DAVIS CUP CHAMPIONS AND RESULTS
1979
Fifty-two nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Tony Trabert; Colombia, Dario Behar
United States 5, Colombia 0, at Cleveland Skating Club, Cleveland, Ohio
John McEnroe (USA) d. Alvaro Betancur 62 61 61; Dick Stockton (USA) d. Ivan Molina 62 63 64; Peter Fleming - McEnroe (USA) d. Molina - Orlando Agudelo 64 60 64; McEnroe (USA) d. Molina 64 63 62; Stockton (USA) d. Betancur 61 62 75.
Captains—U.S., Tony Trabert; Argentina, Lito Alvarez
United States 4, Argentina 1, at Racquet Club of Memphis, Memphis, Tenn.
Vitas Gerulaitis (USA) d. Jose - Luis Clerc 61 75 61; John McEnroe (USA) d. Guillermo Vilas 62 63 62; Stan Smith - Robert Lutz (USA) d. Vilas - Clerc 26 46 119 64 61; McEnroe (USA) d. Clerc 62 63; Vilas (ARG) d. Gerulaitis 97 03 ret.
Captains—U.S., Tony Trabert; Australia, Neale Fraser
United States 4, Australia 1, at White City Stadium, Sydney, Australia
Vitas Gerulaitis (USA) d. Mark Edmondson 68 1416 108 63 63; John McEnroe (USA) d. John Alexander 97 62 97; Alexander - Phil Dent (AUS) d. Stan Smith - Robert Lutz 97 64 64; Gerulaitis (USA) d. Alexander 57 64 86 62; McEnroe (USA) d. Edmondson 63 64.
Final Round
Captains—U.S., Tony Trabert; Italy, Vittorio Crotta
United States 5, Italy 0, at Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, Calif. (Indoor)
Vitas Gerulaitis (USA) d. Corrado Barazzutti 63 32 ret.; John McEnroe (USA) d. Adriano Panatta 62 63 64; Robert Lutz - Stan Smith (USA) d. Panatta - Paolo Bertolucci 64 1210 62; Gerulaitis (USA) d. Panatta 61 63 63; McEnroe (USA) d. Antonio Zugarelli 64 63 61.
1980
Fifty-four nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S. Tony Trabert; Mexico, Yves Lemaitre
United States 3, Mexico 2, at Rafael Osuna Stadium, Mexico City, Mexico
John McEnroe (USA) d. Raul Ramirez 64 64 63; Vitas Gerulaitis (USA) d. Marcelo Lara 61 62 57 62; Peter Fleming - McEnroe (USA) d. Lara - Ramirez 63 63 1012 46 62; Ramirez (MEX) d. Gerulaitis 86 64; Javier Ordaz (MEX) d. Scott Davis 79 64 64.
Captains—U.S. Tony Trabert; Argentina, Lito Alvarez
Argentina 4, United States 1, at Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Guillermo Vilas (ARG) d. Brian Gottfried 75 64 63; Jose - Luis Clerc (ARG) d. John McEnroe 63 62 46 1311; Peter Fleming - McEnroe (USA) d. Alejandro Gattiker - Ricardo Cano 60 61 64; Vilas (ARG) d. McEnroe 62 46 63 26 64; Clerc (ARG) d. Gottfried 75 64.
Final Round
Captains—Italy, Vittorio Crotta; Czechoslovakia, Antonin Bolardt
Czechoslovakia 4, Italy 1, at Sportovni Hala, Prague, Czechoslovakia (Indoor)
Tomas Smid (CZE) d. Adriano Panatta 36 36 63 64 64; Ivan Lendl (CZE) d. Corrado Barazzutti 36 61 61 62; Lendl - Smid (CZE) d. Paolo Bertolucci - Panatta 36 63 36 63 64; Barazzutti (ITA) d. Smid 36 63 62; Lendl (CZE) d. Gianni Ocleppo 63 63.
