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

Draw

  Quarterfinals
25–27 March
Semifinals
14–16 April
Final
5–8 May
                           
  Manila, Philippines
    Philippines 5  
    South Korea 0     Manila, Philippines
      Philippines 5  
      South Vietnam 0  
    South Vietnam
   bye     Tokyo, Japan
      Philippines 0
        Japan 5
   bye  
    Indonesia     Jakarta, Indonesia
      Indonesia 0
      Japan 5  
   bye
    Japan  

Quarterfinals

Philippines vs. South Korea


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

Philippines vs. South Vietnam


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


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

Japan vs. Philippines


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

Draw

  Semifinals
25–27 February
Final
28–30 April
                 
  Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
    India 5  
    Ceylon 0     Tehran, Iran
      India 4
      Iran 1
    Iran w/o
    Malaysia  

Semifinals

Ceylon vs. India


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

Iran vs. India


Iran
1
Tehran, Iran [3]
28–30 April 1967

India
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ezzat 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

India vs. Japan


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
     
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References

  1. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  3. "Iran v India". daviscup.com.
  4. "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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