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]

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

References

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