1981
Fifty-three nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Arthur Ashe Jr.; Mexico, Yves Lemaitre
United States 3, Mexico 2, at LaCosta Resort Hotel and Spa, Carlsbad, Calif.
John McEnroe (USA) d. Jorge Lozano 63 61 63; Raul Ramirez (MEX) d. Roscoe Tanner 36 86 63 810 63; Ramirez - Lozano (MEX) d. Sherwood Stewart - Marty Riessen 64 36 97 06 63; Tanner (USA) d. Lozano 63 62 63; McEnroe (USA) d. Ramirez 64 63 60.
Captains—U.S., Arthur Ashe Jr.; Czechoslovakia, Antonin Bolardt
United States 4, Czechoslovakia 1, at USTA National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, N.Y.
Ivan Lendl (CZE) d. John McEnroe 64 1412 75; Jimmy Connors (USA) d. Tomas Smid 63 61 62; Robert Lutz - Stan Smith (USA) d. Lendl - Smid 97 63 62; McEnroe (USA) d. Smid 63 61 64; Connors (USA) d. Lendl 75 64.
Captains—U.S., Arthur Ashe Jr.; Australia, Neale Fraser
United States 5, Australia 0, at Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Ore.
John McEnroe (USA) d. Mark Edmondson 63 64 62; Roscoe Tanner (USA) d. Peter McNamara 64 64 46 36 62; Peter Fleming - McEnroe (USA) d. McNamara - Phil Dent 86 64 86; McEnroe (USA) d. McNamara 97 60; Tanner (USA) d. Edmondson 36 62 63.
Final Round
Captains—U.S., Arthur Ashe Jr.; Argentina, Carlos Junquet
United States 3, Argentina 1, at Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio (Indoor)
John McEnroe (USA) d. Guillermo Vilas 63 63 62; Jose - Luis Clerc (ARG) d. Roscoe Tanner 75 63 86; Peter Fleming - McEnroe (USA) d. Clerc - Vilas 63 46 64 46 119; McEnroe (USA) d. Clerc 75 57 63 36 63; Tanner vs. Vilas suspended at 11 games to 10 in first set.
1982
Fifty-eight nations entered the competition.
Captains—India, Vijay Amritraj; U.S., Arthur Ashe Jr.
United States 4, India 1, at LaCosta Resort Hotel and Spa, Carlsbad, Calif.
John McEnroe (USA) d. Vijay Amritraj 64 97 75; Eliot Teltscher (USA) d. Ramesh Krishnan 63 63 64; Peter Fleming - McEnroe (USA) d. V. Amritraj - Anand Amritraj 63 61 75; V. Amritraj (IND) d. Teltscher 63 75; McEnroe (USA) d. Krishnan 61 57 64.
Captains—U.S., Arthur Ashe Jr.; Sweden, Hans Olsson
United States 3, Sweden 2, at the Checkerdome, St. Louis, Mo.
John McEnroe (USA) d. Anders Jarryd 108 63 63; Mats Wilander (SWE) d. Eliot Teltscher 64 75 36 36 60; Peter Fleming - McEnroe (USA) d. Jarryd - Hans Simonsson 64 63 60; Jarryd (SWE) d. Brian Gottfried 62 62 64; McEnroe (USA) d. Wilander 97 62 1517 36 86.
Captains—U.S., Arthur Ashe Jr.; Australia, Neale Fraser
United States 5, Australia 0, at Perth Entertainment Centre, Perth, Australia
John McEnroe (USA) d. Peter McNamara 64 46 62 64; Gene Mayer (USA) d. John Alexander 64 36 61 62; Peter Fleming - McEnroe (USA) d. McNamara - Paul McNamee 62 62 36 86; Mayer (USA) d. Mark Edmondson 63 63; McEnroe (USA) d. Alexander 64 63.
