# 1987 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1987 Davis Cup.
13 teams entered the Eastern Zone in total, with the winner promoted to the following year's World Group. South Korea defeated Japan in the final and qualified for the 1987 World Group.

## Participating nations

* Bangladesh
* China
* Chinese Taipei
* Hong Kong
* Indonesia
* Japan
* Malaysia
* New Zealand
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Thailand

### Draw

| First round 13–15 March | First round 13–15 March | First round 13–15 March | Quarterfinals 8–10 May | Quarterfinals 8–10 May | Quarterfinals 8–10 May | Semifinals 24–26 July | Semifinals 24–26 July | Semifinals 24–26 July | Final 2–4 October | Final 2–4 October | Final 2–4 October |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | | | | | | | | | | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 5 | | | | | | |
| Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | New Zealand | New Zealand | 5 | | | | | | |
| Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 0 | | | | | | |
| Singapore | Singapore | 0 | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 0 | | | | | | |
| Singapore | Singapore | 0 | | | | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 5 | | | | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 5 | | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | Thailand | Thailand | 1 | | | |
| Thailand | Thailand | | | | | Thailand | Thailand | 1 | | | |
| Thailand | Thailand | | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Thailand | Thailand | 3 | | | | | | |
| Dhaka, Bangladesh (hard) | Dhaka, Bangladesh (hard) | Dhaka, Bangladesh (hard) | Thailand | Thailand | 3 | | | | | | |
| Dhaka, Bangladesh (hard) | Dhaka, Bangladesh (hard) | Dhaka, Bangladesh (hard) | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | | | | | | |
| Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 0 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 2 | | | | | | |
| Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 0 | | | | | | | Shanghai, China (clay) | Shanghai, China (clay) | Shanghai, China (clay) |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | 5 | | | | | | | Shanghai, China (clay) | Shanghai, China (clay) | Shanghai, China (clay) |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | 5 | | | | | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 4 |
| Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | | | | | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 4 |
| Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | | | | | | | China | China | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 0 | | | | | | | China | China | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 0 | Wuhan, China (clay) | Wuhan, China (clay) | Wuhan, China (clay) | | | | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | 5 | Wuhan, China (clay) | Wuhan, China (clay) | Wuhan, China (clay) | | | | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | 5 | Philippines | Philippines | 1 | | | | | | |
| Kunming, China (indoor clay) | Kunming, China (indoor clay) | Kunming, China (indoor clay) | Philippines | Philippines | 1 | | | | | | |
| Kunming, China (indoor clay) | Kunming, China (indoor clay) | Kunming, China (indoor clay) | China | China | 4 | | | | | | |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | 1 | China | China | 4 | | | | | | |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | 1 | | | | Tianjin, China (indoor carpet) | Tianjin, China (indoor carpet) | Tianjin, China (indoor carpet) | | | |
| China | China | 4 | | | | Tianjin, China (indoor carpet) | Tianjin, China (indoor carpet) | Tianjin, China (indoor carpet) | | | |
| China | China | 4 | | | | China | China | 3 | | | |
| Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard) | Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard) | Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard) | | | | China | China | 3 | | | |
| Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard) | Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard) | Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard) | | | | Japan | 2 | |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 5 | | | | Japan | 2 | |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 5 | Toyama, Japan (indoor carpet) | Toyama, Japan (indoor carpet) | Toyama, Japan (indoor carpet) | | | | | |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 | Toyama, Japan (indoor carpet) | Toyama, Japan (indoor carpet) | Toyama, Japan (indoor carpet) | | | | | |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 4 | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Japan | Japan | 4 | | | | | |
| Japan | Japan | | | | | | | | | |

