1959 Davis Cup
# 1959 Davis Cup

The 1959 Davis Cup was the 48th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 27 teams entered the Europe Zone, 8 teams entered the Eastern Zone, and 7 teams entered the America Zone. The Europe Zone was modified so that only the previous year's semifinalists were guaranteed first round byes, allowing more countries to compete. Colombia made its first appearance in the tournament.

Australia defeated Cuba in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, India defeated the Philippines in the Eastern Zone final, and Italy defeated Spain in the Europe Zone final. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Australia defeated Italy in the semifinal, and then defeated India in the final. In the Challenge Round Australia defeated the defending champions the United States. The final was played at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York, United States on 28–31 August.

## America Zone

### North & Central America Zone

| Semifinals 18–20 July | Semifinals 18–20 July | Semifinals 18–20 July | Final 24–26 July | Final 24–26 July | Final 24–26 July |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canada | Canada | | | | |
| Canada | Canada | | Montreal, Canada (grass) | Montreal, Canada (grass) | Montreal, Canada (grass) |
| bye | bye | | Montreal, Canada (grass) | Montreal, Canada (grass) | Montreal, Canada (grass) |
| bye | bye | | Canada | Canada | 0 |
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Canada | Canada | 0 |
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Australia | Australia | 5 |
| Mexico | Mexico | 1 | Australia | Australia | 5 |
| Australia | Australia | 4 | | | |

### South America Zone

| Semifinals 2–4 May | Semifinals 2–4 May | Semifinals 2–4 May | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bridgetown, Barbados | Bridgetown, Barbados | Bridgetown, Barbados | | | |
| Caribbean/West Indies | Caribbean/West Indies | 0 | | | |
| Cuba | Cuba | 4 | | | |
| Cuba | Cuba | 4 | Cuba | Cuba | w/o |
| | | | Argentina | Argentina | |
| Argentina | Argentina | w/o | Argentina | Argentina | |
| Venezuela | Venezuela | | | | |

### Americas Inter-Zonal Final

Australia vs. Cuba

| Australia 5 | Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada 31 July–2 August 1959 Grass | Mount Royal Tennis Club, Montreal, Canada 31 July–2 August 1959 Grass | Cuba 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Roy Emerson Reynaldo Garrido 6 0 6 4 6 4       2 Neale Fraser Orlando Garrido 6 1 7 5 6 3       3 Roy Emerson / Rod Laver Orlando Garrido / Reynaldo Garrido 6 4 6 4 6 4       4 Bob Mark Orlando Garrido 6 4 6 4 6 2       5 Neale Fraser Reynaldo Garrido 6 3 6 2 6 4 ||||

## Eastern Zone

### Draw

| Quarterfinals 21 March–12 April | Quarterfinals 21 March–12 April | Quarterfinals 21 March–12 April | Semifinals 25 April–3 May | Semifinals 25 April–3 May | Semifinals 25 April–3 May | Final 1 June | Final 1 June | Final 1 June |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | | | | | | |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | 0 | | | | | | |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | 0 | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 5 | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 5 | Japan | Japan | 2 | | | |
| | | | India | India | 3 | | | |
| India | India | w/o | India | India | 3 | | | |
| India | India | w/o | | | | Calcutta, India | Calcutta, India | Calcutta, India |
| South Korea | South Korea | | | | | Calcutta, India | Calcutta, India | Calcutta, India |
| South Korea | South Korea | | | | | India | India | 4 |
| | | | | | | Philippines | Philippines | 1 |
| Iran | Iran | | | | | Philippines | Philippines | 1 |
| Iran | Iran | | Bangkok, Thailand | Bangkok, Thailand | Bangkok, Thailand | | | |
| Thailand | Thailand | w/o | Bangkok, Thailand | Bangkok, Thailand | Bangkok, Thailand | | | |
| Thailand | Thailand | w/o | Thailand | Thailand | 0 | | | |
| Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Thailand | Thailand | 0 | | | |
| Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Philippines | Philippines | 5 | | | |
| Malaya | Malaya | 0 | Philippines | Philippines | 5 | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | 5 | | | | | | |

### Final

India vs. Philippines

| India 4 | Calcutta, India 1 June 1959 | Calcutta, India 1 June 1959 | Philippines 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Naresh Kumar Raymundo Deyro 6 2 6 2 6 3       2 Ramanathan Krishnan Felicisimo Ampon 6 2 6 2 6 3       3 Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar Raymundo Deyro / Juan-Johnson José 6 3 8 6 6 2       4 Ramanathan Krishnan Juan-Johnson José 6 1 6 4 6 1       5 Premjit Lall Felicisimo Ampon 6 8 1 6 6 4 6 2 1 6 ||||

