DAVIS CUP CHAMPIONS AND RESULTS
1967
Forty-seven challenging nations entered competition.
Captains—U.S., George MacCall; West Indies, Mervyn Morris
United States 5, British West Indies 0, at Tranquility Square Lawn Tennis Club, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Charlie Pasarell (USA) d. Lance Lumsden 62 62 61; Cliff Richey (USA) d. Richard Russell 62 16 75 64; Clark Graebner - Marty Riessen (USA) d. Russell - Lumden 64 62 62; Pasarell (USA) d. Russell 62 62 62; Richey (USA) d. Lumdsen 62 64 46 62.
Captains—U.S., George MacCall; Mexico, Eduardo Guzman
United States 4, Mexico 1, at Centro Deportivo, Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
Rafael Osuna (MEX) d. Cliff Richey 63 46 16 63 61; Arthur Ashe Jr. (USA) d. Marcelo Lara 75 62 75; Clark Graebner - Marty Riessen (USA) d. Joaquin Loyo-Mayo - Osuna 64 63 75; Ashe (USA) d. Osuna 86 63 62; Richey (USA) d. Lara 86 36 63 26 64.
Captains—U.S., George MacCall; Ecuador, Dan Carrera
Ecuador 3, United States 2, at Guayaquil Tennis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Cliff Richey (USA) d. Pancho Guzman 62 26 86 64; Miguel Olvera (ECU) d. Arthur Ashe Jr. 46 64 64 62; Olvera - Guzman (ECU) d. Clark Graebner - Marty Riessen 06 97 63 46 86; Guzman (ECU) d. Ashe 06 64 75 06 63; Richey (USA) d. Olvera 57 64 75 46 60.
Challenge Round
Captains—Spain, Jaime Bartroli; Australia, Harry Hopman
Australia 4, Spain 1, at Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia (Grass)
Roy Emerson (AUS) d. Manuel Santana 64 61 61; John Newcombe (AUS) d. Manuel Orantes 63 63 62; Tony Roche - John Newcombe (Aus) d. Orantes - Santana 64 64 64; Santana (SPA) d. Newcombe 75 64 62; Emerson (AUS) d. Orantes 61 61 26 64.
1968
Forty-nine challenging nations entered competition.
Captains—U.S., Donald Dell; West Indies, Richard Russell
United States 5, West Indies 0, at Byrd Park, Richmond, Va.
Clark Graebner (USA) d. Richard Russell 61 75 62; Arthur Ashe Jr. (USA) d. Lance Lumsden 61 61 60; Stan Smith - Robert Lutz (USA) d. Russell - Lumsden 62 63 63; Ashe (USA) d. Russell 63 62 64; Lutz (USA) d. Lumsden 60 62 61.
Captains—U.S., Donald Dell; Mexico, Eduardo Guzman
United States 5, Mexico 0, at Berkeley, Calif.
Arthur Ashe Jr. (USA) d. Rafael Osuna 60 63 60; Clark Graebner (USA) d. Joaquin Loyo-Mayo 63 86 46 64; Stan Smith - Robert Lutz (USA) d. Osuna - Vicente Zarazua 46 63 97 108; Graebner (USA) d. Osuna 108 63 64; Ashe (USA) d. Loyo-Mayo 64 86 62.
Captains—U.S., Donald Dell; Ecuador, Dan Carrera
United States 5, Ecuador 0, at The Coliseum, Charlotte, N.C.
Arthur Ashe Jr. (USA) d. Pancho Guzman 63 63 62; Clark Graebner (USA) d. Miguel Olvera 62 61 61; Graebner - Robert Lutz (USA) d. Guzman - Olvera 63 62 75; Graebner (USA) d. Guzman 46 63 64 64; Ashe (USA) d. Olvera 61 63 60.
Captains—U.S., Donald Dell; Spain, Jaime Bartoli
United States 4, Spain 1, at Clark Courts, Cleveland, Ohio
Manolo Santana (ESP) d. Clark Graebner 62 63 63; Arthur Ashe Jr. (USA) d. Juan Gisbert 62 64 62; Graebner - Charlie Pasarell (USA) d. Santana - Gisbert 1113 1715 75 62; Graebner (USA) d. Gisbert 97 63 61; Ashe (USA) d. Santana 1113 75 63 1315 64.
