1971 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1971 Davis Cup.

9 teams entered the Eastern Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. The winner of each sub-zones would play against each other to determine who would compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Europe Zone.

Japan defeated Australia in the Zone A final, and India received a walkover in the Zone B final after Pakistan withdrew. In the Inter-Zonal final India defeated Japan and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.

Zone A

Draw

Quarterfinals
27–29 March

Semifinals
2–5 April

Final
23–25 April

bye

Japan

bye

Manila, Philippines

Philippines

Japan

bye

Japan

Quarterfinals

Hong Kong vs. Australia

Hong Kong
0

Hong Kong
27–29 March 1971

Australia
5

		1	2	3
1	Louis Hsu Colin Dibley	1 6	2 6	2 6
2	Kenneth Tsui John Cooper	2 6	4 6	2 6
3	Ling Fong / Kenneth Tsui Colin Dibley / Bob Giltinan	2 6	3 6	4 6
4	Louis Hsu John Cooper	3 6	1 6	0 6
5	Charles Chang Colin Dibley	2 6	2 6	1 6

Semifinals

Indonesia vs. Australia

Indonesia
2

Jakarta, Indonesia
3–5 April 1971

Australia
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Atet Wijono Ross Case	2 6	6 2	6 4	3 6	3 6
2	Gondo Widjojo Bob Giltinan	6 8	4 6	6 0	4 6
3	Budiman Aznar / Jacky Wulur John Cooper / Colin Dibley	2 6	0 6	1 6
4	Atet Wijono John Cooper	6 4	6 4	10 8
5	Gondo Widjojo Colin Dibley	6 1	4 6	7 5	6 1

Philippines vs. Japan

Philippines
1

Manila, Philippines
2–4 April 1971

Japan
4

		1	2	3	4
1	Raymundo Deyro Jun Kuki	1 6	4 6	2 6
2	Eduardo Cruz Toshiro Sakai	7 5	6 1	5 7	8 6
3	Eduardo Cruz / Raymundo Deyro Junzo Kawamori / Takeshi Koura	2 6	6 8	6 3	6 8
4	Eduardo Cruz Jun Kuki	0 6	6 3	2 6	1 6
5	Raymundo Deyro Toshiro Sakai	4 6	2 6	3 6

Final

Japan vs. Australia

Japan
3

Tokyo, Japan
23–25 April 1971

Australia
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Keishiro Yanagi John Cooper	6 3	6 4	2 6	1 6	6 3
2	Toshiro Sakai Colin Dibley	5 7	8 6	6 3	6 2
3	Junzo Kawamori / Takeshi Koura Colin Dibley / Bob Giltinan	1 6	6 3	9 11	1 6
4	Keishiro Yanagi Colin Dibley	3 6	4 6	7 5	6 3	6 8
5	Toshiro Sakai John Cooper	6 1	15 13	8 6

Zone B

Draw


Semifinals 30 March–4 April		Final

Colombo, Ceylon (clay)

India	4

Ceylon	0
		India	w/o
Lahore, Pakistan
		Pakistan
Malaysia	0

Pakistan	5

Semifinals

Ceylon vs. India

Ceylon
0

Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon
2–4 April 1971
Clay

India
4

		1	2	3	4
1	Senaka Kumara Gaurav Misra	2 6	11 13	2 6
2	Bernard Pinto Jaidip Mukerjea	5 7	6 8	5 7
3	Bernard Pinto / Ranjan Wattegedera Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea	2 6	3 6	4 6
4	Ranjan Wattegedera Gaurav Misra	6 4	3 6	2 6	2 6
5	Neville Senaratne Anand Amritraj	2 6	1 6			not completed

Pakistan vs. Malaysia

Pakistan
5

Lahore, Pakistan
30 March–1 April 1971

Malaysia
0

		1	2	3
1	Haroon Rahim Sultan-Aman Azman	6 2	6 2	6 2
2	Munawar Iqbal Song-Kean Tan	6 3	6 3	6 1
3	Munawar Iqbal / Haroon Rahim Sultan-Aman Azman / Song-Kean Tan	6 2	6 1	6 3
4	Meer Mohammed Khan Song-Kean Tan	7 5	7 5	7 5
5	Munawar Iqbal Sultan-Aman Azman	6 1	6 3	6 0

Final

India defeated Pakistan by walkover.

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

Japan vs. India

Japan
2

Denen Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan
15–17 May 1971
Clay

India
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Toshiro Sakai Jaidip Mukerjea	0 6	0 6	4 6
2	Keishiro Yanagi Premjit Lall	3 6	6 3	6 1	6 2
3	Jun Kamiwazumi / Toshiro Sakai Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea	9 7	1 6	6 3	1 6	6 8
4	Toshiro Sakai Premjit Lall	2 6	2 6	4 6
5	Keishiro Yanagi Jaidip Mukerjea	6 4	6 3	6 0

References

Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). : New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
^ "Japan v Australia". daviscup.com.
^ "India v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
^ "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
"Hong Kong v Australia". daviscup.com.
"Indonesia v Australia". daviscup.com.
"Philippines v Japan". daviscup.com.
"Ceylon v India". daviscup.com.
"Pakistan v Malaysia". daviscup.com.

External links

Davis Cup official website

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