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1961 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

Main article: 1961 Davis Cup

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 edit

Quarterfinals
18–28 March		Semifinals
1–24 April		Final
6–8 May
  Philippines
Tokyo, Japan
bye
  Philippines2
  Japan3
  Japanw/o
New Delhi, India
  South Korea
  Japan1
Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
  India4
  Ceylon2
Lucknow, India
  Thailand3
  Thailand0
Bandung, Indonesia
  India5
  Indonesia1
  India4

Quarterfinals edit

Ceylon vs. Thailand edit

 
Ceylon
2 		Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon[3]
18–20 March 1961
Clay 		 
Thailand
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Gamini Perera
Sutiraphan Karalak 		2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
2  
  		Bernard Pinto
Seri Charuchinda 		6
0 		6
3 		6
0 		     
3  
  		Rupert Ferdinands / Bernard Pinto
Seri Charuchinda / Sutiraphan Karalak 		6
2 		6
2 		2
6 		8
6 		   
4  
  		Bernard Pinto
Sutiraphan Karalak 		4
6 		6
1 		3
6 		1
6 		   
5  
  		Gamini Perera
Seri Charuchinda 		6
4 		4
6 		6
8 		7
9 		   

Indonesia vs. India edit

 
Indonesia
1 		Bandung, Indonesia[4]
26–28 March 1961
  
India
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Liep Tjiauw Tan
Jaidip Mukerjea 		6
2 		6
1 		2
6 		6
4 		   
2  
  		Itjas Sumarno
Ramanathan Krishnan 		2
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
3  
  		Kong-Loen Sie / Sutarjo Sugiarto
Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall 		2
6 		4
6 		0
6 		     
4  
  		Itjas Sumarno
Jaidip Mukerjea 		2
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
5  
  		Sutarjo Sugiarto
Premjit Lall 		2
6 		1
6 		6
8 		     

Semifinals edit

Japan vs. Philippines edit

 
Japan
3 		Tokyo, Japan[5]
22–24 April 1961
  
Philippines
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Atsushi Miyagi
Raymundo Deyro 		4
6 		5
7 		5
7 		     
2  
  		Osamu Ishiguro
Juan-Johnson José 		3
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     
3  
  		Atsushi Miyagi / Masao Nagasaki
Eduardo Dungo / Juan-Johnson José 		8
6 		6
3 		6
1 		     
4  
  		Atsushi Miyagi
Juan-Johnson José 		6
2 		1
6 		6
1 		3
6 		6
4 		 
5  
  		Osamu Ishiguro
Raymundo Deyro 		6
4 		6
2 		6
4 		     

India vs. Thailand edit

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

Final edit

India vs. Japan edit

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

References edit

  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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