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  
    Philippines 3     Tokyo, Japan
      Philippines 0  
      Japan 5  
    Japan
   bye    
      Japan w/o
        South Vietnam
   bye  
    South Korea     Seoul, 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 Indonesia
Philippines 		Atet Wijono
 2
6 		7
5 		6
4 		2
6 		2
6 		 
2 Indonesia
Philippines 		Sutarjo Sugiarto
Raymundo Deyro 		3
6 		6
8 		2
6 		     
3 Indonesia
Philippines 		Sutarjo Sugiarto / Gondo Widjojo
 / Alexander Marcial 		3
6 		4
6 		6
4 		7
9 		   
4 Indonesia
Philippines 		Sutarjo Sugiarto
           not
played
5 Indonesia
Philippines 		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 Japan
Philippines 		Koji Watanabe
Raymundo Deyro 		6
2 		6
1 		6
2 		     
2 Japan
Philippines 		Keishiro Yanagi
 6
1 		6
3 		6
2 		     
3 Japan
Philippines 		Junzo Kawamori / Koji Watanabe
 / Alexander Marcial 		6
4 		6
4 		6
3 		     
4 Japan
Philippines 		Keishiro Yanagi
Raymundo Deyro 		6
1 		6
1 		6
2 		     
5 Japan
Philippines 		Koji Watanabe
 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 South Korea
South Vietnam
Lưu Hoàng Đức 		6
4 		0
6 		5
7 		7
9 		   
2 South Korea
South Vietnam
4
6 		3
6 		6
3 		6
4 		5
7 		 
3 South Korea
South Vietnam 		 / 
 / Lưu Hoàng Đức 		0
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     
4 South Korea
South Vietnam
Lưu Hoàng Đức 		6
3 		2
6 		6
4 		6
2 		   
5 South Korea
South Vietnam
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  
    India 5     Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
      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 Malaysia
India
1
6 		1
6 		1
6 		     
2 Malaysia
India
Ramanathan Krishnan 		2
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
3 Malaysia
India 		 / 
Anand Amritraj /  		4
6 		3
6 		4
6 		     
4 Malaysia
India
Anand Amritraj 		2
6 		2
6 		4
6 		     
5 Malaysia
India
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 Dominion of Ceylon
India
Ramanathan Krishnan 		0
6 		0
6 		0
6 		     
2 Dominion of Ceylon
India
3
6 		3
6 		3
6 		     
3 Dominion of Ceylon
India 		 / 
Anand Amritraj /  		2
6 		7
9 		14
12 		7
5 		6
4 		 
4 Dominion of Ceylon
India
2
6 		2
6 		2
6 		     
5 Dominion of Ceylon
India
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 India
Japan 		Ramanathan Krishnan
 6
2 		6
4 		6
4 		     
2 India
Japan 		Premjit Lall
Koji Watanabe 		6
2 		6
3 		6
4 		     
3 India
Japan 		Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
Isao Watanabe / Koji Watanabe 		6
3 		13
11 		7
9 		6
4 		   
4 India
Japan 		Premjit Lall
 6
3 		6
1 		6
1 		     
5 India
Japan
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. ^ a b "Japan v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "Ceylon v India". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "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.

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