1978 Davis Cup Europe Zone

The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1978 Davis Cup.

29 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. 25 teams entered the competition in the qualifying round, competing for 4 places in each sub-zone's main draw to join the 4 finalists from the 1977 Europe Zone. The winners of each sub-zone's main draw went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Eastern Zone.[1]

Great Britain defeated Czechoslovakia in the Zone A final, and Sweden defeated Hungary in the Zone B final, resulting in both Great Britain and Sweden progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[1][2][3]

Zone A

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Preliminary rounds

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Draw

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First RoundQualifying Round
Monte Carlo, Monaco
  Monaco5
Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
  Luxembourg0
  Monaco0
  Great Britain5
bye
  Great Britain
Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
  Israel5
Tel Aviv, Israel (hard)
  Finland0
  Israel2
  Austria3
bye
  Austria
  Czechoslovakia
Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor clay)
bye
  Czechoslovakia3
Zeist, Netherlands (clay)
  Netherlands1
  Netherlands4
  Greece1
  Poland
Warsaw, Poland
bye
  Poland4
Algiers, Algeria (clay)
  Iran1
  Algeria1
  Iran4

First round

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Monaco vs. Luxembourg

 
Monaco
5
Monte Carlo, Monaco[4]
16–18 September 1977
 
Luxembourg
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Louis Borfiga
Jean Brucher
6
4
6
1
6
2
     
2  
 
Bernard Balleret
Marc Klensch
6
1
6
2
6
1
     
3  
 
Bernard Balleret / Louis Borfiga
Fernand Claude / Théo Storck
6
2
6
0
6
3
     
4  
 
Bernard Balleret
Jean Brucher
6
0
6
3
6
1
     
5  
 
Louis Borfiga
Marc Klensch
6
3
6
1
6
2
     

Israel vs. Finland

 
Israel
5
Tel Aviv, Israel[5]
16–18 September 1977
Hard
 
Finland
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Yair Wertheimer
George Berner
3
6
6
0
6
2
6
4
   
2  
 
Shlomo Glickstein
Matti Timonen
2
6
6
2
6
3
6
2
   
3  
 
Shlomo Glickstein / Yair Wertheimer
George Berner / Matti Timonen
6
2
6
1
3
6
2
6
6
1
 
4  
 
Yair Wertheimer
Matti Timonen
6
2
6
3
6
3
     
5  
 
Ilan Sher
Kristian Tammivuori
7
5
4
6
6
2
6
3
   

Netherlands vs. Greece

 
Netherlands
4
Zeist, Netherlands[6]
16–18 September 1977
Clay
 
Greece
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Louk Sanders
Nicolas Kelaidis
7
5
6
1
6
2
     
2  
 
Wouter Fok
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
4
6
6
0
5
7
6
3
3
6
 
3  
 
Wouter Fok / Louk Sanders
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos / Nicolas Kelaidis
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
4  
 
Wouter Fok
Nicolas Kelaidis
6
2
4
6
2
6
6
0
6
1
 
5  
 
Louk Sanders
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
8
6
6
4
3
6
8
6
   

Algeria vs. Iran

 
Algeria
1
Hydra Athletic Club, Algiers, Algeria[7]
10–12 August 1977
Clay
 
Iran
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Abdeslam Mahmoudi
Mansour Bahrami
3
6
4
6
4
6
     
2  
 
Fouad-Kamel Boudjemline
Moharram-Ali Khodai
2
6
1
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Fouad-Kamel Boudjemline / Abdeslam Mahmoudi
Mansour Bahrami / Kamyab Derafshijavan
6
3
4
6
1
6
2
6
   
4  
 
Abdeslam Mahmoudi
Moharram-Ali Khodai
6
4
6
4
6
2
     
5  
 
Hocine Younes
Mansour Bahrami
3
6
4
6
6
8
     

Qualifying round

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Monaco vs. Great Britain

 
Monaco
0
Monte Carlo, Monaco[8]
17–19 March 1978
Clay
 
Great Britain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Louis Borfiga
John Lloyd
2
6
1
6
4
6
     
