1960 Davis Cup
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| Edition | 49th |
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The 1960 Davis Cup was the 49th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 40 teams would enter the competition, 28 in the Europe Zone, 6 in the Americas Zone, and 6 in the Eastern Zone.
The United States defeated Venezuela in the Americas Zone final, the Philippines defeated India in the Eastern Zone final, and Italy defeated Sweden in the Europe Zone final. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, the USA defeated the Philippines, and then Italy defeated the USA. Italy then fell to defending champions Australia in the Challenge Round. The final was played at White City Stadium in Sydney on 26–28 December.
Americas Zone
North/Central America draw
| 1st round 15–17 July |
Final 6–9 August | |||||||||
.png){kind=small} Mexico |
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| bye | Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | |||||||||
| Mexico |
2 | |||||||||
| Quebec City, Canada (clay) |  United States |
3 | ||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
0 | |||||||||
| United States |
5 | |||||||||
South America draw
| 1st round 16–18 July |
Final 22–24 July | |||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Venezuela |
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| bye | Caracas, Venezuela | |||||||||
| Venezuela |
3 | |||||||||
| Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (clay) |  New Zealand |
2 | ||||||||
 Caribbean/West Indies |
0 | |||||||||
| New Zealand |
5 | |||||||||
Americas Inter-Zonal Final
| United States 5 |
Cleveland Skating Club, Cleveland, OH, United States 16–18 September 1960 clay |
Venezuela 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Zone
The Republic of Korea made its first Davis Cup appearance.
Draw
| Quarterfinals 4–6 April |
Semifinals 22–24 April |
Final 27–29 May | |||||||||||||
 Philippines |
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| bye | Manila, Philippines | ||||||||||||||
| Philippines |
3 | ||||||||||||||
| Tokyo, Japan |  Japan |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Japan |
5 | ||||||||||||||
 South Korea |
0 | Manila, Philippines | |||||||||||||
| Philippines |
3 | ||||||||||||||
| Colombo, Ceylon (clay) |  India |
0 | |||||||||||||
| India |
5 | ||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Ceylon |
0 | Bangkok, Thailand | |||||||||||||
| India |
5 | ||||||||||||||
 Thailand |
0 | ||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||
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Final
| Philippines 3 |
Manila, Philippines 27–29 May 1960 |
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Europe Zone
Draw
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Final
 Sweden 2 |
Bastad Tennis Stadium, Båstad, Sweden 29–31 July 1960 clay |
 Italy 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Inter-Zonal Zone
| 1st round 22–24 November |
Final 9–12 December | |||||||||
| EUR | Italy |
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| bye | Perth, Australia (grass) | |||||||||
| EUR | Italy |
3 | ||||||||
| Brisbane, Australia (grass) | AME | United States |
2 | |||||||
| AME | United States |
5 | ||||||||
| EAS | Philippines |
0 | ||||||||
| United States 5 |
Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia 22–24 November 1960 grass |
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| United States 2 |
Royal King's Park, Perth, Australia 9–12 December 1960 grass |
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Challenge Round
 Australia 4 |
White City Stadium, Sydney 26–28 December 1960 grass |
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