title: 1965 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
text: # 1965 Davis Cup Eastern Zone
  
  The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1965 Davis Cup.
  
  9 teams entered the Eastern Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. The winner of each sub-zone 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 South Korea in the Zone A final, and India defeated South Vietnam in the Zone B final. In the Inter-Zonal final India defeated Japan and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.
  
  ## Zone A
  
  ### Draw
  
  | Semifinals 23–25 April | Semifinals 23–25 April | Semifinals 23–25 April | Final 1–3 May | Final 1–3 May | Final 1–3 May |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | Tokyo, Japan | | | |
  | Philippines | Philippines | 0 | | | |
  | Philippines | Philippines | 0 | Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea |
  | Japan | Japan | 5 | Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea | Seoul, South Korea |
  | Japan | Japan | 5 | Japan | Japan | 5 |
  | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 0 |
  | bye | bye | | South Korea | South Korea | 0 |
  | South Korea | South Korea | | | | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  **Japan vs. Philippines**
  
  | Japan 5 | Tokyo, Japan 23–25 April 1965 | Tokyo, Japan 23–25 April 1965 | Philippines 0 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Ichizō Konishi Augusto Villanueva 9 7 6 2 6 0       2 Osamu Ishiguro Samuel Ang 10 8 6 2 6 4       3 Osamu Ishiguro / Koji Watanabe Samuel Ang / Alfredo Cruz 2 6 6 3 3 6 7 5 6 0   4 Ichizō Konishi Delfin Contreras 6 0 6 1 6 2       5 Koji Watanabe Augusto Villanueva 8 6 6 1 6 2 ||||
  
  ### Final
  
  **South Korea vs. Japan**
  
  | South Korea 0 | Seoul, South Korea 1–3 May 1965 | Seoul, South Korea 1–3 May 1965 | Japan 5 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Im Chung-yang Osamu Ishiguro 1 6 5 7 3 6       2 Chung Yong-ho Koji Watanabe 0 6 0 6 4 6       3 Chung Yong-ho / Im Chung-yang Mitsuru Motoi / Koji Watanabe 2 6 3 6 4 6       4 Kim Doo-hwan Mitsuru Motoi 7 5 3 6 3 6 3 6     5 Baek Se-hyun Koji Watanabe 0 6 0 6 2 6 ||||
  
  ## Zone B
  
  ### Draw
  
  | Quarterfinals 19 February–1 March | Quarterfinals 19 February–1 March | Quarterfinals 19 February–1 March | Semifinals 13–29 March | Semifinals 13–29 March | Semifinals 13–29 March | Final 10–12 April | Final 10–12 April | Final 10–12 April |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ceylon | Ceylon | | | | | | | |
  | Ceylon | Ceylon | | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | | | |
  | bye | bye | | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | Colombo, Ceylon (clay) | | | |
  | bye | bye | | Ceylon | Ceylon | 0 | | | |
  | Abadan, Iran | Abadan, Iran | Abadan, Iran | Ceylon | Ceylon | 0 | | | |
  | Abadan, Iran | Abadan, Iran | Abadan, Iran | India | India | 5 | | | |
  | India | India | 5 | India | India | 5 | | | |
  | India | India | 5 | | | | Vijayawada, India | Vijayawada, India | Vijayawada, India |
  | Iran | Iran | 0 | | | | Vijayawada, India | Vijayawada, India | Vijayawada, India |
  | Iran | Iran | 0 | | | | India | India | 4 |
  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (grass) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (grass) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (grass) | | | | India | India | 4 |
  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (grass) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (grass) | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (grass) | | | | South Vietnam | South Vietnam | 0 |
  | South Vietnam | South Vietnam | 4 | | | | South Vietnam | South Vietnam | 0 |
  | South Vietnam | South Vietnam | 4 | Saigon, South Vietnam | Saigon, South Vietnam | Saigon, South Vietnam | | | |
  | Pakistan | Pakistan | 1 | Saigon, South Vietnam | Saigon, South Vietnam | Saigon, South Vietnam | | | |
  | Pakistan | Pakistan | 1 | South Vietnam | South Vietnam | 5 | | | |
  | | | | Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 | | | |
  | bye | bye | | Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 | | | |
  | Malaysia | Malaysia | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Quarterfinals
  
