# 1970 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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

## Zone A
### Draw

| Quarterfinals 14–30 March | Quarterfinals 14–30 March | Quarterfinals 14–30 March | Semifinals 3–12 April | Semifinals 3–12 April | Semifinals 3–12 April | Final 17–19 April | Final 17–19 April | Final 17–19 April |
| Philippines | Philippines | | | | | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | | | |
| bye | bye | | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | | | |
| bye | bye | | Philippines | Philippines | 0 | | | |
| | | | Australia | Australia | 5 | | | |
| Australia | Australia | w/o | Australia | Australia | 5 | | | |
| Australia | Australia | w/o | | | | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan |
| South Korea | South Korea | | | | | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan |
| South Korea | South Korea | | | | | Australia | Australia | 5 |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | | | | Australia | Australia | 5 |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | | | | Japan | Japan | 0 |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 0 | | | | Japan | Japan | 0 |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 0 | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 5 | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 5 | Japan | Japan | 5 | | | |
| Saigon, South Vietnam | Saigon, South Vietnam | Saigon, South Vietnam | Japan | Japan | 5 | | | |
| Saigon, South Vietnam | Saigon, South Vietnam | Saigon, South Vietnam | South Vietnam | South Vietnam | 0 | | | |
| South Vietnam | South Vietnam | 3 | South Vietnam | South Vietnam | 0 | | | |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | 0 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

Hong Kong vs. Japan
| Hong Kong 0 | Hong Kong 14–16 March 1970 | Hong Kong 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 28–30 March 1970 | Saigon, South Vietnam 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

Philippines vs. Australia
| Philippines 0 | Manila, Philippines 3–5 April 1970 | Manila, Philippines 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 10–12 April 1970 | Tokyo, Japan 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

Japan vs. Australia
| Japan 0 | Tokyo, Japan 17–19 April 1970 | Tokyo, Japan 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
### Draw

| Semifinals 14–30 March | Semifinals 14–30 March | Semifinals 14–30 March | Final 17–19 April | Final 17–19 April | Final 17–19 April |
| Patna, India | Patna, India | Patna, India | | | |
| India | India | 3 | | | |
| India | India | 3 | Bombay, India | Bombay, India | Bombay, India |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | 1 | Bombay, India | Bombay, India | Bombay, India |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | 1 | India | India | 5 |
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | India | India | 5 |
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Ceylon | Ceylon | 0 |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 | Ceylon | Ceylon | 0 |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | 3 | | | |

### Semifinals

India vs. Pakistan
| India 3 | Patna, India 28–30 March 1970 | Patna, India 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 14–16 March 1970 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 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

India vs. Ceylon
| India 5 | Bombay, India 17–19 April 1970 | Bombay, India 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

India vs. Australia
| India 3 | Bangalore, India 3–5 May 1970 | Bangalore, India 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 ||||