1974 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

Main article: 1974 Davis Cup

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1974 Davis Cup.

11 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with 9 teams competing in the preliminary round to join the previous year's finalists Australia and India in the main draw. The winner of the main draw went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Europe Zone. ^[1]

India defeated Australia in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone. ^[2] With a total of 327 games, the Eastern Zone final set the Davis Cup record for the most games in a tie, still standing as of 2019. ^[3]

Preliminary rounds

Draw

	First Round					Qualifying Round
	Pakistan
						Karachi, Pakistan
	bye
						Pakistan		4
						Malaysia		1
	Malaysia
	bye
	Manila, Philippines
	Philippines		3
						Manila, Philippines
	Indonesia		1
						Philippines		5
						Hong Kong		0
	Hong Kong
	bye
	bye
						Tokyo, Japan
	South Vietnam
						South Vietnam		0
	Tokyo, Japan
						Japan		3
	Japan		3
	South Korea		0
	bye
	Chinese Taipei
						Chinese Taipei		w/o
						Sri Lanka
	bye
	Sri Lanka

First round

Philippines vs. Indonesia

Philippines 3	Manila, Philippines [4] 5–7 April 1974		Indonesia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Eduardo Cruz Atet Wijono 6 1 6 3 6 2       2 Romeo Rafon Gondo Widjojo 2 6 4 6 6 3 6 3 6 2   3 Eduardo Cruz  /  Jesus Hernandez Gondo Widjojo  /  Atet Wijono 1 6 6 2 6 0 6 2     4 Bien Dimalanta Hadiman 11 9 4 6 0 6 3 6     5 Eduardo Cruz Gondo Widjojo           not played

Japan vs. South Korea

Japan 3	Tokyo, Japan [5] 5–7 April 1974		South Korea 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kenichi Hirai Kim Sung-bae 6 4 6 4 6 4       2 Toshiro Sakai Kim Moon-il 6 3 6 0 6 1       3 Kenichi Hirai  /  Kiyoshi Tanabe Kim Moon-il  /  Kim Sung-bae 6 4 6 1 6 1       4 Kenichi Hirai Kim Moon-il           not played 5 Toshiro Sakai Kim Sung-bae           not played

Qualifying round

Pakistan vs. Malaysia

Pakistan 4	Karachi, Pakistan [6] 5–7 April 1974		Malaysia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Saeed Meer Mohammed Akbar-Baba 6 3 6 0 6 1       2 Munawar Iqbal Lee Wai-ching 6 0 6 4 3 6 6 4     3 Munawar Iqbal  /  Saeed Meer Chow Weng-wah  /  Lee Wai-ching 6 4 8 6 6 3       4 Ismail Majeed Lee Wai-ching 6 3 6 2 6 3       5 Fazal Mahmoud Chow Weng-wah 3 6 6 2 4 6 1 2   retired

Philippines vs. Hong Kong

Philippines 5	Manila, Philippines [7] 12–14 April 1974		Hong Kong 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Eduardo Cruz Charles Chang 6 1 6 0 6 2       2 Romeo Rafon Hy Ny 6 2 6 0 6 1       3 Bien Dimalanta  /  Jesus Hernandez Hy Ny  /  Hans Rusli 6 0 6 2 6 1       4 Bien Dimalanta Hans Rusli 6 4 6 2 6 1       5 Romeo Rafon Ma Yat-lung 6 0 6 0 6 4

Japan vs. South Vietnam

Japan 3	Tokyo, Japan [8] 19–21 April 1974		South Vietnam 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Toshiro Sakai Đinh Quốc Tuấn 6 0 6 2 6 0       2 Kenichi Hirai Võ Văn Bảy 6 0 6 3 6 1       3 Kenichi Hirai  /  Toshiro Sakai Lý Alline An  /  Võ Văn Bảy 6 3 6 1 6 4       4 Toshiro Sakai Võ Văn Bảy           not played 5 Kenichi Hirai Đinh Quốc Tuấn           not played

