1968 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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

w/o

1

4

bye

1

Japan

4

bye

Tokyo, Japan

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
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
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
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

^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
^ ^a ^b "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.
^ ^a ^b "India v Ceylon". daviscup.com.
^ ^a ^b "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
^ "Philippines v Indonesia". daviscup.com.
^ "Japan v South Korea". daviscup.com.
^ "Ceylon v Malaysia". daviscup.com.

External links

Davis Cup official website

[Collins-1] Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.

[A_Final-2] "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.

[B_Final-3] "India v Ceylon". daviscup.com.

[Eastern_Final-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.

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