Final Round
Captains—U.S., Arthur Ashe Jr.; France, Jean - Paul Loth
United States 4, France 1, at Palais des Sports, Grenoble, France (Indoor/Clay)
John McEnroe (USA) d. Yannick Noah 1210 16 36 63 62; Gene Mayer (USA) d. Henri Leconte 62 62 79 64; Peter Fleming - McEnroe (USA) d. Leconte - Noah 63 64 97; Noah (FRA) d. Mayer 61 60; McEnroe (USA) d. Leconte 62 63.
1983
Fifty-eight nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Arthur Ashe Jr.; Argentina, Ricardo Cano
Argentina 3, United States 2, at Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Guillermo Vilas (ARG) d. Gene Mayer 63 63 64; Jose-Luis Clerc (ARG) d. John McEnroe 64 60 36 46 75; Peter Fleming - McEnroe (USA) d. Clerc - Vilas 26 108 61 36 61; Vilas (ARG) d. McEnroe 64 60 61; Mayer (USA) d. Alejandro Ganzabal 64 36 108.
(Relegation match: Winner remains in World Group in 1984 competition; loser relegated to Zonal Group in 1984.)
Captains—U.S., Arthur Ashe Jr.; Ireland, Michael Hickey
United States 4, Ireland 1, at Simmonscourt Pavilion, Dublin, Ireland
John McEnroe (USA) d. Sean Sorensen 63 62 62; Matt Doyle (IRE) d. Eliot Teltscher 63 64 64; Peter Fleming - McEnroe (USA) d. Doyle - Sorensen 62 63 64; McEnroe (USA) d. Doyle 97 63 63; Teltscher (USA) d. Sorensen 1416 108 86.
Final Round
Captains—Australia, Neale Fraser; Sweden, Hans Olsson
Australia 3, Sweden 2, at Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne, Australia (Grass)
Mats Wilander (SWE) d. Pat Cash 63 46 97 63; John Fitzgerald (AUS) d. Joakim Nystrom 64 62 46 64; Mark Edmondson - Paul McNamee (AUS) d. Anders Jarryd - Hans Simonsson 64 64 62; Cash (AUS) d. Nystrom 64 61 61; Wilander (SWE) d. Fitzgerald 68 60 61.
1984
Sixty-two nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Arthur Ashe Jr.; Romania, Alexe Bardan
United States 5, Romania 0, at the Sports Palace, Bucharest, Romania
Jimmy Connors (USA) d. Florin Segarceanu 62 63 64; John McEnroe (USA) d. Ilie Nastase 62 64 62; Peter Fleming - McEnroe (USA) d. Nastase - Segarceanu 63 64 64; Connors (USA) d. Nastase 64 64; McEnroe (USA) d. Segarceanu 26 62 62.
Captains—U.S., Arthur Ashe Jr.; Argentina, Gerardo Wortelboer
United States 5, Argentina 0, at the Omni, Atlanta, Ga.
John McEnroe (USA) d. Jose - Luis Clerc 64 60 62; Jimmy Connors (USA) d. Martin Jaite 63 64 108; Peter Fleming - McEnroe (USA) d. Clerc - Jaite 75 46 63 61; Connors (USA) d. Clerc 86 62; McEnroe (USA) d. Jaite 63 64.
Captains—U.S., Arthur Ashe Jr.; Australia, Neale Fraser
United States 4, Australia 1, at Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Ore.
John McEnroe (USA) d. Pat Cash 63 64 61; Jimmy Connors (USA) d. John Fitzgerald 63 63 62; Peter Fleming - McEnroe (USA) d. Mark Edmondson - Paul McNamee 64 62 63; McEnroe (USA) d. Fitzgerald 46 62 61; Cash (AUS) d. Connors 64 62.
