1975 Davis Cup

Americas Zone

Main article: 1975 Davis Cup Americas Zone

North & Central America Zone

Preliminary rounds

| RD1-date=4–13 October 1974 | RD2-date=31 January–2 February

| RD1-text1=Nassau, Bahamas (clay) | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1= | RD1-score1=0 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2=5

| RD1-text2=Quebec City, Canada (indoor carpet) | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3= | RD1-score3=1 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=4

| RD2-text1=Palm Springs, CA, United States (hard) | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= | RD2-score1=2 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= | RD2-score2=3

Main Draw

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South America Zone

Preliminary rounds

| RD1-date= | RD2-date=15–17 November 1974 13–15 December 1974

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| RD1-text4= | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=bye | RD1-score7= | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8= | RD1-score8=

| RD2-text1=Montevideo, Uruguay | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= | RD2-score1=0 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= | RD2-score2=5

| RD2-text2=São Paulo, Brazil | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3= | RD2-score3=4 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4= | RD2-score4=0

Main Draw

| RD1-date=20–22 December 1974 | RD2-date=10–12 January

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| RD1-text2=São Paulo, Brazil (clay) | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3= | RD1-score3=3 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=2

| RD2-text1=Santiago, Chile | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= | RD2-score2=1

Americas Inter-Zonal Final

Chile vs. South Africa

Eastern Zone

Main article: 1975 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

Final

New Zealand vs. Australia

Europe Zone

Main article: 1975 Davis Cup Europe Zone

Zone A

Pre-qualifying round

23–25 August 1974

| RD1-text1=Tehran, Iran | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=**** | RD1-score1=5 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2=0

| RD1-text2=Tel Aviv, Israel (hard) | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=**** | RD1-score3=5 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=0

Preliminary rounds

| RD1-date=20–29 September 1974 | RD2-date=2–4 May

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| RD1-text2=Copenhagen, Denmark (indoor carpet) | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3= | RD1-score3=4 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=1

| RD1-text3= | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5= | RD1-score5= | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=bye | RD1-score6=

| RD1-text4=London, United Kingdom (indoor carpet) | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7= | RD1-score7=5 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8= | RD1-score8=0

| RD1-text5=Poznań, Poland (clay) | RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9= | RD1-score9=5 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10= | RD1-score10=0

| RD1-text6= | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=bye | RD1-score11= | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12= | RD1-score12=

| RD1-text7=Tel Aviv, Israel (hard) | RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13= | RD1-score13=0 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14= | RD1-score14=5

| RD1-text8= | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=bye | RD1-score15= | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16= | RD1-score16=

| RD2-text1=Murcia, Spain (clay) | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= | RD2-score1=5 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= | RD2-score2=0

| RD2-text2=Vienna, Austria (clay) | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3= | RD2-score3=0 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4= | RD2-score4=4

| RD2-text3=Warsaw, Poland (clay) | RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5= | RD2-score5=1 | RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6= | RD2-score6=4

| RD2-text4=Freiburg, West Germany | RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7= | RD2-score7=0 | RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8= | RD2-score8=5

Main Draw

| RD1-date=9–18 May | RD2-date=18–20 July | RD3-date=25–27 July

| RD1-text1= | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1= | RD1-score1= | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=

| RD1-text2=Barcelona, Spain (clay) | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3= | RD1-score3=3 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=2

| RD1-text3=West Berlin (clay) | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5= | RD1-score5=2 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6= | RD1-score6=3

| RD1-text4= | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=bye | RD1-score7= | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8= | RD1-score8=

| RD2-text1=Barcelona, Spain (clay) | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= | RD2-score1=2 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= | RD2-score2=3

| RD2-text2=Jūrmala, Soviet Union (clay) | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3= | RD2-score3=3 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4= | RD2-score4=2

| RD3-text1=Barcelona, Spain (clay) | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1= | RD3-score1=2 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2= | RD3-score2=3

Final

Spain vs. Sweden

Zone B

Pre-qualifying round

| team-width=150 23 August–14 September 1974

| RD1-text1=Lagos, Nigeria (hard) | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1=**** | RD1-score1=5 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2=0

| RD1-text2=Istanbul, Turkey | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=**** | RD1-score3=3 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=2

