1974 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
# 1974 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1974 Davis Cup.

11 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with 9 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.

India defeated Australia in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone. With a total of 327 games, the Eastern Zone final set the Davis Cup record for the most games in a tie, still standing as of 2019.

## Preliminary rounds

### Draw

| First Round | First Round | First Round | Qualifying Round | Qualifying Round | Qualifying Round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | | | | |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | | Karachi, Pakistan | Karachi, Pakistan | Karachi, Pakistan |
| bye | bye | | Karachi, Pakistan | Karachi, Pakistan | Karachi, Pakistan |
| bye | bye | | Pakistan | Pakistan | 4 |
| | | | Malaysia | Malaysia | 1 |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | | Malaysia | Malaysia | 1 |
| bye | bye | | | | |
| Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | 3 | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | 3 | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | 1 | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | 1 | Philippines | Philippines | 5 |
| | | | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 0 |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 0 |
| bye | bye | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | |
| bye | bye | | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan |
| South Vietnam | South Vietnam | | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan |
| South Vietnam | South Vietnam | | South Vietnam | South Vietnam | 0 |
| Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | South Vietnam | South Vietnam | 0 |
| Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Japan | Japan | 3 |
| Japan | Japan | 3 | Japan | Japan | 3 |
| South Korea | South Korea | 0 | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | w/o |
| | | | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | |
| bye | bye | | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | | | | |

### First round

Philippines vs. Indonesia

| Philippines 3 | Manila, Philippines 5–7 April 1974 | Manila, Philippines 5–7 April 1974 | Indonesia 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Eduardo Cruz Atet Wijono 6 1 6 3 6 2       2 Romeo Rafon Gondo Widjojo 2 6 4 6 6 3 6 3 6 2   3 Eduardo Cruz / Jesus Hernandez Gondo Widjojo / Atet Wijono 1 6 6 2 6 0 6 2     4 Bien Dimalanta Hadiman 11 9 4 6 0 6 3 6     5 Eduardo Cruz Gondo Widjojo           not played ||||

Japan vs. South Korea

| Japan 3 | Tokyo, Japan 5–7 April 1974 | Tokyo, Japan 5–7 April 1974 | South Korea 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Kenichi Hirai Kim Sung-bae 6 4 6 4 6 4       2 Toshiro Sakai Kim Moon-il 6 3 6 0 6 1       3 Kenichi Hirai / Kiyoshi Tanabe Kim Moon-il / Kim Sung-bae 6 4 6 1 6 1       4 Kenichi Hirai Kim Moon-il           not played 5 Toshiro Sakai Kim Sung-bae           not played ||||

### Qualifying round

Pakistan vs. Malaysia

| Pakistan 4 | Karachi, Pakistan 5–7 April 1974 | Karachi, Pakistan 5–7 April 1974 | Malaysia 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Saeed Meer Mohammed Akbar-Baba 6 3 6 0 6 1       2 Munawar Iqbal Lee Wai-ching 6 0 6 4 3 6 6 4     3 Munawar Iqbal / Saeed Meer Chow Weng-wah / Lee Wai-ching 6 4 8 6 6 3       4 Ismail Majeed Lee Wai-ching 6 3 6 2 6 3       5 Fazal Mahmoud Chow Weng-wah 3 6 6 2 4 6 1 2   retired ||||

Philippines vs. Hong Kong

| Philippines 5 | Manila, Philippines 12–14 April 1974 | Manila, Philippines 12–14 April 1974 | Hong Kong 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Eduardo Cruz Charles Chang 6 1 6 0 6 2       2 Romeo Rafon Hy Ny 6 2 6 0 6 1       3 Bien Dimalanta / Jesus Hernandez Hy Ny / Hans Rusli 6 0 6 2 6 1       4 Bien Dimalanta Hans Rusli 6 4 6 2 6 1       5 Romeo Rafon Ma Yat-lung 6 0 6 0 6 4 ||||

Japan vs. South Vietnam

| Japan 3 | Tokyo, Japan 19–21 April 1974 | Tokyo, Japan 19–21 April 1974 | South Vietnam 0 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Toshiro Sakai Đinh Quốc Tuấn 6 0 6 2 6 0       2 Kenichi Hirai Võ Văn Bảy 6 0 6 3 6 1       3 Kenichi Hirai / Toshiro Sakai Lý Alline An / Võ Văn Bảy 6 3 6 1 6 4       4 Toshiro Sakai Võ Văn Bảy           not played 5 Kenichi Hirai Đinh Quốc Tuấn           not played ||||

