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| Duration | 31 March – 28 December 1962 |
| Edition | 51st |
| Teams | 42 |
| Champion | |
| Winning nation |  Australia |
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The1962 Davis Cup was the 51st edition of theDavis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 28 teams entered the Europe Zone, 8 teams entered the Eastern Zone, and 5 teams entered the America Zone.Iran and theSoviet Union made their first appearances in the tournament.
Mexico defeatedYugoslavia in the America Zone final,India defeated thePhilippines in the Eastern Zone final, andSweden defeatedItaly in the Europe Zone final. In the Inter-Zonal Zone, Mexico defeated Sweden in the semifinal, and then defeated India in the final. Mexico were then defeated by the defending championsAustralia in the Challenge Round. The final was played at theMilton Courts inBrisbane, Australia on 26–28 December. It was Mexico's first appearance in a Davis Cup final.[1][2][3]
| Quarterfinals 13–15 July | Semifinals 4–8 August | Final 17–19 August | |||||||||||
| Cleveland, OH, United States (clay) | |||||||||||||
 United States | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | |||||||||||||
 Canada | 0 | ||||||||||||
| United States | 2 | ||||||||||||
 Mexico | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Mexico | |||||||||||||
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | |||||||||||||
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| Mexico | 4 | ||||||||||||
 Yugoslavia | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (clay) | |||||||||||||
 Caribbean/West Indies | |||||||||||||
| Caribbean/West Indies | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 4 | ||||||||||||
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Mexico vs. Yugoslavia
 Mexico 4 | Centro Deportivo Chapultepec,Mexico City, Mexico[4] 17–19 August 1962 Clay |  Yugoslavia 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Quarterfinals 17 March–8 April | Semifinals 13–16 April | Final 4–6 May | |||||||||||
| Lahore, Pakistan | |||||||||||||
 India | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Jaipur, India | |||||||||||||
 Pakistan | 0 | ||||||||||||
| India | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Tehran, Iran | |||||||||||||
 Iran | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Iran | 3 | ||||||||||||
| New Delhi, India | |||||||||||||
 Malaya | 2 | ||||||||||||
| India | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Seoul, South Korea | |||||||||||||
 Philippines | 0 | ||||||||||||
 South Korea | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Manila, Philippines | |||||||||||||
 Japan | 5 | ||||||||||||
 Japan | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Colombo,Ceylon (clay) | |||||||||||||
| Philippines | 3 | ||||||||||||
 Ceylon | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Philippines | 4 | ||||||||||||
India vs. Philippines
 India 5 | New Delhi, India[5] 4–6 May 1962 |  Philippines 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sweden vs. Italy
 Sweden 4 | Båstad Tennis Stadium,Båstad, Sweden[6] 27–29 July 1962 Clay |  Italy 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Semifinals 26–28 October | Final 3–5 December | |||||||
| EAS | India | |||||||
| Madras, India | ||||||||
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| EAS | India | 0 | ||||||
| Mexico City, Mexico (clay) | ||||||||
| AME | Mexico | 5 | ||||||
| AME | Mexico | 3 | ||||||
| EUR |  Sweden | 2 | ||||||
Mexico vs. Sweden
Mexico 3 | Centro Deportivo Chapultepec,Mexico City, Mexico[7] 26–28 October 1962 Clay | Sweden 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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India vs. Mexico
India 0 | Madras, India[8] 3–5 December 1962 | Mexico 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Australia vs. Mexico
 Australia 5 | Milton Courts,Brisbane, Australia[3] 26–28 December 1962 Grass | Mexico 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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