Preliminary rounds

| RD1-date=13–29 September 1974 | RD2-date=2–11 May

| RD1-text1= | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1= | RD1-score1= | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=

| RD1-text2=Helsinki, Finland | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3= | RD1-score3=1 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=4

| RD1-text3= | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5= | RD1-score5= | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=bye | RD1-score6=

| RD1-text4=Monte Carlo, Monaco | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7= | RD1-score7=4 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8= | RD1-score8=1

| RD1-text5=Brussels, Belgium (indoor hard) | RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9= | RD1-score9=5 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10= | RD1-score10=0

| RD1-text6= | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=bye | RD1-score11= | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12= | RD1-score12=

| RD1-text7=Sofia, Bulgaria | RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13= | RD1-score13=5 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14= | RD1-score14=0

| RD1-text8= | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=bye | RD1-score15= | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16= | RD1-score16=

| RD2-text1=Budapest, Hungary | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= | RD2-score1=0 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= | RD2-score2=5

| RD2-text2=Monte Carlo, Monaco | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3= | RD2-score3=3 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4= | RD2-score4=1

| RD2-text3=Paris, France (clay) | RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5= | RD2-score5=1 | RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6= | RD2-score6=4

| RD2-text4=Zagreb, Yugoslavia | RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7= | RD2-score7=1 | RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8= | RD2-score8=4

Main Draw

| RD1-date=16–25 May | RD2-date=20–22 June; 18–20 July | RD3-date=25–27 July

| RD1-text1= | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1= | RD1-score1= | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=

| RD1-text2=Cairo, Egypt | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3= | RD1-score3=2 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=3

| RD1-text3=Paris, France (clay) | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5= | RD1-score5=3 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6= | RD1-score6=0

| RD1-text4= | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=bye | RD1-score7= | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8= | RD1-score8=

| RD2-text1=Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= | RD2-score2=1

| RD2-text2=Paris, France (clay) | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3= | RD2-score3=3 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4= | RD2-score4=2

| RD3-text1=Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1= | RD3-score1=3 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2= | RD3-score2=2

Final

Czechoslovakia vs. France

Inter-Zonal Zone

Draw

| RD1-date=19–28 September | RD2-date=19–21 December | seed-width=4

| RD1-text1=Prague, Czechoslovakia (clay) | RD1-seed1=EUR-B | RD1-team1= | RD1-score1=3 | RD1-seed2=EAS | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2=1

| RD1-text2=Båstad, Sweden (clay) | RD1-seed3=AME | RD1-team3= | RD1-score3=1 | RD1-seed4=EUR-A | RD1-team4= | RD1-score4=4

| RD2-text1=Stockholm, Sweden (indoor carpet) | RD2-seed1=EUR-B | RD2-team1= | RD2-score1=2 | RD2-seed2=EUR-A | RD2-team2= | RD2-score2=3

Semifinals

Sweden vs. Chile

Czechoslovakia vs. Australia

Final

Sweden vs. Czechoslovakia

Controversy

The Inter-Zonal Zone semifinal between Sweden and Chile was played on 19–21 September in Båstad, Sweden, two years after Augusto Pinochet's military coup in Chile. Many people in Sweden wanted the match to be cancelled, in protest of the junta's violations of human rights, however others wanted sport and politics to remain separated.

Chilekommittén mobilised protests against the match. The call for the manifestation was issued on July 30, 1975. The slogan of the protests was Stoppa matchen! ('Stop the match'). About 7,000 people took part in the protest. Hundreds of balloons, with names of political prisoners were released in the vicinity of the match venue, guarded by a police force of 1,300. Through Chilean sports commentators on site, news about the protests reached Chile. A special issue of Chilebulletinen was produced for the protests, with 20,000 copies.

The then governing Swedish Social Democratic Party didn't take part in the protests on September 20. A protest march was instead organized in Båstad by the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League on September 18, ending at the town square, where former prime minister Tage Erlander and Sweden's former ambassador to Chile Harald Edelstam (who personally helped rescue over 1,200 political prisoners in Chile after the 1973 coup) addressed a crowd of some 3,000.

Olof Palme's government tried to stop the match, but on September 12 negotiations ended with a decision to play. During the game on September 20, which was guarded by 1,300 police, over 7,000 demonstrators gathered peacefully on the square. The match was played behind closed doors with no spectators present.

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