Captains—U.S., Donald Dell; India, Raj Khanna
United States 4, India 1, at Caribe Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Arthur Ashe Jr. (USA) d. Premjit Lall 62 57 62 64; Ramanathan Krishnan (IND) d. Clark Graebner 75 46 62 61; Stan Smith - Robert Lutz (USA) d. Krishnan - Jay Mukerjea 62 63 62; Ashe (USA) d. Krishnan 61 63 63; Graebner (USA) d. Lall 911 97 75 64.
Challenge Round
Captains—U.S., Donald Dell; Australia, Harry Hopman
United States 4, Australia 1, at Memorial Drive Stadium, Adelaide, Australia (Grass)
Clark Graebner (USA) d. William Bowrey 810 64 86 36 61; Arthur Ashe Jr. (USA) d. Ray Ruffels 68 75 63 63; Robert Lutz - Stan Smith (USA) d. John Alexander - Ruffels 64 64 62; Graebner (USA) d. Ruffels 36 86 26 63 61; Bowrey (AUS) d. Ashe 26 63 119 86.
1969
Fifty challenging nations entered competition.
Challenge Round
Captains—U.S., Donald Dell; Romania, Georgy Cobzucs
United States 5, Romania 0, at Harold T. Clark Courts, Cleveland Heights, Ohio (Hard)
Arthur Ashe Jr. (USA) d. Ilie Nastase 62 1513 75; Stan Smith (USA) d. Ion Tiriac 68 63 57 64 64; Robert Lutz - Smith (USA) d. Nastase - Tiriac 86 61 119; Smith (USA) d. Nastase 46 46 64 61 119; Ashe (USA) d. Tiriac 63 86 36 40 ret.
1970
Fifty challenging nations entered competition.
1970 Challenge Round
Captains—U.S., Edward Turville; West Germany, Ferdinand Henkel
United States 5, West Germany 0, at Harold T. Clark Courts, Cleveland Heights, Ohio (Hard)
Arthur Ashe Jr. (USA) d. Wilhelm Bungert 62 108 62; Cliff Richey (USA) d. Christian Kuhnke 63 64 62; Robert Lutz - Stan Smith (USA) d. Kuhnke - Bungert 63 75 64; Richey (USA) d. Bungert 64 64 75; Ashe (USA) d. Kuhnke 68 1012 97 1311 64.
1971
Forty-six challenging nations entered competition.
Challenge Round
Captains—U.S., Edward Turville; Romania, Stefan Georgescu
United States 3, Romania 2, at Julian J. Clark Stadium, Olde Providence Racquet Club, Charlotte, N.C. (Clay)
Stan Smith (USA) d. Ilie Nastase 75 63 61; Frank Froehling, III (USA) d. Ion Tiriac 36 16 63 61 86; Nastase - Tiriac (ROM) d. Smith - Erik van Dillen 75 64 86; Smith (USA) d. Tiriac 86 63 60; Nastase (ROM) d. Froehling 63 61 46 64.
1972
Fifty-four nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Dennis Ralston; Commonwealth Caribbean, Andrew Bloomfield
United States 4, Commonwealth Caribbean 1, at National Arena, Kingston, Jamaica
Eric van Dillen (USA) d. Lance Lumsden 61 64 62; Tom Gorman (USA) d. Richard Russell 64 62 75; Stan Smith - van Dillen (USA) d. R. Russell - Lumsden 64 62 60; R. Russell (USA) d. van Dillen 62 75 36 36 63; Gorman (USA) d. Compton Russell 61 64 63.
Captains—U.S., Dennis Ralston; Mexico, Yves Lemaitre
United States 5, Mexico 0, at Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico
Stan Smith (USA) d. Vicente Zarazua 62 61 62; Tom Gorman (USA) d. Joaquin Loyo-Mayo 86 63 75; Erik van Dillen - Smith (USA) d. Loyo-Mayo - Zarazua 2119 63 64; Smith (USA) d. Loyo-Mayo 60 63 36 64; Harold Solomon (USA) d. Octavio Martinez 64 61 62.
