# 1966 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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 | Semifinals 17–19 April | Semifinals 17–19 April | Final 30 April–2 May | Final 30 April–2 May | Final 30 April–2 May |
| Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | 3 | | | |
| Philippines | Philippines | 3 | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines |
| South Korea | South Korea | 2 | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines | Manila, Philippines |
| South Korea | South Korea | 2 | Philippines | Philippines | 2 |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 3 |
| bye | bye | | Japan | Japan | 3 |
| Japan | Japan | | | | |

### Semifinals
#### South Korea vs. Philippines

| South Korea 2 | Seoul, South Korea 17–19 April 1966 | Seoul, South Korea 17–19 April 1966 | Philippines 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Kim Doo-hwan Felicisimo Ampon 6 3 4 6 3 6 1 6     2 Im Chung-yang Raymundo Deyro 6 2 6 4 7 5       3 Im Chung-yang / Kim Doo-hwan Samuel Ang / Augusto Villanueva 3 6 7 5 2 6 6 4 1 6   4 Im Chung-yang Felicisimo Ampon 2 6 2 6 3 6       5 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 | Manila, Philippines 30 April–2 May 1966 | Japan 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Felicisimo Ampon Koji Watanabe 5 7 4 6 3 6       2 Raymundo Deyro Osamu Ishiguro 6 4 1 6 2 6 6 1 6 1   3 Samuel Ang / Eduardo Cruz Osamu Ishiguro / Koji Watanabe 1 6 2 6 5 7       4 Raymundo Deyro Koji Watanabe 2 6 4 6 2 6       5 Felicisimo Ampon Osamu Ishiguro 6 4 6 3 6 1 ||||

## Zone B
### Draw

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals 19 March–19 April | Semifinals 19 March–19 April | Semifinals 19 March–19 April | Final 7–9 May | Final 7–9 May | Final 7–9 May |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | w/o | | | | | | |
| Ceylon | Ceylon | w/o | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | | | |
| South Vietnam | South Vietnam | | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | | | |
| South Vietnam | South Vietnam | | Ceylon | Ceylon | 4 | | | |
| | | | Malaysia | Malaysia | 1 | | | |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | | Malaysia | Malaysia | 1 | | | |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | | | | | Madras, India | Madras, India | Madras, India |
| bye | bye | | | | | Madras, India | Madras, India | Madras, India |
| bye | bye | | | | | Ceylon | Ceylon | 0 |
| | | | | | | India | India | 5 |
| bye | bye | | | | | India | India | 5 |
| bye | bye | | Ahmedabad, India | Ahmedabad, India | Ahmedabad, India | | | |
| Iran | Iran | | Ahmedabad, India | Ahmedabad, India | Ahmedabad, India | | | |
| Iran | Iran | | Iran | Iran | 0 | | | |
| | | | India | India | 5 | | | |
| bye | bye | | India | India | 5 | | | |
| India | India | | | | | | | |

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

| Malaysia 1 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 17–19 April 1966 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 17–19 April 1966 | Ceylon 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Sultan-Aman Azman Senaka Kumara 2 6 2 6 2 6       2 Billy Yap Bernard Pinto 3 6 3 6 4 6       3 Sultan-Aman Azman / Moses Tay Senaka Kumara / Bernard Pinto 6 2 10 12 3 6 6 4 7 9   4 Billy Yap Senaka Kumara 4 6 6 2 1 6 3 6     5 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 | Ahmedabad, India 19–21 March 1966 | Iran 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Shiv Prakash Misra Taghi Akbari 6 2 3 6 6 3 6 4     2 Premjit Lall Nematollah Nemati 6 2 6 3 6 1       3 Premjit Lall / Shiv Prakash Misra Taghi Akbari / Nematollah Nemati 6 2 6 4 6 4       4 Shiv Prakash Misra Nematollah Nemati 7 5 6 0 6 0       5 Ravi Venkatesan Ezzatollah Nemati 6 1 6 1 6 0 ||||

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

| India 5 | Madras, India 7–9 May 1966 | Madras, India 7–9 May 1966 | Ceylon 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Premjit Lall Senaka Kumara 6 2 6 4 6 4       2 Shiv Prakash Misra Bernard Pinto 9 7 6 2 6 2       3 Premjit Lall / Shiv Prakash Misra Senaka Kumara / Bernard Pinto 6 3 6 2 6 2       4 Ravi Venkatesan Gamini Perera 6 1 4 6 6 1 6 3     5 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 | Tokyo, Japan 30 September–3 October 1966 | India 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Osamu Ishiguro Ramanathan Krishnan 3 6 6 2 2 6 8 10     2 Koji Watanabe Premjit Lall 6 3 4 6 6 3 3 6 9 7   3 Osamu Ishiguro / Koji Watanabe Ramanathan Krishnan / Premjit Lall 2 6 3 6 3 6       4 Osamu Ishiguro Premjit Lall 6 2 6 8 5 7 8 10     5 Koji Watanabe Ramanathan Krishnan 2 6 5 7 0 6 ||||