1999 Fed Cup Americas Zone

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

Group I

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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

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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

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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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Group II

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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

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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

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SemifinalsFinals
  Uruguay3
  Bahamas0
  Uruguay2
  Bolivia1
  Jamaica0
  Bolivia3
  Cuba3
  Barbados0
  Cuba2
  Peru1
  Dominican Republic0
  Peru3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Argentina v Venezuela". fedcup.com.
  2. ^ "Australia v Argentina". fedcup.com.
  3. ^ "Ecuador v Bahamas". fedcup.com.
  4. ^ "Puerto v Rico v Bermuda". fedcup.com.
  5. ^ "Uruguay v Venezuela". fedcup.com.
  6. ^ "Paraguay v Cuba". fedcup.com.
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