Captains—U.S., Dennis Ralston; Chile, Omar Pabst
United States 5, Chile 0, at Stade Francais, Santiago, Chile
Stan Smith (USA) d. Jaime Pinto Bravo 61 75 62; Harold Solomon (USA) d. Patricio Cornejo 97 46 61 36 62; Erik van Dillen - Smith (USA) d. Jaime Fillol - Cornejo 62 64 46 36 63; Solomon (USA) d. Pinto Bravo 61 61 62; Smith (USA) d. Cornejo 64 16 97 61.
Captains—U.S., Dennis Ralston; Spain, Jaime Bartoli
United States 3, Spain 2, at Club Real de Tenis, Barcelona, Spain
Andres Gimeno (ESP) d. Stan Smith 68 75 63 64; Harold Solomon (USA) d. Juan Gisbert 97 75 06 16 64; Erik van Dillen - Stan Smith (USA) d. Gimeno - Gisbert 63 06 62 63; Gimeno (ESP) d. Solomon, 63 61 26 62; Smith (USA) d. Gisbert 119 108 64.
Final Round
Captains—U.S., Dennis Ralston; Romania, Stefan Georgescu
United States 3, Romania 2, at Progresul Club, Bucharest, Romania (Clay)
Stan Smith (USA) d. Ilie Nastase 119 62 63; Ion Tiriac (ROM) d. Tom Gorman 46 26 64 63 62; Smith - Erik van Dillen (USA) d. Nastase - Tiriac 62 60 63; Smith (USA) d. Tiriac 46 62 64 26 60; Nastase (ROM) d. Gorman 61 62 57 108.
1973
Fifty-three nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Dennis Ralston; Mexico, Yves Lemaitre
United States 4, Mexico 1, at Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico
Raul Ramirez (MEX) d. Tom Gorman 64 62 63; Harold Solomon (USA) d. Joaquin Loyo-Mayo 75 64 75; Gorman - Erik van Dillen (USA) d. Ramirez - Vincente Zarazua 75 1214 63 64; Solomon (USA) d. Ramirez 86 75 75; Dick Stockton (USA) d. Luis Baraldi 62 16 63 86.
Captains—U.S., Dennis Ralston; Chile, Marcelo Taverne
United States 4, Chile 1, at Burns Tennis Center, North Little Rock, Ark.
Tom Gorman (USA) d. Jaime Fillol 1715 64 46 63; Stan Smith (USA) d. Patricio Cornejo 79 62 86 64; Erik van Dillen - Smith (USA) d. Cornejo - Fillol 79 3739 86 61 63; Fillol (CHI) d. Smith def.; Gorman (USA) d. Cornejo 63 61 61.
Captains—U.S., Dennis Ralston; Romania, Cristea Caralulis
United States 4, Romania 1, at Round Hill Country Club, Alamo, Calif.
Stan Smith (USA) d. Toma Ovici 75 61 63; Ilie Nastase (ROM) d. Marty Riessen 62 64 62; Erik van Dillen - Stan Smith (USA) d. Nastase - Ion Santeiu 62 75 62; Riessen (USA) d. Toma Ovici 61 46 61 75; Smith (USA) d. Nastase 57 62 63 46 63.
Final Round
Captains—U.S., Dennis Ralston; Australia, Neale Fraser
Australia 5, United States 0, at Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio (Indoor)
John Newcombe (AUS) d. Stan Smith 61 36 63 36 64; Rodney G. Laver (AUS) d. Tom Gorman 810 86 68 63 61; Newcombe - Laver (AUS) d. Erik van Dillen - Smith 61 62 64; Newcombe (AUS) d. Gorman 62 61 63; Laver (AUS) d. Smith 63 64 36 62.
1974
Fifty-six nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Dennis Ralston; Colombia, Dario Behar
Colombia 4, United States 1, at Club Los Lagartos Bogota, Colombia
Jairo Velasco (COL) d. Harold Solomon 61 36 46 63 75; Ivan Molina (COL) d. Erik van Dillen 64 75 62; Charlie Pasarell - van Dillen (USA) d. Molina - Velasco 63 1311 64; Velasco (COL) d. van Dillen 60 75 46 63; Molina (COL) d. Solomon 62 61 60.
