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{{Davis Cup season

| name = 1962 Davis Cup
| image =
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| duration = 31 March – 28 December
| edition = 51st
| teams = 42
| categories =

| winning nation= {{davis|AUS}}
| previous = [[1961 Davis Cup|1961]]
| next = [[1963 Davis Cup|1963]]
}}
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 Davis Cup team|Iran]] and the [[Soviet Union Davis Cup team|Soviet Union]] made their first appearances in the tournament.

[[Mexico Davis Cup team|Mexico]] defeated [[Yugoslavia Davis Cup team|Yugoslavia]] in the America Zone final, [[India Davis Cup team|India]] defeated the [[Philippines Davis Cup team|Philippines]] in the Eastern Zone final, and [[Sweden Davis Cup team|Sweden]] defeated [[Italy Davis Cup team|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 Davis Cup team|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.<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|1962 Davis Cup America Zone}}

===Draw===
{{8TeamBracket-info
| RD1-date=13–15 July
| RD2-date=4–8 August
| RD3-date=17–19 August
| team-width=14

| RD1T1-loc=[[Cleveland|Cleveland, OH]], [[United States]] (clay)
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|USA}} | RD1-score1=5
| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2={{davis|CAN|1957}} | RD1-score2=0

| RD1T2-loc=
| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{davis|MEX|1934}} | RD1-score3=
| RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=bye | RD1-score4=

| RD1T3-loc=
| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=bye | RD1-score5=
| RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6={{davis|Caribbean/West Indies}} | RD1-score6=

| RD1T4-loc=
| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=bye | RD1-score7=
| RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8={{davis|YUG}} | RD1-score8=

| RD2T1-loc=[[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] (clay)
| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|USA}} | RD2-score1=2
| RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|MEX|1934}} | RD2-score2=3

| RD2T2-loc=[[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]] (clay)
| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3={{davis|Caribbean/West Indies}} | RD2-score3=1
| RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4={{davis|YUG}} | RD2-score4=4

| RD3T1-loc=[[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] (clay)
| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1={{davis|MEX|1934}} | RD3-score1=4
| RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2={{davis|YUG}} | RD3-score2=1
}}

===Final===
'''Mexico vs. Yugoslavia'''
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Mexico |team1-var=1934
|team2=Yugoslavia
|venue=Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-AME-M-MEX-YUG-01|title=Mexico v Yugoslavia|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=17–19 August 1962
|surface=Clay
|score1=4
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Antonio Palafox]] |6 |1 |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Boro Jovanović]] |4 |6 |3 |3 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rafael Osuna]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Nikola Pilić]] |4 |4 |2 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rafael Osuna]] |T1P2=[[Antonio Palafox]] |6 |2 |6 |7 | |T2P1=[[Boro Jovanović]] |T2P2=[[Nikola Pilić]] |4 |6 |3 |5 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Francisco Contreras (tennis)|Francisco Contreras]] |2 |2 |7 | | |T2P1=[[Nikola Pilić]] |6 |6 |9 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Mario Llamas]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Vladimir Presečki]] |0 |1 |1 | | }}
}}

==Eastern Zone==
{{details|1962 Davis Cup Eastern Zone}}

===Draw===
{{8TeamBracket-info
| RD1-date=17 March–8 April
| RD2-date=13–16 April
| RD3-date=4–6 May

| RD1T1-loc=[[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]]
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|IND}} | RD1-score1=5
| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2={{davis|PAK}} | RD1-score2=0

| RD1T2-loc=[[Tehran]], [[Iran]]
| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{davis|IRI|1925}} | RD1-score3=3
| RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4={{davis|Malaya}} | RD1-score4=2

| RD1T3-loc=[[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]
| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5={{davis|KOR|1949}} | RD1-score5=0
| RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6={{davis|JPN|1947}} | RD1-score6=5

| RD1T4-loc=[[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]] (clay)
| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7={{davis|CEY|1951}} | RD1-score7=0
| RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8={{davis|PHI|1936}} | RD1-score8=4

