1972 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1972 Davis Cup.

11 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.[1]

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

Zone A

Draw

Quarterfinals
24–26 March
Semifinals
8–16 April
Final
28–30 April
 Australia
Seoul, South Korea
bye
 Australia5
 South Korea0
 South Koreaw/o
Tokyo, Japan
 Philippines
 Australia4
Saigon, South Vietnam
 Japan1
 South Vietnam5
Saigon, South Vietnam
 Chinese Taipei0
 South Vietnam2
Hong Kong
 Japan3
 Hong Kong0
 Japan5

Quarterfinals

South Vietnam vs. Chinese Taipei


South Vietnam
5
Saigon, South Vietnam[5]
24–26 March 1972

Chinese Taipei
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Vietnam
Chinese Taipei
Võ Văn Bảy
Lin Chi-yuan
6
0
6
0
6
0
     
2 South Vietnam
Chinese Taipei
Võ Văn Thành
Tang Fu-shun
6
3
6
2
6
3
     
3 South Vietnam
Chinese Taipei
Võ Văn Bảy / Võ Văn Thành
Lee Shui-chang / Tang Fu-shun
6
2
6
1
6
0
     
4 South Vietnam
Chinese Taipei
Lý Alline An
Lin Chi-yuan
6
3
6
2
6
1
     
5 South Vietnam
Chinese Taipei
Võ Văn Bảy
Tang Fu-shun
6
2
6
0
6
0
     

Hong Kong vs. Japan


Hong Kong
0
Hong Kong[6]
24–26 March 1972

Japan
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Hong Kong
Japan
Ling Fong
Jun Kamiwazumi
2
6
4
6
2
6
     
2 Hong Kong
Japan
Charles Chang
Jun Kuki
0
6
0
6
3
6
     
3 Hong Kong
Japan
Louis Hsu / Kenneth Tsui
Jun Kamiwazumi / Toshiro Sakai
4
6
4
6
4
6
     
4 Hong Kong
Japan
Ling Fong
Jun Kuki
0
6
1
6
2
6
     
5 Hong Kong
Japan
Charles Chang
Jun Kamiwazumi
2
6
3
6
0
6
     

Semifinals

South Korea vs. Australia


South Korea
0
Seoul, South Korea[7]
14–16 April 1972

Australia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Korea
Australia
Kim Sung-bae
Colin Dibley
1
6
6
4
4
6
3
6
   
2 South Korea
Australia
Chung Yong-ho
Mal Anderson
6
4
0
6
2
6
5
7
   
3 South Korea
Australia
Chung Yong-ho / Kim Moon-il
Mal Anderson / Geoff Masters
5
7
2
6
2
6
     
4 South Korea
Australia
Chung Yong-ho
Colin Dibley
5
7
8
10
1
6
     
5 South Korea
Australia
Kim Sung-bae
Mal Anderson
2
6
2
6
2
6
     

South Vietnam vs. Japan


South Vietnam
2
Saigon, South Vietnam[8]
8–10 April 1972

Japan
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Vietnam
Japan
Võ Văn Bảy
Toshiro Sakai
11
13
6
4
6
2
6
3
   
2 South Vietnam
Japan
Võ Văn Thành
Jun Kamiwazumi
6
8
3
6
1
6
     
3 South Vietnam
Japan
Võ Văn Bảy / Võ Văn Thành
Jun Kamiwazumi / Toshiro Sakai
6
4
6
4
3
6
10
12
3
1
retired
 
4 South Vietnam
Japan
Dương Văn Minh
Toshiro Sakai
1
6
0
6
1
6
     
5 South Vietnam
Japan
Võ Văn Bảy
Jun Kamiwazumi
6
3
8
6
3
6
6
4
   

Final

Japan vs. Australia


Japan
1
Tokyo, Japan[2]
28–30 April 1972

Australia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Australia
Toshiro Sakai
Mal Anderson
3
6
3
6
3
6
     
2 Japan
Australia
Jun Kuki
Colin Dibley
4
6
6
3
6
3
1
6
3
6
 
3 Japan
Australia
Jun Kamiwazumi / Toshiro Sakai
Mal Anderson / Geoff Masters
6
3
9
7
1
6
6
3
   
4 Japan
Australia
Jun Kuki
Mal Anderson
2
6
3
6
2
6
     
5 Japan
Australia
Toshiro Sakai
Colin Dibley
6
4
4
6
6
4
5
7
3
6
 

Zone B

Draw

Semifinals
1–3 April
Final
28–30 April
Lucknow, India
 India5
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 Ceylon0
 India5
 Malaysia0
 Malaysiaw/o
 Pakistan

Semifinals

India vs. Ceylon


India
5
Lucknow, India[9]
1–3 April 1972

Ceylon
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Dominion of Ceylon
Jaidip Mukerjea
Senaka Kumara
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
2 India
Dominion of Ceylon
Premjit Lall
Ranjan Wattegedera
6
1
6
1
6
1
     
3 India
Dominion of Ceylon
Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
Senaka Kumara / Ranjan Wattegedera
6
3
6
2
6
3
     
4 India
Dominion of Ceylon
Jaidip Mukerjea
Ranjan Wattegedera
6
2
6
1
6
2
     
5 India
Dominion of Ceylon
Premjit Lall
Senaka Kumara
6
4
6
2
6
2
     

Final

Malaysia vs. India


Malaysia
0
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[3]
28–30 April 1972

India
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Malaysia
India
Sultan-Aman Azman
Jaidip Mukerjea
2
6
0
6
6
8
     
2 Malaysia
India
Song-Kean Tan
Premjit Lall
1
6
2
6
0
6
     
3 Malaysia
India
Sultan-Aman Azman / Song-Kean Tan
Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
3
6
4
6
4
6
     
4 Malaysia
India
Sultan-Aman Azman
Premjit Lall
0
6
3
6
4
6
     
5 Malaysia
India
Song-Kean Tan
Jaidip Mukerjea
0
6
4
6
0
6
     

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

India vs. Australia


India
0
Bangalore, India[4]
16–18 May 1972

Australia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Australia
Vijay Amritraj
Mal Anderson
4
6
4
6
2
6
     
2 India
Australia
Jaidip Mukerjea
Geoff Masters
3
6
3
6
6
3
6
1
3
6
 
3 India
Australia
Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
Colin Dibley / Geoff Masters
2
6
4
6
6
3
3
6
   
4 India
Australia
Anand Amritraj
Ross Case
1
6
6
8
5
7
     
5 India
Australia
Vijay Amritraj
Colin Dibley
5
7
6
4
3
6
2
6
   

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. ^ a b "Japan v Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Malaysia v India". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "India v Australia". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "South Vietnam v Chinese Taipei". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Hong Kong v Japan". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "South Korea v Australia". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "South Vietnam v Japan". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "India v Ceylon". daviscup.com.