Final Round
Captains—U.S., Arthur Ashe Jr.; Sweden, Hans Olsson
Sweden 4, United States 1, at The Scandinavium, Goteborg, Sweden (Indoor/Clay)
Mats Wilander (SWE) d. Jimmy Connors 61 63 63; Henrik Sundstrom (SWE) d. John McEnroe 1311 64 63; Stefan Edberg - Anders Jarryd (SWE) d. Peter Fleming - McEnroe 75 57 62 75; McEnroe (USA) d. Wilander 63 57 63; Sundstrom (SWE) d. Jimmy Arias 36 86 63.
1985
Sixty-three nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S. Arthur Ashe Jr.; Japan, Toshio Sakai
United States 5, Japan 0, at the Kyoto Prefectural Gyonasium, Kyoto, Japan
Eliot Teltscher (USA) d. Kaoru Maruyama 61 61 61; Aaron Krickstein (USA) d. Shozo Shiraishi 64 61 36 64; Ken Flach - Robert Seguso (USA) d. Shigeguki Nishio - Shinighi Sakamoto 62 63 61; Krickstein (USA) d. Maruyama 61 61; Teltscher (USA) d. Shiraishi 63 62.
Captains—U.S., Arthur Ashe Jr.; West Germany, Wilhelm Bungert
Federal Republic of Germany 3, United States 2, at the Rothenbaum Club, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany
Boris Becker (FRG) d. Eliot Teltscher 62 62 63; Hansjorg Schwaier (FRG) d. Aaron Krickstein 26 61 26 61 86; Ken Flach - Robert Seguso (USA) d. Becker - Andreas Maurer 62 68 61 46 75; Teltscher (USA) d. Schwaier 64 26 57 64 62; Becker (FRG) d. Krickstein 62 62 61.
Final Round
Captains—Sweden, Hans Olsson; Federal Republic of Germany, Wilhelm Bungert
Sweden 3, Federal Republic of Germany 2, at Olympiahalle, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany (Indoor/Carpet)
Mats Wilander (SWE) d. Michael Westphal 63 64 108; Boris Becker (FRG) d. Stefan Edberg 63 36 75 86; Joakim Nystrom - Wilander (SWE) d. Becker - Andreas Maurer 64 62 61; Becker (FRG) d. Wilander 63 26 62 62; Edberg (SWE) d. Westphal 36 75 64 63.
1986
Seventy-one nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Ecuador, Ricardo Ycaza
United States 3, Ecuador 2, at the Guayaquil Tennis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Andres Gomez (ECU) d. Jimmy Arias 75 46 46 97 64; Aaron Krickstein (USA) d. Raul Viver 86 61 63; Ken Flach - Robert Seguso (USA) d. Gomez - Ricardo Ycaza 62 64 26 64; Gomez (ECU) d. Krickstein 36 75 61 64; Arias (USA) d. Viver 63 61 64.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Mexico, Raul Ramirez
United States 4, Mexico 1, at the Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico
Francisco Maciel (MEX) d. Tim Mayotte 26 1311 64 64; Brad Gilbert (USA) d. Leonardo Lavalle 64 64 36 64; Ken Flach - Robert Seguso (USA) d. Jorge Lozano - Fernando Perez - Pascal 57 63 64 64; Mayotte (USA) d. Lavalle 75 46 06 64 97; Gilbert (USA) d. Maciel 75 16 75.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Australia, Neale Fraser
Australia 3, United States 1, at Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia
Paul McNamee (AUS) d. Brad Gilbert 26 63 36 60 61; Pat Cash (AUS) d. Tim Mayotte 46 61 62 62; Paul Annacone - Ken Flach (USA) d. Cash - John Fitzgerald 810 16 75 1311 97; Cash (AUS) d. Gilbert 36 62 63 64; McNamee vs. Mayotte 63 25 (match abandoned).
Final Round
Captains—Australia, Neale Fraser; Sweden, Hans Olsson
Australia 3, Sweden 2, at Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne, Australia (Grass)
Pat Cash (AUS) d. Stefan Edberg 1311 1311 64; Mikael Pernfors (SWE) d. Paul McNamee 63 61 63; Cash - John Fitzgerald (AUS) d. Edberg - Anders Jarryd 63 64 46 61; Cash (AUS) d. Pernfors 26 46 63 64 63; Edberg (SWE) d. McNamee 108 64.
