The Europe Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1981 Davis Cup.

23 teams entered the Europe Zone in total, split across two sub-zones. With the introduction of a new tiered format, the previous year's sub-zonal semifinalists bypassed Zonal competition and qualified directly for the new 16-team World Group. The remaining teams would now compete for two places in the following year's World Group.[1][2][3]

Spain defeated Hungary in the Zone A final, and the Soviet Union defeated the Netherlands in the Zone B final, resulting in both Spain and the Soviet Union being promoted to the 1982 World Group.[4][5]

Participating nations

Zone A

Draw

First round
8–10 May		Quarterfinals
12-14 June		Semifinals
10-12 July		Final
18-20 September
 Spain
Algiers, Algeria (clay)
bye
 Spain5
 Algeria0
 Zimbabwe
Lleida, Spain (clay)
 Algeriaw/o
 Spain5
 Monaco0
 Poland
Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
bye
 Poland2
Monte Carlo, Monaco (clay)
 Monaco3
 Morocco1
Avilés, Spain (clay)
 Monaco3
 Spain3
 Hungary2
 Hungary
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
bye
 Hungary4
Cairo, Egypt (clay)
 Egypt1
 Egypt5
Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)
 Greece0
 Hungary3
 Israel2
 Yugoslavia
Skopje, Yugoslavia (clay)
bye
 Yugoslavia1
 Israel4
bye
 Israel

First round

Monaco vs. Morocco


Monaco
3		 Monte Carlo, Monaco[6]
8–10 May 1981
Clay
Morocco
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Monaco
Morocco		 Bernard Balleret
Mustapha Dislam		 6
4		 1
6 		6
4		 6
1		    
2 Monaco
Morocco		 Louis Borfiga
Mohammed Dlimi		 6
8 		6
2		 6
8 		5
7 		   
3 Monaco
Morocco		 Bernard Balleret / Michel Borfiga
Mohammed Dlimi / Houcine Saber		 13
11		 8
6		 6
4		      
4 Monaco
Morocco		 Louis Borfiga
Mustapha Dislam		 2
6 		6
4		 1
6 		7
5		 6
1		  
5 Monaco
Morocco		 Bernard Balleret
Mohammed Dlimi		 3
6 		5
2		       not
completed

Egypt vs. Greece


Egypt
5		 Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[7]
8–10 May 1981
Clay
Greece
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Egypt
Greece		 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos		 6
4		 6
3		 6
8 		6
2		    
2 Egypt
Greece		 Ismail El Shafei
George Kalovelonis		 6
4		 6
4		 6
4		      
3 Egypt
Greece		 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka / Ismail El Shafei
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos / George Kalovelonis		 6
3		 6
4		 3
6 		6
3		    
4 Egypt
Greece		 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka
George Kalovelonis		 11
9		 7
5		        
5 Egypt
Greece		 Ismail El Shafei
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos		 6
1		 6
3		        

Quarterfinals

Algeria vs. Spain


Algeria
0		 Tennis Club Bachdjarah, Algiers, Algeria[8]
12-14 June 1981
Clay
Spain
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Algeria
Spain		 Yassine Amier
José García Requena		 1
6 		2
6 		0
6 		     
2 Algeria
Spain		 Djamel Boudjemline
José López-Maeso		 6
8 		1
6 		1
6 		     
3 Algeria
Spain		 Yassine Amier / Djamel Boudjemline
José López-Maeso / Miguel Mir		 4
6 		1
6 		6
8 		     
4 Algeria
Spain		 Djamel Boudjemline
José García Requena		 3
6 		1
6 		6
8 		     
5 Algeria
Spain		 Yassine Amier
Sergio Casal		 0
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     

Monaco vs. Poland


Monaco
3		 Monte Carlo, Monaco[9]
12–14 June 1981
Clay
Poland
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Monaco
Poland		 Bernard Balleret
Tadeusz Nowicki		 2
6 		6
3		 7
5		 3
6 		6
4		  
2 Monaco
Poland		 Louis Borfiga
Czesław Dobrowolski		 5
7 		6
1		 2
6 		6
1		 6
0		  
3 Monaco
Poland		 Bernard Balleret / Louis Borfiga
Henryk Drzymalski / Tadeusz Nowicki		 2
6 		5
7 		1
6 		     
4 Monaco
Poland		 Louis Borfiga
Tadeusz Nowicki		 8
6		 2
6 		0
6 		4
6 		   
5 Monaco
Poland		 Bernard Balleret
Czesław Dobrowolski		 2
6 		9
7		 6
3		 6
1		    

