1956 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1956 Davis Cup.

Main article: 1956 Davis Cup

3 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the America Zone and Europe Zone.[1] India defeated Japan in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[2]

Draw
  Semifinals
22–24 March		 Final
18–20 May
                 
 
    Japan  
   bye     Tokyo, Japan
      Japan 2
  Colombo, Ceylon (clay)     India 3
    Ceylon 0
    India 5  

Semifinals

Ceylon vs. India

Ceylon
0		 Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon [3]
22–24 March 1956
Clay
India
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Rupert Ferdinands
Naresh Kumar		 2
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
2
Percy Ernst
Ramanathan Krishnan		 0
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
3
Rupert Ferdinands / Bernard Pinto
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar		 5
7 		2
6 		2
6 		     
4
Bernard Pinto
A.J. Udaykumar		 4
6 		9
7		 1
6 		0
6 		   
5
Koo De Saram
Ramanathan Krishnan		 1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     

Final

Japan vs. India

Japan
2		 Tokyo, Japan [2]
18–20 May 1956
India
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Atsushi Miyagi
Ramanathan Krishnan		 3
6 		0
6 		3
6 		     
2
Kosei Kamo
Naresh Kumar		 6
2		 4
6 		2
6 		6
4		 6
0		  
3
Kosei Kamo / Atsushi Miyagi
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar		 4
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
4
Atsushi Miyagi
Naresh Kumar		 6
4		 6
1		 6
1		      
5
Kosei Kamo
Ramanathan Krishnan		 8
6		 3
6 		4
6 		5
7 		   

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. "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
  3. "Ceylon v India". daviscup.com.
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