The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1971 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 Americas Zone and Europe Zone. ^[1]

Japan defeated Australia in the Zone A final, and India received a walkover in the Zone B final after Pakistan withdrew. ^{[2] [3]} In the Inter-Zonal final India defeated Japan and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone. ^[4]

Zone A

Draw

Quarterfinals 27–29 March

Semifinals 2–5 April

Final 23–25 April

Hong Kong

Australia

5

Jakarta, Indonesia

Hong Kong

0

Australia

3

Indonesia

2

Indonesia

Tokyo, Japan

bye

Australia

2

Japan

3

bye

Manila, Philippines

Philippines

Philippines

1

Japan

4

bye

Japan

Quarterfinals

Hong Kong vs. Australia

Hong Kong 0	Hong Kong [5] 27–29 March 1971		Australia 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Louis Hsu Colin Dibley 1 6 2 6 2 6       2 Kenneth Tsui John Cooper 2 6 4 6 2 6       3 Ling Fong /  Kenneth Tsui Colin Dibley /  Bob Giltinan 2 6 3 6 4 6       4 Louis Hsu John Cooper 3 6 1 6 0 6       5 Charles Chang Colin Dibley 2 6 2 6 1 6

Semifinals

Indonesia vs. Australia

Indonesia 2	Jakarta, Indonesia [6] 3–5 April 1971		Australia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Atet Wijono Ross Case 2 6 6 2 6 4 3 6 3 6   2 Gondo Widjojo Bob Giltinan 6 8 4 6 6 0 4 6     3 Budiman Aznar /  Jacky Wulur John Cooper /  Colin Dibley 2 6 0 6 1 6       4 Atet Wijono John Cooper 6 4 6 4 10 8       5 Gondo Widjojo Colin Dibley 6 1 4 6 7 5 6 1

Philippines vs. Japan

Philippines 1	Manila, Philippines [7] 2–4 April 1971		Japan 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Raymundo Deyro Jun Kuki 1 6 4 6 2 6       2 Eduardo Cruz Toshiro Sakai 7 5 6 1 5 7 8 6     3 Eduardo Cruz /  Raymundo Deyro Junzo Kawamori /  Takeshi Koura 2 6 6 8 6 3 6 8     4 Eduardo Cruz Jun Kuki 0 6 6 3 2 6 1 6     5 Raymundo Deyro Toshiro Sakai 4 6 2 6 3 6

Final

Japan vs. Australia

Japan 3	Tokyo, Japan [2] 23–25 April 1971		Australia 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Keishiro Yanagi John Cooper 6 3 6 4 2 6 1 6 6 3   2 Toshiro Sakai Colin Dibley 5 7 8 6 6 3 6 2     3 Junzo Kawamori /  Takeshi Koura Colin Dibley /  Bob Giltinan 1 6 6 3 9 11 1 6     4 Keishiro Yanagi Colin Dibley 3 6 4 6 7 5 6 3 6 8   5 Toshiro Sakai John Cooper 6 1 15 13 8 6

Zone B

Draw

	Semifinals 30 March–4 April					Final
	Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
	India		4
	Ceylon		0
						India		w/o
	Lahore, Pakistan
						Pakistan
	Malaysia		0
	Pakistan		5

Semifinals

Ceylon vs. India

Ceylon 0	Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon [8] 2–4 April 1971 Clay		India 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Senaka Kumara Gaurav Misra 2 6 11 13 2 6       2 Bernard Pinto Jaidip Mukerjea 5 7 6 8 5 7       3 Bernard Pinto /  Ranjan Wattegedera Premjit Lall /  Jaidip Mukerjea 2 6 3 6 4 6       4 Ranjan Wattegedera Gaurav Misra 6 4 3 6 2 6 2 6     5 Neville Senaratne Anand Amritraj 2 6 1 6       not completed

Pakistan vs. Malaysia

Pakistan 5	Lahore, Pakistan [9] 30 March–1 April 1971		Malaysia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Haroon Rahim Sultan-Aman Azman 6 2 6 2 6 2       2 Munawar Iqbal Song-Kean Tan 6 3 6 3 6 1       3 Munawar Iqbal /  Haroon Rahim Sultan-Aman Azman /  Song-Kean Tan 6 2 6 1 6 3       4 Meer Mohammed Khan Song-Kean Tan 7 5 7 5 7 5       5 Munawar Iqbal Sultan-Aman Azman 6 1 6 3 6 0

Final

India defeated Pakistan by walkover. ^[3]

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

Japan vs. India

Japan 2	Denen Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan [4] 15–17 May 1971 Clay		India 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Toshiro Sakai Jaidip Mukerjea 0 6 0 6 4 6       2 Keishiro Yanagi Premjit Lall 3 6 6 3 6 1 6 2     3 Jun Kamiwazumi /  Toshiro Sakai Premjit Lall /  Jaidip Mukerjea 9 7 1 6 6 3 1 6 6 8   4 Toshiro Sakai Premjit Lall 2 6 2 6 4 6       5 Keishiro Yanagi Jaidip Mukerjea 6 4 6 3 6 0

References

External links

• Davis Cup official website