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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

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

Semifinals

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Ceylon vs. India

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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

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Japan vs. India

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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

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  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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