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{{Davis Cup season
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| name          = 1959 Davis Cup
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| duration      = 21 March – 31 August
| edition       = 48th
| teams         = 39<!-- Not include four teams withdrew before their first match. Include the defending champion directly received bye to the Challenge Round. -->
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| winning nation= {{davis|AUS}}
| previous      = [[1958 Davis Cup|1958]]
| next          = [[1960 Davis Cup|1960]]
}}
The '''1959 Davis Cup''' was the 48th edition of the [[Davis Cup]], the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 27 teams entered the Europe Zone, 8 teams entered the Eastern Zone, and 7 teams entered the America Zone. The Europe Zone was modified so that only the previous year's semifinalists were guaranteed first round byes, allowing more countries to compete. [[Colombia Davis Cup team|Colombia]] made its first appearance in the tournament.

[[Australia Davis Cup team|Australia]] defeated [[Cuba Davis Cup team|Cuba]] in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, [[India Davis Cup team|India]] defeated the [[Philippines Davis Cup team|Philippines]] in the Eastern Zone final, and [[Italy Davis Cup team|Italy]] defeated [[Spain Davis Cup team|Spain]] in the Europe Zone final. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Australia defeated Italy in the semifinal, and then defeated India in the final. In the Challenge Round Australia defeated the defending champions the [[United States Davis Cup team|United States]]. The final was played at the [[West Side Tennis Club]] in [[Forest Hills, Queens|Forest Hills]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States]] on 28–31 August.<ref name=Collins>{{cite book|author=Bud Collins|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0942257700|pages=495–496, 499|edition=2nd}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Tennis|year=1974|publisher=Allen & Unwin|location=London|isbn=0047960426|author=Max Robertson|page=384}}</ref><ref name="Challenge" />

==America Zone==
{{details|1959 Davis Cup America Zone}}

===North & Central America Zone===
{{4TeamBracket-info
| RD1-date=18–20 July
| RD2-date=24–26 July

| RD1T1-loc=
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|CAN|1957}} | RD1-score1=
| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=

| RD1T2-loc=[[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] (clay)
| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{davis|MEX|1934}} | RD1-score3=1
| RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4={{davis|AUS}} | RD1-score4=4

| RD2T1-loc=[[Montreal]],  [[Canada]] (grass)
| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|CAN|1957}} | RD2-score1=0
| RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|AUS}} | RD2-score2=5
}}

===South America Zone===
{{4TeamBracket-info
| RD1-date=2–4 May
| RD2-date=

| RD1T1-loc=[[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]]
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|Caribbean/West Indies}} | RD1-score1=0
| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2={{davis|CUB}} | RD1-score2=4

| RD1T2-loc=
| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{davis|ARG}} | RD1-score3=w/o
| RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4={{davis|VEN|1930}} | RD1-score4=

| RD2T1-loc=
| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|CUB}} | RD2-score1=w/o
| RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|ARG}} | RD2-score2=
}}

===Americas Inter-Zonal Final===
'''Australia vs. Cuba'''
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Australia
|team2=Cuba
|venue=[[Mount Royal Tennis Club]], [[Montreal]], [[Canada]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1959-AMI-M-AUS-CUB-01|title=Australia v Cuba|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=31 July–2 August 1959
|surface=Grass
|score1=5
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Roy Emerson]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Reynaldo Garrido]] |0 |4 |4 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Neale Fraser]] |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Orlando Garrido (tennis)|Orlando Garrido]] |1 |5 |3 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Roy Emerson]] |T1P2=[[Rod Laver]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Orlando Garrido (tennis)|Orlando Garrido]] |T2P2=[[Reynaldo Garrido]] |4 |4 |4 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Bob Mark]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Orlando Garrido (tennis)|Orlando Garrido]] |4 |4 |2 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Neale Fraser]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Reynaldo Garrido]] |3 |2 |4 | | }}
}}

