1973 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1973 Davis Cup.
10 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with 8 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.{{cite book|author=Bud Collins|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0942257700|pages=495–506|edition=2nd}}
Australia defeated India in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.
Preliminary round
=Draw=
{{8TeamBracket-info
| rounds=1
| RD1-date=23–28 March
| RD1-name=Preliminary Round
| RD1T1-loc=Seoul, South Korea
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|KOR|1949}} | RD1-score1=1
| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2={{davis|JPN|1947}} | RD1-score2=4
| RD1T2-loc=Jakarta, Indonesia
| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{davis|INA}} | RD1-score3=5
| RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4={{davis|HKG|1959}} | RD1-score4=0
| RD1T3-loc=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5={{davis|MAS}} | RD1-score5=0
| RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6={{davis|PAK}} | RD1-score6=3
| RD1T4-loc=Penang, Malaysia (grass)
| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7={{davis|South Vietnam}} | RD1-score7=3
| RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8={{davis|SRI}} | RD1-score8=0
}}
=Results=
South Korea vs. Japan
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|team1=South Korea |team1-var=1949
|team2=Japan |team2-var=1947
|venue=Seoul, South Korea{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1973-EAS-PR-KOR-JPN-01|title=South Korea v Japan|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=23–25 March 1973
|surface=
|score1=1
|score2=4
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Kim Sung-bae |8 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Jun Kamiwazumi |6 |1 |4 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Kim Moon-il |4 |4 |2 | | |T2P1=Jun Kuki |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Chung Yong-ho |T1P2=Kim Moon-il |2 |2 |6 |6 |3 |T2P1=Jun Kamiwazumi |T2P2=Toshiro Sakai |6 |6 |2 |3 |6 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Kim Moon-il |2 |6 |0 |0 | |T2P1=Jun Kamiwazumi |6 |1 |6 |6 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Kim Sung-bae |5 |5 |0 | | |T2P1=Jun Kuki |7 |7 |6 | | }}
|}}
Indonesia vs. Hong Kong
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|team1=Indonesia
|team2=Hong Kong |team2-var=1959
|venue=Jakarta, Indonesia{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1973-EAS-PR-INA-HKG-01|title=Indonesia v Hong Kong|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=26–28 March 1973
|surface=
|score1=5
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Gondo Widjojo |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Tao Po |0 |0 |0 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Atet Wijono |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Kenneth Tsui |2 |1 |2 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Gondo Widjojo |T1P2=Atet Wijono |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Kenneth Tsui |T2P2=Winston Wei-Chung |3 |3 |4 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Yustedjo Tarik |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Kenneth Tsui |1 |2 |3 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Samudra Sangitan |7 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Tao Po |5 |0 |2 | | }}
|}}
Malaysia vs. Pakistan
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|team1=Malaysia
|team2=Pakistan
|venue=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1973-EAS-PR-MAS-PAK-01|title=Malaysia v Pakistan|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=23–25 March 1973
|surface=
|score1=0
|score2=3
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Munawar Iqbal |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Zainuddin Meah |0 |4 |1 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Saeed Meer |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Sultan-Aman Azman |0 |0 |2 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Munawar Iqbal |T1P2=Saeed Meer |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Weng-Wah Chow |T2P2=Wai-Ching Lee |2 |4 |2 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Munawar Iqbal |6 |1 | | | |T2P1=Sultan-Aman Azman |1 |4 | | | |nc=2 }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Saeed Meer | | | | | |T2P1=Zainuddin Meah | | | | | |np= }}
|}}
South Vietnam vs. Sri Lanka
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|team1=South Vietnam
|team2=Sri Lanka
|venue=Penang, Malaysia{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1973-EAS-PR-VIE-SRI-01|title=South Vietnam v Sri Lanka|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=23–25 March 1973
|surface=Grass
|score1=3
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Võ Văn Bảy |6 |6 |4 |6 | |T2P1=Senaka Kumara |4 |3 |6 |4 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Võ Văn Thành |6 |6 |4 |6 | |T2P1=Bernard Pinto |4 |3 |6 |4 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Lý Alline An |T1P2=Võ Văn Bảy |6 |6 |12 |6 | |T2P1=Senaka Kumara |T2P2=Bernard Pinto |1 |2 |14 |4 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Võ Văn Bảy | | | | | |T2P1=Bernard Pinto | | | | | |np= }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Võ Văn Thành | | | | | |T2P1=Senaka Kumara | | | | | |np= }}
|}}
Main Draw
=Draw=
{{8TeamBracket-info
| RD1-date=9–15 April
| RD2-date=20–22 April
| RD3-date=4–6 May
| RD1T1-loc=
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|AUS}} | RD1-score1=
| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=
| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{davis|JPN|1947}} | RD1-score3=3
| RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4={{davis|INA}} | RD1-score4=0
| RD1T3-loc=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (grass)
| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5={{davis|PAK}} | RD1-score5=4
| RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6={{davis|South Vietnam}} | RD1-score6=1
| RD1T4-loc=
| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=bye | RD1-score7=
| RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8={{davis|IND}} | RD1-score8=
| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|AUS}} | RD2-score1=4
| RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|JPN|1947}} | RD2-score2=1
| RD2T2-loc=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (grass)
| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3={{davis|PAK}} | RD2-score3=0
| RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4={{davis|IND}} | RD2-score4=4
| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1={{davis|AUS}} | RD3-score1=4
| RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2={{davis|IND}} | RD3-score2=0
}}
=Quarterfinals=
Japan vs. Indonesia
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|team1=Japan |team1-var=1947
|team2=Indonesia
|venue=Tokyo, Japan{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1973-EAS-M-JPN-INA-01|title=Japan v Indonesia|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=13–15 April 1973
|surface=
|score1=3
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Jun Kamiwazumi |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Gondo Widjojo |1 |4 |5 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Toshiro Sakai |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Atet Wijono |3 |4 |1 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Kenichi Hirai |T1P2=Jun Kamiwazumi |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Gondo Widjojo |T2P2=Atet Wijono |3 |2 |5 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Jun Kamiwazumi | | | | | |T2P1=Atet Wijono | | | | | |np= }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Toshiro Sakai | | | | | |T2P1=Gondo Widjojo | | | | | |np= }}
|}}
Pakistan vs. South Vietnam
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|team1=Pakistan
|team2=South Vietnam
|venue=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1973-EAS-M-PAK-VIE-01|title=Pakistan v South Vietnam|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=9–11 April 1973
|surface=Grass
|score1=4
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Saeed Meer |6 |6 |5 |9 |6 |T2P1=Võ Văn Thành |2 |4 |7 |11 |2 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Munawar Iqbal |6 |6 |8 | | |T2P1=Võ Văn Bảy |4 |4 |6 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Munawar Iqbal |T1P2=Saeed Meer |6 |3 |4 |6 |10 |T2P1=Lý Alline An |T2P2=Võ Văn Bảy |4 |6 |6 |3 |8 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Munawar Iqbal |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Võ Văn Thành |4 |3 |1 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Saeed Meer |8 |0 |3 |2 | |T2P1=Võ Văn Bảy |6 |6 |6 |6 | }}
|}}
=Semifinals=
Japan vs. Australia
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|team1=Japan |team1-var=1947
|team2=Australia
|venue=Tokyo, Japan{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1973-EAS-M-JPN-AUS-01|title=Japan v Australia|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=20–22 April 1973
|surface=
|score1=1
|score2=4
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Toshiro Sakai |2 |7 |6 |1 | |T2P1=Mal Anderson |6 |9 |3 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Jun Kamiwazumi |2 |5 |1 | | |T2P1=John Newcombe |6 |7 |6 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Jun Kamiwazumi |T1P2=Toshiro Sakai |4 |5 |4 | | |T2P1=Geoff Masters |T2P2=John Newcombe |6 |7 |6 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Toshiro Sakai |8 |6 |4 |0 |6 |T2P1=John Newcombe |6 |4 |6 |6 |3 }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Jun Kamiwazumi |6 |6 |4 |4 |6 |T2P1=Mal Anderson |4 |4 |6 |6 |8 }}
|}}
India vs. Pakistan
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|team1=India
|team2=Pakistan
|venue=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1973-EAS-M-IND-PAK-01|title=India v Pakistan|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=20–22 April 1973
|surface=Grass
|score1=4
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Vijay Amritraj |6 |6 |8 | | |T2P1=Saeed Meer |1 |4 |6 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Anand Amritraj |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Munawar Iqbal |2 |2 |2 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Anand Amritraj |T1P2=Vijay Amritraj |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Munawar Iqbal |T2P2=Saeed Meer |3 |4 |4 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Vijay Amritraj |2 |6 |6 |2 | |T2P1=Munawar Iqbal |6 |3 |4 |3 | |re2=4 }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Chiradip Mukerjea |4 | | | | |T2P1=Saeed Meer |6 | | | | |nc=2 }}
|}}
=Final=
India vs. Australia
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|team1=India
|team2=Australia
|venue=Madras, India{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1973-EAS-M-IND-AUS-01|title=India v Australia|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=4–6 May 1973
|surface=
|score1=0
|score2=4
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Anand Amritraj |2 |1 |0 | | |T2P1=John Newcombe |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Vijay Amritraj |1 |2 |1 | | |T2P1=Mal Anderson |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Vijay Amritraj |T1P2=Premjit Lall |6 |2 |5 |3 | |T2P1=Geoff Masters |T2P2=John Newcombe |4 |6 |7 |6 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Premjit Lall |6 |0 |6 |1 | |T2P1=John Cooper |4 |6 |8 |6 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Vijay Amritraj |10 |6 | | | |T2P1=John Newcombe |12 |3 | | | |nc=3}}
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.daviscup.com Davis Cup official website]