1972 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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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

Australia

5

South Korea

0

South Korea

w/o

Tokyo, Japan

Philippines

Australia

4

Saigon, South Vietnam

Japan

1

South Vietnam

5

Saigon, South Vietnam

Chinese Taipei

0

South Vietnam

2

Hong Kong

Japan

3

Hong Kong

0

Japan

5

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 Võ Văn Bảy Lin Chi-yuan 6 0 6 0 6 0       2 Võ Văn Thành Tang Fu-shun 6 3 6 2 6 3       3 Võ Văn Bảy  /  Võ Văn Thành Lee Shui-chang  /  Tang Fu-shun 6 2 6 1 6 0       4 Lý Alline An Lin Chi-yuan 6 3 6 2 6 1       5 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 Ling Fong Jun Kamiwazumi 2 6 4 6 2 6       2 Charles Chang Jun Kuki 0 6 0 6 3 6       3 Louis Hsu  /  Kenneth Tsui Jun Kamiwazumi  /  Toshiro Sakai 4 6 4 6 4 6       4 Ling Fong Jun Kuki 0 6 1 6 2 6       5 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 Kim Sung-bae Colin Dibley 1 6 6 4 4 6 3 6     2 Chung Yong-ho Mal Anderson 6 4 0 6 2 6 5 7     3 Chung Yong-ho  /  Kim Moon-il Mal Anderson  /  Geoff Masters 5 7 2 6 2 6       4 Chung Yong-ho Colin Dibley 5 7 8 10 1 6       5 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 Võ Văn Bảy Toshiro Sakai 11 13 6 4 6 2 6 3     2 Võ Văn Thành Jun Kamiwazumi 6 8 3 6 1 6       3 Võ Văn Bảy  /  Võ Văn Thành Jun Kamiwazumi  /  Toshiro Sakai 6 4 6 4 3 6 10 12 3 1 retired   4 Dương Văn Minh Toshiro Sakai 1 6 0 6 1 6       5 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 Toshiro Sakai Mal Anderson 3 6 3 6 3 6       2 Jun Kuki Colin Dibley 4 6 6 3 6 3 1 6 3 6   3 Jun Kamiwazumi  /  Toshiro Sakai Mal Anderson  /  Geoff Masters 6 3 9 7 1 6 6 3     4 Jun Kuki Mal Anderson 2 6 3 6 2 6       5 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
	India		5
						Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Ceylon		0
						India		5
						Malaysia		0
	Malaysia		w/o
	Pakistan

Semifinals

India vs. Ceylon

India 5	Lucknow, India [9] 1–3 April 1972		Ceylon 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaidip Mukerjea Senaka Kumara 6 3 6 4 6 4       2 Premjit Lall Ranjan Wattegedera 6 1 6 1 6 1       3 Premjit Lall  /  Jaidip Mukerjea Senaka Kumara  /  Ranjan Wattegedera 6 3 6 2 6 3       4 Jaidip Mukerjea Ranjan Wattegedera 6 2 6 1 6 2       5 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 Sultan-Aman Azman Jaidip Mukerjea 2 6 0 6 6 8       2 Song-Kean Tan Premjit Lall 1 6 2 6 0 6       3 Sultan-Aman Azman  /  Song-Kean Tan Premjit Lall  /  Jaidip Mukerjea 3 6 4 6 4 6       4 Sultan-Aman Azman Premjit Lall 0 6 3 6 4 6       5 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 Vijay Amritraj Mal Anderson 4 6 4 6 2 6       2 Jaidip Mukerjea Geoff Masters 3 6 3 6 6 3 6 1 3 6   3 Premjit Lall  /  Jaidip Mukerjea Colin Dibley  /  Geoff Masters 2 6 4 6 6 3 3 6     4 Anand Amritraj Ross Case 1 6 6 8 5 7       5 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. "Japan v Australia". daviscup.com.
3. "Malaysia v India". daviscup.com.
4. "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