1956 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

International tennis competition 1956 Davis Cup 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.Bud Collins The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 495–506 2nd India defeated Japan in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone. Draw 22–24 March 18–20 May JPN 1947 bye Colombo, Ceylon (clay) CEY 1951 0 IND 5 Tokyo, Japan JPN 1947 2 IND 3 Semifinals Ceylon vs. India Ceylon 1951 India Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylonhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1956-EAS-M-SRI-IND-01 Ceylon v India daviscup.com 22–24 March 1956 Clay 0 5 Rupert Ferdinands 2 4 2 Naresh Kumar 6 6 6 Percy Ernst 0 1 2 Ramanathan Krishnan 6 6 6 Rupert Ferdinands Bernard Pinto 5 2 2 Ramanathan Krishnan Naresh Kumar 7 6 6 Bernard Pinto 4 9 1 0 A.J. Udaykumar 6 7 6 6 Koo De Saram 1 1 2 Ramanathan Krishnan 6 6 6 Final Japan vs. India Japan 1947 India Tokyo, Japanhttps://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1956-EAS-M-JPN-IND-01 Japan v India daviscup.com 18–20 May 1956 2 3 Atsushi Miyagi 3 0 3 Ramanathan Krishnan 6 6 6 Kosei Kamo 6 4 2 6 6 Naresh Kumar 2 6 6 4 0 Kosei Kamo Atsushi Miyagi 4 3 1 Ramanathan Krishnan Naresh Kumar 6 6 6 Atsushi Miyagi 6 6 6 Naresh Kumar 4 1 1 Kosei Kamo 8 3 4 5 Ramanathan Krishnan 6 6 6 7 References External links Davis Cup official website https://web.archive.org/web/20101018182625/http://www.daviscup.com/ 2010-10-18 Category:Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Eastern Zone Davis Cup