1968 Davis Cup

{{Short description|1968 edition of the Davis Cup}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Davis Cup season <!-- Details --> | name = 1968 Davis Cup | image = | image_caption = | image_alt = | image_size = | duration = 20 March – 28 December 1968 | edition = 57th | teams = 49<!-- Not include one team withdrew before its first match. Include the defending champion directly received bye to the Challenge Round. --> | categories = <!-- Champions --> | winning nation= {{davis|USA}} | previous = [[1967 Davis Cup|1967]] | next = [[1969 Davis Cup|1969]] }}

The '''1968 Davis Cup''' was the 57th edition of the [[Davis Cup]], the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 32 teams entered the Europe Zone, 9 teams entered the Americas Zone, and 8 teams entered the Eastern Zone. [[Peru Davis Cup team|Peru]] made its first appearance in the tournament, having previously entered on 3 occasions before subsequently withdrawing before competing in a tie.

The [[United States Davis Cup team|United States]] defeated [[Ecuador Davis Cup team|Ecuador]] in the Americas Inter-Zonal final, [[India Davis Cup team|India]] defeated [[Japan Davis Cup team|Japan]] in the Eastern Inter-Zonal final, and [[Spain Davis Cup team|Spain]] and [[Germany Davis Cup team|West Germany]] were the winners of the two Europe Zones, defeating [[Italy Davis Cup team|Italy]] and [[South Africa Davis Cup team|South Africa]] respectively.

In the Inter-Zonal Zone, the United States defeated Spain and India defeated West Germany in the semifinals, and then the United States defeated India in the final. The United States then defeated the defending champions [[Australia Davis Cup team|Australia]] in the Challenge Round, ending Australia's four-year title run. The final was played at [[Memorial Drive Park]] in [[Adelaide]], Australia on 26–28 December.<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" />

==Incidents== In what became known as the [[Båstad riots]], the Europe Zone first-round tie between [[Sweden Davis Cup team|Sweden]] and [[Zimbabwe Davis Cup team|Rhodesia]], planned to be held in [[Båstad]], Sweden, caused widespread disruption as demonstrators protested the participation of both Rhodesia and [[South Africa Davis Cup team|South Africa]] in the tournament. Both countries had been banned from competing in other sports competitions due to their [[apartheid]] and [[Dominant minority|white minority rule]] policies.

Following discussions between the [[Government of Sweden|Swedish government]] and demonstrators, the [[International Tennis Federation]] and Swedish Tennis Federation decided to move the tie to a neutral location in [[Bandol]], France.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wijk |first=Johnny |url=https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/idrotten-tjanar-pa-de-politiska-aktionerna/ |title=Idrotten tjänar på de politiska aktionerna |newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |date=2009-03-07 |access-date=2012-06-26 |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Chile waits for Cup decision |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rNVVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MuADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4408,2869280&dq=davis+cup+chile&hl=en |access-date=7 May 2019 |work=[[The Register-Guard|Eugene Register-Guard]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=12 September 1975 |quote=Seven years ago, the Swedish Tennis Federation was forced to move a Davis Cup match between Sweden and white-ruled Rhodesia to southern France after demonstrators had clashed with police outside Baastad's tennis stadium.}}</ref>

==Americas Zone== {{further|1968 Davis Cup Americas Zone}}

===North & Central America Zone=== {{4TeamBracket-info | RD1-date=3–13 May | RD2-date=24–26 May

| RD1T1-loc=[[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond, VA]], United States (hard) | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|USA}} | RD1-score1=5 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2={{davis|Caribbean/West Indies}} | RD1-score2=0

| RD1T2-loc=[[Mexico City]], Mexico (clay) | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{davis|CAN}} | RD1-score3=0 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4={{davis|MEX|1934}} | RD1-score4=5

| RD2T1-loc=[[Berkeley, California|Berkeley, CA]], United States (hard) | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|USA}} | RD2-score1=5 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|MEX|1934}} | RD2-score2=0 }}

===South America Zone=== {{8TeamBracket-info | RD1-date=27–29 April | RD2-date=29–31 March; 11–13 May | RD3-date=24–27 May

| RD1T1-loc=[[Caracas]], Venezuela | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|VEN|1930}} | RD1-score1=3 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2={{davis|ARG}} | RD1-score2=2

| RD1T2-loc= | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{davis|ECU|1900}} | RD1-score3= | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=bye | RD1-score4=

| RD1T3-loc= | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=bye | RD1-score5= | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6={{davis|PER}} | RD1-score6=

