1981 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The '''Eastern Zone''' was one of the three regional zones of the [[1981 Davis Cup]].

6 teams entered the Eastern Zone in total. With the introduction of a new tiered format, the [[1980 Davis Cup Eastern Zone|previous year's semifinalists]] bypassed Zonal competition and qualified directly for the new 16-team [[1981 Davis Cup World Group|World Group]]. The remaining teams would now compete for a place in the following year's World Group.<ref name="ITF">{{cite web |title=ITF Events - Davis Cup |url=https://www.itftennis.com/about/itf-events/davis-cup.aspx |website=itftennis.com |publisher=[[International Tennis Federation]] |accessdate=12 November 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112195458/https://www.itftennis.com/about/itf-events/davis-cup.aspx |archivedate=12 November 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="DC">{{cite web |title=Davis Cup History |url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/organisation/davis-cup-history.aspx |website=daviscup.com |accessdate=12 November 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112195331/https://www.daviscup.com/en/organisation/davis-cup-history.aspx |archivedate=12 November 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Collins>{{cite book|author=Bud Collins|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0942257700|pages=495–506|edition=2nd}}</ref>

[[India Davis Cup team|India]] defeated [[Indonesia Davis Cup team|Indonesia]] in the final and qualified for the [[1982 Davis Cup World Group|1982 World Group]].<ref name="Eastern Final" />

==Participating nations== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * {{davis|TPE}} * {{davis|IND}} * {{davis|INA}} * {{davis|MAS}} * {{davis|PAK}} * {{davis|THA}} {{div col end}}

===Draw=== {{8TeamBracket-info | RD1-date=9–11 January | RD2-date=13–15 February | RD3-date=6–8 March

| RD1T1-loc= | RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|IND}} | RD1-score1= | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=bye | RD1-score2=

| RD1T2-loc=[[Bangkok]], Thailand (hard) | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{davis|MAS}} | RD1-score3=0 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4={{davis|THA}} | RD1-score4=5

| RD1T3-loc=[[Taipei]], Taiwan (indoor hard) | RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5={{davis|INA}} | RD1-score5=4 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6={{davis|TPE}} | RD1-score6=1

| RD1T4-loc= | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=bye | RD1-score7= | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8={{davis|PAK}} | RD1-score8=

| RD2T1-loc=[[Bangkok]], Thailand (hard) | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|IND}} | RD2-score1=5 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|THA}} | RD2-score2=0

| RD2T2-loc=[[Jakarta]], Indonesia (clay) | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3={{davis|INA}} | RD2-score3=3 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4={{davis|PAK}} | RD2-score4=0

| RD3T1-loc=[[Jakarta]], Indonesia (clay) | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1={{davis|IND}} | RD3-score1=3 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2={{davis|INA}} | RD3-score2=2 }}

==Quarterfinals== ===Thailand vs. Malaysia=== {{DavisCupbox |team1=Thailand |team2=Malaysia |venue=[[Bangkok]], Thailand<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EAS-M-MAS-THA-01|title=Thailand v Malaysia|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref> |date=9–11 January 1981 |surface=Hard |score1=5 |score2=0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Pichet Boratisa]] |6 |6 |4 |6 | |T2P1=[[Suresh Menon (tennis)|Suresh Menon]] |3 |0 |6 |0 | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Sombat Uamongkol]] |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Rudy Foo]] |3 |5 |4 | | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Pichet Boratisa]] |T1P2=[[Sombat Uamongkol]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Rudy Foo]] |T2P2=[[Suresh Menon (tennis)|Suresh Menon]] |2 |2 |1 | | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Sombat Uamongkol]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Suresh Menon (tennis)|Suresh Menon]] |1 |3 |3 | | }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Ponkaphan Phisaimongket]] |6 |6 |3 |6 | |T2P1=[[Rudy Foo]] |4 |1 |6 |1 | }} |}}

