Davis Cup, history between Italy and Australia: there is a taboo to dispel

Davis Cup, precedents between Italy and Australia: there'è a tabù to be debunked

There are twelve precedents in the history of the Davis Cup between Italy and Australia, the two nations that today in Malaga will contend for the world’s most famous salad bowl in the final of the 2023 edition:  our opponents lead by 8 wins to 4 and outside the national borders the Azzurri have never won against them: è the opportunity to dispel this tab’s. Here are all the precedents in detail.

May 4-9, 1928 – Genoa (Italy) (earth) – European Zone, round of 16
ITALY-AUSTRALIA 4-1
Uberto De Morpurgo (Italy) b. Jack Crawford (Australia) 7-5 6-3 6-2
Gerald Patterson (Australia) b. Giorgio De Stefani (Italy) 6-1 6-3 6-3
Uberto De Morpurgo / Placido Gaslini (Italy) b. Harry Hopman / Gerald Patterson (Australia) 6-3 6-4 1-6 6-2
Uberto De Morpurgo (Italy) b. Gerald Patterson (Australia) 1-6 6-4 6-3 2-6 6-1
Giorgio De Stefani (Italy) b. Harry Hopman (Australia) 7-5 8-6 10-8

June 14-16, 1930 – Milan (Italy) (clay) – European Zone, semifinals
ITALY-AUSTRALIA 3-2
Giorgio De Stefani (Italy) b. Harry Hopman (Australia) 6-3 3-6 7-5 6-2
Uberto De Morpurgo (Italy) b. Jack Crawford (Australia) 5-7 6-2 6-4 3-6 6-4
Harry Hopman / James Willard (Australia) b. Uberto De Morpurgo / Placido Gaslini (Italy) 9-7 9-7 4-6 6-4
Uberto De Morpurgo (Italy) b. Harry Hopman (Australia) 8-6 2-6 6-4 1-6 6-1
Jack Crawford (Australia) b. Giorgio De Stefani (Italy) 6-4 6-3 6-2

August 12-15, 1949 – Westchester Country Club, Rye (United States) (grass) – Interzone Final
AUSTRALIA-ITALY 5-0
Bill Sidwell (Australia) b. Gianni Cucelli (Italy) 6-2 6-4 2-6 6-2
Frank Sedgman (Australia) b. Marcello Del Bello (Italy) 6-0 6-4 6-4
John Bromwich / Frank Sedgman (Australia) b. Gianni Cucelli / Marcello Del Bello (Italy) 2-6 6-2 6-1
Bill Sidwell (Australia) b. Marcello Del Bello (Italy) 6-1 6-1 6-0
Frank Sedgman (Australia) b. Gianni Cucelli (Italy) 1-6 6-1 6-2 6-2

August 14-16, 1955 – Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia (United States) (grass) – Interzone Final
AUSTRALIA-ITALY 5-0
Lew Hoad (Australia) b. Fausto Gardini (Italy) 6-3 6-2 6-0
Ken Rosewall (Australia) b. Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy) 8-6 3-6 6-1 6-4
Rex Hartwig / Lew Hoad (Australia) b. Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola (Italy) 7-5 13-11 7-5
Ken Rosewall (Australia) b. Orlando Sirola (Italy) 6-4 4-6 6-1 6-4
Lew Hoad (Australia) b. Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy) 9-7 6-2 6-3

August 7-10, 1959 – Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia (United States) (grass) – Interzone semifinals
AUSTRALIA-ITALY 4-1
Rod Laver (Australia) b. Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy) 6-4 2-6 6-3 6-3
Neale Fraser (Australia) b. Orlando Sirola (Italy) 19-17 1-6 6-3 6-4
Roy Emerson / Neale Fraser (Australia) b. Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola (Italy) 3-6 11-9 6-3 9-7
Rod Laver (Australia) b. Orlando Sirola (Italy) 4-6 6-4 6-0 6-3
Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy) b. Roy Emerson (Australia) 6-4 6-0 6-4

December 26-28, 1960 – White City Stadium, Sydney (Australia) (grass) – Challenge Round (final)
AUSTRALIA-ITALY 4-1
Neale Fraser (Australia) b. Orlando Sirola (Italy) 4-6 6-3 6-3
Rod Laver (Australia) b. Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy) 8-6 6-4 6-3
Roy Emerson / Neale Fraser (Australia) b. Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola (Italy) 10-8 5-7 6-2 6-4
Rod Laver (Australia) b. Orlando Sirola (Italy) 9-7 6-2 6-3
Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy) b. Neale Fraser (Australia) 11-9 6-3 1-6 6-2