1987
Seventy-two nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Paraguay, Alberto Gross Brown
Paraguay 3, United States 2, at the Yacht and Golf Club Paraguayo, Asuncion, Paraguay
Aaron Krickstein (USA) d. Hugo Chapacu 57 63 61 46 64; Victor Pecci (PAR) d. Jimmy Arias 63 46 64 75; Ken Flach - Robert Seguso (USA) d. Francisco Gonzalez - Pecci 57 911 62 75 64; Chapacu (PAR) d. Arias 64 61 57 36 97; Pecci (PAR) d. Krickstein 62 86 97.
(Relegation match: Winner remains in World Group in 1988 competition; loser relegated to Zonal Group in 1988.)
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Federal Republic of Germany, Niki Pilic
Federal Republic of Germany 3, United States 2, at the Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, Conn.
Eric Jelen (FRG) d. Tim Mayotte 68 62 16 63 62; Boris Becker (FRG) d. John McEnroe 46 1513 810 62 62; Ken Flach - Robert Seguso (USA) d. Jelen - Ricki Osterthun 63 86 1412; McEnroe (USA) d. Jelen 75 62 61; Becker (FRG) d. Mayotte 62 63 57 46 62.
Final Round
Captains—Sweden, Hans Olsson; India, Vijay Amritraj
Sweden 5, India 0, at The Scandinavium, Goteborg, Sweden (Indoor/Clay)
Mats Wilander (SWE) d. Ramesh Krishnan 64 61 63; Anders Jarryd (SWE) d. Vijay Amritraj 63 63 61; Joakim Nystrom - Wilander (SWE) d. Anand Amritraj - V. Amritraj 62 36 61 62; Jarryd (SWE) d. Krishnan 64 63; Wilander (SWE) d. V. Amritraj 62 60.
1988
Seventy-five nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Peru, Fernando Maynetto
United States 3, Peru 0, at the Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposicion, Lima, Peru
Jay Berger (USA) d. Pablo Arraya 75 61 57 16 75; Andre Agassi (USA) d. Jaime Yzaga 68 75 61 62; Ken Flach - Robert Seguso (USA) d. Carlos DiLaura - Yzaga 62 46 64 63.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Argentina, Modesto Vazquez
United States 4, Argentina 1, at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina
John McEnroe (USA) d. Guillermo Perez Roldan 62 57 64 36 63; Andre Agassi (USA) d. Martin Jaite 62 62 61; Ken Flach - Robert Seguso (USA) d. Javier Frana - Christian Miniussi 62 63 64; Agassi (USA) d. Perez Roldan 26 62 86; Jaite (ARG) d. McEnroe 60 68 63.
Final Round
Captains—Sweden, Hans Olsson; Federal Republic of Germany, Niki Pilic
Federal Republic of Germany 4, Sweden 1, at The Scandinavium, Goteborg, Sweden (Indoor/Clay)
Carl-Uwe Steeb (FRG) d. Mats Wilander 810 16 62 64 86; Boris Becker (FRG) d. Stefan Edberg 63 61 64; Becker - Eric Jelen (FRG) d. Edberg - Anders Jarryd 36 26 75 63 62; Edberg (SWE) d. Steeb 64 86; Patrick Kuhnen d. Kent Carlsson w/o.
1989
Seventy-nine nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Paraguay, Alberto Gross Brown
United States 5, Paraguay 0, at the Sonesta Sanibel Harbour Resort, Fort Myers, Fla.
Michael Chang (USA) d. Victor Pecci 67(5) 63 64 62; Andre Agassi (USA) d. Hugo Chapacu 62 61 61; Ken Flach - Robert Seguso (USA) d. Francisco Gonzalez - Pecci 61 63 64; Chang (USA) d. Chapacu 57 60 61; Agassi (USA) d. Gonzalez 62 64.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; France, Eric Deblicker
United States 5, France 0, at the San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, Calif.
