1976 Davis Cup

1976 edition of the Davis Cup

1976 Davis CupDetails

Duration| 22 August 1975 – 19 December 1976
Edition| 65th
Teams| 53
Champion
Winning nation|  Italy

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The 1976 Davis Cup was the 65th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 58 teams would enter the competition, 32 in the Europe Zone, 14 in the Americas Zone, and 12 in the Eastern Zone. This year's tournament saw all teams in the Americas Zone competing in one single bracket, with the previous North & Central America and South America sub-zones, and subsequently the Americas Inter-Zonal final, being eliminated. This brought the Americas Zone in line with the outline of the other zones, with the previous year's Americas sub-zone champions progressing to the new Americas main draw semifinals.

Chile defeated South Africa in the Americas Zone final, Australia defeated New Zealand in the Eastern Zone final, and the Soviet Union and Italy were the winners of the two Europe Zones, defeating Hungary and Great Britain, respectively.

In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Italy defeated Australia in their semifinal; the second semifinal was scratched and Chile advanced to the Final as the Soviet Union refused to travel to Chile due to their opposition to the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.[1] In the final, held in the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile, on 17–19 December, Italy defeated Chile to win their first title and become the seventh nation to win the Davis Cup.[2][3]

## Americas Zone

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Main article: 1976 Davis Cup Americas Zone

### Preliminary rounds

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| | | | | | | |
| First Round| | | Qualifying Round
| |
|  United States|
| | | Tucson, AZ, United States (hard)
| bye| | |
| | |  United States| 5
| | |
| | |  Venezuela| 0
|  Venezuela| | |
| | |
| bye| | |
| |
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
|  Mexico| 5
| | | Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
|  Caribbean/West Indies| 0| |
| | |  Mexico| 3
| Montreal, Canada (indoor carpet)| |
| | |  Canada| 2
|  Canada| 5| |
| | |
|  Colombia| 0| |
| |

|  Brazil| w/o
| | | Brasilia, Brazil (clay)
|  Bolivia| | |
| | |  Brazil| 5
| Lima, Peru| |
| | |  Peru| 0
|  Peru| 3| |
| | |
|  Uruguay| 2| |
| |

| bye|
| | | Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)
|  Ecuador| | |
| | |  Ecuador| 0
| | |
| | |  Argentina| 5
| bye| | |
| | |
|  Argentina| | |
| |

### Main Draw

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| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Quarterfinals
19–28 December 1975| | | Semifinals
5–7 March| | | Final
26–28 April
| | |
|  South Africa|
| | |
| bye| | |
| | |  South Africa| w/o
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay)| | | |
| | |  Mexico| | |
|  United States| 2| | | |
| | | | Santiago, Chile
|  Mexico| 3| |
| | |  South Africa| 2
| Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)| | |
| | |  Chile| 3
|  Brazil| 0| | |
| | | Santiago, Chile (clay)|
|  Argentina| 5| |
| | |  Argentina| 2|
| | | | |
| | |  Chile| 3| | |
| bye| | | | |
| | | |
|  Chile| | |
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#### Final

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Chile vs. South Africa

Chile
3 | Santiago, Chile[4]
26–28 April 1976

South Africa

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1  |
| Patricio Cornejo
Bernard Mitton | 4
6  | 6
3  | 5
7  | 5
7  |  |
2  |
| Jaime Fillol
Raymond Moore | 7
5  | 8
6  | 6
3  |  |  |
3  |
| Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol
Byron Bertram / Frew McMillan | 6
3  | 10
8  | 2
6  | 4
6  | 3
6  |
4  |
| Patricio Cornejo
Raymond Moore | 5
7  | 6
2  | 10
8  | 7
5  |  |
5  |
| Jaime Fillol
Bernard Mitton | 7
5  | 6
3  | 4
6  | 6
2  |  |

## Eastern Zone

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Main article: 1976 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

