1956 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

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The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1956 Davis Cup.

3 teams entered the Eastern Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the America Zone and Europe Zone.[1] India defeated Japan in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[2]

Draw

Semifinals
22–24 March		Final
18–20 May
 Japan
Tokyo, Japan
bye
 Japan2
Colombo, Ceylon (clay)
 India3
 Ceylon0
 India5

Semifinals

Ceylon vs. India


Ceylon
0 		Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon[3]
22–24 March 1956
Clay
India
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 Dominion of Ceylon
India 		Rupert Ferdinands
Naresh Kumar 		2
6 		4
6 		2
6 		     
2 Dominion of Ceylon
India 		Percy Ernst
Ramanathan Krishnan 		0
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     
3 Dominion of Ceylon
India 		Rupert Ferdinands / Bernard Pinto
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar 		5
7 		2
6 		2
6 		     
4 Dominion of Ceylon
India 		Bernard Pinto
A.J. Udaykumar 		4
6 		9
7 		1
6 		0
6 		   
5 Dominion of Ceylon
India 		Koo De Saram
Ramanathan Krishnan 		1
6 		1
6 		2
6 		     

Final

Japan vs. India


Japan
2 		Tokyo, Japan[2]
18–20 May 1956
India
3
1 2 3 4 5
1 Japan
India 		Atsushi Miyagi
Ramanathan Krishnan 		3
6 		0
6 		3
6 		     
2 Japan
India 		Kosei Kamo
Naresh Kumar 		6
2 		4
6 		2
6 		6
4 		6
0 		 
3 Japan
India 		Kosei Kamo / Atsushi Miyagi
Ramanathan Krishnan / Naresh Kumar 		4
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
4 Japan
India 		Atsushi Miyagi
Naresh Kumar 		6
4 		6
1 		6
1 		     
5 Japan
India 		Kosei Kamo
Ramanathan Krishnan 		8
6 		3
6 		4
6 		5
7 		   

References

  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Ceylon v India". daviscup.com.
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