Egypt vs. Hungary


Egypt
1		 Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt[10]
12–14 June 1981
Clay
Hungary
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Egypt
Hungary		 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka
Róbert Machán		 3
6 		1
6 		5
7 		     
2 Egypt
Hungary		 Ismail El Shafei
Balázs Taróczy		 7
9 		4
6 		4
6 		     
3 Egypt
Hungary		 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka / Ismail El Shafei
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy		 4
6 		6
8 		4
6 		     
4 Egypt
Hungary		 Khaled Baligh
Róbert Machán		 1
6 		1
6 		       
5 Egypt
Hungary		 Tarek-Shawki El Sakka
János Benyik		 3
6 		6
1		 6
3		      

Yugoslavia vs. Israel


Yugoslavia
1		 Tennis Club Jug, Skopje, Yugoslavia[11]
12–14 June 1981
Clay
Israel
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Israel		 Zoltan Ilin
Shlomo Glickstein		 1
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Israel		 Slobodan Živojinović
David Schneider		 4
6 		4
6 		8
10 		     
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Israel		 Dragan Savić / Slobodan Živojinović
Shlomo Glickstein / David Schneider		 3
6 		4
6 		5
7 		     
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Israel		 Zoltan Ilin
Shahar Perkiss		 6
3		 6
2		 3
6 		3
6 		6
0		  
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Israel		 Branko Horvat
Shlomo Glickstein		 6
3		 2
6 		1
6 		2
6 		   

Semifinals

Spain vs. Monaco


Spain
5		 Club Tennis Lleida, Lleida, Spain[12]
10-12 July 1981
Clay
Monaco
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Monaco		 Ángel Giménez
Bernard Balleret		 6
3		 6
4		 6
1		      
2 Spain
Monaco		 Fernando Luna
Louis Borfiga		 6
0		 6
1		 6
2		      
3 Spain
Monaco		 Sergio Casal / José López-Maeso
Bernard Balleret / Michel Borfiga		 7
5		 6
1		 6
1		      
4 Spain
Monaco		 José López-Maeso
Louis Borfiga		 6
2		 6
4		 6
0		      
5 Spain
Monaco		 Fernando Luna
Jacques Vinciléoni		 6
1		 6
4		        

Israel vs. Hungary


Israel
2		 Canada Stadium, Ramat HaSharon, Israel[13]
10-12 July 1981
Hard
Hungary
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Israel
Hungary		 David Schneider
Róbert Machán		 6
3		 2
6 		2
6 		8
6		 5
7 		 
2 Israel
Hungary		 Shlomo Glickstein
Balázs Taróczy		 7
9 		6
1		 6
3		 6
1		    
3 Israel
Hungary		 Shlomo Glickstein / David Schneider
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy		 6
3		 7
9 		6
3		 4
6 		4
6 		 
4 Israel
Hungary		 David Schneider
Balázs Taróczy		 3
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
5 Israel
Hungary		 Shlomo Glickstein
Róbert Machán		 6
0		 6
4		        

Final

Spain vs. Hungary


Spain
3		 Club de Tenis Avilés, Avilés, Spain[4]
18-20 September 1981
Clay
Hungary
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Spain
Hungary		 Fernando Luna
Balázs Taróczy		 4
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
2 Spain
Hungary		 José López-Maeso
Róbert Machán		 6
1		 4
6 		6
1		 9
7		    
3 Spain
Hungary		 Sergio Casal / Ángel Giménez
Péter Szőke / Balázs Taróczy		 4
6 		8
6		 10
8		 6
3		    
4 Spain
Hungary		 José López-Maeso
Balázs Taróczy		 6
3		 1
6 		5
7 		3
6 		   
5 Spain
Hungary		 Fernando Luna
Róbert Machán		 3
6 		10
8		 6
0		 6
2		    

Zone B

Draw

First round
8–10 May		Quarterfinals
12–14 June		Semifinals
9–11 July		Final
25–27 September
 Austria
Salzburg, Austria (clay)
bye
 Austria3
Aarhus, Denmark (clay)
 Denmark2
 Denmark5
Pörtschach, Austria (clay)
 Portugal0
 Austria0
 Soviet Union4
 Soviet Union
Jūrmala, Soviet Union (clay)
bye
 Soviet Union4
 Belgium1
 Belgiumw/o
Jūrmala, Soviet Union (clay)
 Turkey
 Soviet Union5
 Netherlands0
 Finland
Helsinki, Finland (clay)
bye
 Finland3
Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg (clay)
 Bulgaria2
 Luxembourg0
Helsinki, Finland (clay)
 Bulgaria5
 Finland0
 Netherlands5
 Netherlands
Eindhoven, Netherlands (clay)
bye
 Netherlands4
Oslo, Norway (clay)
 Ireland1
 Norway2
 Ireland3

