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1968 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

Main article: 1968 Davis Cup

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

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Draw

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QuarterfinalsSemifinals
23–25 March; 26–28 April		Final
10–12 May
  Indonesiaw/o
Manila, Philippines
  South Vietnam
  Indonesia1
  Philippines4
  Philippines
Tokyo, Japan
bye
  Philippines1
  Japan4
bye
Tokyo, Japan
  South Korea
  South Korea0
  Japan5
bye
  Japan

Semifinals

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Philippines vs. Indonesia

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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

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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

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Japan vs. Philippines

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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

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Draw

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Semifinals
20–22 March		Final
26–28 April
Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
  Malaysia1
Guwahati, India
  Ceylon4
  Ceylon2
  India3
bye
  India

Semifinals

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Ceylon vs. Malaysia

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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

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India vs. Ceylon

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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

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Japan vs. India

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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

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  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "Japan v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "India v Ceylon". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Philippines v Indonesia". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Japan v South Korea". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Ceylon v Malaysia". daviscup.com.
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