1969 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1969 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 Americas Zone and Europe Zone.[1]

Japan received a walkover in the Zone A final after South Vietnam withdrew, while 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

  Quarterfinals
28–30 March
Semifinals
4–20 April
Final
                           
  Jakarta, Indonesia
    Indonesia 0  
    Philippines 3     Tokyo, Japan
      Philippines 0  
      Japan 5  
    Japan
   bye    
      Japan w/o
        South Vietnam
   bye  
    South Korea     Seoul, South Korea
      South Korea 2
      South Vietnam 3  
   bye
    South Vietnam  

Indonesia vs. Philippines


Indonesia
0
Jakarta, Indonesia [5]
28–30 March 1969

Philippines
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Atet Wijono
Eduardo Cruz
2
6
7
5
6
4
2
6
2
6
 
2
Sutarjo Sugiarto
Raymundo Deyro
3
6
6
8
2
6
     
3
Sutarjo Sugiarto / Gondo Widjojo
Eduardo Cruz / Alexander Marcial
3
6
4
6
6
4
7
9
   
4
Sutarjo Sugiarto
Eduardo Cruz
          not
played
5
Atet Wijono
Raymundo Deyro
          not
played

Japan vs. Philippines


Japan
5
Tokyo, Japan [6]
18–20 April 1969

Philippines
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Koji Watanabe
Raymundo Deyro
6
2
6
1
6
2
     
2
Keishiro Yanagi
Eduardo Cruz
6
1
6
3
6
2
     
3
Junzo Kawamori / Koji Watanabe
Eduardo Cruz / Alexander Marcial
6
4
6
4
6
3
     
4
Keishiro Yanagi
Raymundo Deyro
6
1
6
1
6
2
     
5
Koji Watanabe
Eduardo Cruz
6
3
6
4
6
4
     

South Korea vs. South Vietnam


South Korea
2
Seoul, South Korea [7]
4–6 April 1969

South Vietnam
3
1 2 3 4 5
1
Chung Yong-ho
Lưu Hoàng Đức
6
4
0
6
5
7
7
9
   
2
Kim Doo-hwan
Võ Văn Thành
4
6
3
6
6
3
6
4
5
7
 
3
Chung Yong-ho / Kim Doo-hwan
Võ Văn Bảy / Lưu Hoàng Đức
0
6
0
6
0
6
     
4
Kim Doo-hwan
Lưu Hoàng Đức
6
3
2
6
6
4
6
2
   
5
Chung Yong-ho
Võ Văn Thành
6
4
5
7
2
6
6
3
8
6
 

Final

Japan defeated South Vietnam by walkover.[2]

Zone B

Draw

  Semifinals
1–3 March
Final
25–27 March
                 
  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Malaysia 0  
    India 5     Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
      India 4
      Ceylon 1
   bye
    Ceylon  

Malaysia vs. India


Malaysia
0
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [8]
1–3 March 1969

India
5
1 2 3 4 5
1
Sultan-Aman Azman
Gaurav Misra
1
6
1
6
1
6
     
2
Billy Yap
Ramanathan Krishnan
2
6
3
6
1
6
     
3
Moses Tay / Billy Yap
Anand Amritraj / Gaurav Misra
4
6
3
6
4
6
     
4
Sultan-Aman Azman
Anand Amritraj
2
6
2
6
4
6
     
5
Abdul-Rahman Bakar
Gaurav Misra
2
6
0
6
4
6
     

Ceylon vs. India


Ceylon
1
Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon [3]
25–27 March 1969
Clay

India
4
1 2 3 4 5
1
Senaka Kumara
Ramanathan Krishnan
0
6
0
6
0
6
     
2
Rupert Ferdinands
Shiv Prakash Misra
3
6
3
6
3
6
     
3
Rupert Ferdinands / Bernard Pinto
Anand Amritraj / Gaurav Misra
2
6
7
9
14
12
7
5
6
4
 
4
Senaka Kumara
Shiv Prakash Misra
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
5
Suresh Melvani
Anand Amritraj
2
6
2
6
1
6
     

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

India vs. Japan


India
5
Poona, India [4]
10–12 May 1969

Japan
0
1 2 3 4 5
1
Ramanathan Krishnan
Ichizō Konishi
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
2
Premjit Lall
Koji Watanabe
6
2
6
3
6
4
     
3
Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea
Isao Watanabe / Koji Watanabe
6
3
13
11
7
9
6
4
   
4
Premjit Lall
Ichizō Konishi
6
3
6
1
6
1
     
5
Shiv Prakash Misra
Koji Watanabe
6
3
6
3
5
7
6
2
   

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