# 1976 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1976 Davis Cup.
12 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with 10 teams competing in the preliminary round to join the previous year's finalists Australia and New Zealand in the main draw. 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.
Australia defeated New Zealand in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.

## Preliminary rounds
### Draw

| First Round | First Round | First Round | Qualifying Round | Qualifying Round | Qualifying Round |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | | | | |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | | Jakarta, Indonesia | Jakarta, Indonesia | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| bye | bye | | Jakarta, Indonesia | Jakarta, Indonesia | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| bye | bye | | Indonesia | Indonesia | 3 |
| | | | South Korea | South Korea | 2 |
| South Korea | South Korea | | South Korea | South Korea | 2 |
| bye | bye | | | | |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | | | | |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) |
| bye | bye | | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) |
| bye | bye | | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 0 |
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Pakistan | Pakistan | 4 |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 4 |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | 5 | | | |
| Amritsar, India | Amritsar, India | Amritsar, India | | | |
| India | India | 5 | | | |
| India | India | 5 | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan |
| Thailand | Thailand | 0 | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan |
| Thailand | Thailand | 0 | India | India | 3 |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 2 |
| bye | bye | | Japan | Japan | 2 |
| Japan | Japan | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) |
| Philippines | Philippines | | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) |
| Philippines | Philippines | | Philippines | Philippines | 4 |
| | | | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 0 |
| bye | bye | | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | | | | |

### First round

Malaysia vs. Pakistan
| Malaysia 0 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 26–28 September 1975 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 26–28 September 1975 | Pakistan 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Tan Poh-seng Meer Mohammed Khan 2 6 2 6 2 6       2 Mohammed Akbar-Baba Saeed Meer 3 6 0 6 3 6       3 Zainuddin Meah / Tan Poh-seng Saeed Meer / Meer Mohammed Khan 2 6 4 6 5 7       4 Zainuddin Meah Meer Mohammed Khan 9 7 2 6 0 6 3 6     5 Tan Poh-seng Saeed Meer 4 6 0 6 2 6 ||||
India vs. Thailand
| India 5 | Amritsar, India 26–28 September 1975 | Amritsar, India 26–28 September 1975 | Thailand 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Vijay Amritraj Somparn Champisri 6 2 6 1 6 0       2 Anand Amritraj Pichet Boratisa 6 3 6 1 6 0       3 Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj Pichet Boratisa / Somparn Champisri 6 2 6 2 6 4       4 Ramanathan Krishnan Pichet Boratisa 6 4 6 1 4 6 6 3     5 Chiradip Mukerjea Somparn Champisri 6 3 9 7 6 1 ||||

### Qualifying round

Indonesia vs. South Korea
| Indonesia 3 | Jakarta, Indonesia 30 September–1 October 1975 | Jakarta, Indonesia 30 September–1 October 1975 | South Korea 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Atet Wijono Kim Moon-il 8 6 4 6 9 11 3 6     2 Gondo Widjojo Kim Sung-bae 6 3 1 6 7 9 2 6     3 Hadiman / Yustedjo Tarik Choi Boo-kil / Ju Chang-nam 6 4 8 6 6 1       4 Atet Wijono Kim Sung-bae 6 2 6 4 9 7       5 Gondo Widjojo Kim Moon-il 6 2 6 3 7 5 ||||
Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan
| Sri Lanka 0 | Sri Lanka LTA, Colombo, Sri Lanka 30 September–1 October 1975 Clay | Sri Lanka LTA, Colombo, Sri Lanka 30 September–1 October 1975 Clay | Pakistan 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Lassantha Fernando Meer Mohammed Khan 3 6 6 2 1 6 0 6     2 Ajit Perera Saeed Meer 4 6 1 6 0 6       3 Lassantha Fernando / Suresh Melvani Saeed Meer / Meer Mohammed Khan 3 6 4 6 3 6       4 Lassantha Fernando Saeed Meer 2 6 4 6 5 7       5 Ajit Perera Tayyab Iftikhar 6 2 4 6 3 3     not completed ||||
Japan vs. India
| Japan 2 | Tokyo, Japan 30 September–1 October 1975 | Tokyo, Japan 30 September–1 October 1975 | India 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Toshiro Sakai Vijay Amritraj 5 7 5 7 6 0 2 6     2 Jun Kamiwazumi Anand Amritraj 7 5 8 6 9 7       3 Kenichi Hirai / Toshiro Sakai Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj 3 6 6 4 6 2 3 6 4 6   4 Toshiro Sakai Anand Amritraj 6 3 0 6 4 6 3 6     5 Jun Kuki Sashi Menon 4 6 6 3 6 1 6 4 ||||
Chinese Taipei vs. Philippines
| Chinese Taipei 0 | Taipei, Taiwan 30 September–1 October 1975 Hard | Taipei, Taiwan 30 September–1 October 1975 Hard | Philippines 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Tang Fu-shun Eduardo Cruz 4 6 1 6 2 6       2 Lin Den-wen Micky Dominguez 1 6 0 6 1 6       3 Lin Den-wen / Tang Fu-shun Eduardo Cruz / Micky Dominguez 3 6 1 6 3 6       4 Lin Yung-yan Alexander Marcial 0 6 0 6 2 6       5 Tang Fu-shun Micky Dominguez ||||