2  
 
Bernard Balleret
Richard Lewis
6
8
6
4
12
10
5
7
1
6
 
3  
 
Louis Borfiga / Michel Borfiga
David Lloyd / John Lloyd
2
6
1
6
1
6
     
4  
 
Louis Borfiga
Richard Lewis
6
2
6
2
6
8
1
6
1
6
 
5  
 
Bernard Balleret
John Lloyd
1
6
2
6
       

Israel vs. Austria

 
Israel
2
Tel Aviv, Israel[9]
17–19 March 1978
Hard
 
Austria
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Shlomo Glickstein
Peter Feigl
4
6
3
6
6
1
7
9
   
2  
 
Steve Krulevitz
Hans Kary
4
6
4
6
6
4
6
1
6
2
 
3  
 
Steve Krulevitz / Yair Wertheimer
Peter Feigl / Hans Kary
6
8
4
6
5
7
     
4  
 
Steve Krulevitz
Peter Feigl
6
4
8
6
6
3
     
5  
 
Shlomo Glickstein
Hans Kary
6
3
9
7
4
6
6
8
3
6
 

Czechoslovakia vs. Netherlands

 
Czechoslovakia
3
Prague, Czechoslovakia[10]
17–19 March 1978
Clay (indoors)
 
Netherlands
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Jan Kodeš
Tom Okker
6
4
7
9
6
0
3
6
4
6
 
2  
 
Jiří Hřebec
Louk Sanders
6
2
7
5
6
3
     
3  
 
Jan Kodeš / Tomáš Šmíd
Tom Okker / Louk Sanders
9
7
6
2
6
2
     
4  
 
Jiří Hřebec
Tom Okker
6
3
2
6
6
1
6
4
   
5  
 
Tomáš Šmíd
Louk Sanders
4
6
3
6
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Poland vs. Iran

 
Poland
4
Warsaw, Poland[11]
17–19 March 1978
 
Iran
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Wojciech Fibak
Moharram-Ali Khodai
6
0
7
5
6
0
     
2  
 
Czesław Dobrowolski
Mansour Bahrami
6
8
4
6
6
4
6
3
3
6
 
3  
 
Wojciech Fibak / Tadeusz Nowicki
Mansour Bahrami / Kamyab Derafshijavan
6
1
6
1
6
4
     
4  
 
Wojciech Fibak
Mansour Bahrami
6
3
6
1
6
2
     
5  
 
Czesław Dobrowolski
Moharram-Ali Khodai
6
1
6
0
6
4
     

Main draw

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Draw

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Quarterfinals
16–18 June
Semifinals
13–15 July
Final
15–17 September
  France
Paris, France (clay)
bye
  France2
Bristol, United Kingdom (grass)
  Great Britain3
  Great Britain5
Eastbourne, United Kingdom (grass)
  Austria0
  Great Britain5
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
  Czechoslovakia0
  Czechoslovakia3
Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay)
  Poland2
  Czechoslovakia5
  Romania0
bye
  Romania

Quarterfinals

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Great Britain vs. Austria

 
Great Britain
5
Bristol Lawn Tennis Club, Bristol, United Kingdom[12]
16–18 June 1978
Grass
 
Austria
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
John Lloyd
Peter Feigl
7
5
6
2
2
6
9
7
   
2  
 
Buster Mottram
Hans Kary
6
2
6
3
6
1
     
3  
 
David Lloyd / Buster Mottram
Peter Feigl / Cliff Letcher
4
6
6
3
4
6
6
4
6
3
 
4  
 
Richard Lewis
Robert Reininger
3
6
6
4
8
6
6
4
   
5  
 
Buster Mottram
Peter Feigl
6
4
6
3
6
1
     

Czechoslovakia vs. Poland

 
Czechoslovakia
3
Prague, Czechoslovakia[13]
16–18 June 1978
Clay
 
Poland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Jan Kodeš
Henryk Drzymalski
6
0
6
3
7
5
     
2  
 
Jiří Hřebec
Wojciech Fibak
5
7
5
7
4
6
     
3  
 
Jan Kodeš / Tomáš Šmíd
Wojciech Fibak / Tadeusz Nowicki
8
6
6
3
7
5
     
4  
 
Jan Kodeš
Wojciech Fibak
6
8
4
6
2
6
     
5  
 
Jiří Hřebec
Henryk Drzymalski
6
1
6
1
3
6
6
4
   

Semifinals

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France vs. Great Britain

 
France
2
Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France[14]
13–15 July 1978
Clay
 
