# 1958 Davis Cup

The 1958 Davis Cup was the 47th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 24 teams entered the Europe Zone, 7 teams entered the America Zone, and 5 teams entered the Eastern Zone. Thailand made its first appearance in the competition.
The United States defeated Argentina in the America Zone final, the Philippines defeated Ceylon in the Eastern Zone final, and Italy defeated Great Britain in the Europe Zone final. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Italy defeated the Philippines in the semifinal, and then the United States defeated Italy in the final. The United States then defeated the defending champions Australia in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Milton Courts in Brisbane, Australia on 29–31 December.
The US team was composed of Alex Olmedo, Ham Richardson, Barry MacKay (tennis), and captain Perry T. Jones. Jack Kramer and Pancho Gonzales acted as advisors to Jones.

## America Zone
### Draw

| Quarterfinals 16–18 May; 4–12 July | Quarterfinals 16–18 May; 4–12 July | Quarterfinals 16–18 May; 4–12 July | Semifinals 11–21 July | Semifinals 11–21 July | Semifinals 11–21 July | Final 15–18 August | Final 15–18 August | Final 15–18 August |
| Israel | Israel | | | | | | | |
| Israel | Israel | | Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | | | |
| bye | bye | | Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | | | |
| bye | bye | | Israel | Israel | 0 | | | |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | Israel | Israel | 0 | | | |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) | Argentina | Argentina | 5 | | | |
| Argentina | Argentina | 5 | Argentina | Argentina | 5 | | | |
| Argentina | Argentina | 5 | | | | Rye, NY, United States (grass) | Rye, NY, United States (grass) | Rye, NY, United States (grass) |
| Caribbean/West Indies | Caribbean/West Indies | 0 | | | | Rye, NY, United States (grass) | Rye, NY, United States (grass) | Rye, NY, United States (grass) |
| Caribbean/West Indies | Caribbean/West Indies | 0 | | | | Argentina | Argentina | 0 |
| Toronto, Canada (clay) | Toronto, Canada (clay) | Toronto, Canada (clay) | | | | Argentina | Argentina | 0 |
| Toronto, Canada (clay) | Toronto, Canada (clay) | Toronto, Canada (clay) | | | | United States | United States | 5 |
| Canada | Canada | 5 | | | | United States | United States | 5 |
| Canada | Canada | 5 | Toronto, Canada (clay) | Toronto, Canada (clay) | Toronto, Canada (clay) | | | |
| Cuba | Cuba | 0 | Toronto, Canada (clay) | Toronto, Canada (clay) | Toronto, Canada (clay) | | | |
| Cuba | Cuba | 0 | Canada | Canada | 0 | | | |
| Caracas, Venezuela | Caracas, Venezuela | Caracas, Venezuela | Canada | Canada | 0 | | | |
| Caracas, Venezuela | Caracas, Venezuela | Caracas, Venezuela | United States | United States | 5 | | | |
| Venezuela | Venezuela | 0 | United States | United States | 5 | | | |
| United States | United States | 5 | | | | | | |

### Final

United States vs. Argentina
| United States 5 | Westchester Country Club, Rye, NY, United States 15–18 August 1958 Grass | Westchester Country Club, Rye, NY, United States 15–18 August 1958 Grass | Argentina 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Barry MacKay (tennis) Eduardo Soriano 6 2 6 2 3 6 6 3     2 Ham Richardson Enrique Morea 6 1 6 2 7 9 6 2     3 Sam Giammalva / Barry MacKay (tennis) Enrique Morea / Eduardo Soriano 6 3 6 2 6 2       4 Ham Richardson Eduardo Soriano 6 4 6 2 7 5       5 Barry MacKay (tennis) Enrique Morea 6 2 6 2 6 2 ||||