## Main draw
### Draw

| Quarterfinals 28 November–21 December 1975 | Quarterfinals 28 November–21 December 1975 | Quarterfinals 28 November–21 December 1975 | Semifinals 9–18 January | Semifinals 9–18 January | Semifinals 9–18 January | Final 27 February–1 March | Final 27 February–1 March | Final 27 February–1 March |
| Australia | Australia | | | | | | | |
| Australia | Australia | | Hobart, Australia (grass) | Hobart, Australia (grass) | Hobart, Australia (grass) | | | |
| bye | bye | | Hobart, Australia (grass) | Hobart, Australia (grass) | Hobart, Australia (grass) | | | |
| bye | bye | | Australia | Australia | 5 | | | |
| Karachi, Pakistan | Karachi, Pakistan | Karachi, Pakistan | Australia | Australia | 5 | | | |
| Karachi, Pakistan | Karachi, Pakistan | Karachi, Pakistan | Indonesia | Indonesia | 0 | | | |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | 4 | Indonesia | Indonesia | 0 | | | |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | 4 | | | | Brisbane, Australia (grass) | Brisbane, Australia (grass) | Brisbane, Australia (grass) |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | 1 | | | | Brisbane, Australia (grass) | Brisbane, Australia (grass) | Brisbane, Australia (grass) |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | 1 | | | | Australia | Australia | 3 |
| Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | | | | Australia | Australia | 3 |
| Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 |
| India | India | 4 | | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 1 |
| India | India | 4 | Auckland, New Zealand (grass) | Auckland, New Zealand (grass) | Auckland, New Zealand (grass) | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | 0 | Auckland, New Zealand (grass) | Auckland, New Zealand (grass) | Auckland, New Zealand (grass) | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | 0 | India | India | 2 | | | |
| | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | | | |
| bye | bye | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 3 | | | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

Pakistan vs. Indonesia
| Pakistan 1 | Karachi, Pakistan 28–30 November 1975 | Karachi, Pakistan 28–30 November 1975 | Indonesia 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Saeed Meer Gondo Widjojo 2 6 12 10 9 7 6 2     2 Meer Mohammed Khan Atet Wijono 1 6 4 6 4 6       3 Altaf Hussain / Saeed Meer Gondo Widjojo / Atet Wijono 2 6 5 7 9 11       4 Saeed Meer Atet Wijono 6 3 2 6 3 6 6 3 4 6   5 Meer Mohammed Khan Gondo Widjojo 7 9 1 6 ||||
Philippines vs. India
| Philippines 0 | Manila, Philippines 19–21 December 1975 | Manila, Philippines 19–21 December 1975 | India 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Eduardo Cruz Chiradip Mukerjea 6 3 4 6 3 6 6 3 4 6   2 Micky Dominguez Sashi Menon 2 6 4 6 3 6       3 Eduardo Cruz / Micky Dominguez Sashi Menon / Chiradip Mukerjea 4 6 2 6 6 4 4 6     4 Micky Dominguez Chiradip Mukerjea 6 2 6 2 3 6 4 6 7 9   5 Eduardo Cruz Sashi Menon           not played ||||

### Semifinals

Australia vs. Indonesia
| Australia 5 | Domain Centre, Hobart, Australia 9–11 January 1976 Grass | Domain Centre, Hobart, Australia 9–11 January 1976 Grass | Indonesia 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Tony Roche Atet Wijono 6 0 6 0 6 0       2 John Newcombe Gondo Widjojo 6 1 6 2 6 5       3 John Newcombe / Tony Roche Gondo Widjojo / Atet Wijono 6 3 6 2 6 1       4 John Newcombe Atet Wijono 6 2 6 1 6 1       5 Tony Roche Yustedjo Tarik 6 3 6 2 6 2 ||||
New Zealand vs. India
| New Zealand 3 | Stanley Street, Auckland, New Zealand 16–18 January 1976 Grass | Stanley Street, Auckland, New Zealand 16–18 January 1976 Grass | India 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Brian Fairlie Anand Amritraj 6 2 6 4 7 5       2 Onny Parun Vijay Amritraj 6 4 3 6 6 8 5 7     3 Brian Fairlie / Onny Parun Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj 6 1 6 1 15 13       4 Brian Fairlie Vijay Amritraj 3 6 8 10 1 6       5 Onny Parun Anand Amritraj 6 2 9 7 6 4 ||||

### Final

Australia vs. New Zealand
| Australia 3 | Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia 27 February–1 March 1976 Grass | Milton Courts, Brisbane, Australia 27 February–1 March 1976 Grass | New Zealand 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ross Case Brian Fairlie 6 3 8 10 1 6 6 2 4 6   2 John Newcombe Onny Parun 8 6 6 3 7 5       3 John Newcombe / Tony Roche Brian Fairlie / Onny Parun 6 1 3 6 6 3 7 5     4 John Newcombe Brian Fairlie 8 6 5 7 11 9 6 3     5 Ross Case Onny Parun           not played ||||