Great Britain
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Yannick Noah
Buster Mottram
6
3
3
6
7
9
3
6
   
2  
 
Éric Deblicker
John Lloyd
2
6
2
6
6
4
6
3
3
6
 
3  
 
François Jauffret / Yannick Noah
David Lloyd / John Lloyd
6
3
6
1
7
5
     
4  
 
Éric Deblicker
Buster Mottram
5
7
4
6
1
6
     
5  
 
Yannick Noah
John Lloyd
6
3
6
2
7
5
     

Czechoslovakia vs. Romania

 
Czechoslovakia
5
Prague, Czechoslovakia[15]
13–15 July 1978
Clay
 
Romania
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Pavel Složil
Andrei Dîrzu
6
2
6
4
7
5
     
2  
 
Tomáš Šmíd
Dumitru Hărădău
7
5
6
1
6
8
6
1
   
3  
 
Pavel Složil / Tomáš Šmíd
Andrei Dîrzu / Florin Segărceanu
6
4
6
2
6
4
     
4  
 
Pavel Složil
Florin Segărceanu
6
3
6
4
       
5  
 
Tomáš Šmíd
Andrei Dîrzu
6
3
6
2
       

Final

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Great Britain vs. Czechoslovakia

 
Great Britain
5
Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, United Kingdom[2]
15–17 September 1978
Grass
 
Czechoslovakia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
John Lloyd
Jiří Hřebec
9
7
6
3
4
6
5
7
12
10
 
2  
 
Buster Mottram
Ivan Lendl
6
4
7
5
7
5
     
3  
 
Mark Cox / David Lloyd
Jan Kodeš / Tomáš Šmíd
6
4
13
15
6
4
2
6
6
4
 
4  
 
Mark Cox
Ivan Lendl
6
2
6
4
6
3
     
5  
 
Buster Mottram
Jiří Hřebec
5
7
3
6
6
3
6
4
6
0
 

Zone B

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Pre-qualifying round

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Draw

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Pre-qualifying round
Casablanca, Morocco
  Morocco5
  Turkey0

Results

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Morocco vs. Turkey

 
Morocco
5
Casablanca, Morocco[16]
27–29 August 1977
 
Turkey
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Mustapha Dislam
Ali Yenilmez
6
3
6
2
6
3
     
2  
 
Omar Laimina
Remzi Aydın
6
1
6
0
6
1
     
3  
 
Mustapha Dislam / Omar Laimina
Remzi Aydın / Ali Yenilmez
6
2
6
0
6
0
     
4  
 
Houcine Saber
Ali Yenilmez
6
3
6
4
6
2
     
5  
 
Mohammed Dlimi
Cevdet Cika
6
0
6
3
7
5
     

Preliminary rounds

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Draw

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First RoundQualifying Round
Casablanca, Morocco (clay)
  Morocco4
Casablanca, Morocco
  Norway1
  Morocco0
  Yugoslavia5
bye
  Yugoslavia
Dublin, Ireland (grass)
  Ireland4
Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
  Portugal1
  Ireland0
  Sweden5
bye
  Sweden
  Hungary
Pécs, Hungary
bye
  Hungary4
Brussels, Belgium (clay)
  Belgium1
  Belgium3
  Denmark2
Lucerne, Switzerland
   Switzerland5
Zürich, Switzerland
  Egypt0
   Switzerland0
  West Germany5
bye
  West Germany

First round

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Morocco vs. Norway

 
Morocco
4
Casablanca, Morocco[17]
16–18 September 1977
Clay
 
Norway
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Houcine Saber
Frithjof Prydz
6
2
6
3
6
3
     
2  
 
Omar Laimina
Per Hegna
7
5
5
7
6
1
3
6
7
5
 
3  
 
Mustapha Dislam / Mohammed Dlimi
Frithjof Prydz / Erik Ulleberg
6
3
6
8
6
8
10
8
7
5
 
