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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1973 Davis Cup.

10 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with 8 teams competing in the preliminary round to join the previous year's finalists Australia and India in the main draw. 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.

Australia defeated India in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.

Preliminary round

Draw

Preliminary Round
23–28 March		SemifinalsFinal
Seoul, South Korea
 South Korea1
 Japan4
Jakarta, Indonesia
 Indonesia5
 Hong Kong0
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 Malaysia0
 Pakistan3
Penang, Malaysia (grass)
 South Vietnam3
 Sri Lanka0

Results

South Korea vs. Japan


South Korea
1 		Seoul, South Korea
23–25 March 1973
Japan
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Korea
Japan 		Kim Sung-bae
Jun Kamiwazumi 		8
6 		6
1 		6
4 		     
2 South Korea
Japan 		Kim Moon-il
Jun Kuki 		4
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
3 South Korea
Japan 		Chung Yong-ho / Kim Moon-il
Jun Kamiwazumi / Toshiro Sakai 		2
6 		2
6 		6
2 		6
3 		3
6 		 
4 South Korea
Japan 		Kim Moon-il
Jun Kamiwazumi 		2
6 		6
1 		0
6 		0
6 		   
5 South Korea
Japan 		Kim Sung-bae
Jun Kuki 		5
7 		5
7 		0
6 		     

Indonesia vs. Hong Kong


Indonesia
5 		Jakarta, Indonesia
26–28 March 1973
Hong Kong
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Indonesia
Hong Kong 		Gondo Widjojo
Tao Po 		6
0 		6
0 		6
0 		     
2 Indonesia
Hong Kong 		Atet Wijono
Kenneth Tsui 		6
2 		6
1 		6
2 		     
3 Indonesia
Hong Kong 		Gondo Widjojo / Atet Wijono
Kenneth Tsui / Winston Wei-Chung 		6
3 		6
3 		6
4 		     
4 Indonesia
Hong Kong 		Yustedjo Tarik
Kenneth Tsui 		6
1 		6
2 		6
3 		     
5 Indonesia
Hong Kong 		Samudra Sangitan
Tao Po 		7
5 		6
0 		6
2 		     

Malaysia vs. Pakistan


Malaysia
0 		Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
23–25 March 1973
Pakistan
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Malaysia
Pakistan 		Munawar Iqbal
Zainuddin Meah 		6
0 		6
4 		6
1 		     
2 Malaysia
Pakistan 		Saeed Meer
Sultan-Aman Azman 		6
0 		6
0 		6
2 		     
3 Malaysia
Pakistan 		Munawar Iqbal / Saeed Meer
Weng-Wah Chow / Wai-Ching Lee 		6
2 		6
4 		6
2 		     
4 Malaysia
Pakistan 		Munawar Iqbal
Sultan-Aman Azman 		6
1 		1
4 		      not
completed
5 Malaysia
Pakistan 		Saeed Meer
Zainuddin Meah 		          not
played

South Vietnam vs. Sri Lanka


South Vietnam
3 		Penang, Malaysia
23–25 March 1973
Grass
Sri Lanka
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Vietnam
Sri Lanka 		Võ Văn Bảy
Senaka Kumara 		6
4 		6
3 		4
6 		6
4 		   
2 South Vietnam
Sri Lanka 		Võ Văn Thành
Bernard Pinto 		6
4 		6
3 		4
6 		6
4 		   
3 South Vietnam
Sri Lanka 		Lý Alline An / Võ Văn Bảy
Senaka Kumara / Bernard Pinto 		6
1 		6
2 		12
14 		6
4 		   
4 South Vietnam
Sri Lanka 		Võ Văn Bảy
Bernard Pinto 		          not
played
5 South Vietnam
Sri Lanka 		Võ Văn Thành
Senaka Kumara 		          not
played

Main Draw

Draw

Quarterfinals
9–15 April		Semifinals
20–22 April		Final
4–6 May
 Australia
Tokyo, Japan
bye
 Australia4
Tokyo, Japan
 Japan1
 Japan3
Madras, India
 Indonesia0
 Australia4
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (grass)
 India0
 Pakistan4
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (grass)
 South Vietnam1
 Pakistan0
 India4
bye
 India

