2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – play-offs

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The play-offs of the 2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I were the final stages of the group I zonal competition involving teams from the Americas. Using the positions determined in their pools, the seven teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2007 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I. The team that ended up placing first overall advanced to World Group II play-offs, whilst those coming in sixth and seventh were relegated down to Group II for the next year.

Placing	Pool A	Pool B
1	Brazil	Argentina
2	Mexico	Colombia
3	Chile	Puerto Rico
4		Dominican Republic

Promotional play-offs

The top team of each pool was placed against each other in a head-to-head round. The winner of the round advanced to World Group II for next year.

Brazil vs. Argentina

Brazil 0	Pilara Tenis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina 21 April 2007 Red clay (outdoors)		Argentina 2
1 2 3 1 Maria Fernanda Alves Jorgelina Cravero 2 6 3 6     2 Jenifer Widjaja Gisela Dulko 1 6 2 6     3           not played

Third to fourth play-off

The second placed teams of each pool were placed against each other in a ties. The winner of the tie was allocated third place in the Group while the loser was allocated fourth.

Mexico vs. Colombia

Mexico 0	Pilara Tenis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina 21 April 2007 Red clay (outdoors)		Colombia 2
1 2 3 1 Erika Clarke Viky Núñez Fuentes 4 6 7 5 0 6   2 Melissa Torres Sandoval Mariana Duque Mariño 0 1     retired   3           not played

Relegation play-offs

Because there was one extra player in Pool B, the last-placed team of that pool, Dominican Republic was automatically relegated down to Group II. The third-placed teams of each pool were then placed against each other in a tie, where the losing team would join the Dominicans in relegation.

Chile vs. Puerto Rico

Chile 0	Pilara Tenis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina 21 April 2007 Red clay (outdoors)		Puerto Rico 2
1 2 3 1 Melisa Miranda Vilmarie Castellvi 1 6 6 1 5 7   2 Andrea Koch-Benvenuto Kristina Brandi 0 6 4 6     3 Andrea Koch-Benvenuto / Melisa Miranda Kristina Brandi / Vilmarie Castellvi       not played

Final placements

Placing	Teams
Promoted	Argentina
Second	Brazil
Third	Colombia
Fourth	Mexico
Fifth	Puerto Rico
Relegated	Chile
	Dominican Republic

• Argentina advanced to the World Group II play-offs, and were drawn against Canada, where they won 3–1. The team thus advanced to World Group II for the next year.
• Chile and the Dominican Republic were relegated down to Americas Zone Group II for the next year. The Chileans placed equal third, while the Dominicans placed equal seventh.

See also

• Fed Cup structure

External links

• Fed Cup website