4  
 
Houcine Saber
Per Hegna
3
6
1
6
1
6
     
5  
 
Omar Laimina
Frithjof Prydz
6
2
6
2
6
2
     

Ireland vs. Portugal

 
Ireland
4
Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[18]
16–18 September 1977
Grass
 
Portugal
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Kevin Menton
Arsénio Marta
6
2
7
5
4
6
4
6
6
3
 
2  
 
Sean Sorensen
Sergio Cruz
6
2
6
4
10
8
     
3  
 
Michael Hickey / Sean Sorensen
Manuel de Sousa / Miguel Soares
6
1
6
2
6
2
     
4  
 
Kevin Menton
Sergio Cruz
5
7
4
6
4
6
     
5  
 
Sean Sorensen
Arsénio Marta
6
0
6
2
6
4
     

Belgium vs. Denmark

 
Belgium
3
Brussels, Belgium[19]
16–18 September 1977
Clay
 
Denmark
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Thierry Stevaux
Lars Elvstrøm
6
3
6
0
1
6
4
6
6
8
 
2  
 
Bernard Boileau
Torben Ulrich
5
7
3
6
6
2
6
3
6
4
 
3  
 
Bernard Boileau / Thierry Stevaux
Tom Christensen / Lars Elvstrøm
2
6
7
5
3
6
3
6
   
4  
 
Thierry Stevaux
Torben Ulrich
6
3
6
1
6
3
     
5  
 
Bernard Boileau
Lars Elvstrøm
6
2
6
2
6
1
     

Switzerland vs. Egypt

 
Switzerland
5
Lucerne, Switzerland[20]
16–18 September 1977
 
Egypt
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Max Hürlimann
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka
6
0
6
1
6
3
     
2  
 
Heinz Günthardt
Mohammed-Abdul Fatah
6
0
6
1
6
2
     
3  
 
Petr Kanderal / Dimitri Sturdza
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka / Mohammed-Abdul Fatah
6
1
6
1
6
3
     
4  
 
Heinz Günthardt
Tarek-Shawki El Sakka
6
1
6
0
6
0
     
5  
 
Petr Kanderal
Mohammed-Abdul Fatah
6
0
4
6
10
8
7
5
   

Qualifying round

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Morocco vs. Yugoslavia

 
Morocco
0
Casablanca, Morocco[21]
17–19 March 1978
 
Yugoslavia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Omar Laimina
Dragan Savić
6
4
2
6
2
6
4
6
   
2  
 
Mustapha Dislam
Zoltan Ilin
0
6
4
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Mustapha Dislam / Mohammed Dlimi
Zoltan Ilin / Dragan Savić
5
7
4
6
6
8
     
4  
 
Mustapha Dislam
Dragan Savić
4
6
2
6
2
6
     
5  
 
Omar Laimina
Zoltan Ilin
6
4
3
6
1
6
0
6
   

Ireland vs. Sweden

 
Ireland
0
Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland[22]
17–19 March 1978
Hard (indoors)
 
Sweden
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Michael Hickey
Björn Borg
1
6
1
6
0
6
     
2  
 
Sean Sorensen
Kjell Johansson
6
3
6
3
7
9
3
6
2
6
 
3  
 
Michael Hickey / Sean Sorensen
Ove Bengtson / Tenny Svensson
6
4
2
6
4
6
1
6
   
4  
 
Sean Sorensen
Björn Borg
0
6
2
6
0
6
     
5  
 
Kevin Menton
Kjell Johansson
0
6
0
6
0
6
     

Hungary vs. Belgium

 
Hungary
4
Pécs, Hungary[23]
17–19 March 1978
 
Belgium
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Péter Szőke
Bernard Boileau
7
5
6
4
6
1
     
2  
 
Balázs Taróczy
Patrick Hombergen
12
10
6
3
6
3
     
3  
 
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy
Bernard Boileau / Thierry Stevaux
6
3
8
10
6
2
6
1
   
4  
 
Péter Szőke
Patrick Hombergen
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
5  
 
