1970 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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[edit]

Draw[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Draw[edit]

	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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

External links[edit]

• Davis Cup official website