1979 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
Appearance
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
[edit]Draw
[edit]Pre-qualifying round 2–4 October 1978 | Preliminary round 3–5 November 1978 | |||||||
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Peshawar, Pakistan | ||||||||
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Jakarta, Indonesia | ||||||||
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Pre-qualifying round
[edit]Pakistan vs. South Korea
![]() Pakistan 3 |
Peshawar, Pakistan[3] 2–4 October 1978 |
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Preliminary round
[edit]Indonesia vs. Chinese Taipei
![]() Indonesia 4 |
Jakarta, Indonesia[4] 3–5 November 1978 |
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Main Draw
[edit]Draw
[edit]Quarterfinals 5–10 December 1978 | Semifinals 9–12 February | Final 16–19 March | |||||||||||
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Christchurch, New Zealand (grass) | |||||||||||||
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Kasuga, Japan | |||||||||||||
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Christchurch, New Zealand (grass) | |||||||||||||
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Ahmedabad, India | |||||||||||||
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Madras, India (clay) | |||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals
[edit]Japan vs. Pakistan
![]() Japan 4 |
Kasuga, Japan[5] 8–10 December 1978 |
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India vs. Indonesia
![]() India 4 |
Ahmedabad, India[6] 5–7 December 1978 |
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Semifinals
[edit]New Zealand vs. Japan
![]() New Zealand 3 |
Wilding Park, Christchurch, New Zealand[7] 9–11 February 1979 Grass |
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India vs. Australia
![]() India 2 |
Madras Gymkhana Club, Madras, India[8] 9–12 February 1979 Clay |
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Final
[edit]New Zealand vs. Australia
![]() New Zealand 2 |
Wilding Park, Christchurch, New Zealand[2] 16–19 March 1979 Grass |
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References
[edit]- ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ a b "New Zealand v Australia". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Pakistan v South Korea". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Indonesia v Chinese Taipei". daviscup.com.
- ^ "Japan v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
- ^ "India v Indonesia". daviscup.com.
- ^ "New Zealand v Japan". daviscup.com.
- ^ "India v Australia". daviscup.com.