The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1979 Davis Cup.
10 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with 6 teams competing in the preliminary round to join the previous year's semifinalists in the main draw. Japan and India 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]
Pre-qualifying round 2–4 October 1978 | Preliminary round 3–5 November 1978 | |||||||
Philippines | ||||||||
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Peshawar, Pakistan | ||||||||
Pakistan | w/o | |||||||
Pakistan | 3 | |||||||
South Korea | 2 | |||||||
Chinese Taipei | w/o | |||||||
Jakarta, Indonesia | ||||||||
Malaysia | ||||||||
Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||
Indonesia | 4 | |||||||
bye | ||||||||
Indonesia | ||||||||
Pakistan vs. South Korea
Pakistan 3 | Peshawar, Pakistan [3] 2–4 October 1978 | South Korea 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indonesia vs. Chinese Taipei
Indonesia 4 | Jakarta, Indonesia [4] 3–5 November 1978 | Chinese Taipei 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals 5–10 December 1978 | Semifinals 9–12 February | Final 16–19 March | |||||||||||
New Zealand | |||||||||||||
Christchurch, New Zealand (grass) | |||||||||||||
bye | |||||||||||||
New Zealand | 3 | ||||||||||||
Kasuga, Japan | |||||||||||||
Japan | 0 | ||||||||||||
Japan | 4 | ||||||||||||
Christchurch, New Zealand (grass) | |||||||||||||
Pakistan | 1 | ||||||||||||
New Zealand | 2 | ||||||||||||
Ahmedabad, India | |||||||||||||
Australia | 3 | ||||||||||||
Indonesia | 1 | ||||||||||||
Madras, India (clay) | |||||||||||||
India | 4 | ||||||||||||
India | 2 | ||||||||||||
Australia | 3 | ||||||||||||
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Australia | |||||||||||||
Japan vs. Pakistan
Japan 4 | Kasuga, Japan [5] 8–10 December 1978 | Pakistan 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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India vs. Indonesia
India 4 | Ahmedabad, India [6] 5–7 December 1978 | Indonesia 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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New Zealand vs. Japan
New Zealand 3 | Wilding Park, Christchurch, New Zealand [7] 9–11 February 1979 Grass | Japan 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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India vs. Australia
India 2 | Madras Gymkhana Club, Madras, India [8] 9–12 February 1979 Clay | Australia 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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New Zealand vs. Australia
New Zealand 2 | Wilding Park, Christchurch, New Zealand [2] 16–19 March 1979 Grass | Australia 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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