1961 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1961 Davis Cup.

7 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[]

  Quarterfinals
18–28 March 		Semifinals
1–24 April 		Final
6–8 May
                           
 
    Philippines  
   bye     Tokyo, Japan
      Philippines 2  
      Japan 3  
    Japan w/o
    South Korea     New Delhi, India
      Japan 1
  Colombo, Ceylon (clay)       India 4
    Ceylon 2  
    Thailand 3     Lucknow, India
      Thailand 0
  Bandung, Indonesia     India 5  
    Indonesia 1
    India 4  

Quarterfinals[]

Ceylon vs. Thailand[]


Ceylon
2 		Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon[3]
18–20 March 1961
Clay
Thailand
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Dominion of Ceylon
Thailand
2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
2 Dominion of Ceylon
Thailand
6
0 		6
3 		6
0 		     
3 Dominion of Ceylon
Thailand 		 / 
 /  		6
2 		6
2 		2
6 		8
6 		   
4 Dominion of Ceylon
Thailand
4
6 		6
1 		3
6 		1
6 		   
5 Dominion of Ceylon
Thailand
6
4 		4
6 		6
8 		7
9 		   

Indonesia vs. India[]


Indonesia
1 		Bandung, Indonesia[4]
26–28 March 1961
India
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Indonesia
India
Jaidip Mukerjea 		6
2 		6
1 		2
6 		6
4 		   
2 Indonesia
India
Ramanathan Krishnan 		2
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
3 Indonesia
India 		 / Sutarjo Sugiarto
Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall 		2
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     
4 Indonesia
India
Jaidip Mukerjea 		2
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
5 Indonesia
India 		Sutarjo Sugiarto
Premjit Lall 		2
6 		1
6 		6
8 		     

Semifinals[]

Japan vs. Philippines[]


Japan
3 		Tokyo, Japan[5]
22–24 April 1961
Philippines
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Philippines 		Atsushi Miyagi
Raymundo Deyro 		4
6 		5
7 		5
7 		     
2 Japan
Philippines 		Osamu Ishiguro
 3
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
3 Japan
Philippines 		Atsushi Miyagi / 
 /  		8
6 		6
3 		6
1 		     
4 Japan
Philippines 		Atsushi Miyagi
 6
2 		1
6 		6
1 		3
6 		6
4 		 
5 Japan
Philippines 		Osamu Ishiguro
Raymundo Deyro 		6
4 		6
2 		6
4 		     

India vs. Thailand[]


India
5 		Lucknow, India[6]
1–3 April 1961
Thailand
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Thailand 		Jaidip Mukerjea
 6
4 		6
3 		6
4 		     
2 India
Thailand 		Ramanathan Krishnan
 6
0 		6
3 		6
1 		     
3 India
Thailand 		Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall
 /  		6
0 		6
2 		6
1 		     
4 India
Thailand 		Jaidip Mukerjea
 6
1 		3
6 		6
1 		7
5 		   
5 India
Thailand 		Premjit Lall
 6
1 		7
5 		6
2 		     

Final[]

India vs. Japan[]


India
4 		New Delhi, India[2]
6–8 May 1961
Japan
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Japan 		Jaidip Mukerjea
Atsushi Miyagi 		2
6 		7
9 		6
2 		2
6 		   
2 India
Japan 		Ramanathan Krishnan
Osamu Ishiguro 		4
6 		6
3 		6
3 		6
3 		   
3 India
Japan 		Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall
Atsushi Miyagi /  		6
4 		6
3 		6
4 		     
4 India
Japan 		Ramanathan Krishnan
Atsushi Miyagi 		6
4 		6
1 		6
4 		     
5 India
Japan 		Akhtar Ali
Osamu Ishiguro 		4
6 		6
4 		6
0 		2
6 		6
4 		 

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 "India v Japan". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Ceylon v Thailand". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Indonesia v India". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "India v Thailand". daviscup.com.

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