The 1975 Davis Cup was the 64th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 55 teams would enter the competition, 32 in the Europe Zone, 12 in the Americas Zone, and 11 in the Eastern Zone. Kenya made its first appearance in the tournament.
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| Duration | 23 August 1974 – 21 December 1975 |
| Edition | 64th |
| Teams | 53 |
| Champion | |
| Winning Nation |  Sweden |
← 1974 1976 → | |
Chile defeated South Africa in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, Australia defeated New Zealand in the Eastern Zone final, and Sweden and Czechoslovakia were the winners of the two Europe Zones, defeating Spain and France respectively.
In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Czechoslovakia defeated Australia and Sweden defeated Chile in the semifinals. Sweden then defeated Czechoslovakia in the final to win their first title and become the sixth nation to win the Davis Cup. The final was held at the Kungliga tennishallen in Stockholm, Sweden on 19–21 December.[1][2][3]
Americas Zone edit
North & Central America Zone edit
Preliminary rounds edit
| First Round | Qualifying Round | |||||||
| Nassau, Bahamas (clay) | ||||||||
 Caribbean/West Indies | 0 | |||||||
| Palm Springs, CA, United States (hard) | ||||||||
 United States | 5 | |||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||||
| Quebec City, Canada (indoor carpet) | ||||||||
 Mexico | 3 | |||||||
 Canada | 1 | |||||||
| Mexico | 4 | |||||||
Main Draw edit
| Semifinals | Final | |||||||
 Colombia | ||||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| Colombia | ||||||||
 South Africa | w/o | |||||||
| South Africa | w/o | |||||||
| Mexico | ||||||||
South America Zone edit
Preliminary rounds edit
| First Round | Qualifying Round | |||||||
 Uruguay | w/o | |||||||
| Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||
 Ecuador | ||||||||
| Uruguay | 0 | |||||||
 Argentina | 5 | |||||||
| Argentina | ||||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||
 Brazil | ||||||||
| Brazil | 4 | |||||||
 Bolivia | 0 | |||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| Bolivia | ||||||||
Main Draw edit
| Semifinals 20–22 December 1974 | Final 10–12 January | |||||||
 Chile | ||||||||
| Santiago, Chile | ||||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| Chile | 4 | |||||||
| São Paulo, Brazil (clay) | ||||||||
| Brazil | 1 | |||||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||||
| Argentina | 2 | |||||||
Americas Inter-Zonal Final edit
Chile vs. South Africa
 Chile 5 |
Santiago, Chile[4] 18–20 July 1975 |
 South Africa 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Zone edit
| Pre-qualifying round | Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lucknow, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auckland, New Zealand (grass) |  India | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Saigon, South Vietnam |  New Zealand | 5 | New Zealand | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |  South Vietnam | 3 | South Vietnam | 0 | Auckland, New Zealand (grass) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Malaysia | 0 |  South Korea | 2 | New Zealand | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| South Vietnam | 5 |  Australia | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jakarta, Indonesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adelaide, Australia (grass) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Indonesia | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tokyo, Japan |  Japan | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 5 | Australia | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Philippines | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manila, Philippines |  Sri Lanka | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | 3 | Philippines | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Pakistan | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Final edit
New Zealand vs. Australia
 New Zealand 0 |
Stanley Street, Auckland, New Zealand[5] 28 February–2 March 1975 Grass |
 Australia 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Europe Zone edit
Zone A edit
Pre-qualifying round edit
| Pre-qualifying round 23–25 August 1974 | ||
| Tehran, Iran | ||
 Iran | 5 | |
 Lebanon | 0 | |
| Tel Aviv, Israel (hard) | ||
 Israel | 5 | |
 Luxembourg | 0 | |
Preliminary rounds edit
| First Round | Qualifying Round | |||||||
 Spain | ||||||||
| Murcia, Spain (clay) | ||||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| Spain | 5 | |||||||
| Copenhagen, Denmark (indoor carpet) | ||||||||
 Denmark | 0 | |||||||
| Denmark | 4 | |||||||
 Greece | 1 | |||||||
 Austria | ||||||||
| Vienna, Austria (clay) | ||||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| Austria | 0 | |||||||
| London, United Kingdom (indoor carpet) | ||||||||
 Great Britain | 4 | |||||||
| Great Britain | 5 | |||||||
| Iran | 0 | |||||||
| Poznań, Poland (clay) | ||||||||
 Poland | 5 | |||||||
| Warsaw, Poland (clay) | ||||||||
 Portugal | 0 | |||||||
| Poland | 1 | |||||||
| Sweden | 4 | |||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| Sweden | ||||||||
| Tel Aviv, Israel (hard) | ||||||||
| Israel | 0 | |||||||
| Freiburg, West Germany | ||||||||
 Switzerland | 5 | |||||||
| Switzerland | 0 | |||||||
 West Germany | 5 | |||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| West Germany | ||||||||
Main Draw edit
| Quarterfinals 9–18 May | Semifinals 18–20 July | Final 25–27 July | |||||||||||
 Romania | |||||||||||||
| Barcelona, Spain (clay) | |||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| Romania | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Barcelona, Spain (clay) | |||||||||||||
| Spain | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Spain | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Barcelona, Spain (clay) | |||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Spain | 2 | ||||||||||||
| West Berlin (clay) | |||||||||||||
| Sweden | 3 | ||||||||||||
| West Germany | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Jūrmala, Soviet Union (clay) | |||||||||||||
| Sweden | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Sweden | 3 | ||||||||||||
