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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1966 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 America Zone and Europe Zone.

Japan defeated the Philippines in the Zone A final, and India defeated Ceylon in the Zone B final. In the Inter-Zonal final India defeated Japan and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.

Zone A

Draw

Semifinals
17–19 April
Final
30 April–2 May
Seoul, South Korea
 Philippines3
Manila, Philippines
 South Korea2
 Philippines2
 Japan3
bye
 Japan

Semifinals

South Korea vs. Philippines


South Korea
2
Seoul, South Korea
17–19 April 1966

Philippines
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 South Korea
Philippines
Kim Doo-hwan
Felicisimo Ampon
6
3
4
6
3
6
1
6
   
2 South Korea
Philippines
Im Chung-yang
Raymundo Deyro
6
2
6
4
7
5
     
3 South Korea
Philippines
Im Chung-yang / Kim Doo-hwan
Samuel Ang / Augusto Villanueva
3
6
7
5
2
6
6
4
1
6
 
4 South Korea
Philippines
Im Chung-yang
Felicisimo Ampon
2
6
2
6
3
6
     
5 South Korea
Philippines
Kim Doo-hwan
Raymundo Deyro
7
9
6
4
6
3
6
4
   

Final

Philippines vs. Japan


Philippines
2
Manila, Philippines
30 April–2 May 1966

Japan
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Philippines
Japan
Felicisimo Ampon
Koji Watanabe
5
7
4
6
3
6
     
2 Philippines
Japan
Raymundo Deyro
Osamu Ishiguro
6
4
1
6
2
6
6
1
6
1
 
3 Philippines
Japan
Samuel Ang / Eduardo Cruz
Osamu Ishiguro / Koji Watanabe
1
6
2
6
5
7
     
4 Philippines
Japan
Raymundo Deyro
Koji Watanabe
2
6
4
6
2
6
     
5 Philippines
Japan
Felicisimo Ampon
Osamu Ishiguro
6
4
6
3
6
1
     

Zone B

Draw

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
19 March–19 April
Final
7–9 May
 Ceylonw/o
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 South Vietnam
 Ceylon4
 Malaysia1
 Malaysia
Madras, India
bye
 Ceylon0
 India5
bye
Ahmedabad, India
 Iran
 Iran0
 India5
bye
 India

Semifinals

Malaysia vs. Ceylon


Malaysia
1
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
17–19 April 1966

Ceylon
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Malaysia
Dominion of Ceylon
Sultan-Aman Azman
Senaka Kumara
2
6
2
6
2
6
     
2 Malaysia
Dominion of Ceylon
Billy Yap
Bernard Pinto
3
6
3
6
4
6
     
3 Malaysia
Dominion of Ceylon
Sultan-Aman Azman / Moses Tay
Senaka Kumara / Bernard Pinto
6
2
10
12
3
6
6
4
7
9
 
4 Malaysia
Dominion of Ceylon
Billy Yap
Senaka Kumara
4
6
6
2
1
6
3
6
   
5 Malaysia
Dominion of Ceylon
Sultan-Aman Azman
Gamini Perera
6
1
2
6
1
6
6
4
6
1
 

India vs. Iran


India
5
Ahmedabad, India
19–21 March 1966

Iran
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Iran
Shiv Prakash Misra
Taghi Akbari
6
2
3
6
6
3
6
4
   
2 India
Iran
Premjit Lall
Nematollah Nemati
6
2
6
3
6
1
     
3 India
Iran
Premjit Lall / Shiv Prakash Misra
Taghi Akbari / Nematollah Nemati
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
4 India
Iran
Shiv Prakash Misra
Nematollah Nemati
7
5
6
0
6
0
     
5 India
Iran
Ravi Venkatesan
Ezzatollah Nemati
6
1
6
1
6
0
     

Final

India vs. Ceylon


India
5
Madras, India
7–9 May 1966

Ceylon
0
1 2 3 4 5
1 India
Dominion of Ceylon
Premjit Lall
Senaka Kumara
6
2
6
4
6
4
     
2 India
Dominion of Ceylon
Shiv Prakash Misra
Bernard Pinto
9
7
6
2
6
2
     
3 India
Dominion of Ceylon
Premjit Lall / Shiv Prakash Misra
Senaka Kumara / Bernard Pinto
6
3
6
2
6
2
     
4 India
Dominion of Ceylon
Ravi Venkatesan
Gamini Perera
6
1
4
6
6
1
6
3
   
5 India
Dominion of Ceylon
Shiv Prakash Misra
Senaka Kumara
6
4
6
3
6
3
     

Eastern Inter-Zonal Final

Japan vs. India


Japan
1
Tokyo, Japan
30 September–3 October 1966

India
4
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
India
Osamu Ishiguro
Ramanathan Krishnan
3
6
6
2
2
6
8
10
   
2 Japan
India
Koji Watanabe
Premjit Lall
6
3
4
6
6
3
3
6
9
7
 
3 Japan
India
Osamu Ishiguro / Koji Watanabe
Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall
2
6
3
6
3
6
     
4 Japan
India
Osamu Ishiguro
Premjit Lall
6
2
6
8
5
7
8
10
   
5 Japan
India
Koji Watanabe
Ramanathan Krishnan
2
6
5
7
0
6
     

References

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

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