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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1980 Davis Cup.

10 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with 6 teams competing in the preliminary round to join the previous year's semifinalists in the main draw. Japan and India received byes into the quarterfinals, while Australia and New Zealand received byes into the semifinals. 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]

Australia defeated New Zealand in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone. [2]

Preliminary rounds

Draw

Pre-qualifying round
6–8 October 1979
Preliminary Round
31 October–11 November 1979
  Chinese Taipei
Guam (hard)
bye
  Chinese Taipei3
  Thailand2
  Philippines
  Thailandw/o
Seoul, South Korea
  South Korea3
Seoul, South Korea
  Pakistan2
  South Korea5
  Indonesia0
bye
  Indonesia

First round

South Korea vs. Pakistan


South Korea
3
Seoul, South Korea [3]
6–8 October 1979

Pakistan
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Korea
Pakistan
Kim Bong-suk
Saeed Meer
0
6
4
6
2
6
     
2 South Korea
Pakistan
Jeon Chang-dae
Nadir Ali Khan
6
0
6
2
6
3
     
3 South Korea
Pakistan
Jeon Chang-dae /  Jeon Young-dai
Nadir Ali Khan /  Saeed Meer
6
2
4
6
6
2
3
6
2
6
 
4 South Korea
Pakistan
Jeon Young-dai
Nadir Ali Khan
6
3
6
1
6
3
     
5 South Korea
Pakistan
Jeon Chang-dae
Saeed Meer
6
1
6
3
6
2
     

Qualifying round

Chinese Taipei vs. Thailand


Chinese Taipei
3
Guam [4]
31 October–2 November 1979
Hard

Thailand
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Chinese Taipei
Thailand
Wu Chang-rung
Supot Meesawat
2
6
6
3
4
6
6
2
7
5
 
2 Chinese Taipei
Thailand
Hsu Huang-jung
Panomkorn Pladchurnil
6
3
1
6
7
5
6
4
   
3 Chinese Taipei
Thailand
Hsu Huang-jung /  Wu Chang-rung
Supot Meesawat /  Panomkorn Pladchurnil
8
6
11
9
3
6
3
6
6
8
 
4 Chinese Taipei
Thailand
Wu Chang-rung
Panomkorn Pladchurnil
6
2
5
7
5
7
12
10
4
6
 
5 Chinese Taipei
Thailand
Hsu Huang-jung
Supot Meesawat
6
1
2
6
6
3
6
3
   

South Korea vs. Indonesia


South Korea
5
Seoul, South Korea [5]
9–11 November 1979

Indonesia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Korea
Indonesia
Jeon Chang-dae
Yustedjo Tarik
6
3
6
0
6
3
     
2 South Korea
Indonesia
Kim Choon-ho
Atet Wijono
6
4
6
3
6
2
     
3 South Korea
Indonesia
Jeon Young-dai /  Kim Choon-ho
Gondo Widjojo /  Atet Wijono
6
4
4
6
8
6
3
6
6
4
 
4 South Korea
Indonesia
Kim Choon-ho
Yustedjo Tarik
6
4
6
4
6
0
     
5 South Korea
Indonesia
Jeon Chang-dae
Hadiman
6
1
6
1
7
5
     

Main draw

Draw

Quarterfinals
7–10 December 1979
Semifinals
8–10 February
Final
7–9 March
  Australia
Hobart, Australia (carpet)
bye
  Australia5
Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard)
  Japan0
  Japan5
Brisbane, Australia (grass)
  Chinese Taipei0
  Australia3
Seoul, South Korea
  New Zealand1
  South Korea3
Christchurch, New Zealand (grass)
  India2
  South Korea0
  New Zealand5
bye
  New Zealand

Quarterfinals

Chinese Taipei vs. Japan


Chinese Taipei
0
Taipei, Taiwan [6]
7–10 December 1979
Hard (indoors)

