# 1968 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1968 Davis Cup.
9 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.
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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals 23–25 March; 26–28 April | Semifinals 23–25 March; 26–28 April | Semifinals 23–25 March; 26–28 April | Final 10–12 May | Final 10–12 May | Final 10–12 May |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | w/o | | | | | | |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | w/o | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | | | |
| South Vietnam | South Vietnam | | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | | | |
| South Vietnam | South Vietnam | | Indonesia | Indonesia | 1 | | | |
| | | | Philippines | Philippines | 4 | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | | Philippines | Philippines | 4 | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | | | | | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan |
| bye | bye | | | | | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan |
| bye | bye | | | | | Philippines | Philippines | 1 |
| | | | | | | Japan | Japan | 4 |
| bye | bye | | | | | Japan | Japan | 4 |
| bye | bye | | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | | | |
| South Korea | South Korea | | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | | | |
| South Korea | South Korea | | South Korea | South Korea | 0 | | | |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 5 | | | |
| bye | bye | | Japan | Japan | 5 | | | |
| Japan | Japan | | | | | | | |

### Semifinals
#### Philippines vs. Indonesia

| Philippines 4 | Manila, Philippines 26–28 April 1968 | Manila, Philippines 26–28 April 1968 | Indonesia 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Eduardo Cruz Diko Murdono 4 6 6 2 6 2 6 3     2 Felicisimo Ampon Gondo Widjojo 6 4 3 6 6 3 3 0    retired 3 Federico Deyro / Miguel Dungo Sutarjo Sugiarto / Gondo Widjojo 2 6 3 6 6 4 3 6     4 Eduardo Cruz Gondo Widjojo 6 2 6 3 4 6 6 3     5 Felicisimo Ampon Diko Murdono 7 5 4 6 6 1 6 1 ||||

#### Japan vs. South Korea

| Japan 5 | Tokyo, Japan 23–25 March 1968 | Tokyo, Japan 23–25 March 1968 | South Korea 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Toshiro Sakai Lee Ek-son 6 1 6 2 6 8 6 1     2 Koji Watanabe Chung Yong-ho 6 1 6 1 6 4       3 Isao Watanabe / Koji Watanabe Chung Yong-ho / Kim Moon-il 6 4 6 4 6 2       4 Jun Kamiwazumi Kim Moon-il 8 6 8 6 6 1       5 Toshiro Sakai Chung Yong-ho 6 1 6 1 6 1 ||||

### Final
#### Japan vs. Philippines

| Japan 4 | Tokyo, Japan 10–12 May 1969 | Tokyo, Japan 10–12 May 1969 | Philippines 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ichizō Konishi Felicisimo Ampon 1 6 6 1 8 6 6 2     2 Koji Watanabe Eduardo Cruz 4 6 6 2 6 0 6 2     3 Isao Watanabe / Koji Watanabe Eduardo Cruz / Federico Deyro 6 1 6 2 6 2       4 Ichizō Konishi Eduardo Cruz 6 1 6 0 6 4       5 Toshiro Sakai Felicisimo Ampon 5 7 6 1 4 6 3 6 ||||

## Zone B
### Draw

| Semifinals 20–22 March | Semifinals 20–22 March | Semifinals 20–22 March | Final 26–28 April | Final 26–28 April | Final 26–28 April |
| Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | | | |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | 1 | | | |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | 1 | Guwahati, India | Guwahati, India | Guwahati, India |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | 4 | Guwahati, India | Guwahati, India | Guwahati, India |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | 4 | Ceylon | Ceylon | 2 |
| | | | India | India | 3 |
| bye | bye | | India | India | 3 |
| India | India | | | | |

### Semifinals
#### Ceylon vs. Malaysia

| Ceylon 4 | Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon 20–22 March 1968 Clay | Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon 20–22 March 1968 Clay | Malaysia 1 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Bernard Pinto Sultan-Aman Azman 4 6 4 6 6 3 6 3 4 6   2 Senaka Kumara Billy Yap 6 0 6 2 6 4       3 Rupert Ferdinands / Bernard Pinto Sultan-Aman Azman / Moses Tay 8 6 6 2 7 5       4 Bernard Pinto Billy Yap 6 3 6 3 7 5       5 Senaka Kumara Sultan-Aman Azman 8 6 6 3 6 2 ||||

### Final
#### India vs. Ceylon

| India 3 | Guwahati, India 26–28 April 1968 | Guwahati, India 26–28 April 1968 | Ceylon 2 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Shyam Minotra Rupert Ferdinands 6 2 5 7 6 2 6 8 8 6   2 Jaidip Mukerjea Senaka Kumara 5 7 6 4 6 3 6 2     3 Anand Amritraj / Gaurav Misra Rupert Ferdinands / Senaka Kumara 6 4 6 4 6 4       4 Anand Amritraj Rupert Ferdinands 5 7 6 4 1 6 7 9     5 Shyam Minotra Senaka Kumara 2 6 1 6 6 2 0 6 ||||

## Eastern Inter-Zonal Final
### Japan vs. India

| Japan 1 | Tokyo, Japan 21–23 September 1968 | Tokyo, Japan 21–23 September 1968 | India 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Keishiro Yanagi Premjit Lall 2 6 4 6 3 6       2 Koji Watanabe Ramanathan Krishnan 2 6 6 3 3 6 2 6     3 Isao Watanabe / Koji Watanabe Ramanathan Krishnan / Jaidip Mukerjea 2 6 2 6 7 5 6 1 0 6   4 Keishiro Yanagi Ramanathan Krishnan 4 6 3 6 1 6       5 Koji Watanabe Premjit Lall 8 6 6 1 6 2 ||||