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

| RD2T1-loc=[[Caracas]], Venezuela (hard) | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|VEN|1954}} | RD2-score1=0 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|ECU|1900}} | RD2-score2=3

| RD2T2-loc=[[Lima]], Peru | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3={{davis|PER}} | RD2-score3=0 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4={{davis|CHI}} | RD2-score4=5

| RD3T1-loc=[[Guayaquil]], Ecuador (clay) | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1={{davis|ECU|1900}} | RD3-score1=3 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2={{davis|CHI}} | RD3-score2=1 }}

===Americas Inter-Zonal Final=== '''United States vs. Ecuador''' {{DavisCupbox |team1=United States |team2=Ecuador |team2-var=1900 |venue=[[Bojangles' Coliseum|Charlotte Coliseum]], [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte, NC]], United States<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1968-AMI-M-USA-ECU-01|title=United States v Ecuador|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref> |date=7–9 June 1968 |surface=Carpet (indoor) |score1=5 |score2=0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Arthur Ashe]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Pancho Guzmán]] |3 |3 |2 | | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Clark Graebner]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Miguel Olvera]] |2 |1 |2 | | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Clark Graebner]] |T1P2=[[Bob Lutz (tennis)|Bob Lutz]] |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=[[Pancho Guzmán]] |T2P2=[[Miguel Olvera]] |3 |2 |5 | | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Clark Graebner]] |4 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Pancho Guzmán]] |6 |3 |4 |4 | }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Arthur Ashe]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Miguel Olvera]] |1 |3 |0 | | }} }}

==Eastern Zone== {{further|1968 Davis Cup Eastern Zone}}

===Zone A=== {{8TeamBracket-info | RD1-date= | RD2-date=23–25 March; 26–28 April | RD3-date=10–12 May

| RD1T1-loc= | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|INA}} | RD1-score1=w/o | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2={{davis|South Vietnam}} | RD1-score2=

| RD1T2-loc= | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{davis|PHI|1936}} | RD1-score3= | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=bye | RD1-score4=

| RD1T3-loc= | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=bye | RD1-score5= | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6={{davis|KOR|1949}} | RD1-score6=

| RD1T4-loc= | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=bye | RD1-score7= | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8={{davis|JPN|1947}} | RD1-score8=

| RD2T1-loc=[[Manila]], Philippines | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|INA}} | RD2-score1=1 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|PHI|1936}} | RD2-score2=4

| RD2T2-loc=[[Tokyo]], Japan | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3={{davis|KOR|1949}} | RD2-score3=0 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4={{davis|JPN|1937}} | RD2-score4=5

| RD3T1-loc=[[Tokyo]], Japan | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1={{davis|PHI|1936}} | RD3-score1=1 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2={{davis|JPN|1947}} | RD3-score2=4 }}

===Zone B=== {{4TeamBracket-info | RD1-date=20–22 March | RD2-date=26–28 April

| RD1T1-loc=[[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]] (clay) | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|MAS}} | RD1-score1=1 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2={{davis|CEY|1951}} | RD1-score2=4

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

| RD2T1-loc=[[Guwahati]], India | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|CEY|1951}} | RD2-score1=2 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|IND}} | RD2-score2=3 }}

===Eastern Inter-Zonal Final=== '''Japan vs. India''' {{DavisCupbox |team1=Japan |team1-var=1947 |team2=India |venue=[[Tokyo]], Japan<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1968-EAS-M-JPN-IND-01|title=Japan v India|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref> |date=21–23 September 1968 |surface= |score1=1 |score2=4 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Keishiro Yanagi]] |2 |4 |3 | | |T2P1=[[Premjit Lall]] |6 |6 |6 | | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Koji Watanabe]] |2 |6 |3 |2 | |T2P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |6 |3 |6 |6 | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Isao Watanabe]] |T1P2=[[Koji Watanabe]] |2 |2 |7 |6 |0 |T2P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |T2P2=[[Jaidip Mukerjea]] |6 |6 |5 |1 |6 }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Keishiro Yanagi]] |4 |3 |1 | | |T2P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |6 |6 |6 | | }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Koji Watanabe]] |8 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Premjit Lall]] |6 |1 |2 | | }} }}

