peralta
Peter Ledbetter
6
1
2
6
6
2
6
3
   

Poland vs. Hungary


Poland
3
Warsaw, Poland[8]
19–21 April 1974

Hungary
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Poland
Hungary
Jacek Niedźwiedzki
Balázs Taróczy
2
6
6
4
3
6
2
6
   
2 Poland
Hungary
Wojciech Fibak
Péter Szőke
6
4
3
6
6
2
6
4
   
3 Poland
Hungary
Wojciech Fibak / Tadeusz Nowicki
Róbert Machán / Balázs Taróczy
4
6
16
14
6
3
7
5
   
4 Poland
Hungary
Jacek Niedźwiedzki
Péter Szőke
6
3
1
6
3
6
4
6
   
5 Poland
Hungary
Wojciech Fibak
Balázs Taróczy
4
6
6
4
5
7
7
5
6
3
 

Finland vs. Turkey


Finland
5
Helsinki, Finland[9]
19–21 April 1974

Turkey
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Turkey
George Berner
Hasan Özdemir
6
0
6
1
6
0
     
2 Finland
Turkey
Matti Timonen
Remzi Aydın
6
1
6
1
6
1
     
3 Finland
Turkey
Jukka Narakka / Matti Timonen
Tahsin Gürsoy / Hasan Özdemir
9
7
6
4
6
2
     
4 Finland
Turkey
Matti Timonen
Tahsin Gürsoy
6
2
6
2
6
0
     
5 Finland
Turkey
George Berner
Remzi Aydın
6
2
6
1
6
1
     

Qualifying round

Austria vs. New Zealand


Austria
3
Vienna, Austria[10]
3–5 May 1974

New Zealand
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
New Zealand
Peter Pokorny
Onny Parun
4
6
2
6
2
6
     
2 Austria
New Zealand
Hans Kary
Jeff Simpson
6
4
6
3
7
5
     
3 Austria
New Zealand
Hans Kary / Peter Pokorny
Onny Parun / Jeff Simpson
3
6
7
5
3
6
6
3
6
2
 
4 Austria
New Zealand
Peter Pokorny
Jeff Simpson
6
1
6
2
9
11
6
3
   
5 Austria
New Zealand
Hans Kary
Onny Parun
6
8
6
4
2
6
7
7
  not
completed

Portugal vs. France


Portugal
0
Lawn Tennis Club da Foz, Porto, Portugal[11]
4–5 May 1974
Clay

France
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Portugal
France
José Vilela
François Jauffret
0
6
3
6
1
6
     
2 Portugal
France
Sergio Cruz
Georges Goven
1
6
1
6
4
6
     
3 Portugal
France
Raúl Peralta / José Vilela
Jean-François Caujolle / Wanaro N'Godrella
6
1
7
9
1
6
6
2
2
6
 
4 Portugal
France
Sergio Cruz
François Jauffret
1
6
0
6
2
6
     
5 Portugal
France
José Vilela
Georges Goven
2
6
4
6
6
4
6
4
3
6
 

Sweden vs. Poland


Sweden
4
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[12]
17–19 May 1974
Clay

Poland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Poland
Björn Borg
Tadeusz Nowicki
2
6
6
2
0
6
6
1
6
1
 
2 Sweden
Poland
Leif Johansson
Wojciech Fibak
6
4
2
6
6
3
7
5
   
3 Sweden
Poland
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg
Wojciech Fibak / Tadeusz Nowicki
6
4
6
8
6
2
6
4
   
4 Sweden
Poland
Björn Borg
Wojciech Fibak
6
0
6
4
6
3
     
5 Sweden
Poland
Leif Johansson
Tadeusz Nowicki
0
6
3
6
11
13
     

Netherlands vs. Finland


Netherlands
4
Scheveningen, Netherlands[13]
10–12 May 1974
Clay

Finland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Netherlands
Finland
Rolf Thung
Pekka Säilä
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
2 Netherlands
Finland
Jan Hordijk
George Berner
8
6
6
1
7
5
     
