1967 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1967 Davis Cup.

9 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 America Zone and Europe Zone.

Japan defeated the Philippines in the Zone A final, and India defeated Iran in the Zone B final. In the Inter-Zonal final India defeated Japan and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.

Zone A

Draw

Quarterfinals
25–27 March

Semifinals
14–16 April

Final
5–8 May

bye

Japan

bye

Jakarta, Indonesia

Indonesia

Japan

bye

Japan

Quarterfinals

Philippines vs. South Korea

Philippines
5

Manila, Philippines
25–27 March 1967

South Korea
0

		1	2	3	4
1	Raymundo Deyro Kim Doo-hwan	6 2	6 2	6 0
2	Felicisimo Ampon Im Chung-yang	7 5	6 1	6 2
3	Samuel Ang / Eduardo Cruz Im Chung-yang / Kim Doo-hwan	2 6	6 2	6 3	6 2
4	Samuel Ang Kim Doo-hwan	6 4	6 0	6 1
5	Eduardo Cruz Im Chung-yang	6 4	6 4	6 0

Semifinals

Philippines vs. South Vietnam

Philippines
5

Manila, Philippines
14–16 April 1967

South Vietnam
0

		1	2	3	4
1	Eduardo Cruz Võ Văn Bảy	6 2	6 3	6 2
2	Felicisimo Ampon Võ Văn Thành	6 4	6 1	6 1
3	Samuel Ang / Eduardo Cruz Võ Văn Bảy / Lưu Hoàng Đức	4 6	19 17	6 2	6 3
4	Samuel Ang Lưu Hoàng Đức	6 3	6 4	6 1
5	Eduardo Cruz Võ Văn Thành	12 10	9 7	6 1

Indonesia vs. Japan

Indonesia
0

Jakarta, Indonesia
14–16 April 1967

Japan
5

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Gondo Widjojo Keishiro Yanagi	2 6	4 6	5 7
2	Sutarjo Sugiarto Ichizō Konishi	1 6	2 6
3	Sutarjo Sugiarto / Gondo Widjojo Isao Kobayashi / Koji Watanabe	8 6	3 6	3 6	10 8	3 6
4	Gondo Widjojo Ichizō Konishi	1 6	3 6	2 6
5	Sutarjo Sugiarto Keishiro Yanagi	6 1	2 6	4 6	6 4	1 6

Final

Japan vs. Philippines

Japan
5

Tokyo, Japan
5–8 May 1967

Philippines
0

		1	2	3
1	Koji Watanabe Samuel Ang	6 2	6 0	6 2
2	Ichizō Konishi Felicisimo Ampon	6 1	6 0	6 4
3	Isao Watanabe / Koji Watanabe Samuel Ang / Raymundo Deyro	6 2	6 2	6 4
4	Ichizō Konishi Samuel Ang	6 4	6 3	6 2
5	Koji Watanabe Felicisimo Ampon	6 0	6 1	6 1

Zone B

Draw


Semifinals 25–27 February		Final 28–30 April

Colombo, Ceylon (clay)

India	5
		Tehran, Iran
Ceylon	0
		India	4

		Iran	1
Iran	w/o

Malaysia

Semifinals

Ceylon vs. India

Ceylon
0

Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon
25–27 February 1967
Clay

India
5

		1	2	3
1	Lassantha Fernando Jaidip Mukerjea	3 6	4 6	3 6
2	Senaka Kumara Shiv Prakash Misra	0 6	2 6	4 6
3	Senaka Kumara / Bernard Pinto Shiv Prakash Misra / Jaidip Mukerjea	4 6	9 11	3 6
4	Lassantha Fernando Ravi Venkatesan	2 6	0 6	0 6
5	Kanagaratnam Arichandran Jaidip Mukerjea	0 6	1 6	1 6

Final

Iran vs. India

Iran
1

Tehran, Iran
28–30 April 1967

India
4

		1	2	3	4
1	Ezzatollah Nemati Shiv Prakash Misra	4 6	1 6	0 6
2	Taghi Akbari Jaidip Mukerjea	5 7	4 6	7 5	3 6
3	Hussain Akbari / Taghi Akbari Shiv Prakash Misra / Jaidip Mukerjea	4 6	3 6	3 6
4	Issa Khodaei Jaidip Mukerjea	4 6	5 7	4 6
5	Taghi Akbari Shiv Prakash Misra	6 2	3 0			retired

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

India vs. Japan

India
4

New Delhi, India
29 September–1 October 1967

Japan
1

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Premjit Lall Koji Watanabe	6 2	6 4	6 2
2	Jaidip Mukerjea Ichizō Konishi	3 6	6 3	5 7	9 7	6 3
3	Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall Isao Watanabe / Koji Watanabe	6 2	6 4	4 6	6 0
4	Jaidip Mukerjea Koji Watanabe	8 6	2 6	2 6	1 6
5	Premjit Lall Ichizō Konishi	6 2	9 7	6 3

References

Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). : New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
^ "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.
^ "Iran v India". daviscup.com.
^ "India v Japan". daviscup.com.
"Philippines v South Korea". daviscup.com.
"Philippines v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
"Indonesia v Japan". daviscup.com.
"Ceylon v India". daviscup.com.

External links

Davis Cup official website

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