1956 Davis Cup

1956 Davis Cup

Details
Duration	22 March – 28 December 1956
Edition	45th
Teams	33
Champion
Winning nation	Australia
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The 1956 Davis Cup was the 45th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 24 teams entered the Europe Zone, 5 teams entered the America Zone, and 3 teams entered the Eastern Zone.

The United States defeated Mexico in the America Zone final, India defeated Japan in the Eastern Zone final, and Italy defeated Sweden in the Europe Zone final. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, the United States defeated Italy in the semifinal, and then defeated India in the final. In the Challenge Round the United States were defeated by defending champions Australia. The final was played at Memorial Drive in Adelaide, Australia on 26–28 December.^[1][2][3]

United States vs. Mexico

United States 4	Westchester Country Club, Rye, NY, United States[4] 3–5 August 1956 Grass		Mexico 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vic Seixas Mario Llamas 6 4 6 2 6 4       2 Ham Richardson Francisco Contreras 6 3 6 4 6 4       3 Sam Giammalva / Barry MacKay Francisco Contreras / Mario Llamas 13 11 4 6 6 1 6 8 3 6   4 Ham Richardson Mario Llamas 6 3 6 3 6 1       5 Sam Giammalva Esteban Reyes Jr. 6 4 6 1 6 3

Japan vs. India

Japan 2	Tokyo, Japan[5] 18–20 May 1956		India 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Atsushi Miyagi Ramanathan Krishnan 3 6 0 6 3 6       2 Kosei Kamo Naresh Kumar 6 2 4 6 2 6 6 4 6 0   3 Kosei Kamo / Atsushi Miyagi Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar 4 6 3 6 1 6       4 Atsushi Miyagi Naresh Kumar 6 4 6 1 6 1       5 Kosei Kamo Ramanathan Krishnan 8 6 3 6 4 6 5 7

Sweden vs. Italy

Sweden 0	Båstad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden[6] 20–22 July 1956 Clay		Italy 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sven Davidson Nicola Pietrangeli 4 6 6 3 1 6 4 6     2 Ulf Schmidt Giuseppe Merlo 7 5 2 6 5 7 1 6     3 Sven Davidson / Torsten Johansson Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 4 6 7 5 2 6 3 6     4 Torsten Johansson Orlando Sirola 4 6 6 1 2 6 1 6     5 Ulf Schmidt Nicola Pietrangeli 5 7 3 6 6 1 3 6

United States vs. Italy

United States 4	West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, NY, United States[7] 29 September–1 October 1956 Grass		Italy 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ham Richardson Nicola Pietrangeli 6 3 6 2 6 3       2 Vic Seixas Orlando Sirola 6 3 11 9 6 4       3 Ham Richardson / Vic Seixas Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola 1 6 6 3 6 4 6 2     4 Michael Green Nicola Pietrangeli 6 3 4 6 3 6 4 6     5 Sam Giammalva Orlando Sirola 12 10 6 3 6 2

United States vs. India

United States 4	Royal King's Park, Perth, Australia[8] 14–16 December 1956 Grass		India 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Herbie Flam Ramanathan Krishnan 7 5 4 6 10 8 2 6 6 4   2 Vic Seixas Naresh Kumar 6 4 6 1 6 2       3 Sam Giammalva / Vic Seixas Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar 6 2 3 6 6 4 6 4     4 Michael Green Ramanathan Krishnan 5 7 4 6 4 6       5 Sam Giammalva Naresh Kumar 6 3 6 4 6 2

Australia vs. United States

Australia 5	Memorial Drive, Adelaide, Australia[3] 26–28 December 1956 Grass		United States 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lew Hoad Herbie Flam 6 2 6 3 6 3       2 Ken Rosewall Vic Seixas 6 1 6 4 4 6 6 1     3 Lew Hoad / Ken Rosewall Sam Giammalva / Vic Seixas 1 6 6 1 7 5 6 4     4 Ken Rosewall Sam Giammalva 4 6 6 1 8 6 7 5     5 Lew Hoad Vic Seixas 6 2 7 5 6 3

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