First round

Denmark vs. Portugal


Denmark
5		 Aarhus, Denmark[14]
8–10 May 1981
Clay
Portugal
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Denmark
Portugal		 Peter Bastiansen
Miguel Soares		 6
2		 6
0		 6
2		      
2 Denmark
Portugal		 Michael Mortensen
José Manuel Cordeiro		 4
6 		6
4		 6
0		 4
6 		10
8		  
3 Denmark
Portugal		 Peter Bastiansen / Michael Mortensen
José Manuel Cordeiro / Pedro Cordeiro		 6
1		 11
9		 6
4		      
4 Denmark
Portugal		 Peter Bastiansen
José Manuel Cordeiro		 6
0		 6
1		 6
0		      
5 Denmark
Portugal		 Michael Mortensen
Miguel Soares		 6
3		 6
1		 6
0		      

Luxembourg vs. Bulgaria


Luxembourg
0		 Tennis Club de Mondorf, Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg[15]
8–10 May 1981
Clay
Bulgaria
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Luxembourg
Bulgaria		 Anatol Navrotchi
Julian Stamatov		 1
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
2 Luxembourg
Bulgaria		 Johny Goudenbour
Bozhidar Pampoulov		 6
8 		2
6 		2
6 		     
3 Luxembourg
Bulgaria		 Johny Goudenbour / Anatol Navrotchi
Bozhidar Pampoulov / Matei Pampoulov		 2
6 		3
6 		9
11 		     
4 Luxembourg
Bulgaria		 Johny Goudenbour
Julian Stamatov		 6
8 		5
7 		2
6 		     
5 Luxembourg
Bulgaria		 Fernand Claude
Matei Pampoulov		 5
7 		0
6 		1
6 		     

Norway vs. Ireland


Norway
2		 Oslo Tennisklubb, Oslo, Norway[16]
8–10 May 1981
Clay
Ireland
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Norway
Republic of Ireland		 Per Hegna
Peter Hannon		 6
3		 6
1		 6
4		      
2 Norway
Republic of Ireland		 Thomas Randby
Matt Doyle		 2
6 		3
6 		0
6 		     
3 Norway
Republic of Ireland		 Per Hegna / Bjørn Naume
Matt Doyle / Sean Sorensen		 1
6 		0
6 		2
6 		     
4 Norway
Republic of Ireland		 Per Hegna
Matt Doyle		 2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
5 Norway
Republic of Ireland		 Thomas Randby
Peter Hannon		 3
6 		6
3		 2
6 		7
5		 6
2		  

Quarterfinals

Austria vs. Denmark


Austria
3		 Salzburg, Austria[17]
12–14 June 1981
Clay
Denmark
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
Denmark		 Peter Feigl
Michael Mortensen		 6
3		 10
8		 6
3		      
2 Austria
Denmark		 Hans Kary
Peter Bastiansen		 4
6 		6
3		 6
2		 6
1		    
3 Austria
Denmark		 Peter Feigl / Hans Kary
Peter Bastiansen / Michael Mortensen		 6
3		 6
4		 1
6 		6
1		    
4 Austria
Denmark		 Robert Reininger
Michael Mortensen		 3
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
5 Austria
Denmark		 Peter Feigl
Peter Bastiansen		 4
6 		6
2		 4
6 		5
7 		   

Soviet Union vs. Belgium


Soviet Union
4		 Jūrmala, Soviet Union[18]
12–14 June 1981
Clay
Belgium
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Soviet Union
Belgium		 Konstantin Pugaev
Bernard Boileau		 4
6 		6
4		 6
4		 6
1		    
2 Soviet Union
Belgium		 Vadim Borisov
Thierry Stevaux		 2
6 		6
4		 6
2		 4
6 		6
3		  
3 Soviet Union
Belgium		 Vadim Borisov / Konstantin Pugaev
Bernard Boileau / Alain Brichant		 6
4		 7
9 		1
6 		4
6 		   
4 Soviet Union
Belgium		 Konstantin Pugaev
Thierry Stevaux		 5
7 		3
6 		6
4		 6
0		 6
4		  
5 Soviet Union
Belgium		 Alexander Zverev
Alain Brichant		 6
1		 6
2		 6
4		      

Finland vs. Bulgaria


Finland
3		 Helsinki, Finland[19]
12–14 June 1981
Clay
Bulgaria
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Bulgaria		 Leo Palin
Lyubomir Petrov		 6
1		 6
2		 6
0		      
2 Finland
Bulgaria		 Matti Timonen
Julian Stamatov		 8
10 		6
1		 6
2		 5
7 		0
6 		 
3 Finland
Bulgaria		 Joakim Berner / Leo Palin
Lyubomir Petrov / Julian Stamatov		 7
5		 6
1		 3
6 		5
7 		0
6 		 
4 Finland
Bulgaria		 Leo Palin
Julian Stamatov		 9
11 		6
2		 6
1		 6
0		    
5 Finland
Bulgaria		 Matti Timonen
Lyubomir Petrov		 6
3		 6
2		 4
6 		3
6 		6
0		  

