1978 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1978 Davis Cup.

11 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with 7 teams competing in the preliminary round to join the previous year's semifinalists in the main draw. India and Indonesia 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]

Draw

First Round
1–10 October 1977
Qualifying Round
21–30 October 1977
Manila, Philippines
 Philippines5
Manila, Philippines
 Thailand0
 Philippines1
Tokyo, Japan
 Japan4
 Japan5
 Chinese Taipei0
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
 Pakistan4
Seoul, South Korea
 Malaysia0
 Pakistan2
 South Korea3
bye
 South Korea

First round

Philippines vs. Thailand


Philippines
5
Manila, Philippines[3]
7–10 October 1977

Thailand
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Philippines
Thailand
Eduardo Cruz
Somparn Champisri
6
2
6
3
6
3
     
2 Philippines
Thailand
Romeo Rafon
Pichet Boratisa
6
2
6
2
6
4
     
3 Philippines
Thailand
Ody Gabriel / Alexander Marcial
Pichet Boratisa / Somparn Champisri
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
4 Philippines
Thailand
Romeo Rafon
Prasert Khaimarn
6
0
6
1
6
2
     
5 Philippines
Thailand
Ody Gabriel
Chana Techasen
6
3
6
0
8
6
     

Japan vs. Chinese Taipei


Japan
5
Tokyo, Japan[4]
October 1977

Chinese Taipei
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Chinese Taipei
Kenichi Hirai
Hsu Huang-jung
6
2
6
0
6
2
     
2 Japan
Chinese Taipei
Tsuyoshi Fukui
Wu Chang-rung
6
1
6
3
6
1
     
3 Japan
Chinese Taipei
Kenichi Hirai / Shigeyuki Nishio
Hsu Huang-jung / Wu Chang-rung
6
2
6
3
6
4
     
4 Japan
Chinese Taipei
Takao Yamamoto
Lin Den-wen
6
2
12
10
6
1
     
5 Japan
Chinese Taipei
Shigeyuki Nishio
Hsu Huang-jung
6
1
6
1
6
2
     

Pakistan vs. Malaysia


Pakistan
4
Rawalpindi, Pakistan[5]
1–3 October 1977

Malaysia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Pakistan
Malaysia
Saeed Meer
Mohammed Akbar-Baba
6
4
6
2
6
1
     
2 Pakistan
Malaysia
Altaf Hussain
Albert Cheah
6
1
6
0
6
3
     
3 Pakistan
Malaysia
Saeed Meer / Meer Mohammed Khan
Mohammed Akbar-Baba / Chiew Fook-chong
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
4 Pakistan
Malaysia
Meer Mohammed Khan
Albert Cheah
6
0
6
0
6
0
     
5 Pakistan
Malaysia
Jamil Ahmed
Mohammed Akbar-Baba
11
9
6
2
6
6
    not
completed

Qualifying round

Philippines vs. Japan


Philippines
1
Manila, Philippines[6]
21–23 October 1977

Japan
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Philippines
Japan
Alexander Marcial
Kenichi Hirai
4
6
6
3
4
6
0
6
   
2 Philippines
Japan
Romeo Rafon
Tsuyoshi Fukui
3
6
4
6
6
0
6
3
6
2
 
3 Philippines
Japan
Ody Gabriel / Manuel Valleramos
Kenichi Hirai / Shigeyuki Nishio
7
5
0
6
2
6
2
6
   
4 Philippines
Japan
Romeo Rafon
Kenichi Hirai
2
6
2
6
5
7
     
5 Philippines
Japan
Alexander Marcial
Takao Yamamoto
5
7
4
6
3
6
     

South Korea vs. Pakistan


South Korea
3
Seoul, South Korea[7]
28–30 October 1977

Pakistan
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Korea
Pakistan
Kim Moon-il
Saeed Meer
6
4
6
8
4
6
6
4
5
7
 
2 South Korea
Pakistan
Ju Chang-nam
Meer Mohammed Khan
6
2
6
2
6
2
     
3 South Korea
Pakistan
Ju Chang-nam / Kim Moon-il
Munawar Iqbal / Saeed Meer
6
3
6
4
4
6
7
5
   
4 South Korea
Pakistan
Kim Moon-il
Meer Mohammed Khan
6
2
6
2
6
2
     
5 South Korea
Pakistan
Ju Chang-nam
Saeed Meer
2
6
2
6
0
6
     

Main draw

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