| RD2T1-loc=[[Jaipur]], [[India]]
| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|IND}} | RD2-score1=4
| RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|IRI|1925}} | RD2-score2=0

| RD2T2-loc=[[Manila]], [[Philippines]]
| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3={{davis|JPN|1949}} | RD2-score3=2
| RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4={{davis|PHI|1936}} | RD2-score4=3

| RD3T1-loc=[[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1={{davis|IND}} | RD3-score1=5
| RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2={{davis|PHI|1936}} | RD3-score2=0
}}

===Final===
'''India vs. Philippines'''
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=India
|team2=Philippines |team2-var=1936
|venue=[[New Delhi]], [[India]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EAS-M-IND-PHI-01|title=India v Philippines|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=4–6 May 1962
|surface=
|score1=5
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Jaidip Mukerjea]] |9 |7 |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Juan-Johnson José]] |11 |5 |0 |4 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |6 |8 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Felicisimo Ampon]] |1 |6 |1 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Premjit Lall]] |T1P2=[[Jaidip Mukerjea]] |6 |3 |9 |6 | |T2P1=[[Raymundo Deyro]] |T2P2=[[Juan-Johnson José]] |4 |6 |7 |1 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Premjit Lall]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Juan-Johnson José]] |3 |1 |0 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Jaidip Mukerjea]] |6 |6 |3 |6 | |T2P1=[[Felicisimo Ampon]] |1 |3 |6 |1 | }}
}}

==Europe Zone==
{{details|1962 Davis Cup Europe Zone}}

===Draw===
{{32TeamBracket-Compact-info
| RD1-date=4–7 May
| RD2-date=18–21 May
| RD3-date=14–17 June
| RD4-date=13–15 July
| RD5-date=27–29 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|NED}} | RD1-score03=0
| RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04={{davis|URS}} | RD1-score04=5

| RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05={{davis|HUN}} | RD1-score05=5
| RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06={{davis|LUX}} | RD1-score06=0

| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07={{davis|DEN}} | RD1-score07=4
| RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08={{davis|NZL}} | RD1-score08=1

| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09={{davis|NOR}} | RD1-score09=0
| RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10={{davis|POL|1928}} | RD1-score10=5

| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11={{davis|MON}} | RD1-score11=0
| RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12={{davis|BRA|1960}} | RD1-score12=5

| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13={{davis|IRL}} | RD1-score13=1
| RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14={{davis|AUT}} | RD1-score14=4

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

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

| RD1-seed19= | RD1-team19={{davis|SUI}} | RD1-score19=0
| RD1-seed20= | RD1-team20={{davis|RSA|1928}} | RD1-score20=4

| RD1-seed21= | RD1-team21={{davis|ESP|1945}} | RD1-score21=2
| RD1-seed22= | RD1-team22={{davis|FRG}} | RD1-score22=3

| RD1-seed23= | RD1-team23={{davis|ROU|1952}} | RD1-score23=4
| RD1-seed24= | RD1-team24={{davis|ISR}} | RD1-score24=1

| RD1-seed25= | RD1-team25={{davis|LIB}} | RD1-score25=1
| RD1-seed26= | RD1-team26={{davis|FIN}} | RD1-score26=4

| RD1-seed27= | RD1-team27={{davis|TCH}} | RD1-score27=4
| RD1-seed28= | RD1-team28={{davis|EGY|1958}} | RD1-score28=1

| RD1-seed29= | RD1-team29={{davis|BEL}} | RD1-score29=4
| RD1-seed30= | RD1-team30={{davis|CHI}} | RD1-score30=1

