1959 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1959 Davis Cup.

8 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 the Philippines in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[2]

Draw[edit]

Quarterfinals
21 March–12 April
Semifinals
25 April–3 May
Final
1 June
Tokyo, Japan
 Ceylon0
Tokyo, Japan
 Japan5
 Japan2
 India3
 Indiaw/o
Calcutta, India
 South Korea
 India4
 Philippines1
 Iran
Bangkok, Thailand
 Thailandw/o
 Thailand0
Manila, Philippines
 Philippines5
 Malaya0
 Philippines5

Quarterfinals[edit]

Japan vs. Ceylon[edit]


Japan
5
Tokyo, Japan[3]
10–12 April 1959

Ceylon
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
Dominion of Ceylon
Atsushi Miyagi
Bernard Pinto
6
0
6
1
6
0
     
2 Japan
Dominion of Ceylon
Kosei Kamo
Rupert Ferdinands
6
2
6
0
6
4
     
3 Japan
Dominion of Ceylon
Atsushi Miyagi / Yoshihisa Shibata
Rupert Ferdinands / Bernard Pinto
12
10
6
3
6
2
     
4 Japan
Dominion of Ceylon
Susumu Matsuura
Rupert Ferdinands
6
4
7
5
6
0
     
5 Japan
Dominion of Ceylon
Kosei Kamo
Bernard Pinto
6
2
6
1
6
2
     

Philippines vs. Malaya[edit]


Philippines
5
Manila, Philippines[4]
21–23 March 1959

Malaya
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 Philippines
Federation of Malaya
Felicisimo Ampon
Moses Tay
6
1
6
1
6
1
     
2 Philippines
Federation of Malaya
Raymundo Deyro
Chew-Bee Ong
6
4
6
1
6
2
     
3 Philippines
Federation of Malaya
Eduardo Dungo / Juan-Johnson José
Chew-Bee Ong / Moses Tay
6
3
6
3
6
3
     
4 Philippines
Federation of Malaya
Eduardo Dungo
Moses Tay
6
2
6
3
6
1
     
5 Philippines
Federation of Malaya
Juan-Johnson José
Chew-Bee Ong
6
1
6
2
6
3
     

Semifinals[edit]

Japan vs. India[edit]


Japan
2
Tokyo, Japan[5]
1–3 May 1959

India
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
India
Susumu Matsuura
Ramanathan Krishnan
2
6
4
6
4
6
     
2 Japan
India
Kosei Kamo
Naresh Kumar
6
3
1
6
6
0
8
6
   
3 Japan
India
Atsushi Miyagi / Yoshihisa Shibata
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar
3
6
4
6
4
6
     
4 Japan
India
Kosei Kamo
Ramanathan Krishnan
6
3
2
6
0
6
5
7
   
5 Japan
India
Susumu Matsuura
Naresh Kumar
3
6
6
3
6
3
4
6
6
3
 

Thailand vs. Philippines[edit]


Thailand
0
Bangkok, Thailand[6]
25–27 April 1959

Philippines
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Thailand
Philippines
Sutiraphan Karalak
Raymundo Deyro
1
6
2
6
7
5
1
6
   
2 Thailand
Philippines
Suthep Bulakul
Felicisimo Ampon
0
6
0
6
3
6
     
3 Thailand
Philippines
Sutiraphan Karalak / Kravi Sudasna
Raymundo Deyro / Juan-Johnson José
4
6
2
6
5
7
     
4 Thailand
Philippines
Sutiraphan Karalak
Felicisimo Ampon
0
6
6
4
2
6
1
6
   
5 Thailand
Philippines
Suthep Bulakul
Raymundo Deyro
0
6
0
6
3
6
     

Final[edit]

India vs. Philippines[edit]


India
4
Calcutta, India[2]
1 June 1959

Philippines
1
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Philippines
Naresh Kumar
Raymundo Deyro
6
2
6
2
6
3
     
2 India
Philippines
Ramanathan Krishnan
Felicisimo Ampon
6
2
6
2
6
3
     
3 India
Philippines
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar
Raymundo Deyro / Juan-Johnson José
6
3
8
6
6
2
     
4 India
Philippines
Ramanathan Krishnan
Juan-Johnson José
6
1
6
4
6
1
     
5 India
Philippines
Premjit Lall
Felicisimo Ampon
6
8
1
6
6
4
6
2
1
6
 

References[edit]

  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 "India v Philippines". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Japan v Ceylon". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Philippines v Malaya". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Thailand v Philippines". daviscup.com.

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