# 1961 Davis Cup

The 1961 Davis Cup was the 50th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 28 teams entered the Europe Zone, 7 teams entered the Americas Zone, and 7 teams entered the Eastern Zone. Ecuador, Indonesia and Morocco made their first appearances in the tournament.
The United States defeated Mexico in the America Zone final, India defeated Japan in the Eastern Zone final, and Italy defeated Sweden in the Europe Zone final. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, the United States defeated India in the semifinal, and then Italy defeated the United States in the final. In the Challenge Round Italy were defeated by the defending champions Australia. The final was played at Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia on 26–28 December.

## America Zone
### Draw

| Quarterfinals 29 April–1 May; 27–29 May; 28–31 July | Quarterfinals 29 April–1 May; 27–29 May; 28–31 July | Quarterfinals 29 April–1 May; 27–29 May; 28–31 July | Semifinals 15–17 July; 4–6 August | Semifinals 15–17 July; 4–6 August | Semifinals 15–17 July; 4–6 August | Final 18–20 August | Final 18–20 August | Final 18–20 August |
| Morocco | Morocco | | | | | | | |
| Morocco | Morocco | | Casablanca, Morocco | Casablanca, Morocco | Casablanca, Morocco | | | |
| bye | bye | | Casablanca, Morocco | Casablanca, Morocco | Casablanca, Morocco | | | |
| bye | bye | | Morocco | Morocco | 0 | | | |
| Quebec City, Canada (clay) | Quebec City, Canada (clay) | Quebec City, Canada (clay) | Morocco | Morocco | 0 | | | |
| Quebec City, Canada (clay) | Quebec City, Canada (clay) | Quebec City, Canada (clay) | Mexico | Mexico | 5 | | | |
| Canada | Canada | 2 | Mexico | Mexico | 5 | | | |
| Canada | Canada | 2 | | | | Cleveland, OH, United States (clay) | Cleveland, OH, United States (clay) | Cleveland, OH, United States (clay) |
| Mexico | Mexico | 3 | | | | Cleveland, OH, United States (clay) | Cleveland, OH, United States (clay) | Cleveland, OH, United States (clay) |
| Mexico | Mexico | 3 | | | | Mexico | Mexico | 2 |
| Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) | Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) | Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) | | | | Mexico | Mexico | 2 |
| Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) | Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) | Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay) | | | | United States | United States | 3 |
| Ecuador | Ecuador | 5 | | | | United States | United States | 3 |
| Ecuador | Ecuador | 5 | St. Louis, MO, United States (clay) | St. Louis, MO, United States (clay) | St. Louis, MO, United States (clay) | | | |
| Colombia | Colombia | 0 | St. Louis, MO, United States (clay) | St. Louis, MO, United States (clay) | St. Louis, MO, United States (clay) | | | |
| Colombia | Colombia | 0 | Ecuador | Ecuador | 0 | | | |
| Bridgetown, Barbados (grass) | Bridgetown, Barbados (grass) | Bridgetown, Barbados (grass) | Ecuador | Ecuador | 0 | | | |
| Bridgetown, Barbados (grass) | Bridgetown, Barbados (grass) | Bridgetown, Barbados (grass) | United States | United States | 5 | | | |
| Caribbean/West Indies | Caribbean/West Indies | 0 | United States | United States | 5 | | | |
| United States | United States | 5 | | | | | | |

### Final

United States vs. Mexico
| United States 3 | Cleveland Skating Club, Cleveland, OH, United States 18–20 August 1961 Clay | Cleveland Skating Club, Cleveland, OH, United States 18–20 August 1961 Clay | Mexico 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Chuck McKinley Rafael Osuna 3 6 3 6 3 6       2 Tut Bartzen Mario Llamas 4 6 6 4 6 4 6 4     3 Chuck McKinley / Dennis Ralston Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox 4 6 6 2 4 6 3 6     4 Chuck McKinley Mario Llamas 6 4 7 5 10 8       5 Tut Bartzen Rafael Osuna 6 3 6 3 7 5 ||||

