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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

Draw

Quarterfinals
25–27 March
Semifinals
14–16 April
Final
5–8 May
Manila, Philippines
  Philippines5
Manila, Philippines
  South Korea0
  Philippines5
  South Vietnam0
  South Vietnam
Tokyo, Japan
bye
  Philippines0
  Japan5
bye
Jakarta, Indonesia
  Indonesia
  Indonesia0
  Japan5
bye
  Japan

Quarterfinals

Philippines vs. South Korea


Philippines
5
Manila, Philippines [5]
25–27 March 1967

South Korea
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Philippines
South Korea
Raymundo Deyro
Kim Doo-hwan
6
2
6
2
6
0
     
2 Philippines
South Korea
Felicisimo Ampon
Im Chung-yang
7
5
6
1
6
2
     
3 Philippines
South Korea
Samuel Ang /  Eduardo Cruz
Im Chung-yang /  Kim Doo-hwan
2
6
6
2
6
3
6
2
   
4 Philippines
South Korea
Samuel Ang
Kim Doo-hwan
6
4
6
0
6
1
     
5 Philippines
South Korea
Eduardo Cruz
Im Chung-yang
6
4
6
4
6
0
     

Semifinals

Philippines vs. South Vietnam


Philippines
5
Manila, Philippines [6]
14–16 April 1967

South Vietnam
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Philippines
South Vietnam
Eduardo Cruz
Võ Văn Bảy
6
2
6
3
6
2
     
2 Philippines
South Vietnam
Felicisimo Ampon
Võ Văn Thành
6
4
6
1
6
1
     
3 Philippines
South Vietnam
Samuel Ang /  Eduardo Cruz
Võ Văn Bảy /  Lưu Hoàng Đức
4
6
19
17
6
2
6
3
   
4 Philippines
South Vietnam
Samuel Ang
Lưu Hoàng Đức
6
3
6
4
6
1
     
5 Philippines
South Vietnam
Eduardo Cruz
Võ Văn Thành
12
10
9
7
6
1
     

Indonesia vs. Japan


Indonesia
0
Jakarta, Indonesia [7]
14–16 April 1967

Japan
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Indonesia
Japan
Gondo Widjojo
Keishiro Yanagi
2
6
4
6
5
7
     
2 Indonesia
Japan
Sutarjo Sugiarto
Ichizō Konishi
1
6
2
6
       
3 Indonesia
Japan
Sutarjo Sugiarto /  Gondo Widjojo
Isao Kobayashi /  Koji Watanabe
8
6
3
6
3
6
10
8
3
6
 
4 Indonesia
Japan
Gondo Widjojo
Ichizō Konishi
1
6
3
6
2
6
     
5 Indonesia
Japan
Sutarjo Sugiarto
Keishiro Yanagi
6
1
2
6
4
6
6
4
1
6
 

Final

Japan vs. Philippines


Japan
5
Tokyo, Japan [2]
5–8 May 1967

Philippines
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Philippines
Koji Watanabe
Samuel Ang
6
2
6
0
6
2
     
2 Japan
Philippines
Ichizō Konishi
Felicisimo Ampon
6
1
6
0
6
4
     
3 Japan
Philippines
Isao Watanabe /  Koji Watanabe
Samuel Ang /  Raymundo Deyro
6
2
6
2
6
4
     
4 Japan
Philippines
Ichizō Konishi
Samuel Ang
6
4
6
3
6
2
     
5 Japan
Philippines
Koji Watanabe
Felicisimo Ampon
6
0
6
1
6
1
     

Zone B

Draw

Semifinals
25–27 February
Final
28–30 April
Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
  India5
Tehran, Iran
  Ceylon0
  India4
  Iran1
  Iranw/o
  Malaysia

Semifinals

Ceylon vs. India


Ceylon
0
Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon [8]
25–27 February 1967
Clay

India
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Dominion of Ceylon
India
Lassantha Fernando
Jaidip Mukerjea
3
6
4
6
3
6
     
2 Dominion of Ceylon
India
Senaka Kumara
Shiv Prakash Misra
0
6
2
6
4
6
     
3 Dominion of Ceylon
India
Senaka Kumara /  Bernard Pinto
Shiv Prakash Misra /  Jaidip Mukerjea
4
6
9
11
3
6
     
4 Dominion of Ceylon
India
Lassantha Fernando
Ravi Venkatesan
2
6
0
6
0
6
     
5 Dominion of Ceylon
India
Kanagaratnam Arichandran
Jaidip Mukerjea
0
6
1
6
1
6
     

Final

Iran vs. India


Iran
1
Tehran, Iran [3]
28–30 April 1967

India
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Iran
India
Ezzatollah Nemati
Shiv Prakash Misra
4
6
1
6
0
6
     
2 Iran
India
Taghi Akbari
Jaidip Mukerjea
5
7
4
6
7
5
3
6
   
3 Iran
India
Hussain Akbari /  Taghi Akbari
Shiv Prakash Misra /  Jaidip Mukerjea
4
6
3
6
3
6
     
4 Iran
India
Issa Khodaei
Jaidip Mukerjea
4
6
5
7
4
6
     
5 Iran
India
Taghi Akbari
Shiv Prakash Misra
6
2
3
0
       
retired

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

India vs. Japan


India
4
New Delhi, India [4]
29 September–1 October 1967

Japan
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Japan
Premjit Lall
Koji Watanabe
6
2
6
4
6
2
     
2 India
Japan
Jaidip Mukerjea
Ichizō Konishi
3
6
6
3
5
7
9
7
6
3
 
3 India
Japan
Ramanathan Krishnan /  Premjit Lall
Isao Watanabe /  Koji Watanabe
6
2
6
4
4
6
6
0
   
4 India
Japan
Jaidip Mukerjea
Koji Watanabe
8
6
2
6
2
6
1
6
   
5 India
Japan
Premjit Lall
Ichizō Konishi
6
2
9
7
6
3
     

References

  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 "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Iran v India". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "India v Japan". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Philippines v South Korea". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Philippines v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Indonesia v Japan". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Ceylon v India". daviscup.com.

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