1969 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1969 Davis Cup.

8 teams entered the Eastern Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. The winner of each sub-zones would play against each other to determine who would compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Europe Zone.[1]

Japan received a walkover in the Zone A final after South Vietnam withdrew, while India defeated Ceylon in the Zone B final.[2][3] In the Inter-Zonal final India defeated Japan and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[4]

Zone A

Draw

Quarterfinals
28–30 March		Semifinals
4–20 April		Final
Jakarta, Indonesia
 Indonesia0
Tokyo, Japan
 Philippines3
 Philippines0
 Japan5
 Japan
bye
 Japanw/o
 South Vietnam
bye
Seoul, South Korea
 South Korea
 South Korea2
 South Vietnam3
bye
 South Vietnam

Quarterfinals

Indonesia vs. Philippines


Indonesia
0 		Jakarta, Indonesia[5]
28–30 March 1969
Philippines
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Indonesia
Philippines 		Atet Wijono
Eduardo Cruz 		2
6 		7
5 		6
4 		2
6 		2
6 		 
2 Indonesia
Philippines 		Sutarjo Sugiarto
Raymundo Deyro 		3
6 		6
8 		2
6 		     
3 Indonesia
Philippines 		Sutarjo Sugiarto / Gondo Widjojo
Eduardo Cruz / Alexander Marcial 		3
6 		4
6 		6
4 		7
9 		   
4 Indonesia
Philippines 		Sutarjo Sugiarto
Eduardo Cruz 		          not
played
5 Indonesia
Philippines 		Atet Wijono
Raymundo Deyro 		          not
played

Semifinals

Japan vs. Philippines


Japan
5 		Tokyo, Japan[6]
18–20 April 1969
Philippines
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Philippines 		Koji Watanabe
Raymundo Deyro 		6
2 		6
1 		6
2 		     
2 Japan
Philippines 		Keishiro Yanagi
Eduardo Cruz 		6
1 		6
3 		6
2 		     
3 Japan
Philippines 		Junzo Kawamori / Koji Watanabe
Eduardo Cruz / Alexander Marcial 		6
4 		6
4 		6
3 		     
4 Japan
Philippines 		Keishiro Yanagi
Raymundo Deyro 		6
1 		6
1 		6
2 		     
5 Japan
Philippines 		Koji Watanabe
Eduardo Cruz 		6
3 		6
4 		6
4 		     

South Korea vs. South Vietnam


South Korea
2 		Seoul, South Korea[7]
4–6 April 1969
South Vietnam
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Korea
South Vietnam 		Chung Yong-ho
Lưu Hoàng Đức 		6
4 		0
6 		5
7 		7
9 		   
2 South Korea
South Vietnam 		Kim Doo-hwan
Võ Văn Thành 		4
6 		3
6 		6
3 		6
4 		5
7 		 
3 South Korea
South Vietnam 		Chung Yong-ho / Kim Doo-hwan
Võ Văn Bảy / Lưu Hoàng Đức 		0
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     
4 South Korea
South Vietnam 		Kim Doo-hwan
Lưu Hoàng Đức 		6
3 		2
6 		6
4 		6
2 		   
5 South Korea
South Vietnam 		Chung Yong-ho
Võ Văn Thành 		6
4 		5
7 		2
6 		6
3 		8
6 		 

Final

Japan defeated South Vietnam by walkover.[2]

Zone B

Draw

Semifinals
1–3 March		Final
25–27 March
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 Malaysia0
Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
 India5
 India4
 Ceylon1
bye
 Ceylon

Semifinals

Malaysia vs. India


Malaysia
0 		Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[8]
1–3 March 1969
India
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Malaysia
India 		Sultan-Aman Azman
Gaurav Misra 		1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
2 Malaysia
India 		Billy Yap
Ramanathan Krishnan 		2
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
3 Malaysia
India 		Moses Tay / Billy Yap
Anand Amritraj / Gaurav Misra 		4
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4 Malaysia
India 		Sultan-Aman Azman
Anand Amritraj 		2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
5 Malaysia
India 		Abdul-Rahman Bakar
Gaurav Misra 		2
6 		0
6 		4
6 		     

Final

Ceylon vs. India


Ceylon
1 		Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon[3]
25–27 March 1969
Clay
India
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Dominion of Ceylon
India 		Senaka Kumara
Ramanathan Krishnan 		0
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     
2 Dominion of Ceylon
India 		Rupert Ferdinands
Shiv Prakash Misra 		3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3 Dominion of Ceylon
India 		Rupert Ferdinands / Bernard Pinto
Anand Amritraj / Gaurav Misra 		2
6 		7
9 		14
12 		7
5 		6
4 		 
4 Dominion of Ceylon
India 		Senaka Kumara
Shiv Prakash Misra 		2
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
5 Dominion of Ceylon
India 		Suresh Melvani
Anand Amritraj 		2
6 		2
6 		1
6 		     

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

India vs. Japan


India
5 		Poona, India[4]
10–12 May 1969
Japan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Japan 		Ramanathan Krishnan
Ichizō Konishi 		6
2 		6
4 		6
4 		     
2 India
Japan 		Premjit Lall
Koji Watanabe 		6
2 		6
3 		6
4 		     
3 India
Japan 		Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
Isao Watanabe / Koji Watanabe 		6
3 		13
11 		7
9 		6
4 		   
4 India
Japan 		Premjit Lall
Ichizō Konishi 		6
3 		6
1 		6
1 		     
5 India
Japan 		Shiv Prakash Misra
Koji Watanabe 		6
3 		6
3 		5
7 		6
2 		   

References

  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "Japan v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Ceylon v India". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "India v Japan". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Indonesia v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "South Korea v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Malaysia v India". daviscup.com.
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