1960 Davis Cup
# 1960 Davis Cup

The 1960 Davis Cup was the 49th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 28 teams entered the Europe Zone, 6 teams entered the America Zone, and 6 teams entered the Eastern Zone. South Korea made its first appearance in the tournament.

The United States defeated Venezuela in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, the Philippines defeated India in the Eastern Zone final, and Italy defeated Sweden in the Europe Zone final. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, the United States defeated the Philippines 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 White City Stadium in Sydney on 26–28 December. It was Italy's first appearance in a Davis Cup final, and it was the first final not to feature the United States since 1936.

## America Zone

### North & Central America Zone

| Semifinals 15–17 July | Semifinals 15–17 July | Semifinals 15–17 July | Final 6–9 August | Final 6–9 August | Final 6–9 August |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mexico | Mexico | | | | |
| Mexico | Mexico | | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) |
| bye | bye | | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) |
| bye | bye | | Mexico | Mexico | 2 |
| Quebec City, Canada (clay) | Quebec City, Canada (clay) | Quebec City, Canada (clay) | Mexico | Mexico | 2 |
| Quebec City, Canada (clay) | Quebec City, Canada (clay) | Quebec City, Canada (clay) | United States | United States | 3 |
| Canada | Canada | 0 | United States | United States | 3 |
| United States | United States | 5 | | | |

### South America Zone

| Semifinals 16–18 July | Semifinals 16–18 July | Semifinals 16–18 July | Final 22–24 July | Final 22–24 July | Final 22–24 July |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Venezuela | Venezuela | | | | |
| Venezuela | Venezuela | | Caracas, Venezuela | Caracas, Venezuela | Caracas, Venezuela |
| bye | bye | | Caracas, Venezuela | Caracas, Venezuela | Caracas, Venezuela |
| bye | bye | | Venezuela | Venezuela | 3 |
| Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (clay) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (clay) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (clay) | Venezuela | Venezuela | 3 |
| Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (clay) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (clay) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (clay) | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 |
| Caribbean/West Indies | Caribbean/West Indies | 0 | New Zealand | New Zealand | 2 |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 5 | | | |

### Americas Inter-Zonal Final

United States vs. Venezuela

| United States 5 | Cleveland Skating Club, Cleveland, OH, United States 16–18 September 1960 Clay | Cleveland Skating Club, Cleveland, OH, United States 16–18 September 1960 Clay | Venezuela 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Tut Bartzen Isaías Pimentel 6 0 6 1 6 1       2 Barry MacKay Marcos Gambus 6 1 6 1 6 0       3 Butch Buchholz / Chuck McKinley Marcos Gambus / Isaías Pimentel 4 6 1 6 5 7       4 Tut Bartzen Marcos Gambus 6 1 6 0 6 0       5 Barry MacKay Isaías Pimentel 6 3 6 3 6 3 ||||

## Eastern Zone

### Draw

| Quarterfinals 4–6 April | Quarterfinals 4–6 April | Quarterfinals 4–6 April | Semifinals 22–24 April | Semifinals 22–24 April | Semifinals 22–24 April | Final 27–29 May | Final 27–29 May | Final 27–29 May |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Philippines | Philippines | | | | | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | | | |
| bye | bye | | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | | | |
| bye | bye | | Philippines | Philippines | 3 | | | |
| Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Philippines | Philippines | 3 | | | |
| Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Japan | Japan | 2 | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 5 | Japan | Japan | 2 | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 5 | | | | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines |
| South Korea | South Korea | 0 | | | | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines |
| South Korea | South Korea | 0 | | | | Philippines | Philippines | 3 |
| Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | | | | Philippines | Philippines | 3 |
| Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | | | | India | India | 0 |
| India | India | 5 | | | | India | India | 0 |
| India | India | 5 | Bangkok, Thailand | Bangkok, Thailand | Bangkok, Thailand | | | |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | 0 | Bangkok, Thailand | Bangkok, Thailand | Bangkok, Thailand | | | |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | 0 | India | India | 5 | | | |
| | | | Thailand | Thailand | 0 | | | |
| bye | bye | | Thailand | Thailand | 0 | | | |
| Thailand | Thailand | | | | | | | |

### Final

Philippines vs. India

| Philippines 3 | Manila, Philippines 27–29 May 1960 | Manila, Philippines 27–29 May 1960 | India 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Raymundo Deyro Naresh Kumar 6 0 6 1 6 1       2 Felicisimo Ampon Ramanathan Krishnan 6 3 8 6 6 1       3 Eduardo Dungo / Juan-Johnson José Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar 6 2 6 2 6 2       4 Felicisimo Ampon Naresh Kumar           not played 5 Raymundo Deyro Ramanathan Krishnan           not played ||||