Final Round
Captains—South Africa, Claude Lister; India, Ramanathan Krishnan
South Africa d. India, def.; India refused to play the Final as a protest against South African governmental policies of apartheid. The team from India included Vijay Amritraj, Anand Amritraj, Jasjit Singh, and Sashi Menon, while the team from South Africa consisted of Bob Hewitt, Frew McMillan, Ray Moore, and Rob Maud.
1975
Fifty-six nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Dennis Ralston; Commonwealth Caribbean, Peter Valdez
United States 5, Commonwealth Caribbean 0, at Ocean Club, Nassau, Bahamas
Arthur Ashe Jr. (USA) d. Richard Russell 62 61 62; Tom Gorman (USA) d. Leo Rolle 64 62 64; Erik van Dillen - Charlie Pasarell (USA) d. Rolle - John Antonas 62 61 61; Pasarell (USA) d. Rolle 16 119 61 46 62; Gorman (USA) d. Russell 62 36 61 63.
Captains—U.S., Dennis Ralston; Mexico, Francisco Contreras
Mexico 3, United States 2, at the Racquet Club, Palm Springs, Calif.
Raul Ramirez (MEX) d. Stan Smith 36 64 61 86; Roscoe Tanner (USA) d. Roberto Chavez 61 63 63; Ramirez - Vicente Zarazua (MEX) d. Dick Stockton - Robert Lutz 46 63 68 64 64; Ramirez (MEX) d. Tanner 75 79 64 62; Smith (USA) d. Chavez 62 97 61.
Final Round
Captains—Sweden, Lennart Bergelin; Czechoslovakia, Antonin Bolardt
Sweden 3, Czechoslovakia 2, at Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden (Indoor)
Bjorn Borg (SWE) d. Jiri Hrebec 61 63 60; Jan Kodes (CZE) d. Ove Bengtson 46 62 75 64; Borg - Bengtson (SWE) d. Kodes - Vladimir Zednik 64 64 64; Borg (SWE) d. Kodes 64 62 62; Hrebec (CZE) d. Bengtson 16 63 61 64.
1976
Fifty-eight nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Tony Trabert; Venezuela, Angel Garcia
United States 5, Venezuela 0, at Margaret Court Racquet Club, Tucson, Ariz.
Roscoe Tanner (USA) d. Jorge Andrew 64 63 62; Jimmy Connors (USA) d. Humphrey Hose 64 61 63; Erik van Dillen - Dick Stockton (USA) d. Andrew - Hose 62 62 75; Connors (USA) d. Andrew 62 61 62; Tanner (USA) d. Hose 36 63 62 64.
Captains—U.S., Tony Trabert
Mexico, Yves Lemaitre
Mexico 3, United States 2, at Estadio Rafael Osuna, Mexico City, Mexico
Jimmy Connors (USA) d. Marcelo Lara 62 61 36 46 75; Raul Ramirez (MEX) d. Brian Gottfried 61 64 62; Ramirez - Lara (MEX) d. Erik van Dillen - Dick Stockton 64 86 36 63; Gottfried (USA) d. Lara 36 62 36 86 61; Ramirez (MEX) d. Connors 26 63 63 64.
Final Round
Captains—Italy, Nicola Pietrangeli; Chile, Luis Ayala
Italy 4, Chile 1, at Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile (Clay)
Corrado Barazzutti (ITA) d. Jaime Fillol 75 46 75 61; Adriano Panatta (ITA) d. Patricio Cornejo 63 61 63; Panatta - Paolo Bertolucci (ITA) d. Cornejo - Fillol 36 62 97 63; Panatta (ITA) d. Fillol 86 64 36 108; Belus Prajoux (CHI) d. Antonio Zugarelli 64 64 62.
1977
Fifty-nine nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Tony Trabert; Venezuela, Angel Garcia
United States 4, Venezuela 1, at Altamira Tennis Club, Caracas, Venezuela
Dick Stockton (USA) d. Jorge Andrew 62 64 97; Vitas Gerulaitis (USA) d. Humphrey Hose 36 64 63 64; Fred McNair - Sherwood Stewart (USA) d. Hose - Jorge Andrew 86 63 64; Hose (VEN) d. Dick Stockton 64 36 119 97; Gerulaitis (USA) d. Andrew 63 16 63 75.
