Davis Cup 1981

The Davis Cup 1981 was the 70th edition of the competition for men's national tennis teams organized by the ITF . For the first time this year, a graded system was used in the Davis Cup , in which a world group with 16 teams was created. This was made up of the teams that had reached the semi-finals of their respective continental zones in the previous year. The eight teams that lost in the first round of the world group now played a relegation for relegation from the world group. The four losers went down to the continental zones, the winners of the respective zones took their positions in the following year.

The US team won the final in Cincinnati between December 11 and 13 against Argentina 3-1. The USA defended their title from the previous year. For Argentina it was the first Davis Cup final.

Attendees

World group

Argentina BR Germany Mexico Japan

Italy Australia Switzerland New Zealand

South Korea Brazil United States Sweden

Great Britain France Czechoslovakia Romania

The tournament

World group

	1st round 6-8 March					Quarter-finals 9-11 July					Semi-finals 2-4 October					Final 11-13 December
		BR Germany	2
		Argentina	3
							Argentina	3
							Romania	2
		Romania	3
		Brazil	2
												Argentina	5
												Great Britain	0
		Great Britain	3
		Italy	2
							Great Britain	4th
							New Zealand	1
		New Zealand	5
		South Korea	0
																	Argentina	1
																	United States	3
		Japan	0
		Sweden	5
							Sweden	1
							Australia	3
		France	2
		Australia	3
												Australia	0
												United States	5
		Switzerland	2
		Czechoslovakia	3
							Czechoslovakia	1
							United States	4th
		United States	3
		Mexico	2

final

United States	final	Argentina
Team John McEnroe Roscoe Tanner Peter Fleming Captain Arthur Ashe	Date: December 11 to December 13, 1981 Location: Riverfront Coliseum , Cincinnati , Ohio ( USA ) Surface: Carpet (hall) John McEnroe 6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 2 Guillermo Vilas Roscoe Tanner 5: 7, 3: 6, 6: 8 José Luis Clerc John McEnroe Peter Fleming 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4, 4: 6, 11: 9 Guillermo Vilas José Luis Clerc John McEnroe 7: 5, 5: 7, 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3 José Luis Clerc Roscoe Tanner not carried out Guillermo Vilas Result: 3: 1	Team Guillermo Vilas José Luis Clerc   Captain Carlos Junquet

Relegation

The relegation games to the world group were played from October 2nd to 4th. The winners played in the world group again in the 1982 season , the losers relegated to the continental zones.

Home team	Result	Visiting team	place
Brazil	2: 3	BR Germany	São Paulo
France	4: 1	Japan	Paris
Italy	4: 1	South Korea	Sanremo
Mexico	3: 2	Switzerland	Tijuana

See also

• Fed Cup
• Davis Cup

Web links

• Official website of the Davis Cup

credentials

1. ↑ Davis Cup - Tie details - 1981 - USA v Argentina ( English ) Retrieved July 17, 2012.