1972 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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.

External links

  • Davis Cup official website