John McEnroe (USA) d. Yannick Noah 63 64 61; Andre Agassi (USA) d. Henri Leconte 61 62 57 61; Ken Flach - Robert Seguso (USA) d. Guy Forget - Noah 62 76 46 76; Agassi (USA) d. Noah 63 76; McEnroe (USA) d. Leconte 63 61.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Federal Republic of Germany, Niki Pilic
Federal Republic of Germany 3, United States 2, at the Olympia Halle, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany
Brad Gilbert (USA) d. Carl-Uwe Steeb 62 26 26 64 64; Boris Becker (FRG) d. Andre Agassi 67(4) 67(5) 76(3) 63 64; Becker - Eric Jelen (FRG) d. Ken Flach - Robert Seguso 36 76 64 76; Steeb (FRG) d. Agassi 46 64 64 62; Gilbert (USA) d. Patrick Kuhnen 64 16 64.
Final Round
Captains—Sweden, John-Anders Sjogren; Federal Republic of Germany, Niki Pilic
Federal Republic of Germany 3, Sweden 2, at Schleyer Halle, Stuttgart, Federal Republic of Germany (Indoor/Carpet)
Mats Wilander (SWE) d. Carl-Uwe Steeb 57 76(0) 67(4) 62 63; Boris Becker (FRG) d. Stefan Edberg 62 62 64; Becker - Eric Jelen (FRG) d. Jan Gunnarsson - Anders Jarryd 76(6) 64 36 67(4) 64; Becker (FRG) d. Wilander 62 60 62; Edberg (SWE) d. Steeb 62 64.
1990
Eighty-five nations entered the competition.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Mexico, Antonio Palafox
United States 4, Mexico 0, at La Costa Resort Hotel and Spa, Carlsbad, Calif.
Jay Berger (USA) d. Jorge Lozano 67 64 63 63; Brad Gilbert (USA) d. Leonardo Lavalle 63 61 76; Rick Leach - Jim Pugh (USA) d. Lavalle - Lozano 64 67 75 61; Gilbert (USA) d. Lozano 46 62 63; Berger vs. Lavalle 64 12 suspended.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Czechoslovakia, Frantsek Pala
United States 4, Czechoslovakia 1, at Hall of Sports, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Aaron Krickstein (USA) d. Milan Srejber 46 76(5) 76(5) 67(4) 63; Petr Korda (CZE) d. Brad Gilbert 62 63 63; Rick Leach - Jim Pugh (USA) d. Korda - Srejber 64 64 64; Krickstein (USA) d. Korda 62 63 16 63; Gilbert (USA) d. Karel Novacek 62 61.
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Austria, Filip Krajcik
United States 3, Austria 2, at Wiener Prater Stadion, Vienna, Austria
Thomas Muster (AUT) d. Michael Chang 46 62 62 64; Andre Agassi (USA) d. Horst Skoff 76(3) 60 61; Rick Leach - Jim Pugh (USA) d. Muster - Alexander Antonitsch 76(4) 36 60 75; Muster (AUT) d. Agassi 62 62 76(3); Chang (USA) d. Skoff 36 67(4) 64 64 63.
Final Round
Captains—U.S., Tom Gorman; Australia, Neale Fraser
United States 3, Australia 2, at Florida Suncoast Dome, St. Petersburg, Fla. (Indoor/Clay)
Andre Agassi (USA) d. Richard Fromberg 46 62 46 62 64; Michael Chang (USA) d. Darren Cahill 62 76(4) 60; Rick Leach - Jim Pugh (USA) d. Pat Cash - John Fitzgerald 64 62 36 76(2); Cahill (AUS) d. Agassi 64 46 ret.; Fromberg (AUS) d. Chang 75 26 63.
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