1980 Davis Cup

The 1980 Davis Cup was the 69th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 52 teams would enter the competition, 30 in the Europe Zone, 12 in the Americas Zone, and 10 in the Eastern Zone.

Argentina defeated the United States in the Americas Zone final, Australia defeated New Zealand in the Eastern Zone final, and Italy and Czechoslovakia won the Europe Zones. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Italy defeated Australia and Czechoslovakia defeated Argentina. Czechoslovakia defeated Italy in the final, which was held at Sportovní hala in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on 5–7 December.

Americas Zone

North & Central America Zone

Preliminary Rounds

Participating Teams

•  Canada
•  Caribbean/West Indies
•  Colombia
•  Mexico — advanced to Main Draw
•  Venezuela — advanced to Main Draw

Main draw

Participating Teams

•  Mexico
•  United States — advanced to Americas Inter-Zonal Final
•  Venezuela

South America Zone

Preliminary Rounds

Participating Teams

•  Brazil — advanced to Main Draw
•  Chile — advanced to Main Draw
•  Ecuador
•  Peru
•  Uruguay

Main draw

Participating Teams

•  Argentina — advanced to Americas Inter-Zonal Final
•  Brazil
•  Chile

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

Argentina 4	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina 7–9 March 1980 clay		United States 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 José Luis Clerc John McEnroe 6 3 6 2 4 6 14 12     2 Guillermo Vilas Brian Gottfried 7 5 6 4 6 3       3 Ricardo Cano / Carlos Gattiker Peter Fleming / John McEnroe 0 6 1 6 4 6       4 Guillermo Vilas John McEnroe 6 2 4 6 6 3 2 6 6 4   5 José Luis Clerc Brian Gottfried 7 5 6 4

• Argentina advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Eastern Zone

Qualifying Rounds

Participating Teams

•  Pakistan
•  Philippines
•  South Korea — advanced to Preliminary Rounds
•  Thailand — advanced to Preliminary Rounds

Preliminary Rounds

Participating Teams

•  Chinese Taipei — advanced to Main Draw
•  Indonesia
•  South Korea — advanced to Main Draw
•  Thailand

Main draw

Participating Teams

•  Australia
•  Chinese Taipei
•  India
•  Japan
•  New Zealand
•  South Korea

Final

Australia 3	Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia 7–9 March 1980 grass		New Zealand 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 John Alexander Chris Lewis 7 5 7 9 10 8 4 6 5 7   2 Phil Dent Onny Parun 6 2 5 7 6 3 3 6 6 2   3 John Alexander / Phil Dent Chris Lewis / Russell Simpson 6 2 8 6 9 7       4 Phil Dent Chris Lewis 6 4 6 3 6 2       5 John Alexander Onny Parun           not played

• Australia advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Europe Zone

Zone A

Qualifying Round

Participating Teams

•  Luxembourg
•  Turkey — advanced to Preliminary Rounds

Preliminary Rounds

Participating Teams

•  Bulgaria
•  Denmark
•  Hungary — advanced to Main Draw
•  Ireland
•  Israel
•  Monaco
•  Netherlands
•  Norway
•  Spain — advanced to Main Draw
•  Switzerland — advanced to Main Draw
•  Turkey
•  West Germany — advanced to Main Draw

Main draw

Participating Teams

•  Hungary
•  Italy
•  Spain
•  Sweden
•  Switzerland
•  West Germany

Final

Italy 4	Foro Italico, Rome, Italy 11–13 July 1980 clay		Sweden 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Corrado Barazzutti Kjell Johansson 6 3 6 3 6 2       2 Adriano Panatta Stefan Simonsson 6 8 6 1 2 6 6 4 4 6   3 Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta Hans Simonsson / Stefan Simonsson 6 2 6 3 7 5       4 Adriano Panatta Kjell Johansson 3 6 6 2 6 4 1 6 6 4   5 Corrado Barazzutti Stefan Simonsson 8 6 6 1

• Italy advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Zone B

Qualifying Round

Participating Teams

•  Algeria
•  Morocco — advanced to Preliminary Rounds

Preliminary Rounds

Participating Teams

•  Austria — advanced to Main Draw
•  Belgium
•  Egypt
•  Finland — advanced to Main Draw
•  France — advanced to Main Draw
•  Greece
•  Morocco
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Romania — advanced to Main Draw
•  Soviet Union
•  Yugoslavia

Main draw

Participating Teams

•  Austria
•  Czechoslovakia
•  Finland
•  France
•  Great Britain
•  Romania

Final

Romania 1	Bucharest, Romania 11–13 July 1980 clay		Czechoslovakia 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Dimitru Haradau Ivan Lendl 4 6 1 6 3 6       2 Florin Segarceanu Pavel Složil 3 6 3 6 1 6       3 Dimitru Haradau / Florin Segarceanu Jan Kodeš / Ivan Lendl 3 6 2 6 4 6       4 Eduard Pană Pavel Složil 5 7 0 6         5 Florin Segarceanu Stanislav Birner 2 6 6 2 8 6

• Czechoslovakia advance to Inter-Zonal Zone

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

	1st Round 19–21 September					Final 5–7 December
	Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
	AME	Argentina	2
	EUR-B	Czechoslovakia	3			Prague, Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)
						EUR-B	Czechoslovakia	4
Rome, Italy (clay)					EUR-A	Italy	1
	EAS	Australia	2
	EUR-A	Italy	3

First round

Argentina vs. Czechoslovakia

Argentina 2	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina 19–21 September 1980 clay		Czechoslovakia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 José Luis Clerc Pavel Složil 6 3 3 6 4 6 6 2 6 1   2 Guillermo Vilas Ivan Lendl 5 7 6 8 7 9       3 José Luis Clerc / Guillermo Vilas Tomáš Šmíd / Ivan Lendl 2 6 4 6 3 6       4 José Luis Clerc Ivan Lendl 1 6 5 7 8 6 2 6     5 Guillermo Vilas Pavel Složil 6 2 6 2

Italy vs. Australia

Italy 3	Foro Italico, Rome, Italy 19–21 September 1980 clay		Australia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Adriano Panatta Paul McNamee 5 7 6 4 6 0 6 4     2 Corrado Barazzutti Peter McNamara 8 10 6 1 4 6 2 6     3 Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee 2 6 9 7 9 7 2 6 6 4   4 Adriano Panatta Peter McNamara 6 1 7 5 6 4       5 Corrado Barazzutti Rod Frawley 6 2 4 6 6 8

Final

Czechoslovakia 4	Sportovní hala, Prague, Czechoslovakia 5–7 December 1980 carpet (indoors)		Italy 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tomáš Šmíd Adriano Panatta 3 6 3 6 6 3 6 4 6 4   2 Ivan Lendl Corrado Barazzutti 4 6 6 1 6 1 6 2     3 Ivan Lendl / Tomáš Šmíd Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta 3 6 6 3 3 6 6 3 6 4   4 Tomáš Šmíd Corrado Barazzutti 6 3 3 6 2 6       5 Ivan Lendl Gianni Ocleppo 6 3 6 3

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