1965 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1965 Davis Cup.

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

Japan defeated South Korea in the Zone A final, and India defeated South Vietnam 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

	Semifinals 23–25 April					Final 1–3 May
	Tokyo, Japan
	Philippines		0
						Seoul, South Korea
	Japan		5
						Japan		5
						South Korea		0
	bye
	South Korea

Semifinals

Japan vs. Philippines

Japan 5	Tokyo, Japan [5] 23–25 April 1965		Philippines 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ichizō Konishi Augusto Villanueva 9 7 6 2 6 0       2 Osamu Ishiguro Samuel Ang 10 8 6 2 6 4       3 Osamu Ishiguro  /  Koji Watanabe Samuel Ang  /  Alfredo Cruz 2 6 6 3 3 6 7 5 6 0   4 Ichizō Konishi Delfin Contreras 6 0 6 1 6 2       5 Koji Watanabe Augusto Villanueva 8 6 6 1 6 2

Final

South Korea vs. Japan

South Korea 0	Seoul, South Korea [2] 1–3 May 1965		Japan 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Im Chung-yang Osamu Ishiguro 1 6 5 7 3 6       2 Chung Yong-ho Koji Watanabe 0 6 0 6 4 6       3 Chung Yong-ho  /  Im Chung-yang Mitsuru Motoi  /  Koji Watanabe 2 6 3 6 4 6       4 Kim Doo-hwan Mitsuru Motoi 7 5 3 6 3 6 3 6     5 Baek Se-hyun Koji Watanabe 0 6 0 6 2 6

Zone B

Draw

Quarterfinals 19 February–1 March

Semifinals 13–29 March

Final 10–12 April

Ceylon

Colombo, Ceylon (clay)

bye

Ceylon

0

Abadan, Iran

India

5

India

5

Vijayawada, India

Iran

0

India

4

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (grass)

South Vietnam

0

South Vietnam

4

Saigon, South Vietnam

Pakistan

1

South Vietnam

5

Malaysia

0

bye

Malaysia

Quarterfinals

Iran vs. India

Iran 0	Abadan, Iran [6] 19–21 February 1965		India 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Taghi Akbari Jaidip Mukerjea 6 2 3 6 3 6 3 6     2 Nematollah Nemati Premjit Lall 2 6 2 6 2 6       3 Taghi Akbari  /  Nematollah Nemati Premjit Lall  /  Jaidip Mukerjea 4 6 1 6 2 6       4 Issa Khodaei Shiv Prakash Misra 0 6 0 6 2 6       5 Taghi Akbari Premjit Lall 3 6 0 6 4 6

Pakistan vs. South Vietnam

Pakistan 1	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [7] 27 February–1 March 1965 Grass		South Vietnam 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Haroon Rahim Võ Văn Bảy 3 6 3 6 7 5 7 5 6 1   2 Munawar Iqbal Lưu Hoàng Đức 5 7 1 6 4 6       3 Azim Inayat  /  Haroon Rahim Lưu Hoàng Đức  /  Võ Văn Bảy 5 7 5 7 1 6       4 Munawar Iqbal Võ Văn Bảy 3 6 1 6 3 6       5 Haroon Rahim Lưu Hoàng Đức 2 6 4 6 2 6

Semifinals

Ceylon vs. India

Ceylon 0	Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon [8] 27–29 March 1965 Clay		India 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Gamini Perera Jaidip Mukerjea 3 6 3 6 3 6       2 Bernard Pinto Premjit Lall 2 6 2 6 1 6       3 Gamini Perera  /  Bernard Pinto Premjit Lall  /  Jaidip Mukerjea 4 6 2 6 2 6       4 Bernard Pinto Ravi Venkatesan 0 6 6 2 0 6 1 6     5 Gamini Perera Shiv Prakash Misra 1 6 3 6 4 6

South Vietnam vs. Malaysia

South Vietnam 5	Saigon, South Vietnam [9] 13–15 March 1965		Malaysia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Lưu Hoàng Đức Sultan-Aman Azman 6 1 7 5 6 2       2 Võ Văn Bảy Sharin Osman 6 2 6 3 6 3       3 Võ Văn Bảy  /  Võ Văn Thành Sultan-Aman Azman  /  Yoke-Yen Kwok 6 3 6 2 6 1       4 Võ Văn Thành Sultan-Aman Azman 6 0 6 1 6 0       5 Lưu Hoàng Đức Sharin Osman 6 2 6 2 6 1

Final

India vs. South Vietnam

India 4	Vijayawada, India [3] 10–12 April 1965		South Vietnam 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Premjit Lall Võ Văn Thành 6 3 6 3 6 1       2 Jaidip Mukerjea Lưu Hoàng Đức 6 1 6 2 6 0       3 Premjit Lall  /  Jaidip Mukerjea Lưu Hoàng Đức  /  Võ Văn Thành 6 1 6 4 3 6 8 6     4 Ravi Venkatesan Lưu Hoàng Đức 6 2 6 3 6 8 6 3     5 Shiv Prakash Misra Võ Văn Thành 6 2 6 4 0 1     not completed

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

Japan vs. India

Japan 1	Tokyo, Japan [4] 1–3 October 1965		India 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Koji Watanabe Jaidip Mukerjea 0 6 4 6 5 7       2 Osamu Ishiguro Ramanathan Krishnan 4 6 4 6 2 6       3 Osamu Ishiguro  /  Koji Watanabe Ramanathan Krishnan  /  Jaidip Mukerjea 6 3 6 4 2 6 6 4     4 Koji Watanabe Ramanathan Krishnan 6 8 2 6 7 9       5 Osamu Ishiguro Jaidip Mukerjea 7 5 7 5 2 6 6 8 4 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. "South Korea v Japan". daviscup.com.
3. "India v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
4. "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
5. "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.
6. "Iran v India". daviscup.com.
7. "Pakistan v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
8. "Ceylon v India". daviscup.com.
9. "South Vietnam v Malaysia". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website