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

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

Japan vs. India


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

  1. ↑ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. 1 2 "Japan v India". daviscup.com.
  3. ↑ "Ceylon v India". daviscup.com.
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