1963 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1963 Davis Cup.

9 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the America Zone and Europe Zone.[1] India defeated Japan in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[2]

Draw

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First Round
17–19 March
Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
  Ceylon0
  Pakistan4
Quarterfinals
27 March–7 April
Semifinals
19–22 April
Final
4–6 May
Poona, India
  Pakistan1
Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
  India4
  India4
Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
  Malaya0
  Malaya3
Tokyo, Japan
  Burma2
  India3
Fukuoka, Japan
  Japan2
  Japan5
Tokyo, Japan
  South Korea0
  Japan4
Manila, Philippines
  Philippines1
  New Zealand1
  Philippines3

First round

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Ceylon vs. Pakistan

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Ceylon
0
Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon[3]
17–19 March 1963
Clay
 
Pakistan
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Raja Praesody
Munir Pirzada
1
6
3
6
4
6
     
2  
 
Gamini Perera
Sheikh Qutubuddin
4
6
4
6
1
6
     
3  
 
Senaka Kumara / Bernard Pinto
Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed / Munir Pirzada
7
9
7
5
7
9
4
6
   
4  
 
Raja Praesody
Zulfiqar Rahim
1
6
6
3
1
6
6
2
4
6
 
5  
 
Gamini Perera
Munir Pirzada
1
6
3
6
      not
completed

Quarterfinals

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India vs. Pakistan

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India
4
Poona, India[4]
31 March–2 April 1963
 
Pakistan
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ramanathan Krishnan
Sheikh Qutubuddin
6
0
6
3
6
0
     
2  
 
Jaidip Mukerjea
Munir Pirzada
6
3
6
4
6
2
     
3  
 
Akhtar Ali / Jaidip Mukerjea
Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed / Munir Pirzada
3
6
5
7
6
3
6
4
6
2
 
4  
 
Jaidip Mukerjea
Sheikh Qutubuddin
6
2
6
3
6
4
     
5  
 
Akhtar Ali
Zulfiqar Rahim
8
6
2
6
6
1
5
7
3
6
 

Malaya vs. Burma

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Malaya
3
Kuala Lumpur, Malaya[5]
27–30 March 1963
 
Burma
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Sultan-Aman Azman
Joe Ba Maung
4
6
6
1
6
3
6
1
   
2  
 
Yoke-Yen Kwok
Than Lwin
4
6
2
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Sultan-Aman Azman / Yoke-Yen Kwok
Joe Ba Maung / Than Lwin
16
14
6
0
3
6
1
6
6
4
 
4  
 
Sultan-Aman Azman
Than Lwin
6
0
6
2
6
2
     
5  
 
Yoke-Yen Kwok
Joe Ba Maung
4
6
5
7
2
6
     

Japan vs. South Korea

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Japan
5
Fukuoka, Japan[6]
5–7 April 1963
 
South Korea
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Osamu Ishiguro
Lee Sang-yun
6
2
1
6
6
3
6
2
   
2  
 
Koji Watanabe
Kim Doo-hwan
6
3
6
2
7
5
     
3  
 
Michio Fujii / Atsushi Miyagi
Lee Sang-yun / Park Do-sung
3
6
6
0
6
2
6
1
   
4  
 
Osamu Ishiguro
Kim Doo-hwan
6
2
6
2
6
0
     
5  
 
Koji Watanabe
Lee Sang-yun
6
4
2
6
6
3
6
2
   

Philippines vs. New Zealand

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Philippines
3
Manila, Philippines[7]
29–31 March 1963
 
New Zealand
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Juan-Johnson José
Lew Gerrard
2
6
6
3
6
3
9
7
   
2  
 
Felicisimo Ampon
Ian Crookenden
4
6
6
4
1
6
6
4
6
1
 
3  
 
Raymundo Deyro / Juan-Johnson José
Lew Gerrard / Jeff Robson
4
6
3
6
6
3
3
6
   
4  
 
Felicisimo Ampon
Lew Gerrard
6
1
4
6
6
3
6
4
   
5  
 
Juan-Johnson José
Ian Crookenden
          not
played

Semifinals

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Malaya vs. India

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Malaya
0
Kuala Lumpur, Malaya[8]
19–22 April 1963
 
India
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Sultan-Aman Azman
Ramanathan Krishnan
1
6
1
6
0
6
     
2  
 
Billy Yap
Jaidip Mukerjea
1
6
0
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Sultan-Aman Azman / Yoke-Yen Kwok
Akhtar Ali / Jaidip Mukerjea
4
6
2
6
4
6
     
4  
 
Sultan-Aman Azman
Jaidip Mukerjea
2
6
2
6
3
6
     
5  
 
Billy Yap
Akhtar Ali
3
6
2
6
      not
completed

Japan vs. Philippines

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Japan
4
Tokyo, Japan[9]
19–22 April 1963
 
Philippines
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Atsushi Miyagi
Juan-Johnson José
3
6
6
1
6
2
7
5
   
2  
 
Osamu Ishiguro
Felicisimo Ampon
6
3
6
0
3
6
6
3
   
3  
 
Michio Fujii / Atsushi Miyagi
Eduardo Dungo / Juan-Johnson José
6
4
3
6
7
5
8
6
   
4  
 
Osamu Ishiguro
Juan-Johnson José
6
0
2
6
1
6
8
10
   
5  
 
Atsushi Miyagi
Felicisimo Ampon
2
6
6
3
6
4
8
6
   

Final

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Japan vs. India

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Japan
2
Tokyo, Japan[2]
3–7 May 1963
 
India
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Atsushi Miyagi
Ramanathan Krishnan
5
7
6
4
0
6
0
6
   
2  
 
Osamu Ishiguro
Jaidip Mukerjea
6
2
6
3
6
2
     
3  
 
Michio Fujii / Atsushi Miyagi
Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
6
4
3
6
2
6
5
7
   
4  
 
Osamu Ishiguro
Ramanathan Krishnan
2
6
5
7
       
5  
 
Atsushi Miyagi
Jaidip Mukerjea
6
3
6
2
3
6
7
5
   

References

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  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Sri Lanka v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "India v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Malaya v Burma". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Japan v South Korea". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Philippines v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Malaya v India". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.
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