## Eastern Zone
### Draw

| Quarterfinals 18–28 March | Quarterfinals 18–28 March | Quarterfinals 18–28 March | Semifinals 1–24 April | Semifinals 1–24 April | Semifinals 1–24 April | Final 6–8 May | Final 6–8 May | Final 6–8 May |
| Philippines | Philippines | | | | | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | | | |
| bye | bye | | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | | | |
| bye | bye | | Philippines | Philippines | 2 | | | |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 3 | | | |
| Japan | Japan | w/o | Japan | Japan | 3 | | | |
| Japan | Japan | w/o | | | | New Delhi, India | New Delhi, India | New Delhi, India |
| South Korea | South Korea | | | | | New Delhi, India | New Delhi, India | New Delhi, India |
| South Korea | South Korea | | | | | Japan | Japan | 1 |
| Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | | | | Japan | Japan | 1 |
| Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | | | | India | India | 4 |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | 2 | | | | India | India | 4 |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | 2 | Lucknow, India | Lucknow, India | Lucknow, India | | | |
| Thailand | Thailand | 3 | Lucknow, India | Lucknow, India | Lucknow, India | | | |
| Thailand | Thailand | 3 | Thailand | Thailand | 0 | | | |
| Bandung, Indonesia | Bandung, Indonesia | Bandung, Indonesia | Thailand | Thailand | 0 | | | |
| Bandung, Indonesia | Bandung, Indonesia | Bandung, Indonesia | India | India | 5 | | | |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | 1 | India | India | 5 | | | |
| India | India | 4 | | | | | | |

### Final

India vs. Japan
| India 4 | New Delhi, India 6–8 May 1961 | New Delhi, India 6–8 May 1961 | Japan 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaidip Mukerjea Atsushi Miyagi 2 6 7 9 6 2 2 6     2 Ramanathan Krishnan Osamu Ishiguro 4 6 6 3 6 3 6 3     3 Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall Atsushi Miyagi / Masao Nagasaki 6 4 6 3 6 4       4 Ramanathan Krishnan Atsushi Miyagi 6 4 6 1 6 4       5 Akhtar Ali Osamu Ishiguro 4 6 6 4 6 0 2 6 6 4 ||||

## Europe Zone
### Draw

| First Round 27 April–7 May | First Round 27 April–7 May | First Round 27 April–7 May | Second Round 1–4 June | Second Round 1–4 June | Second Round 1–4 June | Quarterfinals 10–19 June | Quarterfinals 10–19 June | Quarterfinals 10–19 June | Semifinals 21–23 July | Semifinals 21–23 July | Semifinals 21–23 July | Final 4–6 August | Final 4–6 August | Final 4–6 August |
| Italy | Italy | | Brussels, Belgium (clay) | Brussels, Belgium (clay) | Brussels, Belgium (clay) | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Italy | Italy | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Belgium | Belgium | 3 | Belgium | Belgium | 2 | Munich, West Germany (clay) | Munich, West Germany (clay) | Munich, West Germany (clay) | | | | | | |
| Chile | Chile | 2 | | | | Italy | Italy | 3 | | | | |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | 2 | Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) | Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) | Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) | West Germany | West Germany | 2 | | | | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 3 | Netherlands | Netherlands | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 2 | West Germany | West Germany | 5 | | | | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | | | |
| West Germany | West Germany | 3 | | | | | | | Italy | Italy | 4 | |
| Ireland | Ireland | 0 | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | | | | France | France | 1 | |
| Poland | Poland | 5 | Poland | Poland | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Monaco | Monaco | 3 | Monaco | Monaco | 1 | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | | | | | | |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 2 | | | | Poland | Poland | 0 | | | | |
| Egypt | Egypt | 0 | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | France | France | 5 | | | | |
| Brazil | Brazil | 5 | Brazil | Brazil | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | France | France | 4 | | | | | | | Milan, Italy (clay) | Milan, Italy (clay) | Milan, Italy (clay) |
| France | France | | | | | | | | | | | Italy | Italy | 4 |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | | Vienna, Austria (clay) | Vienna, Austria (clay) | Vienna, Austria (clay) | | | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 1 |
| bye | bye | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Austria | Austria | 5 | Austria | Austria | 2 | Birmingham, England (grass) | Birmingham, England (grass) | Birmingham, England (grass) | | | | | | |
| Norway | Norway | 0 | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 4 | | | | | | |
| Turkey | Turkey | 1 | Helsinki, Finland | Helsinki, Finland | Helsinki, Finland | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | | | | | | |
| Finland | Finland | 4 | Finland | Finland | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Romania | Romania | 0 | South Africa | South Africa | 4 | | | | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | | | |
| South Africa | South Africa | 5 | | | | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 1 | | | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 1 | Madrid, Spain (clay) | Madrid, Spain (clay) | Madrid, Spain (clay) | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 4 | | | |
| Spain | Spain | 3 | Spain | Spain | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Israel | Israel | 0 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | Madrid, Spain (clay) | Madrid, Spain (clay) | Madrid, Spain (clay) | | | | | | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 5 | | | | Spain | Spain | 1 | | | | | | |
| Denmark | Denmark | 2 | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Sweden | Sweden | 4 | | | | | | |
| Hungary | Hungary | 3 | Hungary | Hungary | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Sweden | Sweden | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Sweden | Sweden | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Final

