# 1969 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1969 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 Americas Zone and Europe Zone.
Japan received a walkover in the Zone A final after South Vietnam withdrew, while 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 28–30 March | Quarterfinals 28–30 March | Quarterfinals 28–30 March | Semifinals 4–20 April | Semifinals 4–20 April | Semifinals 4–20 April | Final | Final | Final |
| Jakarta, Indonesia | Jakarta, Indonesia | Jakarta, Indonesia | | | | | | |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | 0 | | | | | | |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | 0 | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | 3 | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | 3 | Philippines | Philippines | 0 | | | |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 5 | | | |
| Japan | Japan | | Japan | Japan | 5 | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | | | |
| bye | bye | | | | | Japan | Japan | w/o |
| | | | | | | South Vietnam | South Vietnam | |
| bye | bye | | | | | South Vietnam | South Vietnam | |
| bye | bye | | Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | | | |
| South Korea | South Korea | | Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | | | |
| South Korea | South Korea | | South Korea | South Korea | 2 | | | |
| | | | South Vietnam | South Vietnam | 3 | | | |
| bye | bye | | South Vietnam | South Vietnam | 3 | | | |
| South Vietnam | South Vietnam | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals
#### Indonesia vs. Philippines

| Indonesia 0 | Jakarta, Indonesia 28–30 March 1969 | Jakarta, Indonesia 28–30 March 1969 | Philippines 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Atet Wijono Eduardo Cruz 2 6 7 5 6 4 2 6 2 6   2 Sutarjo Sugiarto Raymundo Deyro 3 6 6 8 2 6       3 Sutarjo Sugiarto / Gondo Widjojo Eduardo Cruz / Alexander Marcial 3 6 4 6 6 4 7 9     4 Sutarjo Sugiarto Eduardo Cruz           not played 5 Atet Wijono Raymundo Deyro           not played ||||

### Semifinals
#### Japan vs. Philippines

| Japan 5 | Tokyo, Japan 18–20 April 1969 | Tokyo, Japan 18–20 April 1969 | Philippines 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Koji Watanabe Raymundo Deyro 6 2 6 1 6 2       2 Keishiro Yanagi Eduardo Cruz 6 1 6 3 6 2       3 Junzo Kawamori / Koji Watanabe Eduardo Cruz / Alexander Marcial 6 4 6 4 6 3       4 Keishiro Yanagi Raymundo Deyro 6 1 6 1 6 2       5 Koji Watanabe Eduardo Cruz 6 3 6 4 6 4 ||||

#### South Korea vs. South Vietnam

| South Korea 2 | Seoul, South Korea 4–6 April 1969 | Seoul, South Korea 4–6 April 1969 | South Vietnam 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Chung Yong-ho Lưu Hoàng Đức 6 4 0 6 5 7 7 9     2 Kim Doo-hwan Võ Văn Thành 4 6 3 6 6 3 6 4 5 7   3 Chung Yong-ho / Kim Doo-hwan Võ Văn Bảy / Lưu Hoàng Đức 0 6 0 6 0 6       4 Kim Doo-hwan Lưu Hoàng Đức 6 3 2 6 6 4 6 2     5 Chung Yong-ho Võ Văn Thành 6 4 5 7 2 6 6 3 8 6 ||||

### Final

Japan defeated South Vietnam by walkover.

## Zone B
### Draw

| Semifinals 1–3 March | Semifinals 1–3 March | Semifinals 1–3 March | Final 25–27 March | Final 25–27 March | Final 25–27 March |
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | | | |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 | | | |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) |
| India | India | 5 | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) |
| India | India | 5 | India | India | 4 |
| | | | Ceylon | Ceylon | 1 |
| bye | bye | | Ceylon | Ceylon | 1 |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | | | | |

### Semifinals
#### Malaysia vs. India

| Malaysia 0 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1–3 March 1969 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1–3 March 1969 | India 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Sultan-Aman Azman Gaurav Misra 1 6 1 6 1 6       2 Billy Yap Ramanathan Krishnan 2 6 3 6 1 6       3 Moses Tay / Billy Yap Anand Amritraj / Gaurav Misra 4 6 3 6 4 6       4 Sultan-Aman Azman Anand Amritraj 2 6 2 6 4 6       5 Abdul-Rahman Bakar Gaurav Misra 2 6 0 6 4 6 ||||

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

| Ceylon 1 | Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon 25–27 March 1969 Clay | Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon 25–27 March 1969 Clay | India 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Senaka Kumara Ramanathan Krishnan 0 6 0 6 0 6       2 Rupert Ferdinands Shiv Prakash Misra 3 6 3 6 3 6       3 Rupert Ferdinands / Bernard Pinto Anand Amritraj / Gaurav Misra 2 6 7 9 14 12 7 5 6 4   4 Senaka Kumara Shiv Prakash Misra 2 6 2 6 2 6       5 Suresh Melvani Anand Amritraj 2 6 2 6 1 6 ||||

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

| India 5 | Poona, India 10–12 May 1969 | Poona, India 10–12 May 1969 | Japan 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ramanathan Krishnan Ichizō Konishi 6 2 6 4 6 4       2 Premjit Lall Koji Watanabe 6 2 6 3 6 4       3 Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea Isao Watanabe / Koji Watanabe 6 3 13 11 7 9 6 4     4 Premjit Lall Ichizō Konishi 6 3 6 1 6 1       5 Shiv Prakash Misra Koji Watanabe 6 3 6 3 5 7 6 2 ||||