## First round
### Chinese Taipei vs. Singapore

| Chinese Taipei 5 | Taipei, Taiwan 13–15 March 1987 Hard | Taipei, Taiwan 13–15 March 1987 Hard | Singapore 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Liu Chung-hsing Mahader Hassan 6 1 6 2 6 3       2 Wu Chang-rung Peng Tan-ah 6 1 6 2 6 2       3 Hsu Huang-jung / Wu Chang-rung Abdul Karim / Peng Tan-ah 6 0 6 1 6 0       4 Wu Chang-rung Mahader Hassan 6 3 7 5         5 Liu Chung-hsing Peng Tan-ah 6 2 6 2 ||||

### Bangladesh vs. Pakistan

| Bangladesh 0 | Dhaka, Bangladesh 13–15 March 1987 Hard | Dhaka, Bangladesh 13–15 March 1987 Hard | Pakistan 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ifthekar Sardar Rashid Malik 1 6 5 7 4 6       2 Shovon Jamaly Haseeb Aslam 12 14 2 6 9 11       3 Ifthekar Sardar / Mahtabur Rahman Rashid Malik / Mushaf Zia 6 8 1 6 2 6       4 Ifthekar Sardar Haseeb Aslam 3 6 4 6         5 Mahtabur Rahman Mushaf Zia 6 4 2 6 0 6 ||||

### Sri Lanka vs. Philippines

| Sri Lanka 0 | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 13–15 March 1987 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 13–15 March 1987 Clay | Philippines 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Arjun Fernando Rodrigo Rafael 6 3 6 4 4 6 4 6 2 6   2 Frank Sebaratnam Manny Tolentino 0 6 0 6 2 6       3 Arjun Fernando / Frank Sebaratnam Andres Battad / Raymundo Suarez 2 6 0 6 6 8       4 Neil Rajapakse Andres Battad 2 6 2 6         5 Arjun Fernando Manny Tolentino 6 8 6 4 3 6 ||||

### China vs. Indonesia

| China 4 | Kunming, China 13–15 March 1987 Clay (indoors) | Kunming, China 13–15 March 1987 Clay (indoors) | Indonesia 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Liu Shuhua Tintus Arianto Wibowo 6 3 9 7 8 6       2 Ma Keqin Yustedjo Tarik 4 6 3 6 2 6       3 Liu Shuhua / Ma Keqin Tintus Arianto Wibowo / Yustedjo Tarik 6 3 6 2 5 7 6 8 6 1   4 Ma Keqin Tintus Arianto Wibowo 6 4 9 7 5 7 7 5     5 Liu Shuhua Yustedjo Tarik 6 2 6 1 ||||

### Hong Kong vs. Malaysia

| Hong Kong 5 | Causeway Bay, Hong Kong 13–15 March 1987 Hard | Causeway Bay, Hong Kong 13–15 March 1987 Hard | Malaysia 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Mark Bailey Yeo Kian-wah 6 3 6 1 6 3       2 Colin Grant Khairuddin Baharom 6 1 6 2 6 1       3 Mark Bailey / Pang Lui Chow Chin-chuan / Yeo Kian-wah 6 4 6 4 7 5       4 Mark Bailey Khairuddin Baharom 6 1 6 2 6 2       5 Colin Grant Yeo Kian-wah 6 2 6 1 6 2 ||||

## Quarterfinals
### Chinese Taipei vs. New Zealand

| Chinese Taipei 0 | Taipei, Taiwan 8–10 May 1987 Hard | Taipei, Taiwan 8–10 May 1987 Hard | New Zealand 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Liu Chung-hsing Bruce Derlin 2 6 1 6 1 6       2 Wu Chang-rung Kelly Evernden 4 6 2 6 1 6       3 Hsu Huang-jung / Wu Chang-rung Kelly Evernden / Steve Guy 3 6 2 6 4 6       4 Wu Chang-rung Bruce Derlin 3 6 10 12         5 Liu Chung-hsing Kelly Evernden 3 6 2 6 ||||

