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1973 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1973 Davis Cup.

10 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with 8 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]

Australia defeated India in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[2]

Preliminary round

Draw

Results

South Korea vs. Japan


South Korea
1
Seoul, South Korea[3]
23–25 March 1973

Japan
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Korea
Japan
Kim Sung-bae
Jun Kamiwazumi
8
6
6
1
6
4
     
2 South Korea
Japan
Kim Moon-il
Jun Kuki
4
6
4
6
2
6
     
3 South Korea
Japan
Chung Yong-ho / Kim Moon-il
Jun Kamiwazumi / Toshiro Sakai
2
6
2
6
6
2
6
3
3
6
 
4 South Korea
Japan
Kim Moon-il
Jun Kamiwazumi
2
6
6
1
0
6
0
6
   
5 South Korea
Japan
Kim Sung-bae
Jun Kuki
5
7
5
7
0
6
     

Indonesia vs. Hong Kong


Indonesia
5
Jakarta, Indonesia[4]
26–28 March 1973

Hong Kong
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Indonesia
Hong Kong
Gondo Widjojo
Tao Po
6
0
6
0
6
0
     
2 Indonesia
Hong Kong
Atet Wijono
Kenneth Tsui
6
2
6
1
6
2
     
3 Indonesia
Hong Kong
Gondo Widjojo / Atet Wijono
Kenneth Tsui / Winston Wei-Chung
6
3
6
3
6
4
     
4 Indonesia
Hong Kong
Yustedjo Tarik
Kenneth Tsui
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
5 Indonesia
Hong Kong
Samudra Sangitan
Tao Po
7
5
6
0
6
2
     

Malaysia vs. Pakistan


Malaysia
0
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[5]
23–25 March 1973

Pakistan
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Malaysia
Pakistan
Munawar Iqbal
Zainuddin Meah
6
0
6
4
6
1
     
2 Malaysia
Pakistan
Saeed Meer
Sultan-Aman Azman
6
0
6
0
6
2
     
3 Malaysia
Pakistan
Munawar Iqbal / Saeed Meer
Weng-Wah Chow / Wai-Ching Lee
6
2
6
4
6
2
     
4 Malaysia
Pakistan
Munawar Iqbal
Sultan-Aman Azman
6
1
1
4
      not
completed
5 Malaysia
Pakistan
Saeed Meer
Zainuddin Meah
          not
played

South Vietnam vs. Sri Lanka


South Vietnam
3
Penang, Malaysia[6]
23–25 March 1973
Grass

Sri Lanka
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Vietnam
Sri Lanka
Võ Văn Bảy
Senaka Kumara
6
4
6
3
4
6
6
4
   
2 South Vietnam
Sri Lanka
Võ Văn Thành
Bernard Pinto
6
4
6
3
4
6
6
4
   
3 South Vietnam
Sri Lanka
Lý Alline An / Võ Văn Bảy
Senaka Kumara / Bernard Pinto
6
1
6
2
12
14
6
4
   
4 South Vietnam
Sri Lanka
Võ Văn Bảy
Bernard Pinto
          not
played
5 South Vietnam
Sri Lanka
Võ Văn Thành
Senaka Kumara
          not
played

Main Draw

Draw

Quarterfinals
9–15 April
Semifinals
20–22 April
Final
4–6 May
 Australia
Tokyo, Japan
bye
 Australia4
Tokyo, Japan
 Japan1
 Japan3
Madras, India
 Indonesia0
 Australia4
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (grass)
 India0
 Pakistan4
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (grass)
 South Vietnam1
 Pakistan0
 India4
bye
 India

Quarterfinals

Japan vs. Indonesia


Japan
3
Tokyo, Japan[7]
13–15 April 1973

Indonesia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Indonesia
Jun Kamiwazumi
Gondo Widjojo
6
1
6
4
7
5
     
2 Japan
Indonesia
Toshiro Sakai
Atet Wijono
6
3
6
4
6
1
     
3 Japan
Indonesia
Kenichi Hirai / Jun Kamiwazumi
Gondo Widjojo / Atet Wijono
6
3
6
2
7
5
     
4 Japan
Indonesia
Jun Kamiwazumi
Atet Wijono
          not
played
5 Japan
Indonesia
Toshiro Sakai
Gondo Widjojo
          not
played

Pakistan vs. South Vietnam


Pakistan
4
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[8]
9–11 April 1973
Grass

South Vietnam
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Pakistan
South Vietnam
Saeed Meer
Võ Văn Thành
6
2
6
4
5
7
9
11
6
2
 
2 Pakistan
South Vietnam
Munawar Iqbal
Võ Văn Bảy
6
4
6
4
8
6
     
3 Pakistan
South Vietnam
Munawar Iqbal / Saeed Meer
Lý Alline An / Võ Văn Bảy
6
4
3
6
4
6
6
3
10
8
 
4 Pakistan
South Vietnam
Munawar Iqbal
Võ Văn Thành
6
4
6
3
6
1
     
5 Pakistan
South Vietnam
Saeed Meer
Võ Văn Bảy
8
6
0
6
3
6
2
6
   

Semifinals

Japan vs. Australia


Japan
1
Tokyo, Japan[9]
20–22 April 1973

Australia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Australia
Toshiro Sakai
Mal Anderson
2
6
7
9
6
3
1
6
   
2 Japan
Australia
Jun Kamiwazumi
John Newcombe
2
6
5
7
1
6
     
3 Japan
Australia
Jun Kamiwazumi / Toshiro Sakai
Geoff Masters / John Newcombe
4
6
5
7
4
6
     
4 Japan
Australia
Toshiro Sakai
John Newcombe
8
6
6
4
4
6
0
6
6
3
 
5 Japan
Australia
Jun Kamiwazumi
Mal Anderson
6
4
6
4
4
6
4
6
6
8
 

India vs. Pakistan


India
4
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[10]
20–22 April 1973
Grass

Pakistan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Pakistan
Vijay Amritraj
Saeed Meer
6
1
6
4
8
6
     
2 India
Pakistan
Anand Amritraj
Munawar Iqbal
6
2
6
2
6
2
     
3 India
Pakistan
Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj
Munawar Iqbal / Saeed Meer
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
4 India
Pakistan
Vijay Amritraj
Munawar Iqbal
2
6
6
3
6
4
2
3
   
retired
5 India
Pakistan
Chiradip Mukerjea
Saeed Meer
4
6
        not
completed

Final

India vs. Australia


India
0
Madras, India[2]
4–6 May 1973

Australia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Australia
Anand Amritraj
John Newcombe
2
6
1
6
0
6
     
2 India
Australia
Vijay Amritraj
Mal Anderson
1
6
2
6
1
6
     
3 India
Australia
Vijay Amritraj / Premjit Lall
Geoff Masters / John Newcombe
6
4
2
6
5
7
3
6
   
4 India
Australia
Premjit Lall
John Cooper
6
4
0
6
6
8
1
6
   
5 India
Australia
Vijay Amritraj
John Newcombe
10
12
6
3
      not
completed

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 Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "South Korea v Japan". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Indonesia v Hong Kong". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Malaysia v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "South Vietnam v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Japan v Indonesia". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Pakistan v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Japan v Australia". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "India v Pakistan". daviscup.com.