# 1961 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1961 Davis Cup.
7 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the America Zone and Europe Zone. India defeated Japan in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.

## Draw

| Quarterfinals 18–28 March | Quarterfinals 18–28 March | Quarterfinals 18–28 March | Semifinals 1–24 April | Semifinals 1–24 April | Semifinals 1–24 April | Final 6–8 May | Final 6–8 May | Final 6–8 May |
| Philippines | Philippines | | | | | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | | | |
| bye | bye | | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | | | |
| bye | bye | | Philippines | Philippines | 2 | | | |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 3 | | | |
| Japan | Japan | w/o | Japan | Japan | 3 | | | |
| Japan | Japan | w/o | | | | New Delhi, India | New Delhi, India | New Delhi, India |
| South Korea | South Korea | | | | | New Delhi, India | New Delhi, India | New Delhi, India |
| South Korea | South Korea | | | | | Japan | Japan | 1 |
| Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | | | | Japan | Japan | 1 |
| Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | | | | India | India | 4 |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | 2 | | | | India | India | 4 |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | 2 | Lucknow, India | Lucknow, India | Lucknow, India | | | |
| Thailand | Thailand | 3 | Lucknow, India | Lucknow, India | Lucknow, India | | | |
| Thailand | Thailand | 3 | Thailand | Thailand | 0 | | | |
| Bandung, Indonesia | Bandung, Indonesia | Bandung, Indonesia | Thailand | Thailand | 0 | | | |
| Bandung, Indonesia | Bandung, Indonesia | Bandung, Indonesia | India | India | 5 | | | |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | 1 | India | India | 5 | | | |
| India | India | 4 | | | | | | |

## Quarterfinals
### Ceylon vs. Thailand

| Ceylon 2 | Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon 18–20 March 1961 Clay | Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon 18–20 March 1961 Clay | Thailand 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Gamini Perera Sutiraphan Karalak 2 6 2 6 4 6       2 Bernard Pinto Seri Charuchinda 6 0 6 3 6 0       3 Rupert Ferdinands / Bernard Pinto Seri Charuchinda / Sutiraphan Karalak 6 2 6 2 2 6 8 6     4 Bernard Pinto Sutiraphan Karalak 4 6 6 1 3 6 1 6     5 Gamini Perera Seri Charuchinda 6 4 4 6 6 8 7 9 ||||

### Indonesia vs. India

| Indonesia 1 | Bandung, Indonesia 26–28 March 1961 | Bandung, Indonesia 26–28 March 1961 | India 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Liep Tjiauw Tan Jaidip Mukerjea 6 2 6 1 2 6 6 4     2 Itjas Sumarno Ramanathan Krishnan 2 6 1 6 1 6       3 Kong-Loen Sie / Sutarjo Sugiarto Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall 2 6 4 6 0 6       4 Itjas Sumarno Jaidip Mukerjea 2 6 1 6 1 6       5 Sutarjo Sugiarto Premjit Lall 2 6 1 6 6 8 ||||

## Semifinals
### Japan vs. Philippines

| Japan 3 | Tokyo, Japan 22–24 April 1961 | Tokyo, Japan 22–24 April 1961 | Philippines 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Atsushi Miyagi Raymundo Deyro 4 6 5 7 5 7       2 Osamu Ishiguro Juan-Johnson José 3 6 2 6 3 6       3 Atsushi Miyagi / Masao Nagasaki Eduardo Dungo / Juan-Johnson José 8 6 6 3 6 1       4 Atsushi Miyagi Juan-Johnson José 6 2 1 6 6 1 3 6 6 4   5 Osamu Ishiguro Raymundo Deyro 6 4 6 2 6 4 ||||

### India vs. Thailand

| India 5 | Lucknow, India 1–3 April 1961 | Lucknow, India 1–3 April 1961 | Thailand 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaidip Mukerjea Sutiraphan Karalak 6 4 6 3 6 4       2 Ramanathan Krishnan Seri Charuchinda 6 0 6 3 6 1       3 Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall Seri Charuchinda / Sutiraphan Karalak 6 0 6 2 6 1       4 Jaidip Mukerjea Seri Charuchinda 6 1 3 6 6 1 7 5     5 Premjit Lall Sutiraphan Karalak 6 1 7 5 6 2 ||||

## Final
### India vs. Japan

| India 4 | New Delhi, India 6–8 May 1961 | New Delhi, India 6–8 May 1961 | Japan 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaidip Mukerjea Atsushi Miyagi 2 6 7 9 6 2 2 6     2 Ramanathan Krishnan Osamu Ishiguro 4 6 6 3 6 3 6 3     3 Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall Atsushi Miyagi / Masao Nagasaki 6 4 6 3 6 4       4 Ramanathan Krishnan Atsushi Miyagi 6 4 6 1 6 4       5 Akhtar Ali Osamu Ishiguro 4 6 6 4 6 0 2 6 6 4 ||||