1978 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1978 Davis Cup.

11 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with 7 teams competing in the preliminary round to join the previous year's semifinalists in the main draw. India and Indonesia received byes into the quarterfinals, while Australia and New Zealand received byes into the semifinals. 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]

Australia defeated New Zealand in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone. ^[2]

Preliminary Rounds

Draw

	First Round 1–10 October 1977					Qualifying Round 21–30 October 1977
	Manila, Philippines
	Philippines		5
						Manila, Philippines
	Thailand		0
						Philippines		1
	Tokyo, Japan
						Japan		4
	Japan		5
	Chinese Taipei		0
	Rawalpindi, Pakistan
	Pakistan		4
						Seoul, South Korea
	Malaysia		0
						Pakistan		2
						South Korea		3
	bye
	South Korea

First Round

Philippines vs. Thailand

Philippines 5	Manila, Philippines [3] 7–10 October 1977		Thailand 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Eduardo Cruz Somparn Champisri 6 2 6 3 6 3       2 Romeo Rafon Pichet Boratisa 6 2 6 2 6 4       3 Ody Gabriel  /  Alexander Marcial Pichet Boratisa  /  Somparn Champisri 6 3 6 2 6 2       4 Romeo Rafon Prasert Khaimarn 6 0 6 1 6 2       5 Ody Gabriel Chana Techasen 6 3 6 0 8 6

Japan vs. Chinese Taipei

Japan 5	Tokyo, Japan [4] October 1977		Chinese Taipei 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kenichi Hirai Hsu Huang-jung 6 2 6 0 6 2       2 Tsuyoshi Fukui Wu Chang-rung 6 1 6 3 6 1       3 Kenichi Hirai  /  Shigeyuki Nishio Hsu Huang-jung  /  Wu Chang-rung 6 2 6 3 6 4       4 Takao Yamamoto Lin Den-wen 6 2 12 10 6 1       5 Shigeyuki Nishio Hsu Huang-jung 6 1 6 1 6 2

Pakistan vs. Malaysia

Pakistan 4	Rawalpindi, Pakistan [5] 1–3 October 1977		Malaysia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Saeed Meer Mohammed Akbar-Baba 6 4 6 2 6 1       2 Altaf Hussain Albert Cheah 6 1 6 0 6 3       3 Saeed Meer  /  Meer Mohammed Khan Mohammed Akbar-Baba  /  Chiew Fook-chong 6 3 6 2 6 2       4 Meer Mohammed Khan Albert Cheah 6 0 6 0 6 0       5 Jamil Ahmed Mohammed Akbar-Baba 11 9 6 2 6 6     not completed

Qualifying Round

Philippines vs. Japan

Philippines 1	Manila, Philippines [6] 21–23 October 1977		Japan 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Alexander Marcial Kenichi Hirai 4 6 6 3 4 6 0 6     2 Romeo Rafon Tsuyoshi Fukui 3 6 4 6 6 0 6 3 6 2   3 Ody Gabriel  /  Manuel Valleramos Kenichi Hirai  /  Shigeyuki Nishio 7 5 0 6 2 6 2 6     4 Romeo Rafon Kenichi Hirai 2 6 2 6 5 7       5 Alexander Marcial Takao Yamamoto 5 7 4 6 3 6

South Korea vs. Pakistan

South Korea 3	Seoul, South Korea [7] 28–30 October 1977		Pakistan 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kim Moon-il Saeed Meer 6 4 6 8 4 6 6 4 5 7   2 Ju Chang-nam Meer Mohammed Khan 6 2 6 2 6 2       3 Ju Chang-nam  /  Kim Moon-il Munawar Iqbal  /  Saeed Meer 6 3 6 4 4 6 7 5     4 Kim Moon-il Meer Mohammed Khan 6 2 6 2 6 2       5 Ju Chang-nam Saeed Meer 2 6 2 6 0 6

Main Draw

Draw

Quarterfinals 9–12 December 1977

Semifinals 19–22 January

Final 24–26 February

Australia

Tokyo, Japan (clay)

bye

Australia

5

Tokyo, Japan

Japan

0

Indonesia

1

Adelaide, Australia (grass)

Japan

4

Australia

4

Coimbatore, India

New Zealand

0

South Korea

1

New Delhi, India

India

4

India

1

New Zealand

4

bye

New Zealand

Quarterfinals

Japan vs. Indonesia

Japan 4	Tokyo, Japan [8] 9–11 December 1977		Indonesia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tsuyoshi Fukui Atet Wijono 6 0 6 2 6 4       2 Kenichi Hirai Gondo Widjojo 8 6 6 2 7 5       3 Kenichi Hirai  /  Shigeyuki Nishio Gondo Widjojo  /  Atet Wijono 6 2 1 6 6 3 4 6 2 6   4 Tsuyoshi Fukui Gondo Widjojo 6 4 6 1 6 3       5 Takao Yamamoto Yustedjo Tarik 8 6 6 3 7 9 3 6 6 3

India vs. South Korea

India 4	Coimbatore, India [9] 9–12 December 1977		South Korea 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sashi Menon Kim Moon-il 6 4 8 6 6 2       2 Anand Amritraj Ju Chang-nam 6 3 6 1 6 2       3 Anand Amritraj  /  Vijay Amritraj Ju Chang-nam  /  Kim Bong-suk 6 1 6 3 8 6       4 Sashi Menon Choi Boo-kil 6 3 6 2 1 6     retired   5 Ramesh Krishnan Kim Moon-il 6 2 6 1 6 2

Semifinals

Japan vs. Australia

Japan 0	Denen Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan [10] 20–22 January 1978 Clay		Australia 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jun Kuki Geoff Masters 1 6 3 6 2 6       2 Kenichi Hirai Phil Dent 2 6 8 10 0 6       3 Kenichi Hirai  /  Jun Kamiwazumi Geoff Masters  /  Allan Stone 4 6 4 6 1 6       4 Jun Kuki Kim Warwick 6 2 7 5 3 6 3 6 1 6   5 Tsuyoshi Fukui Allan Stone 3 6 5 7 6 3 6 2 2 6

India vs. New Zealand

India 1	New Delhi, India [11] 19–21 January 1978		New Zealand 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sashi Menon Chris Lewis 4 6 3 6 5 7       2 Anand Amritraj Onny Parun 4 6 6 3 7 9 3 6     3 Anand Amritraj  /  Sashi Menon Brian Fairlie  /  Chris Lewis 6 2 16 14 10 12 2 6 2 6   4 Sashi Menon Onny Parun 6 3 6 4 6 2       5 Ramesh Krishnan Russell Simpson 6 4 4 6 2 6 4 6

Final

Australia vs. New Zealand

Australia 4	Memorial Drive, Adelaide, Australia [2] 24–26 February 1978 Grass		New Zealand 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Tony Roche Chris Lewis 13 11 6 3 6 2       2 John Alexander Brian Fairlie 6 4 6 4 6 4       3 John Alexander  /  Tony Roche Brian Fairlie  /  Chris Lewis 6 3 6 4 12 14 4 6 6 1   4 John Alexander Chris Lewis 8 10 16 14 6 1 9 7     5 Allan Stone Brian Fairlie 2 6 6 1       not completed

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. "Australia v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
3. "Philippines v Thailand". daviscup.com.
4. "Japan v Chinese Taipei". daviscup.com.
5. "Pakistan v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
6. "Philippines v Japan". daviscup.com.
7. "South Korea v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
8. "Japan v Indonesia". daviscup.com.
9. "India v South Korea". daviscup.com.
10. "Japan v Australia". daviscup.com.
11. "India v New Zealand". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website