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1966 Davis Cup

The 1966 Davis Cup was the 55th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 32 teams entered the Europe Zone, 8 teams entered the Eastern Zone, and 6 teams entered the America Zone.

1966 Davis Cup
Details
Duration19 March – 28 December 1966
Edition55th
Teams46
Champion
Winning Nation Australia
← 1965
1967 →

For this year's competition the Europe Zone was split into two sub-zones. 16 teams competed in each sub-zone, with the winners of both sub-zones progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone. This meant that 4 teams would now compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone for the right to challenge the defending champions Australia.[1]

The United States defeated Mexico in the America Zone final, India defeated Japan in the Eastern Inter-Zonal final, and Brazil and West Germany were the winners of the two Europe sub-zones, defeating France and South Africa respectively.

In the Inter-Zonal Zone, India defeated West Germany and Brazil defeated the United States in the semifinals, and then India defeated Brazil in the final. India was then defeated by Australia in the Challenge Round. The final was played at Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia on 26–28 December.[1][2][3]

America Zone edit

Further information: 1966 Davis Cup America Zone

Draw edit

Quarterfinals
8 April–3 May		Semifinals
19–30 May		Final
13–15 August
  Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
bye
  Mexico4
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
  Argentina1
  Argentina3
Cleveland, OH, United States (hard)
  Chile2
  Mexico0
Caracas, Venezuela (hard)
  United States5
  Venezuela2
Kingston, Jamaica
  Caribbean/West Indies3
  Caribbean/West Indies1
  United States4
bye
  United States

Final edit

United States vs. Mexico

 
United States
5 		Harold Clark Courts, Cleveland, OH, United States[4]
13–15 August 1966
Hard 		 
Mexico
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Clark Graebner
Joaquín Loyo Mayo 		6
0 		4
6 		6
1 		3
6 		6
3 		 
2  
  		Dennis Ralston
Rafael Osuna 		6
4 		2
6 		7
5 		6
1 		   
3  
  		Clark Graebner / Dennis Ralston
Joaquín Loyo Mayo / Rafael Osuna 		6
1 		6
4 		6
0 		     
4  
  		Cliff Richey
Marcello Lara 		11
13 		6
0 		12
10 		6
4 		   
5  
  		Clark Graebner
Rafael Osuna 		6
3 		6
4 		6
4 		     

Eastern Zone edit

Further information: 1966 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

Zone A edit

Semifinals
17–19 April		Final
30 April–2 May
Seoul, South Korea
  Philippines3
Manila, Philippines
  South Korea2
  Philippines2
  Japan3
bye
  Japan

Zone B edit

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
19 March–19 April		Final
7–9 May
  Ceylonw/o
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  South Vietnam
  Ceylon4
  Malaysia1
  Malaysia
Madras, India
bye
  Ceylon0
  India5
bye
Ahmedabad, India
  Iran
  Iran0
  India5
bye
  India

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final edit

Japan vs. India

 
Japan
1 		Tokyo, Japan[5]
30 September–3 October 1966
  
India
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Osamu Ishiguro
Ramanathan Krishnan 		3
6 		6
2 		2
6 		8
10 		   
2  
  		Koji Watanabe
Premjit Lall 		6
3 		4
6 		6
3 		3
6 		9
7 		 
3  
  		Osamu Ishiguro / Koji Watanabe
Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall 		2
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
4  
  		Osamu Ishiguro
Premjit Lall 		6
2 		6
8 		5
7 		8
10 		   
5  
  		Koji Watanabe
Ramanathan Krishnan 		2
6 		5
7 		0
6 		     

Europe Zone edit

Further information: 1966 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Zone A edit

First Round
29 April–2 May		Quarterfinals
13–17 May		Semifinals
10–12 June		Final
15–17 July
Paris, France (clay)
  France4
Paris, France (clay)
  Romania1
  France5
Helsinki, Finland (clay)
  Canada0
  Finland1
Paris, France (clay)
  Canada4
  France4
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (clay)
  Czechoslovakia1
  Czechoslovakia5
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
  Austria0
  Czechoslovakia5
Lisbon, Portugal (clay)
  Israel0
  Portugal2
Paris, France (clay)
  Israel3
  France1
Szczecin, Poland (clay)
  Brazil4
  Poland3
Warsaw, Poland
  Sweden2
  Poland4
Istanbul, Turkey
  Egypt1
  Turkey0
Warsaw, Poland
  Egypt5
  Poland1
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
  Brazil4
  Spain4
Barcelona, Spain (clay)
  Yugoslavia1
  Spain2
Copenhagen, Denmark (clay)
  Brazil3
  Denmark0
  Brazil5

Zone A Final edit

France vs. Brazil

 
France
1 		Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[6]
15–17 July 1966
Clay 		 
Brazil
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Pierre Darmon
José Edison Mandarino 		6
3 		3
6 		2
6 		1
6 		   
2  
  		François Jauffret
Thomaz Koch 		6
2 		1
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   
3  
  		Patrice Beust / Daniel Contet
Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino 		6
3 		4
6 		7
5 		3
6 		4
6 		 
4  
  		François Jauffret
José Edison Mandarino 		4
6 		1
6 		7
5 		2
6 		   
5  
  		Pierre Darmon
Thomaz Koch 		6
4 		9
7 		6
2 		     

