1966 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1966 Davis Cup.

8 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 America 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

  Semifinals
17–19 April
Final
30 April–2 May
                 
  Seoul, South Korea
    Philippines 3  
    South Korea 2     Manila, Philippines
      Philippines 2
      Japan 3
   bye
    Japan  

South Korea vs. Philippines


South Korea
2
Seoul, South Korea [5]
17–19 April 1966

Philippines
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Kim Doo-hwan
Felicisimo Ampon
6
3
4
6
3
6
1
6
   
2
Im Chung-yang
Raymundo Deyro
6
2
6
4
7
5
     
3
Im Chung-yang / Kim Doo-hwan
Samuel Ang / Augusto Villanueva
3
6
7
5
2
6
6
4
1
6
 
4
Im Chung-yang
Felicisimo Ampon
2
6
2
6
3
6
     
5
Kim Doo-hwan
Raymundo Deyro
7
9
6
4
6
3
6
4
   

Philippines vs. Japan


Philippines
2
Manila, Philippines [2]
30 April–2 May 1966

Japan
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Felicisimo Ampon
Koji Watanabe
5
7
4
6
3
6
     
2
Raymundo Deyro
Osamu Ishiguro
6
4
1
6
2
6
6
1
6
1
 
3
Samuel Ang / Eduardo Cruz
Osamu Ishiguro / Koji Watanabe
1
6
2
6
5
7
     
4
Raymundo Deyro
Koji Watanabe
2
6
4
6
2
6
     
5
Felicisimo Ampon
Osamu Ishiguro
6
4
6
3
6
1
     

Zone B

Draw

  Quarterfinals
Semifinals
19 March–19 April
Final
7–9 May
                           
 
    Ceylon w/o  
    South Vietnam     Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
      Ceylon 4  
      Malaysia 1  
    Malaysia
   bye     Madras, India
      Ceylon 0
        India 5
   bye  
    Iran     Ahmedabad, India
      Iran 0
      India 5  
   bye
    India  

Malaysia vs. Ceylon


Malaysia
1
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [6]
17–19 April 1966

Ceylon
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Sultan-Aman Azman
Senaka Kumara
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
2
Billy Yap
Bernard Pinto
3
6
3
6
4
6
     
3
Sultan-Aman Azman / Moses Tay
Senaka Kumara / Bernard Pinto
6
2
10
12
3
6
6
4
7
9
 
4
Billy Yap
Senaka Kumara
4
6
6
2
1
6
3
6
   
5
Sultan-Aman Azman
Gamini Perera
6
1
2
6
1
6
6
4
6
1
 

India vs. Iran


India
5
Ahmedabad, India [7]
19–21 March 1966

Iran
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Shiv Prakash Misra
Taghi Akbari
6
2
3
6
6
3
6
4
   
2
Premjit Lall
Nematollah Nemati
6
2
6
3
6
1
     
3
Premjit Lall / Shiv Prakash Misra
Taghi Akbari / Nematollah Nemati
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
4
Shiv Prakash Misra
Nematollah Nemati
7
5
6
0
6
0
     
5
Ravi Venkatesan
Ezzat Nemati
6
1
6
1
6
0
     

India vs. Ceylon


India
5
Madras, India [3]
7–9 May 1966

Ceylon
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Premjit Lall
Senaka Kumara
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
2
Shiv Prakash Misra
Bernard Pinto
9
7
6
2
6
2
     
3
Premjit Lall / Shiv Prakash Misra
Senaka Kumara / Bernard Pinto
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
4
Ravi Venkatesan
Gamini Perera
6
1
4
6
6
1
6
3
   
5
Shiv Prakash Misra
Senaka Kumara
6
4
6
3
6
3
     

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

Japan vs. India


Japan
1
Tokyo, Japan [4]
30 September–3 October 1966

India
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Osamu Ishiguro
Ramanathan Krishnan
3
6
6
2
2
6
8
10
   
2
Koji Watanabe
Premjit Lall
6
3
4
6
6
3
3
6
9
7
 
3
Osamu Ishiguro / Koji Watanabe
Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
4
Osamu Ishiguro
Premjit Lall
6
2
6
8
5
7
8
10
   
5
Koji Watanabe
Ramanathan Krishnan
2
6
5
7
0
6
     

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. "Philippines v Japan". daviscup.com.
  3. "India v Ceylon". daviscup.com.
  4. "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
  5. "South Korea v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  6. "Malaysia v Ceylon". daviscup.com.
  7. "India v Iran". daviscup.com.
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