1981 Davis Cup Europe Zone

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The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1981 Davis Cup.

23 teams entered the Europe Zone in total, split across two sub-zones. With the introduction of a new tiered format, the previous year's sub-zonal semifinalists bypassed Zonal competition and qualified directly for the new 16-team World Group. The remaining teams would now compete for two places in the following year's World Group.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Spain defeated Hungary in the Zone A final, and the Soviet Union defeated the Netherlands in the Zone B final, resulting in both Spain and the Soviet Union being promoted to the 1982 World Group.^[4]^[5]

Zone A:

Zone B:

Zone A

Draw

First round
8–10 May

Quarterfinals
12-14 June

Semifinals
10-12 July

Final
18-20 September

Algiers, Algeria (clay)

bye

5

0

Lleida, Spain (clay)

w/o

5

0

Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)

bye

2

Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)

3

1

Avilés, Spain (clay)

3

3

2

Cairo, Egypt (clay)

bye

4

Cairo, Egypt (clay)

1

5

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

0

3

2

Skopje, Yugoslavia (clay)

bye

1

4

bye

First round

Monaco vs. Morocco

Monte Carlo, Monaco^[6]
8–10 May 1981
Clay

			1	2	3	4	5
1		Bernard Balleret Mustapha Dislam	6 4	1 6	6 4	6 1
2		Louis Borfiga Mohammed Dlimi	6 8	6 2	6 8	5 7
3		Bernard Balleret / Michel Borfiga Mohammed Dlimi / Houcine Saber	13 11	8 6	6 4
4		Louis Borfiga Mustapha Dislam	2 6	6 4	1 6	7 5	6 1
5		Bernard Balleret Mohammed Dlimi	3 6	5 2				not completed

Egypt vs. Greece

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt^[7]
8–10 May 1981
Clay

			1	2	3	4	5
1		Tarek-Shawki El Sakka Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	6 4	6 3	6 8	6 2
2		Ismail El Shafei George Kalovelonis	6 4	6 4	6 4
3		Tarek-Shawki El Sakka / Ismail El Shafei Nicholas Kalogeropoulos / George Kalovelonis	6 3	6 4	3 6	6 3
4		Tarek-Shawki El Sakka George Kalovelonis	11 9	7 5
5		Ismail El Shafei Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	6 1	6 3

Quarterfinals

Algeria vs. Spain

Tennis Club Bachdjarah, Algiers, Algeria^[8]
12-14 June 1981
Clay

			1	2	3	4	5
1		Yassine Amier José García Requena	1 6	2 6	0 6
2		Djamel Boudjemline José López-Maeso	6 8	1 6	1 6
3		Yassine Amier / Djamel Boudjemline José López-Maeso / Miguel Mir	4 6	1 6	6 8
4		Djamel Boudjemline José García Requena	3 6	1 6	6 8
5		Yassine Amier Sergio Casal	0 6	4 6	0 6

Monaco vs. Poland

Monte Carlo, Monaco^[9]
12–14 June 1981
Clay

			1	2	3	4	5
1		Bernard Balleret Tadeusz Nowicki	2 6	6 3	7 5	3 6	6 4
2		Louis Borfiga Czesław Dobrowolski	5 7	6 1	2 6	6 1	6 0
3		Bernard Balleret / Louis Borfiga Henryk Drzymalski / Tadeusz Nowicki	2 6	5 7	1 6
4		Louis Borfiga Tadeusz Nowicki	8 6	2 6	0 6	4 6
5		Bernard Balleret Czesław Dobrowolski	2 6	9 7	6 3	6 1

Egypt vs. Hungary

Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt^[10]
12–14 June 1981
Clay

			1	2	3	4	5
1		Tarek-Shawki El Sakka Róbert Machán	3 6	1 6	5 7
2		Ismail El Shafei Balázs Taróczy	7 9	4 6	4 6
3		Tarek-Shawki El Sakka / Ismail El Shafei Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy	4 6	6 8	4 6
4		Khaled Baligh Róbert Machán	1 6	1 6
5		Tarek-Shawki El Sakka János Benyik	3 6	6 1	6 3

Yugoslavia vs. Israel

Tennis Club Jug, Skopje, Yugoslavia^[11]
12–14 June 1981
Clay

			1	2	3	4	5
1		Zoltan Ilin Shlomo Glickstein	1 6	4 6	4 6
2		Slobodan Živojinović David Schneider	4 6	4 6	8 10
3		Dragan Savić / Slobodan Živojinović Shlomo Glickstein / David Schneider	3 6	4 6	5 7
4		Zoltan Ilin Shahar Perkiss	6 3	6 2	3 6	3 6	6 0
5		Branko Horvat Shlomo Glickstein	6 3	2 6	1 6	2 6

Semifinals

Spain vs. Monaco

Club Tennis Lleida, Lleida, Spain^[12]
10-12 July 1981
Clay

			1	2	3	4	5
1		Ángel Giménez Bernard Balleret	6 3	6 4	6 1
2		Fernando Luna Louis Borfiga	6 0	6 1	6 2
3		Sergio Casal / José López-Maeso Bernard Balleret / Michel Borfiga	7 5	6 1	6 1
4		José López-Maeso Louis Borfiga	6 2	6 4	6 0
5		Fernando Luna Jacques Vinciléoni	6 1	6 4

Israel vs. Hungary

Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel^[13]
10-12 July 1981
Hard

			1	2	3	4	5
1		David Schneider Róbert Machán	6 3	2 6	2 6	8 6	5 7
2		Shlomo Glickstein Balázs Taróczy	7 9	6 1	6 3	6 1
3		Shlomo Glickstein / David Schneider Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy	6 3	7 9	6 3	4 6	4 6
4		David Schneider Balázs Taróczy	3 6	3 6	2 6
5		Shlomo Glickstein Róbert Machán	6 0	6 4

Final

Spain vs. Hungary

Club de Tenis Avilés, Avilés, Spain^[4]
18-20 September 1981
Clay

			1	2	3	4	5
1		Fernando Luna Balázs Taróczy	4 6	3 6	3 6
2		José López-Maeso Róbert Machán	6 1	4 6	6 1	9 7
3		Sergio Casal / Ángel Giménez Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy	4 6	8 6	10 8	6 3
4		José López-Maeso Balázs Taróczy	6 3	1 6	5 7	3 6
5		Fernando Luna Róbert Machán	3 6	10 8	6 0	6 2

Zone B

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