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1965 Davis Cup

1965 edition of the Davis Cup

Top 10 1965 Davis Cup related articles
1 Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and Kosmos Holding and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organisers as the "World Cup of Tennis", and the winners are referred to as the World Champion team. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Great Britain and the United States. By 2016, 135 nations entered teams into the competition. The most successful countries over the history of the tournament are the United States and Australia. The current champions are Spain, who beat Canada to win their sixth title in 2019.More
2 United States Davis Cup team
The United States of America's Davis Cup Team represents the United States in Davis Cup tennis competition, and is governed by the United States Tennis Association.More
3 Mexico Davis Cup team
The Mexico Davis Cup team represents Mexico in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federación Mexicana de Tenis.More
4 India Davis Cup team
The India Davis Cup team represents India in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the All India Tennis Association.More
5 Japan Davis Cup team
The Japan Davis Cup team represents Japan in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Japan Tennis Association.More
6 Spain Davis Cup team
The Spain Davis Cup team is the men's national tennis team and has represented Spain internationally since 1920. Organised by the Real Federación Española de Tenis (RFET), it is one of the 50 members of International Tennis Federation's European association.More
7 South Africa Davis Cup team
The South Africa Davis Cup team represents South Africa in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Tennis South Africa.More
8 Australia Davis Cup team
The Australian Davis Cup team is the second most successful team ever to compete in the Davis Cup, winning the coveted title on 28 separate occasions, second behind the United States with 32.More
9 White City Stadium (Sydney)
White City Stadium at the White City Tennis Club is a tennis venue in Rushcutters Bay, Sydney, Australia. The stadium was built in 1922 as a new venue for the New South Wales Championships. The venue served as host of the tournament until the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre opened for the 2000 Summer Olympics. The Club was formed in 1947, and today has 16 grass courts, 6 synthetic grass courts, and 6 Rebound Ace hard courts. The Australian Tennis Museum was located at White City from its founding in 1983 until 2005 when it moved out to Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre.More
10 Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Port Jackson and extends about 70 km (43.5 mi) on its periphery towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Informally there are at least 15 regions. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". As of June 2019, Sydney's estimated metropolitan population was 5,312,163, meaning the city is home to approximately 65% of the state's population.More
1965 Davis Cup
Details
Duration19 February – 29 December
Edition54th
Teams43
Champion
Winning Nation  Australia
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The 1965 Davis Cup was the 54th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 31 teams entered the Europe Zone, 9 teams entered the Eastern Zone, and 5 teams entered the America Zone.

The United States defeated Mexico in the America Zone final, India defeated Japan in the Eastern Inter-Zonal final, and Spain defeated South Africa in the Europe Zone final. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Spain defeated the United States in the semifinal, and then defeated India in the final. Spain were then defeated by the defending champions Australia in the Challenge Round. The final was played at White City Stadium in Sydney, Australia on 27–29 December.[1][2][3]

1965 Davis Cup Intro articles: 1
1 Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The population of 26 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.More

America Zone

Further information: 1965 Davis Cup America Zone

Draw

  Quarterfinals
8–10 July 		Semifinals
June–July 		Final
31 July–2 August
                           
  Nassau, Bahamas
     New Zealand 4  
     Caribbean/West Indies 0     Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
       New Zealand 0  
       Mexico 5  
     Mexico
   bye     Dallas, TX, United States (hard)
       Mexico 1
         United States 4
   bye  
     Canada     Bakersfield, CA, United States (hard)
       Canada 0
       United States 5  
   bye
     United States  

Final

United States vs. Mexico


United States
4 		Samuell Grand Park, Dallas, TX, United States [4]
31 July–2 August 1965
Hard
Mexico
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Arthur Ashe
Rafael Osuna 		6
2 		6
3 		9
7 		     
2
Dennis Ralston
Antonio Palafox 		6
2 		6
3 		6
2 		     
3
Dennis Ralston / Ham Richardson
Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox 		6
8 		4
6 		5
7 		     
4
Arthur Ashe
Antonio Palafox 		6
1 		6
4 		6
4 		     
5
Dennis Ralston
Rafael Osuna 		6
0 		6
2 		6
4 		     