Main Draw

Draw

Quarterfinals 26–28 April

Semifinals 3–5 May

Final 10–12 May

Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Australia

Rawalpindi, Pakistan

bye

Australia

3

Lahore, Pakistan

Pakistan

0

Pakistan

4

Calcutta, India

Philippines

1

Australia

2

Taipei, Taiwan (hard)

India

3

Chinese Taipei

0

Kanpur, India

Japan

3

Japan

1

India

4

bye

India

Quarterfinals

Pakistan vs. Philippines

Pakistan 4	Lahore, Pakistan [9] 26–28 April 1974		Philippines 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Munawar Iqbal Eduardo Cruz 4 6 6 8 2 6       2 Saeed Meer Romeo Rafon 6 2 6 2 6 1       3 Munawar Iqbal  /  Saeed Meer Eduardo Cruz  /  Jesus Hernandez 6 8 6 4 6 4 6 2     4 Saeed Meer Eduardo Cruz 10 8 6 0 6 1       5 Meer Mohammed Khan Bien Dimalanta 6 3 6 4 6 2

Chinese Taipei vs. Japan

Chinese Taipei 0	Taipei, Taiwan [10] 26–28 April 1974 Hard		Japan 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lin Chi-yuan Kiyoshi Tanabe 0 6 0 6 2 6       2 Tang Fu-shun Toshiro Sakai 1 6 2 6 2 6       3 Lin Chi-yuan  /  Tang Fu-shun Kenichi Hirai  /  Kiyoshi Tanabe 3 6 1 6 1 6       4 Tang Fu-shun Kiyoshi Tanabe           not played 5 Lin Chi-yuan Toshiro Sakai           not played

Semifinals

Pakistan vs. Australia

Pakistan 0	Rawalpindi, Pakistan [11] 3–5 May 1974		Australia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Haroon Rahim Tony Roche 7 5 3 6 1 6 3 6     2 Saeed Meer Syd Ball 4 6 5 7 14 16       3 Saeed Meer  /  Haroon Rahim Colin Dibley  /  Tony Roche 18 20 4 6 3 6       4 Saeed Meer Tony Roche           not played 5 Haroon Rahim Syd Ball           not played

India vs. Japan

India 4	Kanpur, India [12] 3–5 May 1974		Japan 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Vijay Amritraj Toshiro Sakai 3 6 6 0 3 6 6 2 6 2   2 Anand Amritraj Kenichi Hirai 6 4 12 10 6 3       3 Anand Amritraj  /  Vijay Amritraj Kenichi Hirai  /  Toshiro Sakai 6 3 8 6 8 6       4 Sashi Menon Kiyoshi Tanabe 6 3 6 2 6 2       5 Jasjit Singh Toshiro Sakai 6 4 3 6 2 6 3 6

Final

India 3	Calcutta, India [2] 10–12 May 1974		Australia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jasjit Singh Bob Giltinan 11 9 9 11 12 10 8 6     2 Vijay Amritraj John Alexander 12 14 15 17 8 6 2 6     3 Anand Amritraj  /  Vijay Amritraj John Alexander  /  Colin Dibley 17 15 6 8 6 3 16 18 6 4   4 Jasjit Singh John Alexander 6 8 4 6 3 6       5 Vijay Amritraj Bob Giltinan 6 1 5 7 6 4 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 Australia". daviscup.com.
3. "Davis Cup - General Records". daviscup.com. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
4. "Philippines v Indonesia". daviscup.com.
5. "Japan v South Korea". daviscup.com.
6. "Pakistan v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
7. "Philippines v Hong Kong". daviscup.com.
8. "Japan v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
9. "Pakistan v Australia". daviscup.com.
10. "Chinese Taipei v Japan". daviscup.com.
11. "Pakistan v Australia". daviscup.com.
12. "India v Japan". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website