The 1974 Davis Cup was the 63rd edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 57 teams would enter the competition, 33 in the Europe Zone, 12 in the Americas Zone, and 12 in the Eastern Zone. Nigeria made its first appearance in the tournament.[citation needed]
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Duration | 5 October 1973 – 1 December 1974 |
Edition | 63rd |
Teams | 55 |
Champion | |
Winning Nation | South Africa |
← 1973 1975 → |
South Africa defeated Colombia in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, India defeated Australia in the Eastern Zone final, and Italy and the Soviet Union were the winners of the two Europe Zones, defeating Romania and Czechoslovakia respectively.
In the Inter-Zonal Zone, South Africa defeated Italy and India defeated the Soviet Union in the semifinals.
India refused to travel to South Africa for the final due to their government's opposition to South Africa's apartheid policies: therefore, the final was scratched and South Africa were awarded the Davis Cup.[1][2] South Africa became only the fifth nation to win the Davis Cup, breaking the dominance of the United States, Great Britain, France and Australia teams which had won every tournament before this year.[3]
Americas Zone edit
North & Central America Zone edit
Preliminary rounds edit
First Round | Qualifying Round | |||||||
Kingston, Jamaica (indoor hard) | ||||||||
Canada | 3 | |||||||
Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | ||||||||
Caribbean/West Indies | 2 | |||||||
Canada | 1 | |||||||
Mexico | 4 | |||||||
Mexico | ||||||||
bye | ||||||||
bye | ||||||||
Bogotá, Colombia | ||||||||
Colombia | ||||||||
Colombia | 3 | |||||||
Venezuela | 2 | |||||||
bye | ||||||||
Venezuela | ||||||||
Main Draw edit
Semifinals 7–9 December | Final 11–13 January | |||||||
United States | ||||||||
Bogotá, Colombia | ||||||||
bye | ||||||||
United States | 1 | |||||||
Cali, Colombia | ||||||||
Colombia | 4 | |||||||
Mexico | 1 | |||||||
Colombia | 4 | |||||||
South America Zone edit
Preliminary rounds edit
First Round | Qualifying Round | |||||||
Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) | ||||||||
Ecuador | 5 | |||||||
Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) | ||||||||
Uruguay | 0 | |||||||
Ecuador | 0 | |||||||
Montevideo, Uruguay (clay) | ||||||||
South Africa | 5 | |||||||
Brazil | 0 | |||||||
South Africa | 5 | |||||||
Main Draw edit
Semifinals | Final 8–10 March | |||||||
Bogotá, Colombia (clay) | ||||||||
Chile | ||||||||
Bogotá, Colombia (clay) | ||||||||
bye | ||||||||
Chile | 2 | |||||||
South Africa | 3 | |||||||
South Africa | w/o | |||||||
Argentina | ||||||||
Americas Inter-Zonal Final edit
Colombia vs. South Africa
Colombia 2 |
Bogotá, Colombia[4] 10–12 May 1974 |
South Africa 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Zone edit
Preliminary rounds edit
First Round | Qualifying Round | |||||||
Pakistan | ||||||||
Karachi, Pakistan | ||||||||
bye | ||||||||
Pakistan | 4 | |||||||
Malaysia | 1 | |||||||
Malaysia | ||||||||
bye | ||||||||
Manila, Philippines | ||||||||
Philippines | 3 | |||||||
Manila, Philippines | ||||||||
Indonesia | 1 | |||||||
Philippines | 5 | |||||||
Hong Kong | 0 | |||||||
Hong Kong | ||||||||
bye | ||||||||
bye | ||||||||
Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||
South Vietnam | ||||||||
South Vietnam | 0 | |||||||
Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||
Japan | 3 | |||||||
Japan | 3 | |||||||
South Korea | 0 | |||||||
bye | ||||||||
Chinese Taipei | ||||||||
Chinese Taipei | w/o | |||||||
Sri Lanka | ||||||||
bye | ||||||||
Sri Lanka | ||||||||
Main Draw edit
Quarterfinals 26–28 April | Semifinals 3–5 May | Final 10–12 May | |||||||||||
