# 1971 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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

## Zone A
### Draw

| Quarterfinals 27–29 March | Quarterfinals 27–29 March | Quarterfinals 27–29 March | Semifinals 2–5 April | Semifinals 2–5 April | Semifinals 2–5 April | Final 23–25 April | Final 23–25 April | Final 23–25 April |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | | | | | | |
| Australia | Australia | 5 | | | | | | |
| Australia | Australia | 5 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Jakarta, Indonesia | Jakarta, Indonesia | | | |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 0 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Jakarta, Indonesia | Jakarta, Indonesia | | | |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 0 | Australia | Australia | 3 | | | |
| | | | Indonesia | Indonesia | 2 | | | |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | | Indonesia | Indonesia | 2 | | | |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | | | | | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan |
| bye | bye | | | | | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan |
| bye | bye | | | | | Australia | Australia | 2 |
| | | | | | | Japan | Japan | 3 |
| bye | bye | | | | | Japan | Japan | 3 |
| bye | bye | | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | | Philippines | Philippines | 1 | | | |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 4 | | | |
| bye | bye | | Japan | Japan | 4 | | | |
| Japan | Japan | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

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

### Semifinals

Indonesia vs. Australia
| Indonesia 2 | Jakarta, Indonesia 3–5 April 1971 | Jakarta, Indonesia 3–5 April 1971 | Australia 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Atet Wijono Ross Case 2 6 6 2 6 4 3 6 3 6   2 Gondo Widjojo Bob Giltinan 6 8 4 6 6 0 4 6     3 Budiman Aznar / Jacky Wulur John Cooper / Colin Dibley 2 6 0 6 1 6       4 Atet Wijono John Cooper 6 4 6 4 10 8       5 Gondo Widjojo Colin Dibley 6 1 4 6 7 5 6 1 ||||
Philippines vs. Japan
| Philippines 1 | Manila, Philippines 2–4 April 1971 | Manila, Philippines 2–4 April 1971 | Japan 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Raymundo Deyro Jun Kuki 1 6 4 6 2 6       2 Eduardo Cruz Toshiro Sakai 7 5 6 1 5 7 8 6     3 Eduardo Cruz / Raymundo Deyro Junzo Kawamori / Takeshi Koura 2 6 6 8 6 3 6 8     4 Eduardo Cruz Jun Kuki 0 6 6 3 2 6 1 6     5 Raymundo Deyro Toshiro Sakai 4 6 2 6 3 6 ||||

### Final

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

## Zone B
### Draw

| Semifinals 30 March–4 April | Semifinals 30 March–4 April | Semifinals 30 March–4 April | Final | Final | Final |
| Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | | | |
| India | India | 4 | | | |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | 0 | | | |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | 0 | India | India | w/o |
| Lahore, Pakistan | Lahore, Pakistan | Lahore, Pakistan | India | India | w/o |
| Lahore, Pakistan | Lahore, Pakistan | Lahore, Pakistan | Pakistan | Pakistan | |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 | Pakistan | Pakistan | |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | 5 | | | |

### Semifinals

Ceylon vs. India
| Ceylon 0 | Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon 2–4 April 1971 Clay | Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon 2–4 April 1971 Clay | India 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Senaka Kumara Gaurav Misra 2 6 11 13 2 6       2 Bernard Pinto Jaidip Mukerjea 5 7 6 8 5 7       3 Bernard Pinto / Ranjan Wattegedera Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea 2 6 3 6 4 6       4 Ranjan Wattegedera Gaurav Misra 6 4 3 6 2 6 2 6     5 Neville Senaratne Anand Amritraj 2 6 1 6       not completed ||||
Pakistan vs. Malaysia
| Pakistan 5 | Lahore, Pakistan 30 March–1 April 1971 | Lahore, Pakistan 30 March–1 April 1971 | Malaysia 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Haroon Rahim Sultan-Aman Azman 6 2 6 2 6 2       2 Munawar Iqbal Song-Kean Tan 6 3 6 3 6 1       3 Munawar Iqbal / Haroon Rahim Sultan-Aman Azman / Song-Kean Tan 6 2 6 1 6 3       4 Meer Mohammed Khan Song-Kean Tan 7 5 7 5 7 5       5 Munawar Iqbal Sultan-Aman Azman 6 1 6 3 6 0 ||||

### Final

India defeated Pakistan by walkover.

## Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

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