### Preliminary rounds

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| | | | | | | |
| First Round| | | Qualifying Round
| |
|  Indonesia|
| | | Jakarta, Indonesia
| bye| | |
| | |  Indonesia| 3
| | |
| | |  South Korea| 2
|  South Korea| | |
| | |
| bye| | |
| |

|  Sri Lanka|
| | | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)
| bye| | |
| | |  Sri Lanka| 0
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia| |
| | |  Pakistan| 4
|  Malaysia| 0| |
| | |
|  Pakistan| 5| |
| |
| Amritsar, India
|  India| 5
| | | Tokyo, Japan
|  Thailand| 0| |
| | |  India| 3
| | |
| | |  Japan| 2
| bye| | |
| | |
|  Japan| | |
| |

| bye|
| | | Taipei, Taiwan (hard)
|  Philippines| | |
| | |  Philippines| 4
| | |
| | |  Chinese Taipei| 0
| bye| | |
| | |
|  Chinese Taipei| | |
| |

### Main Draw

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| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Quarterfinals
28 November–21 December 1975| | | Semifinals
9–18 January| | | Final
27 February–1 March
| | |
|  Australia|
| | | Hobart, Australia (grass)
| bye| | |
| | |  Australia| 5
| Karachi, Pakistan| | | |
| | |  Indonesia| 0| |
|  Indonesia| 4| | | |
| | | | Brisbane, Australia (grass)
|  Pakistan| 1| |
| | |  Australia| 3
| Manila, Philippines| | |
| | |  New Zealand| 1
|  India| 4| | |
| | | Auckland, New Zealand (grass)|
|  Philippines| 0| |
| | |  India| 2|
| | | | |
| | |  New Zealand| 3| | |
| bye| | | | |
| | | |
|  New Zealand| | |
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#### Final

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Australia vs. New Zealand

Australia
3 | Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia[5]
27 February–1 March 1976
Grass  |
New Zealand

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1  |
| Ross Case
Brian Fairlie | 6
3  | 8
10  | 1
6  | 6
2  | 4
6  |
2  |
| John Newcombe
Onny Parun | 8
6  | 6
3  | 7
5  |  |  |
3  |
| John Newcombe / Tony Roche
Brian Fairlie / Onny Parun | 6
1  | 3
6  | 6
3  | 7
5  |  |
4  |
| John Newcombe
Brian Fairlie | 8
6  | 5
7  | 11
9  | 6
3  |  |
5  |
| Ross Case
Onny Parun |  |  |  |  |  | not
played

## Europe Zone

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Main article: 1976 Davis Cup Europe Zone

### Zone A

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#### Pre-qualifying round

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| | |
| Pre-qualifying round

|  Turkey|
|  Israel| w/o

#### Preliminary rounds

[edit]

| | | | | | | |
| First Round| | | Qualifying Round
| Copenhagen, Denmark (indoor carpet)|
|  Finland| 1
| | | Freiburg, West Germany (clay)
|  Denmark| 4| |
| | |  Denmark| 0
| | |
| | |  West Germany| 5
| bye| | |
| | |
|  West Germany| | |
| |
| Monte Carlo, Monaco
|  Monaco| 4
| | | Tbilisi, Soviet Union
|  Israel| 1| |
| | |  Monaco| 0
| | |
| | |  Soviet Union| 5
| bye| | |
| | |
|  Soviet Union| | |
| |
| Brussels, Belgium
|  Belgium| 4
| | | Brussels, Belgium
|  Netherlands| 1| |
| | |  Belgium| 0
| | |
| | |  Hungary| 5
| bye| | |
| | |
|  Hungary| | |
| |

|  Ireland| w/o
| | | Cairo, Egypt
|  Rhodesia| | |
| | |  Ireland| 1
| | |
| | |  Egypt| 4
| bye| | |
| | |
|  Egypt| | |
| |