Rawalpindi, Pakistan | |||||||||||||
Australia | |||||||||||||
Rawalpindi, Pakistan | |||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
Australia | 3 | ||||||||||||
Lahore, Pakistan | |||||||||||||
Pakistan | 0 | ||||||||||||
Pakistan | 4 | ||||||||||||
Calcutta, India | |||||||||||||
Philippines | 1 | ||||||||||||
Australia | 2 | ||||||||||||
Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | |||||||||||||
India | 3 | ||||||||||||
Chinese Taipei | 0 | ||||||||||||
Kanpur, India | |||||||||||||
Japan | 3 | ||||||||||||
Japan | 1 | ||||||||||||
India | 4 | ||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
India | |||||||||||||
Final edit
India vs. Australia
India 3 |
Calcutta, India[5] 10–12 May 1974 |
Australia 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Eastern Zone Final set the Davis Cup record for the most games in a tie (327).[6]
Europe Zone edit
Zone A edit
Pre-qualifying rounds edit
First Round | Qualifying Round | |||||||
Istanbul, Turkey (indoor clay) | ||||||||
Turkey | 3 | |||||||
Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||||
Lebanon | 2 | |||||||
Turkey | 5 | |||||||
Luxembourg | 0 | |||||||
bye | ||||||||
Luxembourg | ||||||||
Preliminary rounds edit
First Round | Qualifying Round | |||||||
New Zealand | ||||||||
Vienna, Austria | ||||||||
bye | ||||||||
New Zealand | 1 | |||||||
Zürich, Switzerland | ||||||||
Austria | 3 | |||||||
Switzerland | 2 | |||||||
Austria | 3 | |||||||
France | ||||||||
Porto, Portugal (clay) | ||||||||
bye | ||||||||
France | 5 | |||||||
Lisbon, Portugal (clay) | ||||||||
Portugal | 0 | |||||||
Portugal | 4 | |||||||
Ireland | 1 | |||||||
Warsaw, Poland | ||||||||
Poland | 3 | |||||||
Båstad, Sweden (clay) | ||||||||
Hungary | 2 | |||||||
Poland | 1 | |||||||
Sweden | 4 | |||||||
bye | ||||||||
Sweden | ||||||||
Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||
Finland | 5 | |||||||
Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) | ||||||||
Turkey | 0 | |||||||
Finland | 1 | |||||||
Netherlands | 4 | |||||||
bye | ||||||||
Netherlands | ||||||||
Main Draw edit
Quarterfinals 10–12 May; 24–26 May | Semifinals 19–21 July | Final 2–4 August | |||||||||||
Romania | |||||||||||||
Bucharest, Romania (clay) | |||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
Romania | 3 | ||||||||||||
Vienna, Austria | |||||||||||||
France | 2 | ||||||||||||
Austria | 1 | ||||||||||||
Mestre, Italy (clay) | |||||||||||||
France | 3 | ||||||||||||
Romania | 2 | ||||||||||||
Båstad, Sweden (clay) | |||||||||||||
Italy | 3 | ||||||||||||
Sweden | 4 | ||||||||||||
Båstad, Sweden (clay) | |||||||||||||
Netherlands | 1 | ||||||||||||
Sweden | 2 | ||||||||||||
Italy | 3 | ||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
Italy | |||||||||||||
Final edit
Italy vs. Romania
Italy 3 |
Mestre, Italy[7] 2–4 August 1974 Clay |
Romania 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zone B edit
Pre-qualifying rounds edit
First Round | Qualifying Round | |||||||
Egypt | ||||||||
Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||
bye | ||||||||
Egypt | 3 | |||||||
Lagos, Nigeria | ||||||||
Morocco | 0 | |||||||
Nigeria | 2 | |||||||
Morocco | 3 | |||||||
bye | ||||||||
Tehran, Iran | ||||||||
Iran | ||||||||
Iran | 4 | |||||||
Israel | 1 | |||||||
bye | ||||||||
Israel | ||||||||
Preliminary rounds edit
First Round | Qualifying Round | |||||||
West Germany | ||||||||
West Berlin (clay) | ||||||||
bye | ||||||||
West Germany | 5 | |||||||
Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay) | ||||||||
Denmark | 0 | |||||||
Monaco | 2 | |||||||
Denmark | 3 | |||||||
Spain | ||||||||
Barcelona, Spain (clay) | ||||||||
bye | ||||||||
Spain | 5 | |||||||
