1979 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1979 Davis Cup.

10 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with 6 teams competing in the preliminary round to join the previous year's semifinalists in the main draw. Japan and India received byes into the quarterfinals, while Australia and New Zealand received byes into the semifinals. 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.^[1]

Australia defeated New Zealand in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.^[2]

Preliminary rounds

Draw

	Pre-qualifying round 2–4 October 1978					Preliminary round 3–5 November 1978
	Philippines
	bye
						Philippines
	Peshawar, Pakistan
						Pakistan		w/o
	Pakistan		3
	South Korea		2
	Chinese Taipei		w/o
						Jakarta, Indonesia
	Malaysia
						Chinese Taipei		0
						Indonesia		4
	bye
	Indonesia

Pre-qualifying round

Pakistan vs. South Korea

Pakistan 3	Peshawar, Pakistan[3] 2–4 October 1978		South Korea 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Saeed Meer Kim Bong-suk 7 5 9 7 7 9 4 6 2 6   2 Nadir Ali Khan Ju Chang-nam 6 3 6 8 10 8 6 4     3 Jamil Ahmed / Nadir Ali Khan Ju Chang-nam / Kim Bong-suk 6 1 6 8 3 6 1 6     4 Saeed Meer Ju Chang-nam 6 0 6 1 6 2       5 Nadir Ali Khan Kim Bong-suk 6 3 6 4 9 7

Preliminary round

Indonesia vs. Chinese Taipei

Indonesia 4	Jakarta, Indonesia[4] 3–5 November 1978		Chinese Taipei 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Yustedjo Tarik Hsu Huang-jung 6 4 6 2 6 4       2 Atet Wijono Wu Chang-rung 6 3 6 1 6 1       3 Gondo Widjojo / Atet Wijono Hsu Huang-jung / Wu Chang-rung 6 2 9 7 6 1       4 Yustedjo Tarik Wu Chang-rung 6 2 6 2 3 6 6 0     5 Hadiman Hsu Huang-jung 4 6 7 5 4 6 5 4   not completed

Main Draw

Draw

Quarterfinals 5–10 December 1978

Semifinals 9–12 February

Final 16–19 March

New Zealand

Christchurch, New Zealand (grass)

bye

New Zealand

3

Kasuga, Japan

Japan

0

Japan

4

Christchurch, New Zealand (grass)

Pakistan

1

New Zealand

2

Ahmedabad, India

Australia

3

Indonesia

1

Madras, India (clay)

India

4

India

2

Australia

3

bye

Australia

Quarterfinals

Japan vs. Pakistan

Japan 4	Kasuga, Japan[5] 8–10 December 1978		Pakistan 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jun Kuki Meer Mohammed Khan 6 2 6 2 6 1       2 Jun Kamiwazumi Saeed Meer 4 6 6 3 5 7 7 9     3 Kenichi Hirai / Jun Kamiwazumi Saeed Meer / Meer Mohammed Khan 6 0 6 2 6 2       4 Jun Kuki Saeed Meer 6 2 6 4 6 4       5 Kenichi Hirai Meer Mohammed Khan 6 2 6 2 6 4

India vs. Indonesia

India 4	Ahmedabad, India[6] 5–7 December 1978		Indonesia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sashi Menon Atet Wijono 7 5 6 0 6 4       2 Anand Amritraj Yustedjo Tarik 6 4 6 2 6 4       3 Anand Amritraj / Sashi Menon Gondo Widjojo / Atet Wijono 6 1 10 8 6 2       4 Anand Amritraj Atet Wijono             w/o 5 Sashi Menon Yustedjo Tarik 7 5 4 6 6 2 6 4

Semifinals

New Zealand vs. Japan

New Zealand 3	Wilding Park, Christchurch, New Zealand[7] 9–11 February 1979 Grass		Japan 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Russell Simpson Jun Kamiwazumi 6 4 6 4 6 4       2 Onny Parun Kenichi Hirai 6 3 12 14 10 8 6 3     3 Brian Fairlie / Russell Simpson Kenichi Hirai / Jun Kamiwazumi 6 4 4 6 6 4 6 4     4 Russell Simpson Kenichi Hirai           not played 5 Onny Parun Jun Kamiwazumi           not played

India vs. Australia

India 2	Madras Gymkhana Club, Madras, India[8] 9–12 February 1979 Clay		Australia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sashi Menon Ross Case 7 9 1 6 2 6       2 Vijay Amritraj John Alexander 4 6 6 8 6 1 3 6     3 Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj Ross Case / Geoff Masters 6 8 6 4 6 1 6 3     4 Vijay Amritraj Ross Case 7 5 6 1 7 5       5 Sashi Menon John Alexander 8 6 6 3 3 6 3 6 4 6

Final

New Zealand vs. Australia

New Zealand 2	Wilding Park, Christchurch, New Zealand[2] 16–19 March 1979 Grass		Australia 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Onny Parun Mark Edmondson 3 6 6 3 6 3 6 2     2 Russell Simpson John Alexander 4 6 6 4 5 7 4 6     3 Onny Parun / Russell Simpson John Alexander / Phil Dent 4 6 7 9 3 6       4 Russell Simpson Mark Edmondson 3 6 2 6 4 6       5 Onny Parun John Alexander 7 5 6 3 6 3

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