## Europe Zone

### Draw

| First Round 17 April–4 May | First Round 17 April–4 May | First Round 17 April–4 May | Second Round 1–18 May | Second Round 1–18 May | Second Round 1–18 May | Quarterfinals 11–15 June | Quarterfinals 11–15 June | Quarterfinals 11–15 June | Semifinals 9–12 July | Semifinals 9–12 July | Semifinals 9–12 July | Final 24–27 July | Final 24–27 July | Final 24–27 July |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Italy | Italy | | Brussels, Belgium | Brussels, Belgium | Brussels, Belgium | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Italy | Italy | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Belgium | Belgium | 4 | Belgium | Belgium | 1 | Florence, Italy (clay) | Florence, Italy (clay) | Florence, Italy (clay) | | | | | | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 1 | | | | Italy | Italy | 4 | | | | |
| Lebanon | Lebanon | 1 | Bournemouth, England (clay) | Bournemouth, England (clay) | Bournemouth, England (clay) | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | | | | |
| Colombia | Colombia | 4 | Colombia | Colombia | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Norway | Norway | 0 | South Africa | South Africa | 5 | | | | Sanremo, Italy (clay) | Sanremo, Italy (clay) | Sanremo, Italy (clay) | | | |
| South Africa | South Africa | 5 | | | | | | | Italy | Italy | 4 | |
| Egypt | Egypt | 2 | Bucharest, Romania (clay) | Bucharest, Romania (clay) | Bucharest, Romania (clay) | | | | France | France | 1 | |
| Romania | Romania | 3 | Romania | Romania | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Ireland | Ireland | 0 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | | | | | | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 5 | | | | Romania | Romania | 0 | | | | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 1 | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | Copenhagen, Denmark (clay) | France | France | 5 | | | | |
| Denmark | Denmark | 4 | Denmark | Denmark | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | France | France | 5 | | | | | | | Milan, Italy (clay) | Milan, Italy (clay) | Milan, Italy (clay) |
| France | France | | | | | | | | | | | Italy | Italy | 4 |
| Poland | Poland | | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | | | | | | | Spain | Spain | 1 |
| bye | bye | | Poland | Poland | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| West Germany | West Germany | 0 | Brazil | Brazil | 3 | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | | | | | | |
| Brazil | Brazil | 4 | | | | Brazil | Brazil | 2 | | | | | | |
| Finland | Finland | 0 | Madrid, Spain (clay) | Madrid, Spain (clay) | Madrid, Spain (clay) | Spain | Spain | 3 | | | | | | |
| Spain | Spain | 5 | Spain | Spain | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Israel | Israel | 2 | Switzerland | Switzerland | 0 | | | | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | Barcelona, Spain (clay) | | | |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | 3 | | | | | | | Spain | Spain | 3 | | | |
| Sweden | Sweden | 5 | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 2 | | | |
| Hungary | Hungary | 0 | Sweden | Sweden | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Austria | Austria | 1 | Chile | Chile | 3 | Eastbourne, England (grass) | Eastbourne, England (grass) | Eastbourne, England (grass) | | | | | | |
| Chile | Chile | 3 | | | | Chile | Chile | 2 | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay) | Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay) | Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay) | Great Britain | Great Britain | 3 | | | | | | |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Final

Italy vs. Spain

| Italy 4 | Milan Tennis Club, Milan, Italy 24–27 July 1959 Clay | Milan Tennis Club, Milan, Italy 24–27 July 1959 Clay | Spain 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Orlando Sirola Juan Manuel Couder 2 8 6 7 6 2 5 6 6   2 Nicola Pietrangeli Andrés Gimeno 8 6 6 3 6 3       3 Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola Juan Manuel Couder / Andrés Gimeno 6 4 8 6 6 4       4 Sergio Tacchini Andrés Gimeno 4 6 1 6 1 6       5 Nicola Pietrangeli Juan Manuel Couder 6 8 4 6 6 2 6 0 6 4 ||||

## Inter-Zonal Zone

### Draw

| Semifinals 7–10 August | Semifinals 7–10 August | Semifinals 7–10 August | Final 14–16 August | Final 14–16 August | Final 14–16 August |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| EAS | India | | | | |
| EAS | India | | Boston, MA, United States (grass) | Boston, MA, United States (grass) | Boston, MA, United States (grass) |
| | bye | | Boston, MA, United States (grass) | Boston, MA, United States (grass) | Boston, MA, United States (grass) |
| | bye | | EAS | India | 1 |
| Philadelphia, PA, United States (grass) | Philadelphia, PA, United States (grass) | Philadelphia, PA, United States (grass) | EAS | India | 1 |
| Philadelphia, PA, United States (grass) | Philadelphia, PA, United States (grass) | Philadelphia, PA, United States (grass) | AME | Australia | 4 |
| AME | Australia | 4 | AME | Australia | 4 |
| EUR | Italy | 1 | | | |

### Semifinals

Australia vs. Italy

| Australia 4 | Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, PA, United States 7–10 August 1959 Grass | Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, PA, United States 7–10 August 1959 Grass | Italy 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Rod Laver Nicola Pietrangeli 6 4 2 6 6 3 6 3     2 Neale Fraser Orlando Sirola 19 17 1 6 6 3 6 4     3 Roy Emerson / Neale Fraser Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 3 6 11 9 6 3 9 7     4 Rod Laver Orlando Sirola 4 6 6 4 6 0 6 3     5 Roy Emerson Nicola Pietrangeli 4 6 0 6 4 6 ||||

### Final

Australia vs. India

| Australia 4 | Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States 14–16 August 1959 Grass | Longwood Cricket Club, Boston, MA, United States 14–16 August 1959 Grass | India 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Rod Laver Ramanathan Krishnan 1 6 4 6 10 8 4 6     2 Neale Fraser Premjit Lall 10 8 6 4 6 1       3 Roy Emerson / Neale Fraser Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall 6 3 7 5 6 2       4 Neale Fraser Ramanathan Krishnan 6 2 6 3 6 4       5 Rod Laver Premjit Lall 6 2 10 8 6 4 ||||

## Challenge Round

United States vs. Australia

| United States 2 | West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States 28–31 August 1959 Grass | West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States 28–31 August 1959 Grass | Australia 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Alex Olmedo Neale Fraser 6 8 8 6 4 6 6 8     2 Barry MacKay Rod Laver 7 5 6 4 6 1       3 Butch Buchholz / Alex Olmedo Roy Emerson / Neale Fraser 5 7 5 7 4 6       4 Alex Olmedo Rod Laver 9 7 4 6 10 8 12 10     5 Barry MacKay Neale Fraser 6 8 6 3 2 6 4 6 ||||
