Tennis
Men: Davis Cup 1979
December 5 (1978)-December 16:
America:

1st Round:
Argentina * - Brazil 5-0
Mexico - Colombia * 2-3
2nd Round:
Argentina * - Chile 3-2
USA * - Colombia 5-0
Final:
USA * - Argentina 4-1

East:

1st Round:
India * - Indonesia 4-1
Japan * - Pakistan 4-1
2nd Round:
India - Australia * 2-3
New Zealand * - Japan 3-0
Final:
New Zealand - Australia * 2-3
Europe zone A:

1st Round:
Austria - Spain * 1-3
Poland - Italy * 1-4
2nd Round:
Great Britain * - Spain 4-1
Italy * - Hungary 3-2
Final:
Italy * - Great Britain 4-1

Europe zone B:

1st Round:
France * - Switzerland 5-0
Romania * - West Germany 4-1
2nd Round:
France - Czechoslovakia * 1-4
Romania - Sweden * 2-3
Final:
Czechoslovakia * - Sweden 3-2

Interzonal Round:
Australia - USA * 1-4
Italy * - Czechoslovakia 4-1

Final:
USA * - Italy 5-0 (at San Franciso, CA)
(Vitas Gerulaitis (usa) - Corrado Barazzutti (ita) 6-3 3-2 retired, John McEnroe (usa) - Adriano Panatta (ita) 6-2 6-3 6-4, USA (Bob Lutz, Stan Smith) - Italy (Paolo Bertolucci, Adriano Panatta) 6-4 12-10 6-2, John McEnroe (usa) - Antonio Zugarelli (ita) 6-4 6-3 6-1, Vitas Gerulaitis (usa) - Adriano Panatta (ita) 6-1 6-3 6-3)