1959 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

Main article: 1959 Davis Cup

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1959 Davis Cup.

8 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the America Zone and Europe Zone. ^[1] India defeated the Philippines in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone. ^[2]

Draw

Quarterfinals 21 March–12 April

Semifinals 25 April–3 May

Final 1 June

Tokyo, Japan

Ceylon

0

Tokyo, Japan

Japan

5

Japan

2

India

3

India

w/o

Calcutta, India

South Korea

India

4

Philippines

1

Iran

Bangkok, Thailand

Thailand

w/o

Thailand

0

Manila, Philippines

Philippines

5

Malaya

0

Philippines

5

Quarterfinals

Japan vs. Ceylon

Japan 5	Tokyo, Japan [3] 10–12 April 1959		Ceylon 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Atsushi Miyagi Bernard Pinto 6 0 6 1 6 0       2 Kosei Kamo Rupert Ferdinands 6 2 6 0 6 4       3 Atsushi Miyagi  /  Yoshihisa Shibata Rupert Ferdinands  /  Bernard Pinto 12 10 6 3 6 2       4 Susumu Matsuura Rupert Ferdinands 6 4 7 5 6 0       5 Kosei Kamo Bernard Pinto 6 2 6 1 6 2

Philippines vs. Malaya

Philippines 5	Manila, Philippines [4] 21–23 March 1959		Malaya 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Felicisimo Ampon Moses Tay 6 1 6 1 6 1       2 Raymundo Deyro Chew-Bee Ong 6 4 6 1 6 2       3 Eduardo Dungo  /  Juan-Johnson José Chew-Bee Ong  /  Moses Tay 6 3 6 3 6 3       4 Eduardo Dungo Moses Tay 6 2 6 3 6 1       5 Juan-Johnson José Chew-Bee Ong 6 1 6 2 6 3

Semifinals

Japan vs. India

Japan 2	Tokyo, Japan [5] 1–3 May 1959		India 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Susumu Matsuura Ramanathan Krishnan 2 6 4 6 4 6       2 Kosei Kamo Naresh Kumar 6 3 1 6 6 0 8 6     3 Atsushi Miyagi  /  Yoshihisa Shibata Ramanathan Krishnan  /  Naresh Kumar 3 6 4 6 4 6       4 Kosei Kamo Ramanathan Krishnan 6 3 2 6 0 6 5 7     5 Susumu Matsuura Naresh Kumar 3 6 6 3 6 3 4 6 6 3

Thailand vs. Philippines

Thailand 0	Bangkok, Thailand [6] 25–27 April 1959		Philippines 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sutiraphan Karalak Raymundo Deyro 1 6 2 6 7 5 1 6     2 Suthep Bulakul Felicisimo Ampon 0 6 0 6 3 6       3 Sutiraphan Karalak  /  Kravi Sudasna Raymundo Deyro  /  Juan-Johnson José 4 6 2 6 5 7       4 Sutiraphan Karalak Felicisimo Ampon 0 6 6 4 2 6 1 6     5 Suthep Bulakul Raymundo Deyro 0 6 0 6 3 6

Final

India vs. Philippines

India 4	Calcutta, India [2] 1 June 1959		Philippines 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Naresh Kumar Raymundo Deyro 6 2 6 2 6 3       2 Ramanathan Krishnan Felicisimo Ampon 6 2 6 2 6 3       3 Ramanathan Krishnan  /  Naresh Kumar Raymundo Deyro  /  Juan-Johnson José 6 3 8 6 6 2       4 Ramanathan Krishnan Juan-Johnson José 6 1 6 4 6 1       5 Premjit Lall Felicisimo Ampon 6 8 1 6 6 4 6 2 1 6

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. "India v Philippines". daviscup.com.
3. "Japan v Ceylon". daviscup.com.
4. "Philippines v Malaya". daviscup.com.
5. "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
6. "Thailand v Philippines". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website