1961 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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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

Quarterfinals 18–28 March

Semifinals 1–24 April

Final 6–8 May

Philippines

Tokyo, Japan

bye

Philippines

2

Japan

3

Japan

w/o

New Delhi, India

South Korea

Japan

1

Colombo, Ceylon (clay)

India

4

Ceylon

2

Lucknow, India

Thailand

3

Thailand

0

Bandung, Indonesia

India

5

Indonesia

1

India

4

Quarterfinals

Ceylon vs. Thailand

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

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

Japan vs. Philippines

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

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

India vs. Japan

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

1. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN   978-0942257700.
2. "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.

External links

• Davis Cup official website