- 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 Malá Sportovní Hall in
Prague ,Czechoslovakia , on 5-7 December.Americas Zone
North & Central America Zone
Preliminary Rounds
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Preliminary Rounds
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*Main draw
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*Americas Inter-Zonal Final
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team1=Argentina
team2=United States
venue=Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club ,Buenos Aires ,Argentina
date=7 March - 9 March 1980
surface=clay
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=José Luis Clerc |6 |6 |4 |14 | |T2P1=John McEnroe |3 |2 |6 |12 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Guillermo Vilas |7 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Brian Gottfried |5 |4 |3 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ricardo Cano |T1P2=Carlos Gattiker |0 |1 |4 | | |T2P1=Peter Fleming |T2P2=John McEnroe |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Guillermo Vilas |6 |4 |6 |2 |6 |T2P1=John McEnroe |2 |6 |3 |6 |4
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=José Luis Clerc |7 |6 | | | |T2P1=Brian Gottfried |5 |4 | | |
*Argentina advance to Inter-Zonal ZoneEastern Zone
Qualifying Rounds
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* — advanced to Preliminary RoundsPreliminary Rounds
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team1=Australia
team2=New Zealand
venue=Milton Courts,Brisbane ,Australia
date=7 March - 9 March 1980
surface=grass
score1=3
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Alexander |7 |7 |10 |4 |5 |T2P1=Chris Lewis |5 |9 |8 |6 |7
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Phil Dent |6 |5 |6 |3 |6 |T2P1=Onny Parun |2 |7 |3 |6 |2
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Alexander |T1P2=Phil Dent |6 |8 |9 | | |T2P1=Chris Lewis |T2P2=Russell Simpson |2 |6 |7 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Phil Dent |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Chris Lewis |4 |3 |2 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=John Alexander | | | | | |T2P1=Onny Parun | | | | | |np=
*Australia advance to Inter-Zonal ZoneEurope Zone
Zone A
Qualifying Round
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team1=Italy
team2=Sweden
venue=Foro Italico,Rome ,Italy
date=11 July - 13 July 1980
surface=clay
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Corrado Barazzutti |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Kjell Johansson |3 |3 |2 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Adriano Panatta |6 |6 |2 |6 |4 |T2P1=Stefan Simonsson |8 |1 |6 |4 |6
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Paolo Bertolucci |T1P2=Adriano Panatta |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Hans Simonsson |T2P2=Stefan Simonsson |2 |3 |5 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Adriano Panatta |3 |6 |6 |1 |6 |T2P1=Kjell Johansson |6 |2 |4 |6 |4
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Corrado Barazzutti |8 |6 | | | |T2P1=Stefan Simonsson |6 |1 | | |
*Italy advance to Inter-Zonal ZoneZone B
Qualifying Round
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team1=Romania |team1-var=1965
team2=Czechoslovakia
venue=Bucharest ,Romania
date=11 July - 13 July 1980
surface=clay
score1=1
score2=4
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Dimitru Haradau |4 |1 |3 | | |T2P1=Ivan Lendl |6 |6 |6 | |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Florin Segarceanu |3 |3 |1 | | |T2P1=Pavel Složil |6 |6 |6 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Dimitru Haradau |T1P2=Florin Segarceanu |3 |2 |4 | | |T2P1=Jan Kodeš |T2P2=Ivan Lendl |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Eduard Pana |5 |0 | | | |T2P1=Pavel Složil |7 |6 | | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Florin Segarceanu |2 |6 |8 | | |T2P1=Stanislav Birner |6 |2 |6 | |
*Czechoslovakia advance to Inter-Zonal ZoneInter-Zonal Zone
Draw
4TeamBracket-info
RD1date=19-21 September
RD2date=5-7 DecemberRD1T1-loc=
Buenos Aires ,Argentina (clay)
RD1-seed1=AME | RD1-team1=davis|ARG | RD1-score1=2
RD1-seed2=EUR-B | RD1-team2=davis|TCH | RD1-score2=3RD1T2-loc=
Rome ,Italy (clay)
RD1-seed3=EAS | RD1-team3=davis|AUS | RD1-score3=2
RD1-seed4=EUR-A | RD1-team4=davis|ITA | RD1-score4=3RD2T1-loc=
Prague ,Czechoslovakia (indoor carpet)
RD2-seed1=EUR-B | RD2-team1=davis|TCH | RD2-score1=4
RD2-seed2=EUR-A | RD2-team2=davis|ITA | RD2-score2=1First round
Argentina vs. Czechoslovakia
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team1=Argentina
team2=Czechoslovakia
venue=Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club ,Buenos Aires ,Argentina
date=19 September - 21 September 1980
surface=clay
score1=2
score2=3
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=José Luis Clerc |6 |3 |4 |6 |6 |T2P1=Pavel Složil |3 |6 |6 |2 |1
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Guillermo Vilas |5 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Ivan Lendl |7 |8 |9 | |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=José Luis Clerc |T1P2=Guillermo Vilas |2 |4 |3 | | |T2P1=Tomáš Šmíd |T2P2=Ivan Lendl |6 |6 |6 | |
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=José Luis Clerc |1 |5 |8 |2 | |T2P1=Ivan Lendl |6 |7 |6 |6 |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Guillermo Vilas |6 |6 | | | |T2P1=Pavel Složil |2 |2 | | |Italy vs. Australia
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team1=Italy
team2=Australia
venue=Foro Italico,Rome ,Italy
date=19 September - 21 September 1980
surface=clay
score1=3
score2=2
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Adriano Panatta |5 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Paul McNamee |7 |4 |0 |4 |
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Corrado Barazzutti |8 |6 |4 |2 | |T2P1=Peter McNamara |10 |1 |6 |6 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Paolo Bertolucci |T1P2=Adriano Panatta |2 |9 |9 |2 |6 |T2P1=Peter McNamara |T2P2=Paul McNamee |6 |7 |7 |6 |4
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Adriano Panatta |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=Peter McNamara |1 |5 |4 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Corrado Barazzutti |6 |4 |6 | | |T2P1=Rod Frawley |2 |6 |8 | |Final
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team1=Czechoslovakia
team2=Italy
venue=Malá Sportovní Hall,Prague ,Czechoslovakia
date=5 December - 7 December 1980
surface=carpet (indoors)
score1=4
score2=1
R1= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomáš Šmíd |3 |3 |6 |6 |6 |T2P1=Adriano Panatta |6 |6 |3 |4 |4
R2= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ivan Lendl |4 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Corrado Barazzutti |6 |1 |1 |2 |
R3= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ivan Lendl |T1P2=Tomáš Šmíd |3 |6 |3 |6 |6 |T2P1=Paolo Bertolucci |T2P2=Adriano Panatta |6 |3 |6 |3 |4
R4= TennisMatch |T1P1=Tomáš Šmíd |6 |3 |2 | | |T2P1=Corrado Barazzutti |3 |6 |6 | |
R5= TennisMatch |T1P1=Ivan Lendl |6 |6 | | | |T2P1=Gianni Ocleppo |3 |3 | | |
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