1987 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1987 Davis Cup.

13 teams entered the Eastern Zone in total, with the winner promoted to the following year's World Group.[1] South Korea defeated Japan in the final and qualified for the 1987 World Group.[2]

Participating nations edit

Draw edit

First round
13–15 March
Quarterfinals
8–10 May
Semifinals
24–26 July
Final
2–4 October
  New Zealand
Taipei, Taiwan (hard)
bye
  New Zealand5
Taipei, Taiwan (hard)
  Chinese Taipei0
  Singapore0
Bangkok, Thailand (hard)
  Chinese Taipei5
  New Zealand4
  Thailand1
  Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand (hard)
bye
  Thailand3
Dhaka, Bangladesh (hard)
  Pakistan2
  Bangladesh0
Shanghai, China (clay)
  Pakistan5
  New Zealand4
Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)
  China1
  Sri Lanka0
Wuhan, China (clay)
  Philippines5
  Philippines1
Kunming, China (indoor clay)
  China4
  Indonesia1
Tianjin, China (indoor carpet)
  China4
  China3
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)
  Japan2
  Hong Kong5
Toyama, Japan (indoor carpet)
  Malaysia0
  Hong Kong1
  Japan4
bye
  Japan

First round edit

Chinese Taipei vs. Singapore edit

 
Chinese Taipei
5
Taipei, Taiwan[3]
13–15 March 1987
Hard
 
Singapore
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Liu Chung-hsing
Mahader Hassan
6
1
6
2
6
3
     
2  
 
Wu Chang-rung
Peng Tan-ah
6
1
6
2
6
2
     
3  
 
Hsu Huang-jung / Wu Chang-rung
Abdul Karim / Peng Tan-ah
6
0
6
1
6
0
     
4  
 
Wu Chang-rung
Mahader Hassan
6
3
7
5
       
5  
 
Liu Chung-hsing
Peng Tan-ah
6
2
6
2
       

Bangladesh vs. Pakistan edit

 
Bangladesh
0
Dhaka, Bangladesh[4]
13–15 March 1987
Hard
 
Pakistan
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ifthekar Sardar
Rashid Malik
1
6
5
7
4
6
     
2  
 
Shovon Jamaly
Haseeb Aslam
12
14
2
6
9
11
     
3  
 
Ifthekar Sardar / Mahtabur Rahman
Rashid Malik / Mushaf Zia
6
8
1
6
2
6
     
4  
 
Ifthekar Sardar
Haseeb Aslam
3
6
4
6
       
5  
 
Mahtabur Rahman
Mushaf Zia
6
4
2
6
0
6
     

Sri Lanka vs. Philippines edit

 
Sri Lanka
0
Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka[5]
13–15 March 1987
Clay
 
Philippines
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Arjun Fernando
Rodrigo Rafael
6
3
6
4
4
6
4
6
2
6
 
2  
 
Frank Sebaratnam
Manny Tolentino
0
6
0
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Arjun Fernando / Frank Sebaratnam
Andres Battad / Raymundo Suarez
2
6
0
6
6
8
     
4  
 
Neil Rajapakse
Andres Battad
2
6
2
6
       
5  
 
Arjun Fernando
Manny Tolentino
6
8
6
4
3
6
     

China vs. Indonesia edit

 
China
4
Kunming, China[6]
13–15 March 1987
Clay (indoors)
 
Indonesia
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Liu Shuhua
Tintus Arianto Wibowo
6
3
9
7
8
6
     
2  
 
Ma Keqin
Yustedjo Tarik
4
6
3
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Liu Shuhua / Ma Keqin
Tintus Arianto Wibowo / Yustedjo Tarik
6
3
6
2
5
7
6
8
6
1
 
4  
 
Ma Keqin
Tintus Arianto Wibowo
6
4
9
7
5
7
7
5
   
5  
 
Liu Shuhua
Yustedjo Tarik
6
2
6
1
       

Hong Kong vs. Malaysia edit

 
Hong Kong
5
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong[7]
13–15 March 1987
Hard
 
Malaysia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Mark Bailey
Yeo Kian-wah
6
3
6
1
6
3
     
2  
 
Colin Grant
Khairuddin Baharom
6
1
6
2
6
1
     
3  
 
Mark Bailey / Pang Lui
Chow Chin-chuan / Yeo Kian-wah
6
4
6
4
7
5
     
4  
 
Mark Bailey
Khairuddin Baharom
6
1
6
2
6
2
     
5  
 
Colin Grant
Yeo Kian-wah
6
2
6
1
6
2
     

Quarterfinals edit

Chinese Taipei vs. New Zealand edit

 
Chinese Taipei
0
Taipei, Taiwan[8]
8–10 May 1987
Hard
 
New Zealand
5
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Liu Chung-hsing
Bruce Derlin
2
6
1
6
1
6
     