János Benyik
Bernard Boileau
6
3
4
6
1
6
6
3
3
6
 

Switzerland vs. West Germany

 
Switzerland
0
Zürich, Switzerland[24]
17–19 March 1978
 
West Germany
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Michel Burgener
Peter Elter
4
6
3
6
2
6
     
2  
 
Heinz Günthardt
Ulrich Pinner
10
8
6
4
2
6
4
6
6
8
 
3  
 
Petr Kanderal / Dimitri Sturdza
Ulrich Pinner / Reinhart Probst
4
6
2
6
3
6
     
4  
 
Michel Burgener
Ulrich Pinner
6
2
4
6
4
6
2
6
   
5  
 
Heinz Günthardt
Peter Elter
3
6
7
9
6
2
7
9
   

Main draw

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Draw

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Quarterfinals
13–18 June
Semifinals
13–16 July
Final
15–17 September
  Spain
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
bye
  Spain2
Belgrade, Yugoslavia (clay)
  Sweden3
  Yugoslavia2
Båstad, Sweden (clay)
  Sweden3
  Sweden3
Budapest, Hungary
  Hungary1
  Hungary3
Budapest, Hungary
  West Germany2
  Hungary4
  Italy1
bye
  Italy

Quarterfinals

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Yugoslavia vs. Sweden

 
Yugoslavia
2
Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia[25]
13–15 June 1978
Clay
 
Sweden
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Željko Franulović
Kjell Johansson
3
6
11
9
7
5
7
5
   
2  
 
Zoltan Ilin
Björn Borg
0
6
0
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Željko Franulović / Zoltan Ilin
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg
6
4
2
6
0
6
0
6
   
4  
 
Zoltan Ilin
Tenny Svensson
4
6
6
4
3
6
6
0
6
3
 
5  
 
Željko Franulović
Björn Borg
2
6
2
6
7
9
     

Hungary vs. West Germany

 
Hungary
3
Budapest, Hungary[26]
16–18 June 1978
 
West Germany
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Balázs Taróczy
Ulrich Pinner
6
1
6
2
6
1
     
2  
 
Péter Szőke
Peter Elter
6
4
4
6
2
6
3
6
   
3  
 
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy
Ulrich Pinner / Reinhart Probst
6
1
4
6
7
5
6
2
   
4  
 
Balázs Taróczy
Peter Elter
6
0
6
1
6
4
     
5  
 
Péter Szőke
Ulrich Pinner
2
6
2
6
3
6
     

Semifinals

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Sweden vs. Spain

 
Sweden
3
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[27]
14–16 July 1978
Clay
 
Spain
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Kjell Johansson
José Higueras
6
2
6
2
5
7
6
2
   
2  
 
Björn Borg
Manuel Orantes
6
2
5
7
6
3
6
3
   
3  
 
Ove Bengtson / Björn Borg
José Higueras / Manuel Orantes
6
3
2
6
2
6
4
6
   
4  
 
Kjell Johansson
Manuel Orantes
4
6
4
6
5
7
     
5  
 
Björn Borg
José Higueras
6
1
6
4
6
2
     

Hungary vs. Italy

 
Hungary
4
Budapest, Hungary[28]
13–15 July 1978
 
Italy
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Péter Szőke
Corrado Barazzutti
6
2
1
6
5
7
3
6
   
2  
 
Balázs Taróczy
Adriano Panatta
6
4
6
3
11
9
     
3  
 
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta
6
3
6
2
6
4
     
4  
 
Péter Szőke
Adriano Panatta
6
3
3
6
6
0
8
6
   
5  
 
Balázs Taróczy
Corrado Barazzutti
6
3
6
4
6
4
     

Final

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Sweden vs. Hungary

 
Sweden
3
Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[3]
15–17 September 1978
Clay
 
Hungary
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Kjell Johansson
Balázs Taróczy
7
5
6
2
6
4
     
2  
 
Björn Borg
Péter Szőke
6
2
6
0
6
0
     
3  
 
Ove Bengtson / Tenny Svensson
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy
2
6
1
6
10
12
     
4  
 
Kjell Johansson
Péter Szőke
3
6
7
5
6
1
3
6
6
1
 
5  
 
Tenny Svensson
Balázs Taróczy
2
6
6
4
5
5
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completed

References

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