1961 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1961 Davis Cup.

7 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the America Zone and Europe Zone.^[1] India defeated Japan in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.^[2]

Quarterfinals
18–28 March

Semifinals
1–24 April

Final
6–8 May

Tokyo, Japan

bye

2

3

w/o

New Delhi, India

1

Colombo, Ceylon (clay)

4

2

Lucknow, India

3

0

Bandung, Indonesia

5

1

4

Quarterfinals

Ceylon vs. Thailand

Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon^[3]
18–20 March 1961
Clay

			1	2	3	4	5
1		Gamini Perera Sutiraphan Karalak	2 6	2 6	4 6
2		Bernard Pinto Seri Charuchinda	6 0	6 3	6 0
3		Rupert Ferdinands / Bernard Pinto Seri Charuchinda / Sutiraphan Karalak	6 2	6 2	2 6	8 6
4		Bernard Pinto Sutiraphan Karalak	4 6	6 1	3 6	1 6
5		Gamini Perera Seri Charuchinda	6 4	4 6	6 8	7 9

Indonesia vs. India

Bandung, Indonesia^[4]
26–28 March 1961

			1	2	3	4	5
1		Liep Tjiauw Tan Jaidip Mukerjea	6 2	6 1	2 6	6 4
2		Itjas Sumarno Ramanathan Krishnan	2 6	1 6	1 6
3		Kong-Loen Sie / Sutarjo Sugiarto Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall	2 6	4 6	0 6
4		Itjas Sumarno Jaidip Mukerjea	2 6	1 6	1 6
5		Sutarjo Sugiarto Premjit Lall	2 6	1 6	6 8

Semifinals

Japan vs. Philippines

Tokyo, Japan^[5]
22–24 April 1961

			1	2	3	4	5
1		Atsushi Miyagi Raymundo Deyro	4 6	5 7	5 7
2		Osamu Ishiguro Juan-Johnson José	3 6	2 6	3 6
3		Atsushi Miyagi / Masao Nagasaki Eduardo Dungo / Juan-Johnson José	8 6	6 3	6 1
4		Atsushi Miyagi Juan-Johnson José	6 2	1 6	6 1	3 6	6 4
5		Osamu Ishiguro Raymundo Deyro	6 4	6 2	6 4

India vs. Thailand

Lucknow, India^[6]
1–3 April 1961

			1	2	3	4	5
1		Jaidip Mukerjea Sutiraphan Karalak	6 4	6 3	6 4
2		Ramanathan Krishnan Seri Charuchinda	6 0	6 3	6 1
3		Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall Seri Charuchinda / Sutiraphan Karalak	6 0	6 2	6 1
4		Jaidip Mukerjea Seri Charuchinda	6 1	3 6	6 1	7 5
5		Premjit Lall Sutiraphan Karalak	6 1	7 5	6 2

Final

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