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1997 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I

Main article: 1997 Davis Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 1997.

In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier. Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group qualifying round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group II in 1998.[1]

Participating nations edit

Draw edit

Second Round Play-offsFirst Round Play-offsFirst RoundSecond Round
  Venezuela
Nassau, Bahamas (hard)byeMontreal, Canada (indoor hard)
  Venezuela2  Venezuela0
  Bahamas3Montreal, Canada (indoor hard)  Canada5
  Bahamas1
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)  Canada4
  Venezuela1
  Argentina4Santiago, Chile (clay)
  Chile4
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)  Ecuador1Santiago, Chile (clay)
  Ecuador3  Chile3
  Argentina1  Argentina2
bye
  Argentina
  •   Venezuela relegated to Group II in 1998.
  •   Canada and   Chile advance to World Group qualifying round.

First round edit

Canada vs. Bahamas edit

 
Canada
4 		Jarry Park Stadium, Montreal, Canada[2]
7–9 February 1997
Hard (indoors) 		 
Bahamas
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Daniel Nestor
Roger Smith 		6
1 		6
1 		6
2 		     
2  
  		Sébastien Lareau
Mark Knowles 		4
6 		6
3 		2
6 		7
5 		1
6 		 
3  
  		Grant Connell / Sébastien Lareau
Mark Knowles / Roger Smith 		6
2 		61
77 		6
4 		6
4 		   
4  
  		Daniel Nestor
Mark Knowles 		3
6 		7
5 		6
4 		6
2 		   
5  
  		Sébastien Lareau
Roger Smith 		6
2 		4
6 		6
2 		     

Chile vs. Ecuador edit

 
Chile
4 		Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile[3]
7–9 February 1997
Clay 		 
Ecuador
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Gabriel Silberstein
Nicolás Lapentti 		6
2 		4
6 		1
6 		6
3 		6
3 		 
2  
  		Marcelo Ríos
Luis Morejón 		6
1 		6
3 		3
6 		6
2 		   
3  
  		Óscar Bustos / Marcelo Ríos
Pablo Campana / Nicolás Lapentti 		6
4 		4
6 		0
6 		3
6 		   
4  
  		Marcelo Ríos
Nicolás Lapentti 		7
5 		66
78 		6
3 		66
78 		8
6 		 
5  
  		Gabriel Silberstein
Luis Morejón 		77
64 		6
2 		       

Second round edit

Canada vs. Venezuela edit

 
Canada
5 		Jarry Park Stadium, Montreal, Canada[4]
4–6 April 1997
Hard (indoors) 		 
Venezuela
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Sébastien Lareau
José de Armas 		6
1 		6
3 		6
2 		     
2  
  		Daniel Nestor
Jimy Szymanski 		6
2 		77
65 		6
1 		     
3  
  		Grant Connell / Sébastien Lareau
Shuon Madden / Jimy Szymanski 		6
2 		6
1 		6
3 		     
4  
  		Sébastien Lareau
Jimy Szymanski 		6
3 		7
5 		       
5  
  		Sébastien Leblanc
José de Armas 		2
6 		77
62 		6
0 		     

Chile vs. Argentina edit

 
Chile
3 		Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile[5]
4–6 April 1997
Clay 		 
Argentina
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Marcelo Ríos
Javier Frana 		6
1 		6
4 		77
62 		     
2  
  		Gabriel Silberstein
Hernán Gumy 		0
6 		4
6 		4
6 		     
3  
  		Marcelo Ríos / Gabriel Silberstein
Javier Frana / Luis Lobo 		3
6 		710
68 		4
6 		6
3 		6
2 		 
4  
  		Marcelo Ríos
Hernán Gumy 		6
4 		7
5 		6
4 		     
5  
  		Gabriel Silberstein
Javier Frana 		4
6 		4
6 		       

First round relegation play-offs edit

Bahamas vs. Venezuela edit

 
Bahamas
3 		Beach Hotel, Nassau, Bahamas[6]
11–13 July 1997
Hard 		 
Venezuela
2
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Roger Smith
Nicolás Pereira 		77
64 		6
3 		6
4 		     
2  
  		Mark Knowles
Jimy Szymanski 		3
6 		64
77 		2
6 		     
3  
  		Mark Knowles / Roger Smith
Nicolás Pereira / Jimy Szymanski 		6
3 		64
77 		77
65 		7
5 		   
4  
  		Mark Knowles
Nicolás Pereira 		7
5 		5
7 		1
6 		5
7 		   
5  
  		Roger Smith
Jimy Szymanski 		3
6 		1
6 		77
64 		6
4 		6
4 		 

Argentina vs. Ecuador edit

 
Argentina
1 		Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[7]
11–14 July 1997
Clay 		 
Ecuador
3
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Hernán Gumy
Luis Morejón 		1
6 		4
6 		7
5 		5
7 		   
2  
  		Marcelo Charpentier
Nicolás Lapentti 		3
6 		4
6 		3
6 		     
3  
  		Pablo Albano / Luis Lobo
Giorgio Carneade / Nicolás Lapentti 		6
2 		6
1 		77
64 		     
4  
  		Hernán Gumy
Nicolás Lapentti 		4
6 		4
6 		6
3 		6
0 		3
6 		 
5  
  		Marcelo Charpentier
Luis Morejón 		          not
played

Second round relegation play-offs edit

Argentina vs. Venezuela edit

 
Argentina
4 		Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina[8]
19–21 September 1997
Clay 		 
Venezuela
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Hernán Gumy
José de Armas 		6
0 		6
2 		6
1 		     
2  
  		Lucas Arnold Ker
Jimy Szymanski 		6
4 		6
3 		7
5 		     
3  
  		Pablo Albano / Luis Lobo
José de Armas / Jimy Szymanski 		6
1 		6
0 		6
3 		     
4  
  		Luis Lobo
Jimy Szymanski 		2
6 		2
6 		       
5  
  		Lucas Arnold Ker
José de Armas 		6
1 		6
2 		       

References edit

  1. ^ "1997 Americas Group I". DavisCup.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Canada v Bahamas". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Chile v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Canada v Venezuela". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "Chile v Argentina". daviscup.com.
  6. ^ "Bahamas v Venezuela". daviscup.com.
  7. ^ "Argentina v Ecuador". daviscup.com.
  8. ^ "Argentina v Venezuela". daviscup.com.

External links edit

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