Japan
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Chinese Taipei
Japan
Wu Chang-rung
Shigeyuki Nishio
7
5
0
6
3
6
3
6
   
2 Chinese Taipei
Japan
Hsu Huang-jung
Tsuyoshi Fukui
4
6
2
6
1
6
     
3 Chinese Taipei
Japan
Hsu Huang-jung /  Wu Chang-rung
Jun Kamiwazumi /  Shinichi Sakamoto
2
6
2
6
4
6
     
4 Chinese Taipei
Japan
Hsu Huang-jung
Shigeyuki Nishio
2
6
4
6
8
10
     
5 Chinese Taipei
Japan
Wu Chang-rung
Tsuyoshi Fukui
2
6
3
6
4
6
     

South Korea vs. India


South Korea
3
Seoul, South Korea [7]
7–9 December 1979

India
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Korea
India
Jeon Chang-dae
Harishanker Krishnan
6
4
6
3
6
2
     
2 South Korea
India
Kim Choon-ho
Nandan Bal
2
6
6
3
4
6
3
6
   
3 South Korea
India
Jeon Young-dai /  Kim Choon-ho
Nandan Bal /  Sashi Menon
2
6
6
8
4
6
     
4 South Korea
India
Kim Choon-ho
Harishanker Krishnan
6
4
8
6
6
1
     
5 South Korea
India
Jeon Young-dai
Nandan Bal
5
7
6
3
6
2
6
1
   

Semifinals

Australia vs. Japan


Australia
5
Domain Centre, Hobart, Australia [8]
8–10 February 1980
Carpet

Japan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Australia
Japan
Mark Edmondson
Tsuyoshi Fukui
6
2
6
3
4
6
6
3
   
2 Australia
Japan
Peter McNamara
Shigeyuki Nishio
6
4
6
3
6
0
     
3 Australia
Japan
Brad Drewett /  Mark Edmondson
Jun Kamiwazumi /  Shinichi Sakamoto
8
6
6
1
6
2
     
4 Australia
Japan
Peter McNamara
Tsuyoshi Fukui
7
5
6
0
6
3
     
5 Australia
Japan
Mark Edmondson
Shigeyuki Nishio
2
6
6
0
6
2
6
1
   

New Zealand vs. South Korea


New Zealand
5
Wilding Park, Christchurch, New Zealand [9]
8–10 February 1980
Grass

South Korea
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 New Zealand
South Korea
Onny Parun
Kim Choon-ho
7
5
3
6
6
2
10
8
   
2 New Zealand
South Korea
Chris Lewis
Jeon Young-dai
6
2
6
4
6
0
     
3 New Zealand
South Korea
Chris Lewis /  Russell Simpson
Kim Bong-suk /  Kim Choon-ho
6
1
6
0
7
5
     
4 New Zealand
South Korea
Chris Lewis
Jeon Chang-dae
6
3
6
2
6
0
     
5 New Zealand
South Korea
Onny Parun
Kim Bong-suk
6
4
6
3
6
1
     

Final

Australia vs. New Zealand


Australia
3
Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia [2]
7–9 March 1980
Grass

New Zealand
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Australia
New Zealand
John Alexander
Chris Lewis
7
5
7
9
10
8
4
6
5
7
 
2 Australia
New Zealand
Phil Dent
Onny Parun
6
2
5
7
6
3
3
6
6
2
 
3 Australia
New Zealand
John Alexander /  Phil Dent
Chris Lewis /  Russell Simpson
6
2
8
6
9
7
     
4 Australia
New Zealand
Phil Dent
Chris Lewis
6
4
6
3
6
2
     
5 Australia
New Zealand
John Alexander
Onny Parun
          not
played

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 "Australia v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "South Korea v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Chinese Taipei v Thailand". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "South Korea v Indonesia". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Chinese Taipei v Japan". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "South Korea v India". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Australia v Japan". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "New Zealand v South Korea". daviscup.com.

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