3 Netherlands
Finland
Fred Hemmes / Rolf Thung
Jukka Narakka / Pekka Säilä
6
3
6
3
8
6
     
4 Netherlands
Finland
Rolf Thung
George Berner
4
6
6
2
3
6
6
8
   
5 Netherlands
Finland
Jan Hordijk
Pekka Säilä
6
0
6
1
6
1
     

Main Draw

Draw

Quarterfinals
10–12 May; 24–26 May
Semifinals
19–21 July
Final
2–4 August
 Romania
Bucharest, Romania (clay)
bye
 Romania3
Vienna, Austria
 France2
 Austria1
Mestre, Italy (clay)
 France3
 Romania2
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 Italy3
 Sweden4
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
 Netherlands1
 Sweden2
 Italy3
bye
 Italy

Quarterfinals

Austria vs. France


Austria
1
Vienna, Austria[14]
10–12 May 1974

France
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
France
Hans Kary
François Jauffret
7
5
6
1
9
7
     
2 Austria
France
Peter Pokorny
Georges Goven
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
3 Austria
France
Hans Kary / Peter Pokorny
Pierre Barthès / François Jauffret
5
7
4
6
2
6
     
4 Austria
France
Peter Pokorny
François Jauffret
4
6
2
6
3
6
     
5 Austria
France
Hans Kary
Georges Goven
6
2
6
4
4
6
6
8
3
5
not
completed

Sweden vs. Netherlands


Sweden
4
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[15]
24–26 May 1974
Clay

Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Netherlands
Björn Borg
Rolf Thung
4
6
6
4
6
1
6
1
   
2 Sweden
Netherlands
Leif Johansson
Jan Hordijk
5
7
4
6
6
0
6
1
6
2
 
3 Sweden
Netherlands
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg
Fred Hemmes / Rolf Thung
6
2
7
9
6
1
6
1
   
4 Sweden
Netherlands
Leif Johansson
Rolf Thung
6
4
6
4
1
6
3
6
3
6
 
5 Sweden
Netherlands
Björn Borg
Fred Hemmes
6
3
6
3
6
1
     

Semifinals

Romania vs. France


Romania
3
Bucharest, Romania[16]
19–21 July 1974
Clay

France
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Romania
France
Ilie Năstase
François Jauffret
6
2
4
6
2
6
3
6
   
2 Romania
France
Toma Ovici
Pierre Barthès
6
1
10
8
6
2
     
3 Romania
France
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
Pierre Barthès / François Jauffret
6
2
6
4
9
7
     
4 Romania
France
Toma Ovici
François Jauffret
2
6
4
6
6
4
5
7
   
5 Romania
France
Ilie Năstase
Pierre Barthès
6
2
6
3
6
3
     

Sweden vs. Italy


Sweden
2
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[17]
19–21 July 1974
Clay

Italy
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Sweden
Italy
Björn Borg
Paolo Bertolucci
7
5
6
1
6
0
     
2 Sweden
Italy
Leif Johansson
Adriano Panatta
6
8
1
6
6
4
1
6
   
3 Sweden
Italy
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
1
6
7
5
5
7
4
6
   
4 Sweden
Italy
Leif Johansson
Paolo Bertolucci
6
3
3
6
7
5
5
7
6
8
 
5 Sweden
Italy
Björn Borg
Adriano Panatta
6
4
4
6
9
7
6
3
   

Final

Italy vs. Romania


Italy
3
Mestre, Italy[2]
2–4 August 1974
Clay

Romania
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Italy
Romania
Corrado Barazzutti
Ilie Năstase
7
9
0
6
1
6
     
2 Italy
Romania
Adriano Panatta
Ion Țiriac
6
1
6
3
6
2
     
3 Italy
Romania
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
Ilie Năstase / Ion Țiriac
6
4
8
6
6
8
4
6
6
2
 
4 Italy
Romania
Corrado Barazzutti
Ion Țiriac
6
3
6
0
6
0
     
5 Italy
Romania
Adriano Panatta
Ilie Năstase
0
6
0
6
5
7
     

Zone B

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