1976 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1976 Davis Cup.
12 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with 10 teams competing in the preliminary round to join the previous year's finalists Australia and New Zealand 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 New Zealand in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.
Preliminary rounds
=Draw=
{{16TeamBracket-info
| maxround = 2
| boldwinner = y
| RD1-date=26–28 September 1975
| RD2-date=30 September–1 October 1975
| RD1=First Round
| RD2=Qualifying Round
| RD1-text1=
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|INA}} | RD1-score1=
| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=
| RD1-text2=
| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{davis|KOR|1949}} | RD1-score3=
| RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=bye | RD1-score4=
| RD1-text3=
| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5={{davis|SRI}} | RD1-score5=
| RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=bye | RD1-score6=
| RD1-text4=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7={{davis|MAS}} | RD1-score7=0
| RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8={{davis|PAK}} | RD1-score8=5
| RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9={{davis|IND}} | RD1-score9=5
| RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10={{davis|THA}} | RD1-score10=0
| RD1-text6=
| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=bye | RD1-score11=
| RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12={{davis|JPN|1947}} | RD1-score12=
| RD1-text7=
| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=bye | RD1-score13=
| RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14={{davis|PHI|1936}} | RD1-score14=
| RD1-text8=
| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=bye | RD1-score15=
| RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16={{davis|TPE}} | RD1-score16=
| RD2-text1=Jakarta, Indonesia
| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|INA}} | RD2-score1=3
| RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|KOR|1949}} | RD2-score2=2
| RD2-text2=Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay)
| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3={{davis|SRI}} | RD2-score3=0
| RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4={{davis|PAK}} | RD2-score4=4
| RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5={{davis|IND}} | RD2-score5=3
| RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6={{davis|JPN|1947}} | RD2-score6=2
| RD2-text4=Taipei, Taiwan (hard)
| RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7={{davis|PHI|1936}} | RD2-score7=4
| RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8={{davis|TPE}} | RD2-score8=0
}}
=First round=
Malaysia vs. Pakistan
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Malaysia
|team2=Pakistan
|venue=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1976-EAS-PR-MAS-PAK-01|title=Malaysia v Pakistan|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=26–28 September 1975
|surface=
|score1=0
|score2=5
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Tan Poh-seng |2 |2 |2 | | |T2P1=Meer Mohammed Khan |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Mohammed Akbar-Baba |3 |0 |3 | | |T2P1=Saeed Meer |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Zainuddin Meah |T1P2=Tan Poh-seng |2 |4 |5 | | |T2P1=Saeed Meer |T2P2=Meer Mohammed Khan |6 |6 |7 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Zainuddin Meah |9 |2 |0 |3 | |T2P1=Meer Mohammed Khan |7 |6 |6 |6 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Tan Poh-seng |4 |0 |2 | | |T2P1=Saeed Meer |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|}}
India vs. Thailand
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=India
|team2=Thailand
|venue=Amritsar, India{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1976-EAS-PR-IND-THA-01|title=India v Thailand|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=26–28 September 1975
|surface=
|score1=5
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Vijay Amritraj |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Somparn Champisri |2 |1 |0 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Anand Amritraj |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Pichet Boratisa |3 |1 |0 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Anand Amritraj |T1P2=Vijay Amritraj |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Pichet Boratisa |T2P2=Somparn Champisri |2 |2 |4 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ramanathan Krishnan |6 |6 |4 |6 | |T2P1=Pichet Boratisa |4 |1 |6 |3 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Chiradip Mukerjea |6 |9 |6 | | |T2P1=Somparn Champisri |3 |7 |1 | | }}
|}}
=Qualifying round=
Indonesia vs. South Korea
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Indonesia
|team2=South Korea |team2-var=1949
|venue=Jakarta, Indonesia{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1976-EAS-PR-INA-KOR-01|title=Indonesia v South Korea|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=30 September–1 October 1975