## Main Draw

### Draw

| Quarterfinals 26–28 April | Quarterfinals 26–28 April | Quarterfinals 26–28 April | Semifinals 3–5 May | Semifinals 3–5 May | Semifinals 3–5 May | Final 10–12 May | Final 10–12 May | Final 10–12 May |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rawalpindi, Pakistan | Rawalpindi, Pakistan | Rawalpindi, Pakistan | | | | | | |
| Australia | Australia | | | | | | | |
| Australia | Australia | | Rawalpindi, Pakistan | Rawalpindi, Pakistan | Rawalpindi, Pakistan | | | |
| bye | bye | | Rawalpindi, Pakistan | Rawalpindi, Pakistan | Rawalpindi, Pakistan | | | |
| bye | bye | | Australia | Australia | 3 | | | |
| Lahore, Pakistan | Lahore, Pakistan | Lahore, Pakistan | Australia | Australia | 3 | | | |
| Lahore, Pakistan | Lahore, Pakistan | Lahore, Pakistan | Pakistan | Pakistan | 0 | | | |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | 4 | Pakistan | Pakistan | 0 | | | |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | 4 | | | | Calcutta, India | Calcutta, India | Calcutta, India |
| Philippines | Philippines | 1 | | | | Calcutta, India | Calcutta, India | Calcutta, India |
| Philippines | Philippines | 1 | | | | Australia | Australia | 2 |
| Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | | | | Australia | Australia | 2 |
| Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (hard) | | | | India | India | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 0 | | | | India | India | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 0 | Kanpur, India | Kanpur, India | Kanpur, India | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 3 | Kanpur, India | Kanpur, India | Kanpur, India | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 3 | Japan | Japan | 1 | | | |
| | | | India | India | 4 | | | |
| bye | bye | | India | India | 4 | | | |
| India | India | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

Pakistan vs. Philippines

| Pakistan 4 | Lahore, Pakistan 26–28 April 1974 | Lahore, Pakistan 26–28 April 1974 | Philippines 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Munawar Iqbal Eduardo Cruz 4 6 6 8 2 6       2 Saeed Meer Romeo Rafon 6 2 6 2 6 1       3 Munawar Iqbal / Saeed Meer Eduardo Cruz / Jesus Hernandez 6 8 6 4 6 4 6 2     4 Saeed Meer Eduardo Cruz 10 8 6 0 6 1       5 Meer Mohammed Khan Bien Dimalanta 6 3 6 4 6 2 ||||

Chinese Taipei vs. Japan

| Chinese Taipei 0 | Taipei, Taiwan 26–28 April 1974 Hard | Taipei, Taiwan 26–28 April 1974 Hard | Japan 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Lin Chi-yuan Kiyoshi Tanabe 0 6 0 6 2 6       2 Tang Fu-shun Toshiro Sakai 1 6 2 6 2 6       3 Lin Chi-yuan / Tang Fu-shun Kenichi Hirai / Kiyoshi Tanabe 3 6 1 6 1 6       4 Tang Fu-shun Kiyoshi Tanabe           not played 5 Lin Chi-yuan Toshiro Sakai           not played ||||

### Semifinals

Pakistan vs. Australia

| Pakistan 0 | Rawalpindi, Pakistan 3–5 May 1974 | Rawalpindi, Pakistan 3–5 May 1974 | Australia 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Haroon Rahim Tony Roche 7 5 3 6 1 6 3 6     2 Saeed Meer Syd Ball 4 6 5 7 14 16       3 Saeed Meer / Haroon Rahim Colin Dibley / Tony Roche 18 20 4 6 3 6       4 Saeed Meer Tony Roche           not played 5 Haroon Rahim Syd Ball           not played ||||

India vs. Japan

| India 4 | Kanpur, India 3–5 May 1974 | Kanpur, India 3–5 May 1974 | Japan 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Vijay Amritraj Toshiro Sakai 3 6 6 0 3 6 6 2 6 2   2 Anand Amritraj Kenichi Hirai 6 4 12 10 6 3       3 Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj Kenichi Hirai / Toshiro Sakai 6 3 8 6 8 6       4 Sashi Menon Kiyoshi Tanabe 6 3 6 2 6 2       5 Jasjit Singh Toshiro Sakai 6 4 3 6 2 6 3 6 ||||

### Final

| India 3 | Calcutta, India 10–12 May 1974 | Calcutta, India 10–12 May 1974 | Australia 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jasjit Singh Bob Giltinan 11 9 9 11 12 10 8 6     2 Vijay Amritraj John Alexander 12 14 15 17 8 6 2 6     3 Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj John Alexander / Colin Dibley 17 15 6 8 6 3 16 18 6 4   4 Jasjit Singh John Alexander 6 8 4 6 3 6       5 Vijay Amritraj Bob Giltinan 6 1 5 7 6 4 6 4 ||||