Oslo, Norway (indoor hard) | ||||||||
Norway | 0 | |||||||
Norway | 4 | |||||||
Iran | 1 | |||||||
Cairo, Egypt | ||||||||
Egypt | 3 | |||||||
Cairo, Egypt (clay) | ||||||||
Bulgaria | 1 | |||||||
Egypt | 5 | |||||||
Great Britain | 0 | |||||||
bye | ||||||||
Great Britain | ||||||||
Brussels, Belgium | ||||||||
Belgium | 5 | |||||||
Brussels, Belgium | ||||||||
Greece | 0 | |||||||
Belgium | 2 | |||||||
Yugoslavia | 3 | |||||||
bye | ||||||||
Yugoslavia | ||||||||
Main Draw edit
Quarterfinals 10–12 May | Semifinals 19–21 July | Final 26–28 July | |||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||
Munich, West Germany (clay) | |||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | 3 | ||||||||||||
Düsseldorf, West Germany | |||||||||||||
West Germany | 2 | ||||||||||||
West Germany | 3 | ||||||||||||
Donetsk, Soviet Union (clay) | |||||||||||||
Spain | 2 | ||||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | 2 | ||||||||||||
Cairo, Egypt | |||||||||||||
Soviet Union | 3 | ||||||||||||
Egypt | 2 | ||||||||||||
Donetsk, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||
Yugoslavia | 3 | ||||||||||||
Yugoslavia | 1 | ||||||||||||
Soviet Union | 3 | ||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
Soviet Union | |||||||||||||
Final edit
Soviet Union vs. Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union 3 |
Donetsk, Soviet Union[8] 26–28 July 1974 Clay |
Czechoslovakia 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inter-Zonal Zone edit
Draw edit
Semifinals 20 September–5 October | Final | |||||||
Poona, India | ||||||||
EUR-B | Soviet Union | 1 | ||||||
EAS | India | 3 | ||||||
EAS | India | |||||||
Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||
AME | South Africa | w/o | ||||||
AME | South Africa | 4 | ||||||
EUR-A | Italy | 1 | ||||||
Semifinals edit
India vs. Soviet Union
India 3 |
Poona, India[9] 20–22 September 1974 |
Soviet Union 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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South Africa vs. Italy
South Africa 4 |
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa[10] 3–5 October 1974 [a] |
Italy 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Final edit
The final between South Africa and India was scheduled to be completed by 1 December 1974, but India refused to travel to South Africa due to their government's opposition to South Africa's apartheid policies: therefore, the final was scratched and South Africa were awarded the Davis Cup.[1][2]
Notes edit
- ^ The South Africa vs. Italy tie was originally scheduled to be played from 22 September, but was postponed due to disagreements over the venue: Italy originally refused to travel to South Africa, while South Africa rejected Italy's request to play the match in Rome.[11] The match eventually went ahead in South Africa on 3 October.
References edit
- ^ a b Seminara, Dave (28 November 2009). "The Year the Davis Cup Felt Empty". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ a b "South Africa v India". daviscup.com.
- ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ "Colombia v South Africa". daviscup.com.
- ^ "India v Australia". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Davis Cup – General Records". daviscup.com. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Italy v Romania". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Soviet Union v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
- ^ "India v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
- ^ "South Africa v Italy". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Defaults seen as possibility in Davis Cup". Spokane Daily Chronicle. AP. 13 August 1974. p. 13 – via Google News Archive.