|surface=
|score1=3
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Atet Wijono |8 |4 |9 |3 | |T2P1=Kim Moon-il |6 |6 |11 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Gondo Widjojo |6 |1 |7 |2 | |T2P1=Kim Sung-bae |3 |6 |9 |6 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Hadiman |T1P2=Yustedjo Tarik |6 |8 |6 | | |T2P1=Choi Boo-kil |T2P2=Ju Chang-nam |4 |6 |1 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Atet Wijono |6 |6 |9 | | |T2P1=Kim Sung-bae |2 |4 |7 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Gondo Widjojo |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Kim Moon-il |2 |3 |5 | | }}
|}}
Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Sri Lanka
|team2=Pakistan
|venue=Sri Lanka LTA, Colombo, Sri Lanka{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1976-EAS-PR-SRI-PAK-01|title=Malaysia v Pakistan|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=30 September–1 October 1975
|surface=Clay
|score1=0
|score2=4
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Lassantha Fernando |3 |6 |1 |0 | |T2P1=Meer Mohammed Khan |6 |2 |6 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ajit Perera |4 |1 |0 | | |T2P1=Saeed Meer |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Lassantha Fernando |T1P2=Suresh Melvani |3 |4 |3 | | |T2P1=Saeed Meer |T2P2=Meer Mohammed Khan |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Lassantha Fernando |2 |4 |5 | | |T2P1=Saeed Meer |6 |6 |7 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ajit Perera |6 |4 |3 | | |T2P1=Tayyab Iftikhar |2 |6 |3 | | |nc=3 }}
|}}
Japan vs. India
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Japan |team1-var=1947
|team2=India
|venue=Tokyo, Japan{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1976-EAS-PR-JPN-IND-01|title=Japan v India|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=30 September–1 October 1975
|surface=
|score1=2
|score2=3
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Toshiro Sakai |5 |5 |6 |2 | |T2P1=Vijay Amritraj |7 |7 |0 |6 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Jun Kamiwazumi |7 |8 |9 | | |T2P1=Anand Amritraj |5 |6 |7 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Kenichi Hirai |T1P2=Toshiro Sakai |3 |6 |6 |3 |4 |T2P1=Anand Amritraj |T2P2=Vijay Amritraj |6 |4 |2 |6 |6 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Toshiro Sakai |6 |0 |4 |3 | |T2P1=Anand Amritraj |3 |6 |6 |6 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Jun Kuki |4 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Sashi Menon |6 |3 |1 |4 | }}
|}}
Chinese Taipei vs. Philippines
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Chinese Taipei
|team2=Philippines |team2-var=1936
|venue=Taipei, Taiwan{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1976-EAS-PR-TPE-PHI-01|title=Chinese Taipei v Philippines|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=30 September–1 October 1975
|surface=Hard
|score1=0
|score2=4
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Tang Fu-shun |4 |1 |2 | | |T2P1=Eduardo Cruz |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Lin Den-wen |1 |0 |1 | | |T2P1=Micky Dominguez |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Lin Den-wen |T1P2=Tang Fu-shun |3 |1 |3 | | |T2P1=Eduardo Cruz |T2P2=Micky Dominguez |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Lin Yung-yan |0 |0 |2 | | |T2P1=Alexander Marcial |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Tang Fu-shun | | | | | |T2P1=Micky Dominguez | | | | | |np }}
|}}
Main draw
=Draw=
{{8TeamBracket-info
| RD1-date=28 November–21 December 1975
| RD2-date=9–18 January
| RD3-date=27 February–1 March
| RD1-text1=
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|AUS}} | RD1-score1=
| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=
| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{davis|INA}} | RD1-score3=4
| RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4={{davis|PAK}} | RD1-score4=1
| RD1-text3=Manila, Philippines
| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5={{davis|IND}} | RD1-score5=4
| RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6={{davis|PHI|1936}} | RD1-score6=0
| RD1-text4=
| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=bye | RD1-score7=
| RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8={{davis|NZL}} | RD1-score8=
| RD2-text1=Hobart, Australia (grass)
| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|AUS}} | RD2-score1=5
| RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|INA}} | RD2-score2=0
| RD2-text2=Auckland, New Zealand (grass)
| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3={{davis|IND}} | RD2-score3=2
| RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4={{davis|NZL}} | RD2-score4=3
| RD3-text1=Brisbane, Australia (grass)
| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1={{davis|AUS}} | RD3-score1=3
| RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2={{davis|NZL}} | RD3-score2=1
}}
=Quarterfinals=
