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1983 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

Main article: 1983 Davis Cup

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1983 Davis Cup.

10 teams entered the Eastern Zone in total, with the winner promoted to the following year's World Group.[1] India defeated Japan in the final and qualified for the 1984 World Group.[2]

Participating nations

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Draw

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First round
14–16 January		Quarterfinals
4–6 March		Semifinals
6–8 May		Final
30 September–2 October
  India
Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)
bye
  India4
Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)
  Sri Lanka1
  Sri Lanka3
New Delhi, India (grass)
  Hong Kong2
  India5
  Thailand0
  Thailand
Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard)
bye
  Thailand3
  Chinese Taipei2
bye
Tokyo, Japan (hard)
  Chinese Taipei
  India3
Manila, Philippines (indoor clay)
  Japan2
  Philippines5
Seoul, South Korea (clay)
  Malaysia0
  Philippines1
  South Korea4
bye
Nagoya, Japan (hard)
  South Korea
  South Korea1
  Japan4
  China
Osaka, Japan (hard)
bye
  China2
  Japan3
bye
  Japan

First round

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Sri Lanka vs. Hong Kong

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Sri Lanka
3 		Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[3]
14–16 January 1983
Clay 		 
Hong Kong
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Arjun Fernando
Mark Bailey 		5
7 		3
6 		5
7 		     
2  
  		Frank Sebaratnam
Kelvin Ng 		2
6 		6
2 		6
1 		     
retired
3  
  		Arjun Fernando / Frank Sebaratnam
Mark Bailey / Pang Chi-yuen 		6
4 		3
6 		4
6 		6
4 		6
1 		 
4  
  		Frank Sebaratnam
Mark Bailey 		7
5 		3
6 		2
6 		6
4 		6
4 		 
5  
  		Arjun Perera
Paul Bailey 		2
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     

Philippines vs. Malaysia

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Philippines
5 		Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila, Philippines[4]
14–16 January 1983
Clay (indoors) 		 
Malaysia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Ody Gabriel
Adam Malik 		6
4 		6
0 		6
2 		     
2  
  		Romeo Rafon
Roy ANchant 		6
0 		6
0 		6
0 		     
3  
  		Enrique Capulong / Raymundo Suarez
Adam Malik / Abdul-Rahman Ramlal 		6
3 		7
9 		6
2 		7
5 		   
4  
  		Ody Gabriel
Abdul-Rahman Ramlal 		6
2 		6
1 		       
5  
  		Romeo Rafon
Adam Malik 		6
0 		6
0 		       

Quarterfinals

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Sri Lanka vs. India

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Sri Lanka
1 		Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[5]
4–6 March 1983
Clay 		 
India
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Frank Sebaratnam
Sashi Menon 		0
6 		1
6 		3
6 		     
2  
  		Arjun Fernando
Vijay Amritraj 		3
6 		1
6 		4
6 		     
3  
  		Arjun Fernando / Frank Sebaratnam
Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj 		2
6 		4
6 		1
6 		     
4  
  		Frank Sebaratnam
Srinivasan Vasudevan 		1
6 		2
6 		0
6 		     
5  
  		Arjun Fernando
Sashi Menon 		4
6 		2
1 		       
retired

Chinese Taipei vs. Thailand

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Chinese Taipei
2 		Taipei, Taiwan[6]
4–6 March 1983
Hard (indoors) 		 
Thailand
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Wu Chang-rung
Panomkorn Pladchurnil 		6
2 		8
10 		6
4 		4
6 		6
4 		 
2  
  		Hsu Huang-jung
Sombat Uamongkol 		6
4 		4
6 		2
6 		5
7 		   
3  
  		Hsu Huang-jung / Wu Chang-rung
Panomkorn Pladchurnil / Sombat Uamongkol 		3
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
4  
  		Wu Chang-rung
Sombat Uamongkol 		4
6 		6
4 		6
2 		4
6 		6
2 		 
5  
  		Hsu Huang-jung
Panomkorn Pladchurnil 		6
4 		4
6 		6
2 		1
6 		1
6 		 