  **Iran vs. India**
  
  | Iran 0 | Abadan, Iran 19–21 February 1965 | Abadan, Iran 19–21 February 1965 | India 5 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Taghi Akbari Jaidip Mukerjea 6 2 3 6 3 6 3 6     2 Nematollah Nemati Premjit Lall 2 6 2 6 2 6       3 Taghi Akbari / Nematollah Nemati Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea 4 6 1 6 2 6       4 Issa Khodaei Shiv Prakash Misra 0 6 0 6 2 6       5 Taghi Akbari Premjit Lall 3 6 0 6 4 6 ||||
  
  **Pakistan vs. South Vietnam**
  
  | Pakistan 1 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 27 February–1 March 1965 Grass | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 27 February–1 March 1965 Grass | South Vietnam 4 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Haroon Rahim Võ Văn Bảy 3 6 3 6 7 5 7 5 6 1   2 Munawar Iqbal Lưu Hoàng Đức 5 7 1 6 4 6       3 Azim Inayat / Haroon Rahim Lưu Hoàng Đức / Võ Văn Bảy 5 7 5 7 1 6       4 Munawar Iqbal Võ Văn Bảy 3 6 1 6 3 6       5 Haroon Rahim Lưu Hoàng Đức 2 6 4 6 2 6 ||||
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  **Ceylon vs. India**
  
  | Ceylon 0 | Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon 27–29 March 1965 Clay | Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, Colombo, Ceylon 27–29 March 1965 Clay | India 5 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Gamini Perera Jaidip Mukerjea 3 6 3 6 3 6       2 Bernard Pinto Premjit Lall 2 6 2 6 1 6       3 Gamini Perera / Bernard Pinto Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea 4 6 2 6 2 6       4 Bernard Pinto Ravi Venkatesan 0 6 6 2 0 6 1 6     5 Gamini Perera Shiv Prakash Misra 1 6 3 6 4 6 ||||
  
  **South Vietnam vs. Malaysia**
  
  | South Vietnam 5 | Saigon, South Vietnam 13–15 March 1965 | Saigon, South Vietnam 13–15 March 1965 | Malaysia 0 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Lưu Hoàng Đức Sultan-Aman Azman 6 1 7 5 6 2       2 Võ Văn Bảy Sharin Osman 6 2 6 3 6 3       3 Võ Văn Bảy / Võ Văn Thành Sultan-Aman Azman / Yoke-Yen Kwok 6 3 6 2 6 1       4 Võ Văn Thành Sultan-Aman Azman 6 0 6 1 6 0       5 Lưu Hoàng Đức Sharin Osman 6 2 6 2 6 1 ||||
  
  ### Final
  
  **India vs. South Vietnam**
  
  | India 4 | Vijayawada, India 10–12 April 1965 | Vijayawada, India 10–12 April 1965 | South Vietnam 0 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Premjit Lall Võ Văn Thành 6 3 6 3 6 1       2 Jaidip Mukerjea Lưu Hoàng Đức 6 1 6 2 6 0       3 Premjit Lall / Jaidip Mukerjea Lưu Hoàng Đức / Võ Văn Thành 6 1 6 4 3 6 8 6     4 Ravi Venkatesan Lưu Hoàng Đức 6 2 6 3 6 8 6 3     5 Shiv Prakash Misra Võ Văn Thành 6 2 6 4 0 1     not completed ||||
  
  ## Eastern Inter-Zonal Final
  
  ### Japan vs. India
  
  | Japan 1 | Tokyo, Japan 1–3 October 1965 | Tokyo, Japan 1–3 October 1965 | India 4 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 2 3 4 5 1 Koji Watanabe Jaidip Mukerjea 0 6 4 6 5 7       2 Osamu Ishiguro Ramanathan Krishnan 4 6 4 6 2 6       3 Osamu Ishiguro / Koji Watanabe Ramanathan Krishnan / Jaidip Mukerjea 6 3 6 4 2 6 6 4     4 Koji Watanabe Ramanathan Krishnan 6 8 2 6 7 9       5 Osamu Ishiguro Jaidip Mukerjea 7 5 7 5 2 6 6 8 4 6 ||||
  