#### Main Draw

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| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Quarterfinals
14–16 May| | | Semifinals
23–25 July| | | Final
13–15 August
| | |
|  Spain|
| | | Donetsk, Soviet Union
| bye| | |
| | |  Spain| 1
| Bad Homburg, West Germany| | | |
| | |  Soviet Union| 4| |
|  West Germany| 1| | | |
| | | | Tbilisi, Soviet Union
|  Soviet Union| 4| |
| | |  Soviet Union| 4
| Budapest, Hungary| | |
| | |  Hungary| 1
|  Hungary| 5| | |
| | | Budapest, Hungary (clay)|
|  Egypt| 0| |
| | |  Hungary| 3|
| | | | |
| | |  Czechoslovakia| 1| | |
| bye| | | | |
| | | |
|  Czechoslovakia| | |
| | | |
| | | | |

#### Final

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Soviet Union vs. Hungary

Soviet Union
4 | Tbilisi, Soviet Union[6]
13–15 August 1976

Hungary

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1  |
| Alex Metreveli
János Benyik | 6
3  | 7
5  | 6
3  |  |  |
2  |
| Teimuraz Kakulia
Balázs Taróczy | 3
6  | 3
6  | 4
6  |  |  |
3  |
| Teimuraz Kakulia / Alex Metreveli
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy | 12
10  | 6
0  | 6
4  |  |  |
4  |
| Alex Metreveli
Balázs Taróczy | 7
5  | 6
1  | 9
7  |  |  |
5  |
| Teimuraz Kakulia
János Benyik | 6
4  | 6
8  | 3
6  | 6
3  | 6
1  |

### Zone B

[edit]

#### Pre-qualifying rounds

[edit]

| | | | | | | |
| First Round| | | Qualifying Round
| |
|  Iran|
| | |
| bye| | |
| | |  Iran| w/o
| | |
| | |  Nigeria|
|  Nigeria| w/o| |
| | |
|  Algeria| | |
| |

| bye|
| | | Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)
|  Luxembourg| | |
| | |  Luxembourg| 0
| | |
| | |  Portugal| 5
| bye| | |
| | |
|  Portugal| | |
| | |
| | |

#### Preliminary rounds

[edit]

| | | | | | | |
| First Round| | | Qualifying Round
| Tehran, Iran|
|  Iran| 2
| | | Zürich, Switzerland (clay)
|  Switzerland| 3| |
| | |  Switzerland| 1
| | |
| | |  Great Britain| 4
| bye| | |
| | |
|  Great Britain| | |
| |
| Sofia, Bulgaria
|  Bulgaria| 1
| | | Vienna, Austria
|  Austria| 4| |
| | |  Austria| 1
| | |
| | |  Romania| 4
| bye| | |
| | |
|  Romania| | |
| |

|  Italy|
| | | Florence, Italy (clay)
| bye| | |
| | |  Italy| 5
| Warsaw, Poland (clay)| |
| | |  Poland| 0
|  Poland| 5| |
| | |
|  Norway| 0| |
| |

| bye|
| | | Zagreb, Yugoslavia
|  Yugoslavia| | |
| | |  Yugoslavia| 5
| Athens, Greece (clay)| |
| | |  Greece| 0
|  Greece| 4| |
| | |
|  Portugal| 1| |
| |

#### Main Draw

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| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Quarterfinals
20–23 May| | | Semifinals
8–18 July| | | Final
5–7 August
| | |
|  France|
| | | Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass)
| bye| | |
| | |  France| 1
| Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass)| | | |
| | |  Great Britain| 4| |
|  Great Britain| 5| | | |
| | | | Wimbledon, United Kingdom (grass)
|  Romania| 0| |
| | |  Great Britain| 1
| Bologna, Italy (clay)| | |
| | |  Italy| 4
|  Italy| 5| | |
| | | Rome, Italy (clay)|
|  Yugoslavia| 0| |
| | |  Italy| 4|
| | | | |
| | |  Sweden| 0| | |
| bye| | | | |
| | | |
|  Sweden| | |
| | | |
| | | | |