1965 Davis Cup America Zone articles: 8
1 Dallas
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the largest city in Dallas County, with portions extending into Collin, Denton, Kaufman and Rockwall counties. With an estimated 2019 population of 1,343,573, it is the ninth most-populous city in the U.S. and the third-largest in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. Located in North Texas, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link to the sea. It is the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country at 7.5 million people.More
2 United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States, or America, is a country primarily located in North America, consisting of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, it is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area. With a population of over 328 million, it is the third most populous country in the world. The national capital is Washington, D.C., and the most populous city is New York City.More
3 Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers 1,972,550 square kilometers (761,610 sq mi) and has approximately 128,649,565 inhabitants, making it the world's 13th-largest country by area, 10th-most-populous country, and most populous Spanish-speaking nation. It is a federation comprising 31 states and Mexico City, its capital city and largest metropolis. Other major urban areas include Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca, Tijuana, Ciudad Juárez, and León.More
4 Arthur Ashe
Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. was an American professional tennis player who won three Grand Slam singles titles.More
5 Rafael Osuna
Rafael Osuna Herrera , nicknamed "El Pelón", was a former world No. 1 tennis player, the most successful player in the history of Mexico and an Olympian. He was born in Mexico City, and is best remembered for his singles victory at the U.S. Open Championships in 1963, winning the 1960 and 1963 Wimbledon Doubles championships, the 1962 U.S. Open Championships doubles, and for leading Mexico to its only Davis Cup Final round appearance in 1962. He is the only Mexican to date to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, in 1979.More
6 Dennis Ralston
Richard Dennis Ralston was an American professional tennis player whose active career spanned the 1960s and 1970s.More
7 Antonio Palafox
Antonio Palafox is a Mexican male former tennis player. He and compatriot Rafael Osuna won the doubles at the U.S. Open in 1962 and at Wimbledon in 1963. He is remembered along with Rafael Osuna, Francisco "Pancho" Contreras and Mario Llamas for guiding Mexico to the final of the Davis Cup in 1962.More
8 Ham Richardson
Hamilton Farrar Richardson was an American tennis player, who was active in the 1950s and 1960s.More

Eastern Zone

Further information: 1965 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

Zone A

  Semifinals
23–25 April 		Final
1–3 May
                 
  Tokyo, Japan
     Philippines 0  
     Japan 5     Seoul, South Korea
       Japan 5
       South Korea 0
   bye
     South Korea  

Zone B

  Quarterfinals
19 February–1 March 		Semifinals
13–29 March 		Final
10–12 April
                           
 
     Ceylon  
   bye     Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
       Ceylon 0  
  Abadan, Iran      India 5  
     India 5
     Iran 0     Vijayawada, India
       India 4
  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (grass)        South Vietnam 0
     South Vietnam 4  
     Pakistan 1     Saigon, South Vietnam
       South Vietnam 5
       Malaysia 0  
   bye
     Malaysia  

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

Japan vs. India


Japan
1 		Tokyo, Japan [5]
1–3 October 1965
India
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Koji Watanabe
Jaidip Mukerjea 		0
6 		4
6 		5
7 		     
2
Osamu Ishiguro
Ramanathan Krishnan 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3
Osamu Ishiguro / Koji Watanabe
Ramanathan Krishnan / Jaidip Mukerjea 		6
3 		6
4 		2
6 		6
4 		   
4
Koji Watanabe
Ramanathan Krishnan 		6
8 		2
6 		7
9 		     
5
Osamu Ishiguro
Jaidip Mukerjea 		7
5 		7
5 		2
6 		6
8 		4
6 		 

1965 Davis Cup Eastern Zone articles: 7
1 Tokyo
Tokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis , is the capital and most populous prefecture of Japan. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central Pacific coast of Japan's main island of Honshu. Tokyo is the political and economic center of the country, as well as the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the national government. In 2019, the prefecture had an estimated population of 13,929,280. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37.393 million residents as of 2020.More
2 Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. Part of the Ring of Fire, Japan spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering 377,975 square kilometers (145,937 sq mi); the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is Japan's capital and largest city; other major cities include Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto.More
3 India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the second-most populous country, the seventh-largest country by land area, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.More
4 Koji Watanabe
Koji Watanabe is a Japanese former international tennis player. He won four career singles titles (1966-1969).More
5 Jaidip Mukerjea
Jaidip Mukerjea is a retired professional tennis player from India.More
6 Osamu Ishiguro
Osamu Ishiguro was a tennis player from Japan.More
7 Ramanathan Krishnan
Ramanathan Krishnan is a retired tennis player from India who was among the world's leading players in the 1950s and 1960s. He was twice a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 1960 and 1961, reaching as high as World No. 6 in Lance Tingay's amateur rankings.More

Europe Zone

Further information: 1965 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Draw

