title: 1983 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
text: # 1983 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
  
  The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1983 Davis Cup.
  
  10 teams entered the Eastern Zone in total, with the winner promoted to the following year's World Group. India defeated Japan in the final and qualified for the 1984 World Group.
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  * China
  * Chinese Taipei
  * Hong Kong
  * India
  * Japan
  * Malaysia
  * Philippines
  * South Korea
  * Sri Lanka
  * Thailand
  
  ### Draw
  
  | First round 14–16 January | First round 14–16 January | First round 14–16 January | Quarterfinals 4–6 March | Quarterfinals 4–6 March | Quarterfinals 4–6 March | Semifinals 6–8 May | Semifinals 6–8 May | Semifinals 6–8 May | Final 30 September–2 October | Final 30 September–2 October | Final 30 September–2 October |
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  | India | India | | | | | | | | | | |
  | India | India | | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | | | | | | |
  | bye | bye | | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | | | | | | |
  | bye | bye | | India | India | 4 | | | | | | |
  | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | India | India | 4 | | | | | | |
  | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | Colombo, Sri Lanka (clay) | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 1 | | | | | | |
  | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 1 | | | | | | |
  | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 3 | | | | New Delhi, India (grass) | New Delhi, India (grass) | New Delhi, India (grass) | | | |
  | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 2 | | | | New Delhi, India (grass) | New Delhi, India (grass) | New Delhi, India (grass) | | | |
  | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 2 | | | | India | India | 5 | | | |
  | | | | | | | Thailand | Thailand | 0 | | | |
  | Thailand | Thailand | | | | | Thailand | Thailand | 0 | | | |
  | Thailand | Thailand | | Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard) | | | | | | |
  | bye | bye | | Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard) | | | | | | |
  | bye | bye | | Thailand | Thailand | 3 | | | | | | |
  | | | | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 2 | | | | | | |
  | bye | bye | | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 2 | | | | | | |
  | bye | bye | | | | | | | | Tokyo, Japan (hard) | Tokyo, Japan (hard) | Tokyo, Japan (hard) |
  | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | | | | | | | | Tokyo, Japan (hard) | Tokyo, Japan (hard) | Tokyo, Japan (hard) |
  | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | | | | | | | | India | India | 3 |
  | Manila, Philippines (indoor clay) | Manila, Philippines (indoor clay) | Manila, Philippines (indoor clay) | | | | | | | India | India | 3 |
  | Manila, Philippines (indoor clay) | Manila, Philippines (indoor clay) | Manila, Philippines (indoor clay) | | | | | | | Japan | Japan | 2 |
  | Philippines | Philippines | 5 | | | | | | | Japan | Japan | 2 |
  | Philippines | Philippines | 5 | Seoul, South Korea (clay) | Seoul, South Korea (clay) | Seoul, South Korea (clay) | | | | | | |
  | Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 | Seoul, South Korea (clay) | Seoul, South Korea (clay) | Seoul, South Korea (clay) | | | | | | |
  | Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 | Philippines | Philippines | 1 | | | | | | |
  | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 4 | | | | | | |
  | bye | bye | | South Korea | South Korea | 4 | | | | | | |
  | bye | bye | | | | | Nagoya, Japan (hard) | Nagoya, Japan (hard) | Nagoya, Japan (hard) | | | |
  | South Korea | South Korea | | | | | Nagoya, Japan (hard) | Nagoya, Japan (hard) | Nagoya, Japan (hard) | | | |
  | South Korea | South Korea | | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 1 | | | |
  | | | | | | | Japan | 4 | |
  | China | China | | | | | Japan | 4 | |
  | China | China | | Osaka, Japan (hard) | Osaka, Japan (hard) | Osaka, Japan (hard) | | | | | |
  | bye | bye | | Osaka, Japan (hard) | Osaka, Japan (hard) | Osaka, Japan (hard) | | | | | |
  | bye | bye | | China | China | 2 | | | | | |
  | | | | Japan | Japan | 3 | | | | | |
  | bye | bye | | Japan | Japan | 3 | | | | | |
  | Japan | Japan | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ## First round
  
  ### Sri Lanka vs. Hong Kong
  
  | Sri Lanka 3 | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 14–16 January 1983 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 14–16 January 1983 Clay | Hong Kong 2 |
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  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Arjun Fernando Mark Bailey 5 7 3 6 5 7       2 Frank Sebaratnam Kelvin Ng 2 6 6 2 6 1      retired 3 Arjun Fernando / Frank Sebaratnam Mark Bailey / Pang Chi-yuen 6 4 3 6 4 6 6 4 6 1   4 Frank Sebaratnam Mark Bailey 7 5 3 6 2 6 6 4 6 4   5 Arjun Perera Paul Bailey 2 6 4 6 2 6 ||||
  
  ### Philippines vs. Malaysia
  
  | Philippines 5 | Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila, Philippines 14–16 January 1983 Clay (indoors) | Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila, Philippines 14–16 January 1983 Clay (indoors) | Malaysia 0 |
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  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ody Gabriel Adam Malik 6 4 6 0 6 2       2 Romeo Rafon Roy ANchant 6 0 6 0 6 0       3 Enrique Capulong / Raymundo Suarez Adam Malik / Abdul-Rahman Ramlal 6 3 7 9 6 2 7 5     4 Ody Gabriel Abdul-Rahman Ramlal 6 2 6 1         5 Romeo Rafon Adam Malik 6 0 6 0 ||||
  