==Europe Zone== {{further|1968 Davis Cup Europe Zone}}

===Zone A=== {{DCWorld | RD1-date=26 April–7 May | RD2-date=23–26 May | RD3-date=13–16 June | RD4-date=19–21 July | RD1-name=First Round

| RD1T1-loc=[[Valencia]], Spain (clay) | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|ESP|1945}} | RD1-score1=3 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2={{davis|NED}} | RD1-score2=2

| RD1T2-loc=[[Bandol]], France (hard) | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{davis|SWE}} | RD1-score3=4 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4={{davis|RHO|1964}} | RD1-score4=1

| RD1T3-loc=[[Bournemouth]], England (clay) | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5={{davis|GBR}} | RD1-score5=3 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6={{davis|FRA}} | RD1-score6=0

| RD1T4-loc=[[Helsinki]], Finland (clay) | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7={{davis|FIN}} | RD1-score7=4 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8={{davis|POR}} | RD1-score8=1

| RD1T5-loc=[[Tbilisi]], [[Soviet Union]] | RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9={{davis|URS}} | RD1-score9=4 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10={{davis|GRE|old}} | RD1-score10=1

| RD1T6-loc=[[Zagreb]], [[Yugoslavia]] | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11={{davis|YUG}} | RD1-score11=4 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12={{davis|NZL}} | RD1-score12=0

| RD1T7-loc=[[Cagliari]], Italy (clay) | RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13={{davis|ITA}} | RD1-score13=5 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14={{davis|HUN}} | RD1-score14=0

| RD1T8-loc=[[Monte Carlo]], Monaco | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15={{davis|MON}} | RD1-score15=3 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16={{davis|IRL}} | RD1-score16=1

| RD2T1-loc=[[Barcelona]], Spain (clay) | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|ESP|1945}} | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|SWE}} | RD2-score2=1

| RD2T2-loc=[[London]], England (grass) | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3={{davis|GBR}} | RD2-score3=5 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4={{davis|FIN}} | RD2-score4=0

| RD2T3-loc=[[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]] | RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5={{davis|URS}} | RD2-score5=5 | RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6={{davis|YUG}} | RD2-score6=0

| RD2T4-loc=[[Biella]], Italy (clay) | RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7={{davis|ITA}} | RD2-score7=5 | RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8={{davis|MON}} | RD2-score8=0

| RD3T1-loc=[[Barcelona]], Spain (clay) | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1={{davis|ESP|1945}} | RD3-score1=4 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2={{davis|GBR}} | RD3-score2=1

| RD3T2-loc=[[Reggio Emilia]], Italy (clay) | RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3={{davis|URS}} | RD3-score3=2 | RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4={{davis|ITA}} | RD3-score4=3

| RD4T1-loc=[[Barcelona]], Spain (clay) | RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1={{davis|ESP|1945}} | RD4-score1=3 | RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2={{davis|ITA}} | RD4-score2=2 }}

====Zone A Final==== '''Spain vs. Italy''' {{DavisCupbox |team1=Spain |team1-var=1945 |team2=Italy |venue=[[Real Club de Tenis Barcelona|Real Club de Tenis]], [[Barcelona]], Spain<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1968-EUR-A-M-ESP-ITA-01|title=Spain v Italy|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref> |date=19–21 July 1968 |surface=Clay |score1=3 |score2=2 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Juan Gisbert Sr.|Juan Gisbert]] |6 |2 |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Martin Mulligan]] |4 |6 |2 |4 | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Manuel Santana]] |6 |3 |4 |6 |6 |T2P1=[[Nicola Pietrangeli]] |3 |6 |6 |4 |2 }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[José Luis Arilla]] |T1P2=[[Manuel Orantes]] |5 |2 |6 |3 | |T2P1=[[Martin Mulligan]] |T2P2=[[Nicola Pietrangeli]] |7 |6 |3 |6 | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Juan Gisbert Sr.|Juan Gisbert]] |8 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Nicola Pietrangeli]] |6 |4 |2 | | }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Manuel Orantes]] |6 |6 |5 |3 |4 |T2P1=[[Martin Mulligan]] |4 |4 |7 |6 |4 }} }}