Captains—U.S., Tony Trabert; Mexico, Yves Lemaitre
United States 4, Mexico 1, at Tucson Racquet Club Ranch, Tucson, Ariz.
Roscoe Tanner (USA) d. Raul Ramirez 75 64 64; Arthur Ashe Jr. (USA) d. Roberto Chavez 64 64 64; Stan Smith - Robert Lutz (USA) d. Ramirez - Emilio Montano 62 63 64; Tanner (USA) d. Chavez 61 63 26 63; Ramirez (MEX) d. Ashe 63 64 64.
Captains—U.S., Tony Trabert; South Africa, Claude Lister
United States 4, South Africa 1, at Newport Beach Tennis Club, Newport Beach, Calif.
Roscoe Tanner (USA) d. Byron Bertram 64 62 16 64; Brian Gottfried (USA) d. Ray Moore 64 62 63; Stan Smith - Robert Lutz (USA) d. Frew McMillan - Bertram 75 61 36 63; Moore (RSA) d. Tanner 97 64 57 62; Gottfried (USA) d. Bertram 64 63 64.
Captains—U.S., Tony Trabert; Argentina, Oscar Furlong
Argentina 3, United States 2, at Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Richard Cano (AUS) d. Dick Stockton 36 64 86 64; Guillermo Vilas (AUS) d. Brian Gottfried 64 60 62; Fred McNair - Sherwood Stewart (USA) d. Cano - Lito Alvarez 63 64 63; Vilas (AUS) d. Stockton 57 62 62 62; Gottfried (USA) d. Cano 75 75 60.
Final Round
Captains—Australia, Neale Fraser; Italy, Nicola Pietrangeli
Australia 3, Italy 1, at White City Stadium, Sydney, Australia (Grass)
Tony Roche (AUS) d. Adriano Panatta 63 64 64; John Alexander (AUS) d. Corrado Barazzutti 64 86 46 62; Panatta - Paolo Bertolucci (ITA) d. Alexander - Phil Dent 64 64 75; Alexander (AUS) d. Panatta 64 46 26 86 119; Roche vs. Barazzutti 1212, match abandoned.
1978
Fifty nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Tony Trabert; South Africa, Claude Lister
United States 4, South Africa 1, at Memorial Gymnasium, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
Vitas Gerulaitis (USA) d. Bernie Mitton 26 62 61 75; Harold Solomon (USA) d. Byron Bertram 46 60 63 61; Bob Hewitt - Frew McMillan (RSA) d. Fred McNair - Sherwood Stewart 60 63 64; Solomon (USA) d. Mitton 75 64 62; Gerulaitis (USA) d. Bertram 63 63 60.
Captains—U.S., Tony Trabert; Chile, Luis Ayala
United States 3, Chile 2, at Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile
Brian Gottfried (USA) d. Jaime Fillol 64 75 62; Harold Solomon (USA) d. Hans Gildemeister 75 36 63 61; John McEnroe - Gottfried (USA) d. Belus Prajoux - Fillol 36 63 86 63; Fillol (CHI) d. Solomon 63 62; Gildemeister (CHI) d. Gottfried 46 75 1210. (last two matches best-of-three sets by mutual agreement).
Captains—U.S., Tony Trabert; Sweden, Martin Carlstein
United States 3, Sweden 2, at the Scandinavium, Gothenberg, Sweden
Bjorn Borg (SWE) d. Arthur Ashe Jr. 64 75 63; Vitas Gerulaitis (USA) d. Kjell Johansson 62 61 64; Stan Smith - Robert Lutz (USA) d. Ove Bengtson - Borg 26 63 36 75 63; Ashe (USA) d. Johansson 62 60 75; Borg (SWE) d. Gerulaitis 63 61 (best-of-three sets by mutual agreement).
Final Round
Captains—U.S., Tony Trabert; Great Britain, Paul Hutchins
United States 4, Great Britain 1, at Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, Calif. (Hard)
John McEnroe (USA) d. John Lloyd 61 62 62; Christopher Mottram (GBR) d. Brian Gottfried 46 26 108 64 63; Stan Smith - Robert Lutz (USA) d. David Lloyd - Mark Cox 62 62 63; McEnroe (USA) d. Mottram 62 62 61; Gottfried (USA) d. J. Lloyd 61 62 64.
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