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The '''Eastern Zone''' was one of the three regional zones of the [[1969 Davis Cup]].

8 teams entered the Eastern Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones. The winner of each sub-zones would play against each other to determine who would compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the [[1969 Davis Cup Americas Zone|Americas Zone]] and [[1969 Davis Cup Europe Zone|Europe Zone]].<ref name=Collins>{{cite book|author=Bud Collins|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0942257700|pages=495–506|edition=2nd}}</ref>

[[Japan Davis Cup team|Japan]] received a walkover in the Zone A final after [[Vietnam Davis Cup team|South Vietnam]] withdrew, while [[India Davis Cup team|India]] defeated [[Sri Lanka Davis Cup team|Ceylon]] in the Zone B final.<ref name="A Final" /><ref name="B Final" /> In the Inter-Zonal final India defeated Japan and progressed to the [[1969 Davis Cup#Inter-Zonal Zone|Inter-Zonal Zone]].<ref name="Eastern Final" />

==Zone A==

===Draw===
{{8TeamBracket-info
| RD1-date=28–30 March
| RD2-date=4–20 April
| RD3-date=

| RD1T1-loc=[[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|INA}} | RD1-score1=0
| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2={{davis|PHI|1936}} | RD1-score2=3

| RD1T2-loc=
| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{davis|JPN|1947}} | RD1-score3=
| RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=bye | RD1-score4=

| RD1T3-loc=
| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=bye | RD1-score5=
| RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6={{davis|KOR|1949}} | RD1-score6=

| RD1T4-loc=
| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=bye | RD1-score7=
| RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8={{davis|South Vietnam}} | RD1-score8=

| RD2T1-loc=[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|PHI|1936}} | RD2-score1=0
| RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|JPN|1947}} | RD2-score2=5

| RD2T2-loc=[[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]
| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3={{davis|KOR|1949}} | RD2-score3=2
| RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4={{davis|South Vietnam}} | RD2-score4=3

| RD3T1-loc=
| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1={{davis|JPN|1947}} | RD3-score1=w/o
| RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2={{davis|South Vietnam}} | RD3-score2=
}}

===Quarterfinals===

====Indonesia vs. Philippines====
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Indonesia
|team2=Philippines |team2-var=1936
|venue=[[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1969-EAS-A-M-INA-PHI-01|title=Indonesia v Philippines|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=28–30 March 1969
|surface=
|score1=0
|score2=3
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Atet Wijono]] |2 |7 |6 |2 |2 |T2P1=[[Eduardo Cruz]] |6 |5 |4 |6 |6 }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Sutarjo Sugiarto]] |3 |6 |2 | | |T2P1=[[Raymundo Deyro]] |6 |8 |6 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Sutarjo Sugiarto]] |T1P2=[[Gondo Widjojo]] |3 |4 |6 |7 | |T2P1=[[Eduardo Cruz]] |T2P2=[[Alexander Marcial]] |6 |6 |4 |9 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Sutarjo Sugiarto]] | | | | | |T2P1=[[Eduardo Cruz]] | | | | | |np= }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Atet Wijono]] | | | | | |T2P1=[[Raymundo Deyro]] | | | | | |np= }}
|}}

===Semifinals===

====Japan vs. Philippines====
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Japan |team1-var=1947
|team2=Philippines |team2-var=1936
|venue=[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1969-EAS-A-M-JPN-PHI-01|title=Japan v Philippines|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=18–20 April 1969
|surface=
|score1=5
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Koji Watanabe]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Raymundo Deyro]] |2 |1 |2 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Keishiro Yanagi]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Eduardo Cruz]] |1 |3 |2 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Junzo Kawamori]] |T1P2=[[Koji Watanabe]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Eduardo Cruz]] |T2P2=[[Alexander Marcial]] |4 |4 |3 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Keishiro Yanagi]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Raymundo Deyro]] |1 |1 |2 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Koji Watanabe]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Eduardo Cruz]] |3 |4 |4 | | }}
|}}