December 26-28, 1961 – Kooyong, Melbourne (Australia) (grass) – Challenge Round (final)
AUSTRALIA-ITALY 5-0
Roy Emerson (Australia) b. Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy) 8-6 6-4 6-0
Rod Laver (Australia) b. Orlando Sirola (Italy) 6-1 6-4 6-3
Roy Emerson / Neale Fraser (Australia) b. Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola (Italy) 6-2 6-3 6-4
Rod Laver (Australia) b. Nicola Pietrangeli (Italy) 6-3 3-6 4-6 6-3 8-6
Roy Emerson (Australia) b. Orlando Sirola (Italy) 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-2

September 24-27, 1976 – Foro Italico, Rome (Italy) (earth) – Semifinals
ITALY-AUSTRALIA 3-2
Corrado Barazzutti (Italy) b. John Newcombe (Australia) 7-5 6-1 6-4
John Alexander (Australia) b. Adriano Panatta (Italy) 7-5 6-3 6-4
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta (Italy) b. John Newcombe / Tony Roche (Australia) 6-3 6-4 6-3
John Alexander (Australia) b. Corrado Barazzutti (Italy) 6-2 6-2 5-7 4-6 6-2
Adriano Panatta (Italy) b. John Newcombe (Australia) 5-7 8-6 6-4 6-2

December 2-4, 1977 – White City Stadium, Sydney (Australia) (grass) – Final
AUSTRALIA-ITALY 3-1
Tony Roche (Australia) b. Adriano Panatta (Italy) 6-3 6-4 6-4
John Alexander (Australia) b. Corrado Barazzutti (Italy) 6-2 8-6 4-6 6-2
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta (Italy) b. John Alexander / Phil Dent (Australia) 6-4 6-4 7-5
John Alexander (Australia) b. Adriano Panatta (Italy) 6-4 4-6 2-6 8-6 11-9
Tony Roche (Australia) v. Corrado Barazzutti (Italy) 12-12 broken

September 19-21, 1980 – Foro Italico, Rome (Italy) (earth) – Semifinals
ITALY-AUSTRALIA 3-2
Adriano Panatta (Italy) b. Paul McNamee (Australia) 5-7 6-4 6-0 6-4
Peter McNamara (Australia) b. Corrado Barazzutti (Italy) 10-8 1-6 6-4 6-2
Paolo Bertolucci / Adriano Panatta (Italy) b. Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee (Australia) 2-6 9-7 9-7 2-6 6-4
Adriano Panatta (Italy) b. Peter McNamara (Australia) 6-1 7-5 6-4
Rod Frawley (Australia) b. Corrado Barazzutti (Italy) 2-6 6-4 8-6

July 13-15, 1984 – Milton Courts, Brisbane (Australia) (grass) -Quarterfinals
AUSTRALIA-ITALY 5-0
John Fitzgerald (Australia) b. Gianni Ocleppo (Italy) 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-1
Pat Cash (Australia) b. Claudio Panatta (Italy) 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4
Mark Edmondson / Paul McNamee (Australia) b. Gianni Ocleppo / Claudio Panatta (Italy) 3-6 7-5 6-4 6-3
John Fitzgerald (Australia) b. Claudio Panatta (Italy) 6-4 8-10 6-2
Pat Cash (Australia) b. Gianni Ocleppo (Italy) 9-7 6-4

July 16-18, 1993 – T.C. Firenze, Florence (Italy) (clay) – Quarterfinals
ITALY-AUSTRALIA 2-3
Richard Fromberg (Australia) b. Renzo Furlan (Italy) 7-6(5) 7-6(3) 6-4
Stefano Pescosolido (Italy) b. Mark Woodforde (Australia) 6-3 7-5 5-7 6-4
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (Australia) b. Paolo Canè / Diego Nargiso (Italy) 6-7(6) 7-6(5) 6-2 6-3
Paolo Canè (Italy) b. Mark Woodforde (Australia) 6-2 1-6 7-5 6-4
Richard Fromberg (Australia) b. Stefano Pescosolido (Italy) 7-6(3) 6-1 6-4