 Soviet Union | 2 | ||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| Soviet Union | |||||||||||||
Final edit
Spain vs. Sweden
 Spain 2 |
Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain[6] 25–27 July 1975 Clay |
 Sweden 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zone B edit
Pre-qualifying round edit
| Pre-qualifying round 23 August–14 September 1974 | ||
| Lagos, Nigeria (hard) | ||
 Nigeria | 5 | |
 Kenya | 0 | |
| Istanbul, Turkey | ||
 Turkey | 3 | |
 Ireland | 2 | |
Preliminary rounds edit
| First Round | Qualifying Round | |||||||
 Netherlands | ||||||||
| Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| Netherlands | 0 | |||||||
| Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||
 Hungary | 5 | |||||||
 Finland | 1 | |||||||
| Hungary | 4 | |||||||
 Egypt | ||||||||
| Monte Carlo, Monaco | ||||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| Egypt | 3 | |||||||
| Monte Carlo, Monaco | ||||||||
 Monaco | 1 | |||||||
| Monaco | 4 | |||||||
| Nigeria | 1 | |||||||
| Brussels, Belgium (indoor hard) | ||||||||
 Belgium | 5 | |||||||
| Paris, France (clay) | ||||||||
 Norway | 0 | |||||||
| Belgium | 4 | |||||||
 France | 1 | |||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| France | ||||||||
| Sofia, Bulgaria | ||||||||
 Bulgaria | 5 | |||||||
| Zagreb, Yugoslavia | ||||||||
| Turkey | 0 | |||||||
| Bulgaria | 1 | |||||||
 Yugoslavia | 4 | |||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| Yugoslavia | ||||||||
Main Draw edit
| Quarterfinals 16–25 May | Semifinals 20–22 June; 18–20 July | Final 25–27 July | |||||||||||
 Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||
| Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | |||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Cairo, Egypt | |||||||||||||
| Hungary | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Egypt | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | |||||||||||||
| Hungary | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Paris, France (clay) | |||||||||||||
| France | 2 | ||||||||||||
| France | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Paris, France (clay) | |||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 0 | ||||||||||||
| France | 3 | ||||||||||||
 Italy | 2 | ||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| Italy | |||||||||||||
Final edit
Czechoslovakia vs. France
 Czechoslovakia 3 |
Prague, Czechoslovakia[7] 25–27 July 1975 Clay |
 France 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inter-Zonal Zone edit
Draw edit
| Semifinals 19–28 September | Final 19–21 December | |||||||
| Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | ||||||||
| EUR-B | Czechoslovakia | 3 | ||||||
| Stockholm, Sweden (indoor carpet) | ||||||||
| EAS | Australia | 1 | ||||||
| EUR-B | Czechoslovakia | 2 | ||||||
| Båstad, Sweden (clay) | ||||||||
| EUR-A | Sweden | 3 | ||||||
| AME | Chile | 1 | ||||||
| EUR-A | Sweden | 4 | ||||||
Semifinals edit
Sweden vs. Chile
| Sweden 4 |
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[8] 19–21 September 1975 Clay |
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Czechoslovakia vs. Australia
| Czechoslovakia 3 |
Štvanice Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia[9] 26–28 September 1975 Clay |
Australia 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Final edit
Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia
| Sweden 3 |
Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden[3] 19–21 December 1975 Carpet (indoors) |
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Controversy edit
The Inter-Zonal Zone semifinal between Sweden and Chile was played on 19–21 September in Båstad, Sweden, two years after Augusto Pinochet's military coup in Chile. Many people in Sweden wanted the match to be cancelled, in protest of the junta's violations of human rights, however others wanted sport and politics to remain separated.
Chilekommittén mobilised protests against the match. The call for the manifestation was issued on July 30, 1975. The slogan of the protests was Stoppa matchen! ('Stop the match'). About 7,000 people took part in the protest. Hundreds of balloons, with names of political prisoners were released in the vicinity of the match venue, guarded by a police force of 1,300. Through Chilean sports commentators on site, news about the protests reached Chile. A special issue of Chilebulletinen was produced for the protests, with 20,000 copies.
The then governing Swedish Social Democratic Party didn't take part in the protests on September 20. A protest march was instead organized in Båstad by the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League on September 18, ending at the town square, where former prime minister Tage Erlander and Sweden's former ambassador to Chile Harald Edelstam (who personally helped rescue over 1,200 political prisoners in Chile after the 1973 coup) addressed a crowd of some 3,000.
Olof Palme's government tried to stop the match, but on September 12 negotiations ended with a decision to play. During the game on September 20, which was guarded by 1,300 police, over 7,000 demonstrators gathered peacefully on the square.[10] The match was played behind closed doors with no spectators present.[11]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ Christian Dahlgren (15 January 2009). "Björn Borg på nervigt uppdrag" (in Swedish). Östgöta Correspondenten. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Sweden v Czechoslovakia". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Chile v South Africa". daviscup.com.
- ^ "New Zealand v Australia". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Spain v Sweden". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Czechoslovakia v France". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Sweden v Chile". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Czechoslovakia v Australia". daviscup.com.
- ^ Anno 75 (1976), Årskalender utgiven av Förlagshuset Norden AB, Malmö, och Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, pp. 35, 36.
- ^ Hodgkinson, Mark (5 March 2009). "Singer calls tune as fans banned from Sweden's Davis Cup clash with Israel". telegraph.co.uk. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 October 2019.