1974 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1974 Davis Cup.

11 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with 9 teams competing in the preliminary round to join the previous year's finalists Australia and India in the main draw. The winner of the main draw went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Europe Zone.^[1]

India defeated Australia in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.^[2] With a total of 327 games, the Eastern Zone final set the Davis Cup record for the most games in a tie, still standing as of 2019.^[3]

Preliminary Rounds[]

Draw[]

First Round 5–7 April			Qualifying Round 5–21 April


	Pakistan
			Karachi, Pakistan
	bye
				Pakistan	4

				Malaysia	1
	Malaysia

	bye

Manila, Philippines

	Philippines	3
			Manila, Philippines
	Indonesia	1
				Philippines	5

				Hong Kong	0
	Hong Kong

	bye


	bye
			Tokyo, Japan
	South Vietnam
				South Vietnam	0
Tokyo, Japan
				Japan	3
	Japan	3

	South Korea	0



	bye

	Chinese Taipei
				Chinese Taipei	w/o

				Sri Lanka
	bye

	Sri Lanka

First Round[]

Philippines vs. Indonesia

Philippines
3

Manila, Philippines^[4]
5–7 April 1974

Indonesia
1

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Atet Wijono	6 1	6 3	6 2
2	Gondo Widjojo	2 6	4 6	6 3	6 3	6 2
3	/ Gondo Widjojo / Atet Wijono	1 6	6 2	6 0	6 2
4	Hadiman	11 9	4 6	0 6	3 6
5	Gondo Widjojo						not played

Japan vs. South Korea

Japan
3

Tokyo, Japan^[5]
5–7 April 1974

South Korea
0

		1	2	3
1	Kenichi Hirai	6 4	6 4	6 4
2	Toshiro Sakai	6 3	6 0	6 1
3	Kenichi Hirai / Kiyoshi Tanabe /	6 4	6 1	6 1
4	Kenichi Hirai				not played
5	Toshiro Sakai				not played

Qualifying Round[]

Pakistan vs. Malaysia

Pakistan
4

Karachi, Pakistan^[6]
5–7 April 1974

Malaysia
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Saeed Meer	6 3	6 0	6 1
2	Munawar Iqbal	6 0	6 4	3 6	6 4
3	Munawar Iqbal / Saeed Meer /	6 4	8 6	6 3
4		6 3	6 2	6 3
5		3 6	6 2	4 6	1 2	retired

Philippines vs. Hong Kong

Philippines
5

Manila, Philippines^[7]
12–14 April 1974

Hong Kong
0

		1	2	3
1	Charles Chang	6 1	6 0	6 2
2		6 2	6 0	6 1
3	/ /	6 0	6 2	6 1
4		6 4	6 2	6 1
5		6 0	6 0	6 4

Japan vs. South Vietnam

Japan
3

Tokyo, Japan^[8]
19–21 April 1974

South Vietnam
0

		1	2	3
1	Toshiro Sakai	6 0	6 2	6 0
2	Kenichi Hirai	6 0	6 3	6 1
3	Kenichi Hirai / Toshiro Sakai /	6 3	6 1	6 4
4	Toshiro Sakai				not played
5	Kenichi Hirai				not played

Main Draw[]

Draw[]

Quarterfinals
26–28 April

Semifinals
3–5 May

Final
10–12 May

Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Australia

bye

Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Australia

3

Lahore, Pakistan

Pakistan

0

Pakistan

4

Philippines

1

Calcutta, India

Australia

2

Taipei, Taiwan (hard)

India

3

Chinese Taipei

0

Japan

3

Kanpur, India

Japan

1

India

4

bye

India

Quarterfinals[]

Pakistan vs. Philippines

Pakistan
4

Lahore, Pakistan^[9]
26–28 April 1974

Philippines
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Munawar Iqbal	4 6	6 8	2 6
2	Saeed Meer	6 2	6 2	6 1
3	Munawar Iqbal / Saeed Meer /	6 8	6 4	6 4	6 2
4	Saeed Meer	10 8	6 0	6 1
5		6 3	6 4	6 2

Chinese Taipei vs. Japan

Chinese Taipei
0

Taipei, Taiwan^[10]
26–28 April 1974
Hard

Japan
3

		1	2	3
1	Kiyoshi Tanabe	0 6	0 6	2 6
2	Toshiro Sakai	1 6	2 6	2 6
3	/ Kenichi Hirai / Kiyoshi Tanabe	3 6	1 6	1 6
4	Kiyoshi Tanabe				not played
5	Toshiro Sakai				not played

Semifinals[]

Pakistan vs. Australia

Pakistan
0

Rawalpindi, Pakistan^[11]
3–5 May 1974

Australia
3

		1	2	3	4
1	Haroon Rahim Tony Roche	7 5	3 6	1 6	3 6
2	Saeed Meer Syd Ball	4 6	5 7	14 16
3	Saeed Meer / Haroon Rahim Colin Dibley / Tony Roche	18 20	4 6	3 6
4	Saeed Meer Tony Roche					not played
5	Haroon Rahim Syd Ball					not played

India vs. Japan

India
4

Kanpur, India^[12]
3–5 May 1974

Japan
1

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Vijay Amritraj Toshiro Sakai	3 6	6 0	3 6	6 2	6 2
2	Anand Amritraj Kenichi Hirai	6 4	12 10	6 3
3	Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj Kenichi Hirai / Toshiro Sakai	6 3	8 6	8 6
4	Sashi Menon Kiyoshi Tanabe	6 3	6 2	6 2
5	Jasjit Singh Toshiro Sakai	6 4	3 6	2 6	3 6

Final[]

India
3

Calcutta, India^[2]
10–12 May 1974

Australia
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Jasjit Singh Bob Giltinan	11 9	9 11	12 10	8 6
2	Vijay Amritraj John Alexander	12 14	15 17	8 6	2 6
3	Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj John Alexander / Colin Dibley	17 15	6 8	6 3	16 18	6 4
4	Jasjit Singh John Alexander	6 8	4 6	3 6
5	Vijay Amritraj Bob Giltinan	6 1	5 7	6 4	6 4

References[]

^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
^ ^a ^b "India v Australia". daviscup.com.
^ "Davis Cup - General Records". daviscup.com. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ "Philippines v Indonesia". daviscup.com.
^ "Japan v South Korea". daviscup.com.
^ "Pakistan v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
^ "Philippines v Hong Kong". daviscup.com.
^ "Japan v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
^ "Pakistan v Australia". daviscup.com.
^ "Chinese Taipei v Japan". daviscup.com.
^ "Pakistan v Australia". daviscup.com.
^ "India v Japan". daviscup.com.

External links[]

Davis Cup official website

[Collins-1] Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.

[Eastern_Final-2] "India v Australia". daviscup.com.

[3] "Davis Cup - General Records". daviscup.com. Retrieved 8 June 2019.

[4] "Philippines v Indonesia". daviscup.com.

[5] "Japan v South Korea". daviscup.com.

[6] "Pakistan v Malaysia". daviscup.com.

[7] "Philippines v Hong Kong". daviscup.com.

[8] "Japan v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.

[9] "Pakistan v Australia". daviscup.com.

[10] "Chinese Taipei v Japan". daviscup.com.

[11] "Pakistan v Australia". daviscup.com.

[12] "India v Japan". daviscup.com.

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