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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1971 Davis Cup.

9 teams entered the Eastern Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. The winner of each sub-zones would play against each other to determine who would compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Europe Zone.[1]

Japan defeated Australia in the Zone A final, and India received a walkover in the Zone B final after Pakistan withdrew.[2][3] In the Inter-Zonal final India defeated Japan and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[4]

Zone A

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Draw

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Quarterfinals
27–29 March		Semifinals
2–5 April		Final
23–25 April
Hong Kong
 Australia5
Jakarta, Indonesia
 Hong Kong0
 Australia3
 Indonesia2
 Indonesia
Tokyo, Japan
bye
 Australia2
 Japan3
bye
Manila, Philippines
 Philippines
 Philippines1
 Japan4
bye
 Japan

Quarterfinals

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Hong Kong vs. Australia


Hong Kong
0 		Hong Kong[5]
27–29 March 1971
Australia
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Hong Kong
Australia 		Louis Hsu
Colin Dibley 		1
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
2 Hong Kong
Australia 		Kenneth Tsui
John Cooper 		2
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3 Hong Kong
Australia 		Ling Fong / Kenneth Tsui
Colin Dibley / Bob Giltinan 		2
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4 Hong Kong
Australia 		Louis Hsu
John Cooper 		3
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
5 Hong Kong
Australia 		Charles Chang
Colin Dibley 		2
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     

Semifinals

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Indonesia vs. Australia


Indonesia
2 		Jakarta, Indonesia[6]
3–5 April 1971
Australia
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Indonesia
Australia 		Atet Wijono
Ross Case 		2
6 		6
2 		6
4 		3
6 		3
6 		 
2 Indonesia
Australia 		Gondo Widjojo
Bob Giltinan 		6
8 		4
6 		6
0 		4
6 		   
3 Indonesia
Australia 		Budiman Aznar / Jacky Wulur
John Cooper / Colin Dibley 		2
6 		0
6 		1
6 		     
4 Indonesia
Australia 		Atet Wijono
John Cooper 		6
4 		6
4 		10
8 		     
5 Indonesia
Australia 		Gondo Widjojo
Colin Dibley 		6
1 		4
6 		7
5 		6
1 		   

Philippines vs. Japan


Philippines
1 		Manila, Philippines[7]
2–4 April 1971
Japan
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Philippines
Japan 		Raymundo Deyro
Jun Kuki 		1
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
2 Philippines
Japan 		Eduardo Cruz
Toshiro Sakai 		7
5 		6
1 		5
7 		8
6 		   
3 Philippines
Japan 		Eduardo Cruz / Raymundo Deyro
Junzo Kawamori / Takeshi Koura 		2
6 		6
8 		6
3 		6
8 		   
4 Philippines
Japan 		Eduardo Cruz
Jun Kuki 		0
6 		6
3 		2
6 		1
6 		   
5 Philippines
Japan 		Raymundo Deyro
Toshiro Sakai 		4
6 		2
6 		3
6 		     

Final

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Japan vs. Australia


Japan
3 		Tokyo, Japan[2]
23–25 April 1971
Australia
2
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Australia 		Keishiro Yanagi
John Cooper 		6
3 		6
4 		2
6 		1
6 		6
3 		 
2 Japan
Australia 		Toshiro Sakai
Colin Dibley 		5
7 		8
6 		6
3 		6
2 		   
3 Japan
Australia 		Junzo Kawamori / Takeshi Koura
Colin Dibley / Bob Giltinan 		1
6 		6
3 		9
11 		1
6 		   
4 Japan
Australia 		Keishiro Yanagi
Colin Dibley 		3
6 		4
6 		7
5 		6
3 		6
8 		 
5 Japan
Australia 		Toshiro Sakai
John Cooper 		6
1 		15
13 		8
6 		     

Zone B

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Draw

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Semifinals
30 March–4 April		Final
Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
 India4
 Ceylon0
 Indiaw/o
Lahore, Pakistan
 Pakistan
 Malaysia0
 Pakistan5

Semifinals

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Ceylon vs. India


Ceylon
0 		Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon[8]
2–4 April 1971
Clay
India
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Dominion of Ceylon
India 		Senaka Kumara
Gaurav Misra 		2
6 		11
13 		2
6 		     
2 Dominion of Ceylon
India 		Bernard Pinto
Jaidip Mukerjea 		5
7 		6
8 		5
7 		     
3 Dominion of Ceylon
India 		Bernard Pinto / Ranjan Wattegedera
Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea 		2
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4 Dominion of Ceylon
India 		Ranjan Wattegedera
Gaurav Misra 		6
4 		3
6 		2
6 		2
6 		   
5 Dominion of Ceylon
India 		Neville Senaratne
Anand Amritraj 		2
6 		1
6 		      not
completed

Pakistan vs. Malaysia


Pakistan
5 		Lahore, Pakistan[9]
30 March–1 April 1971
Malaysia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Pakistan
Malaysia 		Haroon Rahim
Sultan-Aman Azman 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     
2 Pakistan
Malaysia 		Munawar Iqbal
Song-Kean Tan 		6
3 		6
3 		6
1 		     
3 Pakistan
Malaysia 		Munawar Iqbal / Haroon Rahim
Sultan-Aman Azman / Song-Kean Tan 		6
2 		6
1 		6
3 		     
4 Pakistan
Malaysia 		Meer Mohammed Khan
Song-Kean Tan 		7
5 		7
5 		7
5 		     
5 Pakistan
Malaysia 		Munawar Iqbal
Sultan-Aman Azman 		6
1 		6
3 		6
0 		     

Final

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India defeated Pakistan by walkover.[3]

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

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Japan vs. India


Japan
2 		Denen Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan[4]
15–17 May 1971
Clay
India
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
India 		Toshiro Sakai
Jaidip Mukerjea 		0
6 		0
6 		4
6 		     
2 Japan
India 		Keishiro Yanagi
Premjit Lall 		3
6 		6
3 		6
1 		6
2 		   
3 Japan
India 		Jun Kamiwazumi / Toshiro Sakai
Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea 		9
7 		1
6 		6
3 		1
6 		6
8 		 
4 Japan
India 		Toshiro Sakai
Premjit Lall 		2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
5 Japan
India 		Keishiro Yanagi
Jaidip Mukerjea 		6
4 		6
3 		6
0 		     

References

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  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 "Japan v Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "India v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Hong Kong v Australia". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Indonesia v Australia". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Philippines v Japan". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Ceylon v India". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "Pakistan v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
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