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1973 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

Main article: 1973 Davis Cup

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1973 Davis Cup.

10 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with 8 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]

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

Preliminary round edit

Draw edit

Preliminary Round
23–28 March		SemifinalsFinal
Seoul, South Korea
  South Korea1
  Japan4
Jakarta, Indonesia
  Indonesia5
  Hong Kong0
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Malaysia0
  Pakistan3
Penang, Malaysia (grass)
  South Vietnam3
  Sri Lanka0

Results edit

South Korea vs. Japan

 
South Korea
1 		Seoul, South Korea[3]
23–25 March 1973
  
Japan
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Kim Sung-bae
Jun Kamiwazumi 		8
6 		6
1 		6
4 		     
2  
  		Kim Moon-il
Jun Kuki 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3  
  		Chung Yong-ho / Kim Moon-il
Jun Kamiwazumi / Toshiro Sakai 		2
6 		2
6 		6
2 		6
3 		3
6 		 
4  
  		Kim Moon-il
Jun Kamiwazumi 		2
6 		6
1 		0
6 		0
6 		   
5  
  		Kim Sung-bae
Jun Kuki 		5
7 		5
7 		0
6 		     

Indonesia vs. Hong Kong

 
Indonesia
5 		Jakarta, Indonesia[4]
26–28 March 1973
  
Hong Kong
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Gondo Widjojo
Tao Po 		6
0 		6
0 		6
0 		     
2  
  		Atet Wijono
Kenneth Tsui 		6
2 		6
1 		6
2 		     
3  
  		Gondo Widjojo / Atet Wijono
Kenneth Tsui / Winston Wei-Chung 		6
3 		6
3 		6
4 		     
4  
  		Yustedjo Tarik
Kenneth Tsui 		6
1 		6
2 		6
3 		     
5  
  		Samudra Sangitan
Tao Po 		7
5 		6
0 		6
2 		     

Malaysia vs. Pakistan

 
Malaysia
0 		Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[5]
23–25 March 1973
  
Pakistan
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Munawar Iqbal
Zainuddin Meah 		6
0 		6
4 		6
1 		     
2  
  		Saeed Meer
Sultan-Aman Azman 		6
0 		6
0 		6
2 		     
3  
  		Munawar Iqbal / Saeed Meer
Weng-Wah Chow / Wai-Ching Lee 		6
2 		6
4 		6
2 		     
4  
  		Munawar Iqbal
Sultan-Aman Azman 		6
1 		1
4 		      not
completed
5  
  		Saeed Meer
Zainuddin Meah 		          not
played

South Vietnam vs. Sri Lanka

 
South Vietnam
3 		Penang, Malaysia[6]
23–25 March 1973
Grass 		 
Sri Lanka
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Võ Văn Bảy
Senaka Kumara 		6
4 		6
3 		4
6 		6
4 		   
2  
  		Võ Văn Thành
Bernard Pinto 		6
4 		6
3 		4
6 		6
4 		   
3  
  		Lý Alline An / Võ Văn Bảy
Senaka Kumara / Bernard Pinto 		6
1 		6
2 		12
14 		6
4 		   
4  
  		Võ Văn Bảy
Bernard Pinto 		          not
played
5  
  		Võ Văn Thành
Senaka Kumara 		          not
played

Main Draw edit

Draw edit

Quarterfinals
9–15 April		Semifinals
20–22 April		Final
4–6 May
  Australia
Tokyo, Japan
bye
  Australia4
Tokyo, Japan
  Japan1
  Japan3
Madras, India
  Indonesia0
  Australia4
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (grass)
  India0
  Pakistan4
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (grass)
  South Vietnam1
  Pakistan0
  India4
bye
  India

Quarterfinals edit

Japan vs. Indonesia

 
Japan
3 		Tokyo, Japan[7]
13–15 April 1973
  
Indonesia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Jun Kamiwazumi
Gondo Widjojo 		6
1 		6
4 		7
5 		     
2  
  		Toshiro Sakai
Atet Wijono 		6
3 		6
4 		6
1 		     
3  
  		Kenichi Hirai / Jun Kamiwazumi
Gondo Widjojo / Atet Wijono 		6
3 		6
2 		7
5 		     
4  
  		Jun Kamiwazumi
Atet Wijono 		          not
played
5  
  		Toshiro Sakai
Gondo Widjojo 		          not
played

Pakistan vs. South Vietnam

 
Pakistan
4 		Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[8]
9–11 April 1973
Grass 		 
South Vietnam
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Saeed Meer
Võ Văn Thành 		6
2 		6
4 		5
7 		9
11 		6
2 		 
2  
  		Munawar Iqbal
Võ Văn Bảy 		6
4 		6
4 		8
6 		     
3  
  		Munawar Iqbal / Saeed Meer
Lý Alline An / Võ Văn Bảy 		6
4 		3
6 		4
6 		6
3 		10
8 		 
4  
  		Munawar Iqbal
Võ Văn Thành 		6
4 		6
3 		6
1 		     
5  
  		Saeed Meer
Võ Văn Bảy 		8
6 		0
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   

Semifinals edit

Japan vs. Australia

 
Japan
1 		Tokyo, Japan[9]
20–22 April 1973
  
Australia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Toshiro Sakai
Mal Anderson 		2
6 		7
9 		6
3 		1
6 		   
2  
  		Jun Kamiwazumi
John Newcombe 		2
6 		5
7 		1
6 		     
3  
  		Jun Kamiwazumi / Toshiro Sakai
Geoff Masters / John Newcombe 		4
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
4  
  		Toshiro Sakai
John Newcombe 		8
6 		6
4 		4
6 		0
6 		6
3 		 
5  
  		Jun Kamiwazumi
Mal Anderson 		6
4 		6
4 		4
6 		4
6 		6
8 		 

India vs. Pakistan

 
India
4 		Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[10]
20–22 April 1973
Grass 		 
Pakistan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Vijay Amritraj
Saeed Meer 		6
1 		6
4 		8
6 		     
2  
  		Anand Amritraj
Munawar Iqbal 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     
3  
  		Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj
Munawar Iqbal / Saeed Meer 		6
3 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4  
  		Vijay Amritraj
Munawar Iqbal 		2
6 		6
3 		6
4 		2
3 		   
retired
5  
  		Chiradip Mukerjea
Saeed Meer 		4
6 		        not
completed

Final edit

India vs. Australia

 
India
0 		Madras, India[2]
4–6 May 1973
  
Australia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Anand Amritraj
John Newcombe 		2
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
2  
  		Vijay Amritraj
Mal Anderson 		1
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
3  
  		Vijay Amritraj / Premjit Lall
Geoff Masters / John Newcombe 		6
4 		2
6 		5
7 		3
6 		   
4  
  		Premjit Lall
John Cooper 		6
4 		0
6 		6
8 		1
6 		   
5  
  		Vijay Amritraj
John Newcombe 		10
12 		6
3 		      not
completed

References edit

  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "India v Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "South Korea v Japan". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Indonesia v Hong Kong". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Malaysia v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "South Vietnam v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Japan v Indonesia". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Pakistan v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Japan v Australia". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "India v Pakistan". daviscup.com.

External links edit

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