1983 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

International tennis competition 1983 Davis Cup The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1983 Davis Cup. 10 teams entered the Eastern Zone in total, with the winner promoted to the following year's World Group.Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–506 2nd India defeated Japan in the final and qualified for the 1984 World Group. Participating nations 30em CHN TPE HKG 1959 IND JPN 1947 MAS PHI 1936 KOR 1949 SRI THA Draw 14–16 January 4–6 March 6–8 May 30 September–2 October IND bye Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) SRI 3 HKG 1959 2 THA bye bye TPE Manila, Philippines (indoor clay) PHI 1936 5 MAS 0 bye KOR 1949 CHN bye bye JPN 1947 Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) IND 4 SRI 1 Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard) THA 3 TPE 2 Seoul, South Korea (clay) PHI 1936 1 KOR 1949 4 Osaka, Japan (hard) CHN 2 JPN 1947 3 New Delhi, India (grass) IND 5 THA 0 Nagoya, Japan (hard) KOR 1949 1 JPN 1947 4 Tokyo, Japan (hard) IND 3 JPN 1947 2 First round Sri Lanka vs. Hong Kong Sri Lanka Hong Kong 1959 Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lankahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1983-EAS-M-SRI-HKG-01 Sri Lanka v Hong Kong daviscup.com 14–16 January 1983 Clay 3 2 Arjun Fernando 5 3 5 Mark Bailey 7 6 7 Frank Sebaratnam 2 6 6 Kelvin Ng 6 2 1 4 Arjun Fernando Frank Sebaratnam 6 3 4 6 6 Mark Bailey Pang Chi-yuen 4 6 6 4 1 Frank Sebaratnam 7 3 2 6 6 Mark Bailey 5 6 6 4 4 Arjun Perera 2 4 2 Paul Bailey 6 6 6 Philippines vs. Malaysia Philippines 1936 Malaysia Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila, Philippineshttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1983-EAS-M-PHI-MAS-01 Philippines v Malaysia daviscup.com 14–16 January 1983 Clay (indoors) 5 0 Ody Gabriel 6 6 6 Adam Malik 4 0 2 Romeo Rafon 6 6 6 Roy ANchant 0 0 0 Enrique Capulong Raymundo Suarez 6 7 6 7 Adam Malik Abdul-Rahman Ramlal 3 9 2 5 Ody Gabriel 6 6 Abdul-Rahman Ramlal 2 1 Romeo Rafon 6 6 Adam Malik 0 0 Quarterfinals Sri Lanka vs. India Sri Lanka India Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lankahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1983-EAS-M-IND-SRI-01 Sri Lanka v India daviscup.com 4–6 March 1983 Clay 1 4 Frank Sebaratnam 0 1 3 Sashi Menon 6 6 6 Arjun Fernando 3 1 4 Vijay Amritraj 6 6 6 Arjun Fernando Frank Sebaratnam 2 4 1 Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj 6 6 6 Frank Sebaratnam 1 2 0 Srinivasan Vasudevan 6 6 6 Arjun Fernando 4 2 Sashi Menon 6 1 2 Chinese Taipei vs. Thailand Chinese Taipei Thailand Taipei, Taiwanhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1983-EAS-M-THA-TPE-01 Chinese Taipei v Thailand daviscup.com 4–6 March 1983 Hard (indoors) 2 3 Wu Chang-rung 6 8 6 4 6 Panomkorn Pladchurnil 2 10 4 6 4 Hsu Huang-jung 6 4 2 5 Sombat Uamongkol 4 6 6 7 Hsu Huang-jung Wu Chang-rung 3 2 4 Panomkorn Pladchurnil Sombat Uamongkol 6 6 6 Wu Chang-rung 4 6 6 4 6 Sombat Uamongkol 6 4 2 6 2 Hsu Huang-jung 6 4 6 1 1 Panomkorn Pladchurnil 4 6 2 6 6 South Korea vs. Philippines South Korea 1949 Philippines 1936 Tong Dae Mun Stadium, Seoul, South Koreahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1983-EAS-M-PHI-KOR-01 South Korea v Philippines daviscup.com 4–6 March 1983 Clay 4 1 Jeon Young-dai 6 6 8 Beeyong Sison 1 4 6 Kim Choon-ho 8 6 6 Romeo Rafon 6 3 0 Lee Woo-ryong Song Dong-wook 11 6 9 Ody Gabriel Beeyong Sison 9 3 7 Song Dong-wook 6 6 Manuel Valleramos 2 2 Kim Choon-ho 8 3 Beeyong Sison 10 6 Japan vs. China Japan 1947 China Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, Japanhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1983-EAS-M-CHN-JPN-01 Japan v China daviscup.com 4–6 March 1983 Hard 3 2 Tsuyoshi Fukui 6 6 6 Li Shiqin 0 0 1 Hitoshi Shirato 6 3 6 6 4 Liu Shuhua 8 6 3 4 6 Hitoshi Shirato Toru Yonezawa 4 3 6 6 5 Liu Shuhua Ma Keqin 6 6 1 4 7 Tsuyoshi Fukui 6 6 6 Liu Shuhua 2 2 2 Hitoshi Shirato 6 7 6 Li Shiqin 2 5 4 Semifinals India vs. Thailand India Thailand New Delhi, Indiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1983-EAS-M-IND-THA-01 India v Thailand daviscup.com 6–8 May 1983 Grass 5 0 Vijay Amritraj 6 6 6 Sombat Uamongkol 4 0 3 Sashi Menon 7 6 6 Supot Meesawat 5 2 0 Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj 6 6 6 Supot Meesawat Sombat Uamongkol 1 2 0 Sashi Menon 7 6 Sombat Uamongkol 5 3 Nandan Bal 6 9 Supot Meesawat 4 7 Japan vs. South Korea Japan 1947 South Korea 1949 Green Tennis Club, Nagoya, Japanhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1983-EAS-M-KOR-JPN-01 Japan v South Korea daviscup.com 6–8 May 1983 Hard 4 1 Tsuyoshi Fukui 2 6 6 7 Song Dong-wook 6 2 1 5 Hitoshi Shirato 4 6 6 6 Lee Woo-ryong 6 1 4 3 Shigeyuki Nishio Toru Yonezawa 7 5 6 3 7 Jeon Young-dai Song Dong-wook 5 7 3 6 5 Tsuyoshi Fukui 6 6 Lee Woo-ryong 1 1 Hitoshi Shirato 5 5 Song Dong-wook 7 7 Final Japan vs. India Japan 1947 India Den-En Colosseum, Tokyo, Japanhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1983-EAS-M-IND-JPN-01 Japan v India daviscup.com 30 September–2 October 1983 Hard 2 3 Tsuyoshi Fukui 4 1 6 6 0 Ramesh Krishnan 6 6 3 4 6 Hitoshi Shirato 2 6 3 Vijay Amritraj 6 8 6 Jun Kamiwazumi Toru Yonezawa 1 8 4 2 Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj 6 6 6 6 Hitoshi Shirato 2 6 7 Ramesh Krishnan 6 4 5 Tsuyoshi Fukui 7 6 Vijay Amritraj 5 3 References External links Davis Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 2010-10-18 Category:Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Eastern Zone