#### Final

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Great Britain vs. Italy

Great Britain
1 | No. 1 Court, All England Club, Wimbledon, United Kingdom[7]
5–7 August 1976
Grass  |
Italy

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|  |  |  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  |

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1  |
| Roger Taylor
Tonino Zugarelli | 1
6  | 5
7  | 6
3  | 1
6  |  |
2  |
| John Lloyd
Adriano Panatta | 7
5  | 3
6  | 3
6  | 6
2  | 4
6  |
3  |
| David Lloyd / John Lloyd
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta | 6
8  | 3
6  | 6
3  | 18
16  | 6
2  |
4  |
| Roger Taylor
Adriano Panatta | 6
3  | 2
6  | 4
6  | 4
6  |  |
5  |
| John Lloyd
Tonino Zugarelli | 6
4  | 8
6  | 1
6  | 1
6  | 1
6  |

## Inter-Zonal Zone

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### Draw

[edit]

| | | | | | | |
| Semifinals
24–27 September| | | Final
17–19 December
| Rome, Italy (clay)|
| EUR-B|  Italy| 3
| | | Santiago, Chile (clay)
| EAS|  Australia| 2| |
| | | EUR-B|  Italy| 4
| | |
| | | AME|  Chile| 1
| AME|  Chile| w/o| |
| | |
| EUR-A|  Soviet Union| | |
| | |
| | |

### Semifinals

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Italy vs. Australia

Italy
3 | Foro Italico, Rome, Italy[8]
24–27 September 1976
Clay  |
Australia

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|  |  |  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  |

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1  |
| Corrado Barazzutti
John Newcombe | 7
5  | 6
1  | 6
4  |  |  |
2  |
| Adriano Panatta
John Alexander | 5
7  | 3
6  | 4
6  |  |  |
3  |
| Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
John Newcombe / Tony Roche | 6
3  | 6
4  | 6
3  |  |  |
4  |
| Corrado Barazzutti
John Alexander | 2
6  | 2
6  | 7
5  | 6
4  | 2
6  |
5  |
| Adriano Panatta
John Newcombe | 5
7  | 8
6  | 6
4  | 6
2  |  |

Chile vs. Soviet Union

The tie was scheduled to be completed by September 27, but the Soviet Union refused to travel to Chile due to their opposition to the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet: therefore, the tie was scratched and Chile advanced to the Final.[1][9] The Soviet team were subsequently banned from entering the Davis Cup for two years.

### Final

[edit]

Chile vs. Italy

Chile
1 | Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile[3]
17–19 December 1976
Clay  |
Italy

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|  |  |  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  |

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1  |
| Jaime Fillol
Corrado Barazzutti | 5
7  | 6
4  | 5
7  | 1
6  |  |
2  |
| Patricio Cornejo
Adriano Panatta | 3
6  | 1
6  | 3
6  |  |  |
3  |
| Patricio Cornejo / Jaime Fillol
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta | 6
3  | 2
6  | 7
9  | 3
6  |  |
4  |
| Jaime Fillol
Adriano Panatta | 6
8  | 4
6  | 6
3  | 8
10  |  |
5  |
| Belus Prajoux
Tonino Zugarelli | 6
4  | 6
3  | 6
2  |  |  |

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b "Soviets barred from Davis Cup". The Daily Sentinel. United Press International. 8 November 1976. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
2. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
3. ^ a b "Chile v Italy". daviscup.com.
4. ^ "Chile v South Africa". daviscup.com.
5. ^ "Australia v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
6. ^ "Soviet Union v Hungary". daviscup.com.
7. ^ "Great Britain v Italy". daviscup.com.
8. ^ "Italy v Australia". daviscup.com.
9. ^ "Chile v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.

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