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[edit]

Draw[edit]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals 23–25 March; 26–28 April

Final 10–12 May

Indonesia

w/o

Manila, Philippines

South Vietnam

Indonesia

1

Philippines

4

Philippines

Tokyo, Japan

bye

Philippines

1

Japan

4

bye

Tokyo, Japan

South Korea

South Korea

0

Japan

5

bye

Japan

Semifinals[edit]

Philippines vs. Indonesia[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Japan vs. Philippines[edit]

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[edit]

Draw[edit]

	Semifinals 20–22 March					Final 26–28 April
	Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
	Malaysia		1
						Guwahati, India
	Ceylon		4
						Ceylon		2
						India		3
	bye
	India

Semifinals[edit]

Ceylon vs. Malaysia[edit]

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[edit]

India vs. Ceylon[edit]

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[edit]

Japan vs. India[edit]

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[edit]

External links[edit]

• Davis Cup official website