## Eastern Zone
### Draw

| Quarterfinals 28–30 March | Quarterfinals 28–30 March | Quarterfinals 28–30 March | Semifinals 23 April–4 May | Semifinals 23 April–4 May | Semifinals 23 April–4 May | Final 21–23 May | Final 21–23 May | Final 21–23 May |
| Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | | | | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 5 | | | | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 5 | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | | | |
| Thailand | Thailand | 0 | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | | | |
| Thailand | Thailand | 0 | Japan | Japan | 2 | | | |
| | | | Philippines | Philippines | 3 | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | | Philippines | Philippines | 3 | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | | | | | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines |
| bye | bye | | | | | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines |
| bye | bye | | | | | Philippines | Philippines | 5 |
| | | | | | | Ceylon | Ceylon | 0 |
| bye | bye | | | | | Ceylon | Ceylon | 0 |
| bye | bye | | Singapore (grass) | Singapore (grass) | Singapore (grass) | | | |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | | Singapore (grass) | Singapore (grass) | Singapore (grass) | | | |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | | Ceylon | Ceylon | 3 | | | |
| | | | Malaya | Malaya | 1 | | | |
| bye | bye | | Malaya | Malaya | 1 | | | |
| Malaya | Malaya | | | | | | | |

### Final

Philippines vs. Ceylon
| Philippines 5 | Manila, Philippines 21–23 May 1958 | Manila, Philippines 21–23 May 1958 | Ceylon 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Felicisimo Ampon Bernard Pinto 6 1 6 0 6 1       2 Raymundo Deyro Rupert Ferdinands 6 2 6 2 6 1       3 Miguel Dungo / Juan-Johnson Jose Rupert Ferdinands / Bernard Pinto 6 1 6 0 6 4       4 Miguel Dungo Raja Praesody 6 2 6 3 7 5       5 Juan-Johnson Jose Rupert Ferdinands 6 1 6 4 6 3 ||||

## Europe Zone
### Draw

| First Round 25 April–4 May | First Round 25 April–4 May | First Round 25 April–4 May | Second Round 15–20 May | Second Round 15–20 May | Second Round 15–20 May | Quarterfinals 5–8 June | Quarterfinals 5–8 June | Quarterfinals 5–8 June | Semifinals 18–21 July | Semifinals 18–21 July | Semifinals 18–21 July | Final 1–3 August | Final 1–3 August | Final 1–3 August |
| Italy | Italy | | Florence, Italy (clay) | Florence, Italy (clay) | Florence, Italy (clay) | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Italy | Italy | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Monaco | Monaco | 0 | India | India | 2 | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | | | | | | |
| India | India | 5 | | | | Italy | Italy | 5 | | | | |
| Denmark | Denmark | | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Denmark | Denmark | 0 | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Denmark | Denmark | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 0 | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 2 | | | | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 5 | | | | | | | Italy | Italy | 4 | |
| Mexico | Mexico | | Helsinki, Finland | Helsinki, Finland | Helsinki, Finland | | | | Poland | Poland | 1 | |
| bye | bye | | Mexico | Mexico | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 0 | Finland | Finland | 0 | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | | | | | | |
| Finland | Finland | 5 | | | | Mexico | Mexico | 2 | | | | |
| Poland | Poland | | Lausanne, Switzerland | Lausanne, Switzerland | Lausanne, Switzerland | Poland | Poland | 3 | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Poland | Poland | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | 3 | Switzerland | Switzerland | 1 | | | | | | | Milan, Italy (clay) | Milan, Italy (clay) | Milan, Italy (clay) |
| Austria | Austria | 2 | | | | | | | | | | Italy | Italy | 4 |
| Turkey | Turkey | 1 | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | | | | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 1 |
| Chile | Chile | 4 | Chile | Chile | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | France | France | 4 | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | | | | | | |
| France | France | | | | | France | France | 3 | | | | | | |
| Egypt | Egypt | 1 | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Sweden | Sweden | 2 | | | | | | |
| Spain | Spain | 4 | Spain | Spain | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Sweden | Sweden | 3 | | | | Manchester, England (grass) | Manchester, England (grass) | Manchester, England (grass) | | | |
| Sweden | Sweden | | | | | | | | France | France | 0 | | | |
| Hungary | Hungary | 2 | Eastbourne, England (grass) | Eastbourne, England (grass) | Eastbourne, England (grass) | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 5 | | | |
| Brazil | Brazil | 3 | Brazil | Brazil | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 5 | Scarborough, England (grass) | Scarborough, England (grass) | Scarborough, England (grass) | | | | | | |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 5 | | | | | | |
| West Germany | West Germany | 4 | Cologne, West Germany | Cologne, West Germany | Cologne, West Germany | West Germany | West Germany | 0 | | | | | | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 0 | West Germany | West Germany | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Belgium | Belgium | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Belgium | Belgium | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Final

