1967 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

Main article: 1967 Davis Cup

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
 Philippines5
Manila, Philippines
 South Korea0
 Philippines5
 South Vietnam0
 South Vietnam
Tokyo, Japan
bye
 Philippines0
 Japan5
bye
Jakarta, Indonesia
 Indonesia
 Indonesia0
 Japan5
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)
 India5
Tehran, Iran
 Ceylon0
 India4
 Iran1
 Iranw/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
Ezzatollah 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 		     

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 Philippines". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Iran v India". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "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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