2  
 
Wu Chang-rung
Kelly Evernden
4
6
2
6
1
6
     
3  
 
Hsu Huang-jung / Wu Chang-rung
Kelly Evernden / Steve Guy
3
6
2
6
4
6
     
4  
 
Wu Chang-rung
Bruce Derlin
3
6
10
12
       
5  
 
Liu Chung-hsing
Kelly Evernden
3
6
2
6
       

Thailand vs. Pakistan edit

 
Thailand
3
Bangkok, Thailand[9]
8–10 May 1987
Hard
 
Pakistan
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Tanakorn Srichaphan
Mushaf Zia
6
3
6
4
6
4
     
2  
 
Woraphol Thongkhamchu
Haseeb Aslam
9
11
1
6
2
6
     
3  
 
Vittaya Samrej / Tanakorn Srichaphan
Haseeb Aslam / Hamed-ul-Haq
6
8
6
3
6
4
7
5
   
4  
 
Woraphol Thongkhamchu
Rashid Malik
6
2
6
8
3
6
11
9
6
2
 
5  
 
Tanakorn Srichaphan
Haseeb Aslam
5
7
2
6
       

China vs. Philippines edit

 
China
4
Wuhan, China[10]
8–10 May 1987
Clay
 
Philippines
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Ma Keqin
Manny Tolentino
7
5
6
3
6
4
     
2  
 
Liu Shuhua
Andres Battad
10
8
6
0
6
2
     
3  
 
Liu Shuhua / Ma Keqin
Rodrigo Rafael / Raymundo Suarez
6
4
6
2
6
4
     
4  
 
Ma Keqin
Andres Battad
6
3
6
3
       
5  
 
You Wei
Manny Tolentino
5
7
6
4
1
6
     

Japan vs. Hong Kong edit

 
Japan
4
Toyama, Japan[11]
8–10 May 1987
Carpet (indoors)
 
Hong Kong
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Shozo Shiraishi
Mark Bailey
8
10
6
3
6
1
6
2
   
2  
 
Tsuyoshi Fukui
Colin Grant
6
2
6
2
6
3
     
3  
 
Kiyotaka Tachibana / Masayoshi Takeyari
Mark Bailey / Colin Grant
4
6
4
6
4
6
     
4  
 
Tsuyoshi Fukui
Mark Bailey
6
2
6
3
6
2
     
5  
 
Shozo Shiraishi
Colin Grant
6
4
6
4
       

Semifinals edit

Thailand vs. New Zealand edit

 
Thailand
1
Bangkok, Thailand[12]
24–26 July 1987
Hard
 
New Zealand
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Panomkorn Pladchurnil
Kelly Evernden
2
6
6
8
2
6
     
2  
 
Woraphol Thongkhamchu
Bruce Derlin
6
2
2
6
1
6
4
6
   
3  
 
Vittaya Samrej / Tanakorn Srichaphan
Kelly Evernden / Steve Guy
7
9
1
6
5
7
     
4  
 
Panomkorn Pladchurnil
Bruce Derlin
7
5
3
6
3
6
     
5  
 
Woraphol Thongkhamchu
Kelly Evernden
6
0
6
2
       

China vs. Japan edit

 
China
3
Tianjin, China[13]
24–26 July 1987
Carpet (indoors)
 
Japan
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Liu Shuhua
Shuzo Matsuoka
4
6
6
1
4
6
7
5
8
6
 
2  
 
Ma Keqin
Tsuyoshi Fukui
4
6
4
6
4
6
     
3  
 
Liu Shuhua / Ma Keqin
Eiji Takeuchi / Masayoshi Takeyari
6
4
6
4
6
3
     
4  
 
Ma Keqin
Shuzo Matsuoka
7
9
6
8
2
6
     
5  
 
Liu Shuhua
Tsuyoshi Fukui
6
1
6
4
1
6
6
3
   

Final edit

China vs. New Zealand edit

 
China
1
Shanghai, China[2]
2–4 October 1987
Clay
 
New Zealand
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
 
Liu Shuhua
Bruce Derlin
4
6
4
6
1
6
     
2  
 
You Wei
Kelly Evernden
2
6
7
9
3
6
     
3  
 
Liu Shuhua / Ma Keqin
Bruce Derlin / Kelly Evernden
7
5
4
6
5
7
6
8
   
4  
 
Liu Shuhua
Kelly Evernden
2
6
4
6
       
5  
 
You Wei
Bruce Derlin
10
8
6
8
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 "China v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Chinese Taipei v Singapore". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Bangladesh v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Sri Lanka v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "China v Indonesia". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Hong Kong v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Chinese Taipei v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Thailand v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "China v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  11. ^ "Japan v Hong Kong". daviscup.com.
  12. ^ "Thailand v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  13. ^ "China v Japan". daviscup.com.

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