Netherlands vs. Ireland


Netherlands
4		 Eindhoven, Netherlands[20]
12–14 June 1981
Clay
Ireland
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Netherlands
Republic of Ireland		 Louk Sanders
Matt Doyle		 8
6		 2
6 		2
6 		6
2		 6
2		  
2 Netherlands
Republic of Ireland		 Eric Wilborts
Sean Sorensen		 4
6 		7
5		 6
4		 6
1		    
3 Netherlands
Republic of Ireland		 Marc Albert / Huub van Boeckel
Matt Doyle / Sean Sorensen		 3
6 		6
4		 1
6 		2
6 		   
4 Netherlands
Republic of Ireland		 Eric Wilborts
Matt Doyle		 6
4		 6
8 		12
10		 6
4		    
5 Netherlands
Republic of Ireland		 Louk Sanders
Sean Sorensen		 6
3		 6
2		        

Semifinals

Austria vs. Soviet Union


Austria
0		 Werzer Arena, Pörtschach, Austria[21]
9–11 July 1981
Clay
Soviet Union
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Austria
Soviet Union		 Hans Kary
Konstantin Pugaev		 4
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
2 Austria
Soviet Union		 Ingo Wimmer
Vadim Borisov		 6
8 		4
6 		4
6 		     
3 Austria
Soviet Union		 Hans Kary / Bernhard Pils
Vadim Borisov / Sergey Leonyuk		 4
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
4 Austria
Soviet Union		 Ingo Wimmer
Konstantin Pugaev		 4
6 		2
6 		6
3		 3
6 		   
5 Austria
Soviet Union		 Hans Kary
Vadim Borisov		            

Finland vs. Netherlands


Finland
0		 Helsinki, Finland[22]
9–11 July 1981
Clay
Netherlands
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Finland
Netherlands		 Kimmo Alkio
Louk Sanders		 3
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
2 Finland
Netherlands		 Matti Timonen
Eric Wilborts		 2
6 		2
6 		7
9 		     
3 Finland
Netherlands		 George Berner / Leo Palin
Marc Albert / Huub van Boeckel		 5
7 		5
7 		2
6 		     
4 Finland
Netherlands		 Matti Timonen
Louk Sanders		 6
4		 3
6 		5
7 		4
6 		   
5 Finland
Netherlands		 Kimmo Alkio
Eric Wilborts		 6
3		 6
2		 0
6 		2
6 		4
6 		 

Final

Soviet Union vs. Netherlands


Soviet Union
5		 Jūrmala, Soviet Union[5]
25–27 September 1981
Clay
Netherlands
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Soviet Union
Netherlands		 Vadim Borisov
Eric Wilborts		 7
5		 4
6 		6
1		 6
3		    
2 Soviet Union
Netherlands		 Alexander Zverev
Louk Sanders		 6
4		 7
9 		1
6 		9
7		 6
3		  
3 Soviet Union
Netherlands		 Vadim Borisov / Konstantin Pugaev
Marc Albert / Tom Okker		 6
4		 6
4		 6
2		      
4 Soviet Union
Netherlands		 Sergey Leonyuk
Marc Albert		 4
6 		9
7		 6
4		 4
6 		6
4		  
5 Soviet Union
Netherlands		 Alexander Zverev
Eric Wilborts		 6
1		 6
3		        

References

  1. ↑ "ITF Events - Davis Cup". itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Davis Cup History". daviscup.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. ↑ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  4. 1 2 "Spain v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  5. 1 2 "Soviet Union v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
  6. ↑ "Monaco v Morocco". daviscup.com.
  7. ↑ "Egypt v Greece". daviscup.com.
  8. ↑ "Algeria v Spain". daviscup.com.
  9. ↑ "Monaco v Poland". daviscup.com.
  10. ↑ "Egypt v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  11. ↑ "Yugoslavia v Israel". daviscup.com.
  12. ↑ "Spain v Monaco". daviscup.com.
  13. ↑ "Israel v Hungary". daviscup.com.
  14. ↑ "Denmark v Portugal". daviscup.com.
  15. ↑ "Luxembourg v Bulgaria". daviscup.com.
  16. ↑ "Norway v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  17. ↑ "Austria v Denmark". daviscup.com.
  18. ↑ "Soviet Union v Belgium". daviscup.com.
  19. ↑ "Finland v Bulgaria". daviscup.com.
  20. ↑ "Netherlands v Ireland". daviscup.com.
  21. ↑ "Austria v Soviet Union". daviscup.com.
  22. ↑ "Finland v Netherlands". daviscup.com.
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