Italy vs. Sweden
| Italy 4 | Milan, Italy 4–6 August 1961 Clay | Milan, Italy 4–6 August 1961 Clay | Sweden 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Fausto Gardini Ulf Schmidt 6 4 4 1 6 6 6 6 3   2 Nicola Pietrangeli Jan-Erik Lundqvist 2 6 5 7 6 1 4 6     3 Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola Thomas Hallberg / Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6 3 3 6 6 3 6 1     4 Nicola Pietrangeli Ulf Schmidt 6 3 6 2 3 6 6 3     5 Fausto Gardini Thomas Hallberg 6 2 6 1 6 0 ||||

## Inter-Zonal Zone
### Draw

| Semifinals 30 September–2 October | Semifinals 30 September–2 October | Semifinals 30 September–2 October | Final 13–16 October | Final 13–16 October | Final 13–16 October |
| EUR | Italy | | | | |
| EUR | Italy | | Rome, Italy (clay) | Rome, Italy (clay) | Rome, Italy (clay) |
| | bye | | Rome, Italy (clay) | Rome, Italy (clay) | Rome, Italy (clay) |
| | bye | | EUR | Italy | 4 |
| New Delhi, India | New Delhi, India | New Delhi, India | EUR | Italy | 4 |
| New Delhi, India | New Delhi, India | New Delhi, India | AME | United States | 1 |
| AME | United States | 3 | AME | United States | 1 |
| EAS | India | 2 | | | |

### Semifinals

India vs. United States
| India 2 | National Sports Club, New Delhi, India 30 September–2 October 1961 | National Sports Club, New Delhi, India 30 September–2 October 1961 | United States 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaidip Mukerjea Chuck McKinley 4 6 4 6 7 9       2 Ramanathan Krishnan Whitney Reed 6 4 6 1 7 5       3 Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall Donald Dell / Chuck McKinley 7 5 0 6 3 6 2 6     4 Jaidip Mukerjea Whitney Reed 2 6 3 6 3 6       5 Ramanathan Krishnan Chuck McKinley 6 3 4 6 1 6 6 3 6 4 ||||

### Final

Italy vs. United States
| Italy 4 | Foro Italico, Rome, Italy 13–16 October 1961 Clay | Foro Italico, Rome, Italy 13–16 October 1961 Clay | United States 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Fausto Gardini Jon Douglas 6 4 6 4 5 7 8 10 0 6   2 Nicola Pietrangeli Whitney Reed 2 6 6 8 6 4 6 4 6 4   3 Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola Donald Dell / Whitney Reed 6 4 3 6 6 3 6 2     4 Nicola Pietrangeli Jon Douglas 9 7 6 3 6 2       5 Fausto Gardini Whitney Reed 3 6 7 5 3 6 8 6 6 4 ||||

## Challenge Round

Australia vs. Italy
| Australia 5 | Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne, Australia 26–28 December 1961 Grass | Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne, Australia 26–28 December 1961 Grass | Italy 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Roy Emerson Nicola Pietrangeli 8 6 6 4 6 0       2 Rod Laver Orlando Sirola 6 1 6 4 6 3       3 Roy Emerson / Neale Fraser Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 6 2 6 3 6 4       4 Rod Laver Nicola Pietrangeli 6 3 3 6 4 6 6 3 8 6   5 Roy Emerson Orlando Sirola 6 3 6 3 4 6 6 2 ||||