Quarterfinals

Japan vs. Indonesia


Japan
3 		Tokyo, Japan
13–15 April 1973
Indonesia
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Indonesia 		Jun Kamiwazumi
Gondo Widjojo 		6
1 		6
4 		7
5 		     
2 Japan
Indonesia 		Toshiro Sakai
Atet Wijono 		6
3 		6
4 		6
1 		     
3 Japan
Indonesia 		Kenichi Hirai / Jun Kamiwazumi
Gondo Widjojo / Atet Wijono 		6
3 		6
2 		7
5 		     
4 Japan
Indonesia 		Jun Kamiwazumi
Atet Wijono 		          not
played
5 Japan
Indonesia 		Toshiro Sakai
Gondo Widjojo 		          not
played

Pakistan vs. South Vietnam


Pakistan
4 		Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
9–11 April 1973
Grass
South Vietnam
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 Pakistan
South Vietnam 		Saeed Meer
Võ Văn Thành 		6
2 		6
4 		5
7 		9
11 		6
2 		 
2 Pakistan
South Vietnam 		Munawar Iqbal
Võ Văn Bảy 		6
4 		6
4 		8
6 		     
3 Pakistan
South Vietnam 		Munawar Iqbal / Saeed Meer
Lý Alline An / Võ Văn Bảy 		6
4 		3
6 		4
6 		6
3 		10
8 		 
4 Pakistan
South Vietnam 		Munawar Iqbal
Võ Văn Thành 		6
4 		6
3 		6
1 		     
5 Pakistan
South Vietnam 		Saeed Meer
Võ Văn Bảy 		8
6 		0
6 		3
6 		2
6 		   

Semifinals

Japan vs. Australia


Japan
1 		Tokyo, Japan
20–22 April 1973
Australia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Australia 		Toshiro Sakai
Mal Anderson 		2
6 		7
9 		6
3 		1
6 		   
2 Japan
Australia 		Jun Kamiwazumi
John Newcombe 		2
6 		5
7 		1
6 		     
3 Japan
Australia 		Jun Kamiwazumi / Toshiro Sakai
Geoff Masters / John Newcombe 		4
6 		5
7 		4
6 		     
4 Japan
Australia 		Toshiro Sakai
John Newcombe 		8
6 		6
4 		4
6 		0
6 		6
3 		 
5 Japan
Australia 		Jun Kamiwazumi
Mal Anderson 		6
4 		6
4 		4
6 		4
6 		6
8 		 

India vs. Pakistan


India
4 		Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
20–22 April 1973
Grass
Pakistan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Pakistan 		Vijay Amritraj
Saeed Meer 		6
1 		6
4 		8
6 		     
2 India
Pakistan 		Anand Amritraj
Munawar Iqbal 		6
2 		6
2 		6
2 		     
3 India
Pakistan 		Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj
Munawar Iqbal / Saeed Meer 		6
3 		6
4 		6
4 		     
4 India
Pakistan 		Vijay Amritraj
Munawar Iqbal 		2
6 		6
3 		6
4 		2
3 		   
retired
5 India
Pakistan 		Chiradip Mukerjea
Saeed Meer 		4
6 		        not
completed

Final

India vs. Australia


India
0 		Madras, India
4–6 May 1973
Australia
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Australia 		Anand Amritraj
John Newcombe 		2
6 		1
6 		0
6 		     
2 India
Australia 		Vijay Amritraj
Mal Anderson 		1
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     
3 India
Australia 		Vijay Amritraj / Premjit Lall
Geoff Masters / John Newcombe 		6
4 		2
6 		5
7 		3
6 		   
4 India
Australia 		Premjit Lall
John Cooper 		6
4 		0
6 		6
8 		1
6 		   
5 India
Australia 		Vijay Amritraj
John Newcombe 		10
12 		6
3 		      not
completed

References

  1. Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). : New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ "India v Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. "South Korea v Japan". daviscup.com.
  4. "Indonesia v Hong Kong". daviscup.com.
  5. "Malaysia v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
  6. "South Vietnam v Sri Lanka". daviscup.com.
  7. "Japan v Indonesia". daviscup.com.
  8. "Pakistan v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
  9. "Japan v Australia". daviscup.com.
  10. "India v Pakistan". daviscup.com.

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