1974 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

International tennis competition 1974 Davis Cup The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1974 Davis Cup. 11 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with 9 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.Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–506 2nd India defeated Australia in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone. With a total of 327 games, the Eastern Zone final set the Davis Cup record for the most games in a tie, still standing as of 2019.Davis Cup - General Records https://www.daviscup.com/en/statistics/general-records.aspx daviscup.com 8 June 2019 Preliminary rounds Draw 2 y 5–7 April 5–21 April First Round Qualifying Round PAK bye MAS bye Manila, Philippines PHI 1936 3 INA 1 HKG 1959 bye bye South Vietnam Tokyo, Japan JPN 1947 3 KOR 1949 0 bye TPE bye SRI Karachi, Pakistan PAK 4 MAS 1 Manila, Philippines PHI 1936 5 HKG 1959 0 Tokyo, Japan South Vietnam 0 JPN 1947 3 TPE w/o SRI First round Philippines vs. Indonesia Philippines 1936 Indonesia Manila, Philippineshttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-EAS-PR-PHI-INA-01 Philippines v Indonesia daviscup.com 5–7 April 1974 3 1 Eduardo Cruz 6 6 6 Atet Wijono 1 3 2 Romeo Rafon 2 4 6 6 6 Gondo Widjojo 6 6 3 3 2 Eduardo Cruz Jesus Hernandez 1 6 6 6 Gondo Widjojo Atet Wijono 6 2 0 2 Bien Dimalanta 11 4 0 3 Hadiman 9 6 6 6 Eduardo Cruz Gondo Widjojo Japan vs. South Korea Japan 1947 South Korea 1949 Tokyo, Japanhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-EAS-PR-JPN-KOR-01 Japan v South Korea daviscup.com 5–7 April 1974 3 0 Kenichi Hirai 6 6 6 Kim Sung-bae 4 4 4 Toshiro Sakai 6 6 6 Kim Moon-il 3 0 1 Kenichi Hirai Kiyoshi Tanabe 6 6 6 Kim Moon-il Kim Sung-bae 4 1 1 Kenichi Hirai Kim Moon-il Toshiro Sakai Kim Sung-bae Qualifying round Pakistan vs. Malaysia Pakistan Malaysia Karachi, Pakistanhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-EAS-PR-PAK-MAS-01 Pakistan v Malaysia daviscup.com 5–7 April 1974 4 1 Saeed Meer 6 6 6 Mohammed Akbar-Baba 3 0 1 Munawar Iqbal 6 6 3 6 Lee Wai-ching 0 4 6 4 Munawar Iqbal Saeed Meer 6 8 6 Chow Weng-wah Lee Wai-ching 4 6 3 Ismail Majeed 6 6 6 Lee Wai-ching 3 2 3 Fazal Mahmoud 3 6 4 1 Chow Weng-wah 6 2 6 2 4 Philippines vs. Hong Kong Philippines 1936 Hong Kong 1959 Manila, Philippineshttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-EAS-PR-PHI-HKG-01 Philippines v Hong Kong daviscup.com 12–14 April 1974 5 0 Eduardo Cruz 6 6 6 Charles Chang 1 0 2 Romeo Rafon 6 6 6 Hy Ny 2 0 1 Bien Dimalanta Jesus Hernandez 6 6 6 Hy Ny Hans Rusli 0 2 1 Bien Dimalanta 6 6 6 Hans Rusli 4 2 1 Romeo Rafon 6 6 6 Ma Yat-lung 0 0 4 Japan vs. South Vietnam Japan 1947 South Vietnam Tokyo, Japanhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-EAS-PR-JPN-VIE-01 Japan v South Vietnam daviscup.com 19–21 April 1974 3 0 Toshiro Sakai 6 6 6 Đinh Quốc Tuấn 0 2 0 Kenichi Hirai 6 6 6 Võ Văn Bảy 0 3 1 Kenichi Hirai Toshiro Sakai 6 6 6 Lý Alline An Võ Văn Bảy 3 1 4 Toshiro Sakai Võ Văn Bảy Kenichi Hirai Đinh Quốc Tuấn Main Draw Draw 26–28 April 3–5 May 10–12 May Rawalpindi, Pakistan AUS bye Lahore, Pakistan PAK 4 PHI 1936 1 Taipei, Taiwan (hard) TPE 0 JPN 1947 3 bye IND Rawalpindi, Pakistan AUS 3 PAK 0 Kanpur, India JPN 1947 1 IND 4 Calcutta, India AUS 2 IND 3 Quarterfinals Pakistan vs. Philippines Pakistan Philippines 1936 Lahore, Pakistanhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-EAS-M-PAK-PHI-01 Pakistan v Australia daviscup.com 26–28 April 1974 4 1 Munawar Iqbal 4 6 2 Eduardo Cruz 6 8 6 Saeed Meer 6 6 6 Romeo Rafon 2 2 1 Munawar Iqbal Saeed Meer 6 6 6 6 Eduardo Cruz Jesus Hernandez 8 4 4 2 Saeed Meer 10 6 6 Eduardo Cruz 8 0 1 Meer Mohammed Khan 6 6 6 Bien Dimalanta 3 4 2 Chinese Taipei vs. Japan Chinese Taipei Japan 1947 Taipei, Taiwanhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-EAS-M-TPE-JPN-01 Chinese Taipei v Japan daviscup.com 26–28 April 1974 Hard 0 3 Lin Chi-yuan 0 0 2 Kiyoshi Tanabe 6 6 6 Tang Fu-shun 1 2 2 Toshiro Sakai 6 6 6 Lin Chi-yuan Tang Fu-shun 3 1 1 Kenichi Hirai Kiyoshi Tanabe 6 6 6 Tang Fu-shun Kiyoshi Tanabe Lin Chi-yuan Toshiro Sakai Semifinals Pakistan vs. Australia Pakistan Australia Rawalpindi, Pakistanhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-EAS-M-PAK-AUS-01 Pakistan v Australia daviscup.com 3–5 May 1974 0 3 Haroon Rahim 7 3 1 3 Tony Roche 5 6 6 6 Saeed Meer 4 5 14 Syd Ball 6 7 16 Saeed Meer Haroon Rahim 18 4 3 Colin Dibley Tony Roche 20 6 6 Saeed Meer Tony Roche Haroon Rahim Syd Ball India vs. Japan India Japan 1947 Kanpur, Indiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-EAS-M-IND-JPN-01 India v Japan daviscup.com 3–5 May 1974 4 1 Vijay Amritraj 3 6 3 6 6 Toshiro Sakai 6 0 6 2 2 Anand Amritraj 6 12 6 Kenichi Hirai 4 10 3 Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj 6 8 8 Kenichi Hirai Toshiro Sakai 3 6 6 Sashi Menon 6 6 6 Kiyoshi Tanabe 3 2 2 Jasjit Singh 6 3 2 3 Toshiro Sakai 4 6 6 6 Final India Australia Calcutta, Indiahttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1974-EAS-M-IND-AUS-01 India v Australia daviscup.com 10–12 May 1974 3 2 Jasjit Singh 11 9 12 8 Bob Giltinan 9 11 10 6 Vijay Amritraj 12 15 8 2 John Alexander 14 17 6 6 Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj 17 6 6 16 6 John Alexander Colin Dibley 15 8 3 18 4 Jasjit Singh 6 4 3 John Alexander 8 6 6 Vijay Amritraj 6 5 6 6 Bob Giltinan 1 7 4 4 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 Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup Davis Cup