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1965 Davis Cup America Zone

Main article: 1965 Davis Cup

The America Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1965 Davis Cup.

5 teams entered the America Zone, with the winner going on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Eastern Zone and Europe Zone.[1] The United States defeated Mexico in the final and progressed to the Inter-Zonal Zone.[2]

Draw edit

Quarterfinals
8–10 July		Semifinals
5–7 June; 17–20 July		Final
31 July–2 August
Nassau, Bahamas
  New Zealand4
Mexico City, Mexico (clay)
  Caribbean/West Indies0
  New Zealand0
  Mexico5
  Mexico
Dallas, TX, United States (hard)
bye
  Mexico1
  United States4
bye
Bakersfield, CA, United States (hard)
  Canada
  Canada0
  United States5
bye
  United States

Quarterfinals edit

Caribbean/West Indies vs. New Zealand edit

 
Caribbean/West Indies
0 		Nassau, Bahamas[3]
8–10 July 1965
  
New Zealand
4
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Peter Valdez
Ian Crookenden 		2
6 		3
6 		2
6 		     
2  
  		Richard Russell
Lew Gerrard 		2
6 		3
6 		1
6 		     
3  
  		Alan Price / Richard Russell
Ian Crookenden / Lew Gerrard 		3
6 		4
6 		6
3 		1
6 		   
4  
  		Richard Russell
Ian Crookenden 		6
3 		6
8 		2
6 		6
3 		2
6 		 
5  
  		Peter Valdez
Lew Gerrard 		          not
played

Semifinals edit

Mexico vs. New Zealand edit

 
Mexico
5 		Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico[4]
17–20 July 1965
Clay 		 
New Zealand
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Rafael Osuna
Lew Gerrard 		6
2 		6
3 		6
3 		     
2  
  		Antonio Palafox
Ian Crookenden 		3
6 		6
2 		6
1 		6
1 		   
3  
  		Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox
Ian Crookenden / Lew Gerrard 		6
4 		6
4 		6
2 		     
4  
  		Rafael Osuna
Ian Crookenden 		1
6 		6
2 		7
9 		6
4 		6
2 		 
5  
  		Antonio Palafox
Lew Gerrard 		6
2 		3
6 		8
6 		6
3 		   

United States vs. Canada edit

 
United States
5 		Bakersfield Racquet Club, Bakersfield, CA, United States[5]
5–7 June 1965
Hard 		 
Canada
0
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Gene Scott
Henry Fauquier 		6
3 		6
2 		4
6 		6
4 		   
2  
  		Arthur Ashe
Keith Carpenter 		6
3 		6
3 		6
1 		     
3  
  		Chuck McKinley / Marty Riessen
Keith Carpenter / Henry Fauquier 		9
7 		6
2 		6
3 		     
4  
  		Gene Scott
Keith Carpenter 		6
3 		7
5 		7
5 		     
5  
  		Arthur Ashe
Henry Fauquier 		6
4 		6
0 		6
4 		     

Final edit

United States vs. Mexico edit

 
United States
4 		Samuell Grand Park, Dallas, TX, United States[2]
31 July–2 August 1965
Hard 		 
Mexico
1
1 2 3 4 5
1  
  		Arthur Ashe
Rafael Osuna 		6
2 		6
3 		9
7 		     
2  
  		Dennis Ralston
Antonio Palafox 		6
2 		6
3 		6
2 		     
3  
  		Dennis Ralston / Ham Richardson
Rafael Osuna / Antonio Palafox 		6
8 		4
6 		5
7 		     
4  
  		Arthur Ashe
Antonio Palafox 		6
1 		6
4 		6
4 		     
5  
  		Dennis Ralston
Rafael Osuna 		6
0 		6
2 		6
4 		     

References edit

  1. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ a b "United States v Mexico". daviscup.com.
  3. ^ "Caribbean/West Indies v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  4. ^ "Mexico v New Zealand". daviscup.com.
  5. ^ "United States v Canada". daviscup.com.

External links edit

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