Pakistan vs. Indonesia
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Pakistan
|team2=Indonesia
|venue=Karachi, Pakistan{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1976-EAS-M-PAK-INA-01|title=Pakistan v Indonesia|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=28–30 November 1975
|surface=
|score1=1
|score2=4
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Saeed Meer |2 |12 |9 |6 | |T2P1=Gondo Widjojo |6 |10 |7 |2 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Meer Mohammed Khan |1 |4 |4 | | |T2P1=Atet Wijono |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Altaf Hussain |T1P2=Saeed Meer |2 |5 |9 | | |T2P1=Gondo Widjojo |T2P2=Atet Wijono |6 |7 |11 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Saeed Meer |6 |2 |3 |6 |4 |T2P1=Atet Wijono |3 |6 |6 |3 |6 }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Meer Mohammed Khan |7 |1 | | | |T2P1=Gondo Widjojo |9 |6 | | | }}
|}}
Philippines vs. India
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Philippines |team1-var=1936
|team2=India
|venue=Manila, Philippines{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1976-EAS-M-PHI-IND-01|title=Philippines v India|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=19–21 December 1975
|surface=
|score1=0
|score2=4
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Eduardo Cruz |6 |4 |3 |6 |4 |T2P1=Chiradip Mukerjea |3 |6 |6 |3 |6 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Micky Dominguez |2 |4 |3 | | |T2P1=Sashi Menon |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Eduardo Cruz |T1P2=Micky Dominguez |4 |2 |6 |4 | |T2P1=Sashi Menon |T2P2=Chiradip Mukerjea |6 |6 |4 |6 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Micky Dominguez |6 |6 |3 |4 |7 |T2P1=Chiradip Mukerjea |2 |2 |6 |6 |9 }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Eduardo Cruz | | | | | |T2P1=Sashi Menon | | | | | |np= }}
|}}
=Semifinals=
Australia vs. Indonesia
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Australia
|team2=Indonesia
|venue=Domain Centre, Hobart, Australia{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1976-EAS-M-AUS-INA-01|title=Australia v Indonesia|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=9–11 January 1976
|surface=Grass
|score1=5
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Tony Roche |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Atet Wijono |0 |0 |0 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=John Newcombe |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Gondo Widjojo |1 |2 |5 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=John Newcombe |T1P2=Tony Roche |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Gondo Widjojo |T2P2=Atet Wijono |3 |2 |1 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=John Newcombe |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Atet Wijono |2 |1 |1 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Tony Roche |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Yustedjo Tarik |3 |2 |2 | | }}
|}}
New Zealand vs. India
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=New Zealand
|team2=India
|venue=Stanley Street, Auckland, New Zealand{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1976-EAS-M-NZL-IND-01|title=New Zealand v India|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=16–18 January 1976
|surface=Grass
|score1=3
|score2=2
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Brian Fairlie |6 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Anand Amritraj |2 |4 |5 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Onny Parun |6 |3 |6 |5 | |T2P1=Vijay Amritraj |4 |6 |8 |7 | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Brian Fairlie |T1P2=Onny Parun |6 |6 |15 | | |T2P1=Anand Amritraj |T2P2=Vijay Amritraj |1 |1 |13 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Brian Fairlie |3 |8 |1 | | |T2P1=Vijay Amritraj |6 |10 |6 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Onny Parun |6 |9 |6 | | |T2P1=Anand Amritraj |2 |7 |4 | | }}
|}}
=Final=
Australia vs. New Zealand
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Australia
|team2=New Zealand
|venue=Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1976-EAS-M-AUS-NZL-01|title=Australia v New Zealand|publisher=daviscup.com}}
|date=27 February–1 March 1976
|surface=Grass
|score1=3
|score2=1
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ross Case |6 |8 |1 |6 |4 |T2P1=Brian Fairlie |3 |10 |6 |2 |6 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=John Newcombe |8 |6 |7 | | |T2P1=Onny Parun |6 |3 |5 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=John Newcombe |T1P2=Tony Roche |6 |3 |6 |7 | |T2P1=Brian Fairlie |T2P2=Onny Parun |1 |6 |3 |5 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=John Newcombe |8 |5 |11 |6 | |T2P1=Brian Fairlie |6 |7 |9 |3 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ross Case | | | | | |T2P1=Onny Parun | | | | | |np= }}
}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.daviscup.com Davis Cup official website]
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