===Zone B=== {{DCWorld | RD1-date=28 April–6 May | RD2-date=17–26 May | RD3-date=14–16 June | RD4-date=19–21 July | RD1-name=First Round

| RD1T1-loc=[[Sofia]], Bulgaria | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|BUL|1967}} | RD1-score1=5 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2={{davis|TUR}} | RD1-score2=0

| RD1T2-loc=[[Freiburg im Breisgau|Freiburg]], [[West Germany]] | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{davis|SUI}} | RD1-score3=1 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4={{davis|FRG}} | RD1-score4=4

| RD1T3-loc=[[Brussels]], Belgium | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5={{davis|BEL}} | RD1-score5=3 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6={{davis|POL}} | RD1-score6=2

| RD1T4-loc=[[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]] (clay) | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7={{davis|TCH}} | RD1-score7=3 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8={{davis|BRA|1960}} | RD1-score8=2

| RD1T5-loc=[[Luxembourg City|Luxembourg]], Luxembourg (clay) | RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9={{davis|LUX}} | RD1-score9=1 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10={{davis|NOR}} | RD1-score10=4

| RD1T6-loc=[[Bucharest]], Romania (clay) | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11={{davis|ROU|1965}} | RD1-score11=4 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12={{davis|DEN}} | RD1-score12=1

| RD1T7-loc=[[Tehran]], Iran | RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13={{davis|IRI|1964}} | RD1-score13=4 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14={{davis|ISR}} | RD1-score14=1

| RD1T8-loc=[[Linz]], Austria | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15={{davis|AUT}} | RD1-score15=0 | RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16={{davis|RSA|1928}} | RD1-score16=5

| RD2T1-loc=[[Sofia]], Bulgaria | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|BUL|1967}} | RD2-score1=0 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|FRG}} | RD2-score2=5

| RD2T2-loc=[[Brussels]], Belgium (clay) | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3={{davis|BEL}} | RD2-score3=2 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4={{davis|TCH}} | RD2-score4=3

| RD2T3-loc=[[Oslo]], Norway (clay) | RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5={{davis|NOR}} | RD2-score5=0 | RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6={{davis|ROU|1965}} | RD2-score6=5

| RD2T4-loc=[[Tehran]], Iran | RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7={{davis|IRI|1964}} | RD2-score7=0 | RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8={{davis|RSA|1928}} | RD2-score8=5

| RD3T1-loc=[[Munich]], [[West Germany]] (clay) | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1={{davis|FRG}} | RD3-score1=4 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2={{davis|TCH}} | RD3-score2=1

| RD3T2-loc= | RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3={{davis|ROU|1965}} | RD3-score3= | RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4={{davis|RSA|1928}} | RD3-score4=w/o

| RD4T1-loc=[[Düsseldorf]], [[West Germany]] | RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1={{davis|FRG}} | RD4-score1=3 | RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2={{davis|RSA|1928}} | RD4-score2=2 }}

====Zone B Final==== '''West Germany vs. South Africa''' {{DavisCupbox |team1=West Germany |team2=South Africa |team2-var=1928 |venue=[[Düsseldorf]], [[West Germany]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1968-EUR-B-M-FRG-RSA-01|title=West Germany v South Africa|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref> |date=19–21 July 1968 |surface= |score1=3 |score2=2 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Wilhelm Bungert]] |9 |7 |7 | | |T2P1=[[Bob Hewitt]] |7 |5 |5 | | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Ingo Buding]] |6 |4 |10 |6 |6 |T2P1=[[Raymond Moore (tennis)|Ray Moore]] |3 |6 |8 |8 |4 }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Ingo Buding]] |T1P2=[[Jürgen Fassbender]] |4 |2 |4 | | |T2P1=[[Bob Hewitt]] |T2P2=[[Frew McMillan]] |6 |6 |6 | | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Wilhelm Bungert]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Raymond Moore (tennis)|Ray Moore]] |1 |1 |1 | | }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Ingo Buding]] |5 |2 |6 |3 | |T2P1=[[Bob Hewitt]] |7 |6 |2 |6 | }} }}

==Inter-Zonal Zone==

===Draw=== {{4TeamBracket-info | RD1-date=14–16 August; 4–6 October | RD2-date=9–11 November | seed-width=4

| RD1T1-loc=[[Munich]], [[West Germany]] | RD1-seed1=EUR-B | RD1-team1={{davis|FRG}} | RD1-score1=2 | RD1-seed2=EAS | RD1-team2={{davis|IND}} | RD1-score2=3

| RD1T2-loc=[[Cleveland|Cleveland, OH]], United States (hard) | RD1-seed3=AME | RD1-team3={{davis|USA}} | RD1-score3=4 | RD1-seed4=EUR-A | RD1-team4={{davis|ESP|1945}} | RD1-score4=1

| RD2T1-loc=[[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan, PR]] (hard) | RD2-seed1=EAS | RD2-team1={{davis|IND}} | RD2-score1=1 | RD2-seed2=AME | RD2-team2={{davis|USA}} | RD2-score2=4 }}

