1970 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1970 Davis Cup.

11 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]

Australia defeated Japan in the Zone A final, and India defeated Ceylon in the Zone B final. ^{[2] [3]} In the Inter-Zonal final India defeated Australia and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone. ^[4]

Zone A

Draw

Quarterfinals 14–30 March

Semifinals 3–12 April

Final 17–19 April

Philippines

Manila, Philippines

bye

Philippines

0

Australia

5

Australia

w/o

Tokyo, Japan

South Korea

Australia

5

Hong Kong

Japan

0

Hong Kong

0

Tokyo, Japan

Japan

5

Japan

5

Saigon, South Vietnam

South Vietnam

0

South Vietnam

3

Indonesia

0

Quarterfinals

Hong Kong vs. Japan

Hong Kong 0	Hong Kong [5] 14–16 March 1970		Japan 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Ling Fong Keishiro Yanagi 2 6 2 6 2 6       2 Kenneth Tsui Isao Kobayashi 2 6 3 6 3 6       3 Kenneth Tsui  /  Winston Wei-Chung Isao Watanabe  /  Koji Watanabe 4 6 3 6 1 6       4 Ling Fong Isao Kobayashi 3 6 2 6 1 6       5 Kenneth Tsui Isao Watanabe 0 6 0 6 2 6

South Vietnam vs. Indonesia

South Vietnam 3	Saigon, South Vietnam [6] 28–30 March 1970		Indonesia 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Nguyễn Văn Thành Atet Wijono 3 6 6 3 0 6 6 4 6 1   2 Võ Văn Bảy Gondo Widjojo 6 0 6 1 6 1       3 Võ Văn Bảy  /  Mao Văn Rèn Gondo Widjojo  /  Atet Wijono 6 0 6 1 6 1       4 Võ Văn Bảy Atet Wijono           not played 5 Nguyễn Văn Thành Gondo Widjojo           not played

Semifinals

Philippines vs. Australia

Philippines 0	Manila, Philippines [7] 3–5 April 1970		Australia 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Eduardo Cruz Ray Ruffels 4 6 2 6 4 6       2 Raymundo Deyro Dick Crealy 2 6 6 4 2 6 1 6     3 Eduardo Cruz  /  Alexander Marcial Dick Crealy  /  Allan Stone 3 6 4 6 4 6       4 Raymundo Deyro Ray Ruffels 1 6 0 6 2 6       5 Eduardo Cruz John Alexander 6 8 3 6 3 6

Japan vs. South Vietnam

Japan 5	Tokyo, Japan [8] 10–12 April 1970		South Vietnam 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Koji Watanabe Võ Văn Thành 6 3 6 3 6 1       2 Isao Kobayashi Võ Văn Bảy 6 4 6 4 9 11 6 2     3 Hidesaburo Kuromatsu  /  Yuji Tezuka Võ Văn Bảy  /  Võ Văn Thành 6 1 8 6 6 1       4 Koji Watanabe Võ Văn Bảy 6 2 6 3 6 4       5 Isao Kobayashi Võ Văn Thành 6 4 8 6 6 3

Final

Japan vs. Australia

Japan 0	Tokyo, Japan [2] 17–19 April 1970		Australia 5
1 2 3 4 5 1 Koji Watanabe Allan Stone 6 8 9 7 4 6 0 6     2 Isao Kobayashi Dick Crealy 4 6 2 6 6 2 4 6     3 Junzo Kawamori  /  Takeshi Koura Ray Ruffels  /  Allan Stone 5 7 7 5 2 6 4 6     4 Koji Watanabe Dick Crealy 11 9 2 6 1 6 6 3 3 6   5 Isao Kobayashi Ray Ruffels 2 6 2 6 0 6

Zone B

Draw

	Semifinals 14–30 March					Final 17–19 April
	Patna, India
	India		3
						Bombay, India
	Pakistan		1
						India		5
	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
						Ceylon		0
	Malaysia		0
	Ceylon		3

Semifinals

India vs. Pakistan

India 3	Patna, India [9] 28–30 March 1970		Pakistan 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaidip Mukerjea Haroon Rahim 4 6 5 7 10 8 6 2     retired 2 Premjit Lall Munawar Iqbal 13 11 6 4 6 4       3 Premjit Lall  /  Jaidip Mukerjea Munawar Iqbal  /  Haroon Rahim 6 4 6 1 6 4       4 Sashi Menon Munawar Iqbal 6 8 1 6 4 6       5 Vijay Amritraj Mohammed Arif Ilahi 7 5 7 5 8 10 5 5   not completed

Malaysia vs. Ceylon

Malaysia 0	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [10] 14–16 March 1970		Ceylon 3
1 2 3 4 5 1 Sultan-Aman Azman Bernard Pinto 1 6 2 6 1 6       2 Song-Kean Tan Rupert Ferdinands 5 7 3 6 1 6       3 Sultan-Aman Azman  /  Song-Kean Tan Rupert Ferdinands  /  Bernard Pinto 6 4 3 6 6 3 0 6 0 6   4 Song-Kean Tan Bernard Pinto           not played 5 Sultan-Aman Azman Rupert Ferdinands           not played

Final

India vs. Ceylon

India 5	Bombay, India [3] 17–19 April 1970		Ceylon 0
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaidip Mukerjea Bernard Pinto 6 3 6 1 6 4       2 Premjit Lall Senaka Kumara 6 0 6 3 6 2       3 Vijay Amritraj  /  Sashi Menon Senaka Kumara  /  Bernard Pinto 6 3 6 4 5 7 6 4     4 Vijay Amritraj Senaka Kumara 6 1 6 0 6 3       5 Sashi Menon Bernard Pinto 6 3 6 1 4 6 8 6

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

India vs. Australia

India 3	Bangalore, India [4] 3–5 May 1970		Australia 1
1 2 3 4 5 1 Jaidip Mukerjea Dick Crealy 3 6 6 8 6 4 6 3 6 2   2 Premjit Lall Ray Ruffels 6 2 6 8 6 3 3 6 14 12   3 Premjit Lall  /  Jaidip Mukerjea John Alexander  /  Allan Stone 13 15 4 6 4 6       4 Premjit Lall Dick Crealy 8 6 6 2 6 2       5 Jaidip Mukerjea Ray Ruffels 6 3 7 5 4 6 3 6 6 6 not completed

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 Australia". daviscup.com.
3. "India v Ceylon". daviscup.com.
4. "India v Japan". daviscup.com.
5. "Hong Kong v Japan". daviscup.com.
6. "South Vietnam v Indonesia". daviscup.com.
7. "Philippines v Australia". daviscup.com.
8. "Japan v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
9. "India v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
10. "Malaysia v Ceylon". daviscup.com.

External links

• Davis Cup official website