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1970 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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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

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Draw

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Quarterfinals
14–30 March		Semifinals
3–12 April		Final
17–19 April
  Philippines
Manila, Philippines
bye
  Philippines0
  Australia5
  Australiaw/o
Tokyo, Japan
  South Korea
  Australia5
Hong Kong
  Japan0
  Hong Kong0
Tokyo, Japan
  Japan5
  Japan5
Saigon, South Vietnam
  South Vietnam0
  South Vietnam3
  Indonesia0

Quarterfinals

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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

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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

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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

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Draw

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Semifinals
14–30 March		Final
17–19 April
Patna, India
  India3
Bombay, India
  Pakistan1
  India5
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Ceylon0
  Malaysia0
  Ceylon3

Semifinals

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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

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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

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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

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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 Australia". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ a b "India v Ceylon". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ a b "India v Japan". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Hong Kong v Japan". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "South Vietnam v Indonesia". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Philippines v Australia". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Japan v South Vietnam". daviscup.com.
  9. ^ "India v Pakistan". daviscup.com.
  10. ^ "Malaysia v Ceylon". daviscup.com.
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