Italy vs. Great Britain
| Italy 4 | Milan, Italy 1–3 August 1958 Clay | Milan, Italy 1–3 August 1958 Clay | Great Britain 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Nicola Pietrangeli Mike Davies 4 6 3 6 1 6       2 Orlando Sirola Billy Knight 6 3 7 5 6 3       3 Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola Mike Davies / Billy Knight 6 3 5 7 6 4 4 6 9 7   4 Nicola Pietrangeli Billy Knight 4 6 6 3 6 4 6 1     5 Orlando Sirola Mike Davies 6 3 6 2 6 2 ||||

## Inter-Zonal Zone
### Draw

| Semifinals 6–8 December | Semifinals 6–8 December | Semifinals 6–8 December | Final 19–21 December | Final 19–21 December | Final 19–21 December |
| AME | United States | | | | |
| AME | United States | | Perth, Australia (grass) | Perth, Australia (grass) | Perth, Australia (grass) |
| | bye | | Perth, Australia (grass) | Perth, Australia (grass) | Perth, Australia (grass) |
| | bye | | AME | United States | 5 |
| Sydney, Australia (grass) | Sydney, Australia (grass) | Sydney, Australia (grass) | AME | United States | 5 |
| Sydney, Australia (grass) | Sydney, Australia (grass) | Sydney, Australia (grass) | EUR | Italy | 0 |
| EAS | Philippines | 0 | EUR | Italy | 0 |
| EUR | Italy | 5 | | | |

### Semifinals

Philippines vs. Italy
| Philippines 0 | Sydney, Australia 6–8 December 1958 Grass | Sydney, Australia 6–8 December 1958 Grass | Italy 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Raymundo Deyro Orlando Sirola 6 8 3 6 4 6       2 Felicisimo Ampon Nicola Pietrangeli 2 6 2 6 5 7       3 Miguel Dungo / Juan-Johnson José Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 3 6 3 6 5 7       4 Miguel Dungo Nicola Pietrangeli 2 6 2 6 2 6       5 Juan-Johnson Jose Giuseppe Merlo 2 6 5 7 1 6 ||||

### Final

United States vs. Italy
| United States 5 | Royal King's Park Tennis Club, Perth, Australia 19–21 December 1958 Grass | Royal King's Park Tennis Club, Perth, Australia 19–21 December 1958 Grass | Italy 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Alex Olmedo Nicola Pietrangeli 5 7 10 8 6 0 6 1     2 Ham Richardson Orlando Sirola 6 4 6 2 7 5       3 Alex Olmedo / Ham Richardson Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 7 9 6 4 13 11 7 5     4 Barry MacKay (tennis) Nicola Pietrangeli 6 4 3 6 5 7 8 6 8 6   5 Alex Olmedo Orlando Sirola 20 18 6 1 6 4 ||||

## Challenge Round

Australia vs. United States
| Australia 2 | Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia 29–31 December 1958 Grass | Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia 29–31 December 1958 Grass | United States 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Mal Anderson Alex Olmedo 6 8 6 2 7 9 6 8     2 Ashley Cooper Barry MacKay (tennis) 4 6 6 3 6 2 6 4     3 Mal Anderson / Neale Fraser Alex Olmedo / Ham Richardson 12 10 6 3 14 16 3 6 5 7   4 Ashley Cooper Alex Olmedo 3 6 6 4 4 6 6 8     5 Mal Anderson Barry MacKay (tennis) 7 5 13 11 11 9 ||||