===Chinese Taipei vs. Indonesia=== {{DavisCupbox |team1=Chinese Taipei |team2=Indonesia |venue=[[Taipei]], Taiwan<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EAS-M-INA-TPE-01|title=Chinese Taipei v Indonesia|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref> |date=9–11 January 1981 |surface=Hard (indoors) |score1=1 |score2=4 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Wu Chang-rung]] |9 |3 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Tintus Arianto Wibowo]] |11 |6 |8 | | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Hsu Huang-jung]] |2 |2 |4 | | |T2P1=[[Yustedjo Tarik]] |6 |6 |6 | | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Hsu Huang-jung]] |T1P2=[[Wu Chang-rung]] |6 |3 |6 |8 | |T2P1=[[Gondo Widjojo]] |T2P2=[[Atet Wijono]] |4 |6 |3 |6 | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Wu Chang-rung]] |3 |6 |2 |2 | |T2P1=[[Yustedjo Tarik]] |6 |4 |6 |6 | }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Hsu Huang-jung]] |3 |6 |5 |6 |3 |T2P1=[[Tintus Arianto Wibowo]] |6 |4 |7 |3 |6 }} |}}

==Semifinals== ===Thailand vs. India=== {{DavisCupbox |team1=Thailand |team2=India |venue=[[Bangkok]], Thailand<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EAS-M-IND-THA-01|title=Thailand v India|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref> |date=13–15 February 1981 |surface=Hard |score1=0 |score2=5 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Sombat Uamongkol]] |3 |2 |2 | | |T2P1=[[Ramesh Krishnan]] |6 |6 |6 | | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Pichet Boratisa]] |2 |1 |2 | | |T2P1=[[Vijay Amritraj]] |6 |6 |6 | | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Pichet Boratisa]] |T1P2=[[Sombat Uamongkol]] |2 |4 |1 | | |T2P1=[[Anand Amritraj]] |T2P2=[[Vijay Amritraj]] |6 |6 |6 | | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Pichet Boratisa]] |3 |2 |1 | | |T2P1=[[Ramesh Krishnan]] |6 |6 |6 | | }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Sombat Uamongkol]] |0 |2 |7 | | |T2P1=[[Vijay Amritraj]] |6 |6 |9 | | }} |}}

===Indonesia vs. Pakistan=== {{DavisCupbox |team1=Indonesia |team2=Pakistan |venue=[[Jakarta]], Indonesia<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EAS-M-INA-PAK-01|title=Indonesia v Pakistan|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref> |date=13–15 February 1981 |surface=Clay |score1=3 |score2=0 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Atet Wijono]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Inam-ul-Haq (tennis)|Inam-ul-Haq]] |1 |2 |0 | | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Yustedjo Tarik]] |6 |6 |8 |15 | |T2P1=[[Saeed Meer]] |2 |1 |10 |13 | }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Gondo Widjojo]] |T1P2=[[Atet Wijono]] |4 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Nadir Ali Khan]] |T2P2=[[Altaf Hussain (tennis)|Altaf Hussain]] |6 |2 |4 |1 | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Atet Wijono]] | | | | | |T2P1=[[Saeed Meer]] | | | | | |np= }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Yustedjo Tarik]] | | | | | |T2P1=[[Inam-ul-Haq (tennis)|Inam-ul-Haq]] | | | | | |np= }} |}}

==Final== ===Indonesia vs. India=== {{DavisCupbox |team1=Indonesia |team2=India |venue=[[Jakarta]], Indonesia<ref name="Eastern Final">{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1981-EAS-M-IND-INA-01|title=Indonesia v India|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref> |date=6–8 March 1981 |surface=Clay |score1=2 |score2=3 |R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Atet Wijono]] |3 |10 |2 |3 | |T2P1=[[Sashi Menon]] |6 |8 |6 |6 | }} |R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Yustedjo Tarik]] |11 |6 |5 |7 |6 |T2P1=[[Anand Amritraj]] |9 |4 |7 |9 |4 }} |R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Tintus Arianto Wibowo]] |T1P2=[[Yustedjo Tarik]] |6 |5 |9 |4 | |T2P1=[[Anand Amritraj]] |T2P2=[[Sashi Menon]] |3 |7 |11 |6 | }} |R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Yustedjo Tarik]] |3 |4 |2 | | |T2P1=[[Sashi Menon]] |6 |6 |6 | | }} |R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Atet Wijono]] |6 | | | | |T2P1=[[Anand Amritraj]] |5 | | | | |re2=1 }} |}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.daviscup.com Davis Cup official website]

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