# 1965 Davis Cup

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.

## America Zone
### Draw

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

### Final

United States vs. Mexico
| United States 4 | Samuell Grand Park, Dallas, TX, United States 31 July–2 August 1965 Hard | Samuell Grand Park, Dallas, TX, United States 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 ||||

## Eastern Zone
### Zone A

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

### Zone B

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

### Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

Japan vs. India
| Japan 1 | Tokyo, Japan 1–3 October 1965 | Tokyo, Japan 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 ||||

## Europe Zone
### Draw

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

### Final

Spain vs. South Africa
| Spain 4 | Real Club de Tenis, Barcelona, Spain 30 July–1 August 1965 Clay | Real Club de Tenis, Barcelona, Spain 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 ||||

## Inter-Zonal Zone
### Draw

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

### Semifinals

Spain vs. United States
| Spain 4 | Real Club de Tenis, Barcelona, Spain 17–19 August 1965 Clay | Real Club de Tenis, Barcelona, Spain 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 5–7 November 1965 Clay | Real Club de Tenis, Barcelona, Spain 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 ||||

## Challenge Round

Australia vs. Spain
| Australia 4 | White City Stadium, Sydney, Australia 27–29 December 1965 Grass | White City Stadium, Sydney, Australia 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 ||||