First Round
28 April–3 May
   Second Round
13–16 May
   Quarterfinals
10–13 June
   Semifinals
16–18 July
   Final
30 July–1 August
   Sweden 4    
   Poland 1        Sweden 2  
   Czechoslovakia w/o      Czechoslovakia 3    
   Monaco          Czechoslovakia 3  
   Italy 5    
Milan, Italy (clay)
      Italy 2  
   Portugal 0        Italy 3
   Hungary 2      Brazil 2    
   Brazil 3          Czechoslovakia 1  
   West Germany 5          Spain 4  
    Switzerland 0        West Germany 5  
   Turkey 2      Luxembourg 0    
   Luxembourg 3          West Germany 1
   Spain 5          Spain 4  
   Greece 0        Spain 5
   Belgium 1      Chile 0    
   Chile 3          Spain 4
   Egypt    
Oslo, Norway (clay)
      South Africa 1
   Norway w/o        Norway 0  
   Netherlands 0      South Africa 5    
   South Africa 4          South Africa 3  
   Ireland 0          Great Britain 2  
   Denmark 3        Denmark 1
   Israel 1      Great Britain 3    
Paris, France (clay)
   Great Britain 4          South Africa 4
   Rhodesia w/o          France 1  
   Soviet Union        Rhodesia 0  
   Morocco 0      Yugoslavia 5    
Paris, France (clay)
   Yugoslavia 5          Yugoslavia 0
   Finland 1          France 5  
   Austria 4        Austria 0
 bye      France 5  
   France  

Final

Spain vs. South Africa


Spain
4 		Real Club de Tenis, Barcelona, Spain [6]
30 July–1 August 1965
Clay
South Africa
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Manuel Santana
Cliff Drysdale 		6
3 		6
3 		6
2 		     
2
Juan Gisbert
Keith Diepraam 		6
2 		6
1 		3
6 		3
6 		6
2 		 
3
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana
Keith Diepraam / Frew McMillan 		9
7 		4
6 		6
3 		6
2 		   
4
Juan Gisbert
Cliff Drysdale 		2
6 		6
4 		3
6 		2
6 		   
5
Manuel Santana
Keith Diepraam 		6
1 		6
3 		6
3 		     

1965 Davis Cup Europe Zone articles: 10
1 Real Club de Tenis Barcelona
The Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 1899 is a private tennis club in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The facility has 18 clay courts, including a stadium court with a capacity of 8,400 and show court for 2,000 spectators. Since moving to its current location in the northwest of the city in 1953, the club has hosted the Open Godó tournament, a part of the ATP World Tour's 500 Series. Over the years, the club has hosted many Davis Cup ties of the Spanish team, including the Inter-Zonal final in 1965.More
2 Barcelona
Barcelona is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits, its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the Province of Barcelona and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the fifth most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, the Ruhr area, Madrid, and Milan. It is one of the largest metropolises on the Mediterranean Sea, located on the coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, and bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola mountain range, the tallest peak of which is 512 metres high.More
3 Spain
Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southwestern Europe with some pockets of territory across the Strait of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Ocean. Its continental European territory is situated on the Iberian Peninsula. Its territory also includes two archipelagos: the Canary Islands off the coast of North Africa, and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The African enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country (Morocco). Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean respectively.More
4 South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. With over 59 million people, it is the world's 24th-most populous nation and covers an area of 1,221,037 square kilometres. South Africa has three capital cities: executive Pretoria, judicial Bloemfontein and legislative Cape Town. The largest city is Johannesburg. About 80% of South Africans are of Black African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different African languages. The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European, Asian, and multiracial ancestry.More
5 Manuel Santana
Manuel Martínez Santana, also known as Manolo Santana, is a former tennis player from Spain. He was ranked as amateur world No. 1 in 1966 by Lance Tingay.More
6 Cliff Drysdale
Eric Clifford Drysdale is a retired tennis player from South Africa. The former highly ranked professional player of the 1960s and early 1970s became a well-known tennis announcer.More
7 Juan Gisbert Sr.
Juan Gisbert Sr. is a retired amateur and professional tennis player from the 1960s and 1970s.More
8 Keith Diepraam
Keith Diepraam is a retired South African male tennis player.More
9 José Luis Arilla
José Luis Arilla is a Spanish former tennis player. He was the partner of Manuel Santana in Davis Cup matches. He only played 16 matches in the Open Era, and his best result in those times were the quarters of the 1968 Torneo Godó.More
10 Frew McMillan
Frew Donald McMillan is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa who won five major doubles championships including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. All together, he won 63 doubles titles, surpassed only by the Bryan brothers, Todd Woodbridge, John McEnroe and Tom Okker. He was also ranked No.1 in Doubles on the ATP Computer for a significant period from 1977 to 1979 when he was aged 37.More

