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1961 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1961 Davis Cup.

7 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the America Zone and Europe Zone.[1] India defeated Japan in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[2]

Draw

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Quarterfinals
18–28 March
Semifinals
1–24 April
Final
6–8 May
 Philippines
Tokyo, Japan
bye
 Philippines2
 Japan3
 Japanw/o
New Delhi, India
 South Korea
 Japan1
Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
 India4
 Ceylon2
Lucknow, India
 Thailand3
 Thailand0
Bandung, Indonesia
 India5
 Indonesia1
 India4

Quarterfinals

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Ceylon vs. Thailand

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Ceylon
2
Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon[3]
18–20 March 1961
Clay

Thailand
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Dominion of Ceylon
Thailand
Gamini Perera
Sutiraphan Karalak
2
6
2
6
4
6
     
2 Dominion of Ceylon
Thailand
Bernard Pinto
Seri Charuchinda
6
0
6
3
6
0
     
3 Dominion of Ceylon
Thailand
Rupert Ferdinands / Bernard Pinto
Seri Charuchinda / Sutiraphan Karalak
6
2
6
2
2
6
8
6
   
4 Dominion of Ceylon
Thailand
Bernard Pinto
Sutiraphan Karalak
4
6
6
1
3
6
1
6
   
5 Dominion of Ceylon
Thailand
Gamini Perera
Seri Charuchinda
6
4
4
6
6
8
7
9
   

Indonesia vs. India

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Indonesia
1
Bandung, Indonesia[4]
26–28 March 1961

India
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Indonesia
India
Liep Tjiauw Tan
Jaidip Mukerjea
6
2
6
1
2
6
6
4
   
2 Indonesia
India
Itjas Sumarno
Ramanathan Krishnan
2
6
1
6
1
6
     
3 Indonesia
India
Kong-Loen Sie / Sutarjo Sugiarto
Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall
2
6
4
6
0
6
     
4 Indonesia
India
Itjas Sumarno
Jaidip Mukerjea
2
6
1
6
1
6
     
5 Indonesia
India
Sutarjo Sugiarto
Premjit Lall
2
6
1
6
6
8
     

Semifinals

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Japan vs. Philippines

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Japan
3
Tokyo, Japan[5]
22–24 April 1961

Philippines
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Philippines
Atsushi Miyagi
Raymundo Deyro
4
6
5
7
5
7
     
2 Japan
Philippines
Osamu Ishiguro
Juan-Johnson José
3
6
2
6
3
6
     
3 Japan
Philippines
Atsushi Miyagi / Masao Nagasaki
Eduardo Dungo / Juan-Johnson José
8
6
6
3
6
1
     
4 Japan
Philippines
Atsushi Miyagi
Juan-Johnson José
6
2
1
6
6
1
3
6
6
4
 
5 Japan
Philippines
Osamu Ishiguro
Raymundo Deyro
6
4
6
2
6
4
     

India vs. Thailand

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India
5
Lucknow, India[6]
1–3 April 1961

Thailand
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Thailand
Jaidip Mukerjea
Sutiraphan Karalak
6
4
6
3
6
4
     
2 India
Thailand
Ramanathan Krishnan
Seri Charuchinda
6
0
6
3
6
1
     
3 India
Thailand
Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall
Seri Charuchinda / Sutiraphan Karalak
6
0
6
2
6
1
     
4 India
Thailand
Jaidip Mukerjea
Seri Charuchinda
6
1
3
6
6
1
7
5
   
5 India
Thailand
Premjit Lall
Sutiraphan Karalak
6
1
7
5
6
2
     

Final

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India vs. Japan

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India
4
New Delhi, India[2]
6–8 May 1961

Japan
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Japan
Jaidip Mukerjea
Atsushi Miyagi
2
6
7
9
6
2
2
6
   
2 India
Japan
Ramanathan Krishnan
Osamu Ishiguro
4
6
6
3
6
3
6
3
   
3 India
Japan
Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall
Atsushi Miyagi / Masao Nagasaki
6
4
6
3
6
4
     
4 India
Japan
Ramanathan Krishnan
Atsushi Miyagi
6
4
6
1
6
4
     
5 India
Japan
Akhtar Ali
Osamu Ishiguro
4
6
6
4
6
0
2
6
6
4
 

References

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  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 Japan". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Ceylon v Thailand". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Indonesia v India". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "India v Thailand". daviscup.com.
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