## Europe Zone

### Draw

| First Round 22 April–2 May | First Round 22 April–2 May | First Round 22 April–2 May | Second Round 13–15 May | Second Round 13–15 May | Second Round 13–15 May | Quarterfinals 10–12 June | Quarterfinals 10–12 June | Quarterfinals 10–12 June | Semifinals 15–17 July | Semifinals 15–17 July | Semifinals 15–17 July | Final 29–31 July | Final 29–31 July | Final 29–31 July |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Italy | Italy | | Budapest, Hungary | Budapest, Hungary | Budapest, Hungary | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Italy | Italy | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Hungary | Hungary | 5 | Hungary | Hungary | 2 | Turin, Italy (clay) | Turin, Italy (clay) | Turin, Italy (clay) | | | | | | |
| Ireland | Ireland | 0 | | | | Italy | Italy | 3 | | | | |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 2 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Chile | Chile | 2 | | | | |
| Monaco | Monaco | 3 | Monaco | Monaco | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Israel | Israel | 1 | Chile | Chile | 3 | | | | Wimbledon, England (grass) | Wimbledon, England (grass) | Wimbledon, England (grass) | | | |
| Chile | Chile | 4 | | | | | | | Italy | Italy | 4 | |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | 2 | Brussels, Belgium | Brussels, Belgium | Brussels, Belgium | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 1 | |
| Belgium | Belgium | 3 | Belgium | Belgium | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Brazil | Brazil | w/o | Brazil | Brazil | 2 | Scarborough, England (grass) | Scarborough, England (grass) | Scarborough, England (grass) | | | | | | |
| Turkey | Turkey | | | | | Belgium | Belgium | 0 | | | | |
| Norway | Norway | 2 | Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) | Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) | Scheveningen, Netherlands (clay) | Great Britain | Great Britain | 5 | | | | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 3 | Netherlands | Netherlands | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 5 | | | | | | | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | Båstad, Sweden (clay) |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | | | | | | | | | | | Italy | Italy | 3 |
| France | France | | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | | | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 2 |
| bye | bye | | France | France | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Finland | Finland | 0 | Argentina | Argentina | 0 | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | | | | | | |
| Argentina | Argentina | 5 | | | | France | France | 5 | | | | | | |
| Denmark | Denmark | 3 | Vienna, Austria (clay) | Vienna, Austria (clay) | Vienna, Austria (clay) | Denmark | Denmark | 0 | | | | | | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 2 | Denmark | Denmark | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Egypt | Egypt | 1 | Austria | Austria | 2 | | | | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | | | |
| Austria | Austria | 4 | | | | | | | France | France | 2 | | | |
| West Germany | West Germany | 3 | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 3 | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 2 | West Germany | West Germany | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Romania | Romania | 2 | Poland | Poland | 1 | Düsseldorf, West Germany (clay) | Düsseldorf, West Germany (clay) | Düsseldorf, West Germany (clay) | | | | | | |
| Poland | Poland | 3 | | | | West Germany | West Germany | 1 | | | | | | |
| Sweden | Sweden | 5 | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Sweden | Sweden | 4 | | | | | | |
| South Africa | South Africa | 0 | Sweden | Sweden | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Spain | Spain | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Spain | Spain | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Final

Sweden vs. Italy

| Sweden 2 | Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden 29–31 July 1960 Clay | Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden 29–31 July 1960 Clay | Italy 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jan-Erik Lundqvist Orlando Sirola 6 4 4 6 6 3 6 3     2 Ulf Schmidt Nicola Pietrangeli 1 6 4 6 6 4 4 6     3 Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 16 14 7 5 2 6 3 6 2 6   4 Ulf Schmidt Orlando Sirola 4 6 2 6 1 6       5 Jan-Erik Lundqvist Sergio Tacchini 6 2 6 1 6 1 ||||

## Inter-Zonal Zone

### Draw

| Semifinals 22–24 November | Semifinals 22–24 November | Semifinals 22–24 November | Final 9–12 December | Final 9–12 December | Final 9–12 December |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| EUR | Italy | | | | |
| EUR | Italy | | Perth, Australia (grass) | Perth, Australia (grass) | Perth, Australia (grass) |
| | bye | | Perth, Australia (grass) | Perth, Australia (grass) | Perth, Australia (grass) |
| | bye | | EUR | Italy | 3 |
| Brisbane, Australia (grass) | Brisbane, Australia (grass) | Brisbane, Australia (grass) | EUR | Italy | 3 |
| Brisbane, Australia (grass) | Brisbane, Australia (grass) | Brisbane, Australia (grass) | AME | United States | 2 |
| AME | United States | 5 | AME | United States | 2 |
| EAS | Philippines | 0 | | | |

### Semifinals

Philippines vs. United States

| Philippines 0 | Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia 22–24 November 1960 Grass | Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia 22–24 November 1960 Grass | United States 5 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Eduardo Dungo Barry MacKay 1 6 2 6 0 6       2 Juan-Johnson José Butch Buchholz 7 5 1 6 0 6 2 6     3 Eduardo Dungo / Juan-Johnson José Chuck McKinley / Dennis Ralston 3 6 3 6 3 6       4 Raymundo Deyro Dennis Ralston 2 6 0 6 5 7       5 Felicisimo Ampon Chuck McKinley 3 6 4 6 2 6 ||||

### Final

Italy vs. United States

| Italy 3 | Royal King's Park, Perth, Australia 9–12 December 1960 Grass | Royal King's Park, Perth, Australia 9–12 December 1960 Grass | United States 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Orlando Sirola Butch Buchholz 8 6 5 7 9 11 2 6     2 Nicola Pietrangeli Barry MacKay 6 8 6 3 10 8 6 8 11 13   3 Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola Butch Buchholz / Chuck McKinley 3 6 10 8 6 4 13 11     4 Nicola Pietrangeli Butch Buchholz 6 1 6 2 6 8 3 6 6 4   5 Orlando Sirola Barry MacKay 9 7 6 3 8 6 ||||

## Challenge Round

Australia vs. Italy

| Australia 4 | White City Stadium, Sydney, Australia 26–28 December 1960 Grass | White City Stadium, Sydney, Australia 26–28 December 1960 Grass | Italy 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Neale Fraser Orlando Sirola 4 6 6 3 6 3 6 3     2 Rod Laver Nicola Pietrangeli 8 6 6 4 6 3       3 Roy Emerson / Neale Fraser Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 10 8 5 7 6 2 6 4     4 Rod Laver Orlando Sirola 9 7 6 2 6 3       5 Neale Fraser Nicola Pietrangeli 9 11 3 6 6 1 2 6 ||||