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

| RD2T1-loc=[[Florence]], [[Italy]] (clay)
| RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01={{davis|ITA}} | RD2-score01=5
| RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02={{davis|URS}} | RD2-score02=0

| RD2T2-loc=[[Budapest]], [[Hungary]] (clay)
| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03={{davis|HUN}} | RD2-score03=5
| RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04={{davis|DEN}} | RD2-score04=0

| RD2T3-loc=[[Warsaw]], [[Poland]]
| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05={{davis|POL}} | RD2-score05=0
| RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06={{davis|BRA|1960}} | RD2-score06=3

| RD2T4-loc=[[Vienna]], [[Austria]] (clay)
| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07={{davis|AUT}} | RD2-score07=1
| RD2-seed08= | RD2-team08={{davis|GBR}} | RD2-score08=4

| RD2T5-loc=[[Paris]], [[France]] (clay)
| RD2-seed09= | RD2-team09={{davis|FRA}} | RD2-score09=2
| RD2-seed10= | RD2-team10={{davis|RSA|1928}} | RD2-score10=3

| RD2T6-loc=[[Hanover]], [[West Germany]]
| RD2-seed11= | RD2-team11={{davis|FRG}} | RD2-score11=5
| RD2-seed12= | RD2-team12={{davis|ROU|1952}} | RD2-score12=0

| RD2T7-loc=[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
| RD2-seed13= | RD2-team13={{davis|FIN}} | RD2-score13=0
| RD2-seed14= | RD2-team14={{davis|TCH}} | RD2-score14=5

| RD2T8-loc=[[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] (clay)
| RD2-seed15= | RD2-team15={{davis|BEL}} | RD2-score15=0
| RD2-seed16= | RD2-team16={{davis|SWE}} | RD2-score16=5

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

| RD3T2-loc=[[Eastbourne]], [[England]] (grass)
| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03={{davis|BRA|1960}} | RD3-score03=1
| RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04={{davis|GBR}} | RD3-score04=4

| RD3T3-loc=[[West Berlin]]
| RD3-seed05= | RD3-team05={{davis|RSA|1928}} | RD3-score05=3
| RD3-seed06= | RD3-team06={{davis|FRG}} | RD3-score06=2

| RD3T4-loc=[[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]] (clay)
| RD3-seed07= | RD3-team07={{davis|TCH}} | RD3-score07=0
| RD3-seed08= | RD3-team08={{davis|SWE}} | RD3-score08=5

| RD4T1-loc=[[Milan]], [[Italy]] (clay)
| RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01={{davis|ITA}} | RD4-score01=5
| RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02={{davis|GBR}} | RD4-score02=0

| RD4T2-loc=[[Båstad]], [[Sweden]] (clay)
| RD4-seed03= | RD4-team03={{davis|RSA|1928}} | RD4-score03=1
| RD4-seed04= | RD4-team04={{davis|SWE}} | RD4-score04=4

| RD5T1-loc=[[Båstad]], [[Sweden]] (clay)
| RD5-seed01= | RD5-team01={{davis|ITA}} | RD5-score01=1
| RD5-seed02= | RD5-team02={{davis|SWE}} | RD5-score02=4
}}

===Final===
'''Sweden vs. Italy'''
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Sweden
|team2=Italy
|venue=[[Båstad Tennis Stadium]], [[Båstad]], [[Sweden]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-EUR-M-SWE-ITA-01|title=Sweden v Italy|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=27–29 July 1962
|surface=Clay
|score1=4
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Ulf Schmidt]] |3 |6 |5 |3 | |T2P1=[[Fausto Gardini]] |6 |3 |7 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Jan-Erik Lundqvist]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Nicola Pietrangeli]] |2 |4 |1 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Jan-Erik Lundqvist]] |T1P2=[[Ulf Schmidt]] |6 |3 |6 |6 |9 |T2P1=[[Nicola Pietrangeli]] |T2P2=[[Orlando Sirola]] |1 |6 |8 |4 |7 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Jan-Erik Lundqvist]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Fausto Gardini]] |0 |2 |1 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Ulf Schmidt]] |6 |8 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Nicola Pietrangeli]] |1 |6 |3 | | }}
}}