===Semifinals=== '''West Germany vs. India''' {{DavisCupbox |team1=West Germany |team2=India |venue=[[Munich]], [[West Germany]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1968-INZ-M-FRG-IND-01|title=West Germany v India |publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref> |date=4–6 October 1968 |surface= |score1=2 |score2=3 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Ingo Buding]] |6 |2 |3 |4 | |T2P1=[[Premjit Lall]] |2 |6 |6 |6 | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Wilhelm Bungert]] |4 |6 |8 |7 | |T2P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |6 |0 |6 |5 | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Wilhelm Bungert]] |T1P2=[[Jürgen Fassbender]] |2 |2 |3 | | |T2P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |T2P2=[[Jaidip Mukerjea]] |6 |6 |6 | | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Ingo Buding]] |2 |5 |2 | | |T2P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |6 |7 |6 | | }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Wilhelm Bungert]] |6 |4 |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Premjit Lall]] |1 |6 |4 |3 | }} }}

'''United States vs. Spain''' {{DavisCupbox |team1=United States |team2=Spain |team2-var=1945 |venue=Harold Clark Courts, [[Cleveland|Cleveland, OH]], United States<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1968-INZ-M-USA-ESP-01|title=United States v Spain|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref> |date=16–19 August 1968 |surface=Hard |score1=4 |score2=1 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Clark Graebner]] |2 |3 |3 | | |T2P1=[[Manuel Santana]] |6 |6 |6 | | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Arthur Ashe]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Juan Gisbert Sr.|Juan Gisbert]] |2 |4 |2 | | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Clark Graebner]] |T1P2=[[Charlie Pasarell]] |11 |17 |7 |6 | |T2P1=[[Juan Gisbert Sr.|Juan Gisbert]] |T2P2=[[Manuel Santana]] |13 |15 |5 |2 | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Clark Graebner]] |9 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Juan Gisbert Sr.|Juan Gisbert]] |7 |3 |1 | | }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Arthur Ashe]] |11 |7 |6 |13 |6 |T2P1=[[Manuel Santana]] |13 |5 |3 |15 |4 }} }}

===Final=== '''United States vs. India''' {{DavisCupbox |team1=United States |team2=India |venue=[[Caribe Hilton Hotel]], [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1968-INZ-M-USA-IND-01|title=United States v India|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref> |date=9–11 November 1968 |surface=Hard |score1=4 |score2=1 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Arthur Ashe]] |6 |5 |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Premjit Lall]] |2 |7 |2 |4 | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Clark Graebner]] |5 |6 |2 |1 | |T2P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |7 |4 |6 |6 | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Bob Lutz (tennis)|Bob Lutz]] |T1P2=[[Stan Smith]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |T2P2=[[Jaidip Mukerjea]] |2 |3 |2 | | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Arthur Ashe]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |1 |3 |3 | | }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Clark Graebner]] |9 |9 |7 |6 | |T2P1=[[Premjit Lall]] |11 |7 |5 |4 | }} }}

==Challenge Round== '''Australia vs. United States''' {{DavisCupbox |team1=Australia |team2=United States |venue=[[Memorial Drive Park]], [[Adelaide]], Australia<ref name="Challenge">{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1968-WG-CHR-AUS-USA-01|title=Australia v United States|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref> |date=26–28 December 1968 |surface=Grass |score1=1 |score2=4 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Bill Bowrey]] |10 |4 |6 |6 |1 |T2P1=[[Clark Graebner]] |8 |6 |8 |3 |6 }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Ray Ruffels]] |8 |5 |3 |3 | |T2P1=[[Arthur Ashe]] |6 |7 |6 |6 | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[John Alexander (Australian politician)|John Alexander]] |T1P2=[[Ray Ruffels]] |4 |4 |2 | | |T2P1=[[Bob Lutz (tennis)|Bob Lutz]] |T2P2=[[Stan Smith]] |6 |6 |6 | | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Ray Ruffels]] |6 |6 |6 |3 |1 |T2P1=[[Clark Graebner]] |3 |8 |2 |6 |6 }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Bill Bowrey]] |2 |6 |11 |8 | |T2P1=[[Arthur Ashe]] |6 |3 |9 |6 | }} }}

==See also== * ''[[The White Game]]'', a 1968 Swedish documentary film about the protests around the match between Sweden and Rhodesia.

==References== {{reflist}}

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

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