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

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Draw

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QuarterfinalsSemifinals
23–25 March; 26–28 April
Final
10–12 May
  Indonesiaw/o
Manila, Philippines
  South Vietnam
  Indonesia1
  Philippines4
  Philippines
Tokyo, Japan
bye
  Philippines1
  Japan4
bye
Tokyo, Japan
  South Korea
  South Korea0
  Japan5
bye
  Japan

Semifinals

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Philippines vs. Indonesia

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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

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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

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Japan vs. Philippines

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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

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Draw

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Semifinals
20–22 March
Final
26–28 April
Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
  Malaysia1
Guwahati, India
  Ceylon4
  Ceylon2
  India3
bye
  India

Semifinals

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Ceylon vs. Malaysia

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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

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India vs. Ceylon

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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

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Japan vs. India

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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

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  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 Philippines". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "India v Ceylon". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "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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