==Inter-Zonal Zone==
===Draw===
{{4TeamBracket-info
| RD1-date=26–28 October
| RD2-date=3–5 December
| RD1T1-loc=

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

| RD1T2-loc=[[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] (clay)
| RD1-seed3=AME | RD1-team3={{davis|MEX|1934}} | RD1-score3=3
| RD1-seed4=EUR | RD1-team4={{davis|SWE}} | RD1-score4=2

| RD2T1-loc=[[Chennai|Madras]], [[India]]
| RD2-seed1=EAS | RD2-team1={{davis|IND}} | RD2-score1=0
| RD2-seed2=AME | RD2-team2={{davis|MEX|1934}} | RD2-score2=5
}}

===Semifinals===
'''Mexico vs. Sweden'''
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Mexico |team1-var=1934
|team2=Sweden
|venue=Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-INZ-M-MEX-SWE-01|title=Mexico v Sweden|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=26–28 October 1962
|surface=Clay
|score1=3
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Antonio Palafox]] |6 |6 |6 |4 | |T2P1=[[Jan-Erik Lundqvist]] |8 |1 |8 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rafael Osuna]] |6 |16 |1 |6 | |T2P1=[[Ulf Schmidt]] |3 |14 |6 |2 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rafael Osuna]] |T1P2=[[Antonio Palafox]] |6 |7 |12 |6 | |T2P1=[[Jan-Erik Lundqvist]] |T2P2=[[Ulf Schmidt]] |8 |5 |10 |1 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Antonio Palafox]] |9 |6 |3 |6 |1 |T2P1=[[Ulf Schmidt]] |11 |3 |6 |1 |6 }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rafael Osuna]] |3 |6 |6 |1 |6 |T2P1=[[Jan-Erik Lundqvist]] |6 |4 |3 |6 |3 }}
}}

===Final===
'''India vs. Mexico'''
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=India
|team2=Mexico |team2-var=1934
|venue=[[Chennai|Madras]], [[India]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-INZ-M-IND-MEX-01|title=India v Mexico|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=3–5 December 1962
|surface=
|score1=0
|score2=5
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Jaidip Mukerjea]] |7 |2 |2 | | |T2P1=[[Antonio Palafox]] |9 |6 |6 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |6 |6 |5 |8 |4 |T2P1=[[Rafael Osuna]] |8 |2 |7 |6 |6 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Premjit Lall]] |T1P2=[[Jaidip Mukerjea]] |8 |10 |4 | | |T2P1=[[Rafael Osuna]] |T2P2=[[Antonio Palafox]] |10 |12 |6 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Premjit Lall]] |2 |2 |3 | | |T2P1=[[Mario Llamas]] |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Akhtar Ali]] |4 |6 |7 |4 |3 |T2P1=[[Francisco Contreras (tennis)|Francisco Contreras]] |6 |2 |5 |6 |6 }}
}}

==Challenge Round==
'''Australia vs. Mexico'''
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Australia
|team2=Mexico |team2-var=1934
|venue=[[Milton Courts]], [[Brisbane]], [[Australia]]<ref name="Challenge">{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1962-WG-CHR-AUS-MEX-01|title=Australia v Mexico|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=26–28 December 1962
|surface=Grass
|score1=5
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rod Laver]] |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=[[Rafael Osuna]] |2 |1 |5 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Neale Fraser]] |7 |6 |6 |11 | |T2P1=[[Antonio Palafox]] |9 |2 |4 |9 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Roy Emerson]] |T1P2=[[Rod Laver]] |7 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Rafael Osuna]] |T2P2=[[Antonio Palafox]] |5 |2 |4 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Neale Fraser]] |3 |11 |6 |3 |6 |T2P1=[[Rafael Osuna]] |6 |9 |1 |6 |4 }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rod Laver]] |6 |4 |6 |8 | |T2P1=[[Antonio Palafox]] |1 |6 |4 |6 | }}
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.daviscup.com Davis Cup Official Website]

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