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

  Semifinals
17–19 August 		Final
5–7 November
                 
 
  EAS    India  
   bye     Barcelona, Spain (clay)
    EAS    India 2
  Barcelona, Spain (clay)   EUR    Spain 3
  AME    United States 1
  EUR    Spain 4  

Semifinals

Spain vs. United States


Spain
4 		Real Club de Tenis, Barcelona, Spain [7]
17–19 August 1965
Clay
United States
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Juan Gisbert
Dennis Ralston 		3
6 		8
6 		6
1 		6
3 		   
2
Manuel Santana
Frank Froehling 		6
1 		6
4 		6
4 		     
3
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana
Clark Graebner / Dennis Ralston 		4
6 		3
6 		6
3 		6
4 		11
9 		 
4
Juan Gisbert
Frank Froehling 		6
3 		3
6 		6
4 		2
6 		6
3 		 
5
Juan Manuel Couder
Dennis Ralston 		6
4 		4
6 		3
6 		3
6 		   

Final

Spain vs. India


Spain
3 		Real Club de Tenis, Barcelona, Spain [8]
5–7 November 1965
Clay
India
2
1 2 3 4 5
1
Juan Gisbert
Ramanathan Krishnan 		2
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     
2
Manuel Santana
Jaidip Mukerjea 		6
0 		6
4 		6
4 		     
3
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana
Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea 		8
6 		6
2 		10
8 		     
4
Manuel Santana
Ramanathan Krishnan 		6
3 		6
3 		6
3 		     
5
Juan Gisbert
Jaidip Mukerjea 		6
4 		5
7 		2
6 		6
3 		4
6 		 

1965 Davis Cup Inter-Zonal Zone articles: 4
1 Frank Froehling
Frank Arthur Froehling III was an American tennis player.More
2 Clark Graebner
Clark Graebner is a retired American professional tennis player.More
3 Juan Manuel Couder
Juan Manuel Couder was a Spanish tennis player.More
4 Premjit Lall
Premjit Lall was a professional tennis player from India who was active during the 1960s and 1970s.More

Challenge Round

Australia vs. Spain


Australia
4 		White City Stadium, Sydney, Australia [3]
27–29 December 1965
Grass
Spain
1
1 2 3 4 5
1
Fred Stolle
Manuel Santana 		10
12 		3
6 		6
1 		6
4 		7
5 		 
2
Roy Emerson
Juan Gisbert 		6
3 		6
2 		6
2 		     
3
John Newcombe / Tony Roche
José Luis Arilla / Manuel Santana 		6
3 		4
6 		7
5 		6
2 		   
4
Roy Emerson
Manuel Santana 		6
2 		3
6 		4
6 		13
15 		   
5
Fred Stolle
Juan Gisbert 		6
2 		6
4 		8
6 		     

1965 Davis Cup Challenge Round articles: 4
1 Fred Stolle
Frederick Sydney Stolle, AO is an Australian former tennis player and commentator. He was born in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. He is the father of former Australian Davis Cup player Sandon Stolle.More
2 Roy Emerson
Roy Stanley Emerson is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, for a total of 28 Grand Slam tournament titles. He is the only male player to have completed a career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles, and first of two men to have completed a double career Grand Slam in singles. His 28 major titles are the all-time record for a male player. In 1964, he was ranked world No. 1.More
3 John Newcombe
John David Newcombe AO OBE is a former tennis player from Australia who is one of the few men to have attained a world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles. At the majors, he won seven singles titles and a former record 17 men's doubles titles. He also contributed to five Davis Cup titles for Australia during an age when Davis Cup was deemed as significant as the majors. Tennis magazine rated him the 10th best male player of the period 1965–2005.More
4 Tony Roche
Anthony Dalton Roche, AO, MBE is an Australian former professional tennis player, a native of Tarcutta. He played junior tennis in the New South Wales regional city of Wagga Wagga. He won one Grand Slam singles title and 15 Grand Slam doubles titles, ranking as high as World No. 2 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph in 1969. He also coached multi-Grand Slam winning world No. 1s Ivan Lendl, Patrick Rafter, Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt as well as former World No. 4 Jelena Dokic.More

References

  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–496, 499. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ Max Robertson (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 384. ISBN 0047960426.
  3. ^ a b "Australia v Spain". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "United States v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Spain v South Africa". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Spain v United States". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Spain v India". daviscup.com.

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