1960 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1960 Davis Cup.

6 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] The Philippines defeated India in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone. ^[2]

Draw

Quarterfinals 4–6 April

Semifinals 22–24 April

Final 27–29 May

Philippines

Manila, Philippines

bye

Philippines

3

Tokyo, Japan

Japan

2

Japan

5

Manila, Philippines

South Korea

0

Philippines

3

Colombo, Ceylon (clay)

India

0

India

5

Bangkok, Thailand

Ceylon

0

India

5

Thailand

0

bye

Thailand

Quarterfinals

Japan vs. South Korea

Japan 5	Tokyo, Japan [3] 4–6 April 1960		South Korea 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Osamu Ishiguro Lee Sang-yun 6 1 6 2 6 4       2 Yuzuru Furuta Um Hwa-yong 6 2 6 2 6 3       3 Akira Ichiyama  /  Masao Nagasaki Kim Ke-hwan  /  Lee Sang-yun 3 6 6 4 6 1 6 3     4 Yuzuru Furuta Lee Sang-yun 6 2 7 5 6 4       5 Osamu Ishiguro Um Hwa-yong 6 2 6 2 6 4

Ceylon vs. India

Ceylon 0	Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon [4] 4–6 April 1960 Clay		India 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 David Nevins-Selvadurai Ramanathan Krishnan 0 6 0 6 1 6       2 Bernard Pinto Naresh Kumar 2 6 3 6 3 6       3 Rupert Ferdinands  /  Bernard Pinto Ramanathan Krishnan  /  Naresh Kumar 3 6 4 6 1 6       4 Bernard Pinto Ramanathan Krishnan 3 6 2 6 2 6       5 David Nevins-Selvadurai Naresh Kumar 1 6 2 6 0 6

Semifinals

Philippines vs. Japan

Philippines 3	Manila, Philippines [5] 22–24 April 1960		Japan 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Raymundo Deyro Masao Nagasaki 6 1 6 1 6 4       2 Juan-Johnson José Osamu Ishiguro 6 4 3 6 4 6 6 0 3 6   3 Raymundo Deyro  /  Juan-Johnson José Osamu Ishiguro  /  Masao Nagasaki 6 2 7 5 6 1       4 Juan-Johnson José Masao Nagasaki 0 6 1 6 9 7 6 4 6 0   5 Eduardo Dungo Osamu Ishiguro 1 6 4 6 4 6

Thailand vs. India

Thailand 0	Bangkok, Thailand [6] 22–24 April 1960		India 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sutiraphan Karalak Jaidip Mukerjea 9 11 6 0 2 6 6 3 3 6   2 Seri Charuchinda Naresh Kumar 3 6 2 6 4 6       3 Sutiraphan Karalak  /  Kravi Sudasna Naresh Kumar  /  Jaidip Mukerjea 4 6 2 6 6 3 3 6     4 Sutiraphan Karalak Naresh Kumar 10 8 3 6 0 6 6 4 2 6   5 Seri Charuchinda Jaidip Mukerjea 1 6 3 6 7 5 2 6

Final

Philippines vs. India

Philippines 3	Manila, Philippines [2] 27–29 May 1960		India 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Raymundo Deyro Naresh Kumar 6 0 6 1 6 1       2 Felicisimo Ampon Ramanathan Krishnan 6 3 8 6 6 1       3 Eduardo Dungo  /  Juan-Johnson José Ramanathan Krishnan  /  Naresh Kumar 6 2 6 2 6 2       4 Felicisimo Ampon Naresh Kumar           not played 5 Raymundo Deyro Ramanathan Krishnan           not played

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

External links

• Davis Cup official website