1974 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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.^[1]

India defeated Australia in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.^[2] 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.^[3]

Preliminary rounds

Draw


First Round		Qualifying Round



Pakistan
		Karachi, Pakistan
bye
		Pakistan	4

		Malaysia	1
Malaysia

bye

Manila, Philippines

Philippines	3
		Manila, Philippines
Indonesia	1
		Philippines	5

		Hong Kong	0
Hong Kong

bye



bye
		Tokyo, Japan
South Vietnam
		South Vietnam	0
Tokyo, Japan
		Japan	3
Japan	3

South Korea	0



bye

Chinese Taipei
		Chinese Taipei	w/o

		Sri Lanka
bye

Sri Lanka

First round

Philippines vs. Indonesia

Philippines
3

Manila, Philippines^[4]
5–7 April 1974

Indonesia
1

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Eduardo Cruz Atet Wijono	6 1	6 3	6 2
2	Romeo Rafon Gondo Widjojo	2 6	4 6	6 3	6 3	6 2
3	Eduardo Cruz / Jesus Hernandez Gondo Widjojo / Atet Wijono	1 6	6 2	6 0	6 2
4	Bien Dimalanta Hadiman	11 9	4 6	0 6	3 6
5	Eduardo Cruz Gondo Widjojo						not played

Japan vs. South Korea

Japan
3

Tokyo, Japan^[5]
5–7 April 1974

South Korea
0

		1	2	3
1	Kenichi Hirai Kim Sung-bae	6 4	6 4	6 4
2	Toshiro Sakai Kim Moon-il	6 3	6 0	6 1
3	Kenichi Hirai / Kiyoshi Tanabe Kim Moon-il / Kim Sung-bae	6 4	6 1	6 1
4	Kenichi Hirai Kim Moon-il				not played
5	Toshiro Sakai Kim Sung-bae				not played

Qualifying round

Pakistan vs. Malaysia

Pakistan
4

Karachi, Pakistan^[6]
5–7 April 1974

Malaysia
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Saeed Meer Mohammed Akbar-Baba	6 3	6 0	6 1
2	Munawar Iqbal Lee Wai-ching	6 0	6 4	3 6	6 4
3	Munawar Iqbal / Saeed Meer Chow Weng-wah / Lee Wai-ching	6 4	8 6	6 3
4	Ismail Majeed Lee Wai-ching	6 3	6 2	6 3
5	Fazal Mahmoud Chow Weng-wah	3 6	6 2	4 6	1 2	retired

Philippines vs. Hong Kong

Philippines
5

Manila, Philippines^[7]
12–14 April 1974

Hong Kong
0

		1	2	3
1	Eduardo Cruz Charles Chang	6 1	6 0	6 2
2	Romeo Rafon Hy Ny	6 2	6 0	6 1
3	Bien Dimalanta / Jesus Hernandez Hy Ny / Hans Rusli	6 0	6 2	6 1
4	Bien Dimalanta Hans Rusli	6 4	6 2	6 1
5	Romeo Rafon Ma Yat-lung	6 0	6 0	6 4

Japan vs. South Vietnam

Japan
3

Tokyo, Japan^[8]
19–21 April 1974

South Vietnam
0

		1	2	3
1	Toshiro Sakai Đinh Quốc Tuấn	6 0	6 2	6 0
2	Kenichi Hirai Võ Văn Bảy	6 0	6 3	6 1
3	Kenichi Hirai / Toshiro Sakai Lý Alline An / Võ Văn Bảy	6 3	6 1	6 4
4	Toshiro Sakai Võ Văn Bảy				not played
5	Kenichi Hirai Đinh Quốc Tuấn				not played

Main Draw

Draw

Quarterfinals
26–28 April

Semifinals
3–5 May

Final
10–12 May

bye

Taipei, Taiwan (hard)

India

Chinese Taipei

Kanpur, India

Japan

India

bye

India

Quarterfinals

Pakistan vs. Philippines

Pakistan
4

Lahore, Pakistan^[9]
26–28 April 1974

Philippines
1

		1	2	3	4
1	Munawar Iqbal Eduardo Cruz	4 6	6 8	2 6
2	Saeed Meer Romeo Rafon	6 2	6 2	6 1
3	Munawar Iqbal / Saeed Meer Eduardo Cruz / Jesus Hernandez	6 8	6 4	6 4	6 2
4	Saeed Meer Eduardo Cruz	10 8	6 0	6 1
5	Meer Mohammed Khan Bien Dimalanta	6 3	6 4	6 2

Chinese Taipei vs. Japan

Chinese Taipei
0

Taipei, Taiwan^[10]
26–28 April 1974
Hard

Japan
3

		1	2	3
1	Lin Chi-yuan Kiyoshi Tanabe	0 6	0 6	2 6
2	Tang Fu-shun Toshiro Sakai	1 6	2 6	2 6
3	Lin Chi-yuan / Tang Fu-shun Kenichi Hirai / Kiyoshi Tanabe	3 6	1 6	1 6
4	Tang Fu-shun Kiyoshi Tanabe				not played
5	Lin Chi-yuan Toshiro Sakai				not played

Semifinals

Pakistan vs. Australia

Pakistan
0

Rawalpindi, Pakistan^[11]
3–5 May 1974

Australia
3

		1	2	3	4
1	Haroon Rahim Tony Roche	7 5	3 6	1 6	3 6
2	Saeed Meer Syd Ball	4 6	5 7	14 16
3	Saeed Meer / Haroon Rahim Colin Dibley / Tony Roche	18 20	4 6	3 6
4	Saeed Meer Tony Roche					not played
5	Haroon Rahim Syd Ball					not played

India vs. Japan

India
4

Kanpur, India^[12]
3–5 May 1974

Japan
1

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Vijay Amritraj Toshiro Sakai	3 6	6 0	3 6	6 2	6 2
2	Anand Amritraj Kenichi Hirai	6 4	12 10	6 3
3	Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj Kenichi Hirai / Toshiro Sakai	6 3	8 6	8 6
4	Sashi Menon Kiyoshi Tanabe	6 3	6 2	6 2
5	Jasjit Singh Toshiro Sakai	6 4	3 6	2 6	3 6

Final

India
3

Calcutta, India^[2]
10–12 May 1974

Australia
2

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Jasjit Singh Bob Giltinan	11 9	9 11	12 10	8 6
2	Vijay Amritraj John Alexander	12 14	15 17	8 6	2 6
3	Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj John Alexander / Colin Dibley	17 15	6 8	6 3	16 18	6 4
4	Jasjit Singh John Alexander	6 8	4 6	3 6
5	Vijay Amritraj Bob Giltinan	6 1	5 7	6 4	6 4

References

^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
^ ^a ^b "India v Australia". daviscup.com.
^ "Davis Cup - General Records". daviscup.com. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ "Philippines v Indonesia". daviscup.com.
^ "Japan v South Korea". daviscup.com.
^ "Pakistan v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
^ "Philippines v Hong Kong". daviscup.com.
^ "Japan v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
^ "Pakistan v Australia". daviscup.com.
^ "Chinese Taipei v Japan". daviscup.com.
^ "Pakistan v Australia". daviscup.com.
^ "India v Japan". daviscup.com.