  ## Quarterfinals
  
  ### Sri Lanka vs. India
  
  | Sri Lanka 1 | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 4–6 March 1983 Clay | Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka 4–6 March 1983 Clay | India 4 |
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  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Frank Sebaratnam Sashi Menon 0 6 1 6 3 6       2 Arjun Fernando Vijay Amritraj 3 6 1 6 4 6       3 Arjun Fernando / Frank Sebaratnam Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj 2 6 4 6 1 6       4 Frank Sebaratnam Srinivasan Vasudevan 1 6 2 6 0 6       5 Arjun Fernando Sashi Menon 4 6 2 1        retired ||||
  
  ### Chinese Taipei vs. Thailand
  
  | Chinese Taipei 2 | Taipei, Taiwan 4–6 March 1983 Hard (indoors) | Taipei, Taiwan 4–6 March 1983 Hard (indoors) | Thailand 3 |
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  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Wu Chang-rung Panomkorn Pladchurnil 6 2 8 10 6 4 4 6 6 4   2 Hsu Huang-jung Sombat Uamongkol 6 4 4 6 2 6 5 7     3 Hsu Huang-jung / Wu Chang-rung Panomkorn Pladchurnil / Sombat Uamongkol 3 6 2 6 4 6       4 Wu Chang-rung Sombat Uamongkol 4 6 6 4 6 2 4 6 6 2   5 Hsu Huang-jung Panomkorn Pladchurnil 6 4 4 6 6 2 1 6 1 6 ||||
  
  ### South Korea vs. Philippines
  
  | South Korea 4 | Tong Dae Mun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 4–6 March 1983 Clay | Tong Dae Mun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 4–6 March 1983 Clay | Philippines 1 |
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  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Jeon Young-dai Beeyong Sison 6 1 6 4 8 6       2 Kim Choon-ho Romeo Rafon 8 6 6 3 6 0       3 Lee Woo-ryong / Song Dong-wook Ody Gabriel / Beeyong Sison 11 9 6 3 9 7       4 Song Dong-wook Manuel Valleramos 6 2 6 2         5 Kim Choon-ho Beeyong Sison 8 10 3 6 ||||
  
  ### Japan vs. China
  
  | Japan 3 | Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, Japan 4–6 March 1983 Hard | Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka, Japan 4–6 March 1983 Hard | China 2 |
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  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Tsuyoshi Fukui Li Shiqin 6 0 6 0 6 1       2 Hitoshi Shirato Liu Shuhua 6 8 3 6 6 3 6 4 4 6   3 Hitoshi Shirato / Toru Yonezawa Liu Shuhua / Ma Keqin 4 6 3 6 6 1 6 4 5 7   4 Tsuyoshi Fukui Liu Shuhua 6 2 6 2 6 2       5 Hitoshi Shirato Li Shiqin 6 2 7 5 6 4 ||||
  
  ## Semifinals
  
  ### India vs. Thailand
  
  | India 5 | New Delhi, India 6–8 May 1983 Grass | New Delhi, India 6–8 May 1983 Grass | Thailand 0 |
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  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Vijay Amritraj Sombat Uamongkol 6 4 6 0 6 3       2 Sashi Menon Supot Meesawat 7 5 6 2 6 0       3 Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj Supot Meesawat / Sombat Uamongkol 6 1 6 2 6 0       4 Sashi Menon Sombat Uamongkol 7 5 6 3         5 Nandan Bal Supot Meesawat 6 4 9 7 ||||
  
  ### Japan vs. South Korea
  
  | Japan 4 | Green Tennis Club, Nagoya, Japan 6–8 May 1983 Hard | Green Tennis Club, Nagoya, Japan 6–8 May 1983 Hard | South Korea 1 |
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  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Tsuyoshi Fukui Song Dong-wook 2 6 6 2 6 1 7 5     2 Hitoshi Shirato Lee Woo-ryong 4 6 6 1 6 4 6 3     3 Shigeyuki Nishio / Toru Yonezawa Jeon Young-dai / Song Dong-wook 7 5 5 7 6 3 3 6 7 5   4 Tsuyoshi Fukui Lee Woo-ryong 6 1 6 1         5 Hitoshi Shirato Song Dong-wook 5 7 5 7 ||||
  
  ## Final
  
  ### Japan vs. India
  
  | Japan 2 | Den-En Colosseum, Tokyo, Japan 30 September–2 October 1983 Hard | Den-En Colosseum, Tokyo, Japan 30 September–2 October 1983 Hard | India 3 |
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  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Tsuyoshi Fukui Ramesh Krishnan 4 6 1 6 6 3 6 4 0 6   2 Hitoshi Shirato Vijay Amritraj 2 6 6 8 3 6       3 Jun Kamiwazumi / Toru Yonezawa Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj 1 6 8 6 4 6 2 6     4 Hitoshi Shirato Ramesh Krishnan 2 6 6 4 7 5       5 Tsuyoshi Fukui Vijay Amritraj 7 5 6 3 ||||
  