1966 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1966 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 America Zone and Europe Zone. ^[1]

Japan defeated the Philippines in the Zone A final, and 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

	Semifinals 17–19 April					Final 30 April–2 May
	Seoul, South Korea
		Philippines	3
		South Korea	2			Manila, Philippines
							Philippines	2
							Japan	3
		bye
		Japan

Semifinals

South Korea vs. Philippines

South Korea 2	Seoul, South Korea [5] 17–19 April 1966		Philippines 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Kim Doo-hwan Felicisimo Ampon 6 3 4 6 3 6 1 6     2 Im Chung-yang Raymundo Deyro 6 2 6 4 7 5       3 Im Chung-yang  /  Kim Doo-hwan Samuel Ang  /  Augusto Villanueva 3 6 7 5 2 6 6 4 1 6   4 Im Chung-yang Felicisimo Ampon 2 6 2 6 3 6       5 Kim Doo-hwan Raymundo Deyro 7 9 6 4 6 3 6 4

Final

Philippines vs. Japan

Philippines 2	Manila, Philippines [2] 30 April–2 May 1966		Japan 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Felicisimo Ampon Koji Watanabe 5 7 4 6 3 6       2 Raymundo Deyro Osamu Ishiguro 6 4 1 6 2 6 6 1 6 1   3 Samuel Ang  /  Eduardo Cruz Osamu Ishiguro  /  Koji Watanabe 1 6 2 6 5 7       4 Raymundo Deyro Koji Watanabe 2 6 4 6 2 6       5 Felicisimo Ampon Osamu Ishiguro 6 4 6 3 6 1

Zone B

Draw

Quarterfinals

Semifinals 19 March–19 April

Final 7–9 May

Ceylon

w/o

South Vietnam

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ceylon

4

Malaysia

1

Malaysia

bye

Madras, India

Ceylon

0

India

5

bye

Iran

Ahmedabad, India

Iran

0

India

5

bye

India

Semifinals

Malaysia vs. Ceylon

Malaysia 1	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [6] 17–19 April 1966		Ceylon 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sultan-Aman Azman Senaka Kumara 2 6 2 6 2 6       2 Billy Yap Bernard Pinto 3 6 3 6 4 6       3 Sultan-Aman Azman  /  Moses Tay Senaka Kumara  /  Bernard Pinto 6 2 10 12 3 6 6 4 7 9   4 Billy Yap Senaka Kumara 4 6 6 2 1 6 3 6     5 Sultan-Aman Azman Gamini Perera 6 1 2 6 1 6 6 4 6 1

India vs. Iran

India 5	Ahmedabad, India [7] 19–21 March 1966		Iran 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Shiv Prakash Misra Taghi Akbari 6 2 3 6 6 3 6 4     2 Premjit Lall Nematollah Nemati 6 2 6 3 6 1       3 Premjit Lall  /  Shiv Prakash Misra Taghi Akbari  /  Nematollah Nemati 6 2 6 4 6 4       4 Shiv Prakash Misra Nematollah Nemati 7 5 6 0 6 0       5 Ravi Venkatesan Ezzatollah Nemati 6 1 6 1 6 0

Final

India vs. Ceylon

India 5	Madras, India [3] 7–9 May 1966		Ceylon 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Premjit Lall Senaka Kumara 6 2 6 4 6 4       2 Shiv Prakash Misra Bernard Pinto 9 7 6 2 6 2       3 Premjit Lall  /  Shiv Prakash Misra Senaka Kumara  /  Bernard Pinto 6 3 6 2 6 2       4 Ravi Venkatesan Gamini Perera 6 1 4 6 6 1 6 3     5 Shiv Prakash Misra Senaka Kumara 6 4 6 3 6 3

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

Japan vs. India

Japan 1	Tokyo, Japan [4] 30 September–3 October 1966		India 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Osamu Ishiguro Ramanathan Krishnan 3 6 6 2 2 6 8 10     2 Koji Watanabe Premjit Lall 6 3 4 6 6 3 3 6 9 7   3 Osamu Ishiguro  /  Koji Watanabe Ramanathan Krishnan  /  Premjit Lall 2 6 3 6 3 6       4 Osamu Ishiguro Premjit Lall 6 2 6 8 5 7 8 10     5 Koji Watanabe Ramanathan Krishnan 2 6 5 7 0 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. "Philippines v Japan". daviscup.com.
3. "India v Ceylon". daviscup.com.
4. "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
5. "South Korea v Philippines". daviscup.com.
6. "Malaysia v Ceylon". daviscup.com.
7. "India v Iran". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website