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.[1] India defeated Japan in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[2]

Draw

Quarterfinals
18–28 March		Semifinals
1–24 April		Final
6–8 May
 Philippines
Tokyo, Japan
bye
 Philippines2
 Japan3
 Japanw/o
New Delhi, India
 South Korea
 Japan1
Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
 India4
 Ceylon2
Lucknow, India
 Thailand3
 Thailand0
Bandung, Indonesia
 India5
 Indonesia1
 India4

Quarterfinals

Ceylon vs. Thailand


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

Indonesia vs. India


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

Semifinals

Japan vs. Philippines


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

India vs. Thailand


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

Final

India vs. Japan


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

References

  1. ↑ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. 1 2 "India v Japan". daviscup.com.
  3. ↑ "Ceylon v Thailand". daviscup.com.
  4. ↑ "Indonesia v India". daviscup.com.
  5. ↑ "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  6. ↑ "India v Thailand". daviscup.com.
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