====South Korea vs. South Vietnam====
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=South Korea |team1-var=1949
|team2=South Vietnam
|venue=[[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1969-EAS-A-M-KOR-VIE-01|title=South Korea v South Vietnam|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=4–6 April 1969
|surface=
|score1=2
|score2=3
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Chung Yong-ho]] |6 |0 |5 |7 | |T2P1=[[Lưu Hoàng Đức]] |4 |6 |7 |9 | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Kim Doo-hwan]] |4 |3 |6 |6 |5 |T2P1=[[Võ Văn Thành]] |6 |6 |3 |4 |7 }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Chung Yong-ho]] |T1P2=[[Kim Doo-hwan]] |0 |0 |0 | | |T2P1=[[Võ Văn Bảy]] |T2P2=[[Lưu Hoàng Đức]] |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Kim Doo-hwan]] |6 |2 |6 |6 | |T2P1=[[Lưu Hoàng Đức]] |3 |6 |4 |2 | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Chung Yong-ho]] |6 |5 |2 |6 |8 |T2P1=[[Võ Văn Thành]] |4 |7 |6 |3 |6 }}
|}}

===Final===
Japan defeated South Vietnam by [[walkover]].<ref name="A Final">{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1969-EAS-A-M-JPN-VIE-01|title=Japan v South Vietnam|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>

==Zone B==

===Draw===
{{4TeamBracket-info
| RD1-date=1–3 March
| RD2-date=25–27 March

| RD1T1-loc=[[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]
| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|MAS}} | RD1-score1=0
| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2={{davis|IND}} | RD1-score2=5

| RD1T2-loc=
| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=bye | RD1-score3=
| RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4={{davis|CEY|1951}} | RD1-score4=

| RD2T1-loc=[[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]] (clay)
| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|IND}} | RD2-score1=4
| RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|CEY|1951}} | RD2-score2=1
}}

===Semifinals===

====Malaysia vs. India====
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Malaysia
|team2=India
|venue=[[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1969-EAS-B-M-MAS-IND-01|title=Malaysia v India|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=1–3 March 1969
|surface=
|score1=0
|score2=5
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Sultan-Aman Azman]] |1 |1 |1 | | |T2P1=[[Gaurav Misra]] |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Billy Yap]] |2 |3 |1 | | |T2P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Moses Tay (tennis)|Moses Tay]] |T1P2=[[Billy Yap]] |4 |3 |4 | | |T2P1=[[Anand Amritraj]] |T2P2=[[Gaurav Misra]] |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Sultan-Aman Azman]] |2 |2 |4 | | |T2P1=[[Anand Amritraj]] |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Abdul-Rahman Bakar]] |2 |0 |4 | | |T2P1=[[Gaurav Misra]] |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|}}

===Final===

====Ceylon vs. India====
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=Ceylon |team1-var=1951
|team2=India
|venue=Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association, [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]]<ref name="B Final">{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1969-EAS-B-M-SRI-IND-01|title=Ceylon v India|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=25–27 March 1969
|surface=Clay
|score1=1
|score2=4
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Senaka Kumara]] |0 |0 |0 | | |T2P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rupert Ferdinands]] |3 |3 |3 | | |T2P1=[[Shiv Prakash Misra]] |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Rupert Ferdinands]] |T1P2=[[Bernard Pinto]] |2 |7 |14 |7 |6 |T2P1=[[Anand Amritraj]] |T2P2=[[Gaurav Misra]] |6 |9 |12 |5 |4 }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Senaka Kumara]] |2 |2 |2 | | |T2P1=[[Shiv Prakash Misra]] |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Suresh Melvani]] |2 |2 |1 | | |T2P1=[[Anand Amritraj]] |6 |6 |6 | | }}
|}}

==Eastern Inter-Zonal Final==

===India vs. Japan===
{{DavisCupbox
|team1=India
|team2=Japan |team2-var=1947
|venue=[[Pune|Poona]], [[India]]<ref name="Eastern Final">{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1969-EAS-M-IND-JPN-01|title=India v Japan|publisher=daviscup.com}}</ref>
|date=10–12 May 1969
|surface=
|score1=5
|score2=0
|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Ramanathan Krishnan]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Ichizō Konishi]] |2 |4 |4 | | }}
|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Premjit Lall]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Koji Watanabe]] |2 |3 |4 | | }}
|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Premjit Lall]] |T1P2=[[Jaidip Mukerjea]] |6 |13 |7 |6 | |T2P1=[[Isao Watanabe]] |T2P2=[[Koji Watanabe]] |3 |11 |9 |4 | }}
|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Premjit Lall]] |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=[[Ichizō Konishi]] |3 |1 |1 | | }}
|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=[[Shiv Prakash Misra]] |6 |6 |5 |6 | |T2P1=[[Koji Watanabe]] |3 |3 |7 |2 | }}
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.daviscup.com Davis Cup official website]

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