# 1972 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1972 Davis Cup.
11 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.
Australia defeated Japan in the Zone A final, and India defeated Malaysia in the Zone B final. In the Eastern Inter-Zonal final, Australia defeated India and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.

## Zone A
### Draw

| Quarterfinals 24–26 March | Quarterfinals 24–26 March | Quarterfinals 24–26 March | Semifinals 8–16 April | Semifinals 8–16 April | Semifinals 8–16 April | Final 28–30 April | Final 28–30 April | Final 28–30 April |
| Australia | Australia | | | | | | | |
| Australia | Australia | | Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | | | |
| bye | bye | | Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | | | |
| bye | bye | | Australia | Australia | 5 | | | |
| | | | South Korea | South Korea | 0 | | | |
| South Korea | South Korea | w/o | South Korea | South Korea | 0 | | | |
| South Korea | South Korea | w/o | | | | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan |
| Philippines | Philippines | | | | | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan |
| Philippines | Philippines | | | | | Australia | Australia | 4 |
| Saigon, South Vietnam | Saigon, South Vietnam | Saigon, South Vietnam | | | | Australia | Australia | 4 |
| Saigon, South Vietnam | Saigon, South Vietnam | Saigon, South Vietnam | | | | Japan | Japan | 1 |
| South Vietnam | South Vietnam | 5 | | | | Japan | Japan | 1 |
| South Vietnam | South Vietnam | 5 | Saigon, South Vietnam | Saigon, South Vietnam | Saigon, South Vietnam | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 0 | Saigon, South Vietnam | Saigon, South Vietnam | Saigon, South Vietnam | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 0 | South Vietnam | South Vietnam | 2 | | | |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | South Vietnam | South Vietnam | 2 | | | |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Japan | Japan | 3 | | | |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 0 | Japan | Japan | 3 | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 5 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

South Vietnam vs. Chinese Taipei
| South Vietnam 5 | Saigon, South Vietnam 24–26 March 1972 | Saigon, South Vietnam 24–26 March 1972 | Chinese Taipei 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Võ Văn Bảy Lin Chi-yuan 6 0 6 0 6 0       2 Võ Văn Thành Tang Fu-shun 6 3 6 2 6 3       3 Võ Văn Bảy / Võ Văn Thành Lee Shui-chang / Tang Fu-shun 6 2 6 1 6 0       4 Lý Alline An Lin Chi-yuan 6 3 6 2 6 1       5 Võ Văn Bảy Tang Fu-shun 6 2 6 0 6 0 ||||
Hong Kong vs. Japan
| Hong Kong 0 | Hong Kong 24–26 March 1972 | Hong Kong 24–26 March 1972 | Japan 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ling Fong Jun Kamiwazumi 2 6 4 6 2 6       2 Charles Chang Jun Kuki 0 6 0 6 3 6       3 Louis Hsu / Kenneth Tsui Jun Kamiwazumi / Toshiro Sakai 4 6 4 6 4 6       4 Ling Fong Jun Kuki 0 6 1 6 2 6       5 Charles Chang Jun Kamiwazumi 2 6 3 6 0 6 ||||

### Semifinals

South Korea vs. Australia
| South Korea 0 | Seoul, South Korea 14–16 April 1972 | Seoul, South Korea 14–16 April 1972 | Australia 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Kim Sung-bae Colin Dibley 1 6 6 4 4 6 3 6     2 Chung Yong-ho Mal Anderson 6 4 0 6 2 6 5 7     3 Chung Yong-ho / Kim Moon-il Mal Anderson / Geoff Masters 5 7 2 6 2 6       4 Chung Yong-ho Colin Dibley 5 7 8 10 1 6       5 Kim Sung-bae Mal Anderson 2 6 2 6 2 6 ||||
South Vietnam vs. Japan
| South Vietnam 2 | Saigon, South Vietnam 8–10 April 1972 | Saigon, South Vietnam 8–10 April 1972 | Japan 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Võ Văn Bảy Toshiro Sakai 11 13 6 4 6 2 6 3     2 Võ Văn Thành Jun Kamiwazumi 6 8 3 6 1 6       3 Võ Văn Bảy / Võ Văn Thành Jun Kamiwazumi / Toshiro Sakai 6 4 6 4 3 6 10 12 3 1 retired  4 Dương Văn Minh Toshiro Sakai 1 6 0 6 1 6       5 Võ Văn Bảy Jun Kamiwazumi 6 3 8 6 3 6 6 4 ||||

### Final

Japan vs. Australia
| Japan 1 | Tokyo, Japan 28–30 April 1972 | Tokyo, Japan 28–30 April 1972 | Australia 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Toshiro Sakai Mal Anderson 3 6 3 6 3 6       2 Jun Kuki Colin Dibley 4 6 6 3 6 3 1 6 3 6   3 Jun Kamiwazumi / Toshiro Sakai Mal Anderson / Geoff Masters 6 3 9 7 1 6 6 3     4 Jun Kuki Mal Anderson 2 6 3 6 2 6       5 Toshiro Sakai Colin Dibley 6 4 4 6 6 4 5 7 3 6 ||||

## Zone B
### Draw

| Semifinals 1–3 April | Semifinals 1–3 April | Semifinals 1–3 April | Final 28–30 April | Final 28–30 April | Final 28–30 April |
| Lucknow, India | Lucknow, India | Lucknow, India | | | |
| India | India | 5 | | | |
| India | India | 5 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | 0 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | 0 | India | India | 5 |
| | | | Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | w/o | Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | | | | |

### Semifinals

India vs. Ceylon
| India 5 | Lucknow, India 1–3 April 1972 | Lucknow, India 1–3 April 1972 | Ceylon 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaidip Mukerjea Senaka Kumara 6 3 6 4 6 4       2 Premjit Lall Ranjan Wattegedera 6 1 6 1 6 1       3 Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea Senaka Kumara / Ranjan Wattegedera 6 3 6 2 6 3       4 Jaidip Mukerjea Ranjan Wattegedera 6 2 6 1 6 2       5 Premjit Lall Senaka Kumara 6 4 6 2 6 2 ||||

### Final

Malaysia vs. India
| Malaysia 0 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 28–30 April 1972 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 28–30 April 1972 | India 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Sultan-Aman Azman Jaidip Mukerjea 2 6 0 6 6 8       2 Song-Kean Tan Premjit Lall 1 6 2 6 0 6       3 Sultan-Aman Azman / Song-Kean Tan Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea 3 6 4 6 4 6       4 Sultan-Aman Azman Premjit Lall 0 6 3 6 4 6       5 Song-Kean Tan Jaidip Mukerjea 0 6 4 6 0 6 ||||

## Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

India vs. Australia
| India 0 | Bangalore, India 16–18 May 1972 | Bangalore, India 16–18 May 1972 | Australia 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Vijay Amritraj Mal Anderson 4 6 4 6 2 6       2 Jaidip Mukerjea Geoff Masters 3 6 3 6 6 3 6 1 3 6   3 Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea Colin Dibley / Geoff Masters 2 6 4 6 6 3 3 6     4 Anand Amritraj Ross Case 1 6 6 8 5 7       5 Vijay Amritraj Colin Dibley 5 7 6 4 3 6 2 6 ||||