1967 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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.^[1]

Japan defeated the Philippines in the Zone A final, and India defeated Iran in the Zone B final.^[2][3] In the Inter-Zonal final India defeated Japan and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.^[4]

Zone A[edit]

Draw[edit]

Quarterfinals 25–27 March

Semifinals 14–16 April

Final 5–8 May

Manila, Philippines

Philippines

5

Manila, Philippines

South Korea

0

Philippines

5

South Vietnam

0

South Vietnam

Tokyo, Japan

bye

Philippines

0

Japan

5

bye

Jakarta, Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia

0

Japan

5

bye

Japan

Quarterfinals[edit]

Philippines vs. South Korea[edit]

Philippines 5	Manila, Philippines[5] 25–27 March 1967		South Korea 0
1 2 3 4 5 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[edit]

Philippines vs. South Vietnam[edit]

Philippines 5	Manila, Philippines[6] 14–16 April 1967		South Vietnam 0
1 2 3 4 5 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[edit]

Indonesia 0	Jakarta, Indonesia[7] 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[edit]

Japan vs. Philippines[edit]

Japan 5	Tokyo, Japan[2] 5–8 May 1967		Philippines 0
1 2 3 4 5 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[edit]

Draw[edit]

	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[edit]

Ceylon vs. India[edit]

Ceylon 0	Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon[8] 25–27 February 1967 Clay		India 5
1 2 3 4 5 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[edit]

Iran vs. India[edit]

Iran 1	Tehran, Iran[3] 28–30 April 1967		India 4
1 2 3 4 5 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[edit]

India vs. Japan[edit]

India 4	New Delhi, India[4] 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[edit]

External links[edit]

• Davis Cup official website