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| Duration | 19 February – 29 December 1965 |
| Edition | 54th |
| Teams | 43 |
| Champion | |
| Winning nation |  Australia |
←1964 1966 → | |
The1965 Davis Cup was the 54th edition of theDavis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 31 teams entered the Europe Zone, 9 teams entered the Eastern Zone, and 5 teams entered the America Zone.
TheUnited States defeatedMexico in the America Zone final,India defeatedJapan in the Eastern Inter-Zonal final, andSpain defeatedSouth Africa in the Europe Zone final. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Spain defeated the United States in the semifinal, and then defeated India in the final. Spain were then defeated by the defending championsAustralia in the Challenge Round. The final was played atWhite City Stadium inSydney, Australia on 27–29 December.[1][2][3]
| Quarterfinals 8–10 July | Semifinals June–July | Final 31 July–2 August | |||||||||||
| Nassau,Bahamas | |||||||||||||
 New Zealand | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | |||||||||||||
 Caribbean/West Indies | 0 | ||||||||||||
| New Zealand | 0 | ||||||||||||
 Mexico | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Mexico | |||||||||||||
| Dallas, TX, United States (hard) | |||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| Mexico | 1 | ||||||||||||
 United States | 4 | ||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| Bakersfield, CA, United States (hard) | |||||||||||||
 Canada | |||||||||||||
| Canada | 0 | ||||||||||||
| United States | 5 | ||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| United States | |||||||||||||
United States vs. Mexico
 United States 4 | Samuell Grand Park,Dallas, TX, United States[4] 31 July–2 August 1965 Hard |  Mexico 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Semifinals 23–25 April | Final 1–3 May | |||||||
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 Philippines | 0 | |||||||
| Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||
 Japan | 5 | |||||||
| Japan | 5 | |||||||
 South Korea | 0 | |||||||
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| Quarterfinals 19 February–1 March | Semifinals 13–29 March | Final 10–12 April | |||||||||||
 Ceylon | |||||||||||||
| Colombo,Ceylon (clay) | |||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| Ceylon | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Abadan, Iran | |||||||||||||
 India | 5 | ||||||||||||
| India | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Vijayawada, India | |||||||||||||
 Iran | 0 | ||||||||||||
| India | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (grass) | |||||||||||||
 South Vietnam | 0 | ||||||||||||
| South Vietnam | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Saigon,South Vietnam | |||||||||||||
 Pakistan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| South Vietnam | 5 | ||||||||||||
 Malaysia | 0 | ||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||
| Malaysia | |||||||||||||
Japan vs. India
 Japan 1 | Tokyo, Japan[5] 1–3 October 1965 |  India 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Spain vs. South Africa
 Spain 4 | Real Club de Tenis,Barcelona, Spain[6] 30 July–1 August 1965 Clay |  South Africa 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Semifinals 17–19 August | Final 5–7 November | |||||||
| EAS | India | |||||||
| Barcelona, Spain (clay) | ||||||||
| bye | ||||||||
| EAS | India | 2 | ||||||
| Barcelona, Spain (clay) | ||||||||
| EUR |  Spain | 3 | ||||||
| AME | United States | 1 | ||||||
| EUR | Spain | 4 | ||||||
Spain vs. United States
Spain 4 | Real Club de Tenis,Barcelona, Spain[7] 17–19 August 1965 Clay | United States 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Spain vs. India
Spain 3 | Real Club de Tenis,Barcelona, Spain[8] 5–7 November 1965 Clay | India 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Australia vs. Spain
 Australia 4 | White City Stadium,Sydney, Australia[3] 27–29 December 1965 Grass | Spain 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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