### Thailand vs. Pakistan

| Thailand 3 | Bangkok, Thailand 8–10 May 1987 Hard | Bangkok, Thailand 8–10 May 1987 Hard | Pakistan 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Tanakorn Srichaphan Mushaf Zia 6 3 6 4 6 4       2 Woraphol Thongkhamchu Haseeb Aslam 9 11 1 6 2 6       3 Vittaya Samrej / Tanakorn Srichaphan Haseeb Aslam / Hamed-ul-Haq 6 8 6 3 6 4 7 5     4 Woraphol Thongkhamchu Rashid Malik 6 2 6 8 3 6 11 9 6 2   5 Tanakorn Srichaphan Haseeb Aslam 5 7 2 6 ||||

### China vs. Philippines

| China 4 | Wuhan, China 8–10 May 1987 Clay | Wuhan, China 8–10 May 1987 Clay | Philippines 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ma Keqin Manny Tolentino 7 5 6 3 6 4       2 Liu Shuhua Andres Battad 10 8 6 0 6 2       3 Liu Shuhua / Ma Keqin Rodrigo Rafael / Raymundo Suarez 6 4 6 2 6 4       4 Ma Keqin Andres Battad 6 3 6 3         5 You Wei Manny Tolentino 5 7 6 4 1 6 ||||

### Japan vs. Hong Kong

| Japan 4 | Toyama, Japan 8–10 May 1987 Carpet (indoors) | Toyama, Japan 8–10 May 1987 Carpet (indoors) | Hong Kong 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Shozo Shiraishi Mark Bailey 8 10 6 3 6 1 6 2     2 Tsuyoshi Fukui Colin Grant 6 2 6 2 6 3       3 Kiyotaka Tachibana / Masayoshi Takeyari Mark Bailey / Colin Grant 4 6 4 6 4 6       4 Tsuyoshi Fukui Mark Bailey 6 2 6 3 6 2       5 Shozo Shiraishi Colin Grant 6 4 6 4 ||||

## Semifinals
### Thailand vs. New Zealand

| Thailand 1 | Bangkok, Thailand 24–26 July 1987 Hard | Bangkok, Thailand 24–26 July 1987 Hard | New Zealand 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Panomkorn Pladchurnil Kelly Evernden 2 6 6 8 2 6       2 Woraphol Thongkhamchu Bruce Derlin 6 2 2 6 1 6 4 6     3 Vittaya Samrej / Tanakorn Srichaphan Kelly Evernden / Steve Guy 7 9 1 6 5 7       4 Panomkorn Pladchurnil Bruce Derlin 7 5 3 6 3 6       5 Woraphol Thongkhamchu Kelly Evernden 6 0 6 2 ||||

### China vs. Japan

| China 3 | Tianjin, China 24–26 July 1987 Carpet (indoors) | Tianjin, China 24–26 July 1987 Carpet (indoors) | Japan 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Liu Shuhua Shuzo Matsuoka 4 6 6 1 4 6 7 5 8 6   2 Ma Keqin Tsuyoshi Fukui 4 6 4 6 4 6       3 Liu Shuhua / Ma Keqin Eiji Takeuchi / Masayoshi Takeyari 6 4 6 4 6 3       4 Ma Keqin Shuzo Matsuoka 7 9 6 8 2 6       5 Liu Shuhua Tsuyoshi Fukui 6 1 6 4 1 6 6 3 ||||

## Final
### China vs. New Zealand

| China 1 | Shanghai, China 2–4 October 1987 Clay | Shanghai, China 2–4 October 1987 Clay | New Zealand 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Liu Shuhua Bruce Derlin 4 6 4 6 1 6       2 You Wei Kelly Evernden 2 6 7 9 3 6       3 Liu Shuhua / Ma Keqin Bruce Derlin / Kelly Evernden 7 5 4 6 5 7 6 8     4 Liu Shuhua Kelly Evernden 2 6 4 6         5 You Wei Bruce Derlin 10 8 6 8 6 4 ||||