1956 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1956 Davis Cup.

3 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 Japan in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.^[2]

Draw[edit]


Semifinals 22–24 March		Final 18–20 May



Japan
		Tokyo, Japan
bye
		Japan	2
Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
		India	3
Ceylon	0

India	5

Semifinals[edit]

Ceylon vs. India[edit]

Ceylon
0

Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon^[3]
22–24 March 1956
Clay

India
5

		1	2	3	4
1	Rupert Ferdinands Naresh Kumar	2 6	4 6	2 6
2	Percy Ernst Ramanathan Krishnan	0 6	1 6	2 6
3	Rupert Ferdinands / Bernard Pinto Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar	5 7	2 6	2 6
4	Bernard Pinto A.J. Udaykumar	4 6	9 7	1 6	0 6
5	Koo De Saram Ramanathan Krishnan	1 6	1 6	2 6

Final[edit]

Japan vs. India[edit]

Japan
2

Tokyo, Japan^[2]
18–20 May 1956

India
3

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Atsushi Miyagi Ramanathan Krishnan	3 6	0 6	3 6
2	Kosei Kamo Naresh Kumar	6 2	4 6	2 6	6 4	6 0
3	Kosei Kamo / Atsushi Miyagi Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar	4 6	3 6	1 6
4	Atsushi Miyagi Naresh Kumar	6 4	6 1	6 1
5	Kosei Kamo Ramanathan Krishnan	8 6	3 6	4 6	5 7

References[edit]

^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
^ ^a ^b "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
^ "Ceylon v India". daviscup.com.

External links[edit]

Davis Cup official website

[Collins-1] Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.

[Eastern_Final-2] "Japan v India". daviscup.com.

[3] "Ceylon v India". daviscup.com.

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