1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone

The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional competition in the 1999 Fed Cup.

Group I

• Venue: Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina (outdoor clay)
• Date: 13–18 April

The ten teams were randomly divided into two pools of five teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The teams that finished first in the pools played-off to determine which team would partake in the World Group II Play-offs, while the teams that finished last in the pools would be relegated to Group II for 2000.

Pools

	Pool A	ARG	COL	PAR	MEX	ECU
1	Argentina (4–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Colombia (3–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0	3–0
3	Paraguay (2–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1	2–1
4	Mexico (1–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2		2–1
5	Ecuador (0–4)	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–2

	Pool B	VEN	CAN	BRA	CHI	PUR
1	Venezuela (4–0)		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0
2	Canada (3–1)	1–2		2–1	3–0	3–0
3	Brazil (2–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1	3–0
4	Chile (1–3)	1–2	0–3	1–2		3–0
5	Puerto Rico (0–4)	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3

Play-off

Argentina 3	Buenos Aires T.C., Buenos Aires, Argentina 18 April 1999 Clay (outdoors)		Venezuela 0
1 2 3 1 Mariana Díaz Oliva Milagros Sequera 6 0 6 3     2 Paola Suárez María Vento 7 5 3 6 6 2   3 Inés Gorrochategui / Patricia Tarabini Milagros Sequera / María Vento 77 65 6 1

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•  Argentina advanced to World Group II Play-offs.^[2]
•  Ecuador and  Puerto Rico relegated to Group II in 2000.^[3][4]

Group II

• Venue: Costa Rica Country Club, San José, Costa Rica (outdoor hard)
• Date: 23–27 February

The sixteen teams were randomly divided into four pools of four teams to compete in round-robin competitions. The top teams of each pool play-off in a two-round knockout stage with the two winners advancing to Group I for 2000.

Pools

	Pool A	URU	DOM	CRC	GUA
1	Uruguay (3–0)		2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Dominican Republic (1–2)	1–2		1–2	2–1
3	Costa Rica (1–2)	0–3	2–1		1–2
4	Guatemala (1–2)	0–3	1–2	2–1

	Pool B	CUB	BAH	ESA	HAI
1	Cuba (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Bahamas (2–1)	0–3		3–0	2–1
3	El Salvador (1–2)	0–3	0–3		3–0
4	Haiti (0–3)	0–3	1–2	0–3

	Pool C	BOL	BAR	TRI	PAN
1	Bolivia (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Barbados (2–1)	0–3		2–1	2–1
3	Trinidad and Tobago (1–2)	0–3	1–2		2–1
4	Panama (0–3)	0–3	1–2	1–2

	Pool D	PER	JAM	BER	ATG
1	Peru (3–0)		3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Jamaica (2–1)	0–3		3–0	3–0
3	Bermuda (1–2)	0–3	0–3		2–1
4	Antigua and Barbuda (0–3)	0–3	0–3	1–2

Knockout stage

	Semifinals					Finals
	Uruguay		3
	Bahamas		0
						Uruguay		2
						Bolivia		1
	Jamaica		0
	Bolivia		3
	Cuba		3
	Barbados		0
						Cuba		2
						Peru		1
	Dominican Republic		0
	Peru		3

•  Uruguay and  Cuba advanced to Group I for 2000.^[5][6]

See also

• Fed Cup structure

References

External links

• Fed Cup website

This page was last edited on 19 February 2023, at 22:43