==Eastern Zone==
{{details|1959 Davis Cup Eastern Zone}}

===Draw===
{{8TeamBracket-info
| RD1-date=21 March–12 April
| RD2-date=25 April–3 May
| RD3-date=1 June

| RD1T1-loc=[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|CEY|1951}} | RD1-score1=0
| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2={{davis|JPN|1947}} | RD1-score2=5

| RD1T2-loc=
| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{davis|IND}} | RD1-score3=w/o
| RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4={{davis|KOR|1949}} | RD1-score4=

| RD1T3-loc=
| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5={{davis|IRI|1925}} | RD1-score5=
| RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6={{davis|THA}} | RD1-score6=w/o

| RD1T4-loc=[[Manila]], [[Philippines]]
| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7={{davis|Malaya}} | RD1-score7=0
| RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8={{davis|PHI|1936}} | RD1-score8=5

| RD2T1-loc=[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|JPN|1947}} | RD2-score1=2
| RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|IND}} | RD2-score2=3

| RD2T2-loc=[[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]
| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3={{davis|THA}} | RD2-score3=0
| RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4={{davis|PHI|1936}} | RD2-score4=5

| RD3T1-loc=[[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]]
| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1={{davis|IND}} | RD3-score1=4
| RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2={{davis|PHI|1936}} | RD3-score2=1
}}

===Final===
'''India vs. Philippines'''
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=India
|team2=Philippines |team1-var=1936
|venue=[[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[India]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1959-EAS-M-IND-PHI-01|title=India v Philippines|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=1 June 1959
|surface=
|score1=4
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Naresh Kumar (tennis player)|Naresh Kumar]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Raymundo Deyro]] |2 |2 |3 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Felicisimo Ampon]] |2 |2 |3 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |T1P2=[[Naresh Kumar (tennis player)|Naresh Kumar]] |6 |8 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Raymundo Deyro]] |T2P2=[[Juan-Johnson José]] |3 |6 |2 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Juan-Johnson José]] |1 |4 |1 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Premjit Lall]] |6 |1 |6 |6 |1 |T2P1=[[Felicisimo Ampon]] |8 |6 |4 |2 |6 }}
}}

==Europe Zone==
{{details|1959 Davis Cup Europe Zone}}

===Draw===
{{32TeamBracket-Compact-info
| RD1-date=17 April–4 May
| RD2-date=1–18 May
| RD3-date=11–15 June
| RD4-date=9–12 July
| RD5-date=24–27 July
| RD1-name=First Round
| RD2-name=Second Round
| seed-width=25
| team-width=150

| RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01={{davis|ITA}} | RD1-score01=
| RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=bye | RD1-score02=

| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03={{davis|BEL}} | RD1-score03=4
| RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04={{davis|NED}} | RD1-score04=1

| RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05={{davis|LIB}} | RD1-score05=1
| RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06={{davis|COL}} | RD1-score06=4

| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07={{davis|NOR}} | RD1-score07=0
| RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08={{davis|RSA|1928}} | RD1-score08=5

| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09={{davis|EGY|1958}} | RD1-score09=2
| RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10={{davis|ROU|1952}} | RD1-score10=3

| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11={{davis|IRL}} | RD1-score11=0
| RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12={{davis|NZL}} | RD1-score12=5

| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13={{davis|YUG}} | RD1-score13=1
| RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14={{davis|DEN}} | RD1-score14=4

| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=bye | RD1-score15=
| RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16={{davis|FRA}} | RD1-score16=

| RD1-seed17= | RD1-team17={{davis|POL|1928}} | RD1-score17=
| RD1-seed18= | RD1-team18=bye | RD1-score18=

| RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19={{davis|FRG}} | RD1-score19=0
| RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20={{davis|BRA|1889}} | RD1-score20=4

| RD1-seed21= | RD1-team21={{davis|FIN}} | RD1-score21=0
| RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22={{davis|ESP|1945}} | RD1-score22=5

| RD1-seed23= | RD1-team23={{davis|ISR}} | RD1-score23=2
| RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24={{davis|SUI}} | RD1-score24=3

| RD1-seed25= | RD1-team25={{davis|SWE}} | RD1-score25=5
| RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26={{davis|HUN}} | RD1-score26=0

| RD1-seed27= | RD1-team27={{davis|AUT}} | RD1-score27=1
| RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28={{davis|CHI}} | RD1-score28=3

| RD1-seed29= | RD1-team29=bye | RD1-score29=
| RD1-seed30= | RD1-team30={{davis|LUX}} | RD1-score30=

| RD1-seed31= | RD1-team31=bye | RD1-score31=
| RD1-seed32= | RD1-team32={{davis|GBR}} | RD1-score32=

| RD2T1-loc=[[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]
| RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01={{davis|ITA}} | RD2-score01=4
| RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02={{davis|BEL}} | RD2-score02=1

| RD2T2-loc=[[Bournemouth]], [[England]] (clay)
| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03={{davis|COL}} | RD2-score03=0
| RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04={{davis|RSA|1928}} | RD2-score04=5

| RD2T3-loc=[[Bucharest]], [[Romania]] (clay)
| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05={{davis|ROU|1952}} | RD2-score05=3
| RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06={{davis|NZL}} | RD2-score06=2

| RD2T4-loc=[[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]] (clay)
| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07={{davis|DEN}} | RD2-score07=0
| RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08={{davis|FRA}} | RD2-score08=5

| RD2T5-loc=[[Warsaw]], [[Poland]]
| RD2-seed09= | RD2-team09={{davis|POL|1928}} | RD2-score09=2
| RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10={{davis|BRA|1889}} | RD2-score10=3

| RD2T6-loc=[[Madrid]], [[Spain]] (clay)
| RD2-seed11= | RD2-team11={{davis|ESP|1945}} | RD2-score11=5
| RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12={{davis|SUI}} | RD2-score12=0

| RD2T7-loc=[[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]] (clay)
| RD2-seed13= | RD2-team13={{davis|SWE}} | RD2-score13=2
| RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14={{davis|CHI}} | RD2-score14=3

| RD2T8-loc=[[Mondorf-les-Bains]], [[Luxembourg]] (clay)
| RD2-seed15= | RD2-team15={{davis|LUX}} | RD2-score15=0
| RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16={{davis|GBR}} | RD2-score16=5

| RD3T1-loc=[[Florence]], [[Italy]] (clay)
| RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01={{davis|ITA}} | RD3-score01=4
| RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02={{davis|RSA|1928}} | RD3-score02=1

| RD3T2-loc=[[Paris]], [[France]] (clay)
| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03={{davis|ROU|1952}} | RD3-score03=0
| RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04={{davis|FRA}} | RD3-score04=5

| RD3T3-loc=[[Barcelona]], [[Spain]] (clay)
| RD3-seed05= | RD3-team05={{davis|BRA|1889}} | RD3-score05=2
| RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06={{davis|ESP|1945}} | RD3-score06=3

| RD3T4-loc=[[Eastbourne]], [[England]] (grass)
| RD3-seed07= | RD3-team07={{davis|CHI}} | RD3-score07=2
| RD3-seed08= | RD3-team08={{davis|GBR}} | RD3-score08=3

| RD4T1-loc=[[Sanremo]], [[Italy]] (clay)
| RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01={{davis|ITA}} | RD4-score01=4
| RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02={{davis|FRA}} | RD4-score02=1

| RD4T2-loc=[[Barcelona]], [[Spain]] (clay)
| RD4-seed03= | RD4-team03={{davis|ESP|1945}} | RD4-score03=3
| RD4-seed04= | RD4-team04={{davis|GBR}} | RD4-score04=2

| RD5T1-loc=[[Milan]], [[Italy]] (clay)
| RD5-seed01= | RD5-team01={{davis|ITA}} | RD5-score01=4
| RD5-seed02= | RD5-team02={{davis|ESP|1945}} | RD5-score02=1
}}

===Final===
'''Italy vs. Spain'''
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Italy
|team2=Spain |team2-var=1945
|venue=Milan Tennis Club, [[Milan]], [[Italy]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1959-EUR-M-ITA-ESP-01|title=Italy v Spain|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=24–27 July 1959
|surface=Clay
|score1=4
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Orlando Sirola]] |2 |8 |7 |2 |6 | |T2P1=[[Juan Manuel Couder]] |6 |6 |5 |6 |4 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Nicola Pietrangeli]] |8 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Andrés Gimeno]] |6 |3 |3 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Nicola Pietrangeli]] |T1P2=[[Orlando Sirola]] |6 |8 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Juan Manuel Couder]] |T2P2=[[Andrés Gimeno]] |4 |6 |4 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Sergio Tacchini]] |4 |1 |1 | | |T2P1=[[Andrés Gimeno]] |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Nicola Pietrangeli]] |6 |4 |6 |6 |6 |T2P1=[[Juan Manuel Couder]] |8 |6 |2 |0 |4 }}
}}

==Inter-Zonal Zone==
===Draw===
{{4TeamBracket-info
| RD1-date=7–10 August
| RD2-date=14–16 August

| RD1T1-loc=
| RD1-seed1=EAS | RD1-team1={{davis|IND}} | RD1-score1=
| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=

| RD1T2-loc=[[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, PA]], [[United States]] (grass)
| RD1-seed3=AME | RD1-team3={{davis|AUS}} | RD1-score3=4
| RD1-seed4=EUR | RD1-team4={{davis|ITA}} | RD1-score4=1

| RD2T1-loc=[[Boston|Boston, MA]], [[United States]] (grass)
| RD2-seed1=EAS | RD2-team1={{davis|IND}} | RD2-score1=1
| RD2-seed2=AME | RD2-team2={{davis|AUS}} | RD2-score2=4
}}

===Semifinals===
'''Australia vs. Italy'''
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Australia
|team2=Italy
|venue=[[Germantown Cricket Club]], [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, PA]], [[United States]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1959-INZ-M-AUS-ITA-01|title=Australia v Italy|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=7–10 August 1959
|surface=Grass
|score1=4
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rod Laver]] |6 |2 |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Nicola Pietrangeli]] |4 |6 |3 |3 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Neale Fraser]] |19 |1 |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Orlando Sirola]] |17 |6 |3 |4 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Roy Emerson]] |T1P2=[[Neale Fraser]] |3 |11 |6 |9 | |T2P1=[[Nicola Pietrangeli]] |T2P2=[[Orlando Sirola]] |6 |9 |3 |7 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rod Laver]] |4 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Orlando Sirola]] |6 |4 |0 |3 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Roy Emerson]] |4 |0 |4 | | |T2P1=[[Nicola Pietrangeli]] |6 |6 |6 | | }}
}}

===Final===
'''Australia vs. India'''
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Australia
|team2=India
|venue=[[Longwood Cricket Club]], [[Boston|Boston, MA]], [[United States]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1959-INZ-M-AUS-IND-01|title=Australia v India|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=14–16 August 1959
|surface=Grass
|score1=4
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rod Laver]] |1 |4 |10 |4 | |T2P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |6 |6 |8 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Neale Fraser]] |10 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Premjit Lall]] |8 |4 |1 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Roy Emerson]] |T1P2=[[Neale Fraser]] |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |T2P2=[[Premjit Lall]] |3 |5 |2 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Neale Fraser]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |2 |3 |4 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rod Laver]] |6 |10 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Premjit Lall]] |2 |8 |4 | | }}
}}

==Challenge Round==
'''United States vs. Australia'''
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=United States |team1-var=1959
|team2=Australia
|venue=[[West Side Tennis Club]], [[Forest Hills, Queens|Forest Hills, NY]], [[United States]]<ref name="Challenge">{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1959-WG-CHR-USA-AUS-01|title=United States v Australia|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=28–31 August 1959
|surface=Grass
|score1=2
|score2=3
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Alex Olmedo]] |6 |8 |4 |6 | |T2P1=[[Neale Fraser]] |8 |6 |6 |8 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Barry MacKay]] |7 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Rod Laver]] |5 |4 |1 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Butch Buchholz]] |T1P2=[[Alex Olmedo]] |5 |5 |4 | | |T2P1=[[Roy Emerson]] |T2P2=[[Neale Fraser]] |7 |7 |6 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Alex Olmedo]] |9 |4 |10 |12 | |T2P1=[[Rod Laver]] |7 |6 |8 |10 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Barry MacKay]] |6 |6 |2 |4 | |T2P1=[[Neale Fraser]] |8 |3 |6 |6 | }}
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.daviscup.com Davis Cup official website]

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