1962 Davis Cup
# 1962 Davis Cup

The 1962 Davis Cup was the 51st edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 28 teams entered the Europe Zone, 8 teams entered the Eastern Zone, and 5 teams entered the America Zone. Iran and the Soviet Union made their first appearances in the tournament.

Mexico defeated Yugoslavia in the America Zone final, India defeated the Philippines in the Eastern Zone final, and Sweden defeated Italy in the Europe Zone final. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Mexico defeated Sweden in the semifinal, and then defeated India in the final. Mexico were then defeated by the defending champions Australia in the Challenge Round. The final was played at the Milton Courts in Brisbane, Australia on 26–28 December. It was Mexico's first appearance in a Davis Cup final.

## America Zone

### Draw

| Quarterfinals 13–15 July | Quarterfinals 13–15 July | Quarterfinals 13–15 July | Semifinals 4–8 August | Semifinals 4–8 August | Semifinals 4–8 August | Final 17–19 August | Final 17–19 August | Final 17–19 August |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cleveland, OH, United States (clay) | Cleveland, OH, United States (clay) | Cleveland, OH, United States (clay) | | | | | | |
| United States | United States | 5 | | | | | | |
| United States | United States | 5 | 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) | | | |
| Canada | Canada | 0 | United States | United States | 2 | | | |
| | | | Mexico | Mexico | 3 | | | |
| Mexico | Mexico | | Mexico | Mexico | 3 | | | |
| 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 | 4 |
| | | | | | | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 1 |
| bye | bye | | | | | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 1 |
| bye | bye | | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (clay) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (clay) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (clay) | | | |
| Caribbean/West Indies | Caribbean/West Indies | | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (clay) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (clay) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (clay) | | | |
| Caribbean/West Indies | Caribbean/West Indies | | Caribbean/West Indies | Caribbean/West Indies | 1 | | | |
| | | | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 4 | | | |
| bye | bye | | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 4 | | | |
| Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | | | | | | | |

### Final

Mexico vs. Yugoslavia

| Mexico 4 | Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico 17–19 August 1962 Clay | Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico 17–19 August 1962 Clay | Yugoslavia 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Antonio Palafox Boro Jovanović 6 4 1 6 6 3 6 3     2 Rafael Osuna Nikola Pilić 6 4 6 4 6 2       3 Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić 6 4 2 6 6 3 7 5     4 Francisco Contreras Nikola Pilić 2 6 2 6 7 9       5 Mario Llamas Vladimir Presečki 6 0 6 1 6 1 ||||

## Eastern Zone

### Draw

| Quarterfinals 17 March–8 April | Quarterfinals 17 March–8 April | Quarterfinals 17 March–8 April | Semifinals 13–16 April | Semifinals 13–16 April | Semifinals 13–16 April | Final 4–6 May | Final 4–6 May | Final 4–6 May |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lahore, Pakistan | Lahore, Pakistan | Lahore, Pakistan | | | | | | |
| India | India | 5 | | | | | | |
| India | India | 5 | Jaipur, India | Jaipur, India | Jaipur, India | | | |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | 0 | Jaipur, India | Jaipur, India | Jaipur, India | | | |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | 0 | India | India | 4 | | | |
| Tehran, Iran | Tehran, Iran | Tehran, Iran | India | India | 4 | | | |
| Tehran, Iran | Tehran, Iran | Tehran, Iran | Iran | Iran | 0 | | | |
| Iran | Iran | 3 | Iran | Iran | 0 | | | |
| Iran | Iran | 3 | | | | New Delhi, India | New Delhi, India | New Delhi, India |
| Malaya | Malaya | 2 | | | | New Delhi, India | New Delhi, India | New Delhi, India |
| Malaya | Malaya | 2 | | | | India | India | 5 |
| Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | | | | India | India | 5 |
| Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | | | | Philippines | Philippines | 0 |
| South Korea | South Korea | 0 | | | | Philippines | Philippines | 0 |
| South Korea | South Korea | 0 | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 5 | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 5 | Japan | Japan | 2 | | | |
| Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Japan | Japan | 2 | | | |
| Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Philippines | Philippines | 3 | | | |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | 0 | Philippines | Philippines | 3 | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | 4 | | | | | | |

### Final

India vs. Philippines

| India 5 | New Delhi, India 4–6 May 1962 | New Delhi, India 4–6 May 1962 | Philippines 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaidip Mukerjea Juan-Johnson José 9 11 7 5 6 0 6 4     2 Ramanathan Krishnan Felicisimo Ampon 6 1 8 6 6 1       3 Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea Raymundo Deyro / Juan-Johnson José 6 4 3 6 9 7 6 1     4 Premjit Lall Juan-Johnson José 6 3 6 1 6 0       5 Jaidip Mukerjea Felicisimo Ampon 6 1 6 3 3 6 6 1 ||||

## Europe Zone

### Draw

| First Round 4–7 May | First Round 4–7 May | First Round 4–7 May | Second Round 18–21 May | Second Round 18–21 May | Second Round 18–21 May | Quarterfinals 14–17 June | Quarterfinals 14–17 June | Quarterfinals 14–17 June | Semifinals 13–15 July | Semifinals 13–15 July | Semifinals 13–15 July | Final 27–29 July | Final 27–29 July | Final 27–29 July |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Italy | Italy | | Florence, Italy (clay) | Florence, Italy (clay) | Florence, Italy (clay) | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Italy | Italy | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 0 | Soviet Union | Soviet Union | 0 | Brescia, Italy (clay) | Brescia, Italy (clay) | Brescia, Italy (clay) | | | | | | |
| Soviet Union | Soviet Union | 5 | | | | Italy | Italy | 4 | | | | |
| Hungary | Hungary | 5 | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Budapest, Hungary (clay) | Hungary | Hungary | 1 | | | | |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 0 | Hungary | Hungary | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Denmark | Denmark | 4 | Denmark | Denmark | 0 | | | | Milan, Italy (clay) | Milan, Italy (clay) | Milan, Italy (clay) | | | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 | | | | | | | Italy | Italy | 5 | |
| Norway | Norway | 0 | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | Warsaw, Poland | | | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 0 | |
| Poland | Poland | 5 | Poland | Poland | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Monaco | Monaco | 0 | Brazil | Brazil | 3 | Eastbourne, England (grass) | Eastbourne, England (grass) | Eastbourne, England (grass) | | | | | | |
| Brazil | Brazil | 5 | | | | Brazil | Brazil | 1 | | | | |
| Ireland | Ireland | 1 | Vienna, Austria (clay) | Vienna, Austria (clay) | Vienna, Austria (clay) | Great Britain | Great Britain | 4 | | | | |
| Austria | Austria | 4 | Austria | Austria | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Great Britain | Great Britain | 4 | | | | | | | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | Båstad, Sweden (clay) |
| Great Britain | Great Britain | | | | | | | | | | | Italy | Italy | 1 |
| France | France | | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | Paris, France (clay) | | | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 4 |
| bye | bye | | France | France | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | 0 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | West Berlin | West Berlin | West Berlin | | | | | | |
| South Africa | South Africa | 4 | | | | South Africa | South Africa | 3 | | | | | | |
| Spain | Spain | 2 | Hanover, West Germany | Hanover, West Germany | Hanover, West Germany | West Germany | West Germany | 2 | | | | | | |
| West Germany | West Germany | 3 | West Germany | West Germany | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Romania | Romania | 4 | Romania | Romania | 0 | | | | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | Båstad, Sweden (clay) | | | |
| Israel | Israel | 1 | | | | | | | South Africa | South Africa | 1 | | | |
| Lebanon | Lebanon | 1 | Helsinki, Finland | Helsinki, Finland | Helsinki, Finland | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 4 | | | |
| Finland | Finland | 4 | Finland | Finland | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 4 | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 5 | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | Stockholm, Sweden (clay) | | | | | | |
| Egypt | Egypt | 1 | | | | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia | 0 | | | | | | |
| Belgium | Belgium | 4 | Brussels, Belgium (clay) | Brussels, Belgium (clay) | Brussels, Belgium (clay) | Sweden | Sweden | 5 | | | | | | |
| Chile | Chile | 1 | Belgium | Belgium | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Sweden | Sweden | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Sweden | Sweden | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Final

Sweden vs. Italy

| Sweden 4 | Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden 27–29 July 1962 Clay | Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden 27–29 July 1962 Clay | Italy 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ulf Schmidt Fausto Gardini 3 6 6 3 5 7 3 6     2 Jan-Erik Lundqvist Nicola Pietrangeli 6 2 6 4 6 1       3 Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 6 1 3 6 6 8 6 4 9 7   4 Jan-Erik Lundqvist Fausto Gardini 6 0 6 2 6 1       5 Ulf Schmidt Nicola Pietrangeli 6 1 8 6 6 3 ||||

## Inter-Zonal Zone

### Draw

| Semifinals 26–28 October | Semifinals 26–28 October | Semifinals 26–28 October | Final 3–5 December | Final 3–5 December | Final 3–5 December |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| EAS | India | | | | |
| EAS | India | | Madras, India | Madras, India | Madras, India |
| | bye | | Madras, India | Madras, India | Madras, India |
| | bye | | EAS | India | 0 |
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | EAS | India | 0 |
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | AME | Mexico | 5 |
| AME | Mexico | 3 | AME | Mexico | 5 |
| EUR | Sweden | 2 | | | |

### Semifinals

Mexico vs. Sweden

| Mexico 3 | Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico 26–28 October 1962 Clay | Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico 26–28 October 1962 Clay | Sweden 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Antonio Palafox Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6 8 6 1 6 8 4 6     2 Rafael Osuna Ulf Schmidt 6 3 16 14 1 6 6 2     3 Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox Jan-Erik Lundqvist / Ulf Schmidt 6 8 7 5 12 10 6 1     4 Antonio Palafox Ulf Schmidt 9 11 6 3 3 6 6 1 1 6   5 Rafael Osuna Jan-Erik Lundqvist 3 6 6 4 6 3 1 6 6 3 ||||

### Final

India vs. Mexico

| India 0 | Madras, India 3–5 December 1962 | Madras, India 3–5 December 1962 | Mexico 5 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaidip Mukerjea Antonio Palafox 7 9 2 6 2 6       2 Ramanathan Krishnan Rafael Osuna 6 8 6 2 5 7 8 6 4 6   3 Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox 8 10 10 12 4 6       4 Premjit Lall Mario Llamas 2 6 2 6 3 6       5 Akhtar Ali Francisco Contreras 4 6 6 2 7 5 4 6 3 6 ||||

## Challenge Round

Australia vs. Mexico

| Australia 5 | Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia 26–28 December 1962 Grass | Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia 26–28 December 1962 Grass | Mexico 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Rod Laver Rafael Osuna 6 2 6 1 7 5       2 Neale Fraser Antonio Palafox 7 9 6 2 6 4 11 9     3 Roy Emerson / Rod Laver Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox 7 5 6 2 6 4       4 Neale Fraser Rafael Osuna 3 6 11 9 6 1 3 6 6 4   5 Rod Laver Antonio Palafox 6 1 4 6 6 4 8 6 ||||