Zone B edit

First Round
22 April–2 May		Quarterfinals
13–16 May		Semifinals
10–12 June		Final
15–18 July
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
  Luxembourg0
Lugano, Switzerland
   Switzerland5
   Switzerland1
Freiburg, West Germany (clay)
  West Germany4
  West Germany5
Hanover, West Germany (clay)
  Norway0
  West Germany3
Budapest, Hungary
  Great Britain2
  Hungary4
Budapest, Hungary (clay)
  Greece1
  Hungary2
London, England (clay)
  Great Britain3
  Great Britain4
Munich, West Germany
  New Zealand1
  West Germany3
Bologna, Italy (clay)
  South Africa2
  Italy4
  Soviet Union1
  Italyw/o
Monte Carlo, Monaco
  Morocco
  Monaco1
Rome, Italy (clay)
  Morocco4
  Italy2
Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
  South Africa3
  Netherlands5
Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay)
  Ireland0
  Netherlands1
Brussels, Belgium
  South Africa4
  Belgium0
  South Africa5

Zone B Final edit

West Germany vs. South Africa

 
West Germany
3 		Munich, West Germany[7]
15–18 July 1966
  
South Africa
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Wilhelm Bungert
Cliff Drysdale 		6
3 		0
6 		8
6 		6
4 		   
2  
  		Ingo Buding
Keith Diepraam 		6
2 		6
1 		1
6 		6
4 		   
3  
  		Ingo Buding / Harald Elschenbroich
Keith Diepraam / Frew McMillan 		1
6 		7
5 		6
1 		5
7 		5
7 		 
4  
  		Wilhelm Bungert
Keith Diepraam 		12
10 		6
2 		6
3 		     
5  
  		Ingo Buding
Cliff Drysdale 		4
6 		9
7 		5
7 		0
6 		   

Inter-Zonal Zone edit

Draw edit

Semifinals
5–14 November		Final
4–6 December
Calcutta, India
EUR-B  West Germany2
Calcutta, India
EAS  India3
EAS  India3
Porto Alegre, Brazil (clay)
EUR-A  Brazil2
AME  United States2
EUR-A  Brazil3

Semifinals edit

India vs. West Germany

 
India
3 		Calcutta, India[8]
12–14 November 1966
  
West Germany
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Ramanathan Krishnan
Wilhelm Bungert 		7
5 		7
5 		6
4 		     
2  
  		Jaidip Mukerjea
Ingo Buding 		2
6 		6
5 		6
3 		6
4 		   
3  
  		Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
Ingo Buding / Wilhelm Bungert 		1
6 		8
10 		4
6 		     
4  
  		Jaidip Mukerjea
Wilhelm Bungert 		4
6 		8
6 		8
6 		6
3 		   
5  
  		Premjit Lall
Ingo Buding 		6
4 		3
6 		6
3 		1
6 		4
6 		 

Brazil vs. United States

 
Brazil
3 		Club Leopoldina Juvenil, Porto Alegre, Brazil[9]
5–7 November 1966
  
United States
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Thomaz Koch
Dennis Ralston 		4
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     
2  
  		José Edison Mandarino
Cliff Richey 		5
7 		6
3 		7
5 		6
3 		   
3  
  		Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino
Arthur Ashe / Dennis Ralston 		5
7 		4
6 		6
4 		2
6 		   
4  
  		Thomaz Koch
Cliff Richey 		6
1 		7
5 		6
1 		     
5  
  		José Edison Mandarino
Dennis Ralston 		4
6 		6
4 		4
6 		6
4 		6
1 		 

Final edit

India vs. Brazil

 
India
3 		Calcutta, India[10]
4–6 December 1966
  
Brazil
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jaidip Mukerjea
Thomaz Koch 		2
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
2  
  		Ramanathan Krishnan
José Edison Mandarino 		5
7 		6
2 		6
2 		6
3 		   
3  
  		Ramanathan Krishnan / Jaidip Mukerjea
Thomaz Koch / José Edison Mandarino 		7
5 		3
6 		6
3 		3
6 		6
3 		 
4  
  		Jaidip Mukerjea
José Edison Mandarino 		7
9 		6
3 		4
6 		6
3 		5
7 		 
5  
  		Ramanathan Krishnan
Thomaz Koch 		3
6 		6
4 		10
12 		7
5 		6
2 		 

Challenge Round edit

Australia vs. India

 
Australia
4 		Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne, Australia[3]
26–28 December 1966
Grass 		 
India
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Fred Stolle
Ramanathan Krishnan 		6
3 		6
2 		6
4 		     
2  
  		Roy Emerson
Jaidip Mukerjea 		7
5 		6
4 		6
2 		     
3  
  		John Newcombe / Tony Roche
Ramanathan Krishnan / Jaidip Mukerjea 		6
4 		5
7 		4
6 		4
6 		   
4  
  		Roy Emerson
Ramanathan Krishnan 		6
0 		6
2 		10
8 		     
5  
  		Fred Stolle
Jaidip Mukerjea 		7
5 		6
8 		6
3 		5
7 		6
3 		 

References edit

  1. ^ a b Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ Max Robertson (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 384. ISBN 0047960426.
  3. ^ a b "Australia v India". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "United States v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "France v Brazil". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "West Germany v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "India v West Germany". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Brazil v United States". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "India v Brazil". daviscup.com.

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