1967 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1967 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 America Zone and Europe Zone.[1]

Japan defeated the Philippines in the Zone A final, and India defeated Iran in the Zone B final.[2][3] In the Inter-Zonal final India defeated Japan and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[4]

Zone A

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Draw

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Quarterfinals
25–27 March
Semifinals
14–16 April
Final
5–8 May
Manila, Philippines
  Philippines5
Manila, Philippines
  South Korea0
  Philippines5
  South Vietnam0
  South Vietnam
Tokyo, Japan
bye
  Philippines0
  Japan5
bye
Jakarta, Indonesia
  Indonesia
  Indonesia0
  Japan5
bye
  Japan

Quarterfinals

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Philippines vs. South Korea

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Philippines
5
Manila, Philippines[5]
25–27 March 1967
 
South Korea
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Raymundo Deyro
Kim Doo-hwan
6
2
6
2
6
0
     
2  
 
Felicisimo Ampon
Im Chung-yang
7
5
6
1
6
2
     
3  
 
Samuel Ang / Eduardo Cruz
Im Chung-yang / Kim Doo-hwan
2
6
6
2
6
3
6
2
   
4  
 
Samuel Ang
Kim Doo-hwan
6
4
6
0
6
1
     
5  
 
Eduardo Cruz
Im Chung-yang
6
4
6
4
6
0
     

Semifinals

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Philippines vs. South Vietnam

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Philippines
5
Manila, Philippines[6]
14–16 April 1967
 
South Vietnam
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Eduardo Cruz
Võ Văn Bảy
6
2
6
3
6
2
     
2  
 
Felicisimo Ampon
Võ Văn Thành
6
4
6
1
6
1
     
3  
 
Samuel Ang / Eduardo Cruz
Võ Văn Bảy / Lưu Hoàng Đức
4
6
19
17
6
2
6
3
   
4  
 
Samuel Ang
Lưu Hoàng Đức
6
3
6
4
6
1
     
5  
 
Eduardo Cruz
Võ Văn Thành
12
10
9
7
6
1
     

Indonesia vs. Japan

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Indonesia
0
Jakarta, Indonesia[7]
14–16 April 1967
 
Japan
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Gondo Widjojo
Keishiro Yanagi
2
6
4
6
5
7
     
2  
 
Sutarjo Sugiarto
Ichizō Konishi
1
6
2
6
       
3  
 
Sutarjo Sugiarto / Gondo Widjojo
Isao Kobayashi / Koji Watanabe
8
6
3
6
3
6
10
8
3
6
 
4  
 
Gondo Widjojo
Ichizō Konishi
1
6
3
6
2
6
     
5  
 
Sutarjo Sugiarto
Keishiro Yanagi
6
1
2
6
4
6
6
4
1
6
 

Final

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Japan vs. Philippines

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Japan
5
Tokyo, Japan[2]
5–8 May 1967
 
Philippines
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Koji Watanabe
Samuel Ang
6
2
6
0
6
2
     
2  
 
Ichizō Konishi
Felicisimo Ampon
6
1
6
0
6
4
     
3  
 
Isao Watanabe / Koji Watanabe
Samuel Ang / Raymundo Deyro
6
2
6
2
6
4
     
4  
 
Ichizō Konishi
Samuel Ang
6
4
6
3
6
2
     
5  
 
Koji Watanabe
Felicisimo Ampon
6
0
6
1
6
1
     

Zone B

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Draw

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Semifinals
25–27 February
Final
28–30 April
Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
  India5
Tehran, Iran
  Ceylon0
  India4
  Iran1
  Iranw/o
  Malaysia

Semifinals

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Ceylon vs. India

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Ceylon
0
Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon[8]
25–27 February 1967
Clay
 
India
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Lassantha Fernando
Jaidip Mukerjea
3
6
4
6
3
6
     
2  
 
Senaka Kumara
Shiv Prakash Misra
0
6
2
6
4
6
     
3  
 
Senaka Kumara / Bernard Pinto
Shiv Prakash Misra / Jaidip Mukerjea
4
6
9
11
3
6
     
4  
 
Lassantha Fernando
Ravi Venkatesan
2
6
0
6
0
6
     
5  
 
Kanagaratnam Arichandran
Jaidip Mukerjea
0
6
1
6
1
6
     

Final

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Iran vs. India

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Iran
1
Tehran, Iran[3]
28–30 April 1967
 
India
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ezzatollah Nemati
Shiv Prakash Misra
4
6
1
6
0
6
     
2  
 
Taghi Akbari
Jaidip Mukerjea
5
7
4
6
7
5
3
6
   
3  
 
Hussain Akbari / Taghi Akbari
Shiv Prakash Misra / Jaidip Mukerjea
4
6
3
6
3
6
     
4  
 
Issa Khodaei
Jaidip Mukerjea
4
6
5
7
4
6
     
5  
 
Taghi Akbari
Shiv Prakash Misra
6
2
3
0
       
retired

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

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India vs. Japan

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India
4
New Delhi, India[4]
29 September–1 October 1967
 
Japan
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Premjit Lall
Koji Watanabe
6
2
6
4
6
2
     
2  
 
Jaidip Mukerjea
Ichizō Konishi
3
6
6
3
5
7
9
7
6
3
 
3  
 
Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall
Isao Watanabe / Koji Watanabe
6
2
6
4
4
6
6
0
   
4  
 
Jaidip Mukerjea
Koji Watanabe
8
6
2
6
2
6
1
6
   
5  
 
Premjit Lall
Ichizō Konishi
6
2
9
7
6
3
     

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 Philippines". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Iran v India". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "India v Japan". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Philippines v South Korea". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Philippines v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Indonesia v Japan". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Ceylon v India". daviscup.com.
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