1968 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1968 Davis Cup.

9 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 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

Quarterfinals

Semifinals 23–25 March; 26–28 April

Final 10–12 May

Indonesia

w/o

Manila, Philippines

South Vietnam

Indonesia

1

Philippines

4

Philippines

Tokyo, Japan

bye

Philippines

1

Japan

4

bye

Tokyo, Japan

South Korea

South Korea

0

Japan

5

bye

Japan

Semifinals

Philippines vs. Indonesia

Philippines 4	Manila, Philippines [5] 26–28 April 1968		Indonesia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Eduardo Cruz Diko Murdono 4 6 6 2 6 2 6 3     2 Felicisimo Ampon Gondo Widjojo 6 4 3 6 6 3 3 0     retired 3 Federico Deyro  /  Miguel Dungo Sutarjo Sugiarto  /  Gondo Widjojo 2 6 3 6 6 4 3 6     4 Eduardo Cruz Gondo Widjojo 6 2 6 3 4 6 6 3     5 Felicisimo Ampon Diko Murdono 7 5 4 6 6 1 6 1

Japan vs. South Korea

Japan 5	Tokyo, Japan [6] 23–25 March 1968		South Korea 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Toshiro Sakai Lee Ek-son 6 1 6 2 6 8 6 1     2 Koji Watanabe Chung Yong-ho 6 1 6 1 6 4       3 Isao Watanabe  /  Koji Watanabe Chung Yong-ho  /  Kim Moon-il 6 4 6 4 6 2       4 Jun Kamiwazumi Kim Moon-il 8 6 8 6 6 1       5 Toshiro Sakai Chung Yong-ho 6 1 6 1 6 1

Final

Japan vs. Philippines

Japan 4	Tokyo, Japan [2] 10–12 May 1969		Philippines 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ichizō Konishi Felicisimo Ampon 1 6 6 1 8 6 6 2     2 Koji Watanabe Eduardo Cruz 4 6 6 2 6 0 6 2     3 Isao Watanabe  /  Koji Watanabe Eduardo Cruz  /  Federico Deyro 6 1 6 2 6 2       4 Ichizō Konishi Eduardo Cruz 6 1 6 0 6 4       5 Toshiro Sakai Felicisimo Ampon 5 7 6 1 4 6 3 6

Zone B

Draw

	Semifinals 20–22 March					Final 26–28 April
	Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
	Malaysia		1
						Guwahati, India
	Ceylon		4
						Ceylon		2
						India		3
	bye
	India

Semifinals

Ceylon vs. Malaysia

Ceylon 4	Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon [7] 20–22 March 1968 Clay		Malaysia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Bernard Pinto Sultan-Aman Azman 4 6 4 6 6 3 6 3 4 6   2 Senaka Kumara Billy Yap 6 0 6 2 6 4       3 Rupert Ferdinands  /  Bernard Pinto Sultan-Aman Azman  /  Moses Tay 8 6 6 2 7 5       4 Bernard Pinto Billy Yap 6 3 6 3 7 5       5 Senaka Kumara Sultan-Aman Azman 8 6 6 3 6 2

Final

India vs. Ceylon

India 3	Guwahati, India [3] 26–28 April 1968		Ceylon 2
1 2 3 4 5 1 Shyam Minotra Rupert Ferdinands 6 2 5 7 6 2 6 8 8 6   2 Jaidip Mukerjea Senaka Kumara 5 7 6 4 6 3 6 2     3 Anand Amritraj  /  Gaurav Misra Rupert Ferdinands  /  Senaka Kumara 6 4 6 4 6 4       4 Anand Amritraj Rupert Ferdinands 5 7 6 4 1 6 7 9     5 Shyam Minotra Senaka Kumara 2 6 1 6 6 2 0 6

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

Japan vs. India

Japan 1	Tokyo, Japan [4] 21–23 September 1968		India 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Keishiro Yanagi Premjit Lall 2 6 4 6 3 6       2 Koji Watanabe Ramanathan Krishnan 2 6 6 3 3 6 2 6     3 Isao Watanabe  /  Koji Watanabe Ramanathan Krishnan  /  Jaidip Mukerjea 2 6 2 6 7 5 6 1 0 6   4 Keishiro Yanagi Ramanathan Krishnan 4 6 3 6 1 6       5 Koji Watanabe Premjit Lall 8 6 6 1 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. "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.
3. "India v Ceylon". daviscup.com.
4. "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
5. "Philippines v Indonesia". daviscup.com.
6. "Japan v South Korea". daviscup.com.
7. "Ceylon v Malaysia". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website