1969 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1969 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 Americas Zone and Europe Zone. ^[1]

Japan received a walkover in the Zone A final after South Vietnam withdrew, while 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 28–30 March

Semifinals 4–20 April

Final

Jakarta, Indonesia

Indonesia

0

Tokyo, Japan

Philippines

3

Philippines

0

Japan

5

Japan

bye

Japan

w/o

South Vietnam

bye

Seoul, South Korea

South Korea

South Korea

2

South Vietnam

3

bye

South Vietnam

Quarterfinals

Indonesia vs. Philippines

Indonesia 0	Jakarta, Indonesia [5] 28–30 March 1969		Philippines 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Atet Wijono Eduardo Cruz 2 6 7 5 6 4 2 6 2 6   2 Sutarjo Sugiarto Raymundo Deyro 3 6 6 8 2 6       3 Sutarjo Sugiarto  /  Gondo Widjojo Eduardo Cruz  /  Alexander Marcial 3 6 4 6 6 4 7 9     4 Sutarjo Sugiarto Eduardo Cruz           not played 5 Atet Wijono Raymundo Deyro           not played

Semifinals

Japan vs. Philippines

Japan 5	Tokyo, Japan [6] 18–20 April 1969		Philippines 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Koji Watanabe Raymundo Deyro 6 2 6 1 6 2       2 Keishiro Yanagi Eduardo Cruz 6 1 6 3 6 2       3 Junzo Kawamori  /  Koji Watanabe Eduardo Cruz  /  Alexander Marcial 6 4 6 4 6 3       4 Keishiro Yanagi Raymundo Deyro 6 1 6 1 6 2       5 Koji Watanabe Eduardo Cruz 6 3 6 4 6 4

South Korea vs. South Vietnam

South Korea 2	Seoul, South Korea [7] 4–6 April 1969		South Vietnam 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Chung Yong-ho Lưu Hoàng Đức 6 4 0 6 5 7 7 9     2 Kim Doo-hwan Võ Văn Thành 4 6 3 6 6 3 6 4 5 7   3 Chung Yong-ho  /  Kim Doo-hwan Võ Văn Bảy  /  Lưu Hoàng Đức 0 6 0 6 0 6       4 Kim Doo-hwan Lưu Hoàng Đức 6 3 2 6 6 4 6 2     5 Chung Yong-ho Võ Văn Thành 6 4 5 7 2 6 6 3 8 6

Final

Japan defeated South Vietnam by walkover. ^[2]

Zone B

Draw

	Semifinals 1–3 March					Final 25–27 March
	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Malaysia		0
						Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
	India		5
						India		4
						Ceylon		1
	bye
	Ceylon

Semifinals

Malaysia vs. India

Malaysia 0	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [8] 1–3 March 1969		India 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sultan-Aman Azman Gaurav Misra 1 6 1 6 1 6       2 Billy Yap Ramanathan Krishnan 2 6 3 6 1 6       3 Moses Tay  /  Billy Yap Anand Amritraj  /  Gaurav Misra 4 6 3 6 4 6       4 Sultan-Aman Azman Anand Amritraj 2 6 2 6 4 6       5 Abdul-Rahman Bakar Gaurav Misra 2 6 0 6 4 6

Final

Ceylon vs. India

Ceylon 1	Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon [3] 25–27 March 1969 Clay		India 4
1 2 3 4 5 1 Senaka Kumara Ramanathan Krishnan 0 6 0 6 0 6       2 Rupert Ferdinands Shiv Prakash Misra 3 6 3 6 3 6       3 Rupert Ferdinands  /  Bernard Pinto Anand Amritraj  /  Gaurav Misra 2 6 7 9 14 12 7 5 6 4   4 Senaka Kumara Shiv Prakash Misra 2 6 2 6 2 6       5 Suresh Melvani Anand Amritraj 2 6 2 6 1 6

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

India vs. Japan

India 5	Poona, India [4] 10–12 May 1969		Japan 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ramanathan Krishnan Ichizō Konishi 6 2 6 4 6 4       2 Premjit Lall Koji Watanabe 6 2 6 3 6 4       3 Premjit Lall  /  Jaidip Mukerjea Isao Watanabe  /  Koji Watanabe 6 3 13 11 7 9 6 4     4 Premjit Lall Ichizō Konishi 6 3 6 1 6 1       5 Shiv Prakash Misra Koji Watanabe 6 3 6 3 5 7 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 South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
3. "Ceylon v India". daviscup.com.
4. "India v Japan". daviscup.com.
5. "Indonesia v Philippines". daviscup.com.
6. "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.
7. "South Korea v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
8. "Malaysia v India". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website