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]

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

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       not completed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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     not completed