South Korea vs. Philippines

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South Korea
4 		Tong Dae Mun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea[7]
4–6 March 1983
Clay 		 
Philippines
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jeon Young-dai
Beeyong Sison 		6
1 		6
4 		8
6 		     
2  
  		Kim Choon-ho
Romeo Rafon 		8
6 		6
3 		6
0 		     
3  
  		Lee Woo-ryong / Song Dong-wook
Ody Gabriel / Beeyong Sison 		11
9 		6
3 		9
7 		     
4  
  		Song Dong-wook
Manuel Valleramos 		6
2 		6
2 		       
5  
  		Kim Choon-ho
Beeyong Sison 		8
10 		3
6 		       

Japan vs. China

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Japan
3 		Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, Japan[8]
4–6 March 1983
Hard 		 
China
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Tsuyoshi Fukui
Li Shiqin 		6
0 		6
0 		6
1 		     
2  
  		Hitoshi Shirato
Liu Shuhua 		6
8 		3
6 		6
3 		6
4 		4
6 		 
3  
  		Hitoshi Shirato / Toru Yonezawa
Liu Shuhua / Ma Keqin 		4
6 		3
6 		6
1 		6
4 		5
7 		 
4  
  		Tsuyoshi Fukui
Liu Shuhua 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     
5  
  		Hitoshi Shirato
Li Shiqin 		6
2 		7
5 		6
4 		     

Semifinals

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India vs. Thailand

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India
5 		New Delhi, India[9]
6–8 May 1983
Grass 		 
Thailand
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Vijay Amritraj
Sombat Uamongkol 		6
4 		6
0 		6
3 		     
2  
  		Sashi Menon
Supot Meesawat 		7
5 		6
2 		6
0 		     
3  
  		Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj
Supot Meesawat / Sombat Uamongkol 		6
1 		6
2 		6
0 		     
4  
  		Sashi Menon
Sombat Uamongkol 		7
5 		6
3 		       
5  
  		Nandan Bal
Supot Meesawat 		6
4 		9
7 		       

Japan vs. South Korea

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Japan
4 		Green Tennis Club, Nagoya, Japan[10]
6–8 May 1983
Hard 		 
South Korea
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Tsuyoshi Fukui
Song Dong-wook 		2
6 		6
2 		6
1 		7
5 		   
2  
  		Hitoshi Shirato
Lee Woo-ryong 		4
6 		6
1 		6
4 		6
3 		   
3  
  		Shigeyuki Nishio / Toru Yonezawa
Jeon Young-dai / Song Dong-wook 		7
5 		5
7 		6
3 		3
6 		7
5 		 
4  
  		Tsuyoshi Fukui
Lee Woo-ryong 		6
1 		6
1 		       
5  
  		Hitoshi Shirato
Song Dong-wook 		5
7 		5
7 		       

Final

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Japan vs. India

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Japan
2 		Den-En Colosseum, Tokyo, Japan[2]
30 September–2 October 1983
Hard 		 
India
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Tsuyoshi Fukui
Ramesh Krishnan 		4
6 		1
6 		6
3 		6
4 		0
6 		 
2  
  		Hitoshi Shirato
Vijay Amritraj 		2
6 		6
8 		3
6 		     
3  
  		Jun Kamiwazumi / Toru Yonezawa
Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj 		1
6 		8
6 		4
6 		2
6 		   
4  
  		Hitoshi Shirato
Ramesh Krishnan 		2
6 		6
4 		7
5 		     
5  
  		Tsuyoshi Fukui
Vijay Amritraj 		7
5 		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 India". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Sri Lanka v Hong Kong". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Philippines v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Sri Lanka v India". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Chinese Taipei v Thailand". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